Li Zhang accompanied the Empress Dowager Li out of the inner house, and did not deliberately avoid others, and even the palace maids and attendants around the Empress Dowager Li followed, but when they came to the gate of the courtyard where Lu Wu lived, the Empress Dowager Li ordered all the people around her to wait outside, and then only she and Li Zhang entered the courtyard.

The area of the courtyard where Lu Wu lives is not small, in fact, in the past, in order to facilitate the practice of martial arts, his courtyard was simply made into a martial arts arena, with blue bricks paving in the middle, and the surrounding area was full of weapon racks, and there were no other sundries.

However, I don't know when Lu Wu asked people to tear down the green bricks on the ground, leaving only a path paved with green bricks, and the rest of the land turned over and over, and then planted flowers and plants, although the weapon rack did not move much, but it was full of flower pots, and the flowers and plants inside were also blooming, and there were even butterflies flying among the flowers and plants.

When Li Zhang and Empress Dowager Li walked into the yard, they saw at a glance a figure with white hair was pruning flowers and plants in the yard with scissors, he had been away for so long, although the flowers and plants in the yard were taken care of by the people at home, but after all, they were not as careful as he took care of himself, so he has been staying in the yard for the past few days, mainly to water the flowers and plants, pull weeds, prune and the like.

Lu Wu also heard footsteps at this time, and immediately raised his head, and saw Li Zhang and the two at a glance, but his eyes at this time were not on Li Zhang, but all focused on Empress Dowager Li, and the whole person became excited all of a sudden, and even the hands holding the flower scissors trembled slightly.

Empress Dowager Li also showed an excited expression when she saw Lu Wu, and even walked a few steps quickly to step forward, but then she seemed to think of something, which made her slow down again, and her face also showed a restrained expression, and then she slowly came to Lu Wu, and also solemnly saluted: "I haven't seen you for many years, Lu Yudai has always been good?" ”

Lu Wu seemed to have restrained his excitement at this time, and he lowered his head at the moment and didn't dare to look at the Empress Dowager Li again, and then he also returned the courtesy: "Lu Wu has seen the Empress Dowager!" ”

"Lu Yudai doesn't have to be polite!" Empress Dowager Li also hurriedly said at this time, and after speaking, she looked Lu Wu up and down carefully, and then she said with a somewhat unexpectedly expression, "Lu Yu has taken you to get old, and your hair is gray." ”

Hearing Empress Dowager Li's words, Lu Wu also shook his body, and then looked up at Empress Dowager Li, but quickly lowered his head and said: "The minister is indeed old, and he can't even hold a knife, but the Empress Dowager is the same demeanor as she was back then." ”

As soon as Lu Wu's words came out, Li Zhang's eyes immediately widened, because it was the first time he had heard Lu Wu praise a woman, and this woman was still the queen mother of the dynasty. Empress Dowager Li is actually only in her forties this year, and with the proper maintenance in the palace in the past few years, she still looks like a graceful woman, but she is indeed old, not only has a few more silver hairs on her temples, but also some fine lines have developed on her forehead and eyes, which are far from being compared with when she was young.

However, Empress Dowager Li turned red when she heard Lu Wu's praise, revealing a somewhat shy look like a girl, which made Li Zhang even more surprised, in fact, he vaguely had some conjectures, but these two were his elders, and he didn't dare to think too much, but now it seems that it is really similar to his guess.

"Ahem, Uncle Wu, my aunt finally came here, why don't we sit down and chat while drinking tea!" Seeing that Lu Wu and Empress Dowager Li seemed to be in some kind of wonderful mood at this time, Li Zhang could only interrupt the two with a dry cough at this time.

"Yes, yes~, the Queen Mother, please follow me to the hall and sit down, you kid go and make tea for the Queen Mother!" Lu Wu reacted immediately, and immediately instructed Li Zhang to work.

Seeing that Lu Wu invited herself into the living room, Empress Dowager Li hesitated for a moment, and then she saw a set of tables and chairs under the plane tree in the courtyard, so she smiled and said: "The courtyard of Lu Yu is very beautiful, why don't we sit under the tree!" ”

When Lu Wu heard this, he immediately understood what Empress Dowager Li meant, and immediately nodded in agreement, so the two sat down under the tree, and Li Zhang also brought out the tea set from the house at this time, and then personally made tea for the two elders, and eavesdropped by the way.

However, to Li Zhang's disappointment, although Lu Wu and Empress Dowager Li were quite excited after meeting, there was nothing unsightly in their conversations, but they talked about some of their respective situations, such as how their bodies were, what they usually do, etc., and occasionally talked about some previous things, but they were all passing by, and Li Zhang couldn't hear any useful news at all.

"Lu Yu takes you to like flowers and plants too?" At this time, Empress Dowager Li suddenly looked around the entire courtyard, and then asked, although there are many flowers and plants in the yard, it can be seen that they have been carefully taken care of, and they are no worse than the flowers and plants she took care of herself.

However, without waiting for Lu Wu to speak, Li Zhang next to him hurriedly replied: "Uncle Wu has only started to like planting flowers and plants in the past two years, and he also takes care of them himself, but because he went to Yanyun before, he can only be taken care of by me and the gardener at home." ”

As soon as Li Zhang's words came out, Lu Wu blushed, and even glared at Li Zhang, and then said to Empress Dowager Li: "This...... When people are old, they can't play knives and guns anymore, so they simply plant some flowers and plants to cultivate themselves, and maybe they can live for a few more years. ”

Hearing Lu Wu's explanation, Empress Dowager Li only smiled slightly, although she didn't say anything, but her cheeks were a little pink, but Lu Wu didn't care about the difference between up and down at this time, staring at Empress Dowager Li without blinking, which made Li Zhang next to him sigh helplessly.

Lu Wu and Empress Dowager Li chatted for a long time, and Li Zhang has been accompanying him, in fact, he also knows that Empress Dowager Li called herself mainly to avoid suspicion, after all, as the Empress Dowager, it is really inconvenient for her to see men outside, even if Lu Wu is now an old man, but she still has to avoid suspicion, for example, Empress Cao also reminded Li Zhang before, so that he has nothing to do and run to the palace, but Li Zhang can't help it, because Zhao Zhen often summons him, plus Empress Dowager Li, so he is almost a frequent visitor in the palace.

In the end, the Empress Dowager Li got up to say goodbye, and Lu Wu also personally sent her out, but when she left, the Empress Dowager Li also seemed a little melancholy, after all, they were both old, and it was usually inconvenient to meet, maybe today's farewell is goodbye.

In the next few days, although Empress Dowager Li lived in Li Zhang's house, she never saw Lu Wu again, and Lu Wu stayed in the courtyard as before, fiddling with his flowers and plants all day long, Li Zhang didn't know what to say about this, in fact, even if Lu Wu and Empress Dowager Li didn't say it now, he would probably be able to guess some, but it was just a matter of making people.

A few days later, Empress Dowager Li was about to return to the palace, but before she left, she quietly asked Li Zhang to give Lu Wu a gift.