The eldest princess and Li [rebirth]
Chapter 33 Sweet words
At some point in the city of Yingdu, they began to like to drink Baihua Niang. The literati came here in different ways. The state of Chu had not had any wars for a long time, which made these people feel more at ease.
Chu Ran doesn't have much contact with these things, and the boudoir girl who has nothing to do likes to explore them. Ling Yi is almost a master in brewing wine, but she doesn't like making Baihua Niang, and always finds the taste extremely weird.
She doesn't love it, but others love it very much.It was also the first time for Chu Ran to drink this kind of wine. After pouring a cup, he took it up and smelled it, and said, "Lingyi thinks it's not good, but I think it's good. Take a petal from each of these flowers, so it won't smell good."
While the two were talking, a bell rang suddenly. Fifteen leaped in from the outside, jumped onto the table, was hugged by Chu Ran, and thrown out of the window.
Holding Chu Ran's wine cup, Lu Shi took a sip, and the tip of his tongue was full of the aroma of flowers. This wine can be drunk as water, and the aroma of flowers dissipated the taste of the wine, leaving the wine with a very light taste.
She raised her head to drink, and Fifteen ran in again from the outside. It got angry and walked to Lu Shi's feet. With its round belly, it lay down angrily and wanted Lu Shi to touch it before it would leave.
Unexpectedly, Lu Shi ignored it, and talked about Baihuaniang instead: "Baihuaniang was brewed by a lady of this dynasty. She lived in no fixed place. Every time she went to a place, she picked the local flowers, unconsciously She traveled to many places in a short time, she is a master brewer, put these flowers into the wine, and made this hundred-flower brew."
Lu Shi seldom had such interesting stories in his mouth, and Chu Ran had never heard of them, so he asked, "Why does she have no fixed place?"
"About being rejected by her husband, she became a next-in-law wife. Her husband's family doesn't want her, but her mother's family doesn't allow her." Lu Shi shook the crystal wine in his cup, his eyes dazed.
Chu Ran thought that this wine had a beautiful story, and she didn't want to be so miserable. She said, "Where did Xiang Lu hear it?"
Under the ice gauze curtain hanging in the outer room, Fifteen was lying down, his paws shaking the curtain, floating like water waves, Chu Ran's eyes were stained with a smile, as clear as a hundred flowers.After Lu Shi saw it, he smiled and said, "The people talk about big books."
"Are you going to listen to the big book too?" Chu Ran felt strange. Ever since she was sensible, she had heard about Lu Xiang's different deeds. .
Most of the big books are read by wanderers who have nothing to do, and she would go if she didn't want to. She didn't drink alcohol, and she was conscious. Looking at Lu Shi's serious look, she kept laughing.
Lu Shi in the dream is much more serious and serious than now.
Lu Shi didn't care about her words, and after thinking about it carefully, he said, "I went with my brother at that time."
"Isn't Baihuaniang popular in the past few years?" Chu Ran exposed her lie at a glance, glanced at her, and took back her wine cup: "Talk when you are not drunk."
"Baihuaniang has been grown for many years. It was brought back by King Ning from the south. Since then, people in the capital of Ying have liked Baihuaniang. You don't know?" Lu Shi smiled lightly. After eating a crab roe dumpling, he frowned and said, "This It smells too fishy."
"Crabs have a fishy smell, don't you know?" Chu Ran took a bite of the dumpling. The crab roe was very plump. Seeing that Lu Shi didn't eat it, she kindly asked, "Can I change it for you?"
"I'll take you out to taste the meat swallow some other day." Lu Shi put down his chopsticks and stopped moving.
She was full after drinking two glasses of wine. After Chu Ran ate the rest of the dumplings, she ordered the palace servants to prepare hot water. She found pajamas for Lu Shi and waited for her to come back.
The palace servants took the opportunity to change her wound medicine, opened the window to diffuse the medicine smell, and after Lu Shi came back, she went to take a bath again.
There was no one to disturb the hall, so it was considered quiet, only Shiwu jumped up and down restlessly, and finally climbed onto the couch, got under the blanket, but was nowhere to be seen.
In the end, Lu Shi pulled it out and asked the palace servants to send it out. He made the bed by himself, lay down first, and waited for Chu Ran to come back.
She will leave tomorrow morning. In order not to disturb Chu Ran, she sleeps on the outside and waits for someone to lie down before she sleeps.
Seeing that she was waiting, Chu Ran got on the couch neatly and lay down.
The two stopped talking, and Lu Shi took the time to leave without anyone noticing.
There are still two or three days before Qixi Festival, and the palace people on Yunmeng Lake have already started to make water lanterns, and Ling Yi made a few lanterns before leaving by boat.For this reason, Xinyang is happy to eat one more rabbit leg.
Concubine Ming stays at home, and hasn't seen her since she went to the island. Xinyang is talking about the food on Qixi Festival, thinking about it, and clamoring for mooncakes.
The fifteenth day of the eighth month has not yet arrived, and the palace staff have not prepared yet. She begged Concubine Ming, and the palace staff went to buy it the next day.Chu Ran didn't know about this, she was wondering how Lu Shi transferred Ling Yi.
It stands to reason that during the Qixi Festival, Ling Yi would probably pester Lu Shi to play, but this time he went to play by himself?
The palace people set up water lanterns by the lake, and both His Majesty and the Queen were away, so they felt much more at ease. Everyone tied colored strands on their heads and begged for cleverness with Qiqiao needles.
Chu Ran didn't understand these things, and she was suspicious. Someone came to the island at the fifth watch of Qixi Festival, and picked her up to leave.
The carriage left the palace until the side door of the prime minister's mansion.
Lu Shi waited there for a long time, and as soon as they met, Chu Ran asked how to transfer Lingyi away from Yunmengze.The Hehuan Pond has been restored to its old appearance, and the koi in the pool come out to eat in the early morning.
The two walked in together, and Chu Ran stopped by the pool, trying to find the acacia tree, but he looked around and found nothing.She said regretfully: "It's good to make cakes if you gather the Albizia julibrissin flowers."
But Lu Shi said: "Flowers are in the water, when they fall, they hit the water, and they can't be saved."
It's a pity for Chu Ran, after walking a few steps, she saw the maidservant in the mansion lighting up the lamp, she wondered: "Why do you put it on during the day?"
The maid held the lamp and said with a smile: "I'm on duty at night, I don't have time, why don't I let it go, it's just a moral."
Chu Ran looked at the lamp in her hand, feeling novelty, Lu Shi came over and led her back to the yard, and said: "It's still early, Your Highness might as well sleep for a while, I have some private matters to deal with, and I will take His Highness to see the lamp at dusk. "
"Is the Lantern City fun?" Chu Ran asked.She seldom goes to play, and she doesn't know what to do on Qixi Festival, she only knows how to put water lanterns and qiqiao needles into the water, but she doesn't know about the rest.
The prince has been sick for many years, and she can't take care of him in time, and she can't separate his origin to play with these things.
The state of Chu is not like the surrounding countries. On Qixi Festival, men can invite their sweethearts to the lantern festival, and women can do the same. Chu Ran doesn't know these common things, and just thinks that Lu Shi took her to play.
She got up early, a little sleepy, and obediently went to take a nap in the courtyard.
Lu Shi dealt with the urgent official documents handed over by the counties and counties. His Majesty was not in the capital city of Ying, and he did not dare to relax the defenses in the city, especially Mr. Huo was still recovering from his illness.
The official documents were sent to the prime minister's mansion in a pile, and Lu Shijian dealt with them urgently. Important matters were sent to the Li Palace for His Majesty to have a look at.Generals Proton entered Beijing one after another, and the Ministry of Rites went to meet them one by one, and together with the Ministry of War sent them to the mansion.
After dealing with the important official documents, the servant sent the structural diagram of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Because Princess Jiuyue was going to marry in, the main courtyard seemed a bit crowded, so the two courtyards were merged to make it bigger.
The drawings for the renovation were delivered, and the original bedroom was not moved. One wall was removed, and the bedroom in the next yard was converted into a study room.
After looking at the drawings, Lu Shi felt satisfied, especially the swing, which had not been changed. The yard was bigger, and a corner could be used as a flower garden.
In addition, fill some soil under the Albizia julibrissin tree, and it will be easy to pick the petals at that time.
The servant looked at the drawings and said, "How should the study be repaired?" The prime minister's study is elegant and simple, and Princess Xinping is as young as a flower, so it is not easy to put it like that.
After looking at it, Lu Shi asked a few words, she remembered the study decorations in the princess's mansion, and she could imitate them at that time, and change the windows so as not to be confused whether it was in the prime minister's mansion or the princess' mansion.
The Hehuan Pool is very large, and a bamboo building is built in the south where the water in the pool is dwindling.
Such a detailed arrangement was quite different from the previous life, so Lu Shi felt satisfied.
