It was still early, Lu Qiwei and Yu Zizhao walked around Xuanwu Street for a long time, and when they returned home, they were exhausted, so as soon as she came back, she went straight to her boudoir, and when she walked to the yard, the maid Azhi also chased after her from outside the yard and called: "The lady is back!" ”

Lu Qiwei was still walking towards the door of the house, only glanced back, and said, "I'm almost tired, you hurry in and pinch my shoulder." ”

As she spoke, she had pushed open the door, it was cloudy today, even if it was daytime, if the room was not lit, it would be quite dim, she stepped into the room with two feet, and was surprised to see a woman in a blue dress sitting in front of the bookcase, and she couldn't help but be startled, and looked at it, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

"Mother? Why do you sit in my room without saying a word, and you don't hold the light, but you can make me scared half to death! ”

This beautiful woman with a delicate and dignified face and a willowy posture turned out to be Lu Qiwei's mother-in-law Wei, and she was also Lu Ji's concubine.

Ah Zhi followed Lu Qiwei into the house, lit a few candles, and the house was lit up.

Wei sat in front of Lu Qiwei's bookcase, silent for a long time, and then spoke, but only said expressionlessly: "Qiwei, your father is back." ”

"Father is back? Then I'll go and say goodbye," Lu Qiwei was happy, and as soon as he finished speaking, he turned around and was about to walk out, and then Wei Shi said: "He has now been promoted to Zhishangshu, and as soon as he returns to Jiankang, he will enter the palace to thank him, he hurried back all the way, tired of traveling and driving, and a little tired, you better go over to ask for peace later." ”

Lu Qiwei stood at the door, and when she heard Wei Shi say this, there was nothing wrong with her words, but how could her tone be so decadent, she frowned, as if she realized something, so she quickly turned around and asked tentatively: "Mother, is it ...... What's wrong? ”

Webster was silent for a while, and only said, "Your Majesty has given you a marriage." ”

"What?" Lu Qiwei didn't react for a while, and asked worriedly: "Your Majesty will ...... me Pointed it out to whom? ”

Wei Shi didn't raise his eyes to look at her until this time, and replied, "Xichang County Hou." ”

Lu Qi was slightly stunned, and after a long time, he said with a slight cry: "I...... I don't want to! I don't want to! ”

Hearing Lu Qiwei's words, Wei was not surprised, her daughter, the Lang Jun who had mentioned to her, was the king of Yuzhang, not the Marquis of Xichang County, she was a mother-in-law, even if she didn't ask, she knew everything, so when she told Lu Qiwei about it, she was so desperate and frustrated.

"The holy decree has been issued, if you don't marry, you will resist the decree......" As Wei spoke, a pair of slender willow eyebrows were slightly clustered, and his eyes were full of distress and helplessness.

Lu Qiwei was silent, and Wei Shi said: "That holy decree, the payment time was in the middle of last month, Gengxu Day, and it was not delivered to your father until today, Qiwei, do you know that the reason why your father was promoted to Duzhi Shangshu is because of your marriage." ”

"What does my mother mean is that I want to agree to this family in order to keep my father's official title?"

Wei didn't mean this, but he didn't rush back to her, stood up, gestured to Azhi, and took her out, and then walked to Lu Qiwei, and then said: "Qiwei, you are the only daughter of your mother, and you are the lifeblood of your mother, how can your mother not feel sorry for you!" What you think in your heart, my mother knows, this family business, if you don't want to marry, then we won't marry, my mother will help you escape, my mother will think about it for you, you go to Jingzhao to go to your grandfather's house, stay there for a year and a half and then come back. ”

She said, and then pondered: "That Xichang County Hou is not young, Your Majesty gave him this marriage, just to tell him to hurry up and complete the marriage, if you escape, Your Majesty will definitely marry someone else's daughter for him, and if you return to Jiankang in the future, you don't have to worry about marrying him." ”

"Yes...... If I run away to my grandfather's house, won't my father send someone to find me? ”

Wei patted her hand gently, gave her a reassuring smile, as a comfort, she said: "Mother's mother is Jingzhao Wei, how can she not even keep her granddaughter?" ”

Lu Qi thought about it carefully, suddenly bit his lip, turned his back to Wei, and said unusually calmly: "Mother, I won't leave, I will marry." ”

When Wei Shi heard this, she suddenly felt that her nose was sore, and she was already in tears, and she whimpered: "Qiwei, you are a lifelong thing, you must think clearly!" ”

"I've figured it out, I'll marry," Lu Qiwei said, and two lines of tears had fallen.

