After sending off the crown princess, Yan Yan thought for a moment, and finally explained to Mrs. Meng the reason for not holding a full moon banquet, so she specially sent Qingbi to lead Qingyu to explain to those who gave congratulatory gifts, and returned a gift.

Of course, Yan Yan didn't tell them the truth, and only mentioned that there have been frequent wars recently, so it should not be too extravagant.

However, there are still people who know the truth, mainly because this matter is too related, and the emperor does not dare to call the shots alone, so he has found several big families to discuss countermeasures, so Zhou Lu's three quid pro quo have been circulated.

Suddenly, there was an uproar inside and outside the court.

The voices questioning the relationship between Yan Yan and Zhou Lu rose again.

After the Lu family heard the news, Mrs. Lu fell ill again, and the Zhu family sent a sign into the palace to see the queen, she wanted to know how the emperor replied to the other party, wanted to know whether it was possible for her husband to go home, and wanted to know what Yan Yan and Zhou Lu had to do.

The queen explained to the Zhu family in detail, she has no right to ask about the major affairs of the imperial court, a harem woman, but one thing is certain, Yan Yan and Zhou Lu do not have any personal relationship, Zhou Lu fell in love with Yan Yan's ability, and wanted to arrest Yan Yan to the Khitan to help them take care of agriculture and prosper their business, because Yan Yan's ability has long been passed out, and because of the planting of cotton and yams, he has made two notes in the historical records, who doesn't want such talents?

Zhu obviously does not agree with this point of view, there are more people who can grow potatoes and cotton, Yan Yan is at best just moving her mouth, she definitely doesn't understand the real labor process, and it doesn't make sense to prosper the other party's business, because the Zhou family has been in business for generations.

Besides, Yan Yan had already sold her recipes and seeds to Zhou Lu, what else did Zhou Lu have to ask for Yan Yan?

For this reason, Zhu proposed to see the emperor, saying that there were many rumors about Yan Yan outside, and she couldn't be the master, so she wanted to ask the emperor for an understanding.

However, Zhu also said that she was most concerned about what the emperor planned and whether her husband could go home.

The queen didn't dare to make the decision, so she sent the eunuch to ask, Li Cong thought about it again and again, and promised to meet the Zhu family in the upper study, and the queen and the prince were present.

As soon as the Zhu family saw the emperor, they didn't care about the loss of honor in front of the king, so they knelt down first, "Your Majesty, it is rumored outside that my lord can't come back, what is going on, please ask the emperor to understand, your Majesty, my lord has fought on the battlefield over the years, and has worked hard a lot, Your Majesty, you may not be able to leave our lord alone, Your Majesty, if you do this, it will chill the heart of this family, Your Majesty, our family Lu Ming is still on the battlefield, Your Majesty... ”

Zhu burst into tears as he spoke, sobbing and choking, the more Li Cong listened, the more impatient he became, so he signaled to the queen, and the queen took a few steps forward to help Zhu up, "Mrs. Lu, please be calm and don't be impatient, the emperor understands what you mean, but you also have to allow the emperor to say a word." ”

"Yes, Mrs. Lu, how could my father leave Duke Lu alone, no, my father has already replied to the Khitan, and this matter will come to an end soon." The prince said.

When Zhu Shi heard this, he burst into tears, and asked with some surprise: "You agreed to the Khitan exchange conditions?" ”

"Naturally, I will not be at the mercy of him, I also have my conditions, I agreed to see you today, I am telling you a word, this matter is related to Lu Gong's life, and it is also related to Yan'er's reputation. For this reason, I don't want any more rumors to circulate outside, and if it affects the consequences of the exchange, I will not spare it. Li Cong spoke.

Zhu's first reaction when she heard this was a little confused, the emperor meant that he did not agree to the other party's conditions, but she was not allowed to talk nonsense everywhere, saying that she was afraid of affecting the consequences of the exchange.

What is the rationale for this?

Does the emperor mean to put the blame on her?

After all, is the emperor still reluctant to Yan Yan?

Zhu thought so and asked like this, "What is the truth of this, Your Majesty?" You don't want to agree to the other party's conditions, how can the other party agree to the exchange? Could it be that the emperor has already thought about giving up my master? Woo, poor my only son is still working on the front line, woo, our Lu clan's bones have been piled up into a mountain over the years, and the emperor has done this... ”

"Presumptuous, it's not your turn to put the beak in what I do, your son is the prince of Zhenguo, who will go to the front line if he doesn't go to the front? If you want him to come back, it's easy to give up the position of the prince, you Lu clan is not the only one who can do it, right? Li Cong blew his beard and said.

"Mrs. Lu, the matter of eating the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, Mrs. Lu will not understand this truth, right? Well, my father still has a lot of government affairs to deal with, so I won't leave Mrs. Lu behind, and ask Mrs. Lu to wait for the news when she goes back, remember, what to say and what not to say Mrs. Lu can't be wrong again. Li Ji said.

Speaking of this, Zhu guessed what Li Cong meant.

Yes, the matter of eating the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, the king wants the minister to die, the minister has to die, she really has no reason to ask the emperor to save Lu Duan, but this does not mean that she has succumbed, she still has important words to say.

Thinking of this, Zhu Shi stood up straight and wiped away his tears, "Your Majesty, didn't the emperor think about the reason for his grandson's arrest?" ”

"What do you mean by that?" Li Cong sensitively sensed that something was wrong, but he still asked what he said.

Zhu Shi listened unhurriedly, starting from Lu Duan's eighteen-year-old entry into the battlefield to this arrest, there were not hundreds of large and small wars but eighty or ninety wars in the middle, and among them, there were six or seven out of ten winners, and only three or four out of ten losers, and even if he was defeated, Lu Duan was never captured.

But why was he arrested this time?

Coincidentally, before this, Lu Duan was also arrested by the Khitan when he took the prince to negotiate with the Jurchens, and that time there was also the prince, and in the end, it is said that he was rescued by two maids sent by Yan Yan.

"Please also ask the emperor to think about it, these two things happened after Yan Yan met Zhou Lu, and the courtiers didn't dare to think about it here, but recently there have been a lot of rumors about Yan'er and the surname Zhou inside and outside the court, and the courtiers had to think deeply. Your Majesty, why did Zhou Lu give Yan Yan a priceless night pearl, did the emperor really not doubt it? Besides, why didn't Zhou Lu mention adding other conditions this time, just proposing to add Yan Yan, doesn't the emperor really want to know the reason? Who would give such a valuable gift to a stranger for no reason, and who would ask for a broken flower that is already two children? Zhu once again poured dirty water on Yan Yan.

That's right, she just isn't reconciled, why is Yan Yan's treatment of a woman in a broken boudoir more important than her husband who has been fighting on the battlefield for decades?

You know, her husband is none other than him, he is the famous commander of the north, and the grandfather of the country who is the head of the four princes, is not much more important than Yan Yan, a female streamer?