CHAPTER XXIII

When Runrun saw the man, she subconsciously shrank down beside her aunt.

Lu Qinglan hugged her and patted her gently to reassure.

The crown prince frowned unhappily, and before he could speak, the second prince beside him couldn't sit still and got up and said, "Where did you come from, a wild girl, to go wild here?!" ”

The little girl glared at him and said, "What are you that dare to talk to me like this?!" I am the third lady of the Hou family of Anguo, and if you are interested, hand over the materials, otherwise none of you will be able to escape! ”

The second prince sneered, "I thought it was a relative of the emperor of which family, but it was just the daughter of a third-rate marquis's family." ”

The little girl was about to have a seizure, and suddenly a group of people came in the private room, led by an eleven or twelve-year-old boy, wearing a water-green plain Hangzhou silk robe, quite beautiful, fresh and handsome, although young, but quite elegant.

"Ah Xian, don't be rude!" The young man stopped shouting, and then said to the others in the room: "Jiamei is a little arrogant, and she has reloaded everyone, and Wu Shao is here to make amends to you on her behalf." ”

Wu Qian stomped his feet and pouted, "Brother, what are you doing?" ”

Wu Shao glanced at her reproachfully, "If I don't come, I'll just let you do anything outside?" ”

Wu Xian pointed at Lu Qinglan and argued with her brother: "I didn't do anything wrong', I came for 'Xue Jin', such a horse flowed into the capital within a few months, I paid a high price, but she didn't let me!" ”

Snow brocade is a very rare material, smooth as snow, the color is transparent, the dark lines on the top are outlined with the finest, lightest color embroidery thread, so that the material at first glance only has a smooth and flat appearance, and the lines can be seen in the sun. It takes a lot of manpower and material resources to weave.

And the Jiangnan Lin family, which produced this material, only passed on this craft to their descendants and passed it on from generation to generation. It is rumored that the emperor of the previous dynasty also wanted to list this thing as a tribute, but the Lin family refused, saying that it could only be woven into a few horses a year, and it could not reach the number of tributes. The emperor is also a talent, and he did not condemn himself because of this, but because of this incident, the 'Lin Family Snow Brocade' is famous all over the world and even more precious.

Lu Qinglan took Runrun out to fetch materials and make clothes, but the materials were set by her a long time ago. Because of the preciousness of the things, she personally went to the Lin family's silk village to pick up the goods.

The Lin family's snow brocade is rare, that is, the Lu family, who are in the same Jiangnan, has some personal relations with the Lin family, so they bought such a horse.

And this material is also useful, Runrun is getting older day by day, and he should be at the age of two bodies and clothes.

A Wu Xian appeared for no reason, of course Lu Qinglan refused to let it.

Wu Shao listened to his sister's words, thought about it for a while, and understood why she had to fight for this material. Next month is the Queen Mother's birthday, and this material can be given as one of the congratulatory gifts. Although it is not as good as gold, silver and jade, it is much rarer than those blockages, so as to show the intentions of their Anguo Marquis' Mansion.

Therefore, Wu Shao made a gesture to Lu Qinglan, "This aunt, my sister didn't mean to collide, it is really the elders in the family who are about to have a big birthday, Jiamei wants to give the material as a congratulatory gift, and please understand her filial piety." ”

Lu Qinglan is not ignorant of the situation in the capital, and the Marquis of Anguo's mansion is related to the palace, so although she was reluctant to give in before, she also cared about the identity of the other party, and she was quite polite. But because of this 'politeness', Runrun was almost lost.

In fact, if the other party was so angry at the beginning, how could things be like this?

Before she could speak, the second prince had already rushed to speak: "The things belong to other people, why should they be given to you?" What's wrong with the high price, as if someone is rare for your little bit of stuff. ”

"Don't you know what's wrong!" Wu Xian said angrily. If it weren't for her brother coming, she would have been robbed, and there would be no need to bother with anything.

"This little brother, this is a matter between our brother and sister and this aunt, and before they spoke, you rushed to answer, I'm afraid it's not good." Wu Shao said calmly. He was also a little unhappy in his heart, although his sister was at fault first, but he didn't do anything to hurt the other party, and he had already apologized in a good voice just now, why did the other party still have such an attitude.

Lu Qinglan looked at the crown prince and the second prince, and then looked at Runrun in her arms, and finally said to Wu Shao: "This material was also ordered by our family for half a year, and it has nothing to do with the price." ”

Wu Shao had a headache for a while, the other party refused to give in, and he also asked people to prepare for half a month, but he didn't think of anything better than this for a while. If they don't get ready these days, their brothers and sisters will also be punished...... Although his sister's approach may have been too radical, he also felt that it was just a matter of letting the material, and the other party was too bad to give face to An Guohou's Mansion.

"Brother, what are you doing with them?" Wu Xian stomped his feet and ordered the people behind him to search everything in the house immediately.

Lu Qinglan frowned, and said in a deep voice: "The things have been sent back to the mansion, if the girl insists on taking them, just let someone go to Master Ye's mansion to ask for it." ”

In fact, where is there anything to search, Lu Qinglan had already asked people to send Xue Jin back to Ye Mansion when she was looking for Runrun. Wu Xian is just not giving up, otherwise he wouldn't have chased all the way here.

There was a sneer on the corner of Wu Xian's mouth, just a cabinet bachelor, she really couldn't see it. It's just a poor student who started from the imperial examination, and in the capital with intricate relationships, he is really not the number one in the ranks, how can he be compared with their Anguo Marquis Mansion? !

