When Lu Zhan entered the palace, Emperor Zhengxuan was sitting behind the imperial desk reviewing memorials.
According to the secret report he received, the case of abusing a young girl has caused an uproar in the capital. However, few of the memorials on the Long Case mentioned this matter, and even if they did, they were only mentioned in a few words.
Emperor Zhengxuan's face became darker and darker as he looked at it, and finally he threw the memorial in his hand heavily back on the imperial desk.
Seeing Emperor Zhengxuan looking cold and solemn without saying a word for a long time, Eunuch Liu's eyes moved. He cautiously took two steps toward Emperor Zhengxuan, and then said to him with a smile, "Your Majesty, it's getting late.
It’s time for lunch.”
After hearing what Eunuch Liu said, Emperor Zhengxuan raised his eyelids with a sneer, and said in a cold voice, "Do you think I am still in the mood to have lunch now?"
Eunuch Liu smiled coquettishly, and when he was about to answer, a hearty voice suddenly sounded outside the hall.
"Who made grandpa unhappy again?"
Seeing the person coming, Eunuch Liu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. He bent over and quietly took two steps back.
Sure enough, the moment Emperor Zhengxuan saw Lu Zhan, the coldness on his face instantly faded away, and a rare smile appeared on his face, "You bastard, why are you here again?"
Lu Zhan walked up to Emperor Zhengxuan and saluted him solemnly. Then, he smiled and winked at Emperor Zhengxuan and said, "Of course my grandson is here to have lunch with you!"
"Dine with me? Oh, do you think I will believe your nonsense?" Emperor Zhengxuan closed his eyes and glared at Lu Zhan pretending to be angry.
Lu Zhan grinned and said, "Grandpa, look at you, I don't eat much, why are you talking about your grandson like that!"
But Emperor Zhengxuan didn't want to eat this dish. He waved his hand towards Lu Zhan with a clear face and said, "Okay, okay, stop talking nonsense to me. Tell me, why are you here today?"
His grandson has always been tired of going to the palace, and he often runs around the capital with the boy from the Wang family in Zhennan. If he doesn't announce the decree, he may not enter the palace once every ten and a half months, but he has come so frequently in the past two days...
Could it be that the Yang family was suddenly found out about the torture and murder of a young girl that shocked the capital and had something to do with him?
Thinking of this, a trace of suspicion and fear suddenly flashed across Emperor Zhengxuan's smiling eyes.
Even though he loves Lu Zhan no matter how much he loves him, he has never forgotten that his surname is Lu and that he was born in the government of Zhenguo! And Ning An has always hated his father. Could she have said something to A Zhan?
Thinking of this, Emperor Zhengxuan finally put the smile back on his face bit by bit.
But Lu Zhan seemed not to notice it. He still looked at Emperor Zhengxuan with a bright and friendly smile in his eyes, "Actually...Grandpa, are you wearing those white jade chess pieces?"
Emperor Zhengxuan closed his eyes and smiled, "I know you are a drunkard and don't care about drinking. It's just a pity..."
"What's the pity?"
"It's a pity that you didn't win! Therefore, I can't give you this white jade chess piece!" Emperor Zhengxuan looked at Lu Zhan and said with a smile.
After hearing what Emperor Zhengxuan said, Lu Zhan became a little anxious. He said, "No, grandpa, although I didn't win, I didn't lose either! Li Fuyin was stopped outside the Yang Mansion at first!"
"Since you said so, I will teach you a truth today, if you don't win, you lose!" At the end of the sentence, Emperor Zhengxuan's expression suddenly became a little cold and solemn.
Seeing Emperor Zhengxuan's serious expression, Lu Zhan couldn't help but put away the smile on his face. He solemnly saluted Emperor Zhengxuan, then lowered his head and said, "Yes, my grandson knows."
It was rare to see Lu Zhan in such a formal form, and Emperor Zhengxuan couldn't help but soften his expression. He said, "However, since you like this set of white jade chess pieces so much, I will reward him to you."
As soon as the word "reward" came out, Lu Zhan immediately understood that the person standing in front of him was no longer his grandfather, but the aloof Emperor of the Wei Dynasty.