"Are you ......" Wei looked at Lu Qiwei with teary eyes, and was finally speechless, Lu Qiwei turned around to look at her, and said, "I'm leaving, but what about you?" What about the Lu family? My mother told me to go to my grandfather's house and come back in the future, but if I leave today, will the Lu family have a future? ”

The consequences of disobedience to the decree, Lu Qiwei has always been clear!

Wei wiped a handful of bitter tears, and then said to Lu Qiwei: "You still think about the Lu family? You think about the Lu family in everything, but what about the Lu family? Last year, the king of Linchuan wanted to sacrifice you to the prince as a concubine, what did they say? They didn't say a word! They are loyal to the king of Linchuan, and they just want to marry you to someone who is of use to them, when have they taken your feelings into account! ”

Lu Qi was silent for a long time, and said: "But I have always been the daughter of the Lu family, how can I leave and abandon my mother's family......"

"You are not the daughter of the Lu family! You are just a tool used by the Lu family to seize power! What Merriam-Webster said is true!

Lu Qi couldn't cry slightly, and only said: "Mother, don't say it, now that the holy decree has been issued, it is up to me to marry or not, not to mention that my mind has been decided...... In fact, there is nothing bad about marrying the Marquis of Xichang County, he doesn't love the imperial power, idle clouds and wild cranes, marry him, at least I can live a peaceful life in this life. ”

If Hou Xiaoluan of Xichang County really didn't covet the imperial power, he could indeed live a life in peace with him.

Wei knew that Lu Qiwei agreed to this family, just for the sake of the Lu family, but she, as a mother, always felt sorry for her daughter, she said with tears in her eyes: "But is it ...... Isn't it possible to live in peace if you marry King Yuzhang? ”

"Mother, don't say it," Lu Qiwei wiped away his tears with a handkerchief, then turned around and walked out, only saying, "I'll go and say goodbye to my father." ”

Lu Qiwei had already walked away, Wei leaned against the door of the house weakly, tears flowed endlessly, the maid Azhi walked into the house at this time, frowning and quite lost, and called in a low voice: "Aunt Wei, ......"

Webster watched her walk in with teary eyes, wiped her tears cursoryly, and then took a deep breath, and only advised: "Don't talk about today's things." ”

Ah Zhi bowed her head again and again, and responded: "Yes." ”

Lu Qiwei originally thought that her father would come back, and he must be in his study, but after thinking about it, when her father came back, he had to go to his father to say goodbye, and now he must be in his father's study, so he turned around and went to the courtyard where Lu Ji lived.

Sure enough, Lu Huilin was staying in Lu Ji's study at this time, at that time, the door of Lu Ji's study was wide open, Lu Qiwei walked into the courtyard, at first walked up to the corridor, and walked along the corridor to the study, but when he walked outside the study, he suddenly heard Lu Huilin say resentfully and hatefully: "I don't want to agree to this family, I am such a daughter of Qiwei, how can I let her marry a mere Xichang County Marquis!" ”

As Lu Huilin said, his daughter is only Lu Qiwei, and it can even be said that the entire Lu family has only one girl, Lu Qiwei, although she is only a concubine, but her mother's mother is Jingzhao Wei's family after all, and this concubine, the Lu family can be regarded as a concubine.

Lu Qiwei stood outside the study, when she heard Lu Huilin say that she didn't want to agree to this family business, even though the matter was a foregone conclusion, she was very relieved, but when she heard the second half of the sentence, her heart was completely cold.

