"How is your grandfather's house doing?" Emperor He Shun asked casually.

"Back to Your Majesty, the courtiers don't know. It's business as usual. ”

"You've been in Beijing for some time, haven't you visited your grandfather's house?" Emperor Heshun asked.

"Soon after the courtiers came to Beijing, they prepared for the examination of the Criminal Department, and they didn't have much time to go out."

Lu Xihe replied truthfully, in fact, there is another reason, that is, Lu Jingnai was demoted to an official, and it was not appropriate for her to enter Beijing as a member of the Lu family, if she went to find her grandfather's family, I am afraid it would bring unnecessary trouble to her grandfather's family.

"Good." Emperor Heshun admired it in his heart, she was indeed a smart person.

She knows the pros and cons too well, and she can restrain her emotions even more, if she is a man, her future is limitless.

It's a pity.

"I heard that your eldest brother also works in Beijing?"

Lu Xihe said: "Back to Your Majesty, the eldest brother of the courtier's daughter is now serving as Taichang Shaoqing, and it was he who brought the courtier's daughter to Beijing this time." ”

"Too often Shaoqing? Your eldest brother has the ability to sit in this position at a young age. Emperor He Shun commented, he suddenly became curious about the children of the Lu family, if there was another child like Lu Xihe, he didn't know whether to be happy or sad?

"The eldest brother has been doing his homework since he was a child, and he is the hardest working person in the courtier's family." Lu Xihe admits from the bottom of her heart that Lu Yiran is indeed a talented and hard-working person, and at this point, she admires him very much and aspires to become a person like him.

"Hahaha, if your eldest brother knows that you have said so many good things in front of me, I don't know how to be happy." Emperor Heshun was like a kind elder at the moment, and he actually began to tease her.

"The courtiers are terrified." Lu Xihe said busily.

"Nothing to do, stand down." With a stack of folds in Emperor Shun's hand, he estimated that he was going to approve it until the afternoon again.

"Yes, the courtiers are retired." Lu Xihe respectfully withdrew.

The moment she stepped out of the Hall of Light, she felt extremely relaxed.

Accompanying the king is like accompanying the tiger, and the ancients did not deceive me.

Prince Ning You was waiting for her to come out outside the main hall early in the morning, and when he saw her relaxed face, he couldn't help but feel funny.

"Lord Lu."

"His Royal Highness the Prince." Lu Xihe arched.

Ning You lowered his head and looked at her, "No need to be polite. ”

For a moment, he didn't know what to say. He knew that Lu Xihe was very wary, and if he wanted to collect it for his own use, he needed to plan carefully.

"Lonely, congratulations to Lord Lu in advance." He smiled gently, "There are not many people who can be appreciated by my father, and Lord Lu can't let my father down." ”

Lu Xihe responded: "The lower officials will do their best and live up to their high expectations. ”

"It's not too early, is Lord Lu going out of the palace?"

"Back to His Royal Highness, the lower official is just going to leave the palace." No matter what Ning You said, she replied respectfully.

In this way, Ning You's relationship with her is still not half close. He was not discouraged, he knew that the benefits of subduing this seemingly cold person were far greater than what he had paid.

"It just so happens that Lone is also going out of the palace and going on the same road with Lord Lu. Lord Lu won't dislike Lonely, right? ”

His tone seemed to be joking, and Lu Xihe smiled slightly: "Where is Your Highness, it is an honor for Your Highness to be able to walk with Your Highness." ”

I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the prince's gourd, Lu Xihe can only take one step at a time. The prince doesn't pose any threat to her at the moment, but it's hard to guarantee that he won't in the future.

Ning You covered his mouth and chuckled a few times, "Miss Lu, have you always been so sweet-mouthed?" Do you know what they say about me? ”

"I don't know." Lu Xihe naturally knew that when the Manchu Dynasty civil and military mentioned this prince, most of them were cowardly and incompetent.

"Lone is the most useless prince in shaking light," he sighed lightly, "but there is no crown prince." ”

Lu Xihe actually sympathized with him for a while, as the crown prince, his biological mother was long gone, and he was not treated by the emperor, he had no power and power, and he had the name of the prince, what was the use?

