When Father-in-law Chang came to invite someone in person, not only Lu Qingrong himself was very surprised, but the people around him were also surprised.

Everyone didn't expect that this young Mrs. Jingyuan Marquis could be so valued by the emperor.

However, Lu Qingrong quickly reacted, and eighty percent of this was related to Lijuan's mother and daughter.

The emperor did not know everything about the Juan.

In the eyes of the emperor, Lijuan was an ordinary palace maid, and later because of her age, she was naturally released from the palace. It is precisely because of this that he was able to give birth to his only daughter.

In this, Lu Qingrong certainly contributed a lot.

In particular, in order to avoid suspicion, when Jiang Xuan told the emperor about this matter, he described it more as Lu Qingrong as the main person about taking in Lijuan.

In this regard, although the emperor was not grateful, he also had a good impression of Lu Qingrong.

Lu Qingrong didn't ask for the emperor's favor, he just wanted not to make any mistakes.

Under the curious and somewhat envious gazes of the surrounding women, Lu Qingrong glanced at Tang Shan meaningfully, and then got up a little reluctantly, respectfully followed behind Gonggong Chang, and went to the emperor's side.

Tang Shan's eyes kept following Lu Qingrong's back, and she was both envious and jealous in her heart, not knowing when she would be able to have such a glorious day.

She didn't notice that more than one pair of eyes were watching her at this time.

Since the Queen Mother moved from the palace to the West Garden, she entered this pepper garden. I've been a little absent-minded.

According to their previous plan, the second prince should have been coaxed by the chamberlain to go to Shuixin Pavilion in the west of Jiaoyuan alone.

But so long has passed. There was no movement over there.

The second prince was still sitting on the ground, and he didn't mean to get up at all.

How did the Queen Mother know that after Jiang Xuan's earlier warning, the second prince was so cautious today, and he didn't even dare to drink more water during the banquet, so as to avoid giving people an opportunity to take advantage of the ceremony.

When the waiter who was born just now came over to lure him out of the table under the pretense of Princess Jing, he did not mention the code he had agreed with Tang Yue. He saw through it at once.

The second prince didn't expose it, but just indifferently sent the waiter, "Let Princess Jing go back to the house if there is anything."

Throughout. No matter how much the Queen Mother exhausted, the second prince was still as stable as Mount Tai.

This can make the Queen Mother anxious.

With all his efforts and calculations, he brought in so many people and planned for many days. Is this going to be a failure......

Empress Dowager Wu motioned for Mama Li to come over with her ear.

"Did Lan Ying send someone to report? Said that Tang Shan was wearing Jinting's clothes today? The Queen Mother asked in a low voice.

"Yes." Mama Li nodded hurriedly.

"What about Lijuan, are you sure the things are placed?" The Queen Mother then asked again.

"Put it away, that thing should be on Tang Shan at this moment." Mama Li is very sure.

The Queen Mother was silent thoughtfully for a long time, and soon a strange smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she whispered to Mama Li......

At this time, Lu Qingrong had just walked in front of the emperor.

First stood next to Jiang Xuan, about three zhang away from the emperor.

Lu Qingrong knelt down and saluted. Bowing his head slightly, he only looked at the emperor secretly with his peripheral vision.

The emperor's face was slightly rough. It is very different from the gentle and elegant appearance of the second prince.

At just a glance from a distance, Lu Qingrong felt that the emperor was far older than she imagined.

Just by his slight reclining posture on the dragon chair, it gave people a sense of malaise.

"Get up!" The emperor's lazy voice sounded, and then he asked Jiang Xuan, "This is your daughter-in-law?" ”

Jiang Xuan immediately nodded yes.

Only then did the emperor look at Lu Qingrong again and smile kindly: "It is said that Mrs. Jingyuan Marquis Shizi is a blessed person, I thought it should be a round and jade appearance, but I didn't think that it was a person who was as thin as an onion." ”

As soon as these words came out, the people in front of the emperor, including the second prince, all followed the emperor's laughter to a greater or lesser extent.

Lu Qingrong couldn't laugh along, but put on a shy demeanor at the right time, and lowered his head deeper.

However, in her heart, she had already begun to slander this sanctimonious emperor.

It's normal to talk about your own blessings. After all, when he married into the Hou Mansion, he was named Chongxi, and everyone in the capital knew about it.

Later, Jiang Xuan's body really "became stronger and stronger", and he confirmed his blessed wisdom.

What she slandered was that the emperor was pretending to see her for the first time.

Just last year, when Jiang Xuan went to Mobei and temporarily lost her news, the emperor once sent someone to take her to King Jing's Mansion and hide in the dark for a long time.

In order to gain the emperor's trust, she also cried hard at that time.

She didn't believe it, the emperor couldn't even remember whether she was fat or thin?

The emperor, of course, remembered.

Not only do I remember it, but I was also very impressed by the way she cried at the beginning.

Therefore, I always thought she was a no-brainer.

This cognition is very consistent with Lu Qingrong's timid performance at the moment.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction, and remembered her care for Lijuan's mother and daughter, and his tone was a little softer: "I just want to see what kind of person Jiang Xuan values so much." I saw you today, and it was really annoying! ”

Lu Qingrong was confused when he heard this, his head was still low, and his eyes couldn't help but drift to Jiang Xuan beside him.

I saw that his expression was still the same, and he didn't seem to have any doubts about what the emperor said.

Lu Qingrong felt even more strange in his heart.

At this moment, the emperor continued: "Since you have decided it, you must treat your daughter-in-law well, according to me, the first thing is to fatten her first!" ”

This is obviously more of a joke.

Jiang Xuan was extremely serious, and immediately replied: "The minister obeys the order." ”

His expression was serious and his words were respectful.

Lu Qingrong was really embarrassed this time.

The emperor's surprise, the color of surprise only flashed, and then he burst out laughing.

In today's pepper garden, there are the most prominent people in the Great Qi Dynasty.

It's just that everyone is extremely cautious, and between pushing the cup and changing the lamp, they all pay attention to the movements on the emperor's side, no matter how far away they are.

Therefore, the emperor's uncommon laughter was noticed by everyone.

So, although Lu Qingrong did not communicate much with the emperor, when she stepped back from the palace, she still felt the completely different and intriguing gaze of everyone.

She didn't care about it.

It's just that when she returned to the banquet again and found that Tang Shan's seat just now was empty, her heart really lifted. (To be continued.) )