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Yongxingfang Lu Mansion welcomed a distinguished guest today.
Early in the morning, the sixth prince Zheng Zhuo visited the house and said he was here to visit Mr. Lu, who was frightened in the water in Furong Garden yesterday and was bedridden.
Lu Shiqing was in the room, and He Yi leaned against the square couch and read a chess record. When he saw him, he was annoyed: "What are you here to do?"
Zheng Zhuo laughed loudly: "Isn't this a look that our Minister Lu didn't go to court? I see you look good, and I'm afraid you're embarrassed yesterday, so I hid!" Seeing that he was about to get up, he hurriedly made a gesture to stop him, "There's no need to be too polite between you and me, sit down. I have to apologize for this matter."
Lu Shiqing did not hesitate and glanced at him lightly: "Next time, if you encounter something related to the Lancang County Lord, don't delay me."
Yesterday morning, he came out of Xuanzheng Hall and was going back to his house. He took Zheng Zhuo to Furong Garden, but he ended up having an unlucky situation.
Zheng Zhuo clenched his fist and coughed: "I'm afraid it won't work. I really came for this girl today."
"Why, you two didn't agree yesterday?"
"This woman is so delicate that she is not a fool who can be fooled at will."
He sneered: "I'm afraid you're not enough for someone to see."
"You can, you go?"
In exchange for Lu Shiqing's eyes.
Zheng Zhuo stopped joking and asked, "Look, but Yuan Shichen told her the cause and effect? ​​Otherwise, why would she ask me if I really wanted to marry me as soon as I came up?"
"Shichen" is the word "Yuan Yu".
Lu Shiqing shook his head: "It's not like." He was silent for a while and pulled the corner of his mouth, "This time she went to Beijing, she had a confidant of the Southern Yunnan Prince accompanying her, but this group of people were deported halfway. Do you know why?"
Zheng Zhuoshen thought about it and probably understood what he meant.
"The reason she did this is because she knew that once the confidants of the King of Southern Dian stepped into this imperial city, they would leave a message to the court officials and go to the saint. From this point of view, this woman's mind is not simple, and she entered the capital at the critical moment when you won the support of Yuan Shichen, and you should have some plans."
Zheng Zhuo nodded frequently at first, but at the end he couldn't help laughing: "What can a little girl do?" After asking, he frowned again, "Or, is it the King of Southern Yunnan meant?"
Lu Shiqing shook his head and signaled that it was hard to say for the time being.
"No matter what, I have to listen to the meaning of the Yuan family again. I have a three-day appointment with her. At that time, you will be a lobbyist for me as you did the previous time."
Lu Shiqing didn't respond for a moment and raised his eyes and said, "The saint asked you to make this family a trick of killing two birds with one stone. If you want to use the trick, I won't stop you, but you must be clear that this road is very dangerous, and it is very dangerous to you and the Yuan family."
He smiled dismissively: "What are you afraid of? Isn't this your control?"
Lu Shiqing glanced at him and said nothing else. He agreed.
...
The morning of the next morning, the Lu family received a stack of generous gifts: a pair of jade rings of good quality, a pair of exquisite sachets, and a pair of concentric knots that were so woven... It was like a young lady who had the tokens that could express her ideas, and somehow, they were all one pair after another.
Old Lady Lu, Xuan and Lu Xiaoma Lu Shuangyu, looked at the tokens and fell into deep thought.
Xuan's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly and looked at them quietly.
She only has one son, and it goes without saying who these things are for. However, Lu Mansion, which once received gifts, has not seen such a scene for more than a year.
The reason is that in early spring of last year, her good son refused the love from the legitimate princess of the dynasty very mercilessly, which caused a lot of storm in the city. Since then, all the young ladies in Chang'an have a thief heart but no courage, for fear of becoming a good person, so they would be unhappy for the nobles and their lives would be difficult to protect.
She looked at her for a while, and the more she thought about it, she became more and more surprised. She asked the servant: "Which young lady is so brave?"
The servant replied: "When the old lady said, these were sent by the Yuan family..."
"Ah?" Lu Shuangyu opened her mouth and turned into a big jujube.
"The Yuan family said that one time ago, the dog of the Lancang County Lord bit a pair of jade rings of Lang Jun, so I came to pay for it."
Lu Shuangyu died of depression for many days and was unable to think about food and food. She finally recovered from the sad past when she heard this. She bit her lip and said, "She wants to apologize to Brother A, but just send the jade ring. What's wrong with this sachet and Tongxin settlement?" After that, she pulled the sleeves of Xuan's family, "My grandma, this Lancang County Lord must have taken a fancy to Brother A!"
