Lu Shen was startled, someone came to the palace, what's going on? He hurriedly greeted him.

The person who came was an old eunuch in his fifties, with an arrogant face, and he said to Lu Shen and Lu Zuo in a sharp voice: "Spread the queen's decree, and summon the daughter of Lu Zhuo, the prince of the country, to enter the palace to see him!" ”

Everyone in the Lu family looked at each other, which daughter did they want to summon, was it Lu Qing? What is the queen going to summon Lu Qing for?

Lu Shen hurriedly instructed left and right: "Go and seal twenty taels of gold!" ”

When the twenty taels of gold arrived, the old eunuch immediately changed his smiling face, "Old Master Lu is too polite. ”

Lu Shen took the opportunity to ask, "I don't know why the queen wants to see my granddaughter?" ”

"Of course it's a good thing, isn't my granddaughter going to get married? The queen mother was very interested in her and wanted to meet her, and by the way, if she felt inconvenienced, her mother could also accompany her into the palace. ”

This is the role of gold, if there are no twenty taels of gold, the last sentence will not be spoken, this should be Queen Xiao's verbal expression, whether to say it or not is in the hands of the eunuchs, in terms of human sophistication, Lu Zhuo is indeed inferior to his father.

Hearing that his wife could also accompany his daughter into the palace, Lu Zuo breathed a sigh of relief.

Lu Shen sent the eunuch out of the door, and gave Lu Zhuo another look, and the father and son came to the study.

Lu Shen sat down, he glanced at his son, "You seem to be a little nervous?" ”

Lu Zhuo sighed, "I always feel a little unsafe to enter the palace, and my father also knows that Qing'er's appearance is stunning." ”

Lu Shen laughed, "I don't think there is any need to worry about this, although he is so ambitious and impulsive, he is not a lewd and lustful person, you look at how many children he has." I know that he has no time to take care of the harem, and besides, it is the queen's mother who receives Qing'er, I think it should be the Son of Heaven who gave Zhang Xuan a face, didn't he say that something happened to Jianghuai? When employing people, the queen received Qing'er, which can be regarded as enveloping Zhang Xuan. ”

Lu Zhuo had to admit that his father saw the problem more clearly than himself. He was indeed a little distraught, he simply didn't say anything more, and both father and son were silent.

After a while, Lu Shen sighed softly, "Actually, I didn't really want to visit the Hanoi Zhang family. ”

"Father, why is that?"

Lu Shen smiled, "If Zhang Xuan doesn't have a family, then the Lu family is his family, and there is such a grandson-in-law who is in charge of the military." I really don't want to share it with others. ”

"My father seems to have forgotten about my brother-in-law."

Lu Zuo's brother-in-law is Luo Yi, Lu Shen's son-in-law, and also the deputy governor of Youzhou, who holds military power, Lu Zuo is reminding his father that their Lu family also has a son-in-law who holds military power.

But Lu Shen shook his head, "Although Luo Yi is my son-in-law, he is too ambitious, especially insidious and cunning. And he and Bohai will have an inexplicable relationship, once something happens to the Lu family. He may not be willing to help us, I know him very well, I prefer Jang Hyun in comparison, his benevolence, his moral responsibility, I don't want him to really become a member of the Zhang clan in Hanoi. ”

Lu Zhuo understands his father's feelings very well. He also laughed, "Actually, I don't think Zhang Xuan has anything to do with Hanoi Zhang, and he didn't study at Zhang's house at all, if it was really related, Hanoi Zhang's would have come to the door a long time ago." Where we need to visit, the child knows in his heart. ”

"If only you had a good idea!"

Lu Shen thought for a while, and then said slowly: "But since Zhang Xuan said this, then I still have to visit Zhang Li, it should be regarded as a courtesy visit, remember, don't say anything first, let him take the initiative to say, and see what their attitude is?" If they don't take it seriously, then don't mention it, just treat it as the Lu family invited him to the wedding banquet. ”

"The child understands, please rest assured father!"

A carriage slowly stopped in front of the Jiayu Gate of the palace under the escort of dozens of guards, and a palace maid stepped forward and said: "Madam, the carriage can't go in anymore, please take Madame into the palace." ”

Lu Qing and his mother were helped out of the carriage by the palace maids, and more than a dozen sturdy young palace maids carried two pairs of brocade shoulders and waited for a long time, Yu was the predecessor of the sedan chair, but there was no car, due to the scorching sun, there was a eunuch next to him holding a green silk shade.

Lu Qing was a little nervous in her heart, she was entering the palace for the first time, and she didn't know why the queen wanted to summon her, it must have something to do with her getting married the day after tomorrow, but compared to the nervousness of marrying the day after tomorrow, Lu Qing's nervousness at this time is nothing.

"Qing'er, calm down, the queen is a kind person." Mrs. Lu saw her daughter's nervousness and whispered to comfort her.

