"Wanhua female officer?" Chengguo Gong screamed unexpectedly as if he had just seen Aunt Wanhua, and then raised his lips and smiled, "I don't know what the female official came to the door today?" ”

Aunt Wanhua listened to Cheng Guogong's question, the bitterness at the corners of her lips became thicker and thicker, she looked at the old lady embarrassedly, the old lady sighed, and said helplessly, "Since the female official has already brought the words, go back first, I will explain this matter to Grandpa Guo." ”

"Then the slave will retreat first!" Aunt Wanhua said, and gave another big salute to the two of them before retreating outside.

"What the hell is going on, what happened to Jiayi's marriage?" Cheng Guogong watched Aunt Wanhua leave, and finally noticed that the atmosphere in the hall was wrong, he looked back at the old lady and frowned and asked.

The old lady glanced at Chengguo Gong deeply, and was about to speak to explain the matter clearly, but at this time, Lu Jiayi suddenly burst into tears, "Daddy, you have to make decisions for me, the holy decree has been issued, how can this marriage not be counted, I don't care, I will marry into the National Teacher's Mansion, I will marry the prince, if I can't marry him, I will die!" With that, she wiped her tears, turned around and ran out.

Chengguo Gong watched her rush out of the hall like a fiery wind, and finally understood what happened, "Aunt Wanhua just came to say that the marriage between Jiayi and the prince has collapsed?" ”

The old lady nodded with a look of resentment, disappointment and tiredness, "Yes, Jiayi's marriage is over, she is already a joke in the capital!" ”

"This, this ......" Cheng Guogong's face became complicated, he sat down on the Taishi chair, patted the armrest in annoyance, and said, "Why didn't the imperial concubine Niangniang let people say it earlier, I have already sent out the invitation now, how can it end now?" ”

When the old lady heard Cheng Guogong say this, there was a little more emotion in her eyes, and she glanced at Cheng Guogong coldly, "Jiayi is like this now, you still only care about your own face, do you have Jiayi in your heart, do you have your own flesh and blood!" ”

"Nianjin is also the bloodline of my Lu family-" Chengguo Gong listened to the old lady's accusation and looked at her coldly, "But didn't you change your face at the beginning, and you wanted to beat her fifty boards and send her to Huicui Grange." ”

The old lady was choked by Chengguo, and said after a long time, "How can Lu Nianjin compare with Jiayi?" ”

"It's all the same in my heart!" Cheng Guogong sneered, "They are all part of the Lu family, and the reputation of the Lu family is their sky, and no one can go beyond my Lu family's sky!" ”

After saying that, he didn't bother to pay attention to the old lady, stood up, flicked his sleeves and walked out, now the most important thing is to put those invitations in order, and then save the reputation of the Lu family.

What he didn't know was that as early as the moment Lu Jiayi ran out in Shu Huangjin's wedding dress, the Lu family's reputation could not be saved.

The news of the royal retirement from the Chengguo Mansion soon spread to the National Teacher's Mansion, and Lu Nianjin listened to Yun Shu's words, and the corners of his mouth hooked up with a cold smile.

Yun Shu estimated that her master liked to listen to these things, and after a while, she smiled again, "Don't you know, when Wanhua in Yilan Palace went to Chengguo Mansion to spread the word, the Lu family's aunt and grandmother were still trying on the wedding dress, according to some old grandmothers of the Lu family who knew the goods, the wedding dress was not an ordinary color, but Shu Huang brocade." ”

"Shu Emperor Jin?" Lu Nianjin raised her eyebrows, she remembered that when she married Xiao Xun, she wore a wedding dress cut by Shu Huangjin.

When Mama Qin was still by her side, she also deliberately talked to her about the preciousness of Shu Huang Jin, it stands to reason that people who only have titles and no real power like the Chengguo Mansion can't afford to wear this kind of material.

"It is said that it is the old lady of Chengguo, that is, the wedding dress worn by the girl's grandmother back then," Soon, Yun Shu solved Lu Nianjin's confusion.

After Lu Nianjin listened, he fell silent.

Thanks to Lu Jiayi, she remembered how the old lady got this marriage back then, she replaced her cousin's identity and married into the Chengguo Mansion! And none of her cousins survived.

