The eldest princess and Li [rebirth]

There were many officials standing in the courtyard. Feng Tang's hasty escape made them stand still and hardly dare to step forward, let alone look up, wishing to crawl into the cracks in the ground.

The weather in October was almost cold day by day, and the breeze brought the chill. A group of people had been miserable in the courtyard for a long time. After they followed, they didn't see their boss, Lu Huaisi, and had to wait for Xiang Lu to order.

Lu Shi deliberately left them alone, except for a few people, she would not be convinced. She wanted to talk to Chu Ran about the prince, but she didn't want Feng Tang to say it first, so she lowered her voice and said, "I will explain to you later."

Chu Ran's face was flushed, and he glanced at the courtiers waiting in the courtyard. After imitating Heng Wang's posture for a while, he ordered, "Go and make some tea to warm them up."

The wind in the afternoon gradually increased, and at dusk, ice crystals floated up. When it got dark, the ice crystals turned into large snowflakes, and the people waiting outside were able to walk cleanly.

There was a banquet in the post house, and Liu Zhang and Lu Huaisi entered together. They had similar official positions, but their clothes were different.Lu Huaisi has been outside for many years, but no oil or water can be found. He is dressed in plain robes, but Liu Zhang is different. He is dressed in brocade and broad robes, gentle and elegant. One can tell that his identity is not simple at a glance.

The two sat together, and the others sat back next to them. There were no more than ten people at the banquet, and Lu Xiang and Princess Xinping were the respected ones, and Feng Tang was at the end.

Lu Huaisi has read poems and books, and he can speak well. When Liu Zhang asked about the things in Yingdu, he opened his mouth and said: "Now your majesty is kind, the prince is weak, the king is virtuous, and the court is a blessing."

The question was interesting, and he opened his mouth to talk about government affairs. Liu Zhang was timid and couldn't help being scared. When he heard this sentence, the wine in his hand spilled out. My lord, try Qinghe wine, it has a mellow aroma and is delicious and sweet."

One sentence was interrupted. Chu Ran in the seat shook the wine glass, and the clear wine reflected her picturesque eyebrows and eyes. She couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Lu Xiang is not worried that the second brother will be beaten to death when he goes out. Praise Heng Wang, belittle the prince, and let Liancheng beat him up when I go back."

Just say that the prince is weak, and then praise King Heng. Comparing the two, the prince is weak and has a reputation, and belittles him in different ways. This person really has no brains when he goes out.

Lu Shi's eyes were dark and unpredictable, and he lowered his eyes, looking at the wine in the glass: "If your highness wants to fight, don't call Liancheng, it's easy to be discovered."

These words seemed to agree with this matter, Chu Ran was ready for her objection, she didn't expect her to agree so quickly, she was dumbfounded, and Lu didn't hide it from Lu Huaisi?

Lu Shi saw through her thoughts, the corners of his lips stained with wine were as red as rouge, shiny and plump, "He's a bit stupid."

Chu Ran took it very seriously, "Fortunately, you didn't agree to marry him at that time, otherwise you would have to be angry every day, and you would break and die."

She spoke nonsense, and Lu Shi's eyebrows and eyes were stained with a smile, and praised her: "What Your Highness said is very true."

Chu Ran couldn't continue. If she said that the food table was round, I'm afraid that Lu Xiang would boast, and he would never say that it was square. This person used words to deceive people.

After she got angry and said nothing, Liu Zhang and Lu Huaisi really couldn't go on talking, and they couldn't leave Heng Wang benevolence in three sentences, telling people how to speak well.

There were quite a few people seated at the same table, three or four of whom were officials from Qinghe, and the rest did not dare to come over. Lu Xiang's swift and vigorous means of checking grains frightened them, and they dared not meet Lu Xiang again, wishing to be separated by hundreds of miles.

