Chapter 130: Rumors
The news spread very quickly, saying that Lu Guanlan had an affair with Li Quan, but within three or two days, the palace also heard the news.
In the Jiaqi Palace, the queen was raising flowers in the backyard, and when she heard the report of the internal official that her nephew was coming, she couldn't help but smile, and she was busy tidying up and entering the inner hall.
"Why do you have the leisure to come to see this palace today?" The queen sat down and saw Li Duan drinking tea, with an unconcealable smile on the corner of her mouth.
Li Duan raised his eyes to look at the queen, smiled and got up to salute, "I've seen my aunt." โ
The queen waved his hand to get him up, and then said: "The news in Beijing spreads the fastest, if you have that meaning, and no matter what the girl is, you should go and propose marriage early." โ
Li Duan was stunned, "Auntie knows?" โ
The queen smiled slightly, "Your aunt is also the queen anyway, how many news do you not know?" โ
Li Duan nodded, but his expression was a little worried, "I'm just, I'm afraid that she will be bored." โ
If he wasn't afraid that he would do too much, Lu Guanlan would be bored with him, how could he wait for so long.
The queen shook her head and picked up the teacup in her hand, "Do you know that yesterday the emperor used the name of this palace to announce the message to the Lu family?" โ
Li Jian shook his head.
He really didn't know this, and he didn't know why the emperor used his aunt's name to give an edict to the Lu family.
Thinking of this, Li Duan asked: "Does that aunt know what kind of message His Majesty gave to the Lu family?" โ
The queen took a sip of tea with a smile, put down the tea cup, and then said: "In addition to Miss Lu, her sisters will also come with the palace for the banquet this time." โ
Li Qian frowned.
Speaking of which, Lu Guanlan was able to come to the palace banquet this time because of his aunt.
But I don't know when the Lu family got the favor of the emperor and allowed the concubine to go to the banquet.
Although he never cared about his concubine, he knew about Lu Guanlan's younger sister and her aunt.
I just don't know if Lu Guanlan will be displeased because of this.
The queen looked at Li Qian thoughtfully, and said, "Regardless of the palace banquet first, let me ask you, what should you do with Miss Lu in Beijing?" โ
Li Jian sighed when he heard this.
How could he be, at first he was happy to hear the news.
I thought about being selfish before, but I felt that since this was the case, Lu Guanlan would not be able to run away.
But thinking about it again, Lu Guanlan's innocence is gone, and when outsiders say this about her, he is more distressed than happy.
He had already thought about what his aunt said today.
But he always felt that Lu Guanlan had something in his heart, and these things were still not enough for outsiders.
He didn't ask because he was still waiting. He waited for Lu Guanlan to talk to him personally, and waited for Lu Guanlan to speak to him voluntarily.
That's why he didn't want to go to the Lu family to propose his relatives on his own initiative.
It's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he doesn't dare, he just wants to wait for Lu Guanlan to decide.
In any case, he could afford to wait, and he was willing to do what she wanted.
Besides, because of his self-righteousness, he invited his aunt to give Lu Guanlan the opportunity to enter the palace for a banquet, but as a result, people didn't want to come at all.
"Everything!" The queen was stunned when she saw Li Duan again, and couldn't help but remind her.
Li Duan came back to his senses, stood up, and bowed his head towards the queen, "Auntie, nephew, let's take care of it yourself." โ
After that, without waiting for the queen to speak, he turned and left.
The queen couldn't help sighing, shook her head and said to Mama Yue on the side: "This kid really follows his brother, this temperament, no one can say anything." โ
Mama Yue smiled and said: "Niangniang, don't worry, the slave and maid look, how come the general is a smart one, think about it, it won't be long before Niangniang will have a nephew and grandson to hug her." โ
The queen smiled and looked out of the hall, "I hope so." โ
In Zhuhua Palace, Cheng Mo was accompanying Concubine Xian to appreciate the paintings.
Concubine Xian turned her head and caught a glimpse of Cheng Mo's preoccupied look, and couldn't help asking: "Why are you so absent-minded, today you have been trained again by your father?" โ
Cheng Mo collected his thoughts and smiled, "No, my father has been praising his ministers recently." โ
Concubine Xian was exquisite, stretched out her hand and stroked a picture scroll, as if muttering: "This painting was given to me by your father a few years ago, and it was said that it was made by painting the crane Anle, and it has become the love of my heart now." I heard that Lu Shangshu's daughter is the closed disciple of this painting immortal. โ
Cheng Mo was stunned for a moment, feeling that his mother had something to say.
Then he said: "Then presumably the painting made by the eldest lady of the Lu family must also be superb." โ
Concubine Xian knew that her son was pretending to be stupid, but she didn't break it, but said: "The eldest lady of the Lu family is kind to me, and you should take care of the Lu family more." It's just that you don't have to forget who you are, and don't do what you can't afford now. โ
Cheng Mo was stunned for a moment, and then bowed his head, "Erchen knows." โ
Concubine Xian sighed in her heart.
Where did he know this, he clearly thought that she didn't call herself to have anything to do with the Lu family.
She is a good child, but she is always thinking about it.
She also likes Lu Guanlan's child, but now that the situation in the court is unstable, the king ceremony is imminent. If Cheng Mo ran to provoke others at this time, it would definitely send the Lu family to the cusp, and it would also bring Lu Guanlan to the cusp.
The Lu family is not a powerful clan now, if he commits a taboo at this time, how can the two people in the palace spare him, and how can His Majesty spare him.
It is precisely because of grace that she does not want her children to suffer such an ordeal.
It's just that Cheng Mo, a stupid kid, doesn't quite understand what is involved in this.
But it's okay, it's right to be her mother's unsympathetic.