Such a simple and crude thing is not obvious?
Xuan looked at her: "Of course. If someone doesn't look down on your brother, will he still look down on you?"
Lu Shuangyu sniffed: "My mother--!" Is she her biological child?
Xuan had no time to pay attention to her. She thought for a while and asked the maid: "You told me before that when Zishu returned from Furong Garden, he had a square cereal handkerchief on his body. It seemed that the style was a woman. Where is the square cereal handkerchief right now?"
"When I go back to the old lady, the husband told me to lose it on the spot."
Xuan frowned: "What words are embroidered on the brocade handkerchief?"
"I don't know this maid. But I heard that the wife in Furong Garden that day, in addition to Mrs. Yuan, who was already a wife, was the Lord of Lancang County."
Xuan's brows stretched out, Miao, Miao, turned his head and whispered: "You go and check whether this brocade handkerchief is indeed from the hands of Mrs. Yuan."
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a male voice: "No need to check, it's hers." It was when he heard the movement of the gift-giver, Lu Shiqing from the main hall came.
He frowned deeply, and when he entered the room, he said, "My grandma, you want to mess with me for no reason?"
Xuan looked at him: "What does it mean to be without reason? Look at these items, they were all sent by Mrs. Yuan. If it weren't for what Ah Niang thought, would you tell me about the innocent reason?"
Lu Shiqing stopped walking and looked down at the box on the table. The chicken wings are made of wooden wovens, with good categories, complete patterns, no patches, and symmetrical lotus petals. It looks... it's not uncomfortable.
But after seeing the objects inside, he frowned even more: "You guys hurry up and take them down and test the poison."
Xuan's face showed a look of surprise.
He stepped forward and explained, "My grandma, if something goes wrong, there will be a demon. General Yuan has never dealt with me. This thing may have been used by him as the title of the Lord of Lancang County to tease me. I still have important things to do, so I won't accompany you for now." After saying that, he sued and added to the maid, "Wait, don't test it, just throw it away."
Xuan could not stop him, so he had to let him go, saying a pity in his heart.
Lu Shiqing quickly returned to the room and walked back and forth a few times. He remembered Zheng Zhuo's explanation the day before yesterday. He finally took out a silver mask from the cabinet, picked up a jade pendant on the desk, embedded it into the groove in the wall, and waited for the secret door to slowly move away, and bent down the secret passage.
...
In the Yuan Mansion, Yuan Cixian received a reward from the servant. When she heard that the gift had been delivered, she gave them a reward. After that, she sat in front of the makeup mirror with her cheeks, not knowing what she was thinking about.
Shi Cui and Zhuozhi looked at her sinister expression and were both afraid. One said, "Miss, what else do you want to do? Why don't you tell your maids early? The work that was driven out is not so meticulous."
She turned her head and saw that the two of them had a big circle around their eyes, and smiled and said, "This time the sachet and concentric knot are well made. There is no need for anything else. You two have a good rest and don't have to serve me in the evening."
Shi Cui nodded: "But is this method OK? I heard from others that Mr. Lu is not close to women at all. Maybe the good thing is the male style!"
"Where did the rumor come from? Why didn't I hear it?"
"The rumors are mostly added to the fire, but there is no wind or wave. Look at this Mr. Lu, there are twenty-two, the main house is vacant, and there are no concubines. In recent years, many young ladies in Chang'an have been rushing to follow each other, but none of them have succeeded. My maid went out to inquire for you yesterday and heard about something amazing."
Yuan Cixian became interested: "Let's talk."
"Do you know that Shaohe Princess? That was the only daughter of the empress in the dynasty, and she was famous for her handsome appearance. Unfortunately, she married the Marquis' Mansion at the age of 16 and became a widow in a few days. At the age of 19, that is, yesterday, Shaohe Princess fell in love with Mr. Lu and intended to remarry. As a result, how did Mr. Lu refuse her?"
She tilted her head and thought, "I heard that he lost his father in the nineteenth period, so he should have used filial piety as an excuse."
Zhuanzhi shook his head: "If this is the case, he will still be merciful. The little lady didn't know that there was a beauty mole on the lower part of the left eye of the princess, but not on the lower part of the right eye. Mr. Lu said that he felt uncomfortable all over and could not look at it at all, and he really could not spend the rest of his life with the Lord."
Later, rumors gradually emerged in the capital that Lu Shiqing was not good at women. After all, even Shao and the princess who were like fairies did not love each other, so I guess they would look down on any woman in this life.
Yuan Cixian couldn't laugh or cry.
