It was easy for Emperor Chu to have a better impression of Xiao Lu during this period of time, this time she went with her to escape the summer, Concubine Chen was afraid that Xiao Lu would cause some trouble to anger Emperor Chu, so she could only detain her under her nose every day, for fear that if she couldn't see her by mistake, she would have to make a mess.

I suddenly disappeared today, and asked the other palace maids in her room, but no one could tell where she was, and she was almost so frightened that Concubine Chen immediately couldn't breathe and was about to faint. It was easy to sit firmly, and even if she was looking for someone, Concubine Chen didn't dare to look for it with great fanfare.

Fortunately, there was no danger, and before the people sent out to find her had not gone out, she came back with her parrot and mandarin duck by herself.

Concubine Chen immediately asked Xiao Lu to come to her, and after asking a few words casually, she choked back first.

"Mother, it's not that I don't want to go out, it's that you detain me all day long and don't let me go out." Xiao Lu ignored Concubine Chen's face, found a place to sit down, and said with her fingers clasped. "Xiao Xuan takes those young ladies of the family to play around in the palace all day long, I am good, and I am still not allowed to go out of the house by my own mother. If the mother concubine is really afraid that I will cause trouble for you, why do you want me to follow me to the palace, it is better to simply leave me in the imperial capital palace. In this way, you will be quiet, and I will be quiet. ”

"You ........" Concubine Chen didn't expect that she had only said a few words, but Xiao Lu said a lot of words. I really don't know what I owe you in my last life, and I have a daughter like you in this life. ”

"The concubine hurriedly sent people all over the courtyard to find me, is this just to say these things to me?" Xiao Lu's face was impatient, and she stood up directly, wanting to walk away. "I'm a little tired today, and I'll come back to listen to my mother's lesson in two days when I'm in good spirits."

"Stop me." Concubine Chen was choked by Xiao Lu's words, and almost didn't catch her breath. "Sit down, since I have sent someone to look for you, I naturally have something important to say to you, so sit down for me."

"Is the mother really going to talk to me?" Xiao Lu was full of disbelief, looked back at Concubine Chen and said. "Originally, every time my mother pulled me, I didn't say that, every time I didn't just find a reason to count me down, and in the end, it was you who cried and wiped my tears."

"Shut up and sit down for me." Concubine Chen listened to Xiao Lu's words and shouted. "You all go out, I have something important to discuss with the eldest princess, I don't call you in, and no one is allowed to come in."

As soon as Concubine Chen's words came out, the palace maid beside her immediately took the order and rushed out, but it was the parrot and mandarin duck who came back with Xiao Lu just now who didn't see Xiao Lu speak, and both of them stood still.

"Why don't you two move!" Seeing that the two of them didn't move, Concubine Chen looked at Xiao Lu instead, and suddenly changed color and shouted. "After all, you are all palace people of Yuxiu Palace, as the master of Yuxiu Palace, can't I care about the two of you?"

"What's wrong with the concubine today, she is so angry." Seeing this, Xiao Lu took the initiative to say. "Brother Parrot is by my side, and my mother scolds me. The mandarin duck is the person given to me by the queen's mother, and the mother concubine doesn't look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face, so be polite to her. ”

Xiao Lu said that, and waved at the mandarin duck and the parrot, and the two knew that this was Xiao Lu's intention to order the two of them to retreat temporarily, so they immediately turned around and retreated.

"Now that everyone is clear, the concubine will say something if she has something." Xiao Lu saw that everyone had retreated, so she had to turn around and sit back.

"Today, the queen sent Jinxiu over and asked me to come over and talk to the queen." Concubine Chen looked at her daughter, thinking that no matter how much she tossed, she couldn't do anything, she was a piece of meat that fell off her body after she was pregnant in October, and the good and bad could only be consumed by herself. "The queen told me about your marriage, and you are at this age. Even if Princess Jokhang has always married late, you are too late at this age. ”

"Oh." Xiao Lu heard what Concubine Chen said about the major events that involved her life, and finally looked at her with a straight face and asked. "What else did the queen say to her mother?"

"The queen said, not to mention the imperial capital at the moment, it is the official family of the Jokhang Land, the children of the family and you are the same age, and the people who are still not married either have some problems with themselves, or the widowers who have died of their wives." Concubine Chen said embarrassedly. "In the end, you are the eldest daughter of Your Majesty and the blood of the Heavenly Family, and the queen can't bear to let you marry those incompetent gentlemen because of your age, let alone let you marry someone to be a stepfamily. Even if you are a princess, you don't have to give a concubine to the deceased original match, but in the end it is insulting to you. ”

"Mother, I almost understand when I hear this." Xiao Lu lowered her head and rolled her eyes. "The queen wants to settle my pending marriage today, right? Presumably, the queen mother has already told her mother that she has chosen all the candidates in her heart? The mother concubine didn't talk about it paragraph by paragraph, just tell me who that person is, right? ”

"He is the son of the queen's mother-in-law's brother-in-law, and the son of the prince of Zhenguo." Concubine Chen said.

