"The courtiers knock to see Your Majesty, long live your Majesty, long live, long live!" Zhihua knelt on the ground and meticulously completed the whole set of bowing rituals.

Obviously, she came to receive the reward, but her attitude was not arrogant or impatient, and the emperor sitting on the dragon chair was very satisfied with Zhihua's appearance, and nodded secretly.

"Flat."

The chief eunuch who accompanied him held the holy decree in his hand and raised his voice: "Lu Zhihua, the eldest daughter of Lu Shilang of the Ministry of Works, stepped forward to listen to the decree!" ”

Zhihua bowed to the ground again, listening to the holy decree.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: The head of the Ministry of Labor's Zuo Shilang Mansion is the daughter of Lu Zhihua, Roujia Shushun, respectful and cautious, as a weak female streamer but determined to serve the country, Kexian Neize, with a splendid mind, should be a model for women in this world! I am very relieved, and I made an exception to give the title of the township, and I appreciated a piece of pearl cui three Zhai crowns, a set of gold embroidery and magpie Wenxia veils, three sets of gold head noodles, and ten satins of cloud brocade, which is admirable! ”

Zhihua really kowtowed: "Your Majesty, the courtiers dare not bear it!" Qi Yu Xià, the courtiers have only one reluctant request, hoping that His Majesty will be gracious. ”

The emperor was a little surprised: "Miss Lu has any requests, but it doesn't matter." ”

Zhihua kowtowed again: "The courtiers were able to donate these grains this time, and they have exhausted all the makeup left by their ancestors, and in this makeup, there are also half of the younger brothers, and the courtiers really dare not be rewarded by Your Majesty alone!" He also asked His Majesty to withdraw these rewards and give the young brother a chance to train, so that he could follow the imperial court disaster relief team to the disaster area in Muzhou. ”

The emperor smiled and said, "Miss Lu is kind and friendly, these rewards are well deserved!" What is so hard about what you ask? I have appointed your brother as the Imperial Envoy for Disaster Relief, and will oversee the distribution of food for the disaster. The disaster area is now in chaos, in order to avoid Miss Lu worrying at home. I will let Wei Ling, the commander of the forbidden army, accompany your brother to protect his safety, do you think this is good? ”

"The courtiers and the younger brother thank Your Majesty for your grace! Thanks to His Majesty's love, the two sisters and brothers are willing to serve the country and die! ”

The Emperor smiled and nodded, very satisfied.

At this time, Shen Ze, who had been silent, came out of the ranks. He bowed down and said: "Qi Yu Majesty, Wei Chen has something to play." ”

"What's the matter with Shen Aiqing?" The Emperor asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Weichen's family inherits ancestral teachings, and loyalty and patriotism are among them. See Miss Lu today. A weak female streamer has a social mind, and she scatters all her wealth just to serve the country, and Weichen admires it in his heart. Therefore, I had the courage to ask His Majesty for marriage, and I hoped that His Majesty would grant permission. ”

In the hearts of the noble ministers who have school-age concubines in their families. The prince of Wei Guo is the first person chosen to marry relatives. Now they actually took the initiative to ask for marriage, and these people all secretly stifled themselves, and only hated themselves for being too late.

The emperor's face was strange: "Shen Aiqing really wants to marry Miss Lu?" ”

How many daughters of noble and powerful families in Beijing want to marry into the Weiguo Mansion, and the emperor is not unaware. Wei Guogong has been in poor health in recent years, no matter how many noble ladies mention the matter of marriage openly or secretly, Duchess Wei Guo is filial piety to the son, and does not want her father to take care of her marriage with illness, and refuses to say goodbye. said that it was a qiē, and he would wait for Wei Guogong's body to improve. Unexpectedly. Now the prince of Wei Guo has taken a fancy to the eldest lady of the Lu family, who is not in the right household and has withdrawn from her family. It's because of the emperor's color that it's so weird.

"My father has long said that when you marry a wife, you should marry a virtuous person. It doesn't matter where you come from. Looking at the daughters in Beijing today, who can make a righteous move like Miss Lu? If my father had been here today, he would have approved of this family business. ”

The dowry is the foundation of a daughter's family to settle down after leaving the cabinet, and the eldest lady of the Lu family will lose her mother's dowry in one go, and she will not have too much dowry when she marries in the future. The emperor was thinking that he would secretly pay attention to her in the future, and choose a good family who did not fancy the dowry to give marriage, and the prince of Weiguo came out to ask for a decree. This is really sleepy and met the pillow, he suddenly felt a dragon's heart, and said again and again: "Well, speaking of which, the character of the eldest lady of the Lu family is enough to take on the responsibility of the future princess of the Patriotic Mansion, this family business, I am approved!" ”

The emperor Chrysostom gave the marriage of the prince of Weiguo and the eldest lady of the Lu family, and now the ministers who originally hated the Lu family because they were forced to donate money secretly weighed it. However, no matter what these people think, after the dispersal of the dynasty, there was still an endless stream of officials congratulating the father and daughter of the Lu family and the prince of Weiguo.

