When I woke up, it was evening.

As soon as Lu Guanlan got up, he saw Xiao Ju running from outside in a hurry.

Ah Li was combing Lu Guanlan's hair, and when she saw Xiaoju's happy face, she asked what was wrong.

Xiao Ju gasped and laughed, "Second Miss is back!" ”

Lu Guanlan raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this, and said, "Where is my father now?" ”

Xiao Ju said: "The master is in the study, but the slave maid just heard the news and came back, and saw that Steward Zhao seemed to go to the ink garden." ”

Ah Li heard the words and said, "It seems that it is the master's order." ”

Lu Guanlan nodded, "Let's take a look, look at my father, how to treat this good daughter who is about to fly on the branches in the future." ”

Xiao Ju was puzzled, and pouted: "These two young ladies are really angry, how can the young lady still be happy for the second young lady." ”

Lu Guanlan smiled and said nothing.

In the ink garden, Ping'er was standing by the bed. looked at Lu Guanlan, who looked haggard, and was very worried.

In this autumn hunt, except for the two maids brought by the eldest lady, none of the three ladies in the house brought personal maids.

The maid who had just been guarding the door in the front yard came to tell her that she had gone out to meet her when she learned that the young lady had returned. Who knows, when I went out, I saw that this young lady was sent back lying down.

She knew what was going on with the young lady going back to the hunting ground, but she didn't want the young lady to be carried back like this now.

Knowing this, she followed.

At this time, I heard the voice of Steward Zhao outside the house.

Ping'er immediately went out of the house, and when she went to the yard, she saw Steward Zhao with a cold face.

"Steward Zhao, you're coming to our courtyard right now, but what's the matter?" Ping'er asked respectfully.

Steward Zhao's tone was not good, "The master said, when the second lady wakes up, I will go to the study to find the master." ”

Ping'er was puzzled, and hurriedly asked, "What else did the master say?" ”

Steward Zhao snorted coldly, but he didn't answer.

Seeing this, Ping'er walked closer again, took a jade bracelet from her wrist, and stuffed it to Steward Zhao.

"Miss pampers me on weekdays and rewards me with a lot of good things, but I really don't deserve it, so it's better to give it to Steward Zhao, so that Steward Zhao can take it back and make my aunt happy."

Steward Zhao glanced at the bracelet he took over in his hand, and saw that the color was not bad, so he put it in his sleeve and said, "I see that the master is a little angry today, you let the second lady go to the master to be obedient when the time comes." ”

Ping'er nodded gratefully, and sent Steward Zhao out with a smile.

When he turned around, the smile on his face disappeared, and he immediately returned to the house.

At this time, Lu Jingzhu also happened to wake up, and when he saw Ping'er's frightened face, he slowly sat up, frowned and asked what was going on.

Ping'er told Lu Jingzhu about the explanation of Steward Zhao, and Lu Jingzhu's brows furrowed deeper and deeper.

Last night—

She didn't know how she got back, and she didn't know how she got out of the trap. only vaguely remembered that His Royal Highness was by her side at that time, and because of this, she was no longer afraid in her heart, and she had a good chat with His Royal Highness.

She hoped that His Royal Highness would be by her side every day like last night.

But after that, her mind was in a mess, and she couldn't remember it clearly.

Then he asked Ping'er, "When will I go back to the house today?" But His Royal Highness sent me back? ”

Ping'er's eyes turned red when she heard this, and she shook her head and said: "When the slave maid went to pick up the young lady at the gate, I saw a few people in the palace and carried the young lady down from the carriage, and the young lady fell asleep, but the slave and maid were scared to death." ”

Lu Jingzhu was stunned when he heard this.

Lifted off the carriage? That······ What about the Third Highness?

Immediately asked: "The people in the palace are beside the Third Highness?" ”

Ping'er shook her head, "The slave doesn't know. ”

Lu Jingzhu seemed a little disappointed when he heard this. Thinking about it, how does Ping'er know if she is a person from the Third Highness.

It's just that if it was really someone from the palace who sent her back, did it mean that His Royal Highness now had her in his heart, so he specially sent someone to send her back to the house?

Ping'er saw that Lu Jingzhu was still stunned, so she couldn't help but remind: "Miss, the master is still waiting for you to find him." ”

Lu Jingzhu came back to his senses and nodded.

After some dinner, Lu Jingzhu went to the study unhurriedly.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the study, he saw that the lights were bright, and he thought that Lu Bingyan was still reviewing the official documents, so he immediately knocked lightly on the door and said, "Father, are you looking for your daughter?" ”

"Come in."

Lu Jingzhu seemed to be a little unkind when he heard his father's tone, and he was even more curious about what Steward Zhao said today, what kind of son this father was born today.

But he didn't dare to stay longer, so he pushed the door and entered.

When he arrived in the room, he saw Lu Bingyan sitting in front of the bookcase, but there was no official document in front of him, but a holy decree.

Lu Jingzhu was overjoyed. Could this be the holy decree of His Royal Highness asking His Majesty for marriage?

Thinking about it, he stepped forward and bowed, "My daughter has seen her father. ”

Lu Bingyan raised his eyes, looking at Lu Jingzhu's face seemed to be less bloody, and saw that his eyebrows opened a lot, this night, the daughter in front of him has grown up.

