(Okay, I admit it, I repent, I went on a date yesterday and didn't have time to update, so I quickly made up for it today and ran away with the lid on the pot~~)

After the Lantern Festival passed, the weather slowly warmed up, and in a blink of an eye, it was March, and the old poplar trees of Fahua Temple had a little bud, and the original bleak scenery in the temple was instantly brightened.

Lu Huiwan planted a tall jujube tree in the courtyard of the small courtyard where they lived, this jujube tree seems to be some years old, the trunk is thick, the branches and leaves are luxuriant, I heard the small novices in the temple say that every year in August and September, this jujube tree will be full of red jujubes, and if you shake the trunk below, there will be a steady stream of ripe jujubes falling, and the people below will not even have time to pick them up.

Lu Xiwan was sitting under the big jujube tree basking in the sun at this time, she seemed to be asleep, and the dappled sunlight shone down through the gaps in the leaves, forming a strange halo on her face, like a fairy who had fallen into the dust. She only wore a simple light green cotton robe, without any decoration on it, her long black hair was tied in a single bun, and a few strands of sideburns were scattered, sticking to her fair cheeks, which seemed to make her a little uncomfortable, and the delicate eyebrows and eyes of a real person were slightly frowned, and a pair of shallot-like hands were holding a book, which was placed casually on her chest, describing it as leisurely and lazy.

"Wanwan! Wanwan! Lu Yanwan was awakened by a rapid scream, slowly opened his eyes, raised a hand to block the somewhat dazzling sunlight, and then squinted and followed the sound to look over.

"Wanwan, my aunt is looking for you, it seems that someone from the palace is here!" The little girl in the goose yellow dress trotted to Lu Yanwan reluctantly, bent over and gasped for breath, and then said to Lu Yanwan.

Lu Yanwan stood up from the chair and patted the fallen leaves on his body before asking, "Do you know who sent it?" ”

The maid paused before replying, "It seems that the princess sent it, that's why my aunt and grandmother are so anxious for me to come to you." ”

Lu Haowan lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then nodded, indicating that he understood, and walked quickly to the room with the maid.

Ling Shuang has been in this Fahua Temple for nearly three months, Princess Qin has not sent anyone over once, as if she has completely forgotten her, and King Qin will come to see her every few days, usually stay for one night before leaving, at that time Lu Shuang will consciously and spontaneously avoid it, she can feel that Ling Shuang seems to be a little jealous of her, every time King Qin wants to come, he will branch her away, after a few times, Lu Huanwan naturally tasted it, and there was no need for Ling Shuang to speak again, so he just found a reason to hide out.

Xu is Ling Shuang has been living too comfortably these days, and she has almost forgotten Princess Qin, but now Princess Qin suddenly sent someone over, and she couldn't do it in a panic.

When Lu Hui entered the house in the evening, she saw Ling Shuang sitting on the soft couch with a somewhat uneasy expression, and in front of her stood Mama Zhou with her hands down, and Mama Zhou was followed by four women who looked quite old, who didn't look like the subordinates of the palace, but they didn't know what they were doing.

When Ling Shuang saw Lu Yanwan entering the door, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she blinked desperately to make eye contact with her. Lu Yanwan walked over unhurriedly, first bowed to Ling Shuangfu, and then smiled and bowed to Mama Zhou, and asked politely, "Why does Mama Zhou have time to come here today?" ”

That Zhou Mama seemed to pout, but she hadn't completely hung up Lu Yanwan's face, and replied with a shelf: "The princess sent the old slave over, and she has something to discuss with her aunt and grandmother. ”

Lu Yanwan was still smiling, and glanced at Ling Shuang, Ling Shuang immediately understood, and said: "Wanwan is my personal maid, and she decides most of my affairs, so it doesn't hurt for you to talk to her directly, Mama." ”

The expression on Mama Zhou's face was slightly unsightly, and she snorted lightly before she reluctantly said: "The princess sent the old slave over this time, all because she cared about her aunt and grandmother, and knew that her aunt and grandmother would give birth in a few months, so she asked the old slave to carefully select four experienced stable women, and when the time comes, the aunt will not be in a hurry to give birth." ”

Lu Huiwan listened quietly, and heard Mama Zhou say that the four mothers-in-law were stable mothers-in-law, and deliberately observed the four of her carefully for a while, and only after she finished speaking, did she answer: "The princess cares so much about our aunt and grandmother, the slave maid and the aunt are very grateful in their hearts, and we really can't help but bother Mama Zhou to run away for such a trivial matter." ”

Mama Zhou looked at Lu Yanwan's reaction and seemed to be slightly irritable, and said impatiently: "The old slave was also ordered by the princess, you just need to remember the princess's kindness, the old slave has been delivered, and he will leave." After speaking, he reluctantly bowed to Ling Shuang and turned to leave.

