Chapter 3 Depth of Testing
The news that Miss Lu Jiasan was taken away by King Qi Jun during the draft caused a stir on Rong'an Street.
The eighteenth year of the king of Qijun is the son of the queen mother and a well-known romantic talent in the capital.
It is precisely because he is chic and ignorant of the world, he has never looked like a hanger, and he was not born to a mother, and the king of Qijun has never been liked by the emperor's brother.
But he actually took out of the palace a person who might become the imperial sister-in-law openly.
In the past few days, the Lu family has earned everyone's attention.
The people of Baifu both watched the joke and seemed to be a little jealous.
After Bai Jin'er came back from the draft, she was pestered by the girls to describe the appearance of Wang Junxiu of Qijun, and when she closed the door, she said jealously: "I actually fell in love with such a girl who has no eyes and no ability!"
There is a reason why she scolded Lu Ji like this.
During the draft that day, I don't know which show girl actually made a box of pastries in a delusional way to impress the sacred heart, and was seen by Shi Jinzhi, the daughter of the Ministry of Rites, and after laughing at it, she picked it up and ate it.
The show girl was in a hurry, so she grabbed it when she went up, and was pushed away by Shi Jinzhi.
It was like the daughter of a small family, sitting on the ground and crying.
Lu Ji was not far away, frowning angrily.
But at this time, she and the show girl were already about to enter the palace to read the selection, so they couldn't help her up, and carefully arranged the remaining pastries and decorated them neatly.
Bai Jin'er means that if you don't have the ability, you don't care, if you want to be nosy, you will slap it back.
Of course, she hopes that the two of them will be sent home to fight hard, and they will drink tea and watch the show.
But Lu Ji learned from his mother not to fight meaninglessly, not to be quick in the moment.
After the show girl thanked her for her kindness, the two were about to enter the palace, and it was at this time that King Qijun appeared.
Lu Ji only remembered that the curtain door flashed, and a handsome young man wearing a brocade green python pattern dark embroidered brocade robe came in and asked, "Which girl is called Lu Ji?"
can use the python pattern, and at such an age and with such a spirit, and act so boldly, it must be a wanton royal child.
But Lu Ji had never seen him, and the girls present only admired King Qijun's romantic reputation, and who had really seen him?
The few servants and eunuchs who followed up behind him couldn't stop him, and smiled crookedly: "Please ask the prince to spare the lives of the little ones! This is not a joke!"
Although King Qijun is stubborn and uninhibited, his mind is also extremely smart, and he only observed the reaction of the girls slightly, and he knew that the one who drank tea with a tea bowl as if nothing had happened must be the person he was looking for.
Lu Ji was taken away like this.
Everyone thought that there was a personal affair between Lu Ji and King Qi Jun.
The Lu family heard a report that the third lady was taken away by King Qijun, Lu Zhengqing's face turned pale and he sat down on the seat, "It's over!"
When the family saw the old man's reaction, they thought that the concubine to be chosen had fled, but it was not a capital crime, and they all cried.
King Qi Jun rode a horse to send Lu Ji back.
The people of the Lu family said to the people of the Bai family: "King Qi Jun is even more handsome than your young lady!"
Lu Ji was inexplicably pulled on a horse and sent home, feeling ashamed and annoyed, and was about to question, when the king of Qi County had already looked at her deeply and rode away.
He was thinking, the Xue family's bastard boy Yanfu is really not shallow, it's a pity.
He even regretted it a little, so he quickly turned the horse's head.
That glance made Lu Ji stand at the door for a long time before entering the door, and slowly took off all the good beaded flower bracelets he wore for the draft.
In the evening, the decree came, and the family stumbled and knelt down to receive it.
"Edict said: Today, the emperor's heir is the most important, and the society is great, so the choice of an auspicious day to select a concubine is to regret it when he hears that the Lu family is about to be elected, which is really unscrupulous.
"And the younger brother of the king of Qijun is regarded as the beauty of adults, and the Xue Lu family is unforgivable, and the emperor's younger brother is young, so he is deprived of the moon and Lu in March;
"Although Lu Nu has a reason, she has not married in vain and has an old contract, and she is instructed to enter the palace tomorrow to resume the selection, and her father Lu Zhengqing is a servant of the household department;
"The Xue family, instigating the children of the royal family to behave wrongly, and it is related to the emperor's heirs, should be stripped of the title now to set an example.
"Chin this!"
Lu Zhengqing bowed his head in fear and accepted the order, and someone on the side came to give him a reward of silver, please leave tea.
The eunuch who came to announce the decree stuffed the money bag into his sleeve unhurriedly, and said with a smile: "Lord Lu is polite, the lower officials still have to go to the Xue family to announce the decree." ”
shook off the dust, and took the little eunuchs with him.
