The eldest princess and Li [rebirth]

The servant girl didn't know what she did wrong, so she knelt down crying, "Your servant really said the exact words."

Axiu heard the sound and came over, looked at the three zongzi in the box, her eyebrows and eyes sank, why is it an odd number?She hastily waved her hand to order the maidservant to leave, and she retreated holding the food box, "Your Highness doesn't like it, the maidservant took it out to feed Fifteen, why do you want to take advantage of the dogs outside."

The atmosphere in the room was gloomy, and Chu Ran was silent. Lu Shi nodded, raised his jaw slightly, and motioned her to take it out quickly. He took out the colorful and exquisite silk thread from his sleeve pocket, clasped it lightly on her wrist, and said in a low voice: "I forgot last night, it should be tied to your feet."

"That's for the child's safety." Chu Ran was disgusted in his mouth, but he never refused in words. He touched the exquisite thread with seven filaments twisted into one strand, feeling sore in his heart, and said, "After Auntie dies, there will be no one." It has been tied to me, but I will tie it to the prince every year."

There was another one in Lu Shi's hand. When she saw it, she pulled it to the couch, took off her shoes and socks, and revealed her white ankle, "I will tie it for you."

She looked generous and calm, and Lu Shi couldn't hide the smile in his eyes anymore, and he tied it up for her as soon as he stretched out his hand, the white skin was covered with seven colors, so delicate and attractive, like a rainbow among the colors of snow.

Lu Shi gently held her ankle, and scratched the protruding bone with his fingertips. After stroking, Chu Ran felt a little itchy, so he wanted to take it back, and said dissatisfiedly: "This is not the little golden bell, put away your Qi Nian .”

"Your Highness is just thinking about it." Lu Shi turned his eyes away, and stopped looking. His eyes were extremely flat, and he turned to look at Lu Yi outside the window, "Your Highness, I would like to go outside for a walk. There is a dragon boat race today."

"No, Lingyi is going to play today and invited me, but I declined." Chu Ran snorted lightly, feeling uncomfortable thinking about it, and touched Lu Shi's ear, "She has not lost her mind, Waiting for you and me to reconcile, and then I can sneak in."

Lu Shi felt shy as she was pulling her ear. He held her hand and denied, "Even if we reconcile, it has nothing to do with her. Your Highness and I will be separated, and I will be alone for the rest of my life. How about it?"

A few words coaxed Chu Ran to be extremely satisfied, and generously kissed the corner of her lips, "Lu Xiang is more and more able to speak nicely."

She wanted to run away after teasing her lightly, how could Lu Shi agree, with a smile in his eyes, he pressed her on the couch, gently stroked her cheek with his fingertips, and when he was about to touch the corner of her lips, Chu Ran was not happy: "Just touched my feet."

Lu Xiang's cleanliness that was promised has disappeared.

Lu Shi smiled, and instead of touching her, he pressed his forehead against her nose tip to nose tip: "Your Highness, are you satisfied now?"

"Shang Ke Shang Ke." Chu Ran was very satisfied. The dream was absurd. The prince died of illness in mid-June. There is still more than one month left. His health is much better than before, and the prince will marry the princess , that dream counts.

She is naturally satisfied.

When Lu Shi heard what she said, he was also happy in his heart. Many things have changed. The prince's food and drink will be taken care of, so there will be no more accidents. After marrying the princess and giving birth to the little emperor's grandson in a year and a half, everything will change.

Even she will be satisfied.

After all, the time of rubbing hands and temples was better, Chu Ran kicked his feet, not wanting to do bad things during the day, so he got up first, looked at his exposed toes, and looked at Lu Shi: "I want to wear shoes, you go Look outside."

"I'll help you." Lu Shi sat up, picked up her shoes and socks, and put them on carefully for her, saying, "Are you sure you don't want to go outside and have a look?"

"Go, isn't the old lady inviting us to have lunch at the Marquis's Mansion." Chu Ran looked down and leaned over to put on socks for herself, and sighed comfortably, such a day is really good.

