Chapter 173: Swimming in the Lake
At night, in the Yunxi Palace, Concubine Yun was picking out the clothes that had just been sent by the Shangyi Bureau.
Yun Li stood with tea on the side, waiting for Yun Concubine to choose and then put away her clothes.
Yun Concubine looked at Yun Li and didn't speak, a little strange, "This palace looks at you not in front of you for the past few days, and you don't talk to this palace much, which makes this palace a little strange." โ
Yun Li's face changed slightly when she heard this, her eyes drooped slightly, and she said, "Recently, the slave maid has been feeling a little unwell, so she has not been waiting in front of the mother from time to time. โ
Yun Concubine glanced at Yun Li suspiciously, and said, "You come to see for the palace, whether it is this plain and good-looking, or that one is more gorgeous." โ
As she spoke, Concubine Yun picked up a gorgeous dress with a cloud brocade pattern in the palace maid's tray.
Yun Li said with a smile on her face: "Niangniang naturally looks good in everything, but the slave feels that Niangniang is glamorous, and this gorgeous dress in Niangniang's hand is more flattering." โ
Yun Concubine nodded, noncommittal.
"Then this one," Yun Concubine handed Yun Li the gorgeous clothes in her hand.
Yun Li immediately put down the tray in her hand and took the clothes handed by Yun Concubine.
After the people from the Shangyi Bureau left, Concubine Yun sat down and picked up the teacup, "Can the Third Highness come back?" โ
Yun Li shook her head, "After the Third Highness went to the Council Hall today, he went back to the other courtyard. โ
Yun Concubine frowned.
I'm back in the other courtyard again, this child is often not in the palace recently, and it's easy to enter the palace recently, and I don't say to come to see her.
"I heard that something was sent to His Royal Highness outside the palace?" Yun Concubine asked.
"Yes, our guard at the palace gate said that it was something sent by the Lu Mansion, but I don't know what it is."
Yun Concubine raised her eyebrows. Lu Fu?
It seems that Cheng Ye, the child, is still persuaded to do so, and now he finally knows how to get close to the Lu family.
This Lu Bingyan is quite valued by the emperor, maybe in the future, this Lu Bingyan will be promoted, and the emperor will let this young lady of the Lu family be the princess.
If soยทยทยทยทยทยท Lu Guanlan and Cheng Ye have a family affair, according to Lu Guanlan's scheming city government, and the identity of a concubine, there will be the Lu family to help her son in the future, then this candidate for the storage position may not be Chengmo.
She was defeated in her life, and she didn't have a good family background. If it weren't for this, how could a dragon among people like Chengye not be favored by the emperor and his courtiers.
Thinking about it, Concubine Yun said: "If the Lu family comes to send things in the future, just send them to the Third Highness." โ
Yun Li bowed, "Yes." โ
In the courtyard of the East Garden, Narino was looking at the military book in the study.
Yuzhu pushed the door in, and saw that His Highness was concentrating, and didn't dare to come forward to disturb, so he stood aside and waited.
Narino raised his eyes, "What's the matter?" โ
Yuzhu bowed, "There is a message from Concubine Yun's mother, saying that His Highness has not visited for several days, and wants His Highness to go to Yunxi Palace tomorrow to talk to Niangniang." โ
Narino nodded, his face indifferent.
At this time, Yuzhu caught a glimpse of the purse on the bookcase, and saw that the table full of books was a little messy, so he wanted to step forward to clean up for His Highness.
His hand was about to touch the purse, but he was scolded by Chengye: "Put it down!" โ
Yuzhu was startled, his hands shook, and he hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Subordinates should be damned!" โ
Cheng Ye glanced at the purse on the table, then looked at Yuzhu, and after a while, he said, "Put it away." โ
Seeing that His Royal Highness did not mean to be angry, Yuzhu hurriedly got up and carefully picked up the purse, and put the purse into the cabinet behind the bookcase.
