"I know." Xie Chengjin mounted the horse, "You are here alone, take good care of yourself. Mrs. Lu is a kind person. If you make good friends with her, you will be able to take care of anything you encounter. At least Emperor Hui cares about the Lu family.
I won’t embarrass you for my sake.”
Shangguan Jinxiu nodded gently.
In fact, after getting married, she had not seen Emperor Hui except on their wedding night. As the rumors said, Emperor Hui seemed to have no interest in women. He would rather go to Xiaoyao Palace than come to the harem when he was free.
Xiaoyao Palace is a place dedicated to raising wild animals. When she passed by, she heard the shouts of the wild beasts inside and did not dare to get even closer.
Xie Chengjin did not wait for Lu Zhiyun and left disappointed.
He originally thought that Lu Zhiyun had some affection for him and would at least come to see him off, but the reality slapped him hard. It seemed that he had not done enough, so that the girl was not interested in him yet.
"Let's go!"
The envoy team has left Beijing.
Shangguan Jinxiu watched their figures disappear with tears in his eyes.
"Queen, are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Shangguan Jinxiu sniffed, "Can I take a walk outside? I don't want to go back to the palace now."
The palace was huge and beautiful, but there was no one there who cared about her. She felt like a canary in a cage, and it was a luxury to even look at the scenery outside the cage.
"It's okay. The emperor said that it's okay even if you want to go out to the palace to play, but you need to arrange the imperial guards to protect you." said the eldest maid Li Xiang.
"Can I leave the palace at ordinary times?"
"Okay." Li Xiang nodded, "Yesterday, I asked the empress if you wanted to leave the palace for a walk, but you refused."
"I thought I couldn't leave the palace. If I wanted to leave the palace, I would have to ask the emperor for permission. I didn't want to be in so much trouble..."
"No need. The emperor said that you are the only woman in the entire harem. If you don't go out and walk around, who else can you play with?" Li Xiang said, "The emperor also said that if you feel bored, you can go to Lu's house to play."
"So the emperor is so kind." Shangguan Jinxiu laughed, "Li Xiang, I want to eat roast duck. Let's go to the best roast duck restaurant and bring one back to the emperor."
Li Xiang looked at Shangguan Jinxiu who was smiling innocently and harmlessly, and motioned to the imperial guards next to him, telling them to hurry over and protect the queen.
As an old man in the palace, Li Xiang used to work in Prince Zhong's Mansion, and later joined the palace as a maid-in-waiting. Recently, he was assigned by Emperor Hui to be the personal maid-in-waiting to the queen. Li Xiang was one of the confidants who knew Huipang best.
The reason why Emperor Hui chose Shangguan Jinxiu, the princess of Fenglin Kingdom, as his queen was firstly because he didn’t want the princess from Liangguo to be his bed partner, and he didn’t want to get married to a Liangguo with a tiger and wolf heart. Secondly, Shangguan Jinxiu looked more innocent and harmless.
She didn't appear to be a troublemaker. Emperor Hui just wanted an obedient woman who would occupy the position of queen obediently and not cause him trouble or worry him. That would be a qualified queen.
Imperial Palace. After Emperor Hui finished approving the memorial in his hand, he saw that the eunuch had brought a new memorial. He leaned there unhappily and put his legs up on the table.
The eunuch said flatteringly: "Your Majesty, this is the last batch today."
"Don't read it anymore, send it to Mr. Lu."
"These all need the emperor's approval." The eunuch was embarrassed. "Prime Minister Lu has already selected a batch and left. The rest are all important and must be reviewed by the emperor."
"Send this jade seal to Prime Minister Lu and let him seal it directly after seeing the situation." Emperor Hui said.
"This, this is not allowed, Your Majesty."
"You old man, why do you have so many things?" Emperor Hui was impatient, "I am not here to be an emperor. Lu Yi pushed me up, and now it is up to him to handle these memorials."
"Then I'll send someone to send these memorials to Prime Minister Lu, but I can't give them the jade seal. I'll resign!"
The old eunuch ran quickly with the memorial in his arms, as if he was afraid that Emperor Hui would give him the jade seal at the next moment.
Emperor Hui pointed to the eunuch next to him: "Come here."
"Your Majesty..." the young eunuch saluted.
"Has Feng Linguo's envoy left?"
"Yes."
"Where's the Queen?"
"The Queen has left the palace to send the envoys out of the capital."
Emperor Hui tapped the table gently.
Outside the capital, Xie Chengjin led the team of envoys farther and farther. Ahead was the Baliting Pavilion. In the past, when people sent their relatives out of the capital, they would usually stay there. Therefore, the Baliting Pavilion also had another name, that is, the "Business Pavilion".
"Your Majesty, there is someone there," the subordinate said.
Xie Chengjin looked at Baliting, there was indeed someone there, and there was more than one person.
One of the women was wearing a hood and could not see clearly.
However, he recognized the maid next to her - Lilac.
Xie Chengjin slapped the horse's butt hard.
The horse galloped.
The people in the pavilion heard the sound and turned around. When they saw Xie Chengjin's figure, the man took off his curtain hat.
The young man's figure was reflected in those smart eyes. As he got closer and closer, a faint smile appeared on her face.
"Prince Jin, I'm going to Sanlin City, so I'll stop by with you."
"You..." Xie Chengjin hesitated, "Want to go with me?"
"Aren't you welcome?" Lu Zhiyun thought he would be happy, but she didn't expect that his expression didn't look very happy.
"It might not be convenient." Xie Chengjin tightened his grip on the horse's rope, "You'd better send me here and then act alone."
Lu Zhiyun looked at him: "Why?"
"What's the reason? I have to hurry, and the journey is very fast. There is no need for you to be so tired."
"Okay then! I'll just send the prince here." Lu Zhiyun didn't bother.
"I'm very happy that you can send me off." Xie Chengjin felt relieved when he saw that she no longer followed.
"Didn't you say you were in a hurry? Then you can go."
Xie Chengjin: "..."
He wanted to say a few more words.
Okay! No matter how reluctant he was to let her go, there was a separation after all. He could see her here, which made him feel much more comfortable, so he no longer forced her.
The envoys have left.
Ding Xiang said: "Miss, you specially waited for King Jin here, why didn't you go with him again?"
"He doesn't want me to go with him. It must be an uneasy journey." Lu Zhiyun said, "Lu Ye, please make a trip and send a hundred more nurses to follow me."
"Don't worry, miss, my subordinate will take care of it right away."
It was getting dark, so Xie Chengjin and others did not rush to the place where they stayed, so they rested outdoors.
The attendant handed over the dried meat: "Sir, this is the dried meat from the Lu family."
"When was it given?"
"Mrs. Lu asked someone to load a carriage with food." The entourage said, "It's cold now. Those who have enough food can eat us all the way to the border."
"I don't know where Miss Lu will stay overnight." Xie Chengjin said, "There are no inns along the way. How can she endure such a cold weather outside?"
The attendant dared not speak.
He never dreamed that their little master would become such a man one day.