Today's street market is not as lively as outside the moat. There are dragon boat races there, and the neighborhood seems a little deserted.In early summer, with hot weather, there are many people walking on the bluestone slabs, and the vendors who come and go hawk from time to time.

The shopkeeper came from the moat carrying a load, shaking his cattail fan, and refused to go home to rest under the scorching sun.

People who like to be lively go to watch the dragon boat. Today coincides with Xiumu. Officials and ministers take their wives and children to watch the boat, and some people go to the house to pay homage.

Chu Ran ordered a bowl of ice lotus lily syrup on the street. The lotus seeds were fragrant, and it was very refreshing in early summer. Chu Ran drank the syrup and remembered the incident of peeling lotus seeds in Yunmengze last summer.

At that time, the lotus seeds were bitter, but the ones in the bowl were extremely sweet. She scooped up some more and stared at Lu Shi: "Take a few, it's very refreshing, not too sweet."

Lu Shi has a light taste, neither spicy nor bitter, so she gently scooped one and chewed it slowly.Chu Ran didn't force her either. She ate most of it by herself and stuffed her stomach with sugar water before getting up to go to Hou's mansion.

Today, there are a lot of people in the Marquis of Runan, and even the eldest daughter from the concubine has returned, with her daughter and eldest son still sitting beside her.

There is only one year difference between her daughter and Da Lang. When she asked Lu Xiang for their children's marriage that day, Chu Ran hadn't married yet, and a year had passed in a blink of an eye.

Chu Ran half-sighed, and when he turned his head, he saw the half-fool Lu Huaisi.After he came back from Qinghe, he took over the position of Mr. Xi, the third prince. As the tide rises, it is useless for the eldest lady Mrs. Liu to regret it.

The old lady likes a house full of children and grandchildren, surrounded by her knees, today is the best time, the grandson is talking and laughing by her side, compared to the coldness and sternness when he was in the prime minister's mansion, he is already kind and kind.

Chu Ran held the tea and refused to drink. Seeing the old lady smiling, she gently tugged at the hem of Lu Shi's clothes: "Do you like children?"

Lu Shi's eyebrows and eyes remained the same as before, and he glanced at the old lady, and said lightly: "I don't like it, Your Highness likes it?"

Chu Ran didn't answer immediately. These questions seemed troublesome. She tapped the wall of the cup with her fingertips, and her voice was clear. She shook her head when she thought of the prince when he was young: "I don't like it, it's very troublesome."

Lu Shi smiled and nodded: "It's already very troublesome to raise one."

"Who did you raise? There are only fifteen in the prime minister's house and no children." Chu Ran's dark eyes rolled, and his eyes fell on Lu Shi, unable to understand what she said.

"I've raised you." Lu Yi said softly.

Chu Ran narrowed his eyes, and replied bluntly: "Lu Xiang is also troublesome, and it is not easy to support him."

The two were whispering, the old lady in the upper seat was laughing and laughing, her voice covered the words of the two, Lu Huaisi sat at the bottom with a calm expression, raised her head and chest today, and dared to look at Lu Shi.

After entering the door, Chu Ran glanced at him from time to time.Second Master Lu handled things well in Qinghe, and the warships did a factual survey and found many problems.The imperial court planned to buy warships from Wujiang, but they did not have enough power, so they had to spend some money.

This matter was handled by King Heng alone, skipping over the prime minister, and negotiating with King Wu Jiang.It is His Majesty's intention to buy Wujiang's boat, and then go back to fight Wujiang at that time.

Lu Shi didn't make a statement, and her disciples didn't know anything about it. Being a transparent person, the prince objected at first, but later His Majesty reprimanded him, so he just let nature take its course.

Chu Ran was not involved in government affairs, but he heard the drunken King Ning say something, he said: "When you buy someone else's boat, you don't even think about whether they will give you the best one, and who will know if it will be given to the poor one. It’s like when he goes to play in the brothel Chu House, he wants beautiful girls to accompany him, the girls who come to wait on him are very pretty, but you know there’s no such thing as the prettiest?”

