Chapter 104: Changes at the Palace Banquet (Second Update)

Xiao Rongyue sneered, and said to Akeli: "Mao Er refuses to say it, it must be because he is afraid of causing trouble, but it is enough to get these news." ”

Acrylic responded, and asked, "Do you want someone to keep an eye on you?" ”

Xiao Rongyue waved his hand: "Open the door for business, you can't hide anything, just pay attention, don't waste manpower on them." ”

Acrylic agreed, and then talked about the two weaving and dyeing workshops and porcelain shops: "...... Although the business is not as good as Jiangning Mansion, it is also a person who comes and goes, only the one steward is afraid that it will not be successful, and the two stewards of the Du family dare not say much now, but they can't do things with their wages, and they are afraid that they have to have a shopkeeper with ideas. ”

Xiao Rongyue raised her eyebrows: "The housekeeper in the second room of the Du family is gone?" ”

"Let's go, I quit my job two days ago after I paid my salary, and said that the lord and wife of the second room also went to Chang'an, and opened a dried fruit shop in the West Market, asking him to go over to do something."

Xiao Rongyue didn't know this: "The two in the long house didn't quit?" Is the third room coming to Chang'an? ”

Akeli shook his head: "The two in the long room didn't move, they just stayed up in the shop every day, but in the past few days, I saw someone come to look for them, hiding outside the shop and muttering a few words and came back, thinking that the Du family's room came to Chang'an to look for them." ”

"I heard from the first second room steward that the third room stayed in Jiangning Mansion, and Mrs. Du San opened a timber shop, and the first of them planted good trees in the village they bought by themselves, and hired good craftsmen, and the business is doing well."

It seems that the Li family did not break her promise, Xiao Rongyue chuckled, she had long planned to separate from the second room of the long house, but she had been waiting for the opportunity, and now she got her wish, but the long room was still as greedy as ever, and when it came to this, she still wanted to touch the benefits of Xiao Rongyue, and left two stewards in the shop.

Acrylic whispered, "I'm afraid they won't give up, and they still have the idea of a shop." ”

Xiao Rongyue looked at him: "Let someone help me carry a letter to the Du family's house and give it to Aunt Dai." ”

When the night fell, the street drum sounded in the market, and the Lu family came back with Li Qing, as soon as he entered the door, the Lu family looked tired, changed his robe and sat down and sighed repeatedly, Li Qing was full of excitement, and pulled Xiao Rongyue and said: "Sister Xiao family, today's palace banquet is so lively, the Hanyuan Hall is full of nearly a thousand seats, that is, the dozens of countries of Guizi and Shanshan have also come to congratulate the envoys and congratulate Your Majesty on your longevity." ”

Xiao Rongyue noticed that there was something wrong with Lu's face, but she still smiled and said to Li Qing: "But when I saw Your Majesty, did Your Majesty say anything?" ”

Li Qing was a little embarrassed: "Your Majesty summoned me to him and asked me about my affairs in Xuzhou, and I answered." ”

Nothing sounds wrong, but why is Lu......

Xiao Rongyue was puzzled, could it be that His Majesty had not allowed Li Qing to stay in Chang'an?

Lu Shi looked at Li Qing, sighed softly, and instructed Xiang Tao: "You lead Qinglang down to bathe and change clothes, I have something to say to Mrs. Xiao." ”

Li Qing looked at the dignified Lu family, and then at the puzzled Xiao Rongyue, knowing that they had something to say, he obediently lowered his head and whispered, "I'll go down first." ”

Without the previous joy and liveliness, and with a little more caution, Xiao Rongyue looked at it and sighed in her heart, but she was afraid that it would take a lot of effort to make him feel at ease in the future.

Lu Shi didn't have the heart to pay attention to Li Qing's emotions, her expression was very heavy, and she said to Xiao Rongyue: "Yue Niang, today's palace banquet is not peaceful. ”

From the Lu clan to Li Qing into the palace, the nobles of the clan who saw them all had shocked and complicated expressions, and everyone had to look at the two of them a few more times, after all, no one expected to see these two at the palace banquet.

It wasn't until Lu and Li Qing fell down at the foot of the jade steps and saluted to the empress who was sitting on top of the mountain, but the empress called Li Qing to come to her, and Lu's heart suddenly hung in her throat.

"You're twelve? In Xuzhou, did your grandfather teach you to ride a horse and read? The empress looked at Li Qing, who was a little timid in front of her, and asked him.

Li Qing lowered his head uneasily and replied softly: "Yes, Grandpa asked someone to invite a master and taught "The Book of Filial Piety" and "Shuowen", and he has never learned anything else. ”

The empress couldn't see joy or anger on her face, and asked him again: "Why do you want to go back to Chang'an?" Did your grandpa order it? ”

Li Qing nodded, but quickly shook his head, which made the empress's eyes have a cold color, but there was a smile on her face: "You just tell the truth, I don't blame you." ”

Li Qing raised his head, but with tears in his eyes, he knelt down in front of the empress: "Grandpa asked me to go back to Chang'an to find the princess, saying that I was helpless in Xuzhou, and only the princess was kind enough to take me in and raise me, but I, I don't think so." ”

The empress raised her eyebrows: "Then what do you think?" ”

Li Qing looked at the empress with tears in his eyes: "I'm not helpless, I still have a grandmother, I still remember when I was young, my grandmother hugged me and fed me cheese, and my grandmother would definitely not ignore me." ”

There was silence for a while, and everyone couldn't help but look at the empress, only to see the empress sitting high on the upper seat with a crown did not speak for a long time, but just looked at the young Li Qing in front of her, and opened her mouth for a long time: "Yes, you still have a grandmother, grandmother will not leave you alone, you get up." ”

Li Qing got up at this time, and the empress said a few more words to him before instructing him: "You go and sit next to the princess, and listen to her well in the future, she is your mother-in-law, don't be disobedient and rude." ”

Li Qing nodded timidly, saluted the empress, and retreated to Lu's side, Lu's hand hurriedly stretched out his hand to pull him, but he touched the coldness of his palm.

It's just that this is already a promise to let Li Qing stay, and Lu's heart is finally let go.

Xiao Rongyue laughed when she heard what Lu said: "Although Qinglang is young, he is very smart, if it weren't for his words, I'm afraid that His Majesty might not have agreed to let him stay." ”

Lu Shi also showed a smile: "I never thought that he would be able to move His Majesty. ”

After all, the person sitting on the throne of the Ninety-Five is also a living person, she is not without flesh and blood, she is just more ruthless, and she knows better what she wants most.

Lu Shi said again: "But then there was an accident. ”

The banquet of the Wanshou Palace was organized by the East Palace, and after the banquet was placed, the prince ordered the song and dance, the ensemble of the sheng flute, pipa, drums and gonghou, and the dancing posture of the four people really amazed the people at the table, and even the empress couldn't help but praise a subtle kitsch, and the prince was very proud.

But when it came time to offer his birthday, he lost face and was furious.

More than a dozen eunuchs from the East Palace carried the huge tray to the front of the palace, and when they uncovered the silk cloth covering it, they revealed a plate of messy gravel inside.

The prince's face turned from red to white, and finally turned iron-blue, he didn't even care about the etiquette rules, stood up and rushed forward, staring at the Qingtian stone that was originally a whole piece, and it was still engraved with the pattern of the phoenix rising sun, but at this moment it was broken into stones, and he couldn't see any pattern for a long time.

The empress frowned: "What does the prince mean by this?" ”

The prince was in a cold sweat for a while, and bowed down: "Erchen, Erchen......"

There was a complicated look in the eyes.

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