The mad concubine of the group loves the world

Chapter 21 It's Not Simple

Although Eunuch Ning kept his voice extremely low, the sentence "stuck in the dog's hole" still entered the ears of the concubines like the rustling of leaves in spring.

Even Wang Xueru, who was crying in the hall just now, couldn't help listening.

What is this amazing news? !

A scholar of the Wenhua Palace, a minister of the Emperor's Pavilion, who is also the Minister of Rites and the prince's grand teacher, actually got into a dog's hole?
Lu Wanlan had heard about this Mr. Duan for a long time. Although he came from a poor family, he was a Jinshi before he was 30 years old.

The first emperor once said that he was poor and strong, and his ambition was not to fall into the blue sky!Pay special attention to him.

But this person is stubborn and dull, and he obeys orders and rules. If any small braids are caught in his hands, all the officials in the court will definitely go on the line.

Especially for officials and concubines from aristocratic families, the requirements are even stricter, which has already aroused complaints from the former court and the harem.

Regarding what he did the day before yesterday, Lu Wanlan had expected that Duan Lin would be the first to jump out and make trouble.

But this drilling dog hole... what kind of big move?
I can't stand it...

Different from the empress dowager's astonishment and Lu Wanlan's confusion, the other concubines were very happy.

Two days ago, Duan Qiuyi, the youngest daughter of Duan Lin, just gave birth to a princess for the Holy Majesty, and she leapfrogged from a nobleman to become Concubine Yi, which can be said to be an unprecedented honor.

One must know that Feng Zhiyan, who was born in a meritorious family, gave birth to the Empress Concubine on the same day as her, and she was only a concubine Yan.

Now, this Lord Shangshu, who is in charge of etiquette in the world, has actually done such a disgraceful thing!
What a big joke!
Duan Qiuyi was still not present in the middle of the month. If she heard the news, she would be ashamed and overwhelmed, wishing to find a crack in the ground and sneak in!

The Empress Dowager did not have the careful thoughts of the concubines, she only sighed and then resumed her solemn expression:

"What's going on? He's so good, why did he go into the dog hole in the imperial garden?"

As he spoke, he glanced at Lu Wanlan from the corner of his eye: "What does this have to do with the canonization of Princess Yan?"

"This..." Eunuch Ning glanced around in the hall, "It's about the previous court, I wonder if I can talk about it?"

Hearing this, the Empress Dowager was even more confused: "It's just a marriage, why did it involve the previous dynasty? But it doesn't matter."

Unconsciously, Eunuch Ning lowered his body and said respectfully:
"Back to the empress, at the beginning, Master Duan took the lead in inviting the Holy One. Princess Yan has lost her virtue and has no royal family, so she cannot be canonized. She was also suggested to go to the Jingxin Temple outside the city, and take her hair to practice for three years in order to imitate others. Half of the officials agreed. .”

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was amazed and cast sympathetic glances at Lu Wanlan at the door.

Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, there has never been such a severe punishment for women who do not abide by the rules of women's morality.

After hearing this, Lu Wanlan didn't say much, she just lowered her head to pretend to be wronged, and covered her sharp eyes under thick eyelashes.

"What happened later?" The Queen Mother also asked calmly.

"The Holy Majesty only returns to them. This matter is a family matter. It cannot be discussed in the court. After the court, only the cabinet ministers are allowed to discuss."

"Well, that's the reason." The queen mother also felt that the emperor was right.

Eunuch Ning continued to reply: "The Holy Majesty said that the weather is very good today, and he wants to go to the garden. Although the cabinet is a foreign minister, the Xuanhua Labyrinth connecting the vestibule and the imperial garden can be considered a place to go, so I decided to go there. Discuss there."

"It's okay, the place is full of brick walls, there are many guards, and it's far away from the garden where the concubines always visit, so it's not a violation of the rules."

"It's just the method of negotiation..."

"You said it." Hearing that Eunuch Ning hesitated to speak, the Queen Mother couldn't help but increase her tone.

Seeing that he couldn't hide it, Eunuch Ning finally knelt on the ground:

"Oh~ Your Majesty, the Holy Majesty is sitting on the nine-story tower in the Xuanhua Maze, and he asked several adults to go through the maze to the top of the tower before he can express his own thoughts~ The adults walked for an hour and didn't pass. Fang Ping got into it in desperation..."

"Confused!" Hearing this, the Empress Dowager was taken aback and jumped up.