"Your Highness doesn't need to be arrogant, with Your Highness's talent, Your Highness believes that one day Your Highness will be able to see the moon and the clouds."

"Will Lord Lu support Lonely?" Ning You suddenly stopped, turned to look at her, his eyes were bright, and there was a bit of expectation in his eyes.

"His Royal Highness is the prince of Shaguang, and the people of Shaguang will support the prince, and the courtiers are one of the people of Shaguang, so they naturally support His Royal Highness the Prince."

"Lord Lu is very right." The light in Ning You's eyes dimmed a little, and his tone was quite lost.

Lu Xihe saw the pothos guarding outside the palace wall from a distance, looked in her direction, and wanted to wave his hand and press it down.

"There is a carriage waiting for Lord Lu outside the south gate, and there are not many lonely ones." Ning You's pace gradually slowed down, and his carriage was also outside the south gate. He knew who it was.

"Thank you, Your Highness, the lower official will leave first." Lu Xihe arched.

"It's okay, Lord Lu should go quickly, don't make people wait." Ning You watched the two of them go away, and the little guy hurriedly followed.

Ning You stood by the palace wall, looked at her distant back, and shook his head gently.

"What a stupid girl, she didn't even know that the person she was waiting for would not come back."

The little servant smiled cautiously, "Your Highness, it's better to change someone." ”

"Heh, one day she will know that Lone is the most trustworthy person."

Ning Yan is just a defeated man.

"What is so special about this Miss Lu? Your Highness is so concerned..."

The little guy asked.

"She's of great use." After Ning You finished speaking, he left without looking back.

Along the way, the green pothos wanted to ask the young lady what the result was, but she looked at her face, but she didn't dare to ask.

"Miss, the eldest young master's carriage is outside the south gate, I heard that the young lady is going to enter the palace, and he came early in the morning."

This was out of Lu Xihe's expectations, "Is the eldest brother okay today?" ”

Luluo reminded: "Miss, today's eldest young master is resting." ”

"I forgot." She held her temples, only to feel a terrible headache.

"Miss, who was the person who walked with you just now?" Pothos asked curiously.

"What's wrong?"

Luluo smiled embarrassedly, "You look like a good match, Miss and him are like fairies." ”

"Pothos, don't talk nonsense, he's the prince." Lu Xihe closed his eyes and rested, thinking about how to revise the law.

The pothos knew that she had said the wrong thing, so she quickly silenced.

Outside the South Gate

A luxurious carriage stopped on the side of the road, and the little guy stood outside the car, and when he saw Lu Xihe coming, he said happily: "Young master, the fifth lady is out." ”

Lu Yiran lifted the corner of the curtain and saw that she was safe and sound, and finally felt a little relieved.

She got into the carriage, Xu came out of the palace, and felt that the person in front of her was very kind.

"Big brother."

He reached out to pick her up, and Lu Xihe gently took his hand.

"Why are you so alien to me?" Lu Yiran didn't seem very happy, but didn't say anything, pulled her into the car, and let her let go.

Lu Xihe was a little embarrassed, "The first time I entered the palace, my legs were a little weak. ”

Lu Yiran frowned slightly, and handed her the freshly poured tea, "The emperor didn't embarrass you, right?" ”

She shook her head, "The emperor instructed me to be in charge of revising the law, and it seems that he approved my proposal. ”

"Statutes?" Lu Yiran knew that Emperor Heshun was going to implement the new policy, but he didn't know anything about revising the law. For a while, he didn't know whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.

"Most of the ministers in the DPRK and China will obstruct the revision of the law. You're too young to handle that. Lu Yiran was worried about her, she was on the cusp of the storm, and with her current self, she might not be able to protect her.

"Big brother, I understand, but I'll do my best." Lu Xihe didn't know the danger she was about to face, but she couldn't back down.

"You let it go, and I'll take care of the rest." After deep thought, he said, "Some people are not as simple as they seem, you should be careful not to get involved in partisanship. ”

Lu Xihe held the hot tea in both hands and said yes again and again.

"In a few days, you will return to Tiandu with me, Lu Jingshu is about to get married." Lu Yiran suddenly changed the topic, and when he mentioned Lu Jingshu, he sneered, Xu Qian wandered around the Qinglou Chu Pavilion all day long, and he had nothing to do, he was just a scum. Lu Jingshu is a brainless person, and she actually seduces this kind of waste.