When Mama Zhou left, Ling Shuang seemed to be greatly relieved, and then she looked at the four stable women, coughed lightly and instructed them: "You all go down first, I will let someone arrange a place for you, and you can live here now." ”

The four stable women thanked them and followed the maid out. There were only two people left in the room, Lu Yanwan and Ling Shuang, and Ling Shuang immediately pulled Lu Yanwan and asked, "Wanwan, what do you say the princess is up to?" ”

Lu Yanwan chuckled lightly and replied slowly: "Send Wen Po here, what idea do you say she can fight, she must have bought off those Wen Po and want to kill you with one corpse and two lives, so that she can rest easy." ”

Ling Shuang's face changed suddenly, and the hand that pulled Lu Yanwan trembled slightly, and asked in a trembling voice: "That Wanwan, what should I do, they were all sent by the princess, I can't do without it, do you want to ...... Sue sù prince? ”

Lu Yanwan shook his head, "You calm down first, it's just four stable women, not so that you are afraid of being like this, there are still more than four months before you give birth, you don't have to say anything to the prince, just mention it slightly, the princess sent these four stable women over, after all, the princess has good intentions on her face, if you tell the prince that she wants to harm you, there is no evidence, the prince may not believe it, but will think that you are cautious and suspicious, you don't have to worry about them for the time being, since they are people sent by the princess, they will definitely show their feet, If you catch a thief, you have to get dirty, and when you have evidence, you will be convincing when you speak in front of the prince. ”

Ling Shuang listened to Lu Huiwan's words, nodded again and again, looked at Lu Huiwan very gratefully and said, "It's still thoughtful, but with these people sent by the princess by my side, I always feel a little uneasy." ”

"Then arrange for them to live outside the temple first, and then bring them in when your day is almost up, they must have been very anxious at that time, maybe they will jump over the wall in a hurry and show their feet faster." Lu Yan came up with an idea late.

"Okay, then you can arrange it, no matter what, I can't let anything happen to my child." Ling Shuang said this, and his hand unconsciously stroked the slightly bulging belly, and his face flashed with a thick maternal brilliance.

Lu Yanwan saw her like this, she didn't say anything, she knew that Ling Shuang now valued the child more than anything else, if anything happened to the child now, I was afraid that it would cost her half her life, Lu Yanwan still couldn't understand this feeling, and didn't know what kind of mood she was in as a mother waiting for her child to come to this world.

Lu Yanwan sent someone to rent two rooms outside the temple, and quickly settled the four stable women, although they had some complaints, but Lu Yanwan brought out the King of Qin to press them, and they naturally didn't dare to have any opinions.

On the other hand, Ling Shuang also mentioned this matter to King Qin, King Qin was very pleased with Princess Qin's approach, thinking that she was generous and virtuous, in his impression, Princess Qin has always been a very good wife, but Lu Yanwan and Ling Shuang knew very well in their hearts that if it weren't for Princess Qin, King Qin's heirs would not be so thin, but men would be blinded by appearances many times.

When Ling Shuang's stomach reached seven months, the weather had slowly warmed up, Ling Shuang, as a pregnant woman, was naturally more afraid of heat than ordinary people, and a pot of ice cubes had to be put in the room every day, because Fahua Temple itself had no ice cubes to store, so the ice she used was transported from the Qin Palace, and it would basically be delivered every morning, and the general person responsible for getting the ice was the maid who bought it, but on this day, the maid ate too much ice at one o'clock before the night, and she had some stomach trouble, so she begged Lu Hui to help her get the ice. After all, Lu Yanwan was the most idle among the many maids, and Lu Yanwan thought that it would be okay to be idle anyway, so he agreed, and before dawn, he went slowly to the temple gate.

The person who came to deliver the ice was a young man, and when he saw that it was Lu Yanwan, he blushed slightly, and asked with a stammer: "Are you...... Didn't the lotus seed come? ”

Lu Yanwan smiled and replied: "Lianzi is a little unwell today, so let me fetch ice for her, you can give it to me." ”

The little guy secretly glanced at Lu Yan a few more times, and then quickly unloaded the bucket containing ice cubes from the car, carried it and said, "I'll help you send it in, this is weird, you can't take it at a girl's house." ”

Lu Yanwan naturally didn't shirk, nodded, and entered the temple with the little guy, the two walked silently for a while, the little guy seemed to think of something, and Lu Huiwan said: "By the way, there is something I want to tell you, there will be guests in the palace tomorrow, this amount of ice may be relatively large, I may not be able to come over tomorrow morning, you talk to your aunt, these ice let her save some use." ”

Lu Yan listened to it, slightly puzzled, and asked tentatively: "Are there a lot of people coming tomorrow, you need to use so much ice, you also know that my aunt and grandmother are heavy now, and I can't stand the heat the most, I'm afraid of ......"

