Previously, when she was sick, the Queen Mother also asked Zhou Shouhai to come and see her a few times, this time Zhou Shouhai walked beside her, smiling so much that she couldn't see her teeth: "The girl has been raising well outside the palace these days, and she has been much richer, is it that the food in the Protector's Mansion is much more delicious than in the palace?" ”

The inner servants in the palace are like this, they are all slaves who have become elites, trying to get words out of your mouth, and they will also turn around and damage you in a weird way, and they will accidentally fall into their way. Mei Rui smiled at the corner of her mouth and replied: "The slave maid went out of the palace to visit the guardian army at the behest of His Majesty, and it was His Majesty's face that was inherited, if the people in the palace dared to slack off, it would be to disobey the holy will, there was such a meaning in it, did the father-in-law think that the slave and maid would be neglected?" ”

She moved the little emperor out, and it was indeed the little emperor's will to let her out of the palace left and right, Zhou Shouhai was blocked and had nothing to say, no matter how he didn't dare to guess that the little emperor wanted to match Mei Rui and Lu Zhen, he had to laugh and said: "What the girl said is that no matter how bluffing the people of Nanya are on weekdays, they dare not disobey the holy will by borrowing their ten or so guts." ”

But behind the scenes, I don't know what to say, I know that Nanya is Lu Zhi's territory, and the little emperor trusts Lu Zhi very much, Lu Zhi's meaning is about to catch up with the holy will, and some people are more afraid when they see Lu Zhi than when they see the emperor.

Zhou Shouhai asked her if her injuries had healed with a hypocritical smile, and praised her for being brave and heroic. Mei Rui laughed secretly when she heard this, accepted them one by one, and said slowly: "When you are a slave, isn't it true that you should be loyal to your master, and the slave believes that her father-in-law will do the same, right?" ”

Zhou Shouhai patted his chest, and the flesh on his face trembled, "That's for sure, our family is willing to smear the liver and brain of the Queen Mother, and it is not a pity to die." ”

Mei Rui looked at Zhou Shouhai's eyes with some disdain, who wouldn't say beautiful words, just from what she heard about Zhou Shouhai's actions, it was indeed a pity to die, she suddenly remembered Lu Zhen, that person seemed to have his own arrogance, most of the eunuchs in the palace called themselves our family, he seemed to rarely use this title, and after thinking about it carefully, it was probably because he put himself in the position of a minister, not a slave.

Stepping into the Xingqing Palace, the Empress Dowager Zhao was sitting upright to recuperate, I don't know if it was because Mei Rui hadn't seen her for a long time, but felt that she was much richer than before, every move was lazy, and she didn't see the solemnity at that time, she exempted Mei Rui's courtesy, put her right hand on the back of her left hand, and asked Mei Rui casually: "The injury a few days ago, is it okay?" ”

Mei Rui bowed her head respectfully, "Back to Niangniang's words, thank you for remembering, it's all right." ”

"That's good," Empress Dowager Zhao nodded, "Okay, my daughter's family can't leave any scars on her body, the wound medicine that Zhou Shouhai sent to you last time was ordered by the mourning family, and the effect of removing marks is particularly good, have you ever used it?" ”

The things sent by the Empress Dowager Zhao, she put them away properly, but she never used them, but she still said that she had used them, and gratefully saluted the Empress Dowager Zhao again, "Thank you for your great kindness." ”

"Actually, that's not the idea of the mourning family, it's Yuanliang's good intentions," Empress Dowager Zhao no longer bent around with her, her arms were bent, and the butterfly and flower swastika on her sleeves were also curved, "The mourning family promised him to call his aunt, who can be regarded as his elder, and he has a request in his heart The mourning family can't refuse to allow it, and calling you here today is to ask what you mean." ”

Empress Dowager Zhao paused, carefully looked at the look on Mei Rui's face, "Yuan Liang begged the mourning family to marry you as his wife, and asked if you were willing." ”