But when I think of today, His Majesty summoned me alone, and the words I said to myself were just angry.

When even shouted, "Kneel! ”

Lu Jingzhu was stunned by Lu Bingyan's angry reprimand, and knelt down without thinking about it.

"You know what you've done!" Lu Bingyan stared at Lu Jingzhu, and there seemed to be fire in his eyes.

Lu Jingzhu stared at Lu Bingyan, "Daughter······ My daughter doesn't know ······."

Lu Bingyan snorted coldly, "You are really a good daughter of your father, you are in a hurry to find your mother-in-law's family like this, and if you deal with your aunt, it will be you!" ”

Seeing Lu Bingyan speaking so violently, Lu Jingzhu immediately had tears in his eyes, and he looked like a soft and weak pear blossom with rain.

"What does the father mean by this, the daughter really doesn't know."

Lu Bingyan pointed to the holy decree on the case, and said, "Do you know, what is written on this holy decree?" ”

Where could Lu Jingzhu know, but he didn't dare to say what he guessed about the marriage, so he could only say: "My daughter doesn't know." ”

Lu Bingyan was so angry that his eyes seemed to be stained with a layer of bloodshot, "This is your eldest sister begging for me!" ”

Lu Jingzhu was stunned for a moment, and suddenly reacted.

Looking at Lu Jingzhu's surprised face, Lu Bingyan said: "In a few days, it will be the day when I marry the eldest lady of the Wang family, and then you will have a new mother, and there will be a new master mother in this house." ”

Lu Jingzhu froze in place, staring at the holy decree on the bookcase in a daze, unable to say a word.

"But at this time, you have done such an ugly thing, and you have asked Your Majesty to give me a good appeal today. Tell me, what a good daughter! ”

When Lu Bingyan said this, he felt even more angry in his heart.

He didn't object to Lu Jingzhu's marriage with the Third Highness, but now if Lu Guanlan marries the Second Highness, the Lu family will stand on the side of the Second Highness in the eyes of the Second Highness.

Looking at the current situation, His Royal Highness the Second Prince is just around the corner, if the Lu family is not involved with the Third Highness, it will not only displease His Royal Highness and the Qi family, but also make His Majesty suspicious of him.

Today's summons is already to warn him not to be too vain, just to assist Mingjun wholeheartedly.

Although he didn't say it explicitly, he understood what His Majesty meant, which means that if he wandered among several princes and wanted to take advantage of it, then he would lose his trust in His Majesty's heart.

Such a warning should be feared even to him.

I didn't dare to think that if I made His Majesty unhappy again, I would definitely dispose of the Lu family in the future.

At that time, the nine clans will be slashed, and everything in front of them will be in vain.

Lu Jingzhu took a long time to recover from Lu Bingyan's words, and then looked at Lu Bingyan and asked, "But father, my aunt ······· her?"

Lu Bingyan knew what Lu Jingzhu wanted to say, and he also knew what Lu Jingzhu was worried about, so he said: "Your aunt has always been one of my concubines. ”

The implication is that as long as he is there, it will not make Lu Guanlan move Song Yuemei.

But when Lu Jingzhu heard this, he suddenly smiled, and there was a touch of sarcasm in his eyes.

"Father, have you ever treated Ah Niang sincerely?"

As soon as these words came out, Lu Bingyan also frowned, and he didn't expect that Lu Jingzhu would speak to himself like this.

Lu Jingzhu stood up from the ground as if he had broken a jar, looked at Lu Bingyan's face, and asked, "Father, have you ever really seen what A-Niang did in the past?" ”

Lu Bingyan didn't know what Lu Jingzhu meant by this, and immediately said coldly: "Do you think you don't know enough about the things that your aunt did?" ”

Lu Jingzhu smiled, "Then father, have you ever thought about what A-Niang did these things for?" ”

Why? Lu Bingyan really never thought about it.

For him, these women were by his side when he was young, and it was just a time of boredom.

But if it really affects his official career one day, he will have to give it up.

After all, in his opinion, what he coveted in his life was not just such a thing, but also wanted to climb up.

Only with power in your hands can you enjoy glory and wealth forever.

Looking at the indifference in Lu Bingyan's eyes, Lu Jingzhu saw her father clearly for the first time.

She, a good father, really has only herself in her heart, and she can't pretend to be others.

Lu Guanlan's mother is like this, and now her aunt is also like this. The women in this house were nothing to her father.

Thinking of this, Lu Jingzhu then asked: "Has my father ever thought that the eldest sister is different from before." ”

Lu Bingyan also returned to his thoughts at this moment and stared at Lu Jingzhu.

He naturally noticed the changes in Lu Guanlan a long time ago, but he felt that this was just a change in Lu Guanlan's temperament after he lost his mother.

Now that he heard Lu Jingzhu mention it, he realized that there seemed to be something strange in it.

I heard Lu Jingzhu say again: "Father, can you know that the eldest sister is no longer the eldest sister she used to be, such a temperament, will she really not cause trouble for our Lu family?" ”

Lu Bingyan frowned and said, "What exactly do you want to say?" ”

The tears in Lu Jingzhu's eyes seemed to disappear in an instant, "My daughter wants to say that if the eldest sister can't let her father hold it firmly in her hands, why doesn't my father change someone?" After all, the eldest sister is now just a disfigured concubine in the eyes of outsiders and His Majesty. ”