Luoshi Street is still bustling.

Those dignitaries and dignitaries who go to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion can always see the surplus land boats at the corner of the street, and the princes and nobles in Jinling City are already frequent visitors to this high-end shabu shabu restaurant.

Even as the temperature continues to rise and the scorching summer is just around the corner, it is difficult to stop the hot hearts of these people.

The people who eat hot pot in the summer are logically fewer than the people who eat hot pot in the cold winter of the lunar month.

But the overland boat rebelled against this principle.

The reason is simple.

Lu Hou was crowned king.

The Wuwei Hou Mansion, which is in full swing and is in the process of breaking ground to restructure specifications, is the place where everyone's eyes in Jinling City converge during this time.

So much so that the Marquis of Ningguo's Mansion, which collapsed violently, is now in a state where no one cares.

The back waves of the Yangtze River push the front waves, and a new generation replaces the old.

In Kyoto, from the lord of the clan down to Li Min Buyi, they all saw the rising sun in the sky above the western realm.

People's address to him has also changed from Marquis Lu to King Wuwei.

Lu Ze himself did not have any pride in the change of salutation.

Regarding the many things that His Majesty the Emperor himself promised in the Heart Cultivation Hall a few days and nights ago, Lu Ze was even more noncommittal.

Because he understands that any? In fact, the things that were promised don't count, only the things that you have the final say count.

Wuwei Wangfu is being newly built, the scale of the establishment is slightly larger than the Mu Wangfu's Beijing Mansion in Kyoto, since the king's will was issued, there are countless gifts sent to the palace, Lu Ze just asked the steward to leave those who are close to the mansion and gifts, and the rest of the mansions sent to the opening of the house symbolically left a few, and the worship posts were all returned.

Night shrouds Jinling.

A breeze.

Late spring and early summer are the most pleasant times of the year, when the wind in the air is warm but not hot.

Lu Ze drove lightly and came to the red sleeve move.

In the face of Qin Panruo's invitation, Lu Ze was not surprised, this femme fatale of the slippery clan has now come to a dead end, Mei Changsu in the capital is no longer secretive, and secretly destroyed Qin Panruo's eyeliner in various mansions, and Lu Ze's root-sweeping net in the west has driven out the flies, flies, snakes and snakes that are hidden in the dark.

The business of Red Sleeves is still very good.

But for King Yu, the most important thing is not profit, but the red sleeve trick and the information that Qin Panruo can provide him.

King Yu is as suspicious and ungrateful as Emperor Liang, and the trust that Qin Panruo has cultivated in front of King Yu over the years has recently dissipated.

Qin Panruo was anxious.

Only then did I find the fourth sister in Yuhu Town.

Inside the red sleeve move, the lights are dim.

Lu Ze went straight upstairs, but he didn't attract the attention of the pair of people in the hall who were struggling with drinking.

There is a Weiyang Pavilion on the top floor of the Red Sleeve Move, and it does not receive guests, because this is the place where Qin Panruo lives, and even inside the Red Sleeve Move, only its intimate maid can walk around in it, and no man has ever entered it.

But today someone has broken that precedent.

Lu Ze stepped into it, and after a simple glance, he raised his legs and sat down.

Before he could wait for a moment, a lazy voice sounded.

"Prajna has seen King Wuwei."

Qin Panruo was wearing a black glazed long dress, with pieces of snow white exposed around her neck, only a lilac pendant was embellished, which complemented each other, her head was full of green silk was coiled up, and her smile was indescribably charming.

It's different from the Qin shopkeepers I saw in the past.

Today's Qin Banruo has an indescribable extravagance like the ladies in the capital.

Lu Ze raised his hand in the air and said with a smile: "The beauty is invited, how can you not come?" ”

When Qin Panruo heard this, he immediately smiled, his cheeks were dimpleed, and he said a little playfully: "Praruo still thought that after the prince was sealed, he would not look down on such a place as the red sleeve move. ”

She knelt on the cushion opposite Lu Ze familiarly, her long skirt was full, and there was a faint roundness behind her.

Lu Ze shook his head with a smile: "Why do you look down on it?" Isn't my land boat also driving in Luoshi Street? ”

He turned to look at Qin Panruo's three thousand green silks that were coiled, and saw a hairpin as white as jade inserted into it, and the hairpin head was in the shape of a dragon, so he asked: "If this hairpin is so familiar, why does it look so much like the white jade dragon hairpin on the land boat hundred treasure wall?" ”

Qin Banruo's smile widened.

"Naturally, it's the dragon hairpin in the prince's land boat."

"When Pranya first went to the land boat, he fell in love with this hairpin at a glance, and in order to get it, it took a lot of effort."

Such a woman's coquettish tone, even Qin Panruo in the Yuwang Mansion had never used it, but at this time, she used it so naturally, and even when she blurted it out, she didn't feel abnormal.

