In the past, Princess Jingnan was born in childbirth. At that time, King Jingnan led the army to fight outside and was not by Princess Jingnan's side.

The death of Princess Jingnan was a great blow to King Jingnan. Therefore, after the death of his princess, King Jingnan was willing to keep filial piety for Princess Jingnan for three years.

Three years later, King Jingnan still has no plans to marry again.

In any case, King Jingnan is still the biological brother of Lu Yu's father. King Jingnan no longer married a wife, and Lu Jue's imperial grandmother and father saw it, and they were also anxious for King Jingnan.

Lu Jue said: "At that time, it was proposed by the emperor's grandmother, saying that the Zhou family had served her and was a virtuous woman. If you let the Zhou family marry and be a concubine for King Jingnan, you can also take care of King Jingnan. ”

Bai Jiaojiao heard that Lu Jue's words were overtones, and she wanted to tell her that the Zhou family was not very favored after she got married.

If it weren't for this, it wouldn't have been many years after the Zhou family married into the Jingnan Palace, and still didn't give birth to a child for the King of Jingnan.

As for the reason why the Zhou family was not favored, Lu Yu did not say. But she didn't want to ask more.

In her opinion, the Zhou family is not favored, so it can be ruled out that the Zhou family helped Bai Qingyun make clothes, which has nothing to do with the Zhou family to please her in-laws' relatives.

King Jingnan also called Empress Dowager Bai "Queen Mother", Bai Qingyun is the younger generation of Empress Dowager Bai's maiden family, and can be regarded as a distant relative of King Jingnan.

If the Zhou family is favored in the Jingnan Palace, making clothes for Bai Qingyun, maybe there is a meaning to please the King of Jingnan. However, this is not the case.

Because the Zhou family was ordered by the Empress Dowager Bai, he had already made several clothes for Bai Jiaojiao. Bai Jiaojiao understands this in her heart.

Although Bai Qingyun is also a member of the Bai family, Bai Qingyun's grandmother is not the wife of Empress Dowager Bai's brother after all, but a concubine. Most of the time, Empress Dowager Bai only cares about her brother's sister-in-law, as well as her brother's son-in-law's children. But she cared little about the descendants of her brother's concubines.

I believe that the Zhou family, who served the Empress Dowager Bai in the palace, also knows this.

Bai Jiaojiao thought to herself, what did Zhou want to get from Bai Qingyun when he made clothes for Bai Qingyun?

Lu Jue told her that Zhou was the Confucian skirt made for Bai Qingyun according to the style of the Confucian skirt worn by the flower fairy in the painting.

Lu Jue's painting was not only seen by Shen Tuying herself, but also shown by Shen Tuying to Bai Qingyun.

So, did Zhou look at Shen Tuying's face and help Bai Qingyun make a Confucian skirt, or did he use that Confucian skirt to exchange something with Bai Qingyun? Bai Jiaojiao asked Lu Jue: "Presumably the Zhou family should know Shen Tuying, and the relationship between the two is not bad." Otherwise, the Zhou family would not have helped Shen Tuying's relatives. ”

Lu Jue looked at Bai Jiaojiao suspiciously, "The Zhou family is the daughter of Shen Tuying's aunt, don't you know?" ”

Bai Jiaojiao was extremely honest and replied, "I really don't know. ”

Not to mention that in the memory left by the original Bai Jiaojiao, there is not much information related to the Zhou family. Even if there were a lot, she would tell Lu Ying truthfully that she didn't know.

This time, if it weren't for the Confucian skirt that Bai Qingyun was wearing, which was sewn by the Zhou family for Bai Qingyun, she wouldn't have bothered to care about Zhou's affairs.

Lu Jue listened to Bai Jiaojiao's answer and felt a little incredulous, because he remembered very clearly that Jiaojiao didn't like to wear the clothes that Zhou sewed for her before. The Queen Mother asked Jiaojiao, "What do you think of this?" ”

Jiaojiao lowered her head and did not speak.

When Lu Jue's mother heard this, she told him: "Jue'er, the mother wants to go to the lake for a walk, you accompany the mother concubine?" ”

"Okay." Lu Jue smiled in response, followed behind his mother, and went to the lake with her.