"My grandson, thank your Majesty for the reward." Lu Zhan saluted again in an upright manner to express his gratitude.
Perhaps he was used to seeing his grandson smiling playfully in front of him, no matter how big or small. Seeing him thanking him so respectfully and calling him your majesty, Emperor Zhengxuan suddenly felt a little uncomfortable in his heart.
"Go and find that pair of white jade chess pieces! Then ask someone to pass the lunch." Emperor Zhengxuan narrowed his eyes and suddenly said.
"Yes, I will go right away." Eunuch Liu responded and quickly bowed and left.
"Since you are here, come and have dinner with me!" Emperor Zhengxuan said as he stood up and walked out from behind the imperial desk.
"Yes." Lu Zhan responded respectfully.
The two moved to the inner room in silence. Seeing Lu Zhan still standing aside, Emperor Zhengxuan smiled and said, "Why, are you still angry after my grandfather taught you a few words?"
"My grandson doesn't dare." Lu Zhan lowered his head and gently touched the corners of his lips, and said, "My grandson just suddenly remembered what his second uncle said."
Lu Zhan's second uncle is the current prince. Seeing him suddenly mentioning the prince, Emperor Zhengxuan raised an eyebrow slightly. He closed his eyes and said to Lu Zhan with a smile, "Oh, what did your second uncle tell you?"
"Second uncle just reminded me. He said that you are not only my grandfather, but also the supreme monarch of the Wei Dynasty." Lu Zhan raised his head. His eyes when he looked at Emperor Zhengxuan were still clear, but there was a hint of sadness in his eyes.
But it was also something that Emperor Zhengxuan could not ignore. "It was my grandson who exceeded the rules just now." Lu Zhan said again.
Emperor Zhengxuan closed his eyes and stared at Lu Zhan with his deep eyes for a moment, staring at his closest and most beloved grandson.
By saying these words, did he decide to treat him as the supreme monarch of the Wei Dynasty from now on?
Emperor Zhengxuan stared at Lu Zhan for a long time, and saw that he kept his head lowered, and the sadness in his eyes did not seem to be disguised. He finally withdrew his gaze and sighed softly, "A Zhan, remember, I am the monarch of the Wei Dynasty.
But I am also your grandfather!"
Lu Zhan's eyes moved, but he never responded to Emperor Xuan's words.
Emperor Zhengxuan sighed. He waved to Lu Zhan and motioned for him to sit across from him. After Lu Zhan sat down, he looked at Lu Zhan and said, "A Zhan, tell the truth to your grandfather, you are really just entering the palace.
For this pair of white jade chess pieces in my hand?"
"Yes, not entirely." Emperor Xu Zhengxuan no longer acted like an emperor, and Lu Zhan looked more natural now.
"What do you mean yes and not quite?" Emperor Zhengxuan asked again with a smile.
After hearing what Emperor Zhengxuan said, Lu Zhan's face suddenly turned red, "Grandpa, I, I fell in love with a girl, and something happened to her family, so..."
"You have fallen in love with a girl!" Lu Zhan's words made Emperor Zhengxuan's eyes widen in shock.
You know, his grandson's eyes are higher than his head, and he has already thought of marrying him, but he either thinks that the girl from this family is short, or that the girl from that family is thin, or even someone with big eyes can become a problem for him.
The reason was that Princess Zhennan also wanted to marry him years ago, but he turned around and rejected her in front of the girl.
At that time, when Wang Tao reported the matter, he joked with Eunuch Liu with a smile that he was afraid that only a fairy daughter in the sky could make his grandson unable to find fault. But how long had passed, he actually ran to
Did he tell me that he has a girl he likes?
The blush on Lu Zhan's face became more and more obvious.
Emperor Zhengxuan quickly calmed down. He took a sip of tea. After his throat was moist, he looked at Lu Zhan and said with a smile, "I have selected many famous ladies for you over the years, but you are the only one."
I didn't take a fancy to you, but now you come to me and tell me that you like a girl. Why, this girl is better than the famous ladies I selected for you?"
