Food for the people

Lu Jincheng accompanied the Queen Mother around the Begonia Garden, intentionally or unintentionally looking at all the daughters of the Begonia Garden, which made the Queen Mother satisfied and returned to Duanyang Palace, and ordered to go down to prepare the luncheon .

The luncheon was still in Duanyang Palace, Lu Jincheng was forced out for a walk, and was kept in the hall by the queen mother who repeatedly asked him if he had ever taken a fancy to any girl. He reluctantly said that he didn't like any lady, but if he had to choose, Miss Wen's family looked more comfortable.

The queen mother was overjoyed when she heard the words, but she said calmly: "I used to say that Miss Wen Jia is suitable for you, but if you haven't seen it, just say you don't like it. Well, this time the queen mother will not force you to do it for you." You've made a match, but you'll feel better seeing her."

Lu Jincheng frowned and refused to speak, and his face was vaguely annoyed by what she said.

Seeing that the fire had already been lit, the queen mother stopped pressing her step by step, waved her hand and said, "Okay, you can't decide whether you like the queen mother or not. If you get too tired, you won’t even come to the palace like last time. Go and rest, after walking around all morning, the queen mother is also tired.”

Lu Jincheng agreed, saluted and left.

Lu Jin presented the door of Duanyang Palace, and Guan Qiu, who was beside the queen mother, went to the queen mother, and while serving her for a nap, said: "Prince Yan has a good impression of Miss Wen family, so you can rest assured this time."

The queen mother took off the hairpin and pearl hairpin, her black hair looked like a girl from behind, she did not look old at all.

She closed her eyes, sighed slightly, and said: "I don't even feel relieved until he marry Miss Wen into the palace."

The maids of Duanyang Palace had already been ordered to leave, and only the queen mother and Guanqiu were left in the big bedroom. The queen mother's voice was a little tired, and she even changed her name. She spoke to Guanqiu as if she had been friends for many years of.

"Yan'er looks like me, but his temperament is very much like the late emperor. He looks silent, but in fact he has more ideas than anyone else in his heart. I always feel that this matter can't go so smoothly."

Guan Qiu widened the phoenix robe for her, waited for her to lie down, then turned around and lit a soothing incense, and then said: "Actually, this servant thinks that Lord Yan knows the mother's painstaking efforts in his heart, otherwise he wouldn't repeat it all these years." Give in. It's the emperor..."

The Queen Mother sighed again: "It's because he has backed down repeatedly that I am worried. I have crossed his line for a child with his own ideas. As for the emperor... the emperor is also a soft-hearted person."

After saying this, she closed her eyes and fell asleep.

Guan Qiu stood beside the Empress Dowager and carefully covered her with the quilt, then closed the gauze curtain and left.

Lu Jincheng came out of Duanyang Palace, and went to Mingxuan Pavilion with Sanqi. This Mingxuan Pavilion was the palace when the queen mother was still a concubine. Lu Jincheng and today lived here when they were princes. Later, the three princes also became princes, and they all moved out of Mingxuan Pavilion. This Mingxuan Pavilion was occupied by Lu Jincheng alone. Later, the first emperor built Yanwang Mansion outside the palace for him. Xuan Pavilion was not empty either, it was cleaned as usual.After ascending the throne today, this rule has been continued. When Lu Jincheng occasionally enters the palace late and is inconvenient to leave the palace, he will directly live in Mingxuan Pavilion.

Mingxuan Pavilion is not far from the Empress Dowager's dormitory, and some distance from the Emperor's Guangyu Palace. There are still a few old people who used to take care of Lu Jincheng in the palace. Seeing him go, he quickly ordered someone to make a hand stove and send it to Lu Jincheng.

Sanqi took over the stove from the eunuch from a young age and sent him out.

The weather is not cold at all, and only an elderly person like Eunuch Xiao thinks that his prince is also afraid of the cold and needs to hold the stove in his hand to keep warm from time to time.