His drunken nonsense was the crux of the matter, but His Majesty didn't listen, and the Prime Minister didn't care, which contributed to this incident. Among them, Lu Huaisi also contributed a lot, and he hit it off with King Heng.

Now that he stands tall and has face in the Lu family, Mrs. Liu is too late to regret now, she knew that she would have married her daughter into his family, but now she is not good enough, and she wasted time instead.

Chu Ran thought it was funny, and leaned there lazily. Mrs. Liu kept talking to Mrs. Lu during the period, and the two talked harmoniously.

The taste of the luncheon dishes in the Hou's Mansion was all according to the old lady's. It was spicy, and the fresh fish sticks were almost dipped in spicy. Chu Ran didn't like raw food very much, so he didn't eat it, and drank half a bowl of shredded chicken soup.

The old lady hosted a banquet today for the marriage of Lu Huaisi's eldest son. After the age of thirteen, it is time to discuss marriage. She stopped the jade chopsticks and said first, "Do you have any talents under Lu Xiang's family?"

As soon as the words came out, Mrs. Liu became nervous. She dared to speak but dared not.

Lu Shi stared at the spicy fish stick in front of him, "What is mother referring to?"

"When the crown prince was choosing a concubine, I saw many girls from good backgrounds and beautiful, but the girl from the second room of the Zhou family was virtuous and beautiful."

Chu Ran's eyelids twitched. It was the crown prince's favorite. Even if he didn't enter the East Palace, he would never enter the second bedroom of the Lu family if he was arrogant.

The old lady's vision is really high, she didn't speak, let Lu Xiang refuse by himself.

"Mom thinks too much. The second wife of the Zhou family wants to be a princess. Even if she doesn't succeed, she won't marry the Lu family. If mother wants to try, she can ask someone to come and talk about it."

Lu Shi refused to be straightforward, and he was not procrastinating. Once he opened his mouth about these matters, there was no room for maneuver.

The younger generation had dinner in the front hall, and there were only a few people in the room. The old lady still felt ashamed, "Every time I ask you to do something, there are always many excuses."

"What I can't do, mother can do it by herself." Lu Shi said.

After listening for a long time, Mrs. Liu finally found her chance, and hurriedly interjected: "The second wife of the Zhou family is arrogant, and now is the time when she is sad, and it is not appropriate to say kiss at this time."

The old lady took the next best thing, and said: "Which girl does Lu Xiang think is suitable for Erlang's eldest son?"

The Erlang she was talking about was Lu Huaisi. After being called on, he hurriedly stood up and said with a smile: "Mother was joking, how can marriage be so tiring? Lu Xiang is troubled. The child is still young, so don't worry."

"It's what she owes you. It's a right thing to worry about." The old lady replied indifferently.

Chu Ran heard that the voice was wrong. The old lady was bringing up an old matter again. Where would she put her face? She said at the right time: "What does the old lady mean? What does Lu Xiang owe the second brother?"

She was curious, the others couldn't sit still, so Marquis Runan smoothed things over first: "Your Highness, I'm thinking too much, mother has had a few more drinks, and she can't keep herself still, so why don't you break up first."

With his eyes, he signaled the old lady not to say any more, and hurriedly pushed his wife.

Madam Hou smiled and stood up, "There will be a banquet in the evening, so drink less wine and eat some melons and fruits, Your Highness. The melons from the village are delicious and relieve the heat."

The old lady didn't dare to speak anymore, and the group of people breathed a sigh of relief. After looking around, Chu Ran showed that she was confused, and was pushed aside by Mrs. Hou to eat melons.

The melons are all iced, sweet and refreshing. Chu Ran ate two slices if he liked it, but Lu Shi didn’t. and this matter.