It was Xue Fang's ghost who did it for a long time, and the people of the Lu family were angry.
Lu Ji only said: "Despicable. ”
But Lu Zhengqing felt that this result was much better than when he felt that "this is over".
It seems that although the emperor doesn't like King Qijun, he also cares about brotherhood, and has no intention of using the topic to play.
However, there is the Queen Mother behind her, and she may not say who the three families mean by pardoning them.
I don't know what the Xue family, which was already in decline, was stripped of its title, and what the situation should be.
The next day, Zhou took the servant to listen to the chess and sent Lu Ji to the palace dressed up.
Yesterday was the last batch of selections, so there were no other show girls today, only Lu Ji.
A palace man took the sedan chair from outside the palace gate, led him to get off the sedan chair in front of the Shunzhen gate, and led Lu Ji to enter through the west side gate.
Walking through a long road, it is as if you have stepped into another world.
Lu Ji suddenly felt an indescribable sense of tranquility in his heart.
In this silent and silent magnificent deep palace, perhaps the best way to live your life is like this.
The palace people led to the Qin'an Palace, and then they retreated left and right, and a eunuch went in to report and ask for instructions, and after coming out, another palace person stepped forward to open the curtain for her.
The waiter straightened her clothes and hair accessories, and Tingqi smiled softly and said, "Miss is so beautiful, she will definitely be chosen." The waiter hurriedly went to cover her mouth.
Lu Ji smiled generously and entered the door with a slight bow.
When she entered the door, there was a palace man who smiled and led her around to the eight river dragon screens, and there were several people behind the fine pearl curtains, two of whom were bright.
Lu Ji didn't dare to look at it more, and until he knelt down, he kept cautiously bowing his head respectfully.
Such a special "draft" did not even have a celebrant eunuch.
After Lu Ji knelt down, he paused, and then bowed down, "Lu Ji, the daughter of Lu Zhengqing, the household servant, is sixteen years old. The courtiers see the emperor and the queen mother, may the emperor be blessed with Jin'an, and the queen mother will be blessed with Jin'an. ”
He didn't look up, just stared at the bright and gorgeous clusters of flowers on the ground.
There was no sound coming from inside for a while, and it was extremely quiet outside.
Lu Ji hesitated for a while, only to hear a warm but healthy male voice from inside: "Lu Ji, what do you mean by the word 'Ji'?"
The original meaning of "玑" is not a round bead, which is not an auspicious omen.
"Back to the emperor, the name of the courtier's maiden is not the opposite of 'Zhu', but after 'Xuan'. ”
"Ji" and "Xuan" are both star names in the Big Dipper, Xuan is the second star among them, and Ji is the third star among them.
"You are the third daughter of the Lu family?"
"Back to the emperor, the courtiers have only one sister, named Lu Xuan, just because my sister had an older brother Lu Jue who died early before, and my father was deeply in love, so I named my sister like this. ”
The emperor smiled and nodded, liking her calmness.
"Lu Ji, since you have a marriage contract with the Xue family, why did you come to participate in the draft again?"
Lu Ji had expected this problem, so he replied: "Back to the emperor, my mother and Mrs. Xue turned out to be friends in the boudoir, so they agreed to marry.
"It was just a verbal appointment, and there was no written evidence. Who knew that Young Master Xue would not be a climate when he grew up, he only knew pleasure but did not know progress, and the courtier's family had no intention of caring about the jokes of the year.
"The Xue family also knows that their eldest son is not good, and they don't care, only that Young Master Xue has been pestering hard, and he is also spreading rumors that he has a marriage contract with me.
"Young Master Xue's tricks, the emperor must have seen it yesterday. ”
Dirty water should be poured on dirty people.
"So, then Xue Fang is wishful thinking?" The Queen Mother's voice didn't sound good, who told Lu Ji to take her son to be punished?
Lu Ji replied: "Back to the Queen Mother, the things of love are originally precious, but they need to be similar in two places."
"For example, yesterday, King Qijun listened to the rumors of others, and mistakenly thought that his father sent his courtiers into the palace for the draft to beat the mandarin ducks, so he made a mistake.
"The prince was originally a well-intentioned act, but it was harmful to both the courtiers and the prince himself.
"If the two are not alike, it will be like this, and it will be harmful to each other, just like Young Master Xue ripped off a big lie and committed a big mistake. ”
The queen mother "snorted", although she thought that if she said good things for King Qijun in front of the emperor, she would be kind to her, but she really didn't like overly clever women.
It seems that this queen mother is not easy to serve.
"Draw the curtains. The emperor said.
Lu Ji lowered his head, only to hear the bead curtain "bang", echoing twice and then returning to silence.
"Look up. He said again.
Lu Ji slowly got up and slowly raised his head.
"Hmph, with such a foxy face, how can you keep it in the harem?"