After the arrangements were made, it was almost dusk, and the time passed so quickly before she knew it. After leaving her in the prime minister's mansion for half a day, she hurriedly put aside her official duties and went to find Chu Ran.
Chu Ran sat on the swing and fiddled with the hairpin, which was studded with diamonds, shining brightly in the dusk.Seeing that she was not happy, Axiu felt strange: "You don't like it?"
"Does Lu Xiang like it?" Chu Ran asked, this is the stone she gave to Lu Shi, and she gave it to herself as a gift.
Lu Shi came in a hurry, the sky was getting dark, she was a little guilty, she signaled Axiu to step back, and said, "How many people will I introduce you to?"
"Who is it?" Chu Ran put the hairpin into the box and looked up at Lu Shi.Her people have dispersed, and in a few years, there will probably be no more people who can use her.
Lu Shi said: "I'll give you a few people to drive, Feng Tang and Li Chu."
These two people followed Lu Shi for a long time. Chu Ran saw these two people in a dream. Later, when he became an official in the Six Books, they were just given to her, which was a waste.She shook her head and said: "Giving it to me is of no use, you can keep it."
"That's all for you to know. In the future, if you have orders, they will listen to them."
Chu Ran understood, and if he didn't meet, he wouldn't know each other next time.Some people recognize the Lord, even if His Majesty rewards him generously, they will not change their minds.
Feng Tang is a woman with delicate features and delicate features. She is an official from the Finance Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and she doesn't show up much on weekdays.Li Chu is a military general who guards the gate of the palace, making it very convenient to enter and exit.
After seeing it, he retreated.
The sky was dark, Xiangfumen put on a coat and a carriage, and the house was lit up with colorful lights, the more people walked down the street, the more lively it was.Chu Ran still cared about Ling Yi in his heart, and asked a few questions.
Lu Shi got a headache from being questioned, so he said, "Mr. Huo has been feeling unwell recently, and Ling Yi went to visit him."
"Why is he in poor health, why does Ling Yi need to see him?" Chu Ran hit the nail on the head, that old Huo Qi was pretending to be sick, so he didn't follow Li Gong, so he didn't know what he was thinking.
The noise outside became louder, and the candlelight penetrated the curtain of the car, and one could vaguely see Chu Ran's trembling eyelashes, and she looked eagerly at Lu Shi, waiting for her next words.
Lu Shi didn't want to tell her at first, but his heart softened because of her hot eyes, and he said honestly: "Wu Jiang Wang gave him a box of Nanzhu, which is big, and gave it to Ling Yi. Ling Yi felt happy, so he sent it to the Palace Weaving Bureau As a hairpin, I don’t want to be noticed by the concubine Xian. The King of Wu Jiang also paid tribute to a few boxes, but they were locked in the treasury, so how did they end up in Lingyi’s hands.”
Chu Ran took the words, "Therefore, Mr. Huo was worried that others would find out, so he was in trouble day and night, so he called Ling Yi to find a way."
"Your Highness is smart." Lu Yi praised smoothly.
"The yin and yang are weird." Chu Ran muttered.
Lu Shi didn't mind being scolded by her, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
When he got off the car, he saw Liancheng holding lotus leaves with a lot of lotus seeds in his hands, walking over leisurely, seeing Chu Ran getting off the car, his eyes lit up, and he trotted over.
He had been in the capital city of Ying for a few days, but he had never looked at Chu Ran carefully. Now that he was free, he wanted to have a good talk. Before he moved closer, he saw Lu Xiang coming down, hurriedly stopped, and smiled innocently.
Never dreamed that the eldest sister who was hidden in the golden house of His Royal Highness in the northwest city would be Lu Xiang.
Chu Ran walked over and pulled her into the restaurant. After Liancheng entered Yingdu City, he liked to eat things in the water. There were lotus seeds, nectar water chestnut, or honey lotus root on the table.
Liancheng whispered: "I thought that the big sister who was hiding in the northwest, how did you hide Lu Xiang, I thought you were messing around outside, so scared that I didn't dare to show it in front of my grandfather."
Without other people around, Liancheng was no longer restrained, and expressed all the depression of these days, "When I came to Yingdu City, I met the prince from afar, and I didn't say much."
He knew how to avoid suspicion, but he never expected to be so indifferent.
Chu Ran bit a lotus seed, which was much more delicious than the ones she picked, and said casually: "When the prince comes back, I will invite you to the East Palace to play, and to avoid suspicion, the two of you are also related by blood, too indifferent Instead, it makes people suspicious.”
While she was speaking, Liancheng ate several water chestnuts, and glanced at Lu Xiang at the door, stood up hurriedly, and said: "Lu Xiang, you talk to His Highness, I will go out for a walk."
It was lively below, and there were brothels not far away. How could Liancheng sit there for a long time? After he went down, Chu Ran lay on the upstairs to watch, and his eyes followed Liancheng.
The maid took all the food from the water on the table and put a pot of lotus scented slices, which was also different from the tea in the palace.
Chu Ran saw Huo Fu after watching for a while, Ling Yi was standing next to them, and the eldest son of the Huo family was standing behind them.She half closed the window, Lu Shi approached and saw it at a glance, but she didn't say anything.
"Which girl do you think Mr. Huo will marry?" Chu Ran held the tea and took a sip, and Lingyi below held a lamp in his hand, and the pearls on his bun were particularly eye-catching.
The eldest son of the Huo family is over [-] years old and has not been engaged. Although he has no intentions of being a son-in-law, his ambition is not small.In the previous life, she married a girl from the Lu family. Standing in front of Lu Shi, she respectfully called her aunt.
"I don't know." Lu Shi said.
Chu Ran blinked her eyelashes, and she remembered that she promised Uncle Ning to match his daughter, and took the opportunity to ask, "What do you think of the princess of Ning's family?"
"Your Highness wants to marry Lu Jia Erlang?" Lu Shi was not polite, and a single sentence pierced her mind.
Chu Ran was embarrassed by what she said, and said bluntly, "How?"
"The Marquis of Runan will not agree." Lu Shi said, "Although King Ning is a prince, he is not involved in government affairs, so it is somewhat unsatisfactory."
Marriages of aristocratic families are all for profit. If the father-in-law's family cannot help, the Lu family will not consider it.
Knowing this, Chu Ran stared at Lu Shi: "But Uncle Ning's land is rich, and the Lu family is short of money. Wouldn't the two be complete? Lu Xiang is the prime minister, and the Lu family has another powerful minister. Doesn't it make His Majesty suspicious?"
She was thoughtful and her tongue was full of lotus flowers. Lu Shi glanced at her, pondered for a moment before saying, "I'll go back and talk to Lord Hou."
"Master Hou wants to curry favor with the Huo family?" Chu Ran tentatively asked, the Huo family is also rich, but the money is not as clean as Ning Wang's family.The Huo family stretched out their hands to the court hall. As long as there was no big movement, Emperor Chu would turn a blind eye.
Chu Ran's guess was absolutely right. The Lu family just wanted to curry favor with the Huo family. The situation was uncertain. Lu Xiang and the prince were related by marriage, so it would not be a disadvantage to climb on King Heng's boat.
What she wanted was to cut off the idea of Marquis Runan and really only be loyal to the crown prince.
As soon as the little Jiujiu in Chu Ran's heart comes out, he can't hide it from Lu Shi.Lu Shi knew that she still couldn't trust her deeply now, the word "trust" was too difficult, just like the emperor and empress, there was almost no trust at all, and what was supported was only palace rules and the opinions of the world.
The two remained silent. The maid brought the food, which was steaming hot. Chu Ran looked back. It was in the shape of a swallow, wrapped in a thin skin, and the meat inside could be seen.
The food in Yingdu city is almost the characteristics of different places. Anyone who thinks it is delicious, there will be people operating it in the city.
Chu Ran went over to take a bite, there was noise outside, and there was a burst of yelling and cursing, she put down the bowl and walked over, and the people below started to make a fuss.
Today's Qixi Festival, young people can't sit still at home, they will come out to have a look, just now is a member of the Huo family, now it is the Zhou family, Zhou Wenyi's grandson.
Chu Ran met that day, and for some reason, there was a dispute below, and then he saw Mr. Huo squeezed into the crowd, and both sides tried to persuade him to be a peacemaker.
She was surprised that the Huo family wanted to get involved with the Zhou family, and turned to look at Lu Xiang: "There is something weird about it."
"The Huo family is just putting on a show." Lu Shi said, she couldn't recognize who was arguing with the Zhou family, so she called the waiter in, pointed down and said, "Which family does that young master belong to?"
The wine shop running hall is here every day, with sharp eyes, you can tell by the clothes, people are of different grades, and so are the clothes.He looked down and said, "That's the eldest son of Duke Wei's family."
Wei Guogong?Chu Ran waved him away, and when he looked again, Lu Shi's face turned cold, "I remember that the Huo and Wei families had a friendship."
The voice below has decreased a lot, Chu Ran was unwilling, and the Huo family suffered a great loss, so they wanted to pull Zhou's family, and they did a lot of cliques for personal gain, but they didn't know what they were planning.