"Yun Shu ......" After being silent for a long time, she called Yun Shu.

Yun Shu heard the master call her, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know what the master commands?" ”

"Find someone to help me look into two things."

"What?"

"First, the old lady of Chengguo, that is, my grandmother, has a peacock hairpin next to her, you must find out where the hairpin is now as soon as possible. Second, the process of destroying the Xinyang Marquis Mansion more than 40 years ago was found out in 1510. ”

"Yes, the slave has written it down," Yunshu agreed.

Lu Nianjin looked at her with a serious gaze, and added, "Remember, these two things are very important, if your people can't find out, let them go to Zhang Jiu for help." ”

"The slave has written it down!" Yun Shu saw the solemnity on her master's face clearly, and hurriedly agreed.

After Lu Nianjin finished instructing, he breathed a sigh of relief, stood up and walked to the bedroom.

In the bedroom, Xiao Xun was leaning on the couch reading a book, and when he saw Lu Nianjin coming in, he put down the book, glanced at her, and asked, "Are you back?" ”

Lu Nianjin snorted, stepped forward, sat down on the edge of the couch, picked up the book he was reading just now, and said, "It's not that you can only recuperate now, you can't use your energy, why don't you listen." ”

"It doesn't matter." Xiao Xun shook his head, "It's just some ordinary historical records, I look at these just like you read the book." ”

Lu Nianjin: "......"

She raised her eyebrows a little unhappily, "What does the prince mean that I have a low IQ, far inferior to you?" ”

"That's not what I meant!" Xiao Xun felt speechless, and hurriedly explained with a smile, "What I mean is that reading these books is not a matter of energy. ”

"That's not okay," Lu Nianjin's attitude was very resolute.

Xiao Xun looked at her helplessly, held his forehead, paused, put down his hand again, and asked, "Do you know how to play the piano?" ”

"No, it won't."

"?"

"—no."

"Dizi?"

"—it won't."

"What about dancing?"

Lu Nianjin's face was a touch of crimson, and he lowered his head and coughed lightly, saying, "It will be a little." ”

"Then let's dance to this palace to relieve boredom."

Lu Nianjin pursed his lips and glanced at him, "Ah Xun, are you sure?" ”

"Forget it!" Xiao Xun's gaze shifted to her lower abdomen and said, "You are still pregnant." ”

Lu Nianjin: "...... You wait for me for a moment, and I'll go and get ready first. ”

After speaking, without waiting for Xiao Xun to agree, he walked out.

Xiao Xun watched her leave in a hurry, with seven points of worry and three points of expectation in his eyes.

Lu Nianjin walked for more than half an hour, and when she came back, she had an extra moon-white feather cloak on her body.

Xiao Xun looked at it and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, "You...... Are you sure you want to dance in a cape? ”

Lu Nianjin ignored her, she reached out and pulled the cloak strap around her neck, and the next moment, the moon-white feather cloak fell to the ground.

Her makeshift dance dress was also revealed, with a tight-fitting glitter of jewels on top, a low-waisted tulle bloomer underneath, a slender waist in the middle, and a jewel on her snow-white wrists and ankles, occasionally chasing bells.

Xiao Xun looked at it fixedly, and there was surprise in his eyes.

Lu Nianjin met his gaze, suddenly smiled charmingly, and the next moment, his arms danced like snakes and danced.

Her dancing posture is enchanting and enthusiastic, her eyes are charming, every time she turns around and looks back, Xiao Xun can't help but roll her Adam's apple.

……

Half an hour later, after the dance, fine drops of sweat were already on her forehead.

Xiao Xun's eyebrows and eyes beckoned to her hoarsely, "Come here!" ”

Lu Nianjin took a deep breath and walked towards him with a shy smile.

Xiao Xun twisted the handkerchief and gently wiped the beads of sweat from her forehead.

After wiping, Lu Nianjin thanked him in a low voice.

