Early the next morning, just after the morning court, King Pingnan walked out of the main hall, stood at the gate of the palace and shouted angrily, "Lord Lu, please stay", as if he didn't see the surprise and guess on everyone's faces, he smiled brightly, strode after Lu Chenghui, greeted him, and smiled very politely: "It's been almost a month since Lord Lu returned to Kyoto, and I didn't have time to pick up the wind and wash the dust for Lord Lu, so I really didn't want to go." I happened to meet it today, I don't know if Lord Lu is willing to enjoy the light and go to the street for a drink? ”

Lu Chenghui's expression moved slightly, and he replied to King Pingnan's salute with a smile, as if he had expected it, and he didn't shirk it, nodded very simply, and politely let King Pingnan go: "It's better to be respectful than to obey." Lord Wang, please—"

"Lord Lu, please-" King Pingnan was not polite, and raised his hand to invite Lu Chenghui while agreeing.

The two politely gave up the salute, laughed and walked out of the palace gate, leaving a group of officials outside the palace gate looking at each other with doubts.

In less than a quarter of an hour, this scene at the gate of the palace was transmitted to the Chengqian Hall as it was.

Emperor Yuanfeng was looking down at the excerpt sent in by the Ministry of Rites, after listening to the report of the inner servant, Fang closed the fold, raised his hand to signal the inner servant to withdraw, took the tea handed by Feng Ying, the chief attendant of the inner servant, unhurriedly dialed the tea foam, and asked without raising his head: "That little girl of the Lu family, there should be fourteen this year, right?" ”

The chief manager Feng Ying was about fifty years old, his hair was half white, his face was a little blessed, he smiled very kindly, stood aside with his body bowed, paid attention to Emperor Yuanfeng's expression, his mind turned around quickly, and nodded with a smile: "Holy Mingcha, yes." That Miss Lu was born in March of the thirteenth year of Qinghe, and it will be time for her next year. ”

Emperor Yuanfeng hummed as if he had nothing to do, closed the tea lid with a click, handed the tea bowl to Feng Ying, stood up from behind the desk, paced half a circle in the hall with his hands behind his back, looked around the huge hall, sighed as if with emotion, and there was a hint of unclear meaning in his voice: "I remember that the old man of the Shen family also left the ...... in the thirteenth year of Qinghe."

Feng Ying followed behind Emperor Yuanfeng with bated breath, listening to Emperor Yuanfeng's slightly emotional tone, his eyelids jumped fiercely, but he didn't answer.

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On the street outside the palace gate, King Pingnan politely pulled Lu Chenghui all the way into Huixian Building. The shopkeeper's eyes were sharp, and when he saw the figures of the two from afar, he greeted them with a smile on his face, and politely led the two to the private room on the second floor, watched the people serve tea, and asked the preferences of the two, and then bowed and withdrew, and after a while, he added wine and food, and then quietly withdrew, and covered the door.

King Pingnan poured a glass of wine for Lu Chenghui without saying anything, handed it over, and said straight to the point: "Lord Lu is a smart person, so I won't beat around the bush." I invited Lord Lu to drink today, firstly, to catch the wind for Lord Lu, and to congratulate Lord Lu on his promotion by the way, and secondly, I wanted to ask Lord Lu for something. I'm a rough person, I haven't read a few books, and I can't chew words, if there is anything wrong with it, please bear with Lord Lu. ”

"Why did the prince say this?" Lu Chenghui responded in surprise, took the wine glass handed over by King Pingnan, and politely thanked him, with no half-distinguished feelings on his face, and followed King Pingnan's words with a full mouth, "I don't know what the prince said?" If it is useful to land in a certain place, the lower officials must define it. ”

Old fox! King Pingnan stroked his beard and scolded secretly, but there was a smile on his face, and he greeted Lu Chenghui politely: "With Lord Lu's words, I will rest assured, Lord Lu, please-"

After a glass of wine, King Pingnan twisted his beard, paid attention to Lu Chenghui's face, as if gossiping, and said with a smile: "Speaking of which, I haven't seen Lord Lu for a few years, and in a blink of an eye, the children are all older, and we are old." I think that when the old man of the Shen family saw the bastard boy of our family, your little girl had not yet been born, and the old man was interested, and he wanted to match the marriage of our two families. Now that your girl has reached the age of discussing relatives, the kid in our family is in the barracks every year, and this family affair has not been settled. I look at your girl is good, and you've seen that bastard boy in our family, so let that kid be your son-in-law, how about it? ”

Lu Chenghui raised his eyes to look at King Pingnan, with just the right amount of surprise on his face, but his eyes were unexciting, his eyes calmly glanced at King Pingnan, and then picked up the wine glass to pour wine for King Pingnan, and in King Pingnan's impatient gaze, he replied unhurriedly: "Okay." ”

King Pingnan stared at Lu Chenghui with wide eyes, he didn't react for a while, he was stunned for a long time before he stood up, with three points of excitement and seven points of doubt, he stared at Lu Chenghui suspiciously for a moment, and then quickly collected his expression, drank it extremely happily with the wine glass, and lit up the bottom of the glass towards Lu Chenghui, and laughed: "Okay!" Lord Lu, rest assured, the Wei family will never wronged your little girl, I will go back to Kaiyuan Temple to find the old monk of Lonely Wu to see an auspicious day to the Lu Mansion to give a dowry——"

"Don't worry," Lu Chenghui shook his head and smiled as if he didn't see the excitement and eagerness on King Pingnan's face, "Since the prince has made this clear, I won't go around the bend with you." The prince is a talent, and I am satisfied everywhere. But the girl in our family is a little different from ordinary people, and the girl has a big idea, so she has to nod her head herself. Moreover, the girl in our family is young and ignorant, and she has a big temper, and she is a few years behind the prince, who is the leader of the younger generation, and may not be able to look down on the girl in our family. The prince is refreshing, and I will tell the truth today, the Lu family is from the countryside, and they do not abide by strict rules like those famous families. In the Lu family, rules and etiquette are just a formality, and I have never taken a fancy to these. There is no need for a child to be strict in etiquette. After all, it is a lifelong event, and it has to be done by the juniors themselves. What does the prince think? ”

King Pingnan choked in his throat in one breath, and his face turned red with anger, this old fox made it clear that he was giving him a problem! Can he not know anything about their bastard boy going to find the little girl of the Lu family? If that stinky boy can make the little girl nod his head, he still needs to come to him with a shy old face? You can do it directly!

Thinking about it, King Pingnan's beard trembled, exhaled angrily, stretched out his hand, and simply kicked this problem back to Lu Chenghui: "Then according to Lord Lu, what should I do about this?" Why don't you let that bastard boy go to the house for a visit, so that your little girl can take a closer look at people? ”