Chapter 24: Push it to the Eighth Prince
Lin Yichen's words made everyone's eyes instantly shift to Lu Zhiyao's body, Lu Zhiyao blinked a little embarrassedly, and then quickly returned to his original state. With a generous smile, Lu Zhiyao looked at Lin Yichen in the air, and wanted to reply to him that he was Lu Zhiyao, but he was preempted by Nangong Liuxi.
"Chen'er likes this girl?" Nangong Liuxi glanced at Lu Zhiyao a few times with some joy, although she was dressed relatively plainly today, she still had a bit of a look. Besides, if it's the prime minister's daughter, then ......
"Erchen just asked casually." Lin Yichen's words extinguished the hope in Nangong Liuxi's heart, he looked directly into Lu Zhiyao's eyes and asked, "What's your name?" ”
"Back to the prince, the maid's name is Lu Zhiyao."
As soon as Lu Zhiyao's name was said, some people immediately began to talk about it. The malicious eyes that were projected from time to time made Lu Zhiyao only sigh secretly. Sure enough, Lin Yichen called himself here to see himself make a fool of himself.
"Lu Zhiyao? Isn't that really the prime minister's eldest daughter? A sharp voice came into everyone's ears, and Lu Zhiyao saw that it was a woman sitting behind the emperor and the queen, a woman dressed as a concubine. She deliberately lengthened her voice and accentuated the tone of the three words "eldest daughter", which made those who had heard or had not heard the rumors about Lu Zhiyao couldn't help but want to know what she wanted to say next.
"Does Concubine Mei know her?" Nangong Liuxi looked back curiously, looked at Mei Ruohan who was speaking, and said softly: "If you have anything to say, just say it." ”
Mei Ruohan pursed her lower lip with some embarrassment, looking like she wanted to speak and stopped, which made those who wanted to hear her speak a little anxious.
"Say whatever you want, so many people are waiting."
The low male voice sounded slowly, Mei Ruohan glanced at Lin Yunlong who was speaking, nodded lightly, and said, "Back to the emperor and queen, the concubines just listened to what others said, and it is not clear whether it is true." Others say that Lu Zhiyao, the eldest daughter of the prime minister, is a broom star. She killed her mother shortly after she was born, and her brother died when she was two years old, and the prime minister still has no son. If this is true, then the concubine thinks that this kind of person can't be left in our palace. ”
Although this Mei Ruohan said that she was just hearsay, she said something with a nose and eyes, which made Lu Zhiyao feel a little funny. These people who can accompany the emperor and queen to help the crown prince choose a concubine, in addition to being favored by the emperor or having the same heart with the queen, there will inevitably be other people. Whether this Mei Ruohan will be a relative of some of these concubines, Lu Zhiyao can't say for sure, but looking at her smug expression, Lu Zhiyao can be sure that she will not want to make herself this princess.
"I've heard this too, how can I let this kind of person enter the palace?"
Mei Ruohan's words quickly resonated, and the other concubines also talked about the rumors they had heard, but because of the occasion, those who said that Lu Zhiyao was debauched and the like didn't say it. Lu Zhiyao was isolated like this, and at the same time endured the gaze of the emperor and the queen and the concubines.
Lin Yichen wanted to use himself to annoy the emperor and queen and embarrass Lu Yuanzheng because Lu Yuanzheng didn't happily agree to his conditions, right?
Lu Zhiyao stood there, and no one around him began to secretly guess. In this way, isn't the little status that I finally got in the Prime Minister's Mansion going to be gone?
Just when Lu Zhiyao was annoyed, Lin Yichen, who had always been silent, finally spoke again.
"Father, mother, and sons have also heard some rumors about this Lu Zhiyao, but they are a little different from other mothers."
"Oh? Then tell me about it. Lin Yunlong looked sideways at Lin Yichen, if he remembered correctly, this Lu Zhiyao should have been Lin Yichen's own proposal to find it, right?
"Erchen heard that this Lu Zhiyao is a lucky star."
As soon as Lin Yichen's words came out, not only did those concubines laugh uncontrollably, but also made Lu Zhiyao a little unbearable. The word Fuxing, she can't stand it.
"Although her mother and brother are dead, if she is really a broom star, then the Prime Minister will not be safe for so many years. Two people died in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but in exchange for his father's trust in the Prime Minister. Father, you didn't fancy the Zhonglu expedition that much from the beginning, did you? ”
"Yes, indeed." Lin Yunlong nodded, lowering his eyes and chuckling. "So you mean, you chose her?"
The words of Lin Yichen and Lin Yunlong made the people around them immediately quiet down, and also made Lu Zhiyao's mind fall into chaos. What does Lin Yichen mean? If you speak for yourself so openly, aren't you afraid of any opinions from the Ye family? Ye Lianrong's father, Ye Zhihua, is also a member of the prince's faction. Now everyone means that the prime minister has no son, because of his broom star. But Lin Yichen's words made people have to think of Ye Lianrong. After all, Lu Yuanzheng is such a lady as Ye Lianrong now, whether he can give birth to a son or not, it depends on Ye Lianrong's belly, doesn't it?