"To say, the second lady of the Lu family also has a heart, and wants to sew a purse for His Royal Highness by herself," Yuzhu put the purse properly and said with a smile.
Cheng Ye frowned.
Got a heart? He got the purse from the palace people that day, and thought it was sent by Lu Guanlan, but who knows, the palace people said that it was sent by Lu Jingzhu.
For some reason, he felt a little lost in his heart.
Recently, in the political hall, seeing Lu Bingyan being embarrassed by Cheng Hao, Cheng Mo stood up to relieve Lu Bingyan, and he also thought that he couldn't stand by and watch.
When he came out of the council hall, he was thinking. Is he for the landing of Jingzhu, or for the landing of Guanlan.
If you want to compare, it is natural that Lu Jingzhu's appearance is worse than that of Lu Guanlan, who has been disfigured, but in his heart, he often thinks of Lu Guanlan.
seems to have seen each other these few times, Lu Guanlan has never looked at himself squarely.
Although his family background is not as good as Cheng Mo, but in the end, he is also the third prince today, and he also knows that those courtiers look down on him in private, and feel that he is not qualified to compete for the throne, but he knows that his ability is far above Cheng Hao, and Cheng Mo is not as good as his own calculations.
But he didn't have a noble mother's family, so he could only bow his head in front of Cheng Hao and Cheng Mo.
He was unwilling, and even more unwilling that even Lu Guanlan, a daughter of Shangshu, dared to look down on herself, and she was so undisguised.
Speaking of which, Lu Guanlan's mother is no longer alive, and she has an identity as a concubine, and her appearance is ruined.
With such a life experience, it should be a person who understands his suffering and becomes his confidant.
But when he looked at Lu Guanlan, Lu Guanlan's eyes were so cold that he could form ice knives.
He couldn't figure it out, why was Lu Guanlan her? Could it be that he is just like that group of ordinary people, who looks down on him, an unfavored prince who has no mother's family as a backer?
Seeing that His Royal Highness didn't speak, Yuzhu thought that he had said something wrong again, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, this second lady of the Lu family is kind to Your Highness, but this identity is not very compatible with Your Highness." โ
Cheng Ye turned his head when he heard this, "Identity? I'm also a concubine, you mean, Lu Jingzhu's identity as a concubine is not compatible with me? โ
Yuzhu knew that he had really said the wrong thing this time, so he knelt down again, "Your Highness forgives you!" It's a subordinate who has no mouth to hide! Subordinates have no intention of offending! โ
Cheng Ye waved his hand, his brows furrowed, and he was a little upset, "Get up," he said, as if he remembered something, "You say, when the autumn hunt comes, will Lu Guanlan come?" โ
As soon as Yuzhu stood up, he heard His Highness ask him this, and wanted to kneel down again.
How did he know if the eldest lady of the Lu family would go autumn hunting.
Seeing Yuzhu's embarrassed look, Cheng Ye sighed, "That's it, she will definitely come back." โ
Yuzhu listened to His Highness seem to be talking to himself, but he didn't dare to say a word.
He is just a little strange, he is also the young lady of the Lu family, although the second miss of the Lu family was only born to the aunt of the family, it can be seen that the only one who can have great achievements in the future is the second miss of the Lu family.
As for the eldest lady of the Lu family, just her appearance is ruined, and she will not be able to enter the eyes of His Majesty.
But I don't know what kind of demon His Royal Highness has, so he ignored the second miss of the Lu family who was bent on himself, and rushed to get close to the eldest lady.
Every time he looked, the eldest lady didn't seem to have any intention of His Highness. Come to think of it, it's the same as those dogs who look down on people, and they look down on His Highness.
Cheng Ye lowered his eyes, but he couldn't read the scroll anymore, just thinking about how he would go to see her on the day of the autumn hunt, if Lu Guanlan came.
He didn't believe it, he was a prince, if he said something to her, she Lu Guanlan would not waver.