Not long after, the people below left, probably making peace.
Chu Ran bit the meat swallow, recalled what happened in the dream, and was unsure, "Lu Xiang, do you want someone to follow?"
"Liancheng has gone." Lu Shi said lightly.
Chu Ran didn't know the inside story, so he felt strange: "What did you ask him to do? He came here and is not familiar with everyone, and he might be eaten by others."
Lu Shi stopped talking and said instead, "Buy some food for Xinyang?"
After all, there will be more food on the market today. It is boring for Chu Ran to stay in the wine shop, and he will be full after eating a big bowl of meat swallows.She nodded: "Go and see."
She wondered where the group of people went just now.
After leaving the wine shop, it was very lively outside, Chu Ran bought a pair of rabbit lamps, and returned to the palace for Xinyang.After walking for a while, seeing Ling Yi, she hid behind Lu Shi in fright.
There happened to be someone buying a mask next to her, so Lu Shi handed her one of Yama, even if Ling Yi saw it, he didn't dare to take it off.
Chu Ranfang put on the mask, and Ling Yi trotted over, his face flushed, "Lu Xiang is here too." In a blink of an eye, she saw the person paying with the store, and she didn't look carefully under the dim lights.
Standing in the bright lights, she was dressed in sky blue clothes and a pair of jade earrings with water droplets on her ears. She was born pretty, but she looked even more beautiful when she was dressed like this.
Before Lu Shi could speak, Huo Fu came over. She knew that the Huo family and Prime Minister Lu were at odds, so she stopped talking after saluting. Ling Yi chattered about interesting stories about Qiqiao Festival.
Under the lights, men and women were in pairs, Ling Yi couldn't move his feet when he saw Lu Shi, Huo Fu consciously led the maidservant to stand aside.
Chu Ran carried a peach blossom mask and left it for Xinyang. After paying the money, she gave it to the maid who followed her.
Lu Shi moved forward a few steps, Ling Yi followed her briskly, Chu Ran couldn't keep up, saw Lian Cheng sharply, left the two of them aside, and walked over.
There were many people in the neighborhood, and when Lu Shi looked back, Chu Ran was no longer there. She frowned slightly, raised her chin towards the people behind her, and signaled them to go find it quickly.
Ling Yi waved the jade fan he just bought in his hand, and pointed at the gadgets beside him, his eyebrows beaming with joy.After Liancheng saw it, his heart skipped a beat, and he tugged on Chu Ran's cuff: "Who is that? Don't you care?"
Chu Ran was absent-minded, and said casually: "Whatever she does, where did the Huo family go? Let's go and see."
Liancheng was anxious, "You don't care what they do." He was embarrassed to say that he went to the hot spring.The king of Wujiang sent some monsters, and they couldn't be called monsters. A woman dressed in fish skin danced in the water.
Then, others began to imitate, and there were also such women in the hot spring hall, attracting people's attention.
Liancheng was dumbfounded after entering, took a glance and ran out, ignoring those from the Huo family and Zhou family, just run first.Hearing that Chu Ran was going, he pulled her and said, "It's not very fun there. Your Highness will go back to look for Lu Xiang. If you don't take the initiative, she will belong to someone else."
Chu Ran glanced there, then stuffed the mask he took off to Liancheng, "It's okay."
"No problem?" Lian Chenggan stood still, His Highness was really big, he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, you don't know how hot Lu Xiang is. When I came to Yingdu City, I heard that Lu Xiang is rare. something like that."
Chu Ran paused, squinting her eyes: "Why haven't I heard of it?"
Liancheng didn't quite understand what she meant, so he took the mask and put it on his face, refusing to take it away no matter what.Chu Ran pushed him a few times, and said angrily, "Did you do something guilty?"
He was really helpless, and said: "Your Highness, do you know the hot springs in the city?"
"Tangquan?" Chu Ran really didn't know. When she heard the word "hot spring", she just thought it was a place where men went to soak in hot springs. When she thought about it, it was no different from a bathhouse.
Thinking of something wrong, he asked Liancheng, "Isn't it clean?"
Liancheng nodded heavily: "Not only is it unclean, but there are also many women who serve others."
"I told you earlier, I'll go and have a look. I've been to the brothel before, so I'm afraid of it." Chu Ran didn't care. She had been to the brothel once for business. Keep it clean and nothing will happen.
Liancheng suddenly felt that His Highness Xinping was different from others, but he didn't dare to take her there, "I dare not go there, Your Highness is going alone, who is that person?"
He pointed at Ling Yi, who was far away, and he couldn't tell who it was, and he had never seen Ling Yi before, and it was common for him not to know him.
Chu Ran couldn't pass, so he said, "Princess Lingyi."
Liancheng was speechless, and didn't dare to yell for Chu Ran to pass, after all, he sneaked out of the palace.He only dragged Chu Ran to prevent her from leaving, and Xu Xu talked about the journey to Beijing.
After getting rid of Lingyi, Lu Shi followed the clues given by Liancheng and came to Chu Ran. He knew something was wrong when he saw the mask in Liancheng's hands.Now that there are so many people, it is hard to talk, so I have to ask where the Huo family is going.
Liancheng faltered and said the words of hot springs.Lu Shi was not an ignorant person. When the King of Wujiang sent him over, Emperor Chu still found it interesting. He pampered him for a few months and then forgot about it.
Although he forgot, Lu Shi remembered clearly, and said to Chu Ran without fussing, "Go back home?"
Chu Ran was thinking about the hot springs, and wanted to ask if it was possible to go, but Liancheng snatched him away before he could: "Go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and I will send His Highness back."
As soon as he spoke in a hurry, his face turned red, and Lu Shi knew that something was wrong.
After returning to the mansion, it was still early, Chu Ran calculated the time when the palace gate would be locked, and said that he wanted to return to Yunmengze, and it was fine to leave for a day, and one day and one night was always inappropriate.
What she said was common sense, and Lu Shi couldn't refuse, so he asked someone to prepare the carriage and sent her into the palace himself.
The two remained calm and let Liancheng follow around inside, not knowing what was wrong.When he couldn't think about it, Chu Ran had already stepped into the carriage, scolded Ling Yi in his heart, and ran to the hot spring instead.
It was lively outside today, and you could hear the bustling sounds when you got into the carriage. Chu Ran sat down by the window and ignored Lu Shi.
She was sulking, but what was thinking in her mind was the Huo family's plan. Huo Qi stayed in Yingdu City, and all the Huo family stayed behind, saying that it was to give Huo Fu a dowry.
Wujiang agreed that the time would be early October, when the weather was fine, neither hot nor cold, just right.After all, there are only eighty days, so it's not too hasty, after all, the Ministry of Rites will also prepare the dowry.
Unable to figure it out, he went to open the car curtain, and was held down by Lu Shi as soon as he reached out.
Lu Shi's hand was still cold, and it was comfortable to touch in summer, but Chu Ran felt a refreshing coolness after touching it, she was distressed and wanted to shake it off.Lu Yi didn't move, his fingertips gently stroked her wrist, silently comforting her.
Her skin was cold, and even her gaze was cold. Chu Ran couldn't get rid of her, so she kept silent. Before the car entered the palace gate, the atmosphere in the car eased a lot.
Chu Ran didn't say anything, and Lu Shi didn't ask, there was silence. After a while, Lu Shi suddenly got up and sat beside her.
There were more shadows in front of him, Chu Ran panicked, pushed her away, and said, "You should get out of the car."
She was full of anger, like fifteen, wishing she could scratch someone twice.Lu Shi remembered how she used to show her teeth and claws, but when she came back, she put away her perverse temper, and she didn't know if she had figured it out.
Chu Ran was angry, but she smiled. She didn't know what was funny, she leaned over suddenly, her eyes moved, and the corners of her lips were soft.
She plucked up her courage, she didn't dare to take a step beyond the threshold in her previous life, seeing Chu Ran who was no longer chaste, she felt a touch of melancholy in her heart.Chu Ran became lustful, angry, jealous, and flirted with her.
Lu Shi's initiative surprised Chu Ran, and there was a soft touch on the corner of his lips.
The inside of the car is cramped, and being so close makes people feel even more flustered. The tip of the tongue touches the tip of the tongue, and the depression in the heart dissipates a lot.Chu Ran has never been a hypocritical person, he will kiss when he kisses, and he will not push people away rudely.
Lu Shi is very gentle, with a cool fragrance, and she always feels different when touching her. She sniffs that fragrance, and feels that she is a little closer to her.
Her heart was scratched twice, but she was still unhappy.
Lu Shi didn't let go of her even after kissing her. He felt that something had changed in Chu Ran, just like just now, he didn't push her away.
She pressed against Chu Ran's forehead, touched her wrist with her fingertips, and said in a very light tone: "Do you want to go back to Yunmengze?"
