The eldest princess and Li [rebirth]

It is common to have a doctor in the mansion. There are not many women doctors, and there are not many women doctors in the mansion. 21GGD21 Chu Ran glanced at it, and said, "There is a female doctor in my mansion, and I will prescribe the medicine when I go back."

"I'm afraid it will be too late when Your Highness returns." Lu Shi suddenly felt that Chu Ran had a little more temper, perhaps because of his youth.After getting married in the previous life, the two almost shared the same bed and were not at the same heart, so that the two walked a different path.

It's different now, Chu Ran's wings were broken, he didn't get in touch with the court, he didn't get in touch with the vicious schemes, the original intention was still there, and it was more due to his temperament.

She put the wound medicine in Chu Ran's hand, "Your Highness, apply the medicine yourself."

Lu Shi didn't force it, Chu Ran sat up angrily, and said, "What does Prime Minister Lu mean by bullying me, a patient?"

"What do you want Your Highness to do?" Lu Shi was not annoyed, he just looked down at her as if he was coaxing a child when he was young, his eyes were indifferent.

Chu Ran felt frightened by her staring at her, and turned away from her unnaturally.

She was so silent, Lu Shi only assumed that she agreed, took the wound medicine and untied her clothes, Chu Ran lay quietly, turned her head away from her, stubborn and arrogant.

Lu Shi smiled and pursed his lips, but instead teased her: "Your Highness is really sincere in blocking the sword this time?"

Nowadays, outsiders all say that Princess Xinping is pure filial piety and shields the sword with her body. Emperor Chu is very happy. Ran blocked back.

"Is the prime minister sincere to me?" Chu Ran asked back, she didn't believe Lu Shi's feelings for her.

Lu Shi has been asked this question many times, and the initial hesitation was covered up. She untied the gauze on the wound, and her eyes were condensed on the hideous wound on her shoulder. The scab was split open, and the gauze was stained red with blood , his eyes froze.

She wiped off the blood stains with a handkerchief, Chu Ran frowned slightly in pain, but didn't make a sound, only took a deep breath, and continued to question her.

Lu Shi was forced to be helpless, and said: "Your Highness may not believe what I say, why bother to ask?"

It is useless to answer the questions that are useless. Chu Ran has trust in Lu Shi, but it is not as good as the crown prince.Lu Shi already knew in his previous life that Chu Ran treated her worse than the crown prince several years after they got married, and even died to save his family, and never told her that he treated her like a stranger.

What she did was chilling, and Lu Shi didn't bother with her. The 15-year-old girl was shallow-minded, so let her change it in the future.If you can't change it, you have to curb her thoughts. Death can't solve the problem.

The two had their own thoughts, until Lu Shi finished dressing Chu Ran, and no one spoke again.Chu Ran stared at Lu Shi, thinking of the cold person in the dream, but cried at the last moment, he must have feelings.

She lay on her side and asked Lu Shi: "Lu Xiang, do you think I'm more important or your aspect?"

Lu Shi laughed, childish and uninteresting questions are probably only asked by children, and a girl who has just reached Ji is considered half a child. In the previous life, even if Chu Ran was killed, she would not be able to ask such questions.

She ordered the maidservant to send out the dirty water, and turned to look at the excited person: "Does Your Highness think me or the Crown Prince is more important?"

The same words left Chu Ran speechless, so she lay back and thought about it carefully. The prince must be important, at least the prince will not betray her or hurt her, so it is hard to say for Lu Shi.

It's okay to lie to others, she said solemnly: "Of course the prime minister is important."

He answered without blushing or beating his heart.As soon as Lu Shi saw her serious appearance, he knew it was a lie, and said casually: "Of course it is His Highness who is important."

When Chu Ran heard this, he was unhappy and said, "Are you perfunctory?"

"Ask yourself, Your Highness has never been perfunctory?" Lu Shi said.

Chu Ran was speechless. After thinking about it carefully, he came up with a counterargument: "The prince is a human being, and his aspect is just a thing. How can he compare with the prince."

These words sound unreasonable, but Lu Shi had the intention to seriously argue with her, saying: "In that case, if you compare the crown prince's position with me, who will His Highness choose?"

"The position of the crown prince is not mine, so how can we compare it?" Chu Ran seized on the excuse again, and defended with eloquence.

Lu Shi was overwhelmed by her unreasonableness, and said: "It's incomparable, I have nothing to answer, Your Highness rested earlier."

"Come back." Chu Ran said anxiously, "Leave as soon as you say, it's so boring, I can't help being funny."

