Now the two most decent palace maids in front of Xiao Lu are Brother Parrot and Mandarin Duck.

Just now, Xiao Lu went out to block Xiao Xuan to inquire about Liu Changjun, but Xiao Xuan was a saw-mouthed gourd, and his mouth was very strict. No matter how Xiao Lu used words to lead the matter to Liu Changjun, Xiao Xuan could change the topic as soon as possible.

In the end, until Xiao Xuan found an excuse to leave, Xiao Lu didn't get any news out of her mouth.

As soon as Xiao Lu took people back to Yuxiu Palace, he saw Brother Parrot looking outside the gate of Yuxiu Palace, and Brother Parrot easily saw Xiao Lu and immediately walked out quickly.

"Celestial Princess." Brother Parrot pointed to the gate of Yuxiu Palace, lowered his voice and said to Xiao Lu. "The old lady of Ding'an Hou has entered the palace again, and it seems that she is discussing your marriage with Concubine Chen."

"What?!" Xiao Lu is most concerned about this matter now, her mother Concubine Chen is a soft-eared person, and most of her life is at the mercy of others. "What are they talking about?"

Thinking of what he had just overheard, and then looking at Xiao Lu's obviously unkind face, how dare Brother Parrot tell Xiao Lu the truth.

"What are you hesitating about?" Xiao Lu pulled Brother Parrot to the side and said sharply. "Come on, is it true that my mother has listened to the words of the old lady of Ding'an Hou and is going to sell me?!"

Since the old lady of Ding'an Hou frequently entered the palace to persuade Concubine Chen, Xiao Lu cried and cried, and made trouble, so it was easy for Concubine Chen to reject the plan of the old lady of Ding'an.

"Celestia forgiveness." Brother Parrot was so frightened that he fell to his knees. "The old lady talked to Concubine Chen today, and they all knelt down, only asking Concubine Chen Niangniang to look at the face of the Ding'an Hou Mansion and ask His Majesty to marry the eldest princess to the prince of Ding'an. Concubine Chen originally refused, but the old lady forced her to die when she spoke, and Concubine Chen had no choice but to respond. ”

"What!" Xiao Lu retreated suddenly, only to feel that the world was spinning for a while, and she was almost about to faint.

Fortunately, the mandarin duck's sharp eyes saw this, and hurriedly stepped forward and stretched out his hand to support Xiao Lu's body.

"Brother Parrot, you don't hurry up." Xiao Lu was furious, her legs lost strength and she couldn't stand up at all, the mandarin duck desperately supported her body, and hurriedly called the parrot who was kneeling on the ground to help the handle. "Help me up and pick up the eldest princess."

"Is the old lady of Ding'an Hou gone?" Xiao Lu breathed a sigh of relief and asked in a cold voice.

"The old lady hasn't left yet." Brother Parrot looked at Xiao Lu's vulture eyes and replied tremblingly.

"Let go." After Xiao Lu calmed down, she broke away from the hand that Mandarin Duck and Brother Parrot were holding her, and turned her head towards the inner hall of Yuxiu Palace.

The mandarin duck and the parrot were stunned for a while, and after reacting, they pulled their legs and chased after them.

'Bang! ’

Xiao Lu was furious, pushed open the two palace maids who were guarding the door of the inner hall, and pushed open the closed hall door.

Concubine Chen and Mrs. Ding'an, who were discussing the specific matters of Xiao Lu's marriage, were taken aback.

"Celestia what is this doing!" The old lady of Ding'an Hou frowned, looked at Xiao Lu with a frown, and said in a very dissatisfied tone. "I'm discussing important matters with your mother, you don't ask yourself, where did you learn these rules."