Chu Ran was resisted by her, no matter how much she disagreed, she couldn't say anything to refuse. After a long pause, she still didn't speak, but the carriage stopped.
Lu Shi didn't force her, and stretched out his hands to straighten her robe, saying, "I'll tell you about the Huo family tomorrow."
After finishing speaking, he got out of the car, and took the car behind to go home by himself.
After returning to Yunmengze, Chu Ran sent the lamp and mask to Xinyang. After taking a bath, Xinyang ran over and asked about the excitement of the Qiqiao Festival.
There was an unpleasant disturbance tonight, and Chu Ran didn't bother to watch it too much. After saying a few rough words, he sent Xinyang to leave.
When falling asleep, she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. The tip of her nose seemed to be filled with the fragrance that belonged to Lu Shi. She turned over and looked at the light outside. She lived a different life from her dream, and the ending will inevitably be different.
The crown prince will not die either. When he ascends the throne and has an heir, she will return to the fief. If Lu Xiang can let go of these things, he will go there together.No one in the fief looked at her, and Lu Xiang was more free-spirited.
Thinking about these messy things, I fell asleep in a daze until the third watch, and it was noon when I woke up.
Her body hurts from sleeping, she got up and combed her hair and clothes on the bed, just before she was about to have lunch, she saw Xinyang running happily, holding two camellias in her hands, she glanced at the meal on the table, and found that it didn’t suit her appetite, so she didn’t like it. Let me take the bowls and chopsticks.
Sit down, drank a bowl of sweet soup, and said in a low voice: "Sister, I know something happened in the city."
Chu Ran's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "What's the matter?"
"Yesterday, the eldest daughter of the Huo family was lost. The imperial army went to look for them, and turned the capital city of Ying upside down. When they found the hot springs, they saw many girls wearing fish skins underwater. They were fished up and went one by one. I searched, unexpectedly, the eldest son of the Huo family refused, and immediately started a fight. As a result, the eldest son of Mrs. Zhou's family, the eldest son of the Duke of Wei's family, was found in the hot spring, and was thrown into the yamen by the imperial army. come out."
Xinyang smiled wide-eyed, lying on the table and covering his stomach, Chu Ran drank the fish soup, and said, "Did Miss Huo find it?"
"I heard that I lost my way, sister, you said that my sister is lost, how can my brother still have the mood to play, it's a shame. He is locked up in the yamen, and Prime Minister Lu doesn't speak, and dare not let him go."
Chu Ran served her a bowl of fresh fish soup, and felt that what happened last night seemed to be done by Liancheng. He tied up his sister and beat his brother, which was arrogant.
Xinyang took a sip of soup to moisten his throat, and continued: "Wei Guogong was so angry that he threatened to change his son, and made a fuss all night, I don't know what happened."
"How do you know so clearly?" Chu Ran felt strange that she knew so clearly what happened last night, and the news in Yunmengze was blocked.
Xinyang narrowed his eyes, extremely happy, and said quietly: "You forgot, Concubine Ming's elder brother was also locked up, Mrs. Zhou came to the palace to ask Concubine Ming to let Xiang Lu release him first."
"Concubine Ming doesn't know Xiang Lu well, how can I let her go?"
Xin Yang said again: "Sister is in Yunmeng Ze, Concubine Ming will tell you, you can go and ask Lu Xiang to release him, it will be easy."
"So you begged me to let someone go, I'll try to write a letter to Lu Xiang." Chu Ran said, this is not a big deal, after the two agreed, Lingyi came, Xinyang stuck out his tongue, turned around and walked away. to go.
Lingyi stopped her, took a box from the maidservant, and handed it to her: "The beads are beautiful, let my sister play with them."
You don't need Chu Ran to look to know that there are Nanzhu inside.She looked up at Xinyang and nodded to her. Xinyang happily accepted Nanzhu. Anyway, she has a thick skin and doesn't mind these sarcastic words.
After Xinyang left, Lingyi took out the beads for Chu Ran. Unlike Xinyang, there were four beads inside, all of which were very large. This is a disaster.
Chu Ran also accepted it, and it was worth a lot of money to sell such a good thing.From Wujiang to Nanzhu, the good ones are used as tributes, and the less important ones are sold.
Lingyi got it himself, so it is easy to be said, but now everyone in the palace has shared a few, and no one cares.When His Majesty came back, he forgot about it, and if he asked, he would say that he bought it, and His Majesty wouldn't bother to investigate such trivial matters.
After sending Nanzhu off, she also talked about what happened last night. She and Huo Fu were originally traveling together, and she didn't want to meet Lu Xiang, so she forgot about her. When she recovered, she disappeared.
She was also the one who asked the imperial guards to look for her. She didn't want to know that there were still girls in fish skin in the city of Yingdu, half of her body was exposed, and her lower body was like a fish. It was disgusting to look at.
Thinking about it now makes her feel nauseous, she looked at the iced agate grapes on the table, took a bite and put it in her mouth, feeling sick.
Chu Ran felt that she missed a big show last night. If she didn't leave, she would be able to see it when she went to the hot spring. She said, "Is it still closed?"
"Shut up, how could Prime Minister Lu be willing to forgive something that hurts face? Wei Guogong and the others would not be ashamed to ask Prime Minister Lu, but Mrs. Guo asked someone to go to Runanhou's mansion to give a gift, and asked Mrs. Lu to ask for it. Let them go." Ling Yi was listless, she had just gone to the government office to find Lu Xiang, begging her to let the Huo family's young masters go, but Lu Xiang directly refused, which made her feel ashamed.
Chu Ran was thirsty, so he ate several times in a row. From Ling Yi's tone, he knew that Lu Xiang was ruthless and selfless. If he waited for His Majesty to return to Beijing and let her deal with it, it would be a big deal. Maybe even the elders in the family would suffer. scold.
"Have someone beat you with dozens of sticks and send them back to the house." Chu Ran said to himself.
Lingyi got Huo Lao's order and wanted Chu Ran to ask for it. The two of them still have a relationship, and Lu Xiang would not be so ruthless. After saying a few words, Chu Ran said: "Lingyi, you You should know that once you let them go, you have to let everyone go, if you only let people from the Huo family go, someone will be involved in Lu Xiang tomorrow."
She was right, Ling Yi gritted his teeth, and said: "No matter what, this matter must not be brought to the front of His Majesty." Now that Lu Xiang is choking, the news has not yet been sent to Li Palace, and several family members have choked the news to death. Unexpectedly What's more, Lu Xiang refused to let him go.
Especially when it comes to Princess Yong'an who is about to get married, she shouldn't have left the palace.
Lingyi was in trouble, so he lowered his posture to beg Chu Ran.
Chu Ran didn't know what it was like for a while, she ate grapes, looked at the time outside, and said: "I'm going out of the palace, you hide it for me, don't let others know."
As soon as she heard that she was going to see Lu Xiang, Ling Yi felt bad, and nodded sadly: "When will sister come back?"
I'm in a hurry before I go.Chu Ran went into the inner hall to change her clothes. It should not be too gorgeous, or people would find out. Everything was kept simple. She changed all the skirts and put her hair up in a slanted bun. Insert a jade hairpin, adding a bit of Xiaojiabiyu feeling.
In the past, she had to be wary of Ling Yi when she went out, but this time, Ling Yi had to keep an eye on her.
It's interesting to think about it. When she went to the government office, she had no choice but to go to the prime minister's mansion.After entering through the side door, it was still being repaired, and many people carried soil to the acacia pool on one side to fill the pool under the acacia tree.
Chu Ran avoided it carefully. After entering the main courtyard, she found that someone was repairing it, and the walls were broken through. Axiu led her to the study.As he walked, he said: "Princess Lingyi came early in the morning to plead for Mr. Huo, but Prime Minister Lu didn't agree, so she left."
"Why didn't Lu Xiang agree?" Chu Ran felt strange. Most of what happened last night was disturbed, and he should be released.
Axiu shook her head and didn't know. Recently, she has become more and more incomprehensible about Lu Xiang's mind. Ever since he fell off the horse for no reason, Lu Xiang's mind is different from before.I used to take the initiative to avoid Princess Xinping, and it was wrong when I was blind. The fire in the northwest city was indeed a bit strange.
It seems that Lu Xiang ordered others to do it.
If she didn't know, Chu Ran wouldn't ask, knocked on the study door, and pushed it away with her hand.Lu Shi sat behind the case, and the case was neatly arranged in stacks, and he was actually handling official business in the mansion today.
She already knew that Chu Ran was outside the door, and when someone came in, she organized the official documents and said first: "Your Highness, leave after dinner?"
"How did you know I would come, or did you deliberately reject Ling Yi and let her beg me so that I could leave the palace?" Chu Ran said with a smile on Yan Yan, who had never been so happy since she was a child.Although Lingyi had no bad intentions, he was thinking about how to stick to Lu Shi all day long, and even people who are made of mud will have a temper.
Lu Shi didn't answer this question, but instead asked, "What do you want for dinner?"
