Hearing this, Leng Yu hurriedly cupped his fists and returned the greeting:
"It's Yu'er who was negligent. In the past three years, thanks to you taking care of my four subordinates in Ninggu Pagoda, this time you returned to the capital. I should have gone to the palace to pay your respects in person, but instead I bothered you to come to Prince Yu's palace. , I’m really ashamed.”
Liu Dechang busily waved his hands and shook his head with a smile.
"Prince Yu said this out of nowhere. Although I am much older than you, I admire your bravery and fighting spirit at a young age. When I learned about your accident at the border three years ago, I knew that it would happen. There must be something fishy in it, and now it turns out to be true, you didn’t disappoint me!”
Having said this, he raised his hand, patted his shoulder, nodded to Luo Lan, and said with a carefree smile: "Then I will go back first. See you at the palace annual banquet tomorrow."
Leng Yu hurriedly cupped his fists and returned the greeting, "See you tomorrow."
Luo Lan also bowed and saluted. At this moment, Liu Dechang took a deep look at her, nodded to her, and turned around to leave.
Walking out of the gate of Prince Yu's Mansion, Liu Dechang suddenly closed his eyes and breathed a long sigh of relief to the sky. Xiao Wu, the attendant beside him, hurriedly came over and asked:
"General, what's wrong with you? You seemed to be feeling unwell just now, but you scared your subordinates to death."
Liu Dechang then opened his eyes, waved his hands gently, shook his head and sighed:
"Princess Yu, her name is Shui Luolan. Her name shocked me."
Hearing this, Xiao Wu looked at him with wide eyes in confusion.
"General, why does this name scare you? Is there something wrong with it?"
Liu Dechang then waved his hand, swung his clothes, walked two steps quickly, got on his horse, and a group of soldiers behind him also got on their horses. After a while, dust flew up, and these people went straight to the general's mansion and walked away.
After seeing off Liu Dechang, Leng Yu and Luo Lan sat in the main hall drinking tea and chatting.
After Luo Lan took a sip of tea, he put down the cup and asked in surprise with shining eyes:
"General Liu looks like he is only about fifty. Doesn't he have any family? Why is there only a servant in the house?"
Leng Yu pursed his lips, sighed, looked at the door, and murmured:
"I also heard from Grandma Sun about him. It is said that General Liu had great military exploits, but he fell in love with an ordinary peasant woman. He married that woman, and the two had a deep relationship. Later, After General Liu went to war, his wife gave him a daughter. For some reason, her daughter suddenly disappeared a few months ago. His wife missed her daughter too much and died soon after. When he came back, His wife and daughter were gone. Looking at the empty general's palace, he was heartbroken. Since then, he chose to stay at the border for many years. Although the emperor later named him the Protector of the Country, he never married again. "
Hearing this, Luo Lan suddenly admired General Liu very much, and at the same time asked with doubts:
"How could his daughter be lost for no reason?"
Leng Yu frowned deeply, took a sip of the tea in his hand, and said again:
"It is said that his wife held her daughter and took several servants to the temple to offer incense and pray for him. However, after she recited the scriptures, she lost her daughter together with the servants holding her daughter. When she learned about it, she went crazy. I searched everywhere like crazy, but found nothing. Back then, Shuntian Mansion also sent people to search all over the capital, but couldn't find it, alas!"
Luo Lan's expression tightened, and she felt a little more melancholy. She whispered:
"He is really pitiful. He is over half a century old and has no relatives around him."
"yes."
Leng Yu took a sip of tea, looked at her, and said softly:
"So, we should visit him more often when we have time, especially during the Chinese New Year. Looking at the empty General's Mansion, he will definitely feel very lonely."
"Yes! It's really not easy for a man as upright and highly respected as he to be able to protect his wife like this."
Women probably hope they can meet a man like Andy Lau, but they don’t want to be a woman like his wife who died young.
Luo Lan nodded secretly. There were really not many men like General Liu who had stayed with his dead wife. She suddenly admired General Liu in her heart.
In the future, as Leng Yu said, he really has to go to his house frequently. After all, such an elder deserves to be respected.
…
Zhennan King Leng Zian arrived in the capital early the next morning. Leng Yu personally took people to pick him up at the city gate, while Luo Lan and a group of servants stood at the door of Prince Yu's Mansion to greet him.
When he stood at the door of Prince Yu's Mansion on his tall horse and dismounted proudly, Luo Lan hurriedly stepped forward, and Leng Yu introduced her:
"Lan'er, this is the emperor's uncle, King Zhennan."
Luo Lan hurriedly bowed and saluted, "Hello, uncle."
King Zhennan raised his head proudly and said directly to Leng Yu without blinking:
"Yu'er, please take Uncle Wang into the palace to rest. Uncle Wang is a little tired after a long journey."
Leng Yu suddenly didn't like the emperor's uncle much. His contempt for Luo Lan made him dislike him in his heart.
Just as he was walking towards the house, Liu Mei, who was standing in the crowd, suddenly opened her eyes in shock when she saw him. However, Leng Zian did not notice him. Instead, surrounded by everyone, he looked directly at Yu Go to the west wing of the palace.
But standing at the door of the west wing, he refused to move forward. Seeing this, Leng Yu frowned and stepped forward to ask,
"Uncle Emperor, why don't you leave? The girls have already taken care of this place."
Leng Zian suddenly snorted with his nose, glanced here disdainfully, and said coldly:
"As the saying goes, the east is big and the west is small. I am the King of Zhennan and your uncle, but you let me live in the west wing?"
Hearing this, Leng Yu was puzzled. Is where he lives so important to him? Besides, the courtyard of the west wing is much wider than that of the east wing, so why should he choose?
Seeing this, Luo Lan's eyes flashed with helplessness, but he still stepped forward and explained:
"Uncle Emperor, I didn't think about this. I wanted the west wing to be spacious and clean. If you want to live in the east, I'll have someone clean it out right away."
"snort!"
Leng Zian stared at her and shook his sleeves vigorously, looked at her coldly from the corner of his eye, and said again contemptuously:
"Country women really don't know etiquette. When elders come, they naturally have to live in the east wing to show respect. How can you still be a princess if you don't understand this? The Leng family's taste is getting worse and worse."
Hearing this, Luo Lan's humble eyes turned cold at this moment, and Leng Yu's face also turned livid. If he hadn't thought of Liu Dechang's words yesterday, he would have stepped forward and blasted him away.
At this time, Luo Lan raised the veil to cover the corners of his mouth and said nonchalantly:
"Uncle, please don't be angry. It's just my humble opinion. I thought that there were two dead trees in the east wing of Prince Yu's Mansion. Now is the time of the New Year and the new atmosphere. I was afraid that you would feel uncomfortable after seeing it, so I took it upon myself to I've made the decision to arrange for you to live in the west wing. If you feel it's not suitable, then please move, and I'll ask the servants in the east wing to move out."
Is the east wing where the servants live? And there are two dead trees?
Leng Zian's brows twisted into an angry straight line at this time, and he snorted coldly,
"You let me live in the place where the servants live? You really don't know the general situation, huh!"