"Discuss something important?" Xiao Lu sneered and asked, looking at Concubine Chen, who was weak-hearted. "I'm afraid that the important matter that my mother wants to discuss with my grandmother behind closed doors is related to me, right? If it's about me, why can't I listen to it? ”

'Smack! ’

The old lady of Ding'an Hou has to be strong in her life, and the deceased old lady of Ding'an has a gentle and pure personality, so she has let the old wife live for a lifetime. The current Ding'an Hou Mansion is controlled by the old lady of Ding'an Hou, and even the current Ding'an Hou and the prince of Ding'an Hou dare not violate the resolution of the old lady of Ding'an Hou in the slightest. Even the matter that forced Mrs. Ding'anhou to admit her eldest son that day, it was Mrs. Ding'anhou who played an important role in it.

Where could she tolerate Xiao Lu, who was a junior, to rush into her so wildly, and immediately slapped the table and glared at Xiao Lu angrily.

"Celestial Princess! I'm your grandmother, your elder! ”

"Humph!" But what kind of person is Xiao Lu, she didn't even want to listen to the queen's words when she was really muddy, let alone a grandmother who wanted to push her into the fire pit. "I am a royal princess, I am naturally noble, my grandmother is going to sell me to my mother, do you still want me to treat you politely?"

"What did the eldest princess say, our Ding'an Hou Mansion is also a Wuhou family that has experienced a hundred years of Dazhao." Mrs. Ding'an Hou actually looks down on Xiao Lu's granddaughter, in her eyes, a better candidate is actually the second princess from Emperor Liu, but unfortunately the second princess is still young, and the age difference between her grandson is too big, so she chose Xiao Lu.

"My grandmother was too embarrassed to say it." Xiao Lu sneered. "It's true that the Ding'an Hou Mansion started by military exploits, but now the uncles and cousins have been hollowed out by the wine, and they linger with women all day long, I'm afraid that even they are embarrassed to mention the prestige of their ancestors outside!"

"I don't talk to you about this, what if you are a royal princess, you still can't make your own decisions about marriage." The old lady of Ding'an Hou smiled instead of anger and said. "Your mother has promised you to marry into the Ding'an Hou Mansion, and the eldest princess should accept her fate."

"Mother!" Xiao Lu stared at Concubine Chen, how dare Concubine Chen look at her, and quickly turned her head. "Mother, what is the Ding'an Hou Mansion like now, do you still need me to tell you? I am your biological daughter, have you made up your mind to take me to the honor of Baoding Anhou Mansion? ”

"Lu'er, the concubine knows that you don't want to." Concubine Chen looked at Xiao Lu in embarrassment and said. "But if you don't marry, the Ding'an Hou Mansion won't even have a chance to breathe. You can rest assured, you are the princess and committed to marrying, and the Ding'an Hou Mansion will regard you as a treasure. ”

"Mother, it seems that you have really made up your mind." Xiao Lu suddenly calmed down, her eyes lingered on the old lady of Ding'an Hou and Concubine Chen for a moment, and said with a sneer. "Mother, since you force me, don't blame me for being rude. Concubine, others don't understand me, but you are the one who should understand me the most. ”

After that, Xiao Lu didn't bother anymore and turned to leave.

Xiao Lu returned to his dormitory, leaving only Mandarin Duck and Parrot in the hall.

"Celestial Princess." Seeing Xiao Lu rummaging in front of the dressing table, the mandarin duck and the parrot glanced at each other, and the mandarin duck stepped forward and asked tentatively. "What are you looking for, do you want the slaves to help you find it?"

"No, I found it." Xiao Lu took out a sandalwood box from the dark compartment of the dressing table, and turned around to beckon Brother Parrot and Mandarin Duck to come forward.

Xiao Lu waited for the two of her to step forward before pulling out the partition of the box, which was full of trivial silver taels and small silver tickets. These things were originally specially prepared by Xiao Lu for emergencies over the years, but I didn't expect them to come in handy now.

"Mandarin duck, I remember that you have a cousin who works as a medicine boy in the Tai Hospital, right?" Xiao Lu looked at the mandarin duck first and asked.

"Yes, Celestia."