Eunuch Xiao is the father-in-law in charge of Mingxuan Pavilion. Before Lu Jincheng left the palace, he had been looking after him, and he was also an old man in the palace, so Sanqi complained about it, but he didn't directly reject Eunuch Xiao's kindness.

Sanqi closed the door, put the stove on the table, and said: "My lord, do you want to sleep for a while?"

Lu Jincheng didn't answer him, but poured himself a cup of tea.

After taking a sip of the fragrant tea soup, she looked up at him and said, "Go outside and wait. When someone comes, you can bring her in."

Sanqi was quite confused when he heard the words, and he didn't know who his prince was talking about, and how did the prince know that someone would come.

But he didn't dare to ask more questions. Lu Jincheng told him to wait outside, so he obediently went outside and waited.

Then, without waiting for an incense stick, he really saw someone coming towards Mingxuan Pavilion from a distance.

Sanqi blinked her eyes and took a closer look, and found that she was still a girl.

Sanqi: ...

He stared at the girl for a while, making sure that she was not passing by, but really came to Mingxuan Pavilion.

The girl was dressed in a lotus root pink jacket and skirt, with bright eyes, bright teeth, willow leaves and curved eyebrows, she was pretty and pretty. When she saw Sanqi, she smiled at him first, and asked, "Is Prince Yan there?"

Everyone knows the purpose of the Queen Mother's banquet today, so how could Sanqi not know, but when he came, his prince had just visited Mr. Qiao, so why did he visit the Begonia Garden, and another girl came looking for him? Come to the door.

It would be fine if the girl found it by herself, he would definitely help his prince back.

But the person the prince is waiting for is not this girl, is it?

Sanqi was a little entangled, but quickly overturned the dirty thoughts in his heart, thinking that his prince is not such a person, and the prince must be looking for her to discuss something.

But I think so, in fact Sanqi has no idea, this girl looks like a boudoir girl who has not left the court, and the prince of his family can't discuss anything with her.

Sanqi was entangled and entangled, but what Lu Jincheng ordered must be done, so he brought him into Mingxuan Pavilion with a sad face.

When he brought the man in front of his lord, he wondered if he might have made a mistake, but as soon as Lu Jincheng opened the door, he invited the girl in.

Sanqi stood guard at the door, although he felt that he was the prince's personal servant, but he was a little sorry for Mr. Qiao.

Su Ruotang laughed as soon as he entered the door, and said: "Now everyone knows that I have come to the palace to attend the banquet of the Empress Dowager, and I want to be Prince Yan's concubine. I have wasted so much effort, how can the prince compensate me?"

Although she is the governor's daughter, her identity is far from that of Lu Jincheng. When she talks to Lu Jincheng, she is as familiar as a close friend.

Lu Jincheng also poured her a cup of tea, handed it to her without raising his head, and said, "You and your sweetheart were all brought together by me, what do you want me to make up for?"

Following his words, Su Ruotang thought of her sweetheart, her pretty face blushed, her eyes softened a little, and she said, "If it wasn't for this, I wouldn't have come to the prince's muddy water. My brother said that the kindness of a drop of water should be treated as a gift." Yongquan will report, not to mention my Ruyi Langjun, I am now happy and happy, so naturally I will not forget the prince, I heard from my brother, the prince also has a lover now?"

Lu Jincheng didn't speak, but his brows and eyes softened. Su Ruotang was as delicate as a hair, and couldn't see the clue, and said with a smile: "That's really great, and it's not in vain for me to spend so much thought."

Lu Jincheng calmed down and asked, "Is everything done?"

Su Ruotang raised her willow eyebrows, with a ray of heroism mixed in her delicate beauty, and said, "That's natural."

Only then did Lu Jincheng thank you sincerely, "Miss Xie Su has done it."