Talking about serious things, but she always brings food, Chu Ran
Chu Ran doesn't have much contact with these things, and the boudoir girl who has nothing to do likes to explore them. Ling Yi is almost a master in brewing wine, but she doesn't like making Baihua Niang, and always finds the taste extremely weird.
She doesn't love it, but others love it very much.It was also the first time for Chu Ran to drink this kind of wine. After pouring a cup, he took it up and smelled it, and said, "Lingyi thinks it's not good, but I think it's good. Take a petal from each of these flowers, so it won't smell good."
While the two were talking, a bell rang suddenly. Fifteen leaped in from the outside, jumped onto the table, was hugged by Chu Ran, and thrown out of the window.
Holding Chu Ran's wine cup, Lu Shi took a sip, and the tip of his tongue was full of the aroma of flowers. This wine can be drunk as water, and the aroma of flowers dissipated the taste of the wine, leaving the wine with a very light taste.
She raised her head to drink, and Fifteen ran in again from the outside. It got angry and walked to Lu Shi's feet. With its round belly, it lay down angrily and wanted Lu Shi to touch it before it would leave.
Unexpectedly, Lu Shi ignored it, and talked about Baihuaniang instead: "Baihuaniang was brewed by a lady of this dynasty. She lived in no fixed place. Every time she went to a place, she picked the local flowers, unconsciously She traveled to many places in a short time, she is a master brewer, put these flowers into the wine, and made this hundred-flower brew."
Lu Shi seldom had such interesting stories in his mouth, and Chu Ran had never heard of them, so he asked, "Why does she have no fixed place?"
"About being rejected by her husband, she became a next-in-law wife. Her husband's family doesn't want her, but her mother's family doesn't allow her." Lu Shi shook the crystal wine in his cup, his eyes dazed.
Chu Ran thought that this wine had a beautiful story, and she didn't want to be so miserable. She said, "Where did Xiang Lu hear it?"
Under the ice gauze curtain hanging in the outer room, Fifteen was lying down, his paws shaking the curtain, floating like water waves, Chu Ran's eyes were stained with a smile, as clear as a hundred flowers.After Lu Shi saw it, he smiled and said, "The people talk about big books."
"Are you going to listen to the big book too?" Chu Ran felt strange. Ever since she was sensible, she had heard about Lu Xiang's different deeds. .
Most of the big books are read by wanderers who have nothing to do, and she would go if she didn't want to. She didn't drink alcohol, and she was conscious. Looking at Lu Shi's serious look, she kept laughing.
Lu Shi in the dream is much more serious and serious than now.
Lu Shi didn't care about her words, and after thinking about it carefully, he said, "I went with my brother at that time."
"Isn't Baihuaniang popular in the past few years?" Chu Ran exposed her lie at a glance, glanced at her, and took back her wine cup: "Talk when you are not drunk."
"Baihuaniang has been grown for many years. It was brought back by King Ning from the south. Since then, people in the capital of Ying have liked Baihuaniang. You don't know?" Lu Shi smiled lightly. After eating a crab roe dumpling, he frowned and said, "This It smells too fishy."
"Crabs have a fishy smell, don't you know?" Chu Ran took a bite of the dumpling. The crab roe was very plump. Seeing that Lu Shi didn't eat it, she kindly asked, "Can I change it for you?"
"I'll take you out to taste the meat swallow some other day." Lu Shi put down his chopsticks and stopped moving.
She was full after drinking two glasses of wine. After Chu Ran ate the rest of the dumplings, she ordered the palace servants to prepare hot water. She found pajamas for Lu Shi and waited for her to come back.
The palace servants took the opportunity to change her wound medicine, opened the window to diffuse the medicine smell, and after Lu Shi came back, she went to take a bath again.
There was no one to disturb the hall, so it was considered quiet, only Shiwu jumped up and down restlessly, and finally climbed onto the couch, got under the blanket, but was nowhere to be seen.
In the end, Lu Shi pulled it out and asked the palace servants to send it out. He made the bed by himself, lay down first, and waited for Chu Ran to come back.
She will leave tomorrow morning. In order not to disturb Chu Ran, she sleeps on the outside and waits for someone to lie down before she sleeps.
Seeing that she was waiting, Chu Ran got on the couch neatly and lay down.
The two stopped talking, and Lu Shi took the time to leave without anyone noticing.
There are still two or three days before Qixi Festival, and the palace people on Yunmeng Lake have already started to make water lanterns, and Ling Yi made a few lanterns before leaving by boat.For this reason, Xinyang is happy to eat one more rabbit leg.
Concubine Ming stays at home, and hasn't seen her since she went to the island. Xinyang is talking about the food on Qixi Festival, thinking about it, and clamoring for mooncakes.
The fifteenth day of the eighth month has not yet arrived, and the palace staff have not prepared yet. She begged Concubine Ming, and the palace staff went to buy it the next day.Chu Ran didn't know about this, she was wondering how Lu Shi transferred Ling Yi.
It stands to reason that during the Qixi Festival, Ling Yi would probably pester Lu Shi to play, but this time he went to play by himself?
The palace people set up water lanterns by the lake, and both His Majesty and the Queen were away, so they felt much more at ease. Everyone tied colored strands on their heads and begged for cleverness with Qiqiao needles.
Chu Ran didn't understand these things, and she was suspicious. Someone came to the island at the fifth watch of Qixi Festival, and picked her up to leave.
The carriage left the palace until the side door of the prime minister's mansion.
Lu Shi waited there for a long time, and as soon as they met, Chu Ran asked how to transfer Lingyi away from Yunmengze.The Hehuan Pond has been restored to its old appearance, and the koi in the pool come out to eat in the early morning.
The two walked in together, and Chu Ran stopped by the pool, trying to find the acacia tree, but he looked around and found nothing.She said regretfully: "It's good to make cakes if you gather the Albizia julibrissin flowers."
But Lu Shi said: "Flowers are in the water, when they fall, they hit the water, and they can't be saved."
It's a pity for Chu Ran, after walking a few steps, she saw the maidservant in the mansion lighting up the lamp, she wondered: "Why do you put it on during the day?"
The maid held the lamp and said with a smile: "I'm on duty at night, I don't have time, why don't I let it go, it's just a moral."
Chu Ran looked at the lamp in her hand, feeling novelty, Lu Shi came over and led her back to the yard, and said: "It's still early, Your Highness might as well sleep for a while, I have some private matters to deal with, and I will take His Highness to see the lamp at dusk. "
"Is the Lantern City fun?" Chu Ran asked.She seldom goes to play, and she doesn't know what to do on Qixi Festival, she only knows how to put water lanterns and qiqiao needles into the water, but she doesn't know about the rest.
The prince has been sick for many years, and she can't take care of him in time, and she can't separate his origin to play with these things.
The state of Chu is not like the surrounding countries. On Qixi Festival, men can invite their sweethearts to the lantern festival, and women can do the same. Chu Ran doesn't know these common things, and just thinks that Lu Shi took her to play.
She got up early, a little sleepy, and obediently went to take a nap in the courtyard.
Lu Shi dealt with the urgent official documents handed over by the counties and counties. His Majesty was not in the capital city of Ying, and he did not dare to relax the defenses in the city, especially Mr. Huo was still recovering from his illness.
The official documents were sent to the prime minister's mansion in a pile, and Lu Shijian dealt with them urgently. Important matters were sent to the Li Palace for His Majesty to have a look at.Generals Proton entered Beijing one after another, and the Ministry of Rites went to meet them one by one, and together with the Ministry of War sent them to the mansion.
After dealing with the important official documents, the servant sent the structural diagram of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Because Princess Jiuyue was going to marry in, the main courtyard seemed a bit crowded, so the two courtyards were merged to make it bigger.
The drawings for the renovation were delivered, and the original bedroom was not moved. One wall was removed, and the bedroom in the next yard was converted into a study room.
After looking at the drawings, Lu Shi felt satisfied, especially the swing, which had not been changed. The yard was bigger, and a corner could be used as a flower garden.
In addition, fill some soil under the Albizia julibrissin tree, and it will be easy to pick the petals at that time.
The servant looked at the drawings and said, "How should the study be repaired?" The prime minister's study is elegant and simple, and Princess Xinping is as young as a flower, so it is not easy to put it like that.
After looking at it, Lu Shi asked a few words, she remembered the study decorations in the princess's mansion, and she could imitate them at that time, and change the windows so as not to be confused whether it was in the prime minister's mansion or the princess' mansion.
The Hehuan Pool is very large, and a bamboo building is built in the south where the water in the pool is dwindling.
Such a detailed arrangement was quite different from the previous life, so Lu Shi felt satisfied.
After the arrangements were made, it was almost dusk, and the time passed so quickly before she knew it. After leaving her in the prime minister's mansion for half a day, she hurriedly put aside her official duties and went to find Chu Ran.