"Mandarin duck, the queen mother gave you to me, and I am not thin on you." Xiao Lu took the mandarin duck's hand and stuffed a few silver tickets of one hundred taels into the mandarin duck's palm. The mandarin duck subconsciously wanted to break away, but Xiao Lu's palm was strong, and she couldn't struggle, so she had to kneel down.

"Celestial Princess, if there is anything you tell the slave to do, just do it. The slave is willing to go to the soup for the eldest princess, and does not dare to be rewarded by the eldest princess. The mandarin duck said in a trembling voice.

"Don't be afraid, get up." Xiao Lu said. "This money is for you to buy medicine for me, some good medicine."

"What medicine does Celestia want?"

"Your cousin doesn't have to take it from the medicine depot of the Tai Hospital, he can leave the palace, you can ask him to help me find a medicine that can make people die quickly." Xiao Lu said. "He doesn't need to risk bringing things into the palace, just hide them outside the palace."

"What does the Grand Duke want to do with that thing?" The mandarin duck was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground.

"Mandarin duck, I have no choice, my mother is sincerely going to sell me." Xiao Lu said with a smile. "Although I don't know if my father will be as ruthless as my mother, I don't want to take any chances. I had to have a reason, a strong reason, to refuse the marriage. ”

"Celestia want to?"

"Do you think, if my grandmother suddenly dies of a sudden illness, I am willing to keep filial piety for my grandmother for three years under grief, will I not have to marry for the time being?" Xiao Lu said with a smile. "My father knows that I had a bad reputation in the imperial capital a few years ago, and if I take the initiative to be willing to keep filial piety for my grandmother for three years, it will also be a good thing for my reputation, and I think my father will definitely allow me."

"Celestial Princess."

"Mandarin duck, are you unwilling to help me?" Xiao Lu saw the resistance in the mandarin duck's eyes, and said to her warmly. "If I marry the prince of Ding'an, I will definitely not be happy, and if I am not happy, you will not be happy, you know? Do you think that if the princess's mansion carried out a maid who died of a sudden illness, who would come and ask? But if I marry Ruyi Langjun and am in a good mood, I can also arrange a good family affair for you. ”

Mandarin duck took the silver tickets out of Xiao Lu's dormitory with weak feet, she went out, looked back with a cold feeling, and hurriedly stuffed those silver tickets into her sleeves, she knew that the matter was big, and hurriedly went out from the side door.

Mandarin Duck met Jinxiu smoothly and told Jinxiu what the eldest princess had told her.

Jinxiu's eyes flashed when she heard this, and she only told the mandarin duck to go back to the eldest princess to wait for her to wait for her reply.

After returning to Zhaoyang Palace, Jinxiu attached it to the queen's ear and whispered to the queen about the report of the mandarin duck.

"Heh, I just thought that the eldest princess was just a little reckless and impatient." It turned out that the queen was kneeling on the futon and reciting the scriptures, and the Buddhist beads in her hand paused, and then circled again. "It's me who underestimated her, but she's really a ruthless girl."

"Then we just don't see it?" Jinxiu listened to the queen's meaning, but was quite appreciative of the eldest princess's move, and asked suspiciously.

"You go and talk to the mandarin duck and let her do what the eldest princess tells her. There are places where you arrange for them, and you can give convenience to the eldest princess, so as to help the eldest princess succeed. The queen knew that Concubine Chen was weak by nature, and Concubine Chen knew that she was still pointing out that Xiao Lu's marriage was of great use, and she could also listen to the instigation of the old lady of Ding'an Hou to give Xiao Lu to the useless prince of Ding'an Hou's Mansion.

"But if the eldest princess keeps filial piety for three years, she will be almost nineteen, isn't it ......?"

"What's the matter, she is a princess of the heavenly family, even if she is twenty or thirty, she can still marry." The queen said with the corners of her mouth raised. "By the way, you take the three breaths in my palace to the mandarin duck, and inform her of the medicinal effect of the three breaths, presumably the eldest princess will be satisfied."