Chapter 54: Visitation

After the news of Emperor Liu's concubine was delivered, the eldest princess of Yongshou sent someone to call her second daughter-in-law, Ouyang, to come over and speak.

"Mother?" The Ouyang clan got the news and came immediately.

"Isn't Changjun still reluctant to discuss marriage?" The eldest princess of Yongshou motioned for the Ouyang clan to sit down in front of her.

Among the four grandchildren under the knees of the eldest princess of Yongshou, three have already married, and now only Liu Changjun is left, and he is not even willing to discuss relatives.

If it was placed in the past, the eldest princess of Yongshou, who had always been very pampered and pampered, would not urge the Ouyang family to discuss relatives for Liu Changjun. It happened that Liu Changjun was favored by Xiao Lu, and the eldest princess of Yongshou urged the Ouyang family to discuss relatives for Liu Changjun.

"It's not that my mother doesn't know his character." The Ouyang clan has no way to take his beloved youngest son, the eldest princess of Yongshou and the Liu family's courtyard are placed there, and I don't know how many portals in the imperial capital want to marry his family.

One banquet after another was opened, and how many female dependents of dignitaries in the imperial capital brought their own girls of the right age to come to the banquet, and the Ouyang family was almost dazzled. There are so many noble women, each with their own advantages, they are all the same age, but Liu Changjun has never been willing to let go, and Leng has not looked down on anyone.

"Hey, don't mention it." The eldest princess of Yongshou waved her hand and said helplessly. "The palace has just sent someone to spread the news, the eldest princess has the consent of His Majesty, and went to the Famen Temple outside the city to pray for the old lady of Ding'an Hou and the seriously ill Concubine Chen, who have passed away, and will return in March."

"It's a pity, my daughter-in-law heard rumors from outside, if it weren't for the anger of the Hou Shizi of Ding'an, the old lady died of a serious illness, and the eldest princess would have married the Hou Shizi of Ding'an for a long time." In the past few days, the most ferocious thing in the imperial capital is the incident in the Ding'an Marquis Mansion.

Although the Ding'an Marquis Mansion in the past two generations has shown a trend of decline, the original Ding'an Marquis Mansion was also a meritorious minister who expanded the territory with the founding emperor of the Jokhang Dynasty.

Although it seems to have been in decline for a long time, the Ding'an Hou Mansion has been inherited for hundreds of years, and the in-laws are all over the Zhao.

The deceased old lady of Ding'an Hou was born as the daughter of Zhenhai Hou Mansion, and Mrs. Ding'an Hou is also the eldest daughter of the Xi family of the Saibei clan.

The Ouyang family thought that if the prince of Ding'an Hou succeeded in becoming the master, his son would not have to be in such a hurry to discuss his marriage.

"In the past, the eldest princess couldn't leave the palace, and Changjun rarely entered the palace." The eldest princess of Yongshou tapped her fingers lightly on the table and said. "But this time, the eldest princess went out of the palace to Famen Temple, and there was no palace gate separating her, so things were very variable."

"yes." Ouyang said.

"Isn't Changjun in the house today?"

"Changjun was recently invited by a few friends to live in Zhuangzi outside the city, and he hasn't returned for two or three days."

"At this time, it is best for Changjun to stay in our mansion, and when you go back, you will send someone to send a message to him, and let him stay in the mansion for three months."

"Okay, daughter-in-law will send someone to deliver the message."

However, the eldest princess of Yongshou was too worried, and before Xiao Lu set off, Emperor Chu specially sent a pair of pennant guards to escort her. After Xiao Lu arrived at Famen Temple, the team of pennant guards did not disperse, but were ordered to be stationed in place.

Xiao Lu, who specially dumped the four grandmothers and only took the parrot and the mandarin duck out of the palace, could only force a smile when she saw this scene again.

"The subordinates have seen the second princess." There are a total of ten people in this pair of pennant guards, because they are out of the palace this time to be in charge of guarding the eldest princess, so there are five women among the ten.

"Everybody, get up." Xiao Lu knew that Jinqiwei was directly subordinate to Emperor Chu, and his every move was in their eyes, and he didn't know when he would report to Emperor Chu. "I got up early today and was a little tired, so I went to settle in first."

"Celestia, please."

Before Xiao Lu went to Famen Temple to pray for blessings, Xiao Lu arranged for Brother Parrot to go out of the palace to inquire about Liu Changjun's movements, knowing that he was invited by several good family sons to live in Zhuangzi on the outskirts of the city during this time.

Xiao Lu prayed sincerely, and also for the convenience of his movement after leaving the palace, the people around him did not bring much, only brought the most useful parrots and mandarin ducks around him.

Originally, I was thinking that I could take the opportunity to walk out of Famen Temple and follow the trail to see Liu Changjun again.

She really didn't expect that Emperor Chu would come to such an incident and leave ten well-trained pennant guards to protect her in Famen Temple. It was easy to rebuild her image in Emperor Chu's mind this time, and she could only press it down temporarily.

Xiao Lu is used to living in the palace, and when she first arrived in Famen Temple, she was naturally not used to it.

First of all, Famen Temple is a royal temple, even if the presiding officer of the temple ordered someone to make food, Xiao Lu couldn't bear it after eating for half a month.

And since he said that he wanted to come to pray for blessings, it was indispensable to start incense and chant sutras every morning.

After a month of hard work, Xiao Lu wore her own clothes again, and found that her waist had lost a lot of weight.

At this time, the little novice of Famen Temple came to deliver a message, saying that someone had come to see her.

"You're coming to see me?" Xiao Lu saw the person who came and said with some surprise.

The people who came were actually Xiao Xuan and King Yujun.

