Chapter 022: Sleepless in the middle of the night
Tonight is destined to be an unquiet night, Young Master Lu stayed in Mrs. Wu's room, just when he tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, Steward Xu hurriedly came to report, saying that Emperor Zhengde had summoned him to the palace. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
Young Master Lu was surprised when he heard this, after all, it was already late at this moment, and the palace door was closed, and Emperor Zhengde let him enter the palace overnight, something big must have happened.
Young Master Lu hurriedly got up, and while wearing clothes with the help of Mrs. Wu, he secretly speculated about what Emperor Zhengde had summoned him to the palace overnight.
Is there an emergency on the frontier? Or is there a disaster somewhere?
But what he never expected was that he entered the palace in a hurry, and when he saw Emperor Zhengde, Emperor Zhengde seemed to forget that he was such a person, and only concentrated on reviewing the chapters.
Emperor Zhengde didn't speak, and Young Master Lu knew that his previous guess must be wrong, and there was only one possibility for him to think about it, and that was Lu Zhi.
After thinking about the key, Young Master Lu calmed down instead, and only stood quietly with his head bowed to the side, waiting quietly.
An hour later, Emperor Zhengde raised his head after finishing the recital, looked at Young Master Lu and said lightly: "If I have not remembered wrong, Lu Aiqing has been in the court for fourteen years, right?"
"Back to Your Majesty's words, it has indeed been fourteen years since the ministers entered the court. ”
"It's been 14 years. Emperor Zhengde sighed: "I am now forty-six, and in a blink of an eye, I am almost at the age of knowing the destiny of heaven." ”
When Young Master Lu heard this, his heart sank, and he hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is in the prime of life, how can you ......?"
Emperor Zhengde waved his hand and interrupted him: "You shout long live every day, but I am also a human being, how can I live long, I am old, and my energy is not as good as before." ”
Young Master Lu raised his eyes, looked at Emperor Zhengde, who was a little haggard, and opened his mouth to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything, Emperor Zhengde is a wise monarch through the ages, and any lie is a disrespect to him.
And Emperor Zhengde didn't need Lu Shaofu to say anything, he sighed and said in a deep voice: "I thought that there would be no children in this life, but the sky lived up to me, and after all, I still gave me the emperor's son, but I am old and the emperor is still young, and his temperament is ......."
Speaking of this, he chuckled and shook his head: "He is pure and good by nature but too stubborn, he does not have the nature of a king, but I only have this son, even if it is a piece of rotten wood, I have to train him to become a qualified king, fifty know the destiny of heaven, I can accompany him to teach him not much time, although I have the assistance of Aiqing and other ministers, but I still can't rest assured." ”
Hearing this, Young Master Lu suddenly knelt on the ground and said in a dumb voice: "Your Majesty, the ministers will do their best......"
"Naturally, you are relieved. Emperor Zhengde looked at him and pulled the corners of his mouth slightly: "Although the emperor is stubborn, there are signs of change, and he took the initiative to go back to the study after class today, and he has not rested at the moment." Aiqing knows, who is the reason why he suddenly realized that he is so diligent?"
Because of who, Young Master Lu naturally knew in his heart, he opened his mouth and was about to answer, but Emperor Zhengde suddenly opened his mouth to change the topic: "I heard that Commander Fu intends to marry your concubine for his second son?"
Hearing this, Young Master Lu lowered his eyes and replied in a low voice: "Don't dare to deceive Your Majesty, Commander Fu did mention this matter two years ago." ”
Emperor Zhengde nodded when he heard this: "Since it was two years ago, it must have passed the times." ”
Young Master Lu's face froze and was silent.
Emperor Zhengde looked at him and said: "Since time has passed, then don't mention it again in the future, you and Commander Fu are both people I value, and the emperor will need you two to work together to assist in the future." ”
Hearing this, Young Master Lu felt a slight bitterness in his throat, so he had to nod his head.
When Emperor Zhengde saw him respond, his eyes showed a look of satisfaction, and he said lightly: "You don't have a son-in-law, but you have two concubines?"
"Yes. ”
"Today, the emperor once suggested to the queen that it was a little inappropriate to have so many companions in the palace, and I thought about it. Emperor Zhengde paused slightly: "It stands to reason that the concubine is a concubine after all, and the status is low after all, but you have no concubine and can only inherit the family business in the future, the emperor wants to choose a few people among the ministers and concubines to accompany the study, although your two concubines are not the same as the age of the identity, but I specially allow them to enter the palace to accompany the study, Aiqing may understand my painstaking efforts?"
When Young Master Lu heard this, the bitterness in his throat was even worse, and only after half a sound did he kowtow respectfully: "Minister...... Thank you, Lord Long. ”
Seeing him kowtow, Emperor Zhengde lowered his eyes slightly and seemed to be busy again: "Okay, the sky is already dark, so I won't leave you more, go back early." ”
Young Master Lu kowtowed again: "The minister retreats." ”
Returning to the Lu Mansion in a daze, Young Master Lu locked himself in the study, and when he was ugly, he suddenly opened the door and handed a letter to Steward Xu, instructing: "You sent this letter to the Fu Mansion overnight, and you will hand it over to Commander Fu with your own hands." ”
When Steward Xu saw the solemn look on his face, he knew that this matter was not trivial, and immediately nodded: "Don't worry, master, the slave will be handed over to Commander Fu himself." ”
Young Master Lu snorted, watched him go away, and suddenly turned to the servants in the study and said, "Go, call the eldest young master and the second young master." ”
The servant took the order, and after a while, thirteen-year-old Lu Heng and eleven-year-old Lu Zhe came to the study in a panic accompanied by the servant.
Young Master Lu retreated left and right, leaving only the father and son in the study.
This night, the candle flame in Lu's study was burning until dawn.
Although Lu Zhi was beaten with a board, the eunuchs who executed were merciful, and they were all wounds on the surface of the skin, which seemed to be fierce, and they would be better after a night's rest.
Early in the morning of the second day, Lu Zhi suddenly remembered that she had forgotten about Mrs. Yan's desire to accept her!
At that moment, I was annoyed, I couldn't care about the pain in my body and got up quickly, Dong'er and the nurse on the side were startled by her sudden movements, and they had to follow her after persuasion failed.
At this hour, everyone was eating in the dining room, and Lu Zhi hurriedly freshened up and went straight to the dining room.
When Lu Zhi came, Mrs. Wu was looking up and down at everyone with her eyes, and she was in doubt, she didn't understand what was going on today, why the Chen family and the Ma family, who always had to mock her on weekdays, were suddenly so quiet, and even showed favor to her.
Even their children, who had always looked down on her and treated her coldly, called her mother for the first time in the first time when they saw her today.
This phenomenon is so abnormal that Mrs. Wu is as dull as Madame Wu also notices something unusual.
At this moment, the servant outside the door came to report: "Master, the fourth lady is here." ”
As soon as these words came out, there was a silence all around, and they put down the dishes and chopsticks, Mrs. Wu heard this, and immediately became anxious, she hurriedly got up and walked towards the door, complaining as she walked: "She only got up yesterday, why did she get up?"
As soon as Lu Zhi stepped into the door of the dining room, she heard Mrs. Wu's complaints, and immediately opened her mouth to reassure: "Don't worry, Mother, Zhi'er is already well." ”