"No, Father, I brought her here today for another reason." Lin Yichen shook his head and said to Lin Yunlong with a serious face: "The eighth brother has always been in poor health, the father and the queen mother chose a concubine for the son this time, and the son remembered that the eighth brother lived outside the palace alone, and there was no one around to take care of him, so he thought of this lucky star Lu Zhizhi. If she can be allowed to accompany the eighth brother, then the eighth brother will have someone to take care of him, and his body may also get better, so why not kill two birds with one stone? ”
Lin Yichen's words made Lin Yunlong smile involuntarily, and nodded with satisfaction, Lin Yunlong didn't expect Lin Yichen to be so caring. "Okay, great idea." Lin Yunlong nodded again and again. Say something that makes Lu Zhiyao over there want to die headlong. "Then according to your wishes, send Lu Zhiyao to your eighth brother."
Are you kidding?! Lu Zhiyao suddenly felt that the current state was far more dangerous than her being besieged by these people, and it would embarrass her. It is impossible for the crown princess to have hope, there are not a few people among these people who are more beautiful than herself and who please the queen more than herself, she is just a few at most. But now it's good, if he really goes to Lin Yinan's side, Lin Yinan will definitely think that he is the eyeliner sent by Lin Yichen, and his life will be really hard at that time.
Lu Zhiyao clenched her fists, so many people watched, she didn't dare to resist and refuse the kindness of the crown prince and the emperor. After all, although the eighth prince is not the crown prince, he is still deeply liked by the emperor, and he is the person who has the most supporters besides the prince, she can't be so ignorant.
Lu Zhiyao's mind was blank, she thought of many possibilities before she came, but this one she really didn't expect.
Lin Yinan ......
Lu Zhiyao lowered his head and closed his eyes, thinking of Lin Yinan's elegant but slightly sickly face, he felt that the air was suddenly cold.
Lu Zhiyao didn't want to listen to what Lin Yichen said anymore, so he stood in a daze, until the emperor and the queen got up and left, and the people around him also dispersed, and Lu Zhiyao raised his head weakly.
Coincidentally, she bumped into Lin Yichen's inquiring sight. Seeing Lin Yichen smiling meaningfully at him, Lu Zhiyao didn't say a word, turned around and left.
Lu Zhiyao followed the road he came, walking forward one by one, and no matter what the people passing by would think of him, he just walked forward. After seeing Lu Yuanzheng, Lu Zhiyao looked at him silently, not knowing what to say.
"What's wrong?" Lu Yuanzheng looked at Lu Zhiyao's wrong expression, and asked nervously, "The emperor and queen are angry?" ”
"It's not ......" Lu Zhiyao shook his head, and he didn't know how to explain it. Does she want to say that she didn't become the crown princess and was pushed to the side of the eighth prince by the crown prince?
Just when Lu Zhiyao was constantly questioned by Lu Yuanzheng, someone came to relieve Lu Zhiyao. The soft voice sounded, and Lu Zhiyao saw that it was the eunuch who had brought him into the palace at the beginning.
"Ouch, my ancestor, why did you go so fast, I chased you so much and didn't catch up." The eunuch looked at Lu Zhiyao with shortness of breath, wiped the sweat on his head and said, then looked at Lu Yuanzheng, put on a smile on his face, and said, "Congratulations to the Prime Minister." ”
"What do you mean, father-in-law?" Lu Yuanzheng was confused, could it be that the prince really took a fancy to his eldest daughter?
"The prime minister still doesn't know what to do?" The eunuch looked at Lu Yuanzheng, then at Lu Zhiyao, and said: "The emperor has agreed to give the eldest lady to the eighth prince, although it is not the crown princess, but this is also a great thing!" ”
"Eight, the eighth prince?" Lu Yuanzheng didn't turn around this corner all of a sudden, what's going on?
"Thank you, father-in-law, for coming." Lu Zhiyao had already tried his best to calm down, walked in front of the eunuch, and gave him some silver, "If it weren't for my father-in-law today, I might not have such good luck, take this." ”
Lu Zhiyao's generous actions made the eunuch's impression of her change a little. Lu Zhiyao looked back at Lu Yuanzheng, who still had a stiff expression, and said with a smile: "Dad, it's time for us to go home." ”
Lu Zhiyao sat in the sedan chair and touched his heart, his heartbeat was still a little fast.
Biting his lower lip hard, Lu Zhiyao thought with mixed feelings, if Lin Yinan came to the door, how would he explain it to him. But when he thought of Xia Han in Lin Yinan's mansion, Lu Zhiyao couldn't help but be a little happier. As long as you can be by Xiaohan's side, it's good. Lin Yinan refused to return her to herself, so she would go to his side.
Back at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Lu Zhiyao was impatiently asked by Lu Yuanzheng about what happened. Lu Zhiyao looked at Lu Yuanzheng with a look of disbelief, and said with a helpless smile: "Dad, what the eunuch said is right, the emperor agreed." ”
[There is a second watch tonight, it should be around 9 o'clock~]