Su Ruotang thought about it, but still couldn't help gossiping and asked: "The Miss Wen family really seems to have a crush on you, do you have the heart to hurt her?"

Lu Jincheng glanced at her: "There are so many people in Hanyang City who go to the Su Mansion to ask for marriage, and it seems that you hurt people a little less."

Su Ruotang was stunned for a moment, then smiled again: "That's right, there are so many people who like me in this world, is it possible that I want to go back? I can't take care of what I like, so how can I care about what I don't like."

What's more, both of them knew that Wen Wanjun was innocent, and Wenfu was never innocent.

Lu Jincheng said: "You just need to know, if you have nothing else to do, go back and rest earlier."

Su Ruotang nodded, took the opportunity to touch Lu Jincheng's hand stove on the table, hugged her in her arms and opened the door of Mingxuan Pavilion, smiled at Sanqi, and walked away alone.

Although it is a luncheon, in fact, the time for the banquet is almost past the end of the day, and the days are not so long in early spring, so once the luncheon starts, it will go directly to Youshi, singing and dancing performances and the talents of the ladies The performances are all in one place. Although it is not a draft, the thought involved is almost the same as that of a draft.

The location of the luncheon was changed, and it was no longer in the Empress Dowager's Duanyang Palace. It was changed to a larger Mingcui Palace, which was a little farther away from Duanyang Palace, but much closer to the Emperor's Guangyu Palace.

After the queen mother had a full nap and came late, everyone had already waited in the palace, and when the queen mother arrived, they began to perform their talents one by one, starting from the daughters.

Everyone has the same goal, they all want to enter Prince Yan's mansion to be Princess Yan, so they all try their best to win a little favor in front of the Queen Mother. Prince Yan is still unmarried, no matter whether he wants to or not, the Queen Mother will always be difficult to pass, now For the queen mother to choose a concubine, she must first pass the queen mother's test.

Wen Wanjun is one of the few beauties who is not in a hurry. She is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is obviously loved by the Queen Mother. It is only natural that she is favored by the blue eyes.

So Wen Wanjun didn't go up to perform any talents. She heard that Lu Jincheng would come here last, so she naturally wanted to perform for Lu Jincheng face to face as the finale.

When the sky was getting dark, all the young ladies had performed almost as well, and when it was not long before it was Wen Wanjun's turn, she suddenly felt a little dizzy.

At the luncheon, the Empress Dowager gave some fruit wine, she said it was not intoxicating, so she drank a few glasses, unexpectedly she became a little dizzy.

Her personal maid, Qiuli, stood aside, saw her blushing cheeks, and lost her eyesight, and said, "Miss, why don't you go for a walk, it's your turn to perform on stage soon."

If you are still dizzy after taking the stage, you will be in trouble.

Wen Wanjun shook her head, and felt that what the maid said was reasonable, so she got up with Qiuli and walked outside while everyone didn't notice.

Not a while after she left, Lu Jincheng came.

As soon as the queen mother saw him coming in, she looked towards Wen Wanjun's seat, but she didn't see anyone, and asked Guan Qiu who was standing beside her, "Where is Wanjun?"

Wan Qiu stepped forward to take a look and said, "Maybe he went out to get some fresh air, and he should be back soon."

Before she finished speaking, Lu Jincheng sat down, looked around casually, and asked, "Why is there someone missing?"

Knowing who he was asking, the queen mother felt at ease, and said, "Look at you, I'll send someone to find her for you, Guanqiu."

Guan Qiu stepped forward and walked up to the Queen Mother, bent down and waited for the Queen Mother to speak.

The Empress Dowager opened her mouth but before she could say anything, she saw a person running into the palace from outside in a panic, shouting as she ran, "Help, Empress Dowager."

Everyone who shouted at this voice stopped their movements. The Queen Mother looked at the person coming, her heart jumped twice for no reason, and she felt that her back was getting cold.

It was none other than Wen Wanjun's personal maid——Qiu Li who ran in.