When Lu Ying arrived at the lake, he heard his mother Qin Zhaoyi say: "Your imperial grandmother is very fond of Jiaojiao, and let your Aunt Zhou, such a clever person, make beautiful clothes for Jiaojiao." But I don't seem to like that child very much, what about the clothes your Aunt Zhou made for her. ”

The palace maid standing behind Qin Zhaoyi, after hearing those words, a hint of embarrassment faintly flashed in her eyes.

Qin Zhaoyi asked, "...... You've all seen it, and it's a nice dress. ”

"Zhaoyi Niangniang, the craftsmanship of the concubine of King Jingnan can't be compared with your craftsmanship. The clothes made by King Jingnan's side concubine are not as fairy as the clothes you make. One of the palace maids said.

Qin Zhaoyi cautiously looked around, although she didn't see anyone else approaching, she still reminded the palace maid softly: "The concubine of King Jingnan used to be in the palace,

served the Queen Mother for many years. If the clothes she made are not fairy enough, how can the Queen Mother take a fancy to it? ”

The palace maid who spoke before heard this, and she answered knowingly, and stopped talking.

Qin Zhaoyi said to Lu Ying in private: "Jiaojiao is not, and I don't think the clothes made by your Aunt Zhou are not fairy enough, so when your imperial grandmother asked her, she directly said, 'Good, or 'not good'?" ”

Lu Jue listened, but only smiled shallowly, indicating that he was listening. Actually, he didn't know what Bai Jiaojiao thought in his heart.

At that time, he was about the same age as Jiaojiao, and he was only fourteen years old.

He saw Jiaojiao in the queen mother's bedroom, and every time Jiaojiao greeted him first, always speaking so quietly, in front of him, so cautious. Jiaojiao would say "His Royal Highness the Second Prince" to him, and after saying that, he would not say anything more.

Sometimes, Lu Ying would only reply when the Empress Dowager was in front of her: "Sister Jiaojiao." ”

If the Queen Mother is not in the hall, only him and his mother, as well as some palace maids in the Queen Mother's Palace, and the eunuchs. When he heard Bai Jiaojiao greet him, he usually only listened to it, but rarely answered Bai Jiaojiao.

Although he treated her so lukewarmly, every time she saw him, she would still greet him first.

It wasn't until he was in the pavilion that he was bumped into Jiaojiao after playing with Bai Qingyun. Her attitude towards him at that time was simply different from her previous attitude towards him, so different.

He felt uncomfortable.

Bai Qingyun went to him later and asked him: "Did you start hating me after you saw her true face?" ”

Bai Qingyun said, smiled sarcastically, and said, "It turns out that you don't like me, do you think I'm too dry and gentle, not as fierce as Bai Jiaojiao?" Haha, His Royal Highness the Second Prince, I really didn't expect that your vision would be so different. ”

"You?" Lu Jue looked at Bai Qingyun with disdain, and said, "If there was a second woman in the pavilion by the lake at that time, she was also a relative of Shen Tuying like you." Then when I face the two of you, I will definitely hug the woman other than you, and act with her to Shen Tuying, but I don't bother to touch you. ”

Bai Qingyun listened to his words at the time, and angrily threatened her to hit the wall, and asked him to say that he was joking with her. Actually, he liked him.

Lu Ying grabbed Bai Qingyun's hair, slammed it against the wall angrily, and after making a "bang" sound, he raised his eyebrows and asked Bai Qingyun: "Do you still want me to tell you?"

Laugh? ”

Bai Qingyun hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover the swollen forehead that was hit, and ran away crying bitterly.