Liu Zhang stopped talking, and the people below him didn't dare to say anything, only Lu Huaisi was still talking, "Master Liu didn't know how difficult it was when he came, the water was difficult to walk, and the official ship was careful all the way, Worried that Lu Xiang has to speed up."

"Lord Lu has worked hard all the way, I would like to toast you." Chu Ran had no way to interrupt him first, this person came to recruit people for King Heng, but such a solicitation was too stupid.

Liu Zhang toasted, "Respect Lu, you have worked hard all the way, and have a good rest tonight."

"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Mr. Liu." After thanking them one by one, Lu Huaisi raised his head and drank it in one gulp. No matter what, he just didn't look at Lu Xiang's side.

He was too obvious to avoid suspicion. Liu Zhang, who was close to him, followed him all night, looking at many places in the house, but he didn't look at Lu Xiang. This was not due to the relationship between brother and sister.

He didn't dare to speak out what was on his mind, and after listening to Lu Huaisi's praise of King Heng, he vaguely guessed something.Regardless of Lu Xiang's attitude, Princess Xinping is still there, she is the elder sister of the prince, shouldn't Lu Huaisi avoid suspicion?

He didn't dare to talk to Lu Huaisi anymore, and left the post in a hurry on the pretext of drinking too much.

As soon as the governor left, the officials of Qinghe also left. Lu Huaisi, as if he didn't realize it, was reciting poems in front of the jug, but Lu Shi couldn't stand it anymore, and persuaded: "Second brother, it's getting late, it's time to rest."

Lu Xiang's voice was still so cold, like ice drops falling on a jade plate, it took Lu Huaisi a while to react, stood up slowly, and looked at the snowflakes in the dark night outside: "It's another year when snow falls, Lu Xiang also needs to rest earlier. "

The servant went in and helped him to leave.

Feng Tang and others bowed and retreated. She also lived in the post house, which was a little far away. She took the umbrella prepared by the maid and strode away.

There were only two people left in the house.

Chu Ran opened her eyes in a daze, her dark eyes stared at Lu Shi, and she couldn't help but sarcastically said, "Has Second Master Lu been a fool since he was a child?"

Even if she wasn't a fool, she was coaxed into a fool by Mrs. Lu. It was the first time she met such a stupid person since she was a child. She was just stupid, and she still wanted to recruit Heng Wang.

Lu Shi sat down beside her, hugged her, and kissed her softly on the corner of his lips, the enthusiasm surged, and then it was out of control.

Grinding the tip of the tongue, with the smell of wine, both body and mind are obsessed with her.

Chu Ran was kissed by her without paying attention, and the tip of her tongue was slightly numb. She pushed Lu Shi away, her face flushed with embarrassment, "What kind of wine do I like?"

It was another question during the day, Lu Shi frowned and remained silent for a while.

"I know you don't know. Tonight I will sleep alone, and you can warm your hands with the heater. Don't hold me to sleep." Chu Ran wiped the corner of her lips, saw the remaining wine in the glass, picked it up and drank it, The fire in her heart still didn't dissipate, she stood up, "I'm going to sleep next door."

Lu Shi couldn't refute what she said by crackling the bamboo tube to pour the beans. Chu Ran slapped her away when she stretched out her hand, and watched one of them leave.

When I got back to the house, there was no one in the house, the couches were all cold, and I wondered if the stove could keep it warm.

When there was only one person in the room, it felt a little lonely. Lu Shi was not impatient, and sat on the edge of the couch, reaching into the quilt to touch it lightly. There was still a smell of Chu Ran.

Nowadays, Chu Ran's anger will be put on the face, and the room will be allocated if he says that the room will be allocated, and he will not hide his own thoughts.She suddenly remembered what happened in her previous life. At that time, Chu Ran's mind was much more serious than now, and she would never tell her about it. Most of the time, she would ask about his majesty's attitude when he went to see his majesty today.

Others, no more questions.

