Chapter 4 004
The three brothers and sisters waited outside the palace for about two quarters of an hour. A nanny in a crow-green wool came out. Xu Roujia took a closer look and recognized that this was a second-class nanny next to Princess Chun, whose surname was Qiao.
Madam Qiao is in her forties and looks very kind. Seeing the three children, Madam Qiao has no intention of disgusting the three of them with a low identity. She asked with a smile: "Is it a young lady from Yangzhou?"
The first time someone called him a young master, Lu Ding was not used to it, so he nodded restrainedly.
Madam Qiao waved to the three siblings and said, "Let's go, I will take you to pay homage to the princess first, and you will be able to see Aunt Lu in a while."
When Lu Ding heard this, his eyes lit up and he couldn't hide his excitement. He could enter the mansion so smoothly, maybe he and his sisters could live there!
From the main entrance to Princess Chun’s Funing Hall, the four of them walked for more than a moment.
Lu Ding was nervous and tried hard to show it on his face. This was already very good for a folk boy who had seen the world for the first time. Lu Yilan was stiff and didn't dare to look at anything, while Xu Roujia was calm from the inside out, but Madam Qiao didn't think the little girl was sensible. Instead, she thought the child was stupid and didn't know what kind of place she had come.
"I have to salute the princess like this when I go in." It was almost time to enter the hospitality hall, and Madam Qiao taught the three brothers and sisters how to be polite.
Lu Ding and Lu Yilan studied hard and soon got better. Xu Roujia deliberately pretended to be stupid, which delayed her work for a while.
Madam Qiao looked at Xu Roujia, who was confused and nodded to the maid who was guarding the door of the hall.
"Princess, Young Master Lu, Miss Lu is here."
"Please come in."
Madam Qiao immediately signaled the three brothers and sisters to go in with her.
The maid raised the door curtain, and Xu Roujia looked up and saw Princess Chun again. At this time, Princess Chun was only in her thirties, wearing a luxurious dress and jade jewelry on her head. Princess Chun is famous for her love for jade in the imperial city. Xu Roujia's eyes swept over the jade ring on the noble lady's finger and knelt down obediently: "Atao pays homage to the princess."
Princess Chun glanced at the three brothers and sisters kneeling on the ground, and no emotion was revealed on her face. After she was exempted from the gift, she asked a few simple questions, such as what happened to the Lu family and how did the three brothers and sisters come to the capital.
Lu Ding answered one by one.
Not long after, the maid outside preached again: "Princess, Aunt Lu is here."
Princess Chun nodded and looked outside.
Seeing Lu Ding looking back, Xu Roujia also turned back and saw a woman wearing a bean green long skirt walking in at the door. Her clothes were not outstanding, but the loose dress could not cover up the woman's plump and delicate figure. When she raised her head, her slender and phoenix eyes were truly charming and charming.
Xu Roujia was amazed by Lu's eyes, but unfortunately she had only eyes. Lu's skin was yellow, her cheeks were thin, and she wore a simple apricot hairpin on her head. She had no temperament of a concubine on her body. At first glance, she looked no different from a country woman. The elegantly furnished Funing Hall, from the princess to the maids, each woman was more or less elegant, and only Lu was incompatible with her vulgarity.
Lu glanced at the three brothers and sisters, then walked forward, bowed his knees and saluted Princess Chun: "I would like to pay my respects to the princess."
Princess Chun looked faint and pointed at Lu Ding and said, "This child claims to be your nephew in Yangzhou's family, do you recognize it?"
Lu's eyes were slightly dim. She followed King Chun to Beijing at the age of fifteen. At that time, neither of her nephews nor nieces were born. She had never seen her for so many years, so how could she recognize her? However, Lu remembered her brother and sister-in-law's appearance. Looking at Lu Ding's thick black eyebrows that looked like her brother, and Lu Yilan's peach-eyed and willow-leaf eyebrows that looked like her sister-in-law. Lu recognized her without hesitation: "Go back to the princess, they are indeed my nephews and nieces."