Shi Cui looked sad: "Mr. Lu doesn't even take such a noble person seriously. Do you really want to face the difficulties?"
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard that the door was knocked by someone. The servant came to report that the husband asked the young lady to go to the study room.
Yuan Cixian remembered the agreement with Zheng Zhuo. He thought that the gentleman had arrived last time, so he hurried over and said to Yuan Yu: "I'll hide behind the screen. Brother, please remember to come as we discussed last night."
Yuan Yu heard the footsteps approaching outside, nodded and signaled her to rest assured, and pushed her to hide in.
The person coming was Lu Shiqing.
Yuan Yu felt guilty and saw that he seemed to look at the other end of the screen after sitting down, so he pulled his attention back first: "My husband is working hard because his sister has been running around twice."
Lu Shiqing thought to himself that it was more than two degrees, and this was four degrees, and his voice was disguised very well: "God, please be polite."
Seeing that he did not try to turn his head again, Yuan Yu sighed relieved: "Your Highness's intention is actually very clear, so you don't have to repeat it. However, you have met me several times, but I still don't know who your surname is, and I have always called it "Mr."
He only said half of the words, and expected the other party to understand.
Previously, he was polite, and secondly, because he knew that such a staff member had always had a secret identity, he had never explored this person. Today's question was Yuan Cixian's explanation.
Lu Shiqing replied in a humble and arrogant manner: "I am a surname Xu and my name is Shan, so you can just call me at will."
Yuan Yu was stunned when he heard the name and said in surprise: "Are you... Could it be Xu Congxian, a lay Buddhist in Xunyang, and Mr. Xu?"
"Fortunately, the general appreciated him, and Xu felt guilty."
Yuan Cixian behind the screen was also surprised.
She has heard of Xu Shan's name in Yaozhou. I heard that this person is good at playing games. More than ten years ago, he defeated Mr. Xu, the national player at that time in Xunyang, Jiangzhou, and became famous since then. Because he acted in a low-key manner, he almost showed his face, and was in love with the mountains and rivers, and he was hidden in the world for many years, he was called the "Late Master of Xunyang".
Although she asked her brother to ask about the identity of this person, she did not have much hope for him to be honest. But it is obvious that if the other party intends to commit fraud, she should choose a character with little name instead of a character like Xunyang layman. After all, if you want to distinguish the authenticity, it is likely that a game of chess is enough.
It seems that this time, Zheng Zhuo came with sincerity.
But then again, how did innocent hermits like Xu Shan be invited out of the mountain?
Yuan Yu's heart trembled for a while before he calmed down. His original momentum suddenly became weaker: "Mr. Xu took the time to come, and Yuan replied directly to you."
He cleared his throat and turned out the words he had recited in advance: "Looking at the Great Zhou Dynasty, the position of the crown prince has been vacant for a long time, but the saint has not made any new plans because of the lessons of the crown prince before. He only studied the art of making balance and was suspicious of impermanence, which has further aggravated the turmoil of the government and the opposition, and even the parties are numerous and people are uneven."
"Under such circumstances, your highness wants to achieve great things for private purposes, and your highness wants to criticize the current problems. But for Yuan, it is good to be safe, but seeing that the saints have been prepared for the Yuan family over the years, it is impossible. In order to avoid the Yuan family becoming the object of suspicion by the emperor, Yuan should choose a wise master as soon as possible. This is the original intention of Yuan and Your Highness to cooperate with him."
Lu Shiqing listened quietly, but Yu Guang paid attention to the flower and bird screen in the house.
Yuan Yu continued to recite: "If the sister-in-law marrys His Highness, it will be a reassurance ball for the Yuan family and a reassurance ball for the Yuan family. It is undoubtedly a icing on the cake. But Yuan thought that since he had the original intention as mentioned above, I would be in line with your highness. What's wrong with not adding this flower?"
This reply is so amazing.
When Lu Shiqing heard this, he knew that he was prepared and persuaded him more, fearing that he would backfire, so he said, "Xu already understands the general's meaning and will convey it to His Highness intact."
Yuan Yu memorized Yuan Cixian's words as he said, and was so nervous that he was sweating profusely. He almost forgot that there was another one. He quickly added: "It is best to be able to understand you. This marriage was not something that Yuan did not want to cause, but it was actually someone who was pleased with her. You may also know this person..."
Lu Shiqing blinked twice and said with a look of calmness.
Yuan Yu frowned, slapped his thighs and gritted his teeth, and said reluctantly: "It's Mr. Lu in our court!"
The face behind Lu Shiqing's mask suddenly became very exciting.
Chapter completed!