After seeing Zhu Heyu for the first time, the next day.

Dong Yuqing knelt on the bluestone slab, and the pouring rain hit her body and face, making her breathless.

"Master, I've been with you for so many years, and I've never asked for anything, this time I beg you...... You let it go, can't you? ”

Zhu Changjun sat on the Taishi chair in the study, flipping through "Lu's Spring and Autumn" indiscriminately, listening to Dong Yuqing's crying very annoyingly.

"Is there a more suitable candidate besides her, not to mention ......" Takechangjun wanted to say something, but he didn't say it.

"You also know Ran'er's temperament, the palace is not suitable for her." Dong Yuqing knew the meaning of Zhuchangjun's words, but he could only continue to plead for the sake of the child.

"People change with the environment, I think I was full of ambition and righteousness back then, but look at the present...... Can Qinggao be eaten as a meal? Can it be used as a right? Takecho-gun said as if he was stuck in a memory.

"If you get ...... If you don't get it, you will anger the prince and invite you to kill yourself, is it what the lord wants to see? Dong Yuqing still said unwillingly.

"No, as long as there is you, she won't! And how much more the way you look and the way she looks...... Alas! Don't mention old things! Takechang's tone was mean.

"Seventeen years, it seems...... It seems that the master still can't let go! Dong Yuqing smiled bitterly.

"Mother! Hurry up, your body is already weak, how can you eat on your knees in such a heavy rain! ”

According to the conversation between the two, Zhu Ran also guessed nine times out of ten about the current situation when it came to yesterday's events.

"Ran'er came just in time, and I have something to discuss with you for my father." Zhu Changjun's tone of voice was much better than that of Dong Yuqing.

Zhu Ran smiled reluctantly: "Is my father discussing or ordering today?" ”

"Of course I discussed it with Ran'er!" Takechangjun cleared his throat and said.

"It's raining heavily right now, and my daughter and second lady are drenched, if I go into the study to discuss things and I'm afraid of dirty my father's house, can I let my daughter go back and change her clothes, freshen up and dress up and come back to see her father?"

Zhu Ran knew that his mother had always been strong, and even in the most difficult times, he never prayed to his father. Today, for his own sake, he put down his dignity, and he was so humble and prostrate at his father's feet, feeling very uncomfortable.

Hearing Zhu Ran's words, Zhu Changjun waved his hand at Zhu Ran and said, "Let's go back first!" I also persuade your mother. ”

"Master......" Dong Yuqing broke free of Zhu Ran's hand, still begging without giving up.

As if he hadn't heard, Takecho-gun walked lazily towards the house.

Seeing her mother kneeling humbly, facing the man in front of her who was a father but had never given her father's love, Zhu Ran felt dazzling, particularly dazzling.

"Ran'er, these grievances can be endured, but entering the palace is... "It will ruin a lifetime, Dong Yuqing can't say it. Finally, he shook his head and didn't say anything.

"It's not a lifetime, does my mother want her daughter to be driven back to her parents' house halfway!" Zhu Ran didn't know how she said this, how she didn't know what her mother meant, but could her father's attitude change.

"Ran... You..."Dong Yuqing really couldn't go on.

"Why is my mother crying again, it won't look good if she cries again!" Zhu Ran wiped her tears for Dong Yuqing, and pretended to be relaxed and said: "In fact, if my daughter is willing to enter the palace, she will be the princess's concubine when she enters the palace, not to mention that I heard that King Ruixin is not an idle person, he is brave and strategic, and he cares about his family and country ......and the world" Zhu Ran finally couldn't go on, even if this Ruixin King was good, if she had a choice, she would not enter the palace.

Dong Yuqing suddenly raised his head, looked at Zhu Ran's face, shook his head and didn't speak again.

Zhu Ran put his arm on her shoulder, and he could clearly feel the emaciation of his body, and he could actually feel the bones. My heart was sour, and I forcibly returned my tears.

Zhu Ran helped Dong Yuqing, the heavy rain outside was still there, but she didn't care anymore, she was going to the palace, even if it was a fire pit, she would also go there, she didn't want her mother to grovel, she was distressed......