Before she finished speaking, people had disappeared from sight. She changed a few words, but no one paid any attention to her. After a few words, she left angrily. She was too stingy.

Chu Ran snorted twice, got up by herself, put on her coat casually, and went out to find someone. The nectar water chestnut was still on the food table, and she picked it up and ate one. The taste was quite unique, but it was too sweet.

She took the water chestnut and went to look for Lu Shi. After searching around, she found someone in the study.When Lu Shi was dealing with official documents, he didn't feel surprised to see her here, so he bought a seat for her and let her listen.

Chu Ran was curious about how she handled business on weekdays, so she sat down with a water chestnut in her hand.

Her buttocks were not hot yet, so the staff came in with the letter. The light in the study was dim, and the staff didn't dare to raise their heads, so they didn't see her, and said directly: "The youngest sons of all the generals are on their way to the capital city of Ying. Liancheng came the fastest, and I'm afraid it will arrive in Yingdu in a few days."

Hearing the grandfather's house, Chu Ran raised his head and said, "How many days is it?"

When she spoke suddenly, the staff jumped in fright, and hurried to salute, their hearts skipped a beat. When did Princess Xinping get so familiar with the prime minister?He leaned over and replied, "About five or six days."

Chu Ran said again: "How many days are the fastest for the others?"

"About half a month." The staff said.

In comparison, it is a bit faster.Lu Shi understood what Chu Ran meant, and told his staff: "You go there yourself, find Liancheng, and let him enter Yingdu half a month later."

Those who come first will always attract attention, and being noticed right now is not a good thing.It's better to be an unknown person.

The staff took orders and withdrew.

After a while, the maid came in and brought cold sour plum soup, a small dish of rose candy, and finally a cup of decoction. The bitter taste came in from outside the door.Chu Ran pinched her nose and didn't want to drink. She ate a piece of candy first, crunched it and crushed it, and she drank the medicine in one gulp.

The moment she put down the medicine cup, she took another bite of candy, so she didn't feel uncomfortable. She gave Lu Shi a candy: "You have a lot of food in your house, and if you change the tricks, I'm afraid Xinyang will come to you. I don't want to leave."

When mentioning Xinyang, Lu Shi thought of Concubine Ming, and said, "Has Your Highness seen Concubine Ming?"

Chu Ran is not from a family of young children, and it feels bad to talk with candy in his mouth, so he insisted on biting the rose flower candy until he heard this. He was puzzled and said, "Why do I see Concubine Ming?"

It was rumored that Concubine Ming was beautiful and beautiful, and His Majesty heard that she was talented and virtuous, so he made an exception and recruited someone into the palace to be a concubine.

Chu Ran bit her cheek sorely, so she stopped and heard Lu Shi say, "Just asking casually, Your Highness has also stayed in the East Palace for a long time."

"Concubine Ming let her maidservant come to see her, but she never came, but she and Xinyang are very close, so she always finds it strange." Chu Ran said, after feeling suspicious in his heart, he thought of Xinyang's limp temper, and he didn't have the courage Fornicating the concubine.

After thinking about it, he added: "Xinyang is in my house, he is weak-tempered, he doesn't like dealing with people very much, he just loves to eat."

Not to mention Lu Shi, in the previous life, Xinyang went to get married, and Concubine Ming died of illness. In this life, she has never been in touch, and the fate of the two has changed. I always feel that something is wrong.

After the two were silent, someone came with an official document, and Chu Ran tactfully stopped talking. She bit her water chestnut to pay attention to Lu Shi.When facing his subordinates, his attitude was considered modest, but the deep coldness in his eyes made him unable to feel the usual softness.

At this time, Lu Xiang was very close to the dream, so she took another look. Lu Shi's facial features were exquisite, without makeup, his appearance was good-looking, in other people's words, seductive.

She knew that Lu Yi was good-looking since she was a child, and she was satisfied by just looking at it from a distance during palace banquets. Outsiders said that she kept herself clean and was waiting for her to grow up, but Lingyi's obsession with Lu Yi changed her view of Lu Yi all these years.

People who mess with flowers and grass are not good.

Lu Shi was discussing with his staff, Chu Ran was bored, and he chewed the flower candy until his voice was crisp, making Lu Shi look sideways and bend the corners of his lips from time to time.

When the staff left, the moon was already in the sky, Chu Ran ate a plate of candy, covered her cheeks and did not speak, she listened to Lu Shi's words for so long, and said: "Lu Xiang didn't hide it from me when he dealt with these things. ?”

"Your Highness, don't try to test the ministers, these are not big things." Lu Shi sorted out the official documents on the file, and put aside the ones to be presented tomorrow.