When leaving the mansion, Mrs. Liu went with her and pulled Prime Minister Lu to talk about homely things. Chu Ran stepped back half a step and followed until they got into the carriage. Mrs. Liu got into the carriage of the Prime Minister's mansion directly. The two sisters had something to say , Chu Ran had to sit in the car behind.

Everyone in the Lu family has a problem, they don't know the heights of the sky and the earth.

Chu Ran held back her anger all the way, and knew why Mrs. Liu was pestering Lu Xiang. After Mrs. Liu stepped into the gate of Xiangfu, Lu Xiang spoke for her first: "Madam, don't say any more, I forgot about your Highness on the way, let you Follow along."

Chu Ran didn't save her face, and after a cold snort, he entered the house by himself.

Only then did Mrs. Liu feel that something was wrong, and she said guiltily, "I forgot about Your Highness in a moment of urgency, no wonder Lu Xiang."

Whether it's strange or not, everyone has already left, Lu Shi said: "It's okay, Madam will go back first."

Mrs. Liu was embarrassed to hold on, and left the Prime Minister's mansion reluctantly.Lu Shi turned back to the house, the faint smile on the corners of his lips froze, everything was complicated, and the affairs of the Lu family became more and more complicated because of Lu Huaisi's return.

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Before entering the palace, Xinyang came over and entered the palace together in the Xiangfu's car. She still didn't dare to face Lu Shi, and always hid behind Chu Ran, smiling and saying something before shrinking back.

There is a small drawer in the carriage, and Xinyang opened it in a familiar way. Today, when I opened it, it was empty. "Sister, didn't you prepare any candies today?" .

"Ask Prime Minister Lu." Chu Ran was indifferent.

Lu Zhi heard the words, and after thinking about it for a while, he said, "It's probably because Axiu forgot."

Xin Yang stopped asking, stuck out his tongue, and said, "Sister, I always find it strange that after the concubine's concubine in the mansion was pregnant, the second son did not show his face, but the second wife smiled happily."

"Don't worry about these, just do what you want, and let the concubine's room not come to you, so as not to be unclear when something happens." Chu Ran instructed her.

Xinyang sighed and nodded, leaning against Chu Ran, but thinking of Ah Ruan in his mind, he clenched his fingers nervously, "Sister, why do you think the prince looks down on Qing Qing?"

"Because she is too smart, if she is as stupid as you, she will definitely be the best candidate for the crown princess." Chu Ran said.

Xinyang didn't understand what she meant, and when she looked up, she saw Lu Xiang's cold expression, which made her shrink her hands and sit up straight, instead of leaning against Sister A, she covered her mouth and dared not ask any more questions.

Lu Xiang is so fierce.

The banquet was held at the Tonghua Terrace, and the queen was still missing today. Chu Ran felt strange in his heart, and finally couldn't help talking to Lu Shi after taking his seat: "Lu Xiang, is there something wrong with the queen, I have hardly seen her for half a year."

"You need to ask Concubine Ming about it." Lu Shi lowered his voice.This is also the reason why she is jealous of Concubine Ming, she easily made His Majesty despise the queen, and now she doesn't even show up at these banquets, she really wants to know how she did it.

Chu Ran's heart skipped a beat, "Could it be related to her miscarriage?"

"I really don't know." Lu Shi shook his head, "Lin also doesn't know. This happened suddenly, and His Majesty deliberately concealed it, so there is no need to ask again, just pretend that you don't know."

Concubine Xian is accompanying His Majesty today. Mrs. Lin is resting in the palace because of her heavy body. As the delivery date is approaching, she has been resting in the palace.

Neither the Queen nor Concubine Ming were seen, neither of them attended, King Heng's attitude remained the same, when the actors performed their dances, he did not look sideways.

The actors trained by the palace teaching workshop are not as good as Lin's. It is said that Lin's dance on the lotus platform last year looked like a fairy, and watching these well-behaved dances is really not very interesting.

His Majesty's interest has faded, and the courtiers dare not look too much, so they can only toast each other and talk about some interesting things.The prince's wedding was approaching, and the rest of the people came forward to congratulate him. The princess was born in a small family, and she was well educated, which was also in line with his wishes.