At that time, she would not get angry easily, and she would not let her know about everything. Even if Ling Yi passed the house at that time, she would not frown or show her face.

She is like a soft doll, she will never get angry because of these trivial things, most of them are just sighing about the prince's body and worrying about the government affairs.

Such Chu Ran was too far away for her to touch, she wanted to touch it, but what happened made her timid again.The prince was seriously ill and could hardly leave the East Palace. Chu Ran took care of him day and night.

She shouldn't have thought about the deep love between her siblings, but every time she felt so lonely like today, after a long time, she would feel chilling to some extent.

After she sighed, she took out the heater that Chu Ran had stuffed under the quilt, and lay down by herself. After feeling the cold again, the unwillingness in her heart came to her heart again.

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The matter of inspecting the grain was not resolved, and the matter of inspecting the warship was put on hold again and again. Lu Shi went to the granary every day, and together with Liu Zhang, he went to check it himself.

After Lu Huaisi entered Qinghe, he was ordered by Lu Shi to rest in the post house, but the officials of Qinghe couldn't see him, and he didn't know how the grain inspection was going.

After a day's rest at the posthouse, he ignored Lu Xiang's orders and headed to the granary, but was beaten halfway.

Being carried directly back to the post house, the servant was so frightened that he went to find Princess Xinping nearby. Xiang Lu was in the granary, and it would take half an hour to get back.

Chu Ran, who was invited by the servant, stood outside the brocade tent and took a look. Lu Huaisi was beaten so badly that his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. Lying on the couch, his exhalation was louder than his inhalation.

"There is no doctor in the post house, so the servant went to invite him. Second brother, please bear with me." Chu Ran couldn't open the brocade tent to take a look. After a general look, he went outside and waited, and asked the servant who followed today Call them all.

The official ordered by the imperial court was severely beaten, and none of the people who followed him could get rid of their guilt.

After calling, there was no one, and the servant who asked her to come knelt on the ground and explained: "Today, my lord will go by himself, and he is going to check the food. It's not good. He took us with us all the time. I don't want to hear his voice before we go out. He screamed, we saw him lying straight on the ground with a sack on his head.

"No one even saw it?" Chu Ran was surprised. Why did Lu Huaisi do such stupid things? He has a special status, and it's strange that he doesn't take anyone with him when he goes out, and it's strange that he doesn't get beaten when he goes out.

The little servant knocked his head on the ground, and kept saying: "It's all the negligence of this slave, but please be sure to find the perpetrator, Your Highness, let the world be clear, Qinghe Nei is so lawless, please Your Highness call the shots."

Chu Ran said: "I see, you take people around to see if there are any clues left, here I look at the second master."

The little servant kowtowed in gratitude, and took a few people to Chu Mansion to the place where the incident happened.

After a while, the doctor was invited, and the servant girl hugged him in to get his pulse. The servants who followed Lu Huaisi in the post house were all panicked and didn't know what to do.

The doctor checked the pulse internally, and Chu Ran sent someone to invite Lu Xiang back. If something really happened, she would be there, so the matter would be easier to explain.

After the doctor came out, he first saluted Chu Ran, and then said: "Lord Lu is nothing serious, he has a wound on his forehead, just take a good rest with medicine, and it has snowed recently, so don't go out."

Chu Ran sent people to follow the doctor to get the medicine, and ordered the cook to make some nourishing soup, which he could drink when he woke up. After a busy lap, Lu Xiang came back in a hurry.

The matter of food inspection was temporarily handed over to Feng Tang, and Lu Xiang rode his horse back, his face was flushed red, Chu Ran didn't feel sorry for her when he saw it, he was busy for others, why did she feel distressed.

Lu Shi had never seen the doctor before, so he grabbed Chu Ran and asked about his condition carefully, "What did the doctor say, the injury is critical?"