Chu Ran clicked her tongue. She seemed to have heard about His Majesty's choice of concubine. Isn't this a big deal?Lu Xiang was not in the right mind, he wanted His Majesty's harem to be on fire, there were too many women, it was a troublesome thing, one Ming concubine almost made the queen collapse, and if there were more than a dozen, the queen probably didn't have the heart to trouble her.

It's a good way to draw misfortune to the east.Chu Ran walked over and handed her the last flower candy: "For you."

Lu Shi didn't like sweets, so he looked up at Chu Ran who was smiling, and if he couldn't refuse, he put it in his mouth, it was so sweet that she squinted her eyes.Chu Ran handed her the sour plum soup: "I don't like it, so I asked someone to make it."

Lu Shi didn't answer, just took the soup and drank it. She couldn't bite like Chu Ran, so she just quietly sucked it in her mouth.

Chu Ran was about to leave, so she took the lantern from the maidservant, and when Fang stepped across the threshold, Lu Shi stopped her: "I send Your Highness back."

The flower candy in her mouth went somewhere, did she vomit?Chu Ran turned around and glanced at the ground, it was clean and spotless.She was surprised, as if she had bitten it into pieces.

She clicked her tongue twice, didn't think about it anymore, and said: "Send some water chestnuts to my house tomorrow?"

There are some koi and aquatic plants in the pond in the princess mansion, but there is no water chestnut for Xinyang to pick.

Lu Shi seemed to know what she was thinking, glanced at her, and said, "Your Highness wants it, go pick it yourself."

Chu Ran was furious, this person is really stingy, even holding on to a few handfuls of water chestnuts, she stared with wide eyes: "The prime minister is so stingy, I will buy it with you, will it work?"

"If you don't sell it, Your Highness can send someone to buy it in the street market." Lu Shi pointed out to her.

Chu Ran said angrily: "You can buy it everywhere, why don't you make it convenient for others?"

Lu Shi said: "I only raise a corner of the pond here, and I won the plate just from His Highness, and there is nothing more."

Her voice was like a clear spring, Chu Ran snorted, walked away, unwilling to talk to this person, how could there be such a stingy prime minister.She wanted to leave, but Lu Shi didn't stop her, and walked beside her with a lantern.

After entering the dark passage, Lu Shi first lit the winding candles along the way, the light was much brighter, and reminded Chu Ran to be careful under his feet from time to time.After being told all the way by her, most of Chu Ran's anger disappeared.

Before parting, he said: "The flower candy in Lu Xiang's residence is quite delicious."

Lu Shi was generous this time, and said: "I will send some to the mansion tomorrow."

"No, I'll pick it up by myself tomorrow night." Chu Ran said, she waved to Lu Shi, opened the door by herself, and went back to the bedroom.

Lu Shi in the secret passage was startled for a moment, then his brows and eyes widened, and he smiled.

****

The next day, Xinyang ate the water chestnut with the nectar in her arms. While eating, she praised the chef in the princess' mansion.

Chu Ran went with her. Lu Xiang was stubborn last night. This morning, someone delivered a box of water chestnuts. Xinyang ate happily and said: "I have seen boiled water chestnuts in the palace. They are so fragrant. But it’s not sweet, it’s sweet and crunchy when eaten raw with nectar, my sister’s cooking is really thoughtful, my sister will send them to me.”

She didn't know it was thought up by the chef of the Xiangfu, and Chu Ran didn't object, and said generously: "If you want it, I will give it to you."

Xinyan nodded excitedly, stuffed water chestnuts into his mouth, and said: "Concubine Ming is going back to visit relatives today, sister, can you go and have a look?"

"Why did you go back to the house suddenly?" Chu Ran was puzzled.

Xin Yang didn't think much about it, and replied to her: "I heard that the concubine is happy and misses her family. His Majesty gave her special permission. Now that it's been three months, I'm not afraid of fetal movement anymore."

After finishing speaking, he raised his small eyes and took a look, feeling uneasy in his heart, wondering if his words could deceive sister.Ah Ruan said that he misses her, and just in time to meet her.

Calculating the time, the two of them haven't seen each other for more than a day.

The Zhou family has been officials for generations, with a profound heritage, even the Huo family can't catch up with them. Mr. Zhou was once His Majesty's Taifu. These years, he seldom comes out to walk around.

The Zhou family had talented daughters, and Concubine Ming was the most outstanding one. Someone once said that Zhou's daughter could be a princess, and she didn't want to be the emperor's first step, which was unexpected.

