After Xiao Lu said this, she looked at Deng Hong's face.

Deng Hong did not respond to Xiao Lu's words immediately, but reached out very calmly and took the teapot on the table, and poured two cups of tea out.

"Cousin, let's be honest." Seeing this, Xiao Lu could only say so. "I think my style of acting is known to everyone in the imperial capital family and the powerful, and I don't want to marry my cousin. But if my mother really asks my father to marry me, if my father really agrees to this matter, I will not be able to disobey my father's marriage, and I can only marry myself. When the time comes, I'm afraid that I will not be able to serve my grandmother better, and my cousin may not be able to live a good life among a thousand flowers. ”

"Celestial princess, my grandmother is unwell in a thousand ways, and she is also my own grandmother." Deng Hong said with a seemingly tangled look. "I can't take my grandmother's life for my own selfishness, how can I say that my grandmother went to ask Aunt Chen for the grace of the Lord for me, and it is also for the sake of the future of Ding'an Hou Mansion."

"Really?" Xiao Lu sneered and said. "Cousin, I may still believe what others say, but I know from the few words I learned from my mother by chance that my grandmother used to treat my cousin and my cousin's biological mother, Aunt Zheng, very harshly. Even now, my grandmother knew that I was a bad person and insisted that I marry my cousin. ”

When Deng Hong's child, his biological mother Aunt Zheng was not favored at that time, because they gave birth to their eldest son long before Mrs. Ding'anhou, their mother and son were harshly criticized by Mrs. Ding'anhou. Although Mrs. Ding'an Hou is cold, she is not bad, and she is just out of sight and out of mind with Aunt Zheng. But the old lady of Ding'an Hou is not, she calls Aunt Zheng every day to settle in front of her. It's all the work done by the best girls in the house. Every time I return from the night, there is still needlework to bring back, and it will take three days to finish it. She could only take advantage of this effort to sleep for an hour, and then she had to get up again and go to serve the old lady of Ding'anhou.

Even Deng Hong himself is also short of clothes and less to wear.

It was only in the end that Aunt Zheng thought of a way to regain the favor of Ding'an Hou, and her life was barely better.

Two years later, a plague in the imperial capital took away the only two sons under the knee of Mrs. Ding'anhou. At that time, Ding'an Hou was the only son left under his knees, and his biological mother, Aunt Zheng, tried her best to make Ding'an Hou go to the old lady of Ding'an Hou and agree that he was the successor of Ding'an Hou's son.

Deng Hong grew up in a daze, and he was not proficient in the court, the situation, and reading. However, Aunt Zheng was originally a concubine of a good family, and her maiden family was originally a big businessman in Tianjin Wei. In the early years, when Ding'an Hou was still the son, he passed by Tianjin Wei to play, and met the pungent and charming Aunt Zheng.

In fact, the merchant rarely had the style of taking concubines, and was welcomed into the Ding'an Hou Mansion from the side door with young admiration, and Aunt Zheng only saw a room of warblers and swallows. Soon after giving birth to Deng Hong, Ding'anhou, who had a beloved concubine, gradually forgot Aunt Zheng, who didn't know how to meet her.

Aunt Zheng had to take Deng Hong with difficulty at this time, while enduring the harsh treatment of the old lady of Ding'anhou. It wasn't until Deng Hong was seven years old that he contracted an ordinary cold because of lack of clothes and clothing, and Aunt Zheng had no way to ask for help, seeing Deng Hong have a high fever for several days. Aunt Zheng can only find a way to hook up Ding'anhou again, fortunately, Aunt Zheng was born with a good foundation, even if she gave birth to a seven-year-old son, her appearance is still bright and beautiful like a peach blossom, but she relived the old dream with Ding'anhou a few times and successfully regained her favor.

"Cousin, if we succeed in this move, we will all be happy." Xiao Lu looked at Deng Hong's face changing, and thought that Deng Hong's heart was already shaken, so he immediately persuaded him. "It's the second time I can't get the drug, but my grandmother is very old, and how long can she last if her body is broken."

"Celestia Celestia, why are you so sure, I will definitely agree." Deng Hong asked Xiao Lu rhetorically. "Aren't you afraid that I'll go back and tell my grandmother about it? Grandmother was also a girl from the Marquis Mansion in Zhenhai, Guangdong, and her style of action was quite bold, isn't the eldest princess afraid that her grandmother will make a big deal about it? If you really want to make trouble in front of the palace, I'm afraid that even the eldest princess won't be able to resist it. ”

"So what, doesn't my cousin, as the Marquis of Ding'an, even have this bit of courage? The Zhenhai Marquis Mansion is thousands of miles away, and if you really want to exchange letters, you can only go back and forth in March or April at least once a day and night. Xiao Lu has naturally done some homework since she decided to get rid of the old lady of Ding'anhou, after all, it is a human life, and she must be carefully considered before she can act.

"But now the situation of the Ding'an Hou Mansion The eldest princess also knows, I am the prince of the Marquis of Ding'an, if I don't marry the eldest princess, it is very likely that when I inherit the title, maybe I will just be Ding'anbo."

"My cousin doesn't need to say something to shirk, if my cousin really doesn't want to cooperate with me, I can only find another way and think of another way." Xiao Lu saw that Deng Hong always had room to speak, and got up and said. "Brother Parrot, put away the things on the table, and let's go back to the palace."