"No need," Xiao Xun glanced down at her, and the next moment, he suddenly changed the topic and said, "On the third day of the ninth month, in the Chengguo Mansion, you also plan to dance like this?" ”

Lu Nianjin heard Xiao Xun say this, recalled for a while, and then reacted, Xiao Xun was talking about the day of Chengguogong's birthday. At the beginning, she did agree to Xiao De to dance, but she didn't dance in the end.

"Of course not!" Thinking of this, Lu Nianjin looked at Xiao Xun with a strong desire to survive, and said, "Of course, I can only pick my own husband to watch this kind of dance." ”

"That's pretty much it!" Xiao Xun turned his anger into joy, raised his hand, and gently scraped her nose.

Lu Nianjin lowered his head and smiled, and then sneezed without warning, "Ahh ”

"Is it cold?" Xiao Xun looked at her white arm and asked worriedly.

Lu Nianjin nodded, and was about to get up and go out to change his clothes, but the next moment, Xiao Xun lifted the quilt on his body and said, "Come up." ”

This wave of operations, Lu Nianjin was dumbfounded, and said weakly after a long time, "Did I think the prince meant to let me change my clothes?" ”

"It's all the same!" Xiao Xun said, holding Lu Nianjin's hand tightly, with a resoluteness in his eyes that could not be refused.

Lu Nianjin had no choice but to follow him and go to bed.

After Xiao Xun went to bed, he took her into his arms, and asked in a low and mellow voice, "Who did you learn this dance from, I have never seen it before." ”

Lu Nianjin raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard him say this, "You used to watch dancing girls before?" Didn't you grow up at the Great Mercy and Grace Temple? ”

Xiao Xun: "...... Forget it, you still don't say anything when Hongu doesn't say anything. ”

Lu Nianjin snorted coldly, and was about to talk to him again, when there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside, Yun Jiang walked in quickly, and said with a complicated face, "I've seen the prince, the princess." ”

"What's the matter?" Xiao Xun blocked Lu Nianjin behind him and asked in a deep voice.

Yun Jiang opened his mouth and said, "Back to the prince's words, Miss Jiaolan asks to see you." ”

"Nope." Xiao Xun said without thinking about it.

Yun Jiang pursed her lips vigorously, "She is full of wounds, and she said that she asked the prince to save her life." ”

"Just take the housekeeper to deal with this matter."

"But Kyauklan's father and mother have already decided that she is the prince's person, and she has to ask the prince for a dowry."

When Xiao Xun heard this, he was completely impatient, he glanced at Yun Jiang unhappily, and said, "This palace doesn't know when the housekeepers and female officials of the National Teacher's Mansion have become so useless, but a few minions are picking quarrels and provoking trouble, and they actually want to work in this palace to come forward in person!" ”

"Get out!" In the last sentence, he has already brought coercion.

Yun Jiang didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly retreated.

In the hall of the National Teacher's Mansion, Kyauklan was still crying, and her parents and brothers were standing aside, staring at her with hatred.

When the group heard Yun Jiang's footsteps, they immediately turned their heads to look at Yun Jiang, and Jiaolan spoke first, "Miss Yun Jiang, like this, did the prince say that he wanted to see me?" ”

"Disappointed the girl." Yun Jiang shook his head and stepped forward and said, "The prince said, if your family makes any more trouble, they will all send you to the Yamen of the Criminal Department!" ”

"This, this ......" Kyauklan couldn't believe it, her eyes were red, she popped, slipped to the ground, and said, "I have served the prince for so many years, and the prince is so likely to be so ruthless to me......"

"What's impossible about this," Yun Jiang glanced at her a little helplessly, "If the prince really cared about the love between him and you, he wouldn't have moved the four of you out in the first place!" ”

"......" Kyauklan knelt there, no longer speaking, just silently drooping tears.

But her gambler's father and mother refused to leave it at that, and the two looked at Yun Jiang with fierce eyes, "So, the prince asked for my daughter's body, but he refused to be responsible, not to mention the dowry, and he didn't even have the silver to reward?" ”

Yun Jiang looked at the two of them without being angry, and said, "It's better for the two of you to figure it out, my prince has never touched Miss Jiaolan!" ”

"How is this possible! My daughter clearly said that she was already a prince! ”

Yun Jiang's eyes were cold, and she looked at Jiaolan with a sharp gaze, "Girl, can you tell me clearly, when did the prince want you?" ”

When Kyauklan heard this, she didn't say a word, just cried.