The day before entering the house

"Does the father mean to send his daughter to the palace?" Zhu Ran knew what Zhu Changjun meant, but he didn't give up and wanted to ask again.

"That's what I mean to be a father."

Zhu Changjun added: "This is also the will of Prince Ruixin, and there is no way to be a father!" ”

"My father is a secretary of the Ministry of War, and he is a third-rank official, and now the war is tight, if my father insists on refusing, will Prince Ruixin hurt the peace with the minister for a woman?"

"You! How do you talk to the Father? On weekdays, Mr. Dispatch teaches you to read, and that's all you learn! Takechangjun was speechless for a while.

"When I met Lord Ruixin in the study that day, was it arranged by my father in advance?"

In fact, Zhu Ran should have thought of it a long time ago, she has always been unwelcome, if it wasn't for Zhuchangjun arranging for her to meet Zhu Heyu, how would she dress up for her.

"Yes and what, no, you are the daughter of the Bamboo Mansion, you should do what you should do for the Bamboo Mansion, and it is not in vain for your father's cultivation of you over the years. Even if you don't think about your father, you have to think about your mother! "Takecho-gun's words are cruel.

Zhu Ran felt ridiculous, she had never enjoyed the glory and preferential treatment of the family, but she wanted to sacrifice her life's happiness for it. And she is powerless to resist, because she is not only a person, she also has a mother.

Zhu Ran glanced at Zhu Changjun, and then asked indiscriminately, "Father, you... Have you ever loved your daughter? ”

"In the palace, you must understand the rules and serve the prince wholeheartedly, and you must not be as willful as at home. If you live well in the palace, your mother can live well, and the up and down in the bamboo mansion can live well! As if he hadn't heard Zhu Ran's words, Zhu Changjun said his own words, and turned around and left after speaking.

Wayward? Have you ever been willful, and who will allow you to be willful? Zhu Ran didn't know what he had done wrong, otherwise why did his father be so mean to her since she was a child, maybe he really didn't love her as a daughter.

When entering the house.

Zhuchang County entered the house from the main gate, and Zhuran, as a concubine, entered the house from the side gate according to the etiquette system of the current dynasty.

Zhu Heyu was not there, and Li Wenhai, the chief manager, walked towards the two of them with four middle-aged women, with a warm and modest attitude.

"The old man is the housekeeper in the house, please say hello to Zhu Shangshu and Miss Zhu." Because the final medical examination has not yet been conducted, Li Wenhai is still called Miss Zhu Ranzhu.

"Mr. Li, please get up! In the future, I will have to trouble you to take care of it in the house! ”

Li Wenhai said with a smile: "How dare you say this, the old man will have to rely on the young lady to take care of him in the future." ”

After some courtesy, I finally got to the point. "These two are the aunts who checked Miss Zhu's body, and these two are the aunts who teach etiquette."

Zhu Ran walked towards the inner room under the guidance of his aunt.

"The old man accompanied Lord Zhu to the side hall to rest for a while!" Li Wenhai smiled and led the way for Zhuchang County.

After about a stick of incense, a little maid suddenly came in and attached herself to Li Wenhai's ear and didn't know what to say.

Seeing Li Wenhai's embarrassed face, Zhu Changjun couldn't help asking, "Is there something wrong with Ran'er?" ”

Since Lord Zhu asked, the old man also said it directly. Miss Bamboo has a fist-sized scar on her back. This royal rule is also known to adults......" Li Wenhai said apologetically.

"It was an accident!" Zhu Changjun was also surprised, and then regained his composure and said: "The daughter of the family is the candidate that the prince likes, and now this physical examination is just a formality." Mr. Li can only rest assured, if the prince is to blame for this matter, Ben Shangshu will bear it all. ”

Li Wenhai thought for a while and said: "If there are adults here, the old man will be relieved!" ”

When the crown princess Du Yuyan Li Wenhai used to see it often, thinking that the daughter of the military department secretary was a little similar to Du Yuyan at the moment, and he was not good at offending this military department secretary, Li Wenhai also put the matter down.