Brother Parrot, who had been standing quietly at the door with his mouth shut, listened to Xiao Lu's instructions and immediately stepped forward to take the three breaths from the table. But at the moment before her hand was about to touch the porcelain vase, Deng Hong suddenly took the lead and took away the three breaths from under her hand.

"Celestia?" Xiao Lu had already walked to the door, and Brother Parrot called out to her.

"What do you mean, cousin?" Xiao Lu turned her head in a gentle voice.

It is true that Deng Hong is addicted to wine, but he learned a lot of business acumen from his biological mother, Aunt Zheng, and in the wine table and the restaurant, those occasions when pushing glasses and changing lamps are an excellent opportunity to make friends with merchants and negotiate business.

Ding'an Hou was merry by nature, and after Deng Hong was named the prince, he added several concubines.

Even if Aunt Zheng is still favored, it does not prevent Ding'anhou from welcoming a few newcomers to Ding'anhou's mansion every year.

The old lady of Ding'an Hou boasted that she was born as a noble daughter of a family, and she was used to looking down on Deng Hong's business outside.

She repeatedly asked Deng Hong to end the outside industry and let the Marquis of Ding'an ask for him to be enthroned as an official in the court. Deng Hong was unwilling, he had no interest in joining the office.

Deng Hong had no intention of going to Shangzhu, but the old lady of Ding'an Hou ignored his refusal, and even directly crossed Ding'an Hou and his mother-in-law, and went to the palace to beg Concubine Chen to marry his daughter.

The old lady of Ding'an Hou is still to blame for him and Aunt Zheng at every turn, and compared to Xiao Lu, Deng Hong's hatred for her is only deeper.

However, Xiao Lu's proposal really woke up Deng Hong.

The old lady of Ding'an Hou is in good health, but I am afraid that there are still some years to live, even if I don't go to Shangzhu, I still have to live under her authority for many years.

Deng Hong knew that in front of these proud daughters of the sky, he was really not a good candidate for a son-in-law.

"Three breaths, I'll take it." Deng Hong's face was calm and calm, and he took the small porcelain vase containing the three breaths into his arms.

"It seems that my cousin is just verbally tempting me?" Xiao Lu watched Deng Hong's movements, and the corners of her mouth were slightly raised to reveal a smile. "I wonder what my cousin is going to do?"

"There is a very trusted maid by my grandmother's side, named Yunmian, who has long been adopted by me." Deng Hong has been the prince of Ding'an Hou for many years, so he naturally wants to install some people in the mansion to listen to the rumors. "Yunmian originally fled from the north, and the family died on the way to escape the famine, and she had no relatives outside, so she had to rely on me. I will give her the position of an aunt, and she will do as I tell her to do. ”

"Then I'll go back to the palace and wait for my cousin's good news." Xiao Lu said with a smile.

Brother Parrot led out of the private room, and Xiao Lu re-started the posture of bowing his head and holding his chest the moment he walked out of the door.

In the evening, King Yujun, who had eaten dinner, had to ask Xiao Xuan to take him out for a walk.

"Will you take Brother Yu to the periphery of the Imperial Garden?" Emperor Liu said. "He has always been awake in the middle of the night recently, you take him out to transfer more to his son, I think he can sleep more soundly at night when he is tired."

Xiao Xuan was a little full and very sleepy, but King Yujun lay on her lap and looked at her bitterly with blinking eyes, and Concubine Liu also urged her. She had no choice but to get up, took Yujun Wang's hand and walked outside.

Fortunately, it is getting hotter now, and the night is coming later.

When he arrived at an open meadow, Xiao Xuan let go of King Yujun's hand and let him run away, only the nurse and the palace maids followed.

Seeing that Xiao Xuan stopped in the green forest that followed Xiao Xuan, he rushed out a slightly thicker and slightly larger handkerchief from his chest and spread it on the grass.

"There are people around King Yujun, so let's sit down and rest for a while when I'm tired."

When he was really sleepy, someone handed him a pillow, and Xiao Xuan immediately sat down on the handkerchief laid out in the green forest.

King Yujun ran away as if he was happy, Xiao Xuan only brought one person from the green forest with him, and the master and servant sat and stood together, but he saw two figures in the distance hurriedly walking by.

"Princess, the parrot who walks in front seems to be serving by the side of the eldest princess." Green Lin's eyes were sharp, and he saw Brother Parrot in the distance at a glance, and hurriedly squatted down to talk to Xiao Xuan. The man who walked behind her watched..... Looking at the eldest princess, it is strange how the eldest princess is wearing the clothes of a low-class palace maid in the palace. ”

"Silence me." Xiao Xuan also saw the person on the other side, grabbed the sleeve of Lu Lin's coat, and pulled her to the ground, and even she bowed down.

Waiting for Brother Parrot to lead the person who looked like Xiao Lu gradually walked away, Xiao Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and straightened up.

"Princess, why are you pulling me down?" Lu Lin sat on the ground and asked Xiao Xuan very suspiciously.

"Fool, don't I recognize my own sister?" Xiao Xuan glanced at Lu Lin angrily, speaking of which Lu Lin's brain was not as fast as Dan Tangerine's brain. "This place is close to the side door of the palace for slaves to enter and exit, and the eldest sister must have seen something disgraceful when she wears such a dress to enter and exit here. It's too late for me to hide from her, and if you just made a noise to get her notice of me, it would be a lot of trouble. ”