Chu Ran sat on the swing and fiddled with the hairpin, which was studded with diamonds, shining brightly in the dusk.Seeing that she was not happy, Axiu felt strange: "You don't like it?"
"Does Lu Xiang like it?" Chu Ran asked, this is the stone she gave to Lu Shi, and she gave it to herself as a gift.
Lu Shi came in a hurry, the sky was getting dark, she was a little guilty, she signaled Axiu to step back, and said, "How many people will I introduce you to?"
"Who is it?" Chu Ran put the hairpin into the box and looked up at Lu Shi.Her people have dispersed, and in a few years, there will probably be no more people who can use her.
Lu Shi said: "I'll give you a few people to drive, Feng Tang and Li Chu."
These two people followed Lu Shi for a long time. Chu Ran saw these two people in a dream. Later, when he became an official in the Six Books, they were just given to her, which was a waste.She shook her head and said: "Giving it to me is of no use, you can keep it."
"That's all for you to know. In the future, if you have orders, they will listen to them."
Chu Ran understood, and if he didn't meet, he wouldn't know each other next time.Some people recognize the Lord, even if His Majesty rewards him generously, they will not change their minds.
Feng Tang is a woman with delicate features and delicate features. She is an official from the Finance Department of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and she doesn't show up much on weekdays.Li Chu is a military general who guards the gate of the palace, making it very convenient to enter and exit.
After seeing it, he retreated.
The sky was dark, Xiangfumen put on a coat and a carriage, and the house was lit up with colorful lights, the more people walked down the street, the more lively it was.Chu Ran still cared about Ling Yi in his heart, and asked a few questions.
Lu Shi got a headache from being questioned, so he said, "Mr. Huo has been feeling unwell recently, and Ling Yi went to visit him."
"Why is he in poor health, why does Ling Yi need to see him?" Chu Ran hit the nail on the head, that old Huo Qi was pretending to be sick, so he didn't follow Li Gong, so he didn't know what he was thinking.
The noise outside became louder, and the candlelight penetrated the curtain of the car, and one could vaguely see Chu Ran's trembling eyelashes, and she looked eagerly at Lu Shi, waiting for her next words.
Lu Shi didn't want to tell her at first, but his heart softened because of her hot eyes, and he said honestly: "Wu Jiang Wang gave him a box of Nanzhu, which is big, and gave it to Ling Yi. Ling Yi felt happy, so he sent it to the Palace Weaving Bureau As a hairpin, I don’t want to be noticed by the concubine Xian. The King of Wu Jiang also paid tribute to a few boxes, but they were locked in the treasury, so how did they end up in Lingyi’s hands.”
Chu Ran took the words, "Therefore, Mr. Huo was worried that others would find out, so he was in trouble day and night, so he called Ling Yi to find a way."
"Your Highness is smart." Lu Yi praised smoothly.
"The yin and yang are weird." Chu Ran muttered.
Lu Shi didn't mind being scolded by her, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
When he got off the car, he saw Liancheng holding lotus leaves with a lot of lotus seeds in his hands, walking over leisurely, seeing Chu Ran getting off the car, his eyes lit up, and he trotted over.
He had been in the capital city of Ying for a few days, but he had never looked at Chu Ran carefully. Now that he was free, he wanted to have a good talk. Before he moved closer, he saw Lu Xiang coming down, hurriedly stopped, and smiled innocently.
Never dreamed that the eldest sister who was hidden in the golden house of His Royal Highness in the northwest city would be Lu Xiang.
Chu Ran walked over and pulled her into the restaurant. After Liancheng entered Yingdu City, he liked to eat things in the water. There were lotus seeds, nectar water chestnut, or honey lotus root on the table.
Liancheng whispered: "I thought that the big sister who was hiding in the northwest, how did you hide Lu Xiang, I thought you were messing around outside, so scared that I didn't dare to show it in front of my grandfather."
Without other people around, Liancheng was no longer restrained, and expressed all the depression of these days, "When I came to Yingdu City, I met the prince from afar, and I didn't say much."
He knew how to avoid suspicion, but he never expected to be so indifferent.
Chu Ran bit a lotus seed, which was much more delicious than the ones she picked, and said casually: "When the prince comes back, I will invite you to the East Palace to play, and to avoid suspicion, the two of you are also related by blood, too indifferent Instead, it makes people suspicious.”
While she was speaking, Liancheng ate several water chestnuts, and glanced at Lu Xiang at the door, stood up hurriedly, and said: "Lu Xiang, you talk to His Highness, I will go out for a walk."
It was lively below, and there were brothels not far away. How could Liancheng sit there for a long time? After he went down, Chu Ran lay on the upstairs to watch, and his eyes followed Liancheng.
The maid took all the food from the water on the table and put a pot of lotus scented slices, which was also different from the tea in the palace.
Chu Ran saw Huo Fu after watching for a while, Ling Yi was standing next to them, and the eldest son of the Huo family was standing behind them.She half closed the window, Lu Shi approached and saw it at a glance, but she didn't say anything.
"Which girl do you think Mr. Huo will marry?" Chu Ran held the tea and took a sip, and Lingyi below held a lamp in his hand, and the pearls on his bun were particularly eye-catching.
The eldest son of the Huo family is over [-] years old and has not been engaged. Although he has no intentions of being a son-in-law, his ambition is not small.In the previous life, she married a girl from the Lu family. Standing in front of Lu Shi, she respectfully called her aunt.
"I don't know." Lu Shi said.
Chu Ran blinked her eyelashes, and she remembered that she promised Uncle Ning to match his daughter, and took the opportunity to ask, "What do you think of the princess of Ning's family?"
"Your Highness wants to marry Lu Jia Erlang?" Lu Shi was not polite, and a single sentence pierced her mind.
Chu Ran was embarrassed by what she said, and said bluntly, "How?"
"The Marquis of Runan will not agree." Lu Shi said, "Although King Ning is a prince, he is not involved in government affairs, so it is somewhat unsatisfactory."
Marriages of aristocratic families are all for profit. If the father-in-law's family cannot help, the Lu family will not consider it.
Knowing this, Chu Ran stared at Lu Shi: "But Uncle Ning's land is rich, and the Lu family is short of money. Wouldn't the two be complete? Lu Xiang is the prime minister, and the Lu family has another powerful minister. Doesn't it make His Majesty suspicious?"
She was thoughtful and her tongue was full of lotus flowers. Lu Shi glanced at her, pondered for a moment before saying, "I'll go back and talk to Lord Hou."
"Master Hou wants to curry favor with the Huo family?" Chu Ran tentatively asked, the Huo family is also rich, but the money is not as clean as Ning Wang's family.The Huo family stretched out their hands to the court hall. As long as there was no big movement, Emperor Chu would turn a blind eye.
Chu Ran's guess was absolutely right. The Lu family just wanted to curry favor with the Huo family. The situation was uncertain. Lu Xiang and the prince were related by marriage, so it would not be a disadvantage to climb on King Heng's boat.
What she wanted was to cut off the idea of Marquis Runan and really only be loyal to the crown prince.
As soon as the little Jiujiu in Chu Ran's heart comes out, he can't hide it from Lu Shi.Lu Shi knew that she still couldn't trust her deeply now, the word "trust" was too difficult, just like the emperor and empress, there was almost no trust at all, and what was supported was only palace rules and the opinions of the world.
The two remained silent. The maid brought the food, which was steaming hot. Chu Ran looked back. It was in the shape of a swallow, wrapped in a thin skin, and the meat inside could be seen.
The food in Yingdu city is almost the characteristics of different places. Anyone who thinks it is delicious, there will be people operating it in the city.
Chu Ran went over to take a bite, there was noise outside, and there was a burst of yelling and cursing, she put down the bowl and walked over, and the people below started to make a fuss.
Today's Qixi Festival, young people can't sit still at home, they will come out to have a look, just now is a member of the Huo family, now it is the Zhou family, Zhou Wenyi's grandson.
Chu Ran met that day, and for some reason, there was a dispute below, and then he saw Mr. Huo squeezed into the crowd, and both sides tried to persuade him to be a peacemaker.
She was surprised that the Huo family wanted to get involved with the Zhou family, and turned to look at Lu Xiang: "There is something weird about it."
"The Huo family is just putting on a show." Lu Shi said, she couldn't recognize who was arguing with the Zhou family, so she called the waiter in, pointed down and said, "Which family does that young master belong to?"
The wine shop running hall is here every day, with sharp eyes, you can tell by the clothes, people are of different grades, and so are the clothes.He looked down and said, "That's the eldest son of Duke Wei's family."
Wei Guogong?Chu Ran waved him away, and when he looked again, Lu Shi's face turned cold, "I remember that the Huo and Wei families had a friendship."
The voice below has decreased a lot, Chu Ran was unwilling, and the Huo family suffered a great loss, so they wanted to pull Zhou's family, and they did a lot of cliques for personal gain, but they didn't know what they were planning.
Not long after, the people below left, probably making peace.