"When the hell?" Yun Jiang asked again in an aggravated tone, paused, and added, "If you don't say it again, I will send your family to the Yamen of the Criminal Department, where there are eighteen kinds of torture, you are there, you shouldn't be silent anymore, right?" ”

Jiaolan was frightened by Yun Jiang's threat, she has entered the palace since she was a child, in the first few years, although there have been some difficult years, but since entering the Qianyuan Palace, no one has dared to bully her, it can be said that her life is more noble and smooth than the ordinary daughter's daughter, and now, where can she afford the torture in the prison.

"I, I said," she said, looking up with tears in her eyes, and looking at Yun Jiang pitifully.

"Well," Yun Jiang agreed coldly, and the next moment, Jiaolan took a deep breath and said, "Prince, he has never touched me, I am unwilling to marry someone arranged for me by my father and mother, and I deliberately deceived them......"

"Did you hear that?" Yun Jiang looked at Kyauklan's father.

The two monkey-like emaciated and vicious people listened to Yun Jiang's threatening words, and immediately did not dare to go wild, the two of them had gloomy faces, and walked towards Jiaolan in unison, facing her already bruised face, and a few fists, "You cheap girl, you dare to lie to Lao Tzu, you say, what is bad about Liu Yuanwai, he is sixty-eight years old this year, you marry him to fill the house, and when he dies in a few years, the Wanguan family wealth is not yours alone!" ”

"Let's go, come with me, and we'll make your marriage happen tonight!" Kyauklan's father shouted over and over again, dragging Kyauklan and walking out.

Thinking of her future fate, Jiaolan couldn't help crying bitterly, she looked at Yun Jiang in despair and pleading, and shouted bitterly, "Yun Jiang girl, Yun Jiang girl, you save me...... You save me......"

Yun Jiang didn't even look at Kyauklan, but just looked at her father and mother condescendingly, and said, "If you want to teach your daughter a lesson, whether you marry your daughter, please go back to your own home, the National Teacher's Mansion is not a busy street, a vegetable market!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Jiaolan's father and mother knew the truth, and they had long lost their confidence, and the two nodded and agreed, so don't drag Jiaolan away.

Yun Jiang breathed a sigh of relief and walked in the direction of Luo Shen Yuan.

In Luoshen Garden, Lu Nianjin was interrogating Xiao Xun, "Who is Kyauklan?" ”

Xiao Xun thought of the identities of the four people in Kyauklan, his breath froze for a moment, and then pretended to be fine, "I don't know, a maidservant!" ”

"Just a handmaiden?" Lu Nianjin didn't believe it.

Xiao Xun looked into her eyes and asked her, "What do you think?" ”

Lu Nianjin thought about it carefully and was about to speak, when Xiao Xun's face suddenly pressed towards her, she pressed her against the bedpost and kissed her overwhelmingly.

Lu Nianjin hadn't asked anything clearly, and tried hard to push him away, but Xiao Xun refused to let her go, so he only tried his best to kiss her before letting go of her and said, "Jin'er, you are so sweet." ”

Lu Nianjin glared at him fiercely, "Don't you want to change the topic, you have to explain this matter to me clearly today, otherwise ......"

"How else?" Xiao Xun approached her and asked rhetorically.

Lu Nianjin pursed his lips and looked at her, thinking for a long time before he said viciously, "Otherwise, I will stab you to death with a silver needle!" ”

Xiao Xun: "......"

He closed his eyes, opened them after a moment, and said earnestly, "There really is nothing to explain about this matter. ”

"Then you say, is she the palace maid who gave you a gift."

Xiao Xun raised his forehead when he heard this, is this guess too accurate?

However, this is not the climax of the matter, the climax of the matter is that before he could explain, Yun Jiang walked in from outside again and said, "Prince, Xiuzhu, Luomei and Cunju are also back." ”

Xiao Xun took a deep breath, "Didn't you say it, you can just deal with this kind of thing with the housekeeper, and you don't have to report it to the palace?" ”

Yun Jiang also sensed the prince's displeasure, but she really had no way not to report the matter of these three people.

