Chapter Ninety-Eight
As soon as Mrs. Lu left, Lu Gaohong walked into the front hall.
When Qi Jingyang saw Lu Gaohong, he hurriedly got up: "Uncle..."
Lu Gaohong raised his head and glanced at Qi Jingyang, and bowed his hand and said, "His Royal Highness the Prince." ”
Although Lu Gaohong looked tired, the courtesy of the monarch and the minister was still indispensable.
Qi Jingyang also returned the salute.
After the two of them sat down, Qi Jingyang couldn't hold back the emotions in his heart anymore, and hurriedly asked, "Uncle, did you arrange the woman dancing on the drum platform?" ”
Lu Gaohong had been reviewing the paperwork for a whole day, he was already tired, he was leaning on the Taishi chair and resting with his eyes, hearing Qi Jingyang say this, his hand was slowly put down, and he looked at Qi Jingyang's eyes with a hint of surprise.
"Did the emperor notice that woman?" Lu Gaohong did not answer Qi Jingyang's question directly, but asked rhetorically.
Qi Jingyang thought it was very strange, could it really be arranged by his uncle? But why did the uncle arrange for a woman who resembled a dead queen mother to dance on the drum platform? Hearing my uncle ask this, it was as if he wanted to deliberately let his father see the woman.
"Did my uncle arrange that woman?" Qi Jingyang asked incomprehensibly, "Why do you want to do this?" Why? The queen mother is buried in the imperial mausoleum, why do you still consume her to this day? ”
Qi Jingyang was very angry, he couldn't see his father before his mother died, and now his father's thoughts about his mother are all indebted, it's all like this, why would anyone use this to attract the attention of his father, that person is still his biological uncle.
"Jing Yang!" Lu Gaohong was also very angry when he saw him accusing himself like this.
"Don't you hurt when I am? That's my only sister, she was my only relative when I became famous, and I walked step by step, and it was Fluff who accompanied me! Are you willing to take advantage of her? It's all for you! His Royal Highness the Prince! Lu Gaohong's eyes were red, and he pointed at Qi Jingyang with a sad face.
Qi Jingyang looked at Lu Gaohong suspiciously and puzzled, he didn't understand, what Lu Gaohong did all this for, how could he say that it was for him?
"His Royal Highness the Prince? Daddy. A voice appeared in the doorway of the antechamber.
The two looked over in unison, and Qi Jingyang couldn't close his mouth in shock when he saw the comer.
The person who came was the woman in white dancing on the drum platform at today's marching ceremony, and she was also the sister of her mother's family, Lu Huiling.
"You?" Qi Jingyang pointed at Lu Huiling, closed his mouth in surprise, and looked at Lu Gaohong in disbelief, "Uncle..."
He didn't expect that Lu Gaohong actually asked Lu Huiling, his own daughter, to dress up as Lu Fushuang to tempt the monarch with beauty.
"What the hell is going on! Tell me! Qi Jingyang was about to collapse when he saw this scene, how could Lu Gaohong do this!
Lu Huiling had just gotten off the ceremony, and he was sent back to the Prime Minister's Mansion by the people of Qin Tianjian in a small sedan chair without changing his clothes, and the other saints were like this, this is the rule of the festival, but I never thought that as soon as I came back, I saw the hysterical prince Qi Jingyang.
Lu Gaohong and Lu Huiling looked at each other, not knowing how to explain it to him.
"This silver-encrusted holy snow white dress on your body was worn by my mother when she was alive, and when she wore this dress, it was Chinese New Year's Eve, and she wore it when she danced on the Yaochi light boat!" Uncle was there too! Qi Jingyang's eyes were red, his eyes widened, and he pointed at Lu Huiling and said loudly, "What are you guys planning?" Why hide it from me! ”
"It's all for you!" Lu Gaohong said angrily, "If you don't let me worry so much, can I use this?" ”
Qi Jingyang looked at Lu Huiling, now she is also standing aside with pear blossoms and rain, she didn't feel it when she was a child, but when she grew up, Lu Huiling was indeed the same as Lu Fushuang back then, and after a little deliberate dressing, she would suddenly really think of her as Lu Fushuang's reincarnation.