Chu Ran didn't think much about it, so he agreed to make a good relationship with the Zhou family, which would also benefit the prince.

She agreed, and Xinyang was overjoyed. After eating half a box of water chestnuts, she stopped eating, and said, "Give the rest to Concubine Ming."

Give the rest of the food to others?Chu Ran laughed and said: "You are so impolite, if you want to eat, I will send someone to buy some on the street."

"No need, I think it's delicious, Concubine Ming will like it." Xinyang said, she put away the small box, she had already eaten half of it, and it probably wouldn't be poisonous.

She was happy, Chu Ran always felt that something was wrong, and before she had time to think about it, Xinyang left holding the food box: "Sister, I'm going to change clothes, and you change clothes too."

Chu Ran glanced at her purple outfit, and said to the maid, "Do you want to change it?"

She doesn't pay much attention to these things on weekdays, as long as she dresses comfortably, after coming back from the northwest, she sees Ling Yi's gorgeous clothes, and for some reason she feels disgusted with herself.

The maid felt that His Highness had changed, and it was a good thing that girls liked to dress up. She whispered, "Why don't you change into a red one? Tomorrow, someone will bring some fabric and make some clothes? Lu Xiang also likes to dress up beautifully."

Mentioning Lu Xiang, Chu Ran stared: "What does it matter to her that I wear clothes?"

The servant girl was so stared at that she didn't dare to speak, but wanted to laugh again, so she tried to curry favor with her: "It has nothing to do with Prime Minister Lu, you change your clothes quickly, and this servant girl will dress you up."

Chu Ran changed into new clothes reluctantly, and only remembered when she was going out that the prime minister was not going to the Zhou Mansion, so what was she changing her clothes for, and who was she showing it to?

She turned around and wanted to go back to change clothes, Xinyang stopped her: "Good sister, it's almost noon, and it will be too late to go back and change clothes, you look so good, can't you change it?"

Xinyang was anxious, and Chu Ran felt strange, and it was hard to change it again, so he got in the car with her to Zhou Mansion.

Concubine Ming returned to the mansion very low-key, dozens of people followed, Xinyang pulled her from the main gate, the Zhou family uncle was on duty at the Ministry of Rites, was surprised when he saw Chu Ran, and hurriedly saluted: "Princess Xinping is here, you Please come in."

The flower hall was crowded with people, the Zhou family was full of people, and there were many heirs, except for the eldest son of the second wife of the Zhou family who made a wheelchair, Chu Ran didn't know anyone else.

Concubine Ming sat in the first seat and was talking with the Grandpa of the Zhou family. After Xinyang approached, Grandpa Zhou didn't raise his eyes. When he saw Chu Ran, his eyes sank, he stood up and saluted, and said, "I don't want your Highness to come down."

"It's okay, come and play with Xinyang alone, don't be disgusted by the old lady." Chu Ran glanced at Concubine Ming's flat belly. When March and April were the most critical time, His Majesty agreed to her coming out to visit her relatives. I don't know what to think .

Old Mrs. Zhou gave up the seat, she waved her hand and said: "I'm lonely, how dare you ask for your favor, you sit down, and Xinyang and I can sit here." She pulled Xinyang to sit down, and the masters of the Zhou family Just give up the position.

Old Master Zhou called Zhou Wenyi, and Chu Ran had some impressions of him. When the crown prince went in the dream, he was the only one who stood up and asked for a thorough investigation, but was rejected by His Majesty in the end, and was rejected by His Majesty even with Zhou's family. already dead.

It can be seen that he does have some talent, and she wants to make friends with her when she comes here today. As for the child in Concubine Ming's belly, she doesn't think she will become a strong enemy. His Majesty is nearly fifty, at most it will not be more than a dozen years, even if the child grows up, he will At that time, the prince was already full-fledged, so there was no need to be afraid.

But Zhou Wenyi didn't seem to want to see Xinyang. She looked at Xinyang who was eating honeydew melon next to her, maybe she felt that Xinyang was not good enough for his disabled grandson?

Or is there some other reason?Xinyang is weak and also a princess of the dynasty, Zhou Wenyi's actions are somewhat puzzling.

Fortunately, Xinyang is used to it, so he doesn't feel that something is wrong.She looked up at Concubine Ming, and said with a smile: "How is Concubine Ming lately?"

"This palace is fine, how is your Highness injured?" Concubine Ming smiled gently, her bright eyes shone brightly, her eyes shifted a few inches, and fell on the melon-eating girl. one time.