"The Marquis of Anguo's Mansion is so amazing?" The second prince also sneered, "As far as I know, the people of Anguohou's Mansion have not been able to come out, and several children in Anguohou's Mansion are just concubines and concubines born to aunts. How dare you come out and do such nonsense? ”

The second prince can't do anything else, and there is a lot of gossip in the capital. Mrs. An Guohou can't give birth, and it has always been a topic of conversation that everyone is happy to talk about after dinner.

Wu Shao is the eldest son of the concubine and is most likely to inherit the title. But it's just a possibility, if the emperor has to make a fuss about his identity, it's good to have a demote to the throne. The two brothers and sisters are indeed brothers and sisters of the same father and mother, but they were both born to the same aunt. Both of them are treated as children at home, and they don't feel any different, but from the outside, the two of them seem to be inferior.

Wu Shaoban lowered his face and scolded, 'I don't know what to do'! He didn't stop Wu Xian anymore, so he listened to her jump to the foot and command Jia Ding to step forward.

Seeing that the burly family members were about to come, the second prince jumped up and was about to call the guards in. Isn't it just hands-on? Their brothers are followed by dozens of masters, and there are two at random, isn't it like playing with them?

Lu Qinglan immediately hid Runrun behind her, lest she hurt her.

When the sword was rattling, the prince sat very firmly in his position, and he said slowly with a teacup: "'The one who steals the hook is punished, and the one who steals the country is the Hou', today's behavior of the Marquis of Anguo Mansion has made the palace deeply understand this sentence." After speaking, he also smiled meaningfully at Wu Shao and Wu Xian, the two brothers and sisters.

It was an indescribable, inexplicable smile, the corners of the mouth were crooked, but there was no smile in the eyes. The two brothers and sisters Wu Shao and Wu Xian who watched it unconsciously felt a chill behind their backs.

"Ben, Hongu?" Wu Shao said with a little nervousness.

The prince smiled but did not answer, but suddenly slammed the cup in his hand to the ground.

Immediately twenty or thirty well-trained Ouchi guards poured out of the door.

The leader of the guards was Sun Lie, the commander of the East Palace Forbidden Army.

Sun Lie was born in Jiangmen, he was not very old, less than thirty years old, but he had a beard, and he was also famous in the capital.

The prince didn't take him with him when he left the palace, he heard that the second prince came out with the prince, and he was afraid that the second prince would cause trouble, so he temporarily dispatched people to rush over. When he arrived, Wu Shao and Wu Xian, two brothers and sisters, were already in the house, so he stood outside the door first.

Coupled with the people brought by Sun Lie, at this time, a private room that was originally quite spacious was already full.

"Your Highness!" Sun Lie clenched his fist at the prince.

The prince nodded at him, and looked at Wu Shao and Wu Xian with a smile, but at this time, their faces were white one by one, and Wu Xian had shrunk behind her brother.

"The siblings are very interesting, especially this little girl. Commander Sun sent some people to send the two of them back to the Anguo Marquis's mansion, so that An Guohou could be educated. ”

The second prince was also anxious, and hurriedly said, "Brother Huang, let me go, let me go, I'll send them back!" ”

The prince shook his head helplessly, "Okay, okay, you can go." Remember to go back to the palace early and don't worry about the queen mother. ”

The second prince jumped three feet high, excitedly shouted 'De Ling', and turned his head to ask Runrun, "Little girl, are you going?" I'll take you to see the fun! ”

Runrun blinked her eyes and tilted her head, not understanding why the little brother in front of her was smiling so happily, but she still replied obediently: "Brother, go ahead, I promised my grandmother to go home early." ”

The second prince only felt soft in his heart, and he really wanted to hear people follow his ass so softly and glutinously every day, shouting 'brother'.

The prince glanced at his younger brother, "Just go by yourself, don't want to take others to mess around!" ”

The second prince grinned, and had already jumped in front of the two siblings Wu Shao and Wu Xian, whose faces were like white paper.

"Oh, wasn't it a matter of course to bully people just now? Why did you suddenly become dumb, it's really boring tight! "Anyway, he didn't give them a chance to answer, and he had already begun to count the guards and prepare to escort them back to the Marquis of Anguo's mansion. He is still waiting to go to the Marquis of Anguo's Mansion to see a good show. Speaking of bullying, this pair of brothers and sisters is really not enough in front of his eyes!

Sun Lie hugged his fist at the prince, took the people, and followed the second prince.

After they left, the private room finally fell silent, and the guards around the prince withdrew again.

Lu Qinglan got up and faced the prince, "Thank you, Your Highness, for your help, otherwise I really can't hide from the fear today." ”

The prince shook his hand and said, "It's just a matter of raising your hands." Not to mention that he still has some friendship with Runrun, Ye Ling is also very likely to be the prince and concubine in the future. Even if he sees others being bullied like this, he will not stand idly by.

The two exchanged a few words, and Lu Qinglan said goodbye with Runrun.

The prince was worried that the timid Runrun would be a little afraid of himself after the incident just now, but instead of being afraid, Runrun pulled the hem of his clothes before leaving, and said with a look of adoration on his little face: "Cousin, you are so powerful, they are all afraid of you!" ”

The prince touched her head, "What about Runrun?" Are you afraid of me? ”

Runrun Nu pouted, "Don't be afraid, Runrun is obedient and doesn't make mistakes." ”

The prince couldn't help laughing, "Well, we have to be obedient, next time someone bullies you, my cousin will help you." ”