Lu Zhenyuan's face has improved a lot. originally thought that they would definitely die, but in the end, they were able to go up to the big tree of the Weiguo Mansion. For this eldest daughter who almost harmed the entire Lu family, and finally attracted the prince of Wei Guo to treat him differently, Lu Zhenyuan really loved and hated, and he couldn't tell the complicated taste in his heart.

The father and daughter walked out of the palace gate without saying a word. Lu Zhenyuan went to Yamen on an errand by himself, and Zhihua got into the carriage home. The curtain of the car was lowered, blocking the eyes of the searching, and Zhihua breathed a sigh of relief, reminiscing about the first trip to the palace in two lifetimes combined. After rehearsing the prelude to the temple countless times in her mind beforehand, she didn't go wrong with it, and Shun Lì got the result she wanted. After slacking off at this moment, the great joy of achieving her wish spurted out from the bottom of her heart, and Zhihua couldn't help but show a sweet smile with joy.

Returning from the palace this time, Zhihua's identity has undergone a drastic change, and she came back with the team of rewards in the palace, when the group arrived at the gate of the Lu family, Mrs. Lu led a group of female dependents to wait at the door for a long time.

According to the rules, when Mrs. Lu, who has no fate, sees Zhihua, who is now named a townsman, she must pay a big salute first, and then Zhihua will salute her as a junior.

"The old body greets the countryman." The people in the palace were present, and the old lady endured the grievances in her heart, and led a group of female dependents to take the lead in saluting Zhihuafu, who had just gotten off the car.

In front of outsiders, Zhihua will never do anything that will be tongue-in-cheek. "Old lady, please get up quickly, you are an elder, you don't have to be so polite in the future." She stepped forward quickly, personally helped the old lady, and then turned her head and smiled at the two ladies of the Lu family and the younger siblings behind her: "Everyone get up, they are all a family, you don't have to see outside." ”

A steward eunuch stood out in the palace reward procession, and raised his voice: "Please come forward to receive the reward!" ”

This time, Zhihua stood in the front row, and the old lady and the ladies of the Lu Mansion followed her in the direction of the palace and knelt on the ground.

"According to the instructions of the Queen Mother, Lu Xiangjun knows the book and etiquette, dignified Shurui, appreciates a set of ice silk jadeite heads, a box of gems and pearls, three fox fur pieces, and ten horses of four happy ruyi cloud pattern brocades, in order to show appreciation!"

"The queen rewarded Lu Xiangjun with a pair of dragon and phoenix gold bracelets and a red coral tree."

"The imperial concubine rewarded Lu Xiangjun and Tian Yu Ruyi as a pair."

Zhihua respectfully bowed three times and received thanksgiving.

After sending away the reward team in the palace, no matter how red everyone was in their hearts, they all lowered their postures, put a pleasing smile on their faces, and stepped forward to say hello to Zhihua one by one. The old lady couldn't see the smugness of the people in the big house, she barely pulled the corners of her mouth and squeezed out a smile, and pretended to be cordial: "Ah Hua has been in the palace all morning, and now he is tired." In a while, you can send the congratulatory gift directly to Qiuhua Courtyard, don't just surround her to congratulate her, but let her suffer again. ”

Zhihua smiled and stepped forward to hug her and walked home, which was regarded as receiving her kindness: "It's still the old lady who feels sorry for me." ”

After all, Mrs. Lu was born as a merchant, and her eyes have always been only on the square inch of the back house. If she knew at this moment that Zhihua's current scenery was likely to bring disaster and implicate her two sons and family, I am afraid that let alone pretending to be a gesture, she would eat her heart raw.

After dealing with these family members with their own thoughts, as soon as Zhihua stepped into her Qiuhua Courtyard, Han's mother led the servants to greet her.

Seeing that the young lady looked tired, and the fat powder specially applied to the palace couldn't hide the exertion on her face, Mother Han hurriedly walked over to help her and walked towards the house in distress, and she didn't care about Daoxi, and said anxiously: "Miss is very tired, right?" Come inside and rest. ”

Bai Lan followed behind and hurriedly assigned the little maids to serve tea and pour water.

After washing the lead, Zhihua lay comfortably on her bed, fell into a deep sleep as soon as she touched the pillow, and slept until the next morning. (To be continued.) )

ps: Update note: In order to ensure the quality of the article, Sleeve Sleeve has been writing very slowly lately. For the time being, it is set as one shift per day, and the time for resumption of fù double watch is to be determined.

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