Chu Ran also went to see Xinyang, ate a piece of honeydew melon, and said with a light smile: "Xinyang, your fiancé-in-law is still there, why would you eat melons and not go see him, it would be too impolite."

The folk customs of Chu are open, and there are not too many rules for engagement. The second son of Zhou's family looked like he hadn't seen Xinyang when he saw Xinyang, which shows that etiquette is too bad.Chu Ran said Xinyang, but in fact he also wanted to satirize him. This marriage is not so successful, and he doesn't know what will happen after marriage.

Xinyang didn't understand these things, and Concubine Ming taught her how to do things on weekdays, she was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously looked at Concubine Ming.Concubine Ming immediately said: "If you want to meet, it should be the second brother who meets Princess Xinyang, there is no way to let the girl take the initiative."

"What Concubine Ming said is very true, Xinping said something wrong." Chu Ran laughed.

Concubine Ming exchanged a look with her, and said with a smile, "Three cups of wine will be fined later."

The two sang together, Zhou Wenyi turned pale, and seeing the silly Xinyang suddenly understand, he hurriedly said: "Erlang, don't go to see the ceremony yet."

"Why do you have to force the old man, the second son is shy, I'm afraid there will be too many people getting in the way." Chu Ran probed, she wanted to know how far Concubine Ming was partial to Xinyang.

Concubine Ming immediately said: "That's right, Second Brother is introverted."

Xinyang raised his head to look at Concubine Ming, his eyes were dazed, Chu Ran shook his head helplessly after looking at Concubine Ming, Xinyang's dependence on Concubine Ming had reached a level that was visible to the naked eye, Zhou Wenyi couldn't possibly not know, perhaps this was why he didn't know. The reason for Xi Xinyang.

This place is weird and cannot stay for a long time, she pulled Xinyang to ask what she meant.Xinyang glanced at Concubine Ming as before, then shook his head slightly, unwilling to leave.

Chu Ran suddenly lost her mind, poked her on the forehead, and then said: "Mr. Zhou, Xinyangzi is weak. After all, she is a princess, and she can match you. If you bully her with airs, I believe the prince will not agree to it." .”

Concubine Ming raised her head, her eyes were shocked, she turned to look at Xinyang, she was still eating honeydew melon, as if she had never heard Chu Ran's words.

Chu Ran wanted to give Concubine Ming face and support her. She could compete with the queen after all, so why would she not do it, a few threatening words, it doesn't matter.

Zhou Wenyi's face changed again and again, and he glanced at Concubine Ming. She lowered her head and sipped tea, and she had no intention of answering. He couldn't, so he replied on behalf of the second room, and said, "His Royal Highness is thinking too much. It is an honor for the Zhou family to be able to honor the princess. Why not?" Dare to be negligent."

"Grandpa, Xinping just said it casually, don't worry, it's getting late, I'll take Xinyang away first." Chu Ran had finished singing the villain's part, so naturally he wanted to sing the good guy.

Concubine Ming asked to stay, saying: "Xinping is staying here. Today I heard that the roast mutton is roasted, and I specially invited the chef from the west."

Xinyang's eyes flashed, he pulled Chu Ran, and said, "Sister, let's try?"

Chu Ran: "..."

Concubine Ming really understood Xinyang's mind, so she had to stay and eat the mutton.

After lunch, she took Xinyang and left without leaving him in Zhou Mansion.On the way back to the mansion, she pretended to ask about Concubine Ming.Xinyang froze for a moment, shaking his head not knowing.

With a tight mouth, she took the man to the moat for a walk, and the secret passage was cleaned up, and Xinyang would probably bump into him when he went back.

There are many brothels and Chu pavilions beside the moat, and there are also many flower boats. Horse-drawn carriages are parked on the bank, and the scorching sun is hot.Many people were carrying loads of goods and hawking, and some people set up stalls selling melons and fruits, fragrant flowers, and fried cakes with sugar and oil.

Xinyang suddenly grabbed Chu Ran's sleeve and pointed to a carriage in the distance: "That looks like the carriage of the prime minister's mansion, and Prime Minister Lu is there?"

Lu Xiang's whereabouts are uncertain today, and Chu Ran doesn't know if it's her. She always feels that it's not good to be seen by Xinyang, so she said: "Maybe come out for a walk, if you come, she can come too."

Xinyang thought about it too, and said, "Sister, shall we sit on the boat?"

"Another day, we don't have a boat, it's not easy to go." Chu Ran refused.

Xinyang looked bitter, and after thinking hard for a while, he said: "Sister, why don't we go to the wine shop to have a look, maybe Lu Xiang is still there."