In the red-sleeved move, I don't know how many women have this kind of coquettish demeanor.

But it definitely does not include Qin Panruo himself.

Shopkeeper Qin's heart couldn't help but feel strange emotions.

Like a spring pond, rippling waves.

Why is his feeling and reaction so different in front of Lu Ze and in front of His Royal Highness King Yu?

Could it be that in his heart, he feels that this mountain of King Wuwei is higher than the mountain of His Royal Highness King Yu?

Lu Ze looked at Qin Panruo, who was very thoughtful, and said with a smile: "The sword is matched with a hero, and the jade hairpin is matched with a beauty." It's just that this white jade dragon hairpin is a man's hairpin, and the hairpin body is embossed with dragon patterns, and there is an inscription on it in seal script, 'Words and Thoughts of the Gentleman, Wen Qi is like jade', which is not very suitable for matching with Pranya. ”

Qin Panruo was noncommittal to Lu Ze's words.

"Although she is a woman, she is not as good as a man."

The feast soon began.

After a while, the Weiyang Pavilion was sprinkled with a lot of exquisite food.

Good food, good wine and beautiful people.

Lu Ze was in a good mood today, and he drank a cup of wine.

Qin Panruo, who was opposite, didn't let his eyebrows be on the wine table, and drank no less than Lu Ze, so that two blushes appeared on his originally fair cheeks, charming and moving, shining.

Qin Panruo held his chin in his hand, and his confused gaze wandered over Lu Ze, unscrupulous.

"What is Prajna looking at?"

"Of course I'm watching... Lord Wang, I'm thinking about what kind of person the prince is. ”

"What kind of person do you think I am?"

Qin Panruo frowned, as if he was trying to think about this question, and after a long time, he said uncertainly: "The prince is a very mysterious person, it is difficult for people to guess, the only thing that Praruo can be sure of is... The prince is a man. ”

The joke was cold, but Lu Ze still laughed.

As soon as Qin Panruo's words fell, the maid who was in charge of pouring the wine just now did not leave, but knelt under Lu Ze.

This maid had not been dressed up as deliberately as Qin Panruo, but the natural charm between her eyebrows was more intense than Qin Panruo's unadulterated, like the fruit that was ripe enough to come out of the water with a squeeze at the end of autumn.

The woman only poured the wine, and did not make any other movements.

Lu Ze retracted his gaze after just a glance and asked, "This is... New to the new arrival? ”

"Yes."

"Since she is a new maidservant, how can she enter the Weiyang Pavilion in the boudoir?"

The drunkenness in Lu Ze's eyes dissipated, he looked at Qin Panruo who was sitting opposite, and smiled directly: "If Praruo is just talking about feelings with this king, of course this king is willing to have a long talk with you, but if Praruo wants to talk about business, just this woman next to him is far less than the thousands of slippery people in the seven states in the west." ”

The air freezes instantly.

At this moment, whether it was Qin Panruo or the fourth sister, their faces froze instantly.

Lu Ze picked up the wine jug and filled his cup with wine.

He looked at Qin Panruo, who was not smiling in front of him, with a little pity in his eyes: "Praruo, you and this king are both businessmen, you must know that it takes capital to talk about business." ”

"With that little silver in your hand, how can you do business with this king?"

Lu Ze's words were flat and straightforward, but they were directly inserted into Qin Panruo's heart.

The sharp dagger was bloodless, but it made it difficult for her to breathe.

The fourth sister beside Lu Ze lowered her head and was so silent that she didn't dare to move.

The fourth sister was really reluctant to help her junior sister Panruo, so she agreed to come to help tonight, but unexpectedly, the young Wuwei Wang Tu poor dagger appeared, and with just a simple word, all the details of the two sisters were shaken off.

Thinking of this prince's terrifying martial arts, he has even reached the top of the Langya master list.

The fourth sister was silent, kneeling on the ground, only to feel the warm current in her body flowing uncontrollably, and had to suppress it.

I thought silently in my heart, such a character... Can we really handle it?

Qin Panruo looked at Lu Ze.

She was in a trance.

Now Qin Panruo knows why he is inadvertently coquettish when he is by Lu Ze's side.

Because, Lu Ze is very similar to the person closest to her.

The man brought her up, taught her skills, and taught her to restore the country.

That's her master, Princess Xuanji, who is wise and close to demons.

Princess Xuanji stealthily used her unparalleled wisdom as a strategist, calculating people's hearts and stirring up the situation, which finally made the Daliang royal family fight, the father and son were suspicious, and the Red Flame Army was removed.

Lu Ze has a temperament similar to that of Princess Xuanji.

But he is even more domineering, with supreme wisdom wrapped around the blade.

Just like today, just a few words made Qin Panruo's senior sisters suppress and dare not act rashly.