Choosing Xiaohu's daughter is just in line with His Majesty's intentions. On the contrary, Concubine Heng appears dignified.

After drinking for three rounds, Xinyang didn't know where he went.

Chu Ran glanced slightly, and Ling Yi, who was next to her, didn't know where to go. Her eyelids twitched, and Lu Shi held her hand: "Go out and have a look, I'm here."

Ling Yi has been acting abnormally lately, except for the zongzi delivered to Xiang's mansion today, she has not seen her getting close to Lu Xiang.Chu Ran quietly withdrew from the hall. At this time, no one cared. After she withdrew from the hall, she went to find Xinyang.

She doesn't care where Lingyi goes, as long as she finds Xinyang.

The Tonghua Terrace is quite large, and it is also in the early summer. The cicadas are singing and the grass is fragrant.Looking from the outside of the hall, there are lights everywhere, and there is a light every ten steps.

A faint breeze passed over the corner of the skirt, and she walked to the balcony behind her alone. The candles at the four corners of the palace glowed faintly, and the fragrance of green grass was extremely strong, and it smelled extremely refreshing.

She called out to the palace: "Have you ever met Princess Lingyi?"

"Never seen."

"What about His Highness Xinyang?" Chu Ran asked again.

"I have seen it, and I went to the northeast corner."

Chu Ran paused, there were many tall pavilions in the Tonghua Terrace, and if Xinyang wanted to see Concubine Ming, he would definitely go to a remote place, or go to Concubine Ming's bedroom.There is no one in the northeast corner, but the way back and forth is far away. There is no one there. Xinyang is timid and afraid of ghosts. Concubine Ming loves her so much that she will never let her go.

She took a deep breath, looked at the palace man in front of her, and whispered: "Where are you from?"

"The maid came from the northeast corner." The palace man lowered his head, unable to see his face clearly in the dim light.

Chu Ran sneered, "What are you doing there, or are you trying to lure me there?"

As soon as the words fell, the palace servant ran away. Chu Ran chased her for two steps. Seeing that she was running in the northeast direction, she stopped, turned around and walked in the direction she came from.

When she ran back to the palace, she still didn't see the two of them, thinking about Xinyang's temperament, she probably went to Mingfei's bedroom.She asked someone to go to Lu Xiang to bring a word, but she went to Xinyang first.

After the words of Lu Shi in the palace, he turned to look at the prince. He didn't know how to drink, and after being forced by King Heng to drink a few cups, he became slightly drunk, and was helped away after a while.

For a while, only King Heng and the other two princes were left. She looked at the concubine Xian who was serving the emperor, and nodded slightly. The courtiers and concubines see that the prince is not feeling well, and are afraid of accidents, so follow him to have a look."

Emperor Chu waved his hand, "Go."

The prince was helped to the side hall, lying drunk on the couch, the palace servants waited for him to undress, the concubine Xian followed in, frowned and said: "The prince is drunk, what are you doing by taking off his clothes, why don't you make sober tea."

The palace servants stopped, with doubts on their faces, Concubine Xian said displeasedly: "Not going down yet."

After a loud reprimand, the palace personnel reluctantly followed and retreated. Concubine Xian sat in the hall and did not leave. After a while, King Heng came, "I'm sorry to trouble you, my king is here to take care of the prince."

Concubine Xian hesitated, King Heng smiled docilely: "Your Majesty is very afraid, this king will not harm the crown prince."

"Okay, I'm going to see Your Majesty." Concubine Xian didn't force her, and returned to the palace with her palace servants.

The actor is playing the piano, and the night is long, making people mesmerized.

After a while, Heng Wang also came out.In a flash of Lu Shi's peripheral vision, Xin Yang came back panting, took the palace man's fan, fanned himself, picked up the wine and drank it down in one gulp, his face flushed, and shouted: "It's so hot, so hot."