The five thunders hit the top more than this, Mei Rui never thought that Zhao Chun had such a courage, and came directly to the Empress Dowager Zhao to ask for marriage, and a decree was pressed down, and if she did not comply, she would resist the decree. Empress Dowager Zhao was still saying above, the women in the deep palace had already practiced a clever speech that reversed black and white, "The mourning family has long looked at the two of you very fate, when you arrived in Chang'an, you still entrusted Yuanliang's blessing to enter the palace to find the mourning family, I heard that you have been living in the Zhao Mansion before entering the palace, and the child with Yuanliang can be regarded as a childhood sweetheart. ”

Saying that she was going to pass on someone to draft the decree, Mei Rui knelt on the ground, grabbed the skirt on her knees with her hands, and said sonorously after coming to her senses: "The slave and maid thank the Queen Mother for her great kindness, but please forgive the Queen Mother for the slave and maid for not being able to receive the order." ”

"Oh?" Empress Dowager Zhao's hand slowly fell again, and the smile in her eyes dissipated most of it, "Why?" ”

Mei Rui knelt there, gritted her teeth, and was about to say the words she had prepared in her abdomen, but Empress Dowager Zhao continued: "Forget it, you don't have to say it, the mourning family asked you if you were willing, but it was just a formality to inform you." You are almost at the age of leaving the palace, and the mourning family and your father are old acquaintances, and the marriage for you is also considered to be a matter of heart for him. ”

She showed a decisive momentum, and she couldn't tolerate Mei Rui's refusal, Mei Rui's face turned pale, and she still knelt in place, not giving in at all, or those seven words: "Forgive the slave and the maid can't obey their fate." ”

Empress Dowager Zhao squinted, slowly stood up, walked in front of her with paces, and looked at her condescendingly: "You didn't agree to the marriage of the mourning family, is it because of Lu Zhen?" ”

Mei Rui's back stiffened, and Empress Dowager Zhao showed a clear expression, and sneered: "Look, the mourning family knows that he is another person who has been lost by Lu Zhi, it's really pitiful, you are devoted to Lu Zhi again, you and him can't, you know?" ”

"What does the Queen Mother mean by this?"

She gritted her teeth, she had never heard such ridiculous words, and the smile on the corner of Empress Dowager Zhao's mouth was a little unpredictable, but it contrasted with this golden and cold palace: "Didn't he mention to you why the Lu family was raided?" ”

The words and sentences are like snakes in the dark night, swallowing poisonous letters to entangle her with shackles, "Lu Cheng was a very popular minister back then, but he was exposed for mistrusting others, and Emperor Zhongwu beheaded Lu Cheng in anger, and the female dependents of the Lu family and the child were enslaved in the palace, and the men were assigned to the army. Lu Cheng has a young son under his knees, who moved the capital with his intelligence and early wisdom, and it is a pity that such a clever and elegant son has become an internal servant. ”

Empress Dowager Zhao's words coincided with her father's words back then, she bit her lip desperately, there were turbulent waves inside, and Empress Dowager Zhao's smile was mocking: "Oh, you don't know who this Yulang is?" His surname is Lu, and his character is Shaojin, which is now the lieutenant of the Nanya Protector Army, Lu Zhen. ”

can vaguely guess the truth of the year, the truth that was buried in the spring rain in Jiangnan with the death of Daddy, but she was unwilling to admit it, she didn't see the Yellow River's undead nature, and she didn't even want to shed a tear: "Then what does this have to do with slaves and maids?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhao's thick and gaudy eyebrows raised slightly, and her expression seemed to be funny, "What does this have to do with you?" As if she felt that she was a child who did not know the world, Empress Dowager Zhao waved away the servants in the Xingqing Palace, and after the dust of the palace had settled, she stood among the thousands of glory and looked at her with disdain, "Do you know what your father's relationship with the mourning family was?" ”

"Your father once admired the mourning family and helped the mourning family do some things, so the mourning family owes him a lot of favors, and promised him that if he asks for something in the future, let him come to the mourning family, and the mourning family will definitely answer him," Empress Dowager Zhao curled the corners of her lips, "Do you think that without your father's help, the Lu family would end up in the ruins of the family?" ”