Zhurou

Chapter 4
The cold wind passed through the hall.

Lu Xianzhang was wearing a purple official robe, even though he was shivering from the cold, he still refused to hide aside, but stood in a position facing the door.

He was less than [-] years old, handsome and of medium stature, but a little thinner than ordinary people. At this moment, he stood with his hands down and looked sideways, quite uneasy: "I don't know what's the matter with your highness? Why don't you call the ministers of the two governments to discuss together... ..."

According to the old rule of the Jin Dynasty, when the emperor was young, he should hang the curtain as a concubine.

It's just that Concubine Li, the only one left in the harem at this time, is completely unfit for the task.

As soon as she heard that she wanted to listen to the government, she hid thousands of times and cried to all the officials, saying that everyone wanted to fall into injustice. Not even a name.

On the contrary, Zhao Mingzhi, the elder sister of the young emperor Zhao Hong, has a deep understanding of justice and is calm and calm.

The Son of Heaven was young, still suffering from injuries and illnesses, and often played childish temper. When all the officials were at a loss, Zhao Mingzhi came forward to comfort him.

In addition, she also has hundreds of soldiers brought from the feudal domain in her hands. On the way south, she arranges and sets up camps in advance every day. It can be said that relying on this three princesses, everyone will not be rested on the road. Dining and sleeping in dew.

Although Lu Xianzhang deliberately turned his head, he couldn't help but cast a glance at Zhao Mingzhi sitting on the seat from the corner of his eye.

After confirming that the two were not separated by a screen, but facing each other directly without any barrier, the uneasiness in his heart grew stronger.

When Lu Xianzhang was young, he devoted himself to studying the imperial examinations. After he ranked second in high school, he married the granddaughter of the prime minister's family. It was just after the six rituals on both sides that the lady died of illness on the way back to Beijing with her father.

Although the marriage has not yet been concluded, the engagement has already been completed, Lu Xianzhang kept his body and manners, and kept a year's festival for this unfavorable wife.

Such a gentleman's behavior is naturally admirable.

Peng Xianggong was reluctant to let go of this grandson-in-law, so he simply recruited him as his son-in-law, and promised his youngest daughter-in-law.

This time everything went smoothly, but as the wedding day approached, Mrs. Xiang fell ill and passed away.

After the death of her biological mother, Mrs. Peng had to keep her filial piety for three years.

However, it was not easy for the Peng family to keep their filial piety, and Lu Xianzhang's old father died again.

After such ups and downs, he finally bumped into Beidi and went south for the first time. In order to prevent the emperor from surrendering to the enemy, Peng Xianggong tried his best to remonstrate him, so he finally asked to resign.

As for when the city was broken, the bandits came to the door to surrender and promised to give him a high official and rich salary. After repeated resignations, they slaughtered hundreds of people in Peng's house in a fit of anger.

When Lu Xianzhang heard the news, apart from grief and indignation, he had no intention of getting married, and he is still alone even today.

At this moment, the lonely man and the widow were in the same room, which reminded him of the rumors he had heard recently.

——The third princess has already reached the age of Ji, and she is worried that His Majesty is too young to be able to govern, so she intends to choose a virtuous minister in the court to marry her to increase her power.

Due to the old regulations of this dynasty, sons-in-law are not allowed to participate in politics, but can only take some idle errands. Zhongshu is discussing to abolish and reform some of these regulations.

On that day, everyone pointed out and counted. There were only a few people in the two mansions without families. Among them, two widowers, one over 40 and the other fifty, were naturally inappropriate. Only Lu Xianzhang was good-looking , The conditions are very suitable, so they take pleasure in bitterness and make fun of him.

Lu Xianzhang just regarded that statement as nonsense before, but today he was summoned alone in the middle of the night without even using the screen, which immediately made him panic.

Could it be that the princess is looking at her family?
If the third princess really favors him, what should he do?
As long as another princess is here, Lu Xianzhang is determined to say categorically that he will keep the festival for the little lady of the Peng family, and he has no intention of marrying a wife for a year and a half, and he has no intention of climbing the dragon and the phoenix.

But it happened that the third princess Zhao Mingzhi was standing in front of him, and his words of refusal turned around in his stomach, and he couldn't say it for a long time.

Someone outside said that the third princess is beautiful and beautiful like a fairy, but she wears a veiled hat all the year round, so not many people can see her true face, so she is often taken as nonsense.

But Lu Xianzhang knew that it was not bragging.

That day when the emperor Zhao Hong was not enthroned and was escorted out of the city by his own soldiers, Lu Xianzhang was leading his men to Xiangfu County to hide the ordnance in the warehouse, so as not to be taken by the thieves. bump into.

There were no more than three or four of them in a group, but the opponent was a dozen or so cavalry in armor and armed with weapons.At that time Lu Xianzhang was wearing an official uniform, which was very conspicuous, and he had already been spotted by the thieves, so he made a decisive decision and made up his mind to use himself as a bait to lure the thieves away.

In the end, although the strategy worked, he himself was captured by the Di people, and he was about to be captured. He happened to be caught by Zhao Mingzhi, who came out to meet his younger brother after hearing the news, and was rescued.

Knowing the purpose of Lu Xianzhang's trip, Zhao Mingzhi specially asked his subordinates to replace him with a new horse, and then sent troops to assist him and report to him for help.

It is also thanks to this notification that the important ordnance was transferred in time in the warehouse, so that many magical weapons such as the magic arm bow and bed crossbow and the method of making them did not fall into Beidi's hands.

In addition to making great contributions, Lu Xianzhang traveled with Zhao Mingzhi's personal soldiers all the way, and by chance, he also saw the real appearance of this later conferred princess.

The end is the beauty of the country.

The so-called peerless beauty is nothing more than that.

At this moment, even though there is a layer of veil, it is not difficult for Lu Xianzhang to imagine the beautiful face behind the veil.

Not only that, he also recalled Zhao Mingzhi's praise for him that day.

"...It is really a blessing for us to have such a loyal minister as Lu Guanren. I only hope that in the future, the officials will have the opportunity to rise to the top and show their ambitions."

Among them, the reward is clear at a glance.

Later, the Supreme Emperor and a group of ministers were kidnapped by thieves, Zhao Hong succeeded to the throne, and Lu Xianzhang was able to enter the two palaces at a young age. Zhao Mingzhi hit the mark.

So, did she fancy herself?
Although the country is about to perish at this time, Lu Xianzhang still has the ambition to serve the country, and no matter what the outcome of the final discussion in Zhongshu, whether the son-in-law can participate in politics or not, there is no doubt that as long as the son-in-law is the third princess, he will definitely be regarded as a sycophant only.

He was a little embarrassed for a moment.

Although I am observing the filial piety of Peng's wife, the reason is that apart from being moved by Mr. Peng's integrity, it is more about expressing my ambition, not that I don't plan to get married in this life.

Today, two years have passed since the incident happened, and no one will raise any doubts when the matter of marriage is put on the table at this time.

If it was Zhao Mingzhi who proposed this matter instead of the "Three Princesses", nine out of ten he would not refuse.

Talented man and beautiful woman, wonderful marriage.

With such beauty and character, not only is she friendly to the younger brother, but she also has a chest. It is because Jiao'e does not give in to a man, she is just right to be his wife.

It's a pity that the identity of this princess is really too sensitive...

Lu Xianzhang hesitated a lot, the words of refusal turned and turned in his mind, and he felt that he couldn't say anything.

　Stretching out his hand shyly, begging for any messy tickets...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)