"Why did you see that I came, was the big sister surprised?" Xiao Xuan walked in with King Yujun and said with a smile. "Today I took Brother Yu to ask my father to say goodbye, my father was worried about the eldest sister, afraid that the eldest sister would live too hard in Famen Temple. I took the initiative to ask for help, saying that I came to see my eldest sister on behalf of my father. ”

Xiao Xuan took the initiative to mention that going out of the palace to visit Xiao Lu was also the task assigned by Emperor Liu's concubine, which was to see if Xiao Lu was staying in Famen Temple peacefully.

But when Xiao Xuan was about to leave the palace, he was bumped into by King Yujun, he grabbed the corner of Xiao Xuan's skirt, and Emperor Liu's concubine had to order the nurse and the palace maids to go out together.

"Thank you, sister." Xiao Lu put away the surprise on her face and said.

"I want to come here to eat, and the big sister is not used to eating." Xiao Xuan beckoned behind him, and the two palace maids walked in with two huge food boxes and placed them on the table. "I ordered some snacks to be made, and they can be left for a few days. Knowing that the big sister doesn't like to eat sweet, the taste is adjusted. ”

Xiao Lu looked at King Yujun who was standing behind Xiao Xuan, King Yujun saw that Xiao Lu had seen little, and he was not very familiar, because he was in an unfamiliar environment, he only hid behind Xiao Xuan.

"Brother Yu, come out." Xiao Xuan leaned over and led King Yujun to take two steps forward and taught him to call people. "This is the eldest aunt."

"Auntie, okay." King Yujun obediently called people according to his words.

"Hmm." Xiao Lu asked Brother Parrot to serve tea. "Since my sister has come to see me, sit down and talk to me."

"The eldest sister invited me to stay, but I finally took Brother Yu out of the palace, and sent someone to my grandmother's house to pass the letter in advance, saying that I was going to go over." Xiao Xuan said with a sad face. "Next time I come back, I'll be sure to talk to my sister."

"I didn't expect my sister to be very busy, and she had to go to my aunt's house." When it came to the Mansion of the Eldest Princess of Yongshou, Xiao Lu's eyes flashed slightly. "Then I won't keep my sister."

On the carriage, King Yujun, who was out of the palace for the first time, was very excited. Noisy to see the street scene outside, Xiao Xuan couldn't help but lift the curtain with his own hands to reveal a small slit, and King Yujun was lying there and watched it with relish.

"Uncle Six!" King Yujun looked at it for a while, and suddenly pointed to a place outside and shouted.

"Sixth brother?" Xiao Xuan leaned over when he heard the sound, lifted the whole curtain, and sure enough, he saw Xiao Jun standing on the side of the road talking not far away, and there was a young man standing opposite him.

"Xuan'er and Brother Yu?" Hearing Xiao Xuan calling her, Xiao Jun said hello to her companions and ran over quickly. "Why did you come out of the palace today?"

"My father is worried about my eldest sister, so let me come out of the palace to take a look." King Yujun's little head was about to stick out of the window, Xiao Xuan stuffed his head back and said. "Brother Yu didn't pester me, and my mother allowed him to go out of the palace with me. I thought that since I had left the palace, it was still early, and I thought that I would go to my grandmother's house again. Why is the sixth brother here, do you want to go to my grandmother's house with us? ”

"Well, I probably haven't seen my grandmother in a long time." Xiao Jun responded and shouted at the young man behind him who had his back to Xiao Xuan's carriage. "Shaolan."

The young man followed the sound and turned around, it was Duan Shaolan.

"This is outside the palace, so there is no need to be polite." Seeing Duan Shaolan walking as if he was going to salute, Xiao Xuan had already opened his mouth with a smile. "Long time no see."

"yes, long time no see." After Duan Shaolan turned fifteen years old, he returned to the Zhenguo Mansion to prepare for the exam with peace of mind, and he no longer studied in the palace.

"I haven't seen Sister Chu for a few days." Xiao Xuan looked at Duan Shaolan and said. "How is she doing?"

"Sister Chu, everything is fine." Duan Shaolan raised his head slightly, looking up at the girl in the carriage, and the corners of his mouth rose unconsciously. "It's just that the princess is often mentioned."

"In a few days, I will send someone to take her into the palace." When Xiao Xuan saw Duan Shaolan, his mood always became strangely good. "I came unfortunate today, and I disturbed you and the sixth brother to talk."

"Nothing."

The Xiao brothers and sisters said goodbye to Duan Shaolan, and Xiao Jun jumped into the carriage.

The carriage left for a long time, and Duan Shaolan was still standing in place and watching in a daze, until his little servant came over with a book.

"Young master, I bought the snack slave for the young lady." Holding a food box in his arms, he looked at the figure of his young master and looked at him, but he looked at him in a daze with a carriage. "What is the young master looking at?"

"Nothing." Duan Shaolan chuckled and turned to leave. "Let's go home."

The eldest princess of Yongshou was already very happy to see Xiao Xuan and Xiao Jun, and she was even more overjoyed to see that their brother and sister had brought King Yujun together.

"Great-grandmother is good~~" On weekdays, the eldest princess of Yongshou often enters the palace, and the king of Yujun has a sweet mouth, and when he sees the eldest princess of Yongshou who comes out, he immediately pounces on her.

"Hey, good."

Xiao Jun pulled King Yujun to walk in front, while Xiao Xuan helped the eldest princess of Yongshou to fall two steps behind.

"Grandmother doesn't have to worry about the whereabouts of her big sister." Xiao Xuan lowered his voice and said. "The pennant guard arranged by my father works three shifts a day to closely guard my sister's safety. There are only two big palace maids around my sister to serve, and I am afraid that there will be no chance to leave Famen Temple in three months. ”