"Fluffy is my own sister, and Eiling is my own daughter who I grew up with. Both of them are extremely important people to me, do you think I want to do this, my Royal Highness the Crown Prince! Lu Gaohong said bitterly.
"Qi Jingqin is now leading troops to fight, what a majesty, with Liang Fengmian here, he will definitely win a big victory, and when the time comes, the emperor will reward the soldiers of the three armies, and the first one is to award Qi Jingqin." Liang Fengmian said, "Prince, you now have no advantageous position in the court, if you wait for Qi Jingqin to return triumphantly, then don't say that the emperor is the emperor, the civil officials will be straight, and the East Palace will change hands!" ”
"So uncle, you..."Qi Jingyang is self-aware, he knows that his ability is not as good as Qi Jingqin, and he is even more indulgent in his private life, in the eyes of his father, it is difficult for him to take on the responsibility of the prince, and he also understands that if Qi Jingqin returns victoriously, the position of the prince is now in jeopardy.
Qi Jingyang looked at Lu Huiling, who was crying silently, and asked Lu Gaohong instead: "So my uncle wants to let Huiling enter the palace as a concubine?" ”
He couldn't believe that his uncle would let his daughter marry into the palace, just to blow the pillow wind for Qi Jingyang by the emperor's side.
Lu Gaohong's face was sad, tears were already rolling in his eyes, he was sorry for his dead sister, and even more sorry for his daughter.
Qi Jingyang had tears in his eyes, he didn't expect his uncle to sacrifice himself to such an extent and pay for his own daughter's life.
"No, you can't!" Qi Jingyang flicked his sleeves and roared emotionally.
He understands his father best, he knows that his father must not forget the woman on the drum platform, and he will send someone to find it in private, according to his father's debt to the dead mother, his father will definitely find a way to let Lu Huiling stay by his side.
"Emai Ling is the queen mother's niece! It's my uncle's own daughter! How can you bear it! Qi Jingyang was indignant, and his voice was unconsciously amplified, "This palace is going to find my father and Concubine Mei!" ”
Lu Huiling had already been crying on the side with pear blossoms and rain, crying silently, she didn't want to, she was in her youth, she was the age of flowers, the man on the dragon chair was her uncle, the same age as her father, but for the sake of the prince's great cause, she had to obey her father's arrangement.
Of course, Lu Huiling is also selfish, only in this way can he marry the most noble man in the world, let the prince Jing who doesn't even look at himself look down on himself, and let Liang Huanqing, who is loved by others, bow down to him and call him a mother.
She stepped onto the drum platform with hatred and mission, and she couldn't help but be stunned in her heart, she was afraid of making mistakes, afraid that she would not be able to show herself perfectly, and even more afraid that she would not show the most perfect appearance when Qi Jingqin saw her last face before the march.
Seeing that Qi Jingyang was about to stride out of the Prime Minister's Mansion and go straight to the palace...
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Lu Huiling knelt down at Qi Jingyang's feet, pulled the hem of his clothes and cried and said, "All this Huiling is willing, and I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will not disappoint our hard work!" ”
Qi Jingyang also had tears in his eyes, he raised his head and tried hard not to let the tears fall, and he couldn't help but repent in his heart why he was so unmotivated before, on the one hand, he blamed Lu Gaohong for arranging such an unseemly thing, and on the other hand, he hated himself for not seeking progress.
Lu Gaohong seemed to be ten years old, he walked towards Qi Jingyang step by step, and slowly knelt down at his feet like Lu Huiling: "Prince... Only by doing this can you be preserved and live up to the last wish of the former queen! ”
Lu Huiling cried and looked at her father, in her memory, her father had never been so vulnerable.
Qi Jingyang looked at the scenery in the distance unnaturally, tears fell involuntarily, of course he remembered that this was the last wish of the first queen, that rainy night, the queen mother's bloody words were deeply imprinted in his mind, and now it is still like yesterday.
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