Chapter 10: What is the use of appearance?
The Chengguo Mansion, which is located in the place where the royal family and nobles gather, is lively at this time.
"Grandpa Guo, you beat Feng Shangshu today?" Duchess Cheng Guo looked at the angry Cheng Guo Gong with a look of disapproval.
The bad old man is really not worrying.
Feng Shangshu she has seen it, with that thin little body, the old man can be beaten half to death with one punch, how can he explain to the emperor when the time comes?
Cheng Guogong was even more angry when he heard it: "It's obviously a fight." Madame, look! ”
Seeing Cheng Guogong pointing to his beard, Duchess Cheng Guo looked carefully, but she couldn't see why.
"See what?"
"Beard!" Cheng Guogong was distressed, "I was pulled off by that old sour confucian." ”
Duchess Chengguo was surprised: "Feng Shangshu still has such skills? ”
It shouldn't be, just like Feng Shangshu, she can hit five in one hit.
"The old sour Confucianism is just playing extraordinarily." Cheng Guogong waved his hand.
A subordinate hurriedly came in and reported: "The eldest prince is back." ”
When the Duchess of Chengguo heard this, she hurriedly ordered someone to invite in.
After a while, a young man walked in quickly and saluted Cheng Guogong and his wife: "My grandson has seen my grandfather and grandmother. ”
I haven't seen my eldest grandson for a few days, and the second grandson is missing, Duchess Chengguo's eyes turned red when she saw Lu Xuan: "Xuan'er is back." ”
Lu Xuan looked at his grandmother's reddened eyes and asked his doubts: "Is there something going on in the house?" ”
The doorman's desire to speak stopped, the gloomy atmosphere along the way, and the grandmother's unusual vulnerability, he could be sure that something was wrong in the house.
My grandmother was born in Jiangmen, and she went to the battlefield with her grandfather when she was young, and she was not the kind of old lady who wiped her tears when she didn't see her grandson for a few days.
Cheng Guogong sighed heavily: "Your second brother is missing." ”
Lu Xuan was stunned for a moment, and his cold eyebrows became sharp: "Missing? ”
Duchess Chengguo said with red eyes: "There is also Miss Feng from the Shangshu Mansion of the Ministry of Rites who disappeared together. ”
"What does that mean?" Lu Xuan asked.
"It is said that your second brother eloped with Miss Feng."
"Impossible." Lu Xuan categorically denied it, only feeling ridiculous, "Grandfather and grandmother believe that the second brother will elope with someone?" ”
That's his twin brother, even if the two have very different temperaments, there are still some tacit understandings. Saying that the second brother will elope with someone is as ridiculous as saying that he will elope with someone.
"Originally, I didn't believe it, but the rumors spread all of a sudden, and the truth can not be revealed unless Mo'er is recovered." Duchess Chengguo thought about the rumors of the past two days, and her heart seemed to be blocked by a stone.
"Where have you been looking for your family in the past two days? What's the catch? ”
Cheng Guo said fairly: "I've almost searched the capital, and I have asked people about all the places where your second brother might go, and I asked like this, and someone saw your second brother and Miss Feng going out of the city together......"
"Who saw that?"
"Some of the vendors near the city gate have seen it, and they have heard their descriptions of what your second brother and Miss Feng were dressed on the day they disappeared."
Lu Xuan keenly grasped the suspicion: "I don't know how many people enter and leave the city, how did those hawkers notice the second brother and Miss Feng?" ”
"They said that the two of them were in a hurry, and the girl fell and fell off her hood, and was falling near them, so they had an impression."
"My grandson sounds too coincidental, but it seems that he deliberately made a movement to make people remember."
Cheng Guogong sighed: "Now there are two possibilities, either someone deliberately creates a conflict between the Lu and Feng families, or Mo'er and that Feng girl really see each other right-"
The corners of Lu Xuan's forehead jumped straight: "The second possibility, my grandson thinks it doesn't exist." ”
Duchess Chengguo coughed lightly: "It is said that Miss Feng has outstanding appearance, and she has known your second brother for a long time......"
