Seeing that Concubine Li was dissatisfied and wanted to plead with the emperor, Leng Xi hurriedly turned around and shook his head, signaling her to stop talking.
The emperor turned around and said to Liu Xi without hesitation:
"Go back to the palace and ask the imperial doctor to prepare some medicine for Concubine Li to recuperate her body. Her body is already weak. After all this trouble, she will not be able to recover for a while."
"Old slave understands."
After Liu Xi bowed and saluted, he shouted to the people around him:
"The Emperor will drive back to the palace."
Hearing this, everyone knelt down and shouted,
"Congratulations to Your Majesty..."
The emperor's brows were furrowed. He was originally proud of having a son at his old age, but he didn't want Concubine Li to ruin his good fortune. If it weren't for the little pill, he would have taken care of her.
Thinking of this, he closed his eyes slightly and took a nap.
Luo Lan, who was sitting in another carriage, kept frowning, thinking back to what Concubine Li had said to her by the river, as well as the tenacious look in her eyes when she pointed at Concubine Li after she fell into the water, and what she had just said in the carriage. With that pale face, she suddenly felt frightened all over. This Lady Li actually had such a changeable personality, her thoughts were so careful, and she did things regardless of the consequences.
A person like her, if she takes the right path, will be a very powerful woman.
But if the road goes astray, it will be far more terrifying than Li Fei.
When thinking of this, Luo Lan sighed with lingering fear.
She felt that it would take some time for her to digest what happened today. First, Xiaobao framed An An, and then Empress Li framed Concubine Li. These two incidents made her realize that in the future, she would have to be extra careful when doing things. OK.
The emperor did not return to Prince Yu's Mansion, but took Empress Li directly back to the palace. With the emperor gone, Luo Lan's heart could finally feel more at ease.
Leng Yu did not accompany Luo Lan back to Prince Yu's Mansion because he had to escort the emperor back to the palace. After he arranged for Ayu and Ahou to send their three children back to the palace, he took Xiao Lingzi and others straight to the palace.
Leng Ming volunteered to accompany his fourth sister-in-law.
Regarding this, Luo Lan looked at him quite puzzled, "Ming'er, you are tired too. Go back home and rest. I just need A Cai and A Hong to accompany me."
"How can that be done? I have already told my fourth brother that if I want to protect you, I cannot become a deserter halfway. Besides, I am not tired, not at all."
"Since you're not tired, let's go to the pastry shop and buy some pastries. Xina and my mother have been waiting for two days. Buy some delicious food to reward them."
When Xina was mentioned, Leng Ming suddenly became energetic. He rolled his eyes and nodded,
"Okay, she likes to eat mung bean cake and osmanthus cake..."
"how do you know?"
Luo Lan turned around and looked at him with strange eyes, "I don't even know what she likes to eat, how do you know?"
"I……"
Leng Ming scratched his head in embarrassment, blinked his eyes a few times, and concealed:
"I heard her say it last time, otherwise how would I know."
Seeing his panic, Luo Lan suddenly felt something different.
After thinking for a while, she asked tentatively:
"I listen to my father's wishes and want to find a match for you. You are now old enough and it's time to start a family."
Mentioning this matter, Leng Ming shook his head without thinking.
"I have just turned twenty-two. What's the rush? My father just said that there is no official woman of my age in the court that I like."
"Then what do you like?"
"Sister-in-law four is like this."
What Leng Ming blurted out surprised him. When he realized his slip of the tongue, he hurriedly retorted:
"I mean, I also want to find a sensible and virtuous woman like you, Fourth Sister-in-law, who can not only share the worries of my Fourth Brother, but also keep the house in order."
Leng Ming's panicked eyes seemed to make Luo Lan catch something. She frowned and immediately rejected her idea in her heart.
No, Xina is five years older than Leng Ming, and she is from the Chu country. If they want to be together, it will be difficult, and may even cause an uproar, which may endanger Xina. life.
She absolutely cannot allow such a thing to happen. Xina is her sister, and she must do her best to protect her.
Thinking of this, she sighed and slowly said:
"When your fourth brother and I first met, we had no feelings at all. We accumulated feelings bit by bit in our future lives. So when you choose a princess, don't just look at the girl's appearance, but spend some time with her. That's fine, otherwise, during this period of time, I will pay more attention to the daughters of the ministers in the court to see which one is a good match for you. If there is a suitable one, I will ask my father to grant you a marriage."
"Don't bother fourth sister-in-law anymore."
Leng Ming seemed a little unhappy, and his voice became cold.
Seeing Leng Ming's behavior when he mentioned his marriage, Luo Lan felt more and more that he must have fallen in love with Xina. Thinking of this, she secretly took a breath.
How can she control this?
Leng Ming did not return to Prince Yu's Mansion with Luo Lan, but left early on the pretext of something else.
After Luo Lan returned to Prince Yu's Mansion, he took the pastries he bought and went straight to Xina's room.
At this time, she was lying on the table bored, watching Xiaoling doing her embroidery work.
"Nana, when your sister got married, my mother couldn't catch up and didn't give her anything. When you get married, my mother will give you this pair of mandarin duck pillows."
marriage?
For some reason, when Xina heard these two words, she first thought of Leng Ming, and a shy smile appeared at the corner of her mouth unconsciously.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Xiaoling didn't notice her strange expression, but continued to murmur:
"You said that you are already a grown-up. Now your identity cannot be revealed to the world, and you don't know when you will be able to find a suitable marriage. Mom is really worried. When your father announces our identities to the public, how can you pass it? What should I do if I can’t get married now that I’m old enough to get married?”
"If you can't get married, don't get married. I'll always be with you and dad. Wouldn't it be better?"
"That won't work. If you can't get married, it will be your father and I who will lose our lives. Alas, at your age, the children are already in trouble. You don't know what to do now. What should you do? ?”
Xiaoling's chattering happened to be heard by Luo Lan, who had just walked in. She put the pastry in her hand by the table, sat opposite the two of them, and asked with shining eyes:
"What? Are you afraid that Xina won't be able to marry?"
Seeing the pastries on the table, Xina immediately became energetic. She hurriedly opened the pastry bag. When she saw her favorite flavor inside, she immediately looked at Luo Lan with a smile and said affectionately:
"Sister, you still know me well and know that I like to eat these two flavors."
Luo Lan shrugged, chuckled and raised his eyebrows:
"Leng Ming said that you like these two flavors. I'm still wondering, how did he know something that I don't even know?"
When Leng Ming was mentioned, Xina's face turned red. Luo Lan looked at her and pretended to be unintentional and said:
"Leng Ming is a careful man. The emperor is going to choose a princess for him. I don't know which girl is so lucky that he will choose her."
"Cough cough cough..."
For some reason, Xina suddenly felt a foreign object choking into her trachea, and without any precaution, she coughed hard.
When Xiaoling saw this, she quickly blamed in a low voice:
"You are such a big man, but you still eat so carelessly?"
Luo Lan stood up, patted her back a few times, and asked with concern:
"Are you feeling better? Do you want some water?"
At this time, Xina had already coughed up tears. She waved her hands vigorously. When she stopped coughing, she sighed with relief and shook her head.
"No, it's just... I choked on the cake crumbs, it's okay."