"It's life, it's all trauma, don't go out, just rest and rest." Chu Ran waved her hand away, remembering that it was not easy for her to travel all the way, and finally couldn't bear it, "I asked someone to check, it's all trauma , did not take his life."

Lu Shi said something urgently, and left after entering the room to have a look, and told the maid to take good care of her and not to be negligent.

The maids and servants all came here with Lu Huaisi, the people in the Lu family are more reliable than the people in the post house, so Lu Huaisi's fate is saved.

After returning, Chu Ran drank a large cup of plum tea, leaned on the soft couch, her lips and teeth were sour, and felt refreshed, and then she ordered the maid: "Give Lu Xiang a cup of plum tea, put more plums, so that she won't have to worry about it." Can't taste it."

The maid didn't know what to say, so she went to serve tea diligently.

Seeing that Chu Ran's eyebrows and eyes were the same as before, Lu Shi's uneasy heart had calmed down, and he sat down quietly, "Your Highness, can you calm down?"

"Why should I calm down? It's not me who sent someone to beat Mr. Lu. Could it be that Lu Xiang doubts me?" Chu Ran held the teacup in her slender hand, and raised her chin arrogantly, "If I do it, his mouth will definitely be poisonous , let him recite poems to make right."

Lu Shi shook his head: "I know that it has nothing to do with His Highness, what I'm asking is that I slept in a separate room for two days, do you feel relieved?"

"One person is comfortable, one person is lying on the big bed, you don't have to worry about being squeezed and bullied, how comfortable. Lu Xiang, don't care about this with me at this time, go and find out who did it, or let someone run away if it's too late .” Chu Ran moved to the inside, putting some distance away from Lu Shi.

Lu Shi was already helpless, he couldn't touch it, and his vigilance was much higher. The kitten's claws were extremely sharp.She tried to explain, "Where do you like to drink, just take a few sips and let it go."

"It's better for Lu Xiang to drink tea to warm his body first." Chu Ran ordered the maidservant to bring up the green plum tea, and gave it to Lu Shi himself, "The tea soup is sweet and sour. Let's get rid of the cold. Lu Xiang, hurry up and get busy."

On weekdays, Lu Shi must be happy to hear it, but today is different. She is holding the boiling hot tea soup, and her heart can't be calm, "Don't be annoyed, can I apologize?"

"Lu Xiang is not wrong, why do you apologize?" Chu Ran asked back, her eyes were black and bright.

Lu Shi didn't know how to answer the sentence. When she was thinking about it, Chu Ran ordered the maid to make dinner, "Make some bone soup for Mr. Lu, and cook for a little longer. In addition, the milk-stuffed fish made of goat's milk is also sent. Steam some river prawns, go ask the doctor if you want to avoid it, and write it down when the time comes."

She ordered well, but Lu Shi's heart sank little by little. He watched Chu Ran remain silent for a long time, and when the maidservant came to report, Mrs. Pan brought something over.

A small box with red lacquer carvings. When opened, there were blueprints inside. Mrs. Pan moved quickly and finished the matter in two days. Chu Ran was also very satisfied looking at the blueprints.

She was mysterious, and she hid it from Lu Shi to see it. After seeing it, she asked the maid to send it back the same way.

Since leaving the capital city of Ying, although it is not as convenient as everything in Xiangfu, but there are not so many eyes, and he will not shrink his head and hide his seat, but he will feel more at ease.Whether the two are close or not, no one pays attention to it.

Chu Ran hid herself in the couch, her starry eyes were slightly rippling, and she clasped the flowers and leaves on her clothes with her fingers.The city of Yingdu is either rich or expensive, and everyone likes to embroider birds on their clothes, especially women, who can't wait to embroider phoenix Ruyi, but Qinghe is different, they like to embroider flowers and peonies.

Her clothes are all bought from tailor shops, and there are countless peonies and roses, especially for Liu Zhang's wife. The clothes are made of peonies, and the embroidered surface is also peony, especially for Bu Yao.