After saying that, Lu looked at A Tao more often. The brother's letter mentioned A Tao's life experience. Since her brother and sister-in-law regarded A Tao as her biological daughter, she would take good care of this girl.
Xu Roujia saw the kindness in Lu's eyes and couldn't help but smile sweetly. It's strange that in the previous life, Xu Roujia would probably not have looked at someone with the identity of Lu, but Lu inexplicably gave her a kind feeling, which made her unable to help forget the differences between superiors and inferiors.
The little girl smiled sweetly, and Lu's expression became softer.
Princess Chun saw all this.
Lu has always been a scheming person, never compete for favor and cause trouble, and now he is not favored. Therefore, Princess Chun has no hostility towards Lu, and does not care about the prince's house holding three more idle people. Since his identity is undoubtedly true, Princess Chun said: "It is really not easy for them to come to the capital to join us. In this way, you can take them back to rest first. When the prince comes back in the evening, I will ask the prince for instructions."
"I'm sorry to the princess." Lu bowed again.
Princess Chun waved her hand.
Lu led Xu Roujia and his three brothers and sisters to Funing Hall and headed to her Xiaoyue House.
In the hall, Princess Chun stared at Xu Roujia's thin and thin back and turned her head to ask Madam Li beside her: "Who do you think that girl looks like?"
Madam Li is the dowry nanny of Princess Chun. She has been inseparable from Princess Chun for so many years. Madam Li remembers that anyone who Princess Chun has seen is better than Princess Chun. When Princess Chun asked, Madam Li replied without hesitation: "Look at me, A Tao is five or six points similar to Princess Roujia. If you change your clothes and dress up, you may be seven or eight points."
Princess Chun nodded gently.
Princess Roujia is the prince's niece. The princess was killed in battle on the battlefield. The eldest princess died early in his injuries. Princess Roujia was taken to the palace by Princess Hui, the princess, at the age of three. Concubine Hui was very favored by the emperor. The emperor loved the house and the nun, and named Xu Roujia the princess. At the beginning of this year, cold diseases prevailed in the capital. Princess Roujia accidentally contracted the disease and could not be cured for a long time. It just disappeared last month.
As soon as the little girl died, Concubine Hui felt like she was cut and could not afford to rest as she was bedridden. Even the prince was sad for a long time, and she only smiled again recently.
"You said, if you send this girl to the side of the empress, will the empress's illness be cured?" Princess Chun put down the teacup and whispered to Madam Li.
Madam Li thought about it and said unsurely: "Maybe it will improve, but she is also afraid that she will become more depressed when she sees this and the one she has lost even more."
Princess Chun stopped talking.
Concubine Hui is her mother-in-law. Only when she pleases her will the prince be more satisfied with her. If the gift is not given properly and she offends Concubine Hui, it will be more of a loss.
"Prince, don't worry, you care about the Empress. The Prince must have the same idea. Let's see how the Prince will arrange the child when he sees the child." Madam Li bent over and gave an idea for Princess Chun.
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Xu Roujia has visited many places in the Chun Prince Mansion, but she has never set foot in the Little Yueju of the Lu family.
Xiaoyueju is located northwest of the main courtyard of the Wangfu. He will pass through bamboo forests and streams all the way, but the environment is relatively quiet. Standing on the bridge above the stream, you can see the white walls and gray tiles hidden by green bamboos on the opposite side, which is quite similar to the folk houses on the Jiangnan painting. With this layout alone, Xu Roujia felt that when his uncle first picked up Lu and returned to the mansion, he must have been a bit of sincere favor with Lu.
"That's my aunt's residence." After getting off the bridge, Lu pointed to Xiaoyueju in front of him.
Lu Ding and Lu Yilan looked at the house in front of him excitedly. The Lu family was just a small household selling tofu and had never seen such a good place.
Xu Roujia is thin and looks soft and stupid without pretending.
The more Lu looked at this little niece, the more he liked it!
She left home too early and had never met her own nephew and nieces. Even if she was in blood, she still felt unfamiliar when she met and it was difficult to get close to her all at once. Of course, Lu wanted to quickly get closer, but Lu Ding and Lu Yilan had grown up, both sensible and restrained. On the contrary, her little niece, a thirteen-year-old girl, looked heartless and easy to coax at first glance.