The little guy could only say helplessly: "I don't know the specifics, I only know that it seems to be a noble person from Beijing, as if I heard that it is a relative of the princess's mother's family, and her identity is noble, so she beckoned to be entertained, our Shu is much hotter than the capital, so I told that the ice must not be short." ”

Lu Xiwan knew that it was from Beijing, so she pondered for a while, but she didn't dare to ask more, for fear of making the little guy suspicious, so she just smiled and said: "No wonder, it turned out to be a noble person from Beijing, so naturally it is necessary to entertain well, maybe it is still a relative of the emperor." ”

The little guy nodded approvingly, and while the two were talking, they had already arrived at the warehouse where the ice cubes were placed. After the little guy put down the ice cube, he left, and Lu Hui also went back to the room in the evening, but she was a little delirious, she always felt that someone from this capital did not seem to be a good omen, and she always felt that something would happen, and it was not good for her.

This premonition came true in the evening, and after dinner in the evening, Lu Xi sat under the jujube tree in the courtyard to enjoy the shade. Not long after she sat down, the little maid who was guarding the door outside trotted in front of her and said to her, "Sister Wanwan, there is a monk looking for you outside." ”

"Monk?" Lu Yanwan was a little confused, but he didn't know what other familiar monks he had in this Fahua Temple, so he asked out loud: "What kind of monk does you look like?" ”

The little maid described a rough idea, Lu Yanwan was sure that she didn't know this monk, but she was afraid that someone was really looking for her, so she nodded and said, "Okay, I know, I'll go out and have a look." ”

When Lu Hui walked outside the courtyard gate at night, he saw a strange monk waiting there, and stepped forward in confusion, and before he could ask anything, the monk bowed "Amitabha" and said: "There is a male benefactor who asked the little monk to come and talk to the female benefactor, saying that she is waiting for you in the old place in the kitchen, please be sure to go over." ”

Lu Yan was stunned for a while, he didn't expect that this monk was just a disguise, there was someone else who was really looking for her, since she broke up with Li Wei last time, he hadn't come to her in the past few months, and suddenly appeared again at this time, what could it be for. After Lu Xianwan thanked the monk, he went straight to the kitchen, and saw Li Wei sitting on the bench they had done last time, his face not looking so good.

Lu Yanwan hesitated, but still walked over, she knew that if she didn't see him today, according to Li Wei's temperament, maybe she would directly break into the small courtyard where she lived, and at that time, she would be in trouble.

When Li Wei heard the footsteps, he raised his head suddenly, and when he saw Lu Yanwan coming slowly, his face seemed to shake. Lu Yanwan walked in front of Li Wei and was about to salute, but Li Wei raised his hand and grabbed her, pressed her to the chair and sat down, and said in an unkind tone: "Okay, don't do those superficial skills for me, I know how annoying you are in my heart, I came over today because I want to tell you something." ”

Lu Hengwan saw Li Wei's stern appearance, and knew that what he was going to say must be quite strict, so he just sat obediently and waited for Li Wei to continue.

Li Wei thought for a moment, and then slowly spoke: "I know from my mother that someone in Ming'er Beijing is going to our Qin Palace, ostensibly it is a relative of my mother's concubine's family, but I always feel a little strange, my cousins are either married or almost at the age of marriage, at this time, I don't want to marry in the capital, what do I do in Shuchuan, and then I overheard the conversation between my father and my mother, and then I realized that in fact, it is not my cousin who is coming, but ...... Princess Shuyang. ”

When Lu Huiwan heard the words "Princess Shuyang", her body couldn't help but shake, and her expression was sluggish for a moment, Li Wei kept looking at her, obviously noticed her abnormality, gently helped her shoulder and asked, "...... you You okay? ”

Lu Yanwan shook his head slightly, without words, Li Wei continued to take care of himself: "I don't know what is going on between you and the princess, you two are obviously dead in name, but you are still alive and well, and now she is also coming to the palace, listen to the meaning of my father's words, it seems to be the emperor's arrangement, the emperor has always been very fond of Fen'er, if she is really not dead, she will not be left alone, Shuchuan is located in a remote area, and no one has seen her, her true identity will definitely not be discovered, And my father is also her elder, and he will not treat her badly, the emperor's abacus is really good. ”

Lu Yanwan secretly sneered in her heart, Li Yan's abacus was naturally good, and she let herself die for her baby daughter, but the princess of the real card was still living freely, living a leisurely life like a princess.