Qin Panruo raised her head suddenly, she looked at Lu Ze, suppressed her voice, and said hoarsely: "King Wuwei once told me that you want to break through the court of Dayu and lead your troops to break through the Chendu of Northern Yan and Jiangqiancheng of Southern Chu... I and the Slippery Clan, we are willing to help King Wuwei achieve the supreme cause. ”

With that, Qin Panruo got up and came to Lu Ze's side.

I saw that she knelt directly on the ground and bowed, which caused the fourth sister on the other side to be shocked.

This kind of great gift means that Prajna is not a strategist... but slaves.

When the fourth sister saw this, she couldn't help but feel grief.

She left Jinling in the past, not only because she wanted to live a peaceful life, but more importantly, because she was not optimistic about Praruo.

After the death of the master, Qin Banruo in Jinling City worked hard, but there was no half of the grand occasion when Princess Xuanji was alive, although the fourth sister wanted to go into hiding, but today she witnessed the backbone of the supporting slippery clan bend down, and her heart was extremely uncomfortable.

Lu Ze stroked Qin Panruo's head, like stroking the kitten sitting beside him.

"Prajna, you're very smart."

"Let's get up first."

Qin Banruo got up, his eyes were red.

The fourth sister who was kneeling on the other side was crying bitterly, and it wasn't until Lu Ze said that she poured her wine and got up with relief.

The atmosphere of the conversation that followed was different from what it had just been.

Lu Ze said softly: "If you know, in Kyoto, who do I envy the most?" ”

"I don't know."

"Well... It's Lord Ji. ”

Qin Panruo raised his eyebrows: "Lord Ji? ”

She didn't expect that Lu Ze's most envious was that Prince Ji.

"That's right, how comfortable Lord Ji is all day."

"You don't have to do anything, you sleep and eat every day, you eat and sleep, no one in the entire Jinling City dares to mess with him, can you not be envied if you live so comfortably?"

Qin Banruo just wanted to refute.

But thinking that the identities of the two sides have changed fundamentally, they still chose to remain silent.

"Of course, everyone has their own life to live their needs."

"I have come today to give you another way, to the west."

Qin Banruo was silent for a moment before he spoke: "If I don't go, those slippery people in the western realm will all die." ”

Lu Ze nodded.

"Okay, I'll go."

Qin Banruo agreed neatly because she knew that she had no room for bargaining, and just because Lu Ze knew her identity as a slippery clan, she had completely grasped the most critical lifeline.

It wasn't until after Lu Ze left that the fourth sister breathed a sigh of relief.

She observed the expression on Pranya's face, and asked cautiously, "Do you need to inform His Royal Highness King Yu about today's matter?" ”

Qin Panruo stared at him coldly: "Fourth sister Mo has been away from Jinling for a long time, and her brain has become confused, I'm afraid that King Yu looks beautiful now, but he has no power in his hands, how can he be compared with King Wuwei?" ”

The fourth sister soon left in a muffled voice.

When I was invited, I was so fanciful that I knew it with emotion.

Now, when I am let go, I don't think about sisterhood at all.

Qin Panruo of Weiyang Pavilion stood at the window, looking at the bright moon in the night sky, and his eyes were full of indescribable poignancy.

Tonight was the most memorable night for Qin Panruo, but it was also the most restful night in all these years.

At least, she doesn't have any secrets to hide anymore.

But that night was a sleepless night for many people in Jinling City.

After midnight, the sound of the golden bell rang out in the depths of the palace.

Twenty-seven sounds are the sound of the nation's mourning.

The Empress Dowager slept in her sleep.

The death of the emperor's grandmother was not a surprise, the Empress Dowager was nearly 100 years old, her sanity was not very clear many years ago, her body was sometimes good and sometimes not tough, and the Ministry of Rites even prepared the funeral ceremony in advance.

Lu Ze's maternal grandfather, the new Shangshu Liu Ji of the Ministry of Rites, handled this national funeral and was not in a hurry.

After the mourning sound, the whole Liang immediately entered the national mourning period, the emperor according to the Liang ceremony to observe filial piety for 30 days, the clan with the sacrifice, the ministers above the three grades into the palace to pay tribute, the national ban on music banquets for three years.

There are many ripple effects caused by this incident.

The first is the postponement of Lu Ze's edict ceremony.

Although the emperor has issued an edict, he has not worshiped his ancestors and enshrined the heavens, and the king has only been halfway through.

The marriage between Liang and Chu was also suspended, and the two parties only exchanged marriage contracts at present, and they could only marry after three years.

In addition, Xie Yu's case was determined to be beheaded, but due to the national mourning, he was not executed, and the sentence was changed to exile to Qianzhou, and he set off two months later.

The national mourning of Daliang made Dayu in the north breathe a sigh of relief.

Because according to the etiquette system, during the mourning period of the Great Liang State, except for self-defense, it is not allowed to take the initiative to raise troops from abroad.