When Cheng Mo received Lu Guanlan's invitation to visit the lake, he was a little inexplicably happy in his heart, but he was also a little puzzled.
A few days ago, when he saw Lu Guanlan's attitude towards him, he thought that Lu Guanlan would not pay attention to him from now on, but now he found him again.
Chu Ling looked at His Royal Highness with a hesitant look on his face, and said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't think about it too much, maybe Miss Lu has figured it out." โ
Chengmo's eyelashes drooped slightly, and the corners of his mouth were dyed with a smile.
That's all it takes.
Thinking about it, he said, "You go and get on the carriage and leave immediately." โ
Chu Ling covered her mouth and smiled when she heard this, "Your Highness is so anxious to see Miss Lu earlier. โ
Cheng Mo pretended to be angry, his brows furrowed, "Now I dare to make fun of your Highness, don't go quickly." โ
"Yes, Your Highness," Chu Ling saluted, then turned around and retreated with a smile.
Looking at the post in his hand, a smile appeared on Cheng Mo's face again.
It's really hard to guess what this girl thinks.
Lu Guanlan invited Cheng Mo to meet at Cuixin Lake in the western suburbs, so he brought Ah Li and Chu Yu to wait here in advance.
Chu Yu came out with Lu Guanlan for the first time, and saw that Lu Guanlan bought a lot of things to eat with Ah Li along the way, and thought that these two people were here to go shopping.
Lu Guanlan chartered the largest painting boat, and took Ah Li and Chu Yu into the painting boat, and after sitting down, Lu Guanlan concentrated on eating snacks and drinking tea, looking leisurely and elegant.
Hatsuyu always stood guard at the door, but did not sit down with the two of them.
Seeing this, Lu Guanlan said with a smile: "Don't worry, no one will harm me this time, and you don't have to be so vigilant, it's better to sit down and drink tea with me." โ
The first words were helpless.
She sent a post to Lu Guanlan early this morning, thinking that Lu Guanlan was out of the house this time to meet with the two highnesses, for something big.
But now that I see it, it looks like there is something important to discuss, and it is clearly like the bridge section of the beautiful woman and the talent.
Thinking about it, Chu Yu said: "Since the slave maid is with Miss, she naturally has to put Miss's safety first in everything." โ
As he spoke, he glanced at Ah Li, who was sitting with Lu Guanlan on the side.
Ah Li was a little embarrassed when she saw her like this, so she said: "You don't know our young lady, no matter how big this is, for Miss, it is a trivial matter, since Miss asked you to come over for tea, you can come over." โ
Chu Yu remained unmoved.
Lu Guanlan smiled and shook his head. I don't know when I will get used to this first language.
While the three of them were talking and laughing, they saw the door of the painting boat open.
Cheng Mo wore a plain white cloud pattern brocade robe, holding a folding fan, and fluttered.
Chu Ling followed behind, and at a glance saw Chu Yu guarding the door of the painting boat, looked up and down, and couldn't help frowning.
When did Miss Lu have an extra servant girl by her side?
Seeing Cheng Mo come in, Lu Guanlan slowly finished eating the last piece of dim sum in his hand, then stood up and saluted Cheng Mo, "I've seen His Royal Highness." โ
Cheng Mo stepped forward with a smile, "Since we are outside, you and I don't have to be polite." โ
As he spoke, he sat down on the side.
Ah Li had already gotten up, poured tea for Cheng Mo, handed it to Cheng Mo, and stepped forward to pull Chu Yu to retreat outside the door.
Seeing that Ah Li and the new girl beside Lu Guanlan had retreated, Chu Ling also retreated.
I only heard Ah Li outside tell the boatman to start the boat, and I felt the painting boat under me move lightly and sailed towards the center of the lake.
"Are you okay these days?" Cheng Mo took a sip of tea, raised his eyes to look at Lu Guanlan, and slowly spoke.