"Zhenguo Gongjia?" Xiao Lu really didn't expect this candidate.

"Yes, although the prince of Zhenguo is not very promising now, but relying on the queen's mother, this title can still be kept." Concubine Chen hurriedly poured beans and explained all her words. "What I said to you is the third son of the son, that child is good at studying, and he is honest and generous, and he is worthy of you."

"Did the concubine agree without knowing much?" Xiao Lu asked rhetorically. "Speaking of which, I have met Mrs. Zhenguo several times, but there are a few children under her knees, and I have never seen this third child since I was a child. The mother concubine is not completely out of manpower, so don't you listen and listen to that person's situation? ”

Concubine Chen was stunned, this person was the queen's own nephew, and Concubine Chen really didn't think about going outside to find out.

"I think that the children of the Zhenguo family are at most just a little squirrel, and they are horses left and right, and they don't ask him to have a grand career, just let him live a good life with you." Concubine Chen looked at Xiao Lu and said. "How can you say that Zhen Guogong got up with military merits, and the family has its own behavior and rules, and the children in the family should not be bad. Besides, you are a princess, you don't need to look at the faces of your in-laws and husbands, only others will provide for you. ”

"Who can say for sure?" Xiao Lu said angrily. "That's the queen's maiden family, I'm just stupid, I can play my princess majesty in front of Zhenguogong."

"Besides, I didn't say yes." Concubine Chen hurriedly made up for herself and said. "You are my own daughter, and I can't harm anyone. I only told the queen that I would come back with you to discuss the matter. ”

Xiao Lu is actually not very resistant to getting married, anyway, what she wants to marry is that she can't marry, so who to marry is not to marry.

She wants to come to the palace now to live a really boring life, as long as she waits for her to decide on the candidate for the concubine, the princess's mansion outside the palace can be decided. The affairs in the palace are pressed by Emperor Chu and the queen, and there is an eye-catching Xiao Xuan, it is better to move to the princess's mansion where he can be the master after he gets married, but he can live a chic and comfortable life.

When Concubine Chen saw that Xiao Lu was silent for a long time and didn't speak, she thought she was stubborn again.

"Lu'er, it's not that the concubine dislikes you for being old, and now she must force you to marry and leave the palace." Concubine Chen had no choice but to soften her voice, took the initiative to step forward and hold Xiao Lu's hand, and said. "It's just that our mother and daughter are in such a situation right now, Your Majesty has been slow to say anything to find a candidate for you to find a colt, and we can only rely on the queen. Zhenguo Gong was meritorious in the era, and now there is the queen behind him, and the door is enough. ”

"Mother, you don't have to say any more." When Xiao Lu heard this, she looked at Concubine Chen and smiled slightly, and said. "It's not that I don't want to get married, it's just that I have to think about it for a lifetime, right? Besides, the concubine just took advantage of my thinking and asked people to listen to the situation by the way, and it didn't hinder anything, right? ”

After hearing the meaning of Xiao Lu's words, Concubine Chen was excited for a while, and she didn't bother to ask Xiao Lu, how long she thought about it, so she only agreed.

Concubine Liu Huang saw Duan Shaolan who came to greet her, regardless of his background, the young man in front of him was indeed excellent, otherwise his daughter would not have recognized him like this.

Now that he is speaking, don't look at Xiao Xuanren standing obediently beside him, I am afraid that a heart will not know where it has gone.

"Brother Lan, if you don't have to be on duty today, stay at noon." Concubine Liu Huang looked at her daughter, then turned to look at Duan Shaolan with a smile and said. "I will leave your mother and sister to eat in my courtyard, and since you are here, stay with you."

"Yes." Duan Shaolan raised his head and replied, and his eyes couldn't help but drift to Xiao Xuan, who was standing beside Emperor Liu's concubine.

After lunch, Emperor Liu's concubine said that she would let Suihong send Duansu County Lord and Sister Chu to give them a courtyard to rest. From the imperial capital to the palace, it was a journey of more than two days after all.

The county lord of Duansu took Sister Chu without a break, so he accompanied her for a long time, and now that he had eaten, he should arrange for their mother and daughter to go over to rest and rest.

But as soon as Emperor Liu's words came out, she saw Xiao Xuan with pleading eyes, so she had to change her tone again.

"Oh, I just remembered that I still have something to do here. Left and right Xuan'er are also idle, let her send you over. ”

"How can such a trivial matter bother the princess." Duansu County Lord said politely.

"It's okay, she doesn't know how much she wants to do such a small thing." Emperor Liu's concubine got up in person and sent Duansu County Lord and Sister Chu out of the courtyard. "Go back today to rest, and then I'll send someone to invite you to come over and talk in two days."