After hearing this, Chu Ran felt that something was wrong. Before he could speak, he saw Xinyang get off the car to buy sugar fried cakes. He felt helpless. After looking around, he saw Lu Shi got into the car.

Not long after, the car left.

Xinyang came back with sugar cakes in his hands. When Chu Ran looked again, the sellers of sugar cakes cleared up their stalls and left. Will there be people who sell sugar cakes here on a hot day?

Why did Xinyang leave after selling it?She felt it was strange, Xinyang happily ate two pieces, handed them to her, and said, "Sister, I'll go out and have a look, you go back home first."

Chu Ran understood that she was going to see Concubine Ming.She held her forehead and didn't try to stop her, and ordered: "Be careful yourself."

Xinyang happily left, leaving Churan alone in the carriage. After looking around for a week, she told the driver to return home.

After returning home, Shiwu rushed over, circled around her, and ran behind her to take a look, as if to see if Lu Shi had come, and when he saw no one, he sat on the ground and refused to leave. The grievance is average.

Chu Ran had an injury on his shoulder, so he couldn't hold it, so he grabbed it by the ear and left: "I will send you back to the Prime Minister's house tomorrow, seeing how you miss your lover, it's so pitiful."

Fifteen meowed twice, then ran away into the bushes, but there was no sign of him.

Chu Ran is funny, thinking of Xinyang gives her a headache, what does Concubine Ming mean by pestering Xinyang like this, thinking of Xinyang's situation in the dream, marrying the second son of the Zhou family is better than getting married.

But she is married, who is going to get married?

Could it be Ling Yi?Chu Ran's eyebrows twitched. After remembering the dream, she didn't really believe in the marriage. She rubbed her forehead and went to test Lu Shi first. Maybe she knew the news of the court.

Come to ask later, when she wanted to take a nap, King Ning hurried over, as if someone was chasing him, and smiled and asked someone to make an ice cup to cool him off.

Where did King Ning have the heart to eat ice cups, so he hurriedly pulled Chu Ran and said, "Xiao Xinping, accompany Uncle Wang to meet the prime minister?"

He was so anxious that he pulled Chu Ran away. Chu Ran was wounded and hurt when touched. She pursed her lips and said, "What's the matter, Uncle Wang?"

"Little Xinping, Uncle Wang only has one daughter, and you are just such an older sister. It would be bad to send her to marry her." King Ning was impatient.

Chu Ran understood in an instant, pretended to be puzzled, and said, "What kind of marriage, why don't I know?"

"Hey, that barbarian came to ask to marry me, Princess Chu, look at all of you are married, take turns, your sister is the right one."

Chu Ran gave him an ice cup to cool off the heat first, and said with a smile: "Ling Yi is still there, so it's never the turn of Prince Ning's Mansion."

Hearing Lingyi, King Ning was even more troubled, saying: "I don't want to, but I told you that Lingyi is the queen's legitimate daughter, how could she go to marry her?" It's a coincidence that Xinyang's marriage was settled a few days before the marriage proposal arrived.

Chu Ran said: "It's useless for you to ask the prime minister, why don't you marry my sister first?"

"Where are you going to marry? The prime minister told me. Huo Qi's half-covered old thing mentioned my Prince Ning's mansion, so I want you to help me find Prime Minister Lu. Only she can reverse the situation for me." King Ning was so anxious that beads of sweat fell from his forehead.

Concubine Ning passed away early, leaving behind a daughter, who has become King Ning's favorite, so she is not willing to marry her.

It is not easy for King Ning to ask Lu Xiang, so he can only come to Chu Ran, after all, there is a prince behind her.Chu Ran was in trouble for a while, and said: "Uncle, don't worry, I will try Lu Xiang's mind for you. If you go to see Lu Xiang now, I'm afraid it will provoke criticism from her."

Huo Qi mentioned Prince Ning's Mansion earlier, and later went to look for Lu Xiang, and it was difficult for Lu Xiang to speak.

King Ning was so anxious that he was at a loss. When he heard that Chu Ran was willing to help, he felt a little relieved, and said generously: "Then Uncle Wang is waiting for your news, and he will go to another courtyard another day. Uncle Wang invites you to watch the dance. Those actors are very good, Uncle Wang Send you some more?"

Chu Ran frowned in fright, and said, "I'm sending it to the teaching workshop." She was embarrassed to say that Lu Xiang didn't let her stay, and when talking about actors, Lu Xiang was very fierce.

King Ning immediately felt distressed: "What are you sending to the Jiaofang? It's a waste of money, Your Majesty. Oh, my liver."