Chu Ran bit the meat swallow, recalled what happened in the dream, and was unsure, "Lu Xiang, do you want someone to follow?"
"Liancheng has gone." Lu Shi said lightly.
Chu Ran didn't know the inside story, so he felt strange: "What did you ask him to do? He came here and is not familiar with everyone, and he might be eaten by others."
Lu Shi stopped talking and said instead, "Buy some food for Xinyang?"
After all, there will be more food on the market today. It is boring for Chu Ran to stay in the wine shop, and he will be full after eating a big bowl of meat swallows.She nodded: "Go and see."
She wondered where the group of people went just now.
After leaving the wine shop, it was very lively outside, Chu Ran bought a pair of rabbit lamps, and returned to the palace for Xinyang.After walking for a while, seeing Ling Yi, she hid behind Lu Shi in fright.
There happened to be someone buying a mask next to her, so Lu Shi handed her one of Yama, even if Ling Yi saw it, he didn't dare to take it off.
Chu Ranfang put on the mask, and Ling Yi trotted over, his face flushed, "Lu Xiang is here too." In a blink of an eye, she saw the person paying with the store, and she didn't look carefully under the dim lights.
Standing in the bright lights, she was dressed in sky blue clothes and a pair of jade earrings with water droplets on her ears. She was born pretty, but she looked even more beautiful when she was dressed like this.
Before Lu Shi could speak, Huo Fu came over. She knew that the Huo family and Prime Minister Lu were at odds, so she stopped talking after saluting. Ling Yi chattered about interesting stories about Qiqiao Festival.
Under the lights, men and women were in pairs, Ling Yi couldn't move his feet when he saw Lu Shi, Huo Fu consciously led the maidservant to stand aside.
Chu Ran carried a peach blossom mask and left it for Xinyang. After paying the money, she gave it to the maid who followed her.
Lu Shi moved forward a few steps, Ling Yi followed her briskly, Chu Ran couldn't keep up, saw Lian Cheng sharply, left the two of them aside, and walked over.
There were many people in the neighborhood, and when Lu Shi looked back, Chu Ran was no longer there. She frowned slightly, raised her chin towards the people behind her, and signaled them to go find it quickly.
Ling Yi waved the jade fan he just bought in his hand, and pointed at the gadgets beside him, his eyebrows beaming with joy.After Liancheng saw it, his heart skipped a beat, and he tugged on Chu Ran's cuff: "Who is that? Don't you care?"
Chu Ran was absent-minded, and said casually: "Whatever she does, where did the Huo family go? Let's go and see."
Liancheng was anxious, "You don't care what they do." He was embarrassed to say that he went to the hot spring.The king of Wujiang sent some monsters, and they couldn't be called monsters. A woman dressed in fish skin danced in the water.
Then, others began to imitate, and there were also such women in the hot spring hall, attracting people's attention.
Liancheng was dumbfounded after entering, took a glance and ran out, ignoring those from the Huo family and Zhou family, just run first.Hearing that Chu Ran was going, he pulled her and said, "It's not very fun there. Your Highness will go back to look for Lu Xiang. If you don't take the initiative, she will belong to someone else."
Chu Ran glanced there, then stuffed the mask he took off to Liancheng, "It's okay."
"No problem?" Lian Chenggan stood still, His Highness was really big, he hurriedly said: "Your Highness, you don't know how hot Lu Xiang is. When I came to Yingdu City, I heard that Lu Xiang is rare. something like that."
Chu Ran paused, squinting her eyes: "Why haven't I heard of it?"
Liancheng didn't quite understand what she meant, so he took the mask and put it on his face, refusing to take it away no matter what.Chu Ran pushed him a few times, and said angrily, "Did you do something guilty?"
He was really helpless, and said: "Your Highness, do you know the hot springs in the city?"
"Tangquan?" Chu Ran really didn't know. When she heard the word "hot spring", she just thought it was a place where men went to soak in hot springs. When she thought about it, it was no different from a bathhouse.
Thinking of something wrong, he asked Liancheng, "Isn't it clean?"
Liancheng nodded heavily: "Not only is it unclean, but there are also many women who serve others."
"I told you earlier, I'll go and have a look. I've been to the brothel before, so I'm afraid of it." Chu Ran didn't care. She had been to the brothel once for business. Keep it clean and nothing will happen.
Liancheng suddenly felt that His Highness Xinping was different from others, but he didn't dare to take her there, "I dare not go there, Your Highness is going alone, who is that person?"
He pointed at Ling Yi, who was far away, and he couldn't tell who it was, and he had never seen Ling Yi before, and it was common for him not to know him.
Chu Ran couldn't pass, so he said, "Princess Lingyi."
Liancheng was speechless, and didn't dare to yell for Chu Ran to pass, after all, he sneaked out of the palace.He only dragged Chu Ran to prevent her from leaving, and Xu Xu talked about the journey to Beijing.
After getting rid of Lingyi, Lu Shi followed the clues given by Liancheng and came to Chu Ran. He knew something was wrong when he saw the mask in Liancheng's hands.Now that there are so many people, it is hard to talk, so I have to ask where the Huo family is going.
Liancheng faltered and said the words of hot springs.Lu Shi was not an ignorant person. When the King of Wujiang sent him over, Emperor Chu still found it interesting. He pampered him for a few months and then forgot about it.
Although he forgot, Lu Shi remembered clearly, and said to Chu Ran without fussing, "Go back home?"
Chu Ran was thinking about the hot springs, and wanted to ask if it was possible to go, but Liancheng snatched him away before he could: "Go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion, and I will send His Highness back."
As soon as he spoke in a hurry, his face turned red, and Lu Shi knew that something was wrong.
After returning to the mansion, it was still early, Chu Ran calculated the time when the palace gate would be locked, and said that he wanted to return to Yunmengze, and it was fine to leave for a day, and one day and one night was always inappropriate.
What she said was common sense, and Lu Shi couldn't refuse, so he asked someone to prepare the carriage and sent her into the palace himself.
The two remained calm and let Liancheng follow around inside, not knowing what was wrong.When he couldn't think about it, Chu Ran had already stepped into the carriage, scolded Ling Yi in his heart, and ran to the hot spring instead.
It was lively outside today, and you could hear the bustling sounds when you got into the carriage. Chu Ran sat down by the window and ignored Lu Shi.
She was sulking, but what was thinking in her mind was the Huo family's plan. Huo Qi stayed in Yingdu City, and all the Huo family stayed behind, saying that it was to give Huo Fu a dowry.
Wujiang agreed that the time would be early October, when the weather was fine, neither hot nor cold, just right.After all, there are only eighty days, so it's not too hasty, after all, the Ministry of Rites will also prepare the dowry.
Unable to figure it out, he went to open the car curtain, and was held down by Lu Shi as soon as he reached out.
Lu Shi's hand was still cold, and it was comfortable to touch in summer, but Chu Ran felt a refreshing coolness after touching it, she was distressed and wanted to shake it off.Lu Yi didn't move, his fingertips gently stroked her wrist, silently comforting her.
Her skin was cold, and even her gaze was cold. Chu Ran couldn't get rid of her, so she kept silent. Before the car entered the palace gate, the atmosphere in the car eased a lot.
Chu Ran didn't say anything, and Lu Shi didn't ask, there was silence. After a while, Lu Shi suddenly got up and sat beside her.
There were more shadows in front of him, Chu Ran panicked, pushed her away, and said, "You should get out of the car."
She was full of anger, like fifteen, wishing she could scratch someone twice.Lu Shi remembered how she used to show her teeth and claws, but when she came back, she put away her perverse temper, and she didn't know if she had figured it out.
Chu Ran was angry, but she smiled. She didn't know what was funny, she leaned over suddenly, her eyes moved, and the corners of her lips were soft.
She plucked up her courage, she didn't dare to take a step beyond the threshold in her previous life, seeing Chu Ran who was no longer chaste, she felt a touch of melancholy in her heart.Chu Ran became lustful, angry, jealous, and flirted with her.
Lu Shi's initiative surprised Chu Ran, and there was a soft touch on the corner of his lips.
The inside of the car is cramped, and being so close makes people feel even more flustered. The tip of the tongue touches the tip of the tongue, and the depression in the heart dissipates a lot.Chu Ran has never been a hypocritical person, he will kiss when he kisses, and he will not push people away rudely.
Lu Shi is very gentle, with a cool fragrance, and she always feels different when touching her. She sniffs that fragrance, and feels that she is a little closer to her.
Her heart was scratched twice, but she was still unhappy.
Lu Shi didn't let go of her even after kissing her. He felt that something had changed in Chu Ran, just like just now, he didn't push her away.
She pressed against Chu Ran's forehead, touched her wrist with her fingertips, and said in a very light tone: "Do you want to go back to Yunmengze?"
Chu Ran was resisted by her, no matter how much she disagreed, she couldn't say anything to refuse. After a long pause, she still didn't speak, but the carriage stopped.