"Of course! She is the best in my grandson's heart! He recognizes her!"
The young man in front of him was as beautiful as a crown jade. When he spoke, his expression was shining like a bright sun above his head, as if nothing in this world could block his light...
He has seen and heard such expressions and words before!
"Father! I don't care what you think! I just decided on him. I will never marry him unless I marry him in this life, and I will never regret it!" In the cold winter of that year, the girl in red, like Lu Zhan today, stood
He solemnly and resolutely said these words to his father in the snow.
Those memories that he had long despised deep in his heart suddenly came up. For a moment, he looked at Lu Zhan and was speechless...
At this moment, he finally discovered how similar his beloved grandson was to her!
Yes! How could it be different? She is Lu Zhan’s direct grandmother!
"Grandpa, what's wrong with you?" Seeing Emperor Zhengxuan's complicated expression, Lu Zhan frowned and looked at him with some confusion.
The sound of "grandfather" finally pulled Emperor Zhengxuan out of the complicated memories. His face once again showed a loving and gentle smile, as if the complexity and shock on his face just now were all Lu Zhan's illusion.
"I'm fine, I'm just curious, which girl do you like?" Emperor Zhengxuan said calmly.
"Grandpa, Ah Wu is the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion! The newly appointed deputy commander of Zuo Yiwei is her father!" When Emperor Zhengxuan asked about Xie Wu, Lu Zhan replied with a smile.
"It turns out she is a girl from the Marquis of Wu'an's mansion!" Emperor Zhengxuan smiled, and the image of Marquis Wu'an Xie Yu quickly appeared in his mind.
Speaking of which, he hadn't seen him for many years!
Over the years, he has been guarding Ningxia with great care, and the Tatars have suffered a lot at his hands. Over the years, he clearly feels that the Tatars are not as arrogant as before.
As for his son Xie Zheng, based on his observations over the past six months, what he did did not disappoint him.
Therefore, when he heard that Lu Zhan had fallen in love with a girl from the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion, Emperor Zhengxuan was not unhappy. Instead, he became curious about Xie Yu's eldest granddaughter. However, what made him even more curious was that the daughter of the Marquis of Wu'an Mansion
Why did the girl get involved with the Yang family?
As if he had read Emperor Zhengxuan's thoughts, Lu Zhan said hurriedly, "She is Ah Wu's cousin. Not long ago, she happened to meet the Yang family's young master on the street, and then he tricked him away. When Ah Wu's aunt found out, she
I went to the Hou Mansion to ask for help, but it was difficult for the Hou Mansion to intervene in this kind of matter. I could only try a few vague words. I saw that Ah Wu was anxious, so I wanted to help her check it out, but I didn’t expect that I found it as soon as I checked.
The house on Wheat Straw Lane..."
"What do you mean by this, the man who abused those two maids is really Yang Hefeng's son?" Emperor Zhengxuan asked again with a smile.
"Grandpa, my grandson doesn't dare to say this. He just wants to tell you about such a case! After all, my grandson has caused so much trouble to Li Fuyin, so we have to find some shelter for him, right?" Lu Zhan
He looked at Emperor Zhengxuan with a smile and said.
Emperor Zhengxuan laughed angrily at Lu Zhan's words, "So, you are planning on me?"
"Grandfather, how can you say that to your grandson? Your grandson is also thinking about your reputation! But who would have thought that this matter would go round and round, and in the end Li Fuyin would also be involved!" At this point!
, Lu Zhan felt a little embarrassed, "Grandpa, in the final analysis, this matter all depends on me. I just wanted to punish Yang Xiao. After all, the two maids were not in danger. According to Li Fuyin's smooth temperament, it seems that
For Deputy Commander Yang's sake, I could only slap Yang Xiao dozens of times at most, but I didn't expect that this matter would become more and more serious. My grandson was so panicked that he had to rush into the palace to seek your protection.
Already."
"Looking for my protection?"
"No...after all, the initiator of this matter is me, your direct grandson." Lu Zhan looked at Emperor Zhengxuan and said with aggrieved face.