Murong Jingzhong waved his hand: "This king will go to the outer study to rest first, and you can do the rest." ”

"The old slave obeys!" Uncle Xiang picked up Murong Jingzhong and wanted to send him out, but when he arrived at the door of the dungeon, he saw him waving his hand: "This king will go away by himself, you go and do business." ”

"Yes, Lord Wang!" Uncle Xiang glanced at the guards on the side, motioning for him to follow the prince, and the guards nodded knowingly.

Murong Jingzhong didn't pay attention to others, and went straight in the direction of the outer study.

Uncle Xiang looked at his back, and suddenly felt that the prince, who had always been in good health, seemed to be more than ten years old in an instant, and his spine was not as straight as before, and he looked a little lonely.

The Lu family in the main courtyard was quite restless, and at night, the prince hurriedly left the bedroom, and at this moment the sky was already white, and he had not come back. Mama Gong also knows how things are going, and there is no news so far.

called the personal maid Anqin twice, but there was no movement for a long time. When he walked to the door, he had just opened the door, but he saw two guards standing on either side of the door.

"Princess, the prince has an order, please rest in the house and don't go out."

Lu's heart sank, and his face still remained calm: "When did the prince give the order, why didn't the concubine know?" ”

After saying that, he was about to take a step, but the guard stretched out an arm and stopped in front of him: "Princess, please don't embarrass your subordinates, please come in and rest." ”

Seeing that the two of them had a tough attitude, Lu Shi waved his hand and said, "That's it, ask An Qin to come over and serve the concubine to freshen up." ”

Turning around and sitting in front of the dressing table, he was even more depressed.

After a while, two maids entered with a washing app, and Lu saw from the bronze mirror that the person who came was not An Qin, but two girls with raw eyes, and couldn't help frowning: "Where is An Qin?" Why don't you come and serve this concubine? ”

"Back to the princess, Sister Anqin was called away by Steward Xiang." A girl replied.

"What's his name Anchen?"

"The slave doesn't know."

"Then call Mama Gong to serve the concubine."

"Mama Gong is not here, and the Xiang steward instructed that from today onwards, the two slaves and maids will serve the princess."

When Lu heard this, he patted the table of the dresser and reprimanded: "Who is the master in this Beining Palace?" ”

"The princess is angry, the steward Xiang is passing on the words of the prince, and I ask the princess not to embarrass the slave." The two maids saluted, but their attitudes were neither humble nor arrogant.

At this point, what else does the Lu family not understand, everything is an order passed down by the prince, not only was he grounded, but even the people around him were replaced.

The Lu clan forcibly suppressed the anger in his heart and said, "Go and tell Steward Xiang that this concubine wants to see the prince." ”

"Please allow the slave maid to groom the princess first, and then the slave maid will go and tell the Xiang steward."

"Get out, this concubine doesn't need you to serve!" Lu knocked off the hot handkerchief handed by the maid, got up and returned to the couch.

The two maids did not insist, and they withdrew from the house.

Looking at the door that was closed again, Lu leaned on the pillow dejectedly.

In the outer study in the front yard, Murong Jingzhong had locked himself in it for several hours. On the bookcase in front of him was a slightly yellowed picture scroll, a girl in a goose yellow dress holding a feather fan and leaning against the railing, with a faint smile on her picturesque face.

"Lord Wang, the old slave has something to do!" Outside the door, the voice of the auspicious steward came from outside.

Murong Jingzhong stretched out his hand to caress the scroll, muttering something in his mouth. Later, he carefully rolled up the scroll and put it back into the dark compartment in the wall. After calming down for a while, he said in a deep voice: "Come in." ”

The door of the study opened, and Steward Xiang stepped in with a tray in his hand.

"Lord Wang, you haven't eaten for a day, so let's use some porridge and don't go hungry."

"Let's put that first...... How's things going? ”

Steward Xiang put down the tray, put the file on it on the bookcase in front of Murong Jingzhong, and said: "Mama Gong refused to say anything at first, the old slave used some means for her, she said that everything was a conspiracy between her and Aunt Zhao, and it had nothing to do with others, and she wanted to bite her tongue and commit suicide, but fortunately she was stopped." That Sao Niang...... just blindly asked the old slave about Ruoping, and he had to see her. ”

Murong Jingzhong opened the file and looked through it roughly, Mama Gong only said how to harm Mo Li, and did not say a word about the princess of the Jiang family, so she asked again: "Where is the Lu family...... What's going on? ”

"Everything is according to the prince's orders, and the princess is quiet in the room."

"This king has only one princess of the Jiang family in this life, and he will ...... in the future Don't mention ...... again."

Steward Xiang was only slightly stunned, and then quickly replied, "The old slave obeys." ”

Murong Jingzhong frowned slightly and said: "Last night, this king saw it really, and that Shao Niang was very surprised when she saw Ruoping, and she kept staring at her after that. But look at the girl's expression, it seems that she doesn't know her. I don't know what's going on. ”

"The old slave is about to ask the prince to show it, do you want Ruoping to go to see Shao Niang?"

Murong Jingzhong pondered for a moment and said, "Ruoping is Chu Er's secret guard, Chu Er has always been cautious in doing things, if he is not a loyal person, it would not have been possible to use it for many years and be sent to Jinxi's side." Ruoping ...... He should be a reliable person. ”

"The prince is right, and the old slave also thinks that it doesn't hurt to let her go to see Shao Niang. If something really happens, the old slave will stop it in time. ”

"Well, you will tell the princess of the world, ask Ruoping if she has ever seen Shao Niang, and then take her over."

"Yes, lord." Steward Xiang answered, but did not withdraw immediately.

Murong Jingzhong raised his eyes to look at him: "What's the matter, why are you spitting and spitting?" ”

Steward Xiang hesitated for a moment before saying, "Lord Wang, the eldest prince went to the dungeon early this morning. ”

"What is he going to do?"

"The eldest prince wanted to see Shao Niang, but the old slave stopped him, and he said that he only glanced at it from a distance to confirm what he thought. The old slave thought that the eldest prince knew something, so he let him see from a distance. But the eldest prince said that he still had something to do, so he left. When the old slave came over just now, he saw the eldest prince kneeling at the gate of the courtyard, and he said that he didn't need to disturb the prince, and when the prince went out, he would apologize in person. ”

"What does that mean?"

"The old slave doesn't know, I heard the guard say that the eldest prince doesn't let anyone pass, and he has been kneeling there for more than an hour."

"Isn't he going to intercede for his mother?"

"The old slave asked the next person, the eldest prince has not been to the main courtyard today."

Murong Jingzhong raised his eyebrows: "Kneeling in the big sun, who is he showing to?" Fool around, go get him in now! ”

"Yes, lord."

Steward Xiang has been by Murong Jingzhong's side since he was young, although he has the title of a steward, he doesn't care about the affairs of the palace, he only follows the prince to listen to errands, and he can be said to be Murong Jingzhong's confidant.

He knew that although the status of the eldest prince in the prince's mind was not as good as that of the prince, he had never left the prince's side since he was a child, and Murong Qi was gentle and quiet, and he was also quite loved by the prince.