Lu has a son, Zhou Qi, the fourth master in the palace, is sixteen years old this year. But his son dislikes her low-birth and does not get close to her. When he meets him occasionally, he is frowned and can't fart for a long time. Lu is so angry that he is helpless, but he has always hoped to have a caring little cotton jacket. If he can't give birth to him, then raise his nieces as daughters!
Because of this idea, Lu's eyes were brighter than usual when he looked at Xu Roujia!
There are many rules in the royal palace, and I have to be cautious in speaking and acting in the main courtyard. When I reach my own territory, Lu is much more comfortable. I walked to Xu Roujia, touched the girl's hair with a smile, and asked intimately: "Is A Tao thirsty? My aunt has cherries here, which are sour and sweet, so delicious."
cherry!
Xu Roujia's almond eyes also lit up. She had eaten cherries countless times in her previous life, but she didn't think it was a fresh thing. However, she had been suffering for too long when she escaped. After her rebirth, Lu Ding could not give her any enjoyment of food, clothing, housing and transportation. Now she can eat cherries suddenly, and Xu Roujia's saliva has already emerged!
When Lu, who was greedy and satisfied her desire, became more intimate!
"Thank you aunt!" Xu Roujia said with a smile and curved eyes.
Lu happily pinched the little girl's face.
Xu Roujia was only pinched by her uncle and grandmother. She didn't like her very much, but when she met Lu's heart-warming and kind smile, she was simple and brilliant, Xu Roujia didn't care! What do you care about? Lu Ding will wash her face these days! Since she has become A Tao, then get used to it as soon as possible.
Holding Xu Roujia, Lu accelerated his pace, as if he was eager to show off something.
This is indeed the season for eating cherries. Where is the Chunwang Mansion? No matter how unpopular Lu's family is, he will definitely be able to afford cherries. Xu Roujia subconsciously determined that Lu's cherries came from the royal mansion or had sent his maid to buy them. However, as soon as he entered Xiaoyueju, Xu Roujia widened his eyes!
The yard of the aunt in the back house is mostly narrow. Xiaoyueju is far from the main courtyard, so it is relatively large. It must be very beautiful to build a pool and a pavilion to plant flowers and trees in such a large place. However, the front yard that Xu Roujia saw was neatly opened into two vegetable beds from east to west! Not only vegetables, but also various fruit trees were planted in the circle next to the corner of the wall, two of which were almost taller, and the green leaves were hung with red cherry fruits!
Xu Roujia was stunned!
Lu Ding and Lu Yilan were also stunned. They knew those fruits, woods and vegetables, but wasn’t my aunt the aunt of King Chun, so why did she live like a farmer’s wife?
Lu observed the older brother and sister in obscurely. Seeing that the two children were shocked and did not feel disappointed or disgusted by their aunt's life like this, she felt relieved. In fact, her nephews and nieces came from a young place after all, and they were used to living the lives of ordinary people, how could they dislike her? Only her son, who was born in a golden nest, would...
Her chest was blocked, and Lu immediately threw her son's cold face behind her.
"Let's go, my aunt will take you to pick cherries." Leading the three juniors, Lu quickly walked towards the cherry tree.
Xu Roujia was originally a noble girl who grew up in the palace. She had been instructed by the teaching nanny every word and action. She never really played like a child. She ate more cherries, and it was the first time she picked them. Seeing that the cherry tree was getting closer, Xu Roujia became a little excited. Under the tree, with Lu's encouragement, Xu Roujia stood on tiptoe and picked a red cherry novelly.
"Is it delicious?" Lu said with a smile.
Xu Roujia looked at the cherries in her hand. This one hasn't been washed yet. Can it really be eaten?
As if she saw the little girl’s concern, Lu smiled and said, “Atao loves cleanness so much. It’s okay, she can eat without washing.” She was born in a farmhouse and didn’t care so much.
Xu Roujia "adapted to the local customs", but before eating, she took out a handkerchief and wiped the cherries, which made Lu laugh.
Chapter completed!