This cabinet minister holds important positions in the court, and is the late emperor's right-hand man. How could the emperor treat the old minister like this!

But after all, I have watched my son grow up, and know that although he is not an amazing talent, he still knows the importance, otherwise Da Zhou would not be able to make decisions for him.

"This is your Majesty, what do you mean by yourself?"

As soon as these words came out, the concubines present were silent.

The empress dowager's intentions are obvious, but the Holy Majesty must have listened to some foxy kid's ears by acting like this.

But last night, the Holy Majesty rested in Concubine Xie's bedroom.

Xie Minmin, who had been sitting upright and speechless, suddenly felt that the Empress Dowager's eyes were shooting at herself like a sword light.

But she just got up and saluted: "The Empress Dowager calm down, before dawn this morning, the Holy Majesty went to sister Zhiyan's place, and this concubine couldn't even say a complete sentence."

Then, his eyebrows turned and he pursed his lips and smiled at Lu Wanlan: "The concubine and the concubine are not familiar, why would you come up with such an idea to please her?"

Is this a good thing?
Lu Wanlan couldn't help sneering in her heart, letting the Holy Majesty tease the officials for such a trivial matter, no matter whether it was canonized or not, it would do him no good at all!
What's more, what she said implied that the Feng family favored the Lu family, or suspected of forming an alliance.Just two simple sentences can sow discord.

This Xie Minmin is really not easy!

"Concubine Xie is serious. The concubine and the concubine Yan have never had any contact. How can they say they are pleasing or not? Besides, the empress dowager is in charge of this marriage, so how can others talk about it?"

The two pushed each other, although Yanyan smiled on their faces, but their eyes were like swords and swords.

It's useless to talk too much, so Lu Wanlan simply threw the question back to the person above.

"You all go away, Aijia goes to see what's going on!"

The queen mother really doesn't want to hear them continue to argue, the most important thing now is to appease Mrs. Duan first.

The concubines and concubines in the room finally waited for this sentence, and they all bowed and exited the palace.

Lu Wanlan was also helped out of the vermilion door by the maid, but Xiao Yanzhi did not wait outside the door.

The little eunuch who had brought them here before greeted them in a timely manner with a sedan chair: "I have seen the princess, my lord has gone to meet the sage, let me send you to wait at the gate of the palace, and we will go back to the palace together."

"It's time to work." Lu Wanlan immediately got into the sedan chair.

On the way back, she had no intention of admiring the scenery along the way.

Entering the palace to greet the Queen Mother this time is really an eye-opener.Fortunately, I hugged King Yan's thigh, otherwise, if I was selected as a concubine in the palace, with my own temperament, I wouldn't be able to stay in this seemingly prosperous cage for a long time.

When I see the third brother tomorrow, I have to urge him to be fully prepared. Although the assassin is being held in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it is not clear whether he will be silenced.

Lu Wanlan, who was preoccupied, only sat for a while before seeing Xiao Yanzhi walking towards him.

Before I could say hello, I was hugged by him.

But as soon as he took two steps, he was stopped by an exasperated voice:

"His Royal Highness Yan Wang! Don't think that changing the name of this frivolous woman's concubine with the fiefdom will be justified!"

"The old minister will put his words here today! Even if the Imperial Academy draws up a canonization edict! There is no official in our Ministry of Rites to read it!"

After that, he walked away!

Xiao Yanzhi still hugged Lu Wanlan expressionlessly, and continued walking towards the carriage without looking back.

But the little man in his arms was shocked at this time.

"Is that Mr. Duan?"

"Ah."

"You exchange Yanbei's fief for my canon?"

"Ah."

God!Did you hear me right?He was actually willing to trade Yanbei for his own...

Suddenly, Lu Wanlan felt her heart beating wildly, this man must be too cool.

Such a large piece of land, if you don’t want it, you don’t want it?
Did he really fall in love with himself?

This is too fast.

"My lord~ why are you so nice to my concubine suddenly? We have only been married for two days, and my concubine is not used to it..."

As he spoke, his little hand coquettishly poked the solid chest in front of him.

Back in the carriage, Xiao Yanzhi looked at Lu Wanlan with a smile on his face:
"My concubine is serious. Your fourth brother promised to give me the Twelve Cities of Linshui in exchange."

"This king thinks so, and it's not a loss."

"what?"

(End of this chapter)