Chu Ran felt guilty and said, "I'll find Lu Xiang for you later, don't worry."

As soon as he heard the business, King Ning resumed his seriousness and said: "It's okay, it's over, it's not a big deal for Uncle Wang to send ten more people."

Chu Ran didn't want to answer him immediately, and sent him out of the mansion carefully. When she turned around, she saw Xinyang came back with red eyes. She was puzzled, so Xinyang wiped his eyes and pretended nothing happened. .

She dragged Xinyang into the mansion, just as the maid brought over fresh meat crisps, the aroma was tangy, Xinyang picked up a piece and ate it, and burst into tears.

Somehow, Chu Ran wanted to comfort her, but she saw that she had bitten another piece of shortbread and ate it while crying.

She asked what was wrong, Xinyang shook her head and said in a low voice: "Did Concubine Ming bully you?"

Xinyang has a shallow mind, so it looks like he is being bullied.She just shook her head, but she kept talking, eating shortbread, Chu Ran was helpless, she had no mother, so she felt a little more pity for Xinyang, and said helplessly, "Don't cry when you eat."

Unexpectedly, Xinyang said innocently: "My eyes are crying, it has nothing to do with my mouth."

Chu Ran: "..."

*****

In the evening, Chu Ran went to look for Lu Shi as usual. The secret passage was very clean, and it must have been cleaned up today. After pulling the bell, he waited quietly.

Unexpectedly, no one came after waiting for a long time, so she pulled it again, but still no one came.

Lu Xiang hadn't come back yet, so she had no choice but to go back the same way. After she went out, Xinyang knocked on the door, crying.Chu Ran couldn't bear it, so he let the person in and said a few words of comfort.

After crying, she lingered and refused to leave. She hugged Chu Ran and said, "She is fierce to me."

With a word without thinking, Chu Ran still understood, and said: "The fierce will be fierce, and the fierce will go back next time."

"I'm not fierce." Xinyang cried until his eyes were red, and he sucked in his nose, but he still hadn't recovered.She and Concubine Ming have known each other for many years. They both have each other in their hearts, but their fates are different. No one can propose marriage for her. Concubine Ming can only enter the palace to accompany her. He married her out of the palace, knowing that she would not have been allowed to enter the palace in the first place.

Counting carefully, the two of them had only been together for a few months, thinking of this, she cried even more bitterly.

Chu Ran had a headache, secretly thought that the bell sounded there, probably Lu Shi had come.

She coaxed: "It's getting late, you go and rest first, I'll take you to play tomorrow."

Xinyang refused, and said, "I'll sleep with Sister."

Chu Ran refused and said, "Concubine Ming will be upset if you sleep with me." It's okay for the two sisters to share the same bed, but Xinyang doesn't understand these things, and will leave when he hears this sentence.

Xinyang thought for a while, and didn't ask Chu Ran how he knew about her and Concubine Ming. When he was about to leave, he stopped and said, "Sister, I seem to have heard the sound of a bell."

Chu Ran panicked, and hurriedly said: "Maybe the maidservant outside is playing with bells, go and have a look."

Xin Yang half-believed, looked into the room again, and said suspiciously: "No, the sound seems to be inside the room."

She was very stupid on weekdays, but tonight she became smarter. Chu Ran took her out and said, "I asked the chef to make you a snack. It's milk cake with honey beans in it. You go and taste it."

After finishing speaking, he pushed the person out, the door was bolted from the inside, Xinyang knocked twice outside, and left silently.

Chu Ran hurriedly went to the secret passage to open the door, and Lu Shi stood at the exit, looking her up and down.Her face was flustered and flushed, and she asked strangely, "What happened?"

"Nothing." Chu Ran blushed and closed the secret passage door. Seeing that Lu Shi was holding a food box in his hand, he said, "You haven't eaten dinner yet?"

"I've used it. This is the flower candy you asked for yesterday." Lu Shi put the food box on the table, and said again: "I just heard a woman's voice, did Xinyang come?"

Thinking about it carefully, only Xinyang in the princess mansion would make Chu Ran afraid to open the door.

Speaking of Xinyang, Chu Ran said: "Do you know the relationship between Concubine Ming and Xinyang..."

She hesitated to speak, but Lu Shi understood: "It's true." In the previous life, after Xinyang got married, Concubine Ming died in depression, and she only knew half of the twists and turns.This time Concubine Ming entered the palace, which made her feel unbelievable, but the two lives were different after all, so she didn't pay much attention to it.

The feelings of children are all there, so why bother.