Young Muai, who can say so absolutely? If all of them were controlled by Zhizhi, there would be no legends of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl and the Martyrdom Butterfly.
Lu Xuan frowned: "What's the use of appearance?" ”
Duchess Chengguo looked at her eldest grandson with cold eyebrows, and suddenly panicked.
This kid hasn't opened his mind yet.
"Those hawkers who said they had seen the second brother and Miss Feng are still out of the stall as usual, right?"
Cheng Guogong was not clear about this kind of detail, and said, "Send the steward tomorrow morning to take a look." ”
Duchess Chengguo followed: "Xuan'er, you have been out for many days and have worked hard, report to your mother that you are safe and go to rest, and your second brother's affairs will be planned tomorrow." ”
"Isn't my father in the house?"
mentioned his son Cheng Guogong and gritted his teeth: "Don't pay attention to him!" ”
That rebel was picked up and taken to a foreign place a few days ago, and he hasn't come back yet. Of course, coming back is also a mess.
"The grandson is gone."
Lu Xuan left the residence of Cheng Guogong and his wife and rushed to Huazhang Garden.
The glow of the sky faded, the night fell quietly, and there was an oppressive silence in the lush Huazhang Garden.
The young man walked over, and the eyes of the maid guarding the door of the house burst into brilliance: "Second son! ”
There was a noise in the room, and a woman walked out quickly: "Mo'er is back—"
Seeing the young man's appearance clearly, the voice stopped abruptly.
"Mother." The black-clothed boy standing on the stone steps saluted the woman.
The woman looked at him fixedly, and it took a while to find her voice: "It's Xuan'er." ”
Although the two sons look the same, they can still tell at a glance that they are mothers.
This is not the second son Lu Mo, but the eldest son Lu Xuan.
For Mrs. Fang, the palms of her hands and the backs of her hands are all meat, and she loves both of her sons, but there is still a difference between the flesh of the palm and the meat on the back of the hand.
The eldest son has a loose temperament, and he hasn't gotten along with her much since he was a child, and when he gets older, he often doesn't see anyone.
And the second son was born much weaker than the eldest son, and she didn't know how much effort it took to raise her carefully, and she developed a look that everyone admired.
She knew in her heart that she preferred the second son.
Looking at his mother who was hiding his disappointment, Lu Xuan also knew this, but he didn't care.
The younger brother gets along more with his mother and gets more love from his mother, and he gets less time with his mother and gets more freedom.
There are gains and losses.
"My son has just returned home, and he has come to greet you."
The night breeze was a little cool, cool through Fang's fingertips, and she grabbed the young man's hand hard: "Xuan'er, your brother is missing!" ”
"I heard from my grandfather and grandmother."
"Don't believe Mo'er's elopement with someone, how can Mo'er fall in love with those messy women!" Fang Shi said, his hands unconsciously exerting force.
The long nails sank into the back of the teenager's hand.
The stinging pain came, and Lu Xuan didn't react on his face, only said lightly: "I believe that my younger brother will not do such a thing." Mother rest assured, I will see the prince tomorrow morning, and I will go to investigate my brother's disappearance. ”
Only then did Fang Shi let go of his hand and smiled.
"The son doesn't disturb his mother's rest." Lu Xuan said goodbye to the Fang clan and walked to his residence, and when he reached a place where no one was around, he paused slightly, and rubbed the back of his hand that had pinched out the imprint.
The young man frowned, and said in his heart: It's still quite painful.
Fang Shi stood on the stone steps, and when he couldn't see his son's back, he glanced at the maid: "People can admit their mistakes, and they don't want to receive the punishment!" ”
The maid trembled, and felt a little aggrieved in her heart.
In the past two days, everyone has been worried about the second son, and the eldest son suddenly appeared, and her first reaction was that the second son was back.
Who made the eldest son look the same as the second son?