"Married? And that Xu Gongzi? Lu Xihe didn't expect it to be so fast, it seems that the Xu family has relented and agreed to Lu Jingshu to enter the door.

"A frequent visitor to Goulanwasher, what kind of son is it." Lu Yiran was not referring to Xu Qian, he was even less interested in Ning Yan.

Lu Xihe didn't think too much, "It seems that the third sister's life will not be easy in the future." ”

"It's just a matter of reaping the consequences, and when you see this kind of person in the future, stay away from him." Lu Yiran's advice did not attract Lu Xihe's attention, but the thought of returning to Tiandu made her inevitably upset.

"Big brother, I heard that the Shaking Light army has arrived at Qinglan Pass, I don't know what the situation is now?"

Lu Yiran hesitated for a moment, "It's not optimistic, the Fusang people are brave and warlike, and the terrain of Qinglan Pass happens to be what they are best at." But you don't have to worry, after a while, the imperial court will send people to support Qinglan Pass. ”

Even if Lu Yiran said this, Lu Xihe still felt that it was inappropriate.

Are the soldiers of Qinglan Pass okay?

Ning Yan, are you okay?

What she didn't know was that the Lu Mansion had already made a fuss at the moment for her examiner.

Lu Jing never thought that the fifth child, who had always been silent, would do such a thing without telling them!

It happened that Aunt Bai was lingering on the sickbed, and Aunt Ye couldn't handle the big and small things in the house, so Lu Jing couldn't pull away.

Otherwise, he would have to teach Lu Xihe a good lesson!

"Master, don't be angry." Aunt Ye walked into the study with ginseng soup and said with concern.

Lu Jing raised his head and looked at Aunt Ye's somewhat similar face to the Cao family, and couldn't help but think that the year he first saw her was when he was in high spirits, he was a powerful hussar general, if it wasn't for the drunken mistake and mistaken her for the Cao family, she would not have been able to enter the door of the general's mansion.

"It's been a hard time for you." His gaze was calm, but it seemed to be looking through her, looking at another person.

"Master, Yan'er is not hard, if she can share her worries for the master, Yan'er will be content." Aunt Ye lowered her eyes, her long eyelashes covered her eyes, but the little red glow on her face betrayed her emotions.

Seeing her like this, most of the worries in Lu Jing's heart disappeared, and he beckoned her with a smile, "Are Xuan'er and Zhenzhen's homework okay?" I really don't have time to see them lately, and I have to bother you more. ”

Aunt Ye was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Xuan'er's homework is very good, and Mr. often praises him. The children of the Lu family are always the most outstanding. ”

Lu Jingzheng smiled, and after hearing this, he thought of Lu Xihe again, she was appreciated by the emperor, which he didn't want to see. Is it not good for my daughter's family to teach her husband and children at home, and to live her life in peace?

Seeing this, Aunt Ye understood that she had said the wrong thing, so she said hard, "Master, Yan'er has a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." ”

"Speak." Lu Jing looked away from her.

"Master, the fifth sister has an idea when she is young. You don't often be around her, and you may not know that she wakes up early every day to read, and it is just some unfathomable books. At that time, Yan'er thought that the fifth sister may have been born different from ordinary women, she does not belong to the deep mansion compound, she belongs to the broader sky. ”

Lu Jing's brows were tightly locked, and his career was indeed broad. But which step is not walking on the edge of a cliff? The things that are exchanged for life are more like quicksand at the fingertips, and they will come to naught if you don't pay attention to them.

The life he had experienced, he didn't want his children to repeat it all over again.

"As a woman, the house is her home. I don't need to mention this again, I'll find a way to solve it. ”

Aunt Ye knew that he had always been stubborn, so she rubbed her shoulders for him and didn't dare to disturb Lu Jing's office anymore.

"Auntie, it's cold, watch out for your body." The maid brought a cloak to tie it for her, her soft voice did not attract Aunt Ye's attention, Aunt Ye did not speak for a long time, and after a while, she whispered: "Go back." ”

She is naturally unworthy, in Lu Jing's heart, she has always been just a shadow of a person.