Chapter Seventy-Four: Concessions and Compromises
Xiao Ling carefully put the chicken soup on the table, and Lu Qingjin ate with his hands; "What did you hear again?"
Xiao Ling let out a long sigh: "Niangniang is smart, the slave maid has indeed heard some news, and Lord Lu Qi has already entered the palace." It is said that the property of the Lu Mansion has been almost checked. ”
Lu Qingjin put down the dishes and chopsticks, looked at the familiar back in the courtyard with complicated eyes, and gradually moved away, Xiao Ling followed her line of sight and suddenly knelt down, Lu Qingjin helplessly helped her up: "I don't mean to blame you, but I'm not a fool, these news involve countless people inside and outside the palace, how can you know as a little palace maid." ”
The tears in the corners of Xiao Ling's eyes were about to flow, and he raised his head a little anxiously: "Niangniang atoned for her sins, but Father-in-law Zhang is really dedicated to Niangniang!" ”
Lu Qingjin was unmoved, she had already seen it just now and didn't want to listen to Xiao Ling's explanation, so she waved her hand to interrupt her words; "This palace knows what you mean, but Zhang Dequan is the emperor's person in the end, even if he really wants the good of the palace, he shouldn't be, you are not allowed to interact with him from now on, today's matter is over."
Xiao Ling gritted her teeth and hesitated, and after a while she shook her head resolutely; "Please punish the mother, the slave has been favored by Father-in-law Zhang since she was a child, and she really can't do something ungrateful."
Lu Qingjin sighed in her heart, she had long known that this little palace maid was not ordinary, she was young but she looked like she was doing everything, she looked like she had been carefully trained, but she didn't expect this person to show her traces now.
She was a little frightened when she thought of this, and looked down at Xiao Ling on the ground and said coldly; "When you said you couldn't be ungrateful, did you forget that the palace is also your master, or did you say that in your heart, the palace and the emperor combined are not as good as a Zhang Dequan?"
Xiao Ling hurriedly buckled his two heads and just sobbed in a low voice but didn t speak, has he been by his side for so long, and he is young, Lu Qingjin rubbed his forehead and couldn't bear to say; "Forget it, he didn't do anything bad, if you just send news like this, the palace will tolerate you, but there is one thing you have to remember, no matter how the emperor's affairs are, you can't spread the news to the outside."
Xiao Ling was finally no longer silent, and she spoke hurriedly; "The slave and maid will not, Grandpa Zhang sent the slave and maid here really just for the sake of the mother's well-being."
Lu Qingjin drank tea without speaking, but his eyes still flashed with a calculating light, if Zhang Dequan wanted to help her and it wasn't the emperor's intention, then what would he be over there?
Zhang Dequan here just walked to the gate of the Queen's Palace, and if he felt that he glanced behind him, Lu Qingjin should be suspicious of him from today onwards.
A little eunuch quietly walked up to Zhang Dequan's side and whispered; "Your Majesty has already seen Lu Qi in the imperial study, and my father-in-law must go back soon."
Zhang Dequan frowned and hurriedly left, the little eunuch behind him looked left and right and left, the two of them went in different directions, if they didn't pay attention, they didn't even know that the two people had spoken.
Qin Zhao looked at Lu Qi, who was kneeling on the ground, and his voice was cold; "Lord Lu didn't come to me here at this time to watch the inventory of property in his own house, what are you doing? I guess it's not that I'm dissatisfied with my decision! ”
Lu Qi lowered his head and couldn't see his expression clearly, but his tone was quite respectful: "Weichen doesn't dare, but now Weichen doesn't dare to deceive the emperor, and the minister's youngest daughter really can't share the minister's property." ”
Qin Zhao threw the pen in his hand in front of Lu Qi: "Okay, that's it, you dare to say that you are not dissatisfied with me, but you can tell me what reason I have to take back my life." ”
Lu Qi knelt on the ground unmoved and replied loudly: "Because she is indeed not the minister's own daughter, and this woman was originally a coffin, and her identity is really unbearable, the minister is willing to bear the responsibility, I only hope that Your Majesty can abolish her, I hope Your Majesty will think twice." ”
Qin Zhao sat back heavily before he could stand up, this coffin was the child born to a dead pregnant woman, who had always been called an ominous person, if the people knew that the royal family had become a joke and didn't say it, Lu Qingjin's life would really not be saved.
Thinking of this, Qin Zhao's eyes when he looked at Lu Qi had become gloomy and terrifying, Lu Qi forced himself to kneel down calmly, in fact, he was already sweating, he knew that he was gambling with this method. The bet is that the emperor has feelings for Lu Qingjin and will let go of the Lu family in order to save Lu Qingjin's life.
I have to say that he was right, compared to the indiscriminate rumors that Lu Qingjin had promised to marry someone, this matter obviously had a greater impact on Qin Zhao.
After a while, Qin Zhao said lightly: "I don't want to know what happened to this matter, you just need to remember that Lu Qingjin is an ordinary woman of the Lu family, and she can't have any identity other than that, as for the half of the property, you can send it to the palace yourself, and all the people I sent will be recruited back in a while, I believe you don't dare to bully the king." ”
Lu Qi agreed and walked out of the imperial study, Zhang Dequan at the door happened to come back in a hurry, and when he saw Lu Qi coming out well, there was even a trace of pride on his face, he frowned and glanced at a little eunuch by the door and went in.
Lu Qi didn't pay attention to Zhang Dequan's expression, he was still glad that he had escaped, thinking about how to explain this matter to King Wei, but he didn't know what kind of catastrophe this scene would bring to him in the future.
Qin Zhao sat on the chair and looked a little tired, Zhang Dequan's brows furrowed even tighter, and he cautiously leaned over and whispered; "The slave just went to the vegetable garden, and the potatoes planted by the emperor and his mother sprouted when they saw it."
Hearing this, the expression on Qin Zhao's face softened, and he beckoned to Zhang Dequan: "Let's go and have a look, I am not the same as the queen, I am very interested in the vegetable garden, which looks like her, I don't even see it." ”
Zhang Dequan knew that the emperor hadn't forgotten the musician, and now it was a run on the law, so he didn't say anything and followed Qin Zhao with a group of people.
Qin Zhao didn't really think that the potatoes could sprout in such a short time, he was just restless by what he said just now and hurriedly did something else to divert his attention.
Lu Qingjin, who didn't want to be here, was also puzzled by Zhang Dequan's purpose, and walked to the vegetable garden, and before a day passed, the two met again in the vegetable garden.
It's just that it's different from the morning, the two of them are a little weak-hearted, or Lu Qingjin looked at the group of people behind him and sighed and spoke first; "Since the emperor is here, let's go in with the concubines and have a look."