After seeing it a few times, Chu Ran felt that she had seen enough, and then looked up at Lu Shi. She was standing upright, with a few bamboo leaves on her cuffs, fresh and elegant, pure and pure.She shook her head, put aside her reverie, and said, "Isn't Prime Minister Lu in a hurry to investigate the case?"

She wanted to buy some peony-like clothes for Lu Xiang, but she still didn't say anything, it's not good to annoy this man.Thinking of her hiding to the side again, leaving most of the space empty.

Lu Shi took advantage of the opportunity to sit down instead of rushing, stroking her back with his hand, and slid down her back like a cat, clasping it around her waist, and the anger in his heart burned, "Don't worry."

Don't be in a hurry, Chu Ran was touched by her, her face was pink, and she wanted to brush her hand away, "If you are not in a hurry, go to investigate the case, I'm going to see Liancheng."

She was impatient, but Lu Shi was not in a hurry, and a smile gradually appeared on his face: "Second brother came here, and he opened his mouth to say Heng Wang Renshan. When he was beaten, he took it as a lesson. I don't know where to find out."

When there are too many things, people are afraid to run away.

After all, he bowed his head and kissed the corner of her lips, as if drinking nectar, the tip of his tongue stopped moving forward, and after a few breaths, he was pushed away by Chu Ran, raised his eyebrows, "Stay away from me, this is my house , you go back to your own house, and if you behave like this again, a notice will be posted at the door prohibiting you from entering."

Chu Ran was not very happy. Lu Huaisi was like a fly running down her throat. She was so disgusted that she almost didn't want to hear these three words again.Regardless of the past between him and Lu Xiang, praise Heng Wang again and again, how can it make her happy.

She is very strong, if she really wanted to be annoyed, Lu Shi couldn't help it.On weekdays, Chu Ran wouldn't care about these things, she would kiss her when she kissed her, and she would pass by with a glance.When the kitten is angry, its claws will be sharp, and she has nothing to do.

Recalling that in her previous life, Chu Ran was also a person who didn't like wine tasting, which was undoubtedly embarrassing for her.

Chu Ran left her alone, trotted out of the house, and shouted at the people inside: "Believe it or not, I really put up a notice."

Lu Shi got up and walked out of the house, the cold wind blew his clothes, his posture was elegant, ethereal, like a goddess, her beauty was carved into the bone marrow, but Chu Ran was not a person who seriously admired the scenery, so he ran instead without even looking at it left.

After the maidservant in the corridor glanced at it, she didn't dare to raise her head.Lu Xiang is good-looking, but the color of her eyes is too dark, which inexplicably makes people feel cold. She has always been cold, so silent, it makes people want to run away.

In the quiet courtyard, no one dared to speak. Liancheng came to see Chu Ran with a basket of sweet oranges.This is a good thing. His Majesty has only a few baskets. It is not easy to get. The officials of Qinghe gave it to him. It's just that the man doesn't like sweets, so he wanted to send it to Chu Ran.

There are sweet and sour oranges. It is cold in winter, so you can eat a few. There is a basket in front of you. Lu Shi, who has not left yet, reminds: "There are too many."

"It's okay, I heard that sweet oranges can also be used to make wine, ingredients to make cakes, and there are many ways to eat them, not too many or too many." Liancheng waved his hands one after another, and peeled one by himself, without noticing the coldness in Lu Xiang's eyes, left and right After taking a look, he asked, "Where did Your Highness go?"

The maidservant who knew the reason did not dare to talk to her, and she couldn't say that His Highness was left in anger by Lu Xiang, and Lu Xiang would not spare them at that time.

For a moment, there was no answer in the hallway. Lian Cheng took a bite of the sweet orange and suddenly realized that something was wrong, so he quickly threw away the orange peel, "Lu Xiang is busy first, there is still something to do with that, I will go first."

As soon as the voice fell to the ground, people ran away without a trace.

