Lu Wanzhi was secretly relieved when she heard that Meng Jingshu was willing, and waited for Meng Jingshu to freshen up and put on makeup in the courtyard outside the house.

On the dog days of July, the weather is very hot, the roses in this courtyard are also blooming beautifully, there is a small lotus pond on the side, the lotus flowers in the lotus pond have just bloomed, it can be seen that the landscape of the courtyard here is much more than that of Jiangnan.

"Sister Wanzhi?"

Lu Wanzhi saw Zhao Jue, and Lian Fu saluted, "Your Highness."

Zhao Jue asked Lu Wanzhi and said, "You came to find Jingshu?" Did she have anything to say to you?"

Lu Wanzhi said, "My grandmother asked me to come to Sister Jingshu to go to the Gu family."

Zhao Jue glanced at the room and said, "Then can she be willing to go?"

Lu Wanzhi nodded slowly, and she heard Zhao Jue secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Lu Wanzhi raised her eyes and looked at Zhao Jue and said, "Sister Jingshu's promise to go to the Gu Mansion doesn't mean that she is not very good, she is just looking at her grandmother's face."

Zhao Jue's face turned slightly pale, and Lu Wanzhi said again: "When His Royal Highness snatched Sister Jingshu away back then, he should have known that there would be such a day."

Zhao Jue said: "I met Meng Jingshu first, and I also liked Meng Jingshu first."

Lu Wanzhi said, "Since it is Sister Jingshu that you want to meet before my eldest brother, then why don't you go to Sister Jingshu to confess your heart before my eldest brother? And why use such disgusting means?"

Zhao Jue said: "At that time, I didn't know the relationship between men and women, and for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at that time, you were more suitable for the position of Crown Princess than Meng Jingshu."

Lu Wanzhi: "......"

Zhao Jue said slowly: "Father, the emperor and grandmother all want you to be the crown princess, and I didn't choose the crown princess until I was about to weaken, just to wait for you to grow up to be the crown princess, Sister Wanzhi."

Lu Wanzhi: "......"

Zhao Jue looked at Lu Wanzhi and said, "The choice of Meng Jingshu as the crown princess is the first time I have disobeyed the emperor's grandmother, my father, and even the position of the prince."

Lu Wanzhi did not doubt Zhao Jue's words at all, although the Meng family had the title of Duke of Guo, it was already a foreign cadre, and Meng Jingshu's grandfather's generation began, and the Guogong Mansion had begun to decline.

When it came to Meng Jingshu's father's generation, he was still wavering before Emperor Jingyuan ascended the throne, and he once missed the line, but because of the incompetence of the Meng family, he did not do anything in the government, but was forgiven by Emperor Jingyuan.

Therefore, perhaps because of this, when the Queen Mother needed someone to accompany Zhao Heng to mess around, the Meng family handed over her own son to accompany Zhao Heng.

At that time, Meng Jingshu was indeed of no benefit in terms of the power that could be brought to the East Palace as the crown princess, on the contrary, it would only implicate the East Palace.

Zhao Jue said: "Regarding Cheng'er's matter, I haven't apologized to you properly, but Jingshu and suitability are more important to me than anything else."

When Lu Wanzhi saw Zhao Jue's apology, it was clear that he did not admit his mistakes.

Lu Wanzhi originally wanted to mention Zhao Jue, but Sister Jingshu reacted so much, it was impossible to live without him in her heart, it can be seen that he is unrepentant about taking the heir like this, and she doesn't want to mention it anymore.

Meng Jingshu went out with makeup, and frowned when she saw Zhao Jue.

Zhao Jue walked up to Meng Jingshu, held Meng Jingshu's hand and said, "I'll go to the Gu Mansion with you."

Meng Jingshu shook off Zhao Jue's hand and said, "Don't touch me."

Lu Wanzhi stepped forward and grabbed Meng Jingshu's hand and said, "Sister Jingshu, I'm afraid this old lady Gu is already in a hurry, the carriage of our Chu Palace's mansion is outside, so you can hurry up."

Meng Jingshu nodded to Lu Wanzhi and said, "Okay."

Zhao Jue was embarrassed to take the carriage of the Chu Palace, he was not Zhao Heng who didn't care about the difference between men and women, and anyone dared to get on the carriage.

When she arrived at the Gu family, Lu Wanzhi saw that the faces of everyone in the Gu family were not very good, and even the maids and maids were so angry that they didn't dare to make a sound.