Chu Ran was worried when he heard it: "Presumably Zhou Wenyi knew about it. The Ming concubine is a respected concubine. I'm afraid I can't refute it."

"Don't worry about these, King Ning is here to find you?" Lu Shi took out the rose candy, and there were other candies in the box, colorful like a rainbow after the rain.

Chu Ran thought it was funny, so he ate a yellow one, which was a bit spicy, and Lu Shi smiled and said, "That's ginger candy."

She vomited it out after taking a bite, wrapped it in a handkerchief, narrowed her eyes because of the heat, and said, "I don't know when Wu Jiang handed over the credentials."

Wu Jiang originally belonged to Da Chu, but later rebelled, and has never been taken back.The lord of Wujiang knows how to please Emperor Chu, and the inexhaustible tribute every year is that he will marry a princess every 20 years, and what he gets in exchange for his daughter is always disgusting.

Zhou Wenyi remonstrated several times. He wanted to take back Wujiang in the previous dynasty. Who knew that the emperor listened to the persuasion, and was dazzled by the tributes when he came to Emperor Chu. Why did he still think about taking it back? A princess can solve the problem, He Le Instead of doing it.

She was so spicy that she picked a rose-flavored candy and crunched it into pieces. The sweetness moistened the tip of her tongue, and the spiciness dissipated.

Lu Shi stared at her eyes with emotional changes, and said with a smile: "Wu Jiang has always been like this, Huo Qi proposed to King Ning's only daughter."

"Isn't it possible for Lingyi?" Chu Ran said, "She is the most suitable, and she is younger in age. Your Majesty has a daughter, so there is no reason to let King Ning's daughter go out, and she is not afraid of being scolded by the censor."

Under the light, Chu Ran's face was shining brightly, and she licked the corners of her lips.

The corners of the lips are stained with flower candy, and after licking them, they look as red as the dango in the deep mountains, which is attractive to pick.

After a glance, Lu Shi trembled, looked to the side, and said casually: "Huo Qi refuses, King Ning will not enter the court for a long time, and no one will speak for him, His Majesty will naturally be biased."

Chu Ran was picking and picking in the candy box, fancying the white sweet-scented osmanthus candy, and said: "Huo Qixin, Uncle Ning knows, the two houses must be feuding, if you help Uncle Ning, it will be beneficial in the future , he is the head of the royal family, so he will be easy to talk to in the future."

She wrapped a mouthful of sweet-scented osmanthus candy, and didn't bother to talk about these words, Lu Shi looked at her: "Do you want Ling Yi to get married?"

"Is there anything the Prime Minister can do?"

Lu Shi looked at her sideways, the emotion in his eyes was obvious, Chu Ran was not a kind person, and he was not close to the queen, there was resentment between them, and Ling Yi pestered her several times, no one would like to see her .

She thought for a while, then nodded, "Yes."

What Lu Shi said was yes, but it wasn't true. Chu Ran was too sensitive, and stared at her, piercing her mind: "Prime Minister is reluctant?"

"It's not that I'm reluctant, but that there's no need to do this." Lu Shi replied.

Lu Shi didn't believe her, "I'm afraid it's Lu Xiang's duplicity." In the previous life, it was Xinyang who went to get married, so why didn't she see her saying whether it was worth it or not, but it was not worth it in Lingyi.

"Your Highness should know that it is not a long-term thing to indulge Wu Jiang's independence." Lu Shi persuaded, her eyes turned cold, "Many people in the court today mentioned that Wu Jiang should be withdrawn, but Huo Qi refused vigorously, and His Majesty was a little shaken. "

She wanted to take back Wujiang instead of using the princess to make a marriage. Except for the northwest, there were almost no wars in Chu, so that Emperor Chu was always worried that the generals would become bigger. Why not take this opportunity to let the generals fight and play their role.

Chu Ran didn't quite believe it. In the previous life, Wu Jiang was good. In the end, when King Heng became the prince, he sent many tributes to congratulate him. It can be seen that King Heng and Wu Jiang are good friends.

She hesitated a little, but Lu Shi knew that she had listened, and reached out to wipe the sugar residue from the corner of her mouth.

Chu Ran only saw a white hand passing by in front of her eyes, and it disappeared in an instant. The corner of her mouth where touched was slightly hot. She reached out and touched it, feeling something different.

Before she could think about it, she looked up and saw a faint smile in Lu Shi's eyes, as beautiful as moonlight, pouring out several feet of silver light.

What is Lu Xiang laughing at?She touched the corner of her lips again, and said, "How do you get His Majesty to agree to go to Wujiang?"