Song Dynasty female artist

Chapter 811 It’s not easy to be the head of the family

"why?"

The Queen Mother announced her entry into the palace a few days ago and asked for her granddaughter's birthday and horoscope, because this was not an obvious matter.

Now His Majesty wants to pay a private visit incognito, which is not as good as in the palace. Of course, he needs a pleasant person to serve him, and who else is more suitable than Hui'er.

If she encounters a private woman during a private visit in private, Hui'er can still watch from the side.

What a great thing.

why not?
"Is the second brother in the study? Go to the study and talk."

Although Mrs. Lu was anxious, she could only follow him to the study. When Lu Gongbi saw his wife, he wondered: "I didn't let you enter the palace, why did you come back again?"

"Second brother, I asked my second sister-in-law not to enter the palace."

Lu Gongzhu walked in: "Second brother, it's not appropriate to ask Hui'er to follow Your Majesty."

"Hui'er was chosen by the Queen Mother and will be the Queen in the future. She is the one who is most qualified to follow her. Why not?"

"Second brother is confused."

Lu Gongzhu analyzed the pros and cons patiently: "Among the people your Majesty announced to supervise the country, is Mr. Gu included?"

Lu Gongbi recalled, shaking his head: "No."

"Master Gu, like Master Han, are both Privy Council envoys. It makes no sense for Your Majesty to let them oversee the country and ignore him. Second brother, don't forget that Master Gu is the teacher pointed out to Your Majesty by the late Emperor himself."

What an intimate relationship.

"I understand what third brother means. Your Majesty will definitely take him with you on this trip. But what does this have to do with Hui'er?"

"Second brother, haven't you heard the rumors about His Majesty and Gu's family?"

Lu Gongbi was confused.

What rumor? He only knew that the people in Kyoto had recently been talking about the marriage between his legitimate daughter of the Lu family and His Majesty, but he had never heard of anything about His Majesty and the daughter of the Gu family.

"Second brother, I wonder why your Majesty has always refused to agree to the letter from the courtiers asking him to establish a queen."

"You mean because of the Gu family daughter?"

Lu Gongbi hissed and muttered unhappily: "I always feel like the Gu family is here to defeat me."

When the late Emperor was here, he wanted to be the Deputy Privy Councilor, but it was because of him that he did not become the Privy Councilor. A few years ago, the position of Privy Councilor was vacant, and he also wanted that position. In the end, Gu Qingjue took the position. , now his granddaughter has the opportunity to become the queen, but Gu Qingjue's daughter stands in the way.

Just to defeat him.

"Second brother, no matter if we can't help it or not, we can't let Hui'er go."

"No, gotta go!"

If you're not a queen, you can just be a concubine.

The original Zhang family was nothing less than the current Queen Mother except for the name of a queen.

Lu Gongzhu did not expect that the position of a queen would be so tempting to his second brother: "Second brother, he is not the late emperor now. If he doesn't want to marry, no one can force him. Will Hui'er be forced to a dead end?"

"It's not as serious as you said. Hui'er only needs to follow His Majesty out of the palace. If she's not a palace concubine, she's still a palace concubine. Even if she doesn't like it, the harem is so big, she can just find a palace to put her in!"

Mrs. Lu frowned slightly as she listened.

She didn't expect that the master had such thoughts. If he knew, he would never go to the palace to plead with the Queen Mother.

"Master, you just told me that Hui'er will accompany you. His majesty will be moved by such deep affection, and it will be logical to seal him as queen. But you didn't say this. If it is true as the third brother said, what will Hui'er do then?" Lu Gongbi had no intention of doing so. It's not like this.

He is the head of the Lu family, but the Lu family does not belong to him alone. It is related to the interests of the clan. Even if he can't bear it at first, he still has to make this determination.

"Second brother, I advise you to think twice. If His Majesty agrees, naturally everyone will be happy, but once..., Hui'er will not be blamed!"

Lu Gongbi looked unhappy and slowly sat back on the chair.

"Third brother, do you think I am willing to do this? I watched Hui'er grow up, and I feel sorry for her, but if it succeeds, our Lu family can reach a higher level."

"The Lu family is already an extremely humane minister. Even if they want to go further, it will not be accomplished by sacrificing a woman."

Mr. Lu stood at the door: "Second brother, you are right. You are the head of the family, and you must put the interests of the family first in everything. Have you ever thought that you are now the deputy minister of the Privy Council? There are four of us brothers, and the eldest brother was also alive. I have been the governor of Kaifeng. My second brother, you are now the deputy envoy to the privy council. I also sit in the position of governor. My fourth brother is the transfer envoy of Shaanxi. I am a third-rank official with me. There are also many of our Lu family branches in the local area. After taking office, the Lu family is now a first-class family, and the danger will begin if it goes further. "

"Second brother must have thought about this too, but he had to do it because of the pressure from the clan elders."

Lu Gongbi was still very angry just now. Seeing that his third brother understood him, his face looked much better. He nodded and said: "Those uncles are all elders, and they are in charge of most of the family business. I am also under great pressure."

Who doesn’t want to be a good person!

Being the head of the house is not that easy.

He didn't want to sacrifice his child's happiness either. Lu Sihui was his granddaughter, not theirs, and they came up with this idea out of the slightest concern.

"Second brother has worked hard these years. We all know in our hearts that when my uncle gets old, he should take care of himself and not have to work hard."

Lu Gongbi looked up at his third brother and asked, "What does your third brother mean?"

Knowing that his second brother understood, Mr. Lu nodded.

"Madam, you don't have to go into the palace, just go back to the backyard and rest."

Lu Gongzhu finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In the following turmoil of the Lu family, we don’t even know when His Majesty will leave the palace.

As an emperor, you have to be calm, but he is a young man of sixteen or seventeen, and he is still at the age where he loves to play. Sometimes he is too nervous. When Zhao Rui came out of the palace, his breathing felt light.

"Fifth brother, where are we going to play?"

Zhao Yu followed him out of the palace this time. He usually practiced martial arts in the palace. Apart from following him out of the palace for autumn hunting, he had never been to other places. As soon as he left the imperial city, it was like letting out a bird. He didn't sit seriously in the carriage or ride a horse, but he ran along the big trees on both sides with a light kung fu.

Zhao Rui did not sit in the carriage, but sat in front with Commander Zeng who was driving the carriage.

On both sides were Pan Gong and Pan Yi riding, followed by dozens of Dragon Guards in plain clothes.

Needless to say those who followed in secret, half of the Dragon Guards were dispatched to protect the official family's safety either overtly or covertly.

In the front is Gu Qingjue's family riding a horse.

Gu Qingjue accelerated his horse to keep pace with the carriage: "Wu Langjun, where should we go first?"

"Go to Dengfeng City."

Songyang Academy was there. It was the place where the pillars of the imperial court were nurtured. He wanted to see what the atmosphere of the academy was like.

How is it different from the reading atmosphere in the palace?

"Okay, let's set off to Dengfeng."

It looks close from the picture, but it would take two or three days to walk there with a carriage.

Nothing happened on the first day out of the palace, but when it was almost noon the next day, the sky suddenly started to rain heavily, making it difficult to move forward or backward.