The courtyard fell silent for a moment, and after a while, Lu Shi at the door stepped lightly and left the courtyard.

Face Liancheng, who ran out of the courtyard, stopped outside the courtyard gate. Chu Ran was standing under the plum tree picking flowers. He patted his heart and walked, "Your Highness wants these flowers, let the maid do it."

"I have nothing to do, what are you doing here? How is the arrangement?" Chu Ran stepped on her feet, the plum blossoms on the skirt had some intentions, and the emerald stamens and real flowers were unintentional, faintly visible in the wind, very fresh and outstanding.

Liancheng shouted, and Lu Shi heard the sound, and said coldly: "General Lian, go back first, and come back tomorrow."

The wind made it even colder, and Liancheng's face hurt from the wind, so he rubbed it himself, feeling that something was wrong.He lifted his feet and left, but was called by Chu Ran: "Master Lu was beaten today, you should be careful when you go out, and bring more people with you, don't get hurt, there is no one to take care of you."

"Second Lord Lu?" Liancheng asked back, the people below like to follow the people of the Lu family to call Second Lord, because of Lu Xiang, everyone will think highly of him.So did Liancheng, but after the Xichen banquet that night, his teeth itch with hatred.

Chu Ran was holding a small bamboo basket in her hand, and placed a few plum blossoms in it, all of which were very large. She picked the plum blossoms on the branches and said sarcastically, "Yes, it's Lu Xiang's second brother, who was beaten half to death. You go and visit."

She smiled, although it was sarcastic, but also very pleasing.Liancheng never cared about it, it was hard to say that he deserved it in front of Prime Minister Lu, so he nodded and said, "Then I will go there tomorrow."

Chu Ran smiled seriously, waved his hand and said, "Go back quickly, by the way, what are you doing here today?"

"I got a basket of sweet oranges. I can't eat that much, so I sent it to His Highness. If I have nothing to do, I'll go back first." Liancheng felt that the atmosphere was not good, and he walked away.

Chu Ran didn't care about these, and reached out to pick some plum blossoms by herself. Madam Cao said a few days ago that she was going to make plum cakes, and planned to let the maid pick them. Unexpectedly, Lu Shi came over, so she came to pick them by herself in order to avoid her.

This is the only plum blossom in the post house, and it blooms well. After she picked it, she carefully put it into the basket, and did not look at Lu Shi who was a few steps away.

Lu Shi, who had stood for a while, walked over and reached out to pick it up with her, but Chu Ran refused: "President Lu is busy with government affairs, so it's better to deal with political affairs. I'm just playing around here."

"Since I have come back, I will not leave today." Lu Shi said lightly, her words were still gentle,

Chu Ran put the petals into the bamboo basket, her smiling eyes became more curved, "Why don't you leave and tell me." She smiled innocently, and caressed the petals with her thin white hands, the white glowed, making the plum blossoms red tender and beautiful.

Lu Shi's cold eyes were condensed on the slender wrists, and the coldness in his eyes dissipated. Chu Ran looked innocent, as if acting innocently, she didn't care about it, and just said: "It takes a lot of effort to make plum blossom crisps. Compared with The fat pancakes eaten at Grandma's are difficult to make."

Chu Ran didn't understand these things. The most experience she had was cooking with her grandma, watching how she steamed the rice and how to make the dried fish salty and fragrant.

"It's useless for Lu Xiang to waste his thoughts. I'll just use these to make tea." Chu Ran said duplicity, and said casually, this person has nothing to do with her, and I really don't know how to drive him away.

After picking some petals, she went back to the yard. When she stepped up the steps, Lu Shi was still behind her. She said angrily, "I really posted the notice."

The weather was gloomy, the wind blowing on the person was too cold, the tip of Chu Ran's nose turned red from the cold, and his aura became even colder.

As if Lu Shi had never heard of it, he said, "Do you want me to write?"