Chapter 12 012(1/2)
The next day, the court was on holiday, and King Chun was on holiday, and several young masters of Prince Chun’s mansion were also resting, so there was no need to go to class.
Zhou Qi came to pay tribute to Lu as usual and followed Lu Ding.
Lu put his own son behind his head for the first time and reluctantly pulled Xu Roujia, fearing that Xu Roujia would be detained by Concubine Hui as soon as she entered the palace today.
"Auntie, what happened?" Lu Ding asked in confusion.
Before Lu could speak, Lu Yilan said sourly: "Brother, the prince is going to bring A Tao into the palace today, saying that Concubine Hui wants to see A Tao."
Where is the palace? Lu Yilan didn't even dare to think about it. But A Tao's stinky girl was lucky and could enter the palace at a young age. Lu Yilan was jealous and aggrieved. She was the niece of her aunt. Why didn't Concubine Hui summon her?
Lu Ding was shocked. He looked at Xu Roujia leaning against Lu's arms, wearing an exquisite goose-yellow silk flower on his head, and a piece of gold-inlaid jade necklace that came from somewhere around his neck. He was pink and tender, as if he was a rich lady in official clothes and food. He was completely different from his timid sister in old clothes.
"How could Concubine Hui know A Tao?" Lu Ding asked his aunt strangely, feeling very uneasy. A Tao had never left alone, and there were many rules in the palace. What if A Tao accidentally got into trouble?
Lu sighed without explanation.
Zhou Qi, who had been sitting quietly with his eyes down, looked in the direction of Xu Roujia.
If he remembers correctly, this fucking cousin looks a bit similar to that of his rarely seen cousin Xu.
Not long after, Eunuch Cao, who was beside King Chun, came and said to Lu with a smile: "Auntie, the prince ordered the old slave to pick up Miss A Tao."
When Lu saw him, his face was as heavy as it was about to rain.
Eunuch Cao pretended not to see it, and turned around and saluted Zhou Qi again, and said with a smile: "Fourth Master, the prince said that you will accompany your cousin to come to the palace to pay tribute to the empress."
Zhou Qi immediately stood up and left his seat.
When his son cooperated so much, Lu gritted his teeth. Seeing Eunuch Cao glanced at him again, implicitly urging him. Lu had no choice but to pinch Xu Roujia's head. She whispered: "Atao remembers his aunt's words and should be obedient after entering the palace."
Lu bit the word "good" very seriously.
Xu Roujia was almost amused by Lu's family. The so-called obedience of Lu was to make her cry and make her grandmother bothered her.
"Well, I remember." Xu Roujia raised her head and agreed obediently.
When Lu saw this, his heart sank even more. It’s over. The little niece is so beautiful and so cute. Concubine Hui must have snatched her!
Like an old mother who was forced to sell her daughter for prosperity, Lu watched her son and niece walk out of Xiaoyueju with a sad face.
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On the way to the main courtyard, Xu Roujia and Zhou Qi were standing side by side, and Eunuch Cao walked on her right, far away from Zhou Qi.
Xu Roujia and Zhou Qi had nothing to talk to. She cared about Eunuch Cao more, who was the number one celebrity around her uncle, and even Princess Chun was treated with three points.
"Eunuch Cao, I have never entered the palace. Tell me the rules in the palace. I am afraid that I will make mistakes and implicate my uncle." Xu Roujia asked nervously and reliably, looking at Eunuch Cao with clear almond eyes.
Eunuch Cao:...
After living in his forties, I was looking up at by a little girl with such dependence for the first time!
He is an eunuch. Even though he has a good status in Prince Chun's Mansion, those female protagonists and maids will not regard him as normal. Only this cousin, who may not understand who the eunuch is, really treats him as an elder.
Looking at the little girl's simple face, Eunuch Cao felt warm. If he was polite to Xu Roujia before because he knew that the prince would definitely spoil the child, then now Eunuch Cao really wanted to take more care of her.
So, Eunuch Cao smiled and said, "Okay, my father-in-law will tell you, and my cousin will not make mistakes if he remembers it carefully."
The doting tone made Zhou Qi unable to help but squint Eunuch Cao.
Eunuch Cao has already started to tell the rules to Xu Roujia.
Xu Roujia pretended to listen seriously and asked questions from time to time. Eunuch Cao patiently explained that in just about a quarter of an hour, the relationship between the two had a thousand miles.
"Eunuch Cao is so nice."
"That's because my cousin is loved by people. I'm not good to everyone, father-in-law."
Xu Roujia smiled happily.
Zhou Qi looked at the other side. After a day of not seeing him, this girl's skill in flattery improved again.
"Uncle!"
Xu Roujia was the first to see King Chun standing in front. She called out in a delicate voice like a niece, with a very natural tone.
King Chun turned around and saw that Eunuch Cao was very close to Xu Roujia. However, the old man who should have been closer to Xu Roujia fell expressionlessly.
King Chun glanced at his son meaningfully.
Zhou Qi looked calm.
Xu Roujia quickly walked to King Chun and looked back at Eunuch Cao and said, "Uncle, Eunuch Cao said that those who can enter the palace are blessed people, is that true?"
King Chun smiled: "Really, A Tao is a blessed person."
Xu Roujia smiled even better, and she looked like a girl from a small town who had first entered the city.
It was not too early, and King Chun looked at his fourth son and walked towards the main entrance of the royal palace.