It turned out that in the final analysis, he didn't agree with this family, or because the Marquis of Xichang County was just a Marquis of Xichang County, and he didn't really care about her and think about her......

"You don't want to agree, who wants to agree? Now that the holy decree has come down, and His Majesty has personally proposed to you, what else can you do but agree? Disobedience? Lu Ji said that he did not approve of this family business, but Lu Qiwei didn't know that he didn't agree, also because the Marquis of Xichang County was only the Marquis of Xichang County.

In the study, Lu Ji and Lu Huilin's father and son were standing in front of the bookcase, both of them were standing with their hands in their hands, the father and son seemed to act in unison, Lu Huilin was so anxious that he couldn't care about any etiquette or rudeness for a while, so he walked to the side of the stool and sat down, and sighed: "That Xichang County Marquis, he has no power and power, and he is not a prince, and it will be of no benefit to our Lu family in the future, not to mention that he is not motivated, and he does not want to be with the king of Linchuan, if I marry Qiwei, then I will not raise such a girl for nothing!" ”

Lu Qiwei stood outside, and when he heard this, he was already disappointed, what does it mean to "raise such a girl for nothing"? It turned out that since she was born, her father only regarded her as a tool that could marry out and win power for the Lu family, rather than his own blood and blood......

Only Lu Ji sighed, and then heard Lu Huilin say: "Speaking of which, all this is to blame for the old thing Yu Yuangui, this family was originally destined for Yu Zizhao, I don't know what's going on, it became our family!" ”

When Lu Qiwei heard this, she was stunned, and she suddenly remembered that in the morning on Xuanwu Street in the north of the city, the county lord of Hengyang also asked her inexplicably if she was familiar with the Hou of Xichang County, and she answered that she didn't know, and the county lord told her to beware of the good sisters around her, she was still confused at the time, but now she understands, she understands everything!

She clenched her fists, turned and ran out.

Lu Ji was still slowly reminiscing about Lu Huilin's words, and asked: "You said that this family was originally set to be the girl of the Yu family?" ”

"Yes, the Ministry of Rites drew up a roster and sent it to the Hou of Xichang County, he personally selected Yu Zizhao, His Majesty called the Ministry of Rites to draft the decree, and now it has fallen on Qiwei's head!"

After hearing this, Lu Ji was angry for a while, and was about to go out, so he just said: "I'll go find that old thing and ask for clarification!" ”

"Father!" Seeing that the situation was not good, Lu Huilin hurriedly chased him over and dragged him, and said, "Do you know whether the Yu family only pushed the family affair, or pushed the family affair and called Qiwei on top?" If this matter is decided by His Majesty, and you go to Yu Yuangui so rashly, then doesn't this hurt the harmony between our two families? ”

Lu Ji broke free of Lu Huilin, and finally just stomped his feet and spread his hands, and sighed again: "This ...... What's this called? ”

Taifu's mansion is not far north of Lu's house, it will be late, Lu Qiwei walked here, and before he walked up the steps at the entrance of the mansion, the porter said with a smile: "Lu Niangzi, you are here!" ”

Lu Qiwei didn't enter, but said: "I'm looking for Sister Zizhao, please go in if you have a job." ”

The porter smiled: "You are so familiar with our lady, you can just go in." ”

"I won't go in, there are still some things that are in a hurry to go home," Lu Qiwei's smile was slightly stiff when he spoke, and the reason why he didn't go in was because he was afraid of being embarrassed.

"Okay, you wait here, the villain will go in and pass the word," the porter entered the pass, and before long, Yu Zizhao hurriedly ran out, and the maid Changting also followed.

"Sister Qiwei!" As soon as Yu Zizhao ran to Lu Qiwei, he happily took her hand, but Lu Qiwei withdrew his hand without a trace, Yu Zizhao couldn't help but be surprised, and hurriedly asked: "Sister Qiwei, what's wrong with you?" ”

Lu Qiwei didn't want to see her now, so he turned sideways a little and didn't face her face-to-face, and she didn't say it directly, but said, "My father is back." ”

"Then this is a good thing, it's not early today, I'll go to your house tomorrow to visit Uncle Lu."