Although Mrs. Lu was not nervous in her heart, she had another taste, she was a little uncomfortable in her heart, she just heard that the queen was very kind, but she herself had never been summoned by the queen, and her daughter had not yet been married and had been valued by the queen.

She is the dignified daughter of the Cui family, the wife of the head of the Lu family, and she is not as important as a general's wife in the emperor's heart, although Lu Qing is her daughter, but there is still a trace of inexplicable jealousy in her heart.

Two pairs of shoulders entered the side hall of the inner palace Yaochi Palace, the palace maid invited them to get off the public opinion, and waited in the side hall, not long after, a palace maid came and saluted Lu Qing, "Please Miss Lu come with me, the queen is waiting." ”

The palace maid said to Mrs. Lu again: "Please wait here, Mrs. Lu will come out soon." ”

Mrs. Lu knew that the queen was not summoned by herself, but just let herself accompany her daughter into the palace, she sighed helplessly in her heart, and had to explain some etiquette to her daughter, so that her daughter followed the palace maid into the inner hall, and only Mrs. Lu was left in the side hall pacing back and forth restlessly.

Lu Qing entered a corridor, just passed a small door, and suddenly felt that someone was holding her hand, her hand was delicate and smooth, it was a girl's hand, but she was still startled, and when she turned her head, it was a smiling little lady, combed with double snails, clear eyebrows, and it was the little princess who helped her escape from Lu Mansion last time.

"It's you!"

"Of course it's me!"

Yang Ji'er smiled and said, "Sister Qing enters the palace, of course I have to come to greet her." ”

Holding the little princess's hand, Lu Qing suddenly breathed a long sigh of relief, she had a sense of security in her heart, with the little princess there, it was as if she had caught a piece of wood in the deep palace sea.

"You follow me, okay?" Lu Qing whispered to Yang Ji'er.

Yang Ji'er nodded with a smile and comforted her: "Don't be afraid, my mother is very good, she never scolds." ”

Of course, Lu Qing was not afraid of the queen, but worried about meeting the Son of Heaven, and it was rumored that the Son of Heaven was a bit extravagant, which really scared her.

Yang Ji'er took Lu Qing through the courtyard, and soon came to the inner hall, which was resplendent in gold, and saw a beautiful middle-aged woman in palace clothes sitting on a gold-inlaid ivory couch, holding a tea bowl in her hand, looking at herself with a smile.

Yang Ji'er ran up, took the beautiful woman's hand and shook it coquettishly: "Mother, I am also going to attend Sister Qing's wedding!" ”

Lu Qing immediately realized that this beautiful woman should be Empress Xiao, and she hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down to salute, "The people's daughter Lu Qing pays a visit to the queen's mother, and wishes her mother a thousand years old!" ”

Empress Xiao was naturally entrusted by her husband to summon Lu Qing, this was to entrap Zhang Xuan and let him better pacify the bandits in Jianghuai, not only to summon her, but also to give her a certain title.

Empress Xiao looked at Lu Qing carefully, and saw that her skin was like condensed fat, her breath was like a quiet orchid, her beautiful appearance, her eyes were clear, and she really had the appearance of captivating the country and the city, no wonder Zhang Xuan wanted to marry her, and she did have eyesight.

Empress Xiao also liked it in her heart, and hurriedly smiled: "Miss Qing doesn't have to be polite, please hurry up!" ”

"Thank you, Queen Chitose!"

Lu Qing stood up, a little uneasy in her heart, Empress Xiao took her hand and asked with a smile, "How old are you this year?" ”

"The girl is seventeen years old."

"It's a good age to get married, in fact, I don't encourage women to marry early, they get married at the age of twelve or thirteen, their bodies haven't grown up yet, seventeen or eighteen years old is the best, have you ever read a book?"

Without waiting for Lu Qing to answer, Empress Xiao laughed, "I almost forgot, the Lu family has a women's school, of course you have read books." ”

"The folk girl studied at the age of five, studied for eight years, and the female red also studied."

"Then do you like General Zhang?" Empress Xiao asked with a smile again.

Lu Qing nodded shyly, and the little princess next to him also smiled and said, "I like Brother Zhang too!" ”

All the palace maids next to her couldn't help laughing, and Queen Xiao patted her gently, "You little girl, what does it have to do with you?" ”

Yang Jier's interruption concealed Lu Qing's embarrassment, and at this time, the uneasiness in Lu Qing's heart gradually subsided.

However, Empress Xiao only saw her, and as soon as she beckoned, a palace maid came over with a rosewood treasure box inlaid with precious stones, which looked quite heavy.

Empress Xiao said: "This is a little heart I give you to get married, and it is also a congratulatory gift, please be sure to accept it." ”

Lu Qing also knew that the queen's reward could not be accepted, she hurriedly saluted and thanked the heavy gift, and the two said a few more words, Queen Xiao had other things, so she ordered someone to send Lu Qing and her mother out of the palace together. (To be continued.) )