When Lu Wanzhi arrived in Mrs. Gu's courtyard, she saw that Mrs. Gu, who was sick in bed yesterday, was able to stay and walk, wearing a blue-brown wide-sleeved shirt and skirt, and her silver-white hair was coiled into a high bun, which was very kind.

Old Madam Gu saw Lu Wanzhi and Meng Jingshu arrive and chuckled, "I waited for the two of you to come over early in the morning, and I have seen the eldest princess."

Meng Jingshu stepped forward and saluted, "The junior has seen Old Madam Gu."

Old Madam Gu didn't dare to accept Meng Jingshu's courtesy, so she held her hand and said, "Jue'er has done a lot of bastard things, but your grandmother will always be your grandmother."

Meng Jingshu helped Old Madam Gu to sit down and said, "Grandmother."

Old Madam Gu replied with a smile, "Good, you all go down, I have something to say to Jing Shu alone."

Everyone in the Gu family retreated.

After walking out of the door, Mrs. Gu Hou sighed lightly, and even asked everyone in the Gu Mansion to go to the palace to report the news.

Yulan shook Lu Wanzhi's hand and said, "Girl, the imperial doctor said that this time grandmother is back to the light."

Lu Wanzhi can also see that the old lady, who has been looking bad all the year round, suddenly looks radiant, and it must not be that her condition is improving, but that she is coming back to light.

Lu Wanzhi said, "I have already sent someone to inform the prince yesterday, I hope the prince can come back in time."

Zhao Jue and the latter came over, and when they saw that Lu Wanzhi and the Gu family were outside, they didn't see Meng Jingshu and asked, "Where is Jingshu?"

Gu Shiyu stepped forward and said, "Grandmother is talking to her inside."

Inside the house, Old Madam Gu said to Meng Jingshu: "When Shi Yu was young, I got a nine-link made of red jade and loved it very much, and when I went to the palace to read to Jue'er, I often brought it into the palace to play.

Jue'er also liked the Nine Links at a glance, and often borrowed the Nine Links from Shi Yu's hands to play, and at that time, Jue'er, Shi Yu and Lu Hang were only five or six years old.

The three of them were addicted to playing the Nine Links, and they didn't do the homework taught by the Taifu, and they were severely reprimanded by His Majesty for being a plaything for the prince, but they were just reprimanded for not completing their homework that day, but Jue'er never touched the Nine Links again.

Except that in the year of Heng'er's fifth birthday, he gave Heng'er a nine-ring chain made of white jade, and at that time I thought that Jue'er, who was only ten years old at the time, probably wanted to give it to her five-year-old self."

Meng Jingshu said, "Grandmother, what are you talking about?"

"Although Shi Yu and Lu Hang have been reprimanded, they can still play the Nine Links, when the old Hou Ye was still there, he saw that the eldest grandson loved the Nine Links, and bought all kinds of Nine Links in Chang'an City to play.

The old marquis also gave Jue'er a nine-link ring, Jue'er said that the elder could not give it, but the nine-link was really a plaything, so although he accepted it, he locked the nine-link with a lock.

Jue'er later threw the key to the Nine Links into the lake, and at that time I knew that he liked it, and he liked the Nine Links to the extreme, but he held back.

Old Madam Gu said slowly: "There are so many things, he gave up too much because of the position of the prince, everyone thought that Wanzhi was the best candidate for the crown princess, and he thought so, after all, as the prince, his crown princess was not up to him."

Meng Jingshu said, "Fortunately, it wasn't Wanzhi who became his crown princess."

Old Madam Gu said slowly: "Jue'er liked you a long time ago, just like the Nine Rings, he restrained his liking for you at first, and watched you and Lu Hang have a good tryst, do you think he didn't think about competing with Lu Hang for you when your relationship is still shallow?"

But he didn't have a choice, His Majesty and the Queen Mother at that time only recognized Wanzhi as the crown princess, if he wanted to choose you, he could only let you be the side concubine, or Liangdi, what qualifications did he have to pursue you openly, let you choose between Lu Hang and him?

Maybe Jue'er thought at first that you were like his favorite Nine Rings when he was a child, as long as it was locked, he wouldn't be tempted anymore, but people are not Nine Links after all, you are the only thing he has done for so many years without thinking about the position of the prince."