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Lu Jue stood in the hall, staring at Bai Jiaojiao's beautiful face, and for a while, he remembered what Bai Qingyun once asked him: "Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, in your opinion, is the flower fairy in the painting good-looking, or Bai Jiaojiao good-looking?" ”

Lu Jue glared at Bai Qingyun and asked impatiently, "Do you still need to ask?" ”

"Of course it's the flower fairy that looks good, right?" Bai Qingyun thought she was very smart, thinking that what she said just said what Lu Yu was thinking, and asked with a happy face. Lu Jue felt that person was too stupid and didn't want to deal with that person at all. It's a pity that after Bai Qingyun asked that sentence, Shen Tuying appeared in front of him. Yun'er was wrong. In your opinion, His Royal Highness the Second Prince, it should be Bai Jiaojiao who looks better. Really? The corners of Shen Tuying's lips hooked up with a funny smile and asked Lu

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Lu Jue said with a proud face: "Of course it is." ”

A few days later, his mother told him that she had made a Confucian skirt, which was made for Bai Jiaojiao according to the style of the Confucian skirt worn by the flower fairy in the painting.

"Although Hongu hadn't made much clothes for that child before, Hongu had seen her many times, and he knew how big she was wearing. Jue'er, you have to believe that if Jiaojiao wears it, the dress that the palace made for her will definitely fit well and look good. ”

As his mother said, when Jiaojiao followed him and his mother back to the palace, changed into new clothes at his imperial grandmother, and appeared in front of him again. He saw such Jiaojiao, he was really amazed, looking at Jiaojiao, he couldn't take his eyes off it.

Bai Jiaojiao was wearing a pink Confucian skirt, which was even more beautiful than the flower fairy in the painting.

At that time, Lu Jue had only one thought in his heart: how good it would be if Jiaojiao could put on new clothes and dance for him.

His little wish, with the help of his mother, came true.

That is, on the day he realized his wish, Shen Tuying said that his Jiaojiao was a woman who brought disaster to the country and the people.

He couldn't listen to that kind of words, and he couldn't bear it anymore, so he hit Shen Tuying once.

Lu Jue recalled what happened on the shore of Mohu that day, and then looked at Jiaojiao standing opposite him, and inevitably felt sorry in his heart. If he hadn't admitted that Jiaojiao was indeed better looking than the flower fairy in the painting, I was afraid that Jiaojiao would not have such an infamy.

wanted to apologize to Jiaojiao, but in front of Jiaojiao, he was really ashamed to speak.

Bai Jiaojiao saw Lu Jue looking at her, but she just looked at her, and stopped telling her any valuable news. As soon as he was in a hurry, he urged: "Your Royal Highness the Second Prince, you are still listening." ”

Lu Jue heard Bai Jiaojiao's pleasant voice, and barely dragged back his distant thoughts. Some suddenly raised their eyes like a dream and told Bai Jiaojiao: "Okay." ”

Where did he say it before, Lu Ying still remembers. At this point, continue with the previous topic: "...... Zhou helped Bai Qingyun make Confucian skirts, and Shen Tuying sent Lily of the Valley to deliver bird's nest. These two things seem to have nothing to do with each other, but they actually have a lot to do with each other. ”

Bai Jiaojiao nodded in agreement, "I think so too." But after you told me that the woman who changed her appearance into a purple kite was the lily of the valley. I realized that the person who helped Bai Qingyun make medicinal powder this time was actually not Chu Qingyuan. ”

As soon as Lu Jue heard the name Chu Qingyuan, a trace of gloom flashed in his eyes, and he asked coldly, "You also know Chu Qingyuan?" Say, how did you and him know each other, and how long have you known each other? Also, why didn't you mention it to me before......"

When Bai Jiaojiao heard Lu Jue, she asked her so many questions at once, and she really felt speechless.

"I don't have much to do with Chu Qingyuan, it's just because I know that he is the one who loves Bai Qingyun that I remember his name. I haven't mentioned him to you before, isn't that normal? ”

Lu Jue was a little unconvinced, and raised his eyebrows, "Normal? ”

In his opinion, Jiaojiao can remember Chu Qingyuan's name, which is already very abnormal.

Chu Qingyuan is a disciple of Shi Ye, and more than half of the year is spent collecting medicines and making pills.

Jiaojiao is also a healer, and like Chu Qingyuan, she went to the valley of Xishan to collect medicine. When she was collecting medicine, she might not be able to meet Chu Qingyuan, but she followed Su Xi and went to Shi Ye several times. He didn't believe it, after she went there, she hadn't met Chu Qingyuan once.