"Prince, that's the case, Xiuzhu said that she had something important to report to you, and she also said that she wouldn't say a word unless she saw you."

"What about Luomei and Cunju?" Xiao asked, "What about them?" ”

Yun Jiang said, "According to the two of them, the two of them live in the same village, and there are no relatives at home, so after they ran away from the National Teacher's Mansion, they lived together and lived with their children, but in the past few days, there was a sudden serial murder case in their village, and the two of them didn't dare to stay in the village, and they were afraid that the murderer would target them, so they wanted to go back to the National Teacher's Mansion for a while, thinking that after the murderer was caught, they would go back." ”

"This palace knows," Xiao Xun nodded, "Then arrange for them to stay first, and then go back to the criminal department to explain, so that Yuan Tong can find out about this serial murder case as soon as possible!" ”

"Yes, Prince!" Yun Jiang was ordered to leave.

There were only two people left in the bedroom, Lu Nianjin and Xiao Xun.

But this time, Xiao Xun didn't dare to look at Lu Nianjin, just facing the window and sitting steadily.

"Doesn't the prince have anything to explain to me?" Lu Nianjin could see his thoughts through his back, and she asked coldly.

Xiao Xun was silent.

Lu Nianjin walked around from behind him to in front of him, and said unrelentingly, "You tell me clearly, what is going on with this Meilan Zhuju?" Have you ever touched them, are they all your roommates? Will you keep them with you in the future? ”

Xiao asked for help, and he didn't want to answer any of these questions.

In his opinion, it is unnecessary, but in Lu Nianjin's opinion, it is a weak heart.

"Didn't you really touch them?" She was beside him, twittering and asking, "You will ...... if you touch and drive everyone out."

"Shut up!" Xiao Xun heard that she was thinking more and more about herself, and couldn't help but scold her loudly, her voice low and short.

Lu Nianjin thought about Mei Lan Zhuju's room, and her heart was originally very sensitive, but now that she was scolded by him like this, her eyes instantly turned red, and she turned over and was about to go under the bed.

But Xiao Xun grabbed her before she landed, looked at her reddened eyes and said, "This palace has never touched them, not once, whether it is a hand, or a mouth, or anything else, never!" ”

"Really?" Lu Nianjin's voice was still crying, and he asked aggrieved and expectant.

Xiao Xun nodded, "This palace won't lie to you." ”

"You can do it!"

"Gentleman one, the horse is hard to chase!"

"That's pretty much it!" Lu Nianjin believed him.

Xiao Xun took her into his arms, and his side face was tightly pressed against her heart.

The two embraced each other silently.

I don't know how long it has been, Lu Nianjin suddenly broke free from him, looked up at him and said, "What is Xiuzhu's name, don't you have something to tell you, do you want to meet her, maybe it's something important!" ”

"You're not jealous?" Xiao Xun gently stroked her back and asked.

Lu Nianjin snorted, "Am I that kind of person?" With that, she stood up and walked out.

Xiao Xun watched her walk away step by step, and the corners of her lips hooked slightly.

"Girl, why did you come out?" Outside, Yun Jiang couldn't help but care when she saw Lu Nianjin come out, and said with a little caution, "But you quarreled with the prince?" ”

"No," Lu Nianjin said lightly, "The prince wants to know what secrets Xiuzhu has in his hands, you go and call her over!" ”

"Yes, girl!" Yun Jiang said yes and walked outside.

Lu Nianjin stood in the courtyard for a while, until the wind picked up, and then walked to the bedroom.

"I've already asked someone to summon Xiuzhu, she'll be over soon," she said to Xiao Xun as she stood beside the bed.

Xiao Xun nodded.

It didn't take long for Yun Jiang to bring people in.

Xiuzhu had tears in his eyes, and as soon as he saw Xiao Xun, he immediately stepped forward and saluted, "Slave Xiuzhu has seen the prince, I wish the prince a long and healthy life, and ten thousand blessings and peace." ”

"Get up!" Xiao Xun glanced at her lightly, "What do you have to say." ”