Lu Shi didn't force her, and stretched out his hands to straighten her robe, saying, "I'll tell you about the Huo family tomorrow."
After finishing speaking, he got out of the car, and took the car behind to go home by himself.
After returning to Yunmengze, Chu Ran sent the lamp and mask to Xinyang. After taking a bath, Xinyang ran over and asked about the excitement of the Qiqiao Festival.
There was an unpleasant disturbance tonight, and Chu Ran didn't bother to watch it too much. After saying a few rough words, he sent Xinyang to leave.
When falling asleep, she tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. The tip of her nose seemed to be filled with the fragrance that belonged to Lu Shi. She turned over and looked at the light outside. She lived a different life from her dream, and the ending will inevitably be different.
The crown prince will not die either. When he ascends the throne and has an heir, she will return to the fief. If Lu Xiang can let go of these things, he will go there together.No one in the fief looked at her, and Lu Xiang was more free-spirited.
Thinking about these messy things, I fell asleep in a daze until the third watch, and it was noon when I woke up.
Her body hurts from sleeping, she got up and combed her hair and clothes on the bed, just before she was about to have lunch, she saw Xinyang running happily, holding two camellias in her hands, she glanced at the meal on the table, and found that it didn’t suit her appetite, so she didn’t like it. Let me take the bowls and chopsticks.
Sit down, drank a bowl of sweet soup, and said in a low voice: "Sister, I know something happened in the city."
Chu Ran's heart skipped a beat, and he asked, "What's the matter?"
"Yesterday, the eldest daughter of the Huo family was lost. The imperial army went to look for them, and turned the capital city of Ying upside down. When they found the hot springs, they saw many girls wearing fish skins underwater. They were fished up and went one by one. I searched, unexpectedly, the eldest son of the Huo family refused, and immediately started a fight. As a result, the eldest son of Mrs. Zhou's family, the eldest son of the Duke of Wei's family, was found in the hot spring, and was thrown into the yamen by the imperial army. come out."
Xinyang smiled wide-eyed, lying on the table and covering his stomach, Chu Ran drank the fish soup, and said, "Did Miss Huo find it?"
"I heard that I lost my way, sister, you said that my sister is lost, how can my brother still have the mood to play, it's a shame. He is locked up in the yamen, and Prime Minister Lu doesn't speak, and dare not let him go."
Chu Ran served her a bowl of fresh fish soup, and felt that what happened last night seemed to be done by Liancheng. He tied up his sister and beat his brother, which was arrogant.
Xinyang took a sip of soup to moisten his throat, and continued: "Wei Guogong was so angry that he threatened to change his son, and made a fuss all night, I don't know what happened."
"How do you know so clearly?" Chu Ran felt strange that she knew so clearly what happened last night, and the news in Yunmengze was blocked.
Xinyang narrowed his eyes, extremely happy, and said quietly: "You forgot, Concubine Ming's elder brother was also locked up, Mrs. Zhou came to the palace to ask Concubine Ming to let Xiang Lu release him first."
"Concubine Ming doesn't know Xiang Lu well, how can I let her go?"
Xin Yang said again: "Sister is in Yunmeng Ze, Concubine Ming will tell you, you can go and ask Lu Xiang to release him, it will be easy."
"So you begged me to let someone go, I'll try to write a letter to Lu Xiang." Chu Ran said, this is not a big deal, after the two agreed, Lingyi came, Xinyang stuck out his tongue, turned around and walked away. to go.
Lingyi stopped her, took a box from the maidservant, and handed it to her: "The beads are beautiful, let my sister play with them."
You don't need Chu Ran to look to know that there are Nanzhu inside.She looked up at Xinyang and nodded to her. Xinyang happily accepted Nanzhu. Anyway, she has a thick skin and doesn't mind these sarcastic words.
After Xinyang left, Lingyi took out the beads for Chu Ran. Unlike Xinyang, there were four beads inside, all of which were very large. This is a disaster.
Chu Ran also accepted it, and it was worth a lot of money to sell such a good thing.From Wujiang to Nanzhu, the good ones are used as tributes, and the less important ones are sold.
Lingyi got it himself, so it is easy to be said, but now everyone in the palace has shared a few, and no one cares.When His Majesty came back, he forgot about it, and if he asked, he would say that he bought it, and His Majesty wouldn't bother to investigate such trivial matters.
After sending Nanzhu off, she also talked about what happened last night. She and Huo Fu were originally traveling together, and she didn't want to meet Lu Xiang, so she forgot about her. When she recovered, she disappeared.
She was also the one who asked the imperial guards to look for her. She didn't want to know that there were still girls in fish skin in the city of Yingdu, half of her body was exposed, and her lower body was like a fish. It was disgusting to look at.
Thinking about it now makes her feel nauseous, she looked at the iced agate grapes on the table, took a bite and put it in her mouth, feeling sick.
Chu Ran felt that she missed a big show last night. If she didn't leave, she would be able to see it when she went to the hot spring. She said, "Is it still closed?"
"Shut up, how could Prime Minister Lu be willing to forgive something that hurts face? Wei Guogong and the others would not be ashamed to ask Prime Minister Lu, but Mrs. Guo asked someone to go to Runanhou's mansion to give a gift, and asked Mrs. Lu to ask for it. Let them go." Ling Yi was listless, she had just gone to the government office to find Lu Xiang, begging her to let the Huo family's young masters go, but Lu Xiang directly refused, which made her feel ashamed.
Chu Ran was thirsty, so he ate several times in a row. From Ling Yi's tone, he knew that Lu Xiang was ruthless and selfless. If he waited for His Majesty to return to Beijing and let her deal with it, it would be a big deal. Maybe even the elders in the family would suffer. scold.
"Have someone beat you with dozens of sticks and send them back to the house." Chu Ran said to himself.
Lingyi got Huo Lao's order and wanted Chu Ran to ask for it. The two of them still have a relationship, and Lu Xiang would not be so ruthless. After saying a few words, Chu Ran said: "Lingyi, you You should know that once you let them go, you have to let everyone go, if you only let people from the Huo family go, someone will be involved in Lu Xiang tomorrow."
She was right, Ling Yi gritted his teeth, and said: "No matter what, this matter must not be brought to the front of His Majesty." Now that Lu Xiang is choking, the news has not yet been sent to Li Palace, and several family members have choked the news to death. Unexpectedly What's more, Lu Xiang refused to let him go.
Especially when it comes to Princess Yong'an who is about to get married, she shouldn't have left the palace.
Lingyi was in trouble, so he lowered his posture to beg Chu Ran.
Chu Ran didn't know what it was like for a while, she ate grapes, looked at the time outside, and said: "I'm going out of the palace, you hide it for me, don't let others know."
As soon as she heard that she was going to see Lu Xiang, Ling Yi felt bad, and nodded sadly: "When will sister come back?"
I'm in a hurry before I go.Chu Ran went into the inner hall to change her clothes. It should not be too gorgeous, or people would find out. Everything was kept simple. She changed all the skirts and put her hair up in a slanted bun. Insert a jade hairpin, adding a bit of Xiaojiabiyu feeling.
In the past, she had to be wary of Ling Yi when she went out, but this time, Ling Yi had to keep an eye on her.
It's interesting to think about it. When she went to the government office, she had no choice but to go to the prime minister's mansion.After entering through the side door, it was still being repaired, and many people carried soil to the acacia pool on one side to fill the pool under the acacia tree.
Chu Ran avoided it carefully. After entering the main courtyard, she found that someone was repairing it, and the walls were broken through. Axiu led her to the study.As he walked, he said: "Princess Lingyi came early in the morning to plead for Mr. Huo, but Prime Minister Lu didn't agree, so she left."
"Why didn't Lu Xiang agree?" Chu Ran felt strange. Most of what happened last night was disturbed, and he should be released.
Axiu shook her head and didn't know. Recently, she has become more and more incomprehensible about Lu Xiang's mind. Ever since he fell off the horse for no reason, Lu Xiang's mind is different from before.I used to take the initiative to avoid Princess Xinping, and it was wrong when I was blind. The fire in the northwest city was indeed a bit strange.
It seems that Lu Xiang ordered others to do it.
If she didn't know, Chu Ran wouldn't ask, knocked on the study door, and pushed it away with her hand.Lu Shi sat behind the case, and the case was neatly arranged in stacks, and he was actually handling official business in the mansion today.
She already knew that Chu Ran was outside the door, and when someone came in, she organized the official documents and said first: "Your Highness, leave after dinner?"
"How did you know I would come, or did you deliberately reject Ling Yi and let her beg me so that I could leave the palace?" Chu Ran said with a smile on Yan Yan, who had never been so happy since she was a child.Although Lingyi had no bad intentions, he was thinking about how to stick to Lu Shi all day long, and even people who are made of mud will have a temper.
Lu Shi didn't answer this question, but instead asked, "What do you want for dinner?"
Talking about serious things, but she always brings food, Chu Ran
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