"Where did Xinyang go?" Lingyi walked slowly, his eyebrows still playful, looking at the sweat on Xinyang's forehead: "I turned red from running, why didn't you see Prince Zhou?"

"I went for a walk by the lake outside. I ran back because I was afraid it would take too long. The son-in-law is not in good health, so he is resting at the mansion." Xinyang fanned the wind vigorously, poking his head towards Lu Shi, "Ah Sister also went outside to breathe?"

Ling Yi followed her gaze and moved towards Lu Xiang, "Lu Xiang, where did sister go?"

"About ventilation." Lu Shi said.

The sound of silk strings was so urgent that it rang in my ears, almost overshadowing Lu Xiang's voice, and no one else heard it. The Jiaofang arranged a new song, singing and dancing together, and the graceful dancing posture made people's eyes shine.

King Ning suddenly clapped his hands and echoed, "Okay, this year's Dongxijiaofang is a brainstorm."

Ling Yi followed to watch, just imitating Lin's dance on the lotus platform. She didn't like Lin, so she said: "Showing up the crowd, it's very good-looking, and Uncle Ning's vision is too bad."

The corners of Lu Shi's lips moved, but Ling Yi didn't speak, but Ling Yi looked at her: "Lu Xiang, do you have a good relationship with Elder Sister?"

Asked by others, she felt abrupt, but her expression was so innocent that no one found it strange. Lu Shi stared straight ahead, staring at the lotus platform, "It's okay."

"How about Shang Ke?" Ling Yi asked, his eyes were burning, everyone was watching Wu, and no one cared about her conversation.

Lu Shi replied, "Shang Ke is Shang Ke."

Lingyi pursed her lips, and the Nanzhu steps on her bun followed suit. Her eyes were like lacquer, and her eyes were shining brightly. Today, she is wearing a floral dress as gorgeous as the sunset. She loves to dress up, and this dress is very beautiful. line her up.

Xinyang didn't feel the heat, so she felt that her new clothes were pretty, so she boasted, "Lingyi's clothes are so pretty."

Ling Yi didn't want to talk to her, so she didn't answer. She said something dry and stopped talking. Watching the singing and dancing, she still cared about Ah Ruan in her heart. When she saw her in a hurry, she always felt very uncomfortable.

I don't see it, I feel uncomfortable, after seeing it, I still feel uncomfortable, and I don't know what's going on.

After she made fun of herself, Ling Yi chatted with Lu Xiang, but there was no reply. Ling Yi peeled the grapes on the plate and slowly put them into her mouth.

Lu Shi's side was still empty until Emperor Chu realized something was wrong and looked at her: "Where did Xinping go?"

"Your Highness, go down to breathe, and you'll be back in a while." Lu Shi stood up and replied, his eyelashes trembling slightly.

Emperor Chu never doubted, and still turned to the singing and dancing in the hall. Prince Heng pursed his lips and smiled, and served Concubine Heng with food, taking good care of him. The two had been married for many years, like glue.

Ling Yi, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly sighed, and said, "Brother Heng Wang treats sister-in-law very well, what do you think, Prime Minister Lu?"

"Very good." Lu Shi's voice was calm, so light that one couldn't taste her emotions.

Ling Yi didn't get any benefits, so he stood up and said suddenly: "Lu Xiang, the prince's brother is drunk, why don't we go and see the prince's brother, maybe sister is taking care of the prince's brother."

Xinyang didn't know that the prince was drunk, and after hearing this, he felt uneasy, and followed suit: "I want to go too."

Lu Shi glanced at Ling Yi, the slender eyelashes cast a faint light on the eyelids, she took a sip of wine, and then said: "Also."

Xin Yang led the way, Ling Yi and Lu Shi talked about the love between Heng Wang and his wife, they walked slowly, when they reached the gate of the palace, the palace guards stopped them: "The prince is resting, no one is allowed to go disturb."

Ling Yi glanced inside, "Who is taking care of it?"

"It's Princess Xinping." Gong Ren said.