"My father entered the palace at the right time and received a holy decree," Lu Qiwei was still quite indifferent when he spoke.

After a month, Yu Zizhao had long forgotten about the marriage, and now that Lu Qiwei mentioned the holy decree, she didn't react, and asked puzzledly: "What holy decree?" ”

"The holy decree of marriage," Lu Qiwei turned to Yu Zizhao, Yu Zizhao heard the word "marriage", and was really stunned, she finally remembered that incident, Lu Qiwei then said: "Your Majesty, I will marry the marquis of Xichang County......"

Yu Zizhao came to his senses, but his eyes were still dodgy, and he smiled: "Isn't this good?" Sister, you are also in the boudoir now, Your Majesty gives marriage, how decent this is, not to mention that the Hou of Xichang County has good appearance, has status and status, and is a good match for his sister. ”

She only begged Lu Qiwei never to know the whole story of this marriage, but Lu Qiwei said again: "But I heard that this family affair was originally scheduled to be my sister." ”

Yu Zizhao froze, blinked his eyes unnaturally, pursed his lips again, and said with a flickering gaze: "Yes...... I've never heard of ......."

"Sister still refuses to admit it?" Lu Qiwei said bluntly: "Someone kindly reminded me today, telling me to be careful of the good sisters around me, I laughed at her inexplicably at the time, but now I understand that the good sisters around me are not the only sister from beginning to end?" ”

recommended to Xiao Daocheng to marry Lu Qiwei, in addition to his own family, there is only the county lord of Hengyang, it just so happened that Lu Qiwei met the county lord of Hengyang again today, Yu Zizhao knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had to apologize to Lu Qiwei with a sad face: "Yes!" It's me...... Sister Qiwei, I know it's wrong, you forgive me......"

As she spoke, her two hands pulled Lu Qiwei's hand again, Lu Qiwei no longer showed mercy, and shook her hand away, "Forgive?" How can I forgive? It's a lifetime thing, how can I forgive you! ”

"I ...... In fact, there is nothing bad about marrying the Marquis of Xichang County, now several adult county kings already have families, and they will marry you to those children of the scholar clan, and they have wronged you, and it is not bad to marry the marquis. ”

Lu Qi calmed down slightly, looked at Yu Zizhao expressionlessly, and said coldly: "But what if I have a sweetheart?" ”

Yu Zizhao was stunned, and then hurriedly defended himself: "I...... I didn't know you had a sweetheart, you didn't tell me...... Actually, I also want to be good for you, I originally thought, Xichang County Hou is indeed ......"

Lu Qiwei interrupted her words and asked, "Since the Marquis of Xichang County is so good, why doesn't my sister marry!" ”

"I ...... I can't marry the ...... of the Marquis of Xichang County" Yu Zizhao lowered his head, he really looked wronged, Lu Qiwei laughed, and said in a strange voice: "I know, my sister is a phoenix, and she is the queen in the world, I am very curious, sister, you want to be the queen so much, why don't you enter the palace to be the princess?" ”

She and Yu Zizhao grew up together since childhood, Yu Zizhao often said that he was a phoenix, his mother was the world, and he was the queen's life, she heard this sentence since she was a child, and it can be said that her ears heard the cocoon, but Yu Zizhao still believes in this sentence, and her queen dream has not woken up yet.

"I ......" Yu Zizhao was speechless for a while, Lu Qiwei sneered again, she said: "My sister has been familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics since she was a child, 'Do not do to others what you do not want to do to yourself', don't you know this truth, sister?" ”

Yu Zizhao didn't say anything, Lu Qiwei smiled self-deprecatingly, then stopped talking to her, turned around and left without looking back.

Seeing that Lu Qiwei had gone away, Chang Ting walked behind Yu Zizhao and called softly: "Lady......"

I only heard Yu Zizhao mocking: "I really have a good heart and no good repayment, and I have experienced it once today, what is 'hot face and cold ass', it's just, it's just." ”

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