"Wanwan, I don't think you should go back to the palace in the future, if you let Fen'er see you, I'm afraid she won't keep it a secret for you like me, if you let your father and mother know your true identity, you really have only one way to die." Li Wei said worriedly.

Lu Yanwan just sneered, but didn't speak, yes, Li Yufen hates her so much, if she knew that she was fine, how could she let her go, she must have wanted to kill her again, but she wouldn't give her this chance again.

Li Wei saw that Lu Xiwan had not spoken, and touched her with his hand a little anxiously, and said: "You are saying something, what do you mean by being silent all the time, if you are worried, I will help you, even if Aunt Shuang finishes giving birth, I can also take you out and buy a house outside to settle you, Fen'er can't live in our palace all the time, I want to come to the emperor or hope that she will marry, and when she leaves, you don't have to sneak around." ”

Lu Yanwan raised his head, smiled at Li Wei, and finally spoke, "Your Royal Highness, thank you for coming here to tell me this, but this is all my own business, I don't want to trouble Your Highness the Prince, I will look at it myself, if you are really good for me, you should not know what to do." ”

When Li Wei heard Lu Yanwan say this, he immediately frowned tightly, and said with a little gritted teeth: "Wanwan, do you have to be so clear with me?" ”

Lu Yanwan didn't answer, she didn't want Li Wei to be so persistent, she was destined to give him no answer.

Seeing that Lu Hao didn't speak, Li Wei snorted coldly, raised his voice and said, "By the way, there is one more thing I forgot to tell you, do you know who sent the princess this time?" ”

Lu Yanwan didn't care about this, but Li Wei deliberately said it, Lu Yanwan knew that person must be known to both her and him, and there were not many people who both of them knew, so she already had a conjecture in her heart, and couldn't help but want to sigh again, this is really getting more and more chaotic.

Li Wei looked at Lu Yanwan's expression and sneered again, "It seems that you have already guessed it, sure enough, that person still weighs a lot in your heart, at least heavier than me." When Li Wei said the last sentence, his tone was very self-deprecating, and a touch of sadness flashed on his face very quickly.

"He just sent Her Royal Highness the princess over, he should leave soon, she doesn't know that I'm still alive, and I don't want him to know, like this, it's good for me and him." Lu Hao rarely had a heartfelt word with Li Wei.

Li Wei was also very surprised, the look on his face also looked a little better, and said: "I feel much more comfortable to hear you say this, at least I know that you are alive and can see you often, which is much better than him, I am afraid that he is still sad for you now, tsk, it is pitiful to think about it." ”

"Your Royal Highness, do you have anything else to say to the slave maid, if it's okay, the slave and maid will go back to work, and the aunt and grandmother should be looking for the slave and maid soon." Lu Yanwan interrupted Li Wei's words that seemed to be about to talk, stood up and said.

Li Wei's face suddenly darkened, and he also stood up, grabbed Lu Yanwan's hand and said: "You really plan to use this attitude towards me all the time, you should know that I really like you, and it will definitely not be worse than that Jian Yu, you can't think about me, I will definitely be good to you, I promise!" ”

Lu Yanwan couldn't help laughing when she heard Li Wei's childish words, looked up at Li Wei and said: "Your Royal Highness, you said that you really like me, so where is your sincerity, you can justifiably give me a name, I'll tell you the truth today, I will never be a concubine, and if you have me, I can't give other women, now, do you think there is still a possibility between us?" ”

Lu Yanwan looked at the shocked look on Li Wei's face, and couldn't help but mock, so she waved away his hand holding her, turned around and left quickly, although she was humble, she was still arrogant, she would rather be a poor ** than a rich concubine, from the past life to this life, she thought like this.

When Lu Huanwan returned to the courtyard, Ling Shuang was already looking for her, sitting on the soft couch with a big belly, the expression on her face was very irritable, and when she saw Lu Huanwan coming in, her tone was a little unpleasant and asked: "Where did you go just now, why don't you see anyone." ”

Lu Yanwan didn't care about Ling Shuang's attitude, smiled slightly, and replied calmly: "There was something just now, so I delayed for a while, is there something wrong with you looking for a slave?" ”

Ling Shuang's expression softened a little before she said again: "Didn't I tell you, Wanwan, you don't have to call yourself a slave in front of me. ”

Lu Yanwan pursed her lips and smiled again, but Ling Shuang frowned again and complained, "Wanwan, Lord Wang, he hasn't been here for a month, do you think he forgot me?" ”

"Xu is there have been a lot of things in the palace recently, he can't get out, and the prince must be very worried about you in his heart." Lu Yan said slowly. RS