Only one carriage was parked outside the door. King Chun first helped Xu Roujia onto the carriage, and then signaled Zhou Qi to get onto the carriage.
"I will help my father." Zhou Qi stood in front of the car and said respectfully, but there was no deliberate congratulations from his son to me on his face.
When King Chun thought of the other three sons, he suddenly realized that the fourth son was very similar to the Lu family. The mother and the mother were not willing to compete for favor, but Lu family was cheerful and free and easy, and his son was cold and alienated.
After getting on the car, King Chun sat in the main seat, Xu Roujia and Zhou Qi sat face to face on the side seats on both sides.
Chun Wang asked his son first: "Your grandmother is lingering in sick bed. All three brothers in the family often visit the palace, but you have only been there once. Why is that?"
Xu Roujia felt heartbroken, was her grandmother sick?
She looked at Zhou Qi unconsciously, and Zhou Qi turned to King Chun and lowered her eyes and replied: "Father, my grandmother's illness is a heart disease. My son cannot satisfy my grandmother's wishes, and he is not good at speaking and cannot make my grandmother happy, so he did not go to the palace to bother me."
When King Chun looked at his son, a trace of helplessness flashed in his eyes. He knew that the fourth brother was not unfilial to his elders, but he was ridiculed as a child. The child gradually became taciturn and did not want to go too much in and outside the palace. He usually liked to stay in his Taoranju, and lived like an old monk in the mountains.
Today, King Chun called his son to show his face to enhance the relationship between his grandmother and grandparents.
"Even so, your grandmother misses you, so you should go to the palace to visit her more often." King Chun said half-in-commandly.
Zhou Qi nodded: "My son understands."
King Chun turned to Xu Roujia again, and the majesty on his face was replaced by gentleness in a flash, and he said softly: "Don't be nervous, the empress is very kind, just treat her as an ordinary old lady and respect her."
old lady?
Xu Roujia almost laughed out loud. Her grandmother loved beauty the most and disliked others saying that she was old the most. If her grandmother knew that her son called her an old lady outside, would she be so angry that she beat her uncle?
"Is the Empress very old?" Xu Roujia asked in surprise, "My uncle is so young, so the Empress should not be old either, right?"
King Chun:...
The beautiful face of the biological mother who was well-maintained, and King Chun really didn't dare to say that she was old.
"It's not old, A Tao will know when she sees it." King Chun quickly clarified.
Xu Roujia showed longing on her face.
King Chun took the opportunity to talk about a few good deeds that Empress Hui had done, such as the little palace maid who made a mistake, Empress Hui did not care about it.
The atmosphere in the carriage gradually became relaxed. Xu Roujia saw the opportunity and asked Chun Wang in a low voice: "Uncle, why didn't you stay with your aunt last night? When my aunt went to find me, my eyes were red. Did you make you angry? Did you scold her?"
As soon as she spoke, the smile on King Chun's face suddenly froze. What, after he left last night, Lu actually cried?
Zhou Qi, who had been silently listening to the two chatting silently, finally raised his eyes and looked at Xu Roujia.
Xu Roujia was waiting for King Chun to answer. If his grandmother kept her by her side, then this would probably be the last thing Xu Roujia could do to help Lu.
King Chun was still immersed in his thoughts.
Why did Lu cry? Is it because he wanted to steal her niece, or because of his ruthless departure? If it was the former, he would be a bit domineering with his power to steal people. If it was the latter, does it mean that Lu actually cared about his favor, but that woman wanted to be strong and refused to show it in front of him?
Otherwise, he will go to Xiaoyueju tonight?
"Uncle, my aunt didn't mean it. Don't be angry with her, okay?" Xu Roujia begged softly.
King Chun could not explain, so he had to say, "Okay, I'll go see your aunt tonight."
Xu Roujia smiled with confidence.
When King Chun saw it, he felt sad. Last year he had an argument with his mother, and the mother and son parted in disagreement. Later, he figured it out and went to the palace to apologize to his mother. His mother was cold and his niece begging for him, so his mother forgave him. A Tao's tone of pleading for Lu just now was exactly the same as his niece.
He was immersed in his memory of his niece, and Zhou Qi looked at his fucking cousin opposite him in an exploratory manner. His mother was extremely strong and would not cry easily. Why did this girl make up such a lie? In order to make her father pamper her mother? She, an honest child who was said to be a maid in the Lu family, became more scrupulous as soon as she entered Beijing?
"What do I do when my cousin is watching me?" Xu Roujia certainly noticed Zhou Qi's peeping. She blinked and asked in fear.
Zhou Qi was stunned and was about to deny it, but found that his father looked at him.
Zhou Qi pursed his lips and turned his head to look out the window.
When King Chun saw him, his eyes gradually became more and more relieved when he looked at his son. This child must be worried about Lu, how could he really have no feelings for his close relatives?
"The fourth brother will go to your aunt's place to have dinner tonight." King Chun made the decision to arrange it.
Zhou Qi replied in a low voice.
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Concubine Hui lives in Zhaoyang Palace.
King Chun led his two children to pay homage.
Concubine Hui was lying on the bed in a cloak, facing the sky with her face plain face. When she learned that her son was coming, she wanted to dress up to relieve her son, but when she sat up, she felt that the shadow of her poor granddaughter was everywhere in the room. Concubine Hui lost her energy and lay down again, listless.
To be continued...