Lu Guanlan has been comfortable in the courtyard for the past two days, and in addition to painting every day, he asks Ali Xiaoju to study some new food.
"Miss, I heard that the second lady practiced dancing in the courtyard yesterday and twisted her feet and neck," Xiao Ju has always liked to inquire about the news in the house, and was busy reporting the news to her own young lady.
Lu Guanlan was adjusting the ink, and smiled when he heard the words, "Is it serious?" โ
Xiao Ju thought for a while and said, "Listening to the girl in the second miss's courtyard, it doesn't seem to be serious, and the doctor has been invited." โ
Lu Guanlan put down the green ink and raised his eyes to look at Xiao Ju, "Do you know which doctor it is?" โ
Xiao Ju shook her head, "This slave maid hasn't heard of it, if Miss wants to know, when Miss finishes lunch, the slave maid will go to inquire." โ
Lu Guanlan smiled lightly, turned his head to look at the sky outside the courtyard, and saw that it was not hot today, so he said, "This son and I will be fine, you go and inquire first." โ
Xiao Ju got the order, so she turned around and ran out of the yard to inquire about the news.
Ah Li shook her head on the side, "This girl is used to being lazy, but it just so happens that the young lady spoils her." โ
Lu Guanlan smiled, "She's still young." โ
Ah Li also smiled, "Slave maid look, Miss is like a sister to this girl." โ
Lu Guanlan was stunned when he heard this, and then a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
If her mother is still alive, if she is not married to Lu Bingyan. I'm afraid she really deserves a sister.
Song Yuemei rushed to the ink garden as soon as she learned that Lu Jingzhu had lost her feet.
I wanted to let the master of Steward Zhao's ward say that I could invite a doctor.
But then I thought about it, if Jingzhu's foot injury was serious and someone knew about it, and I didn't know how to deal with Jingzhu, I asked Ping'er to invite the doctor first, and then call someone to go to the study to report to the master.
Fortunately, the foot injury was not serious, and the doctor left after the consultation.
Before leaving, Song Yuemei asked Ping'er to give a lot of rewards, and only said that the doctor should not say much.
The doctor is also smart, and now everyone in Beijing knows that the ladies of the Lu family are all going to enter the palace for a banquet.
What a kind of honor this is, even if it is a noble family, there is no reason for this middle-aged girl to go to the main banquet together, but everyone can go to Lu Shangshu's mansion.
When I came to see a doctor today, I knew that it was the second lady of the Lu family. Just rushed this, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense outside.
asked the girls to give Lu Jingzhu good medicine, and Song Yuemei asked the girls in the house to retreat.
"Why are you so careless, this is a bad moment, and you have broken your foot," Song Yuemei was distressed on the one hand, and complained on the other.
Lu Jingzhu said: "A-Niang, rest assured, my daughter's foot injury is not a big deal, and it will not affect the palace banquet." โ
Song Yuemei looked at the swollen ankle of Lu Jingzhu, and sighed, "You, you have to be careful now, enter the palace for a banquet, A-Niang is not the main mother, so you can't accompany you into the palace, if you are still so careless and commit any taboos of the nobles, A-Niang can't protect you." โ
Lu Jingzhu smiled, "Don't we still have Yun Concubine Niangniang?" โ
Song Yuemei's face sank when she heard this, "Don't say such things outside in the future." โ
Who Yun Concubine is, the people next to her don't know, but she knows very well.
This woman is ruthless, and if she becomes an enemy, she will somehow die.
Thinking of Liu Yun'an's fate, even she felt a chill in her heart.
Such a person, if she didn't have something to ask for, she wouldn't want to have anything to do with it.
Although Concubine Yun helped her do this thing, she also knew that Concubine Yun still complained about her, otherwise, she would not have asked the other two concubines of the Lu family to enter the palace together.
"But A-Niang, my daughter doesn't understand, you said that Lu Guanlan is a concubine, and it is just enough to enter the palace, but why can Lu Lianhua and Lu Lianqing also enter the palace?" Lu Jingzhu thought that even a concubine would enter the palace with him, and he felt that his heart was blocked.
Lu Guanlan's entry into the palace was a predetermined thing, and now that she can enter the palace for a banquet, she feels that there is nothing.
But what are Lu Lianhua and Lu Lianqing, and why can they be with her?
Song Yuemei said softly: "Silly girl, you are a girl with no name, how can you be hand-picked into the palace, but if this favor is given to the daughter of the Lu family, it will not be abrupt." Besides, can you still be afraid of those two girls, afraid that you will not be able to be compared to those two girls? โ
Lu Jingzhu naturally didn't think so, but said: "My daughter just feels that those two girls are not worthy." โ
Late at night, Yun Concubine had just brought ginseng soup and was about to go to the Qinzheng Palace, but she saw the internal officials around the emperor come to report, saying that the emperor went to Jiaqi Palace today, and asked Yun Concubine not to send soup today.
Concubine Yun frowned when she heard this, but she didn't say anything, just turned around and went back to the dormitory.
Xilian saw that her mother was unhappy, and hurriedly comforted her, "Your Majesty probably felt that she had taken advantage of the queen mother in front of her, and she felt a little guilty, so she thought about accompanying the queen mother, Your Majesty only has you in her heart, and you must not think too much about it." โ
"Think more?" Yun Concubine sneered.
What did she think about too much, she just felt that the queen's side seemed to be quiet a little too much lately.
"What's been going on in Jiaqi Palace lately?" Yun Concubine sat down in front of the dressing table, and asked while taking the hairpin.
Xilian bowed, "It's nothing, it's just that General Li has often entered the palace to ask for peace recently." โ
"Li Duan ยทยทยทยทยทยท" Yun Concubine muttered.