Chapter 38 038
The British Duke's Mansion held a banquet, and the eldest and eldest masters of the Chun Prince's Mansion were all here.
Lu Ding followed Zhou Qi. When Xie Jin and his son bowed to King Chun, Lu Ding stared at Xie Jin for a while and suddenly remembered it. Isn’t this the strange young man they met by chance in Huayan Temple?
Lu Ding looked at Zhou Qi in confusion.
Zhou Qi's eyes were cold and he had no intention of explaining anything.
Lu Ding had to guess it himself.
After entering Beijing for so long, he has lived in the royal palace. No one dared to say gossip about Princess Roujia, especially Taoranju, so Lu Ding knew very little about Princess Roujia. But he had already known all the nobles in the capital and knew that the British Duke's Mansion was the mother of Prince Chun's biological mother, Empress Hui.
Looking back on the complicated appearance of Xie Jin when he saw A Tao that day, Lu Ding suddenly had a guess.
One is the granddaughter whom Concubine Hui raised by her side, and the other is the nephew of Concubine Hui's family. The two must meet often. The young man is handsome and elegant, and the little girl is beautiful and charming. Could it be that Xie Jin likes Princess Roujia? That day he mistakenly treated A Tao as Princess Roujia and came back to life?
All kinds of clues were linked together, and Lu Ding felt that he might have guessed the truth.
After entering the Duke's Mansion, the elders and the younger generations will be separated for the time being.
The four brothers Zhou Qi were led to the West Hall, where there were young men and everyone was talking.
Zhou Qi directly chose the most secluded corner and sat alone to drink tea.
Someone glanced at their direction and walked over to ask the second master Zhou Jun: "I heard that Princess Baofu in your mansion looks very similar to Princess Roujia, who passed away, like the same person, but really?"
Zhou Qi seemed to have not heard of it, and Lu Ding frowned.
Not far away, Xie Jin talked to someone, but his attention was attracted by the person.
Zhou Jun said indifferently: "Of course it's true, otherwise how could the Empress accept her as her granddaughter?"
The person who spoke before said, "That's amazing. Two people who are not related by blood can actually be so similar."
Another young man in China teased: "This is a good thing. Maybe it can cure our prince's love injury."
When Lu Ding heard this, he clenched his fists secretly.
Xie Jin continued to talk to people as if he didn't hear it.
Prince Chun, Zhou Yu, looked at the young master of Huafu unhappy: "Don't say anything that is wrong, Master Shen Liu respects himself."
The Master Shen Liu laughed quickly.
Zhou Yu ignored the other party and glared at Zhou Jun reproachfully.
Zhou Jun touched his nose awkwardly.
The banquet ended in the afternoon and the guests went home one after another.
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After returning to the palace, Lu Ding said to Zhou Qi: "Fourth Master, I heard that A Tao is sick, I want to go and see her."
Zhou Qi nodded: "Go."
Lu Ding made great strides to Xiaoyueju.
Lu and Lu Yilan were sitting together chatting. Xu Roujia pretended to be sick and looked very similar, but she didn't go out for a long time.
Lu Ding did not look for her, but called her sister aside and whispered: "The weird young master we met at Huayan Temple last time was the prince of the British Duke's Mansion. He and Princess Roujia are childhood sweethearts. After we entered Beijing, many people joked with A Tao to thank the prince. I can't help saying this to A Tao, you can find an opportunity to remind A Tao, so you should be careful when you go out in the future, so that she doesn't understand what's going on."
Lu Yilan was surprised and said, "Atao is also a princess after all, how dare those people?"
Lu Ding laughed at himself: "What princess? In the eyes of those noble children, we brothers and sisters are just jokes. Yilan, you will soon marry into the Marquis' Mansion. My brother is not capable now and can't help you. You must be cautious in everything and don't show us the truth."
Lu Yilan understood. Seeing her brother frowning, she whispered: "Brother, don't worry, I'm already sensible. I'll go and say, "You take good care of yourself first."
Lu Ding nodded and left.
Lu Yilan went to Xu Roujia with great worries.
After hearing her words, Xu Roujia smiled and said, "This, I've heard from the Empress, but I don't know that the man is just a thank-you prince. Sister, don't worry, I'm not even afraid of the princess and girls in the prince's family, how could I care about other people?"
Her expression was relaxed, and Lu Yilan couldn't help but relax and looked at Xu Roujia strangely: "You were the most timid in the past, why did you become a different person after entering Beijing?"
Xu Roujia pretended to sarcastically: "No one supported me before, but now there is an empress and the prince protecting me. Why should I be timid?"
Lu Yilan bowed her head in shame.
Thinking about it now, when I was ignorant before, it was like a dream, or, what happened when I came to the capital was a dream.
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The first month is the day when each mansion takes turns to invite the banquet, and it was soon the turn of Prince Chun’s mansion.
However, the Chun Prince's Mansion did not do a big deal, and only invited three relatives from the family.
Of course, King Chun’s relatives are all royal relatives.
The first family is the prince of the East Palace and his family of three.
Prince Changchun was three years old, but he was weak and sick since childhood. After being sick for a long time, he looked old, as if he was one generation higher than Prince Chun. The princess was graceful and elegant, but he had the style of a future mother-in-law. The couple had been married for more than 20 years, and there was only one Emperor Changsun under his knees. Unfortunately, Emperor Changsun inherited the body of his father and was also a sick person. His face was pale and he seemed to have no strength to even look at people. His eyes were swept over Xu Roujia and others and took them back.
The second relative of the house that the Chun Mansion hosted was King Kang.
Emperor Yongxi had three sons, and the prince had many wives and concubines, but unfortunately he was a poor son. King Chun had few wives and concubines, but they were all able to have children. King Kang was different from his two brothers, and was a famous infatuated person in the capital. After Princess Kang died of illness, King Kang never remarried, and only had a son by his side, his surname was Zhou Mingzhang, and he was the same age as Zhou Qi.
Both King Kang and his son are gentle and elegant, and are polite.
Princess Chun's mother's family was not in the capital, so she did not invite her, so the third relative to the Prince Chun's house was Princess Hui's mother's family, the Duke of England's mansion.
Xu Roujia stood beside Zhou Fu. When the three of Xie's family walked in, Xu Roujia looked over as usual.
To her surprise, Xie Jin actually looked at her too.
His eyes were facing each other. Xu Roujia was just surprised, but Xie Jin had already opened his eyes. Before he turned on, he seemed to glar at her, with a disgust on his face.
Xu Roujia thought to herself, since you are so disdainful of "A Tao", why bother to see it?
She continued to look at the British Duke and his wife as if nothing had happened.
However, Xie Jin's heart was far less calm than he showed on his face.
This Tao really looks like Roujia's cousin. If Roujia's cousin is still alive, isn't she the same way?
Thinking of the little girl who likes to call him "Brother Xingzhi" sweetly, sadness emerges in Xie Jin's eyes again.
He would rather not have A Tao in the world and could not see it. Maybe he could forget Roujia's cousin, but once A Tao appeared, she would remind him once that he once had a good girl with childhood sweethearts.
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The elders spoke, and the younger generations all went to the flower hall.
Chapter completed!