Wangfu little dumb wife

Chapter 374 Empathy (2 more)
Before the Empress Dowager died, it was not that Emperor Guangxi had never summoned Lord Lu, but the other party kept his mouth shut. He never revealed a word about the content of the conversation between him and the Empress Dowager, and only kept admitting that he was guilty.

Emperor Guangxi's grievances towards the Lu family did not last for a day or two, and it was impossible to reverse his attitude with the empress dowager's forceful dissuasion.

These years, if it weren't for Fanghua's face, he would have attacked the Lu family long ago.

Seeing the anger on his elder brother's face, Fanghua persuaded again, "My mother's bones are not yet cold, so my elder brother must not act recklessly. If you don't want to come forward, let me, the daughter-in-law, go and ask, maybe I can get something out of it."

Emperor Guangxi was dressed in filial piety from head to toe at the moment, he didn't want to mention the Lu family, so he directly changed the subject, "Has my little nephew come?"

"Here we come." Fanghua nodded.

"Bring it here and show me."

Fanghua turned and went out, and took her son back after a while.

Seeing the pink and jade-carved little doll standing beside Fanghua, Emperor Guangxi's gloomy expression suddenly eased, a smile appeared on his face, and he called out to him, "Yan Li?"

The little guy stared at Emperor Guangxi with round eyes.

Fanghua said: "That's my uncle. My uncle's house has a lot of candy. If you call for it, you can eat it."

As soon as the little guy heard that there was sugar, he immediately became energetic, and softly called out to the man opposite, "Uncle~"

There is a soft and white second prince, Zhao Nuo, in the palace. Emperor Guangxi likes milk dolls very much these days. Hearing Lu Yanli's voice, his heart melts, and he immediately asks Eunuch Cui to bring candy.

There are various kinds of candies in the palace. As soon as Eunuch Cui ordered them, the little maids brought over a dozen plates, all of which were soft candies that Lu Yanli could subdue at this age.

Fanghua was afraid that he would have a toothache if he ate too much, so he was not allowed to take too much, so he could only choose one.

The little guy stood in front of the table, wanting this one, wanting that one too, dazzled.

Emperor Guangxi watched and laughed, "Your son is not at all like Yan Qing."

Mentioning the eldest son, Fanghua's eyes felt lonely, and her voice was tinged with regret, "I was not competent enough to ruin that child's life."

One sentence touched the scar of his younger sister, Emperor Guangxi felt very sorry.

As an emperor, it was difficult to say some things directly, so he sat down, took Xiao Yanli into his arms, and lowered his head to tease his nephew.

Coming out of Qianqing Palace, Fanghua found Lu Xingzhou in the imperial garden. He was standing with Lu Lao Hou Ye, the father and son were talking in a low voice, too far apart, Fanghua couldn't hear.

She walked over and greeted lightly.

The conversation between the father and son stopped abruptly, and Old Hou Ye Lu's gaze fell directly on the little man.

Forced by her status, Fanghua patiently said to her son, "This is grandpa."

Probably because the pronunciation is relatively simple, the little guy yelled very sweetly as grandpa.

Old Master Lu was warmed up, squatted down, and looked at him softly, "Little grandson came over suddenly, and grandpa didn't even prepare a gift for you. So, you will go back with grandpa in a while. You can see the things in grandpa's house." Whatever, I'll give you whatever, okay?"

"..." The little guy was dizzy, but out of politeness, he had to reply, so he nodded and responded softly, "Okay~"

Lu Xingzhou couldn't help but said, "Insatiable little thing."

Old Master Lu laughed loudly, patted his head, "That's right, he's my grandson."

The little guy followed Shale.

Fanghua could see that Mr. Lu Houye liked this grandson very much.

In fact, he also liked Lu Yanqing very much.

It's just that the Empress Dowager wanted to use Lu Yanqing to take revenge on Old Lord Lu. In order to save his grandson from suffering, Old Lord Lu deliberately didn't get close to him. Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren seemed relatively distant.

After coaxing his grandson, Old Master Lu looked at Lu Xingzhou, "Second, you're here now, do you want to go home?"

Lu Xingzhou showed hesitation, "I have already been expelled from the family. Strictly speaking, I am not considered a father and son relationship with you now. It is a last resort to go back to Beijing to mourn the funeral. If I go back like this, it will inevitably cause criticism from others. When the time comes, I will treat you and me , and it's not good for the Lu family."

Old Master Lu snorted coldly, "Even if you're not from the Lu family, I can't even invite you to come over for a ride?"

Seeing that Lu Xingzhou still wanted to refuse, Fanghua suddenly said: "Go, I, a princess who was expelled from the royal family, came back to mourn, there is no reason to keep you from going home."

Only when she returned to Lu's house would she have the opportunity to ask the old master what he had said to the queen mother alone.

Fanghua even spoke up in person, and Lu Xingzhou didn't say any more words of rejection.

In the evening, Empress Su came over in person to arrange a place for them.

Fanghua declined, "I met the old Hou Ye before, and said that the old lady wanted to see Yan Li, and asked me and the second master to take him there. Maybe in the next few days, the second master and I will stay at Lu's house temporarily. "

From what this meant, it was completely treating her and Lu Xingzhou as guests of the Lu family, not the Lu family.

Empress Su naturally couldn't find anything wrong, so she smiled and exposed it.

……

This night, he returned to Lu's house as agreed.

Seeing his younger brother, Lu Pingzhou showed joy, and invited him to his courtyard for a chat after dinner.

Yan Li went to the old lady's courtyard, and Fanghua took this opportunity to find out that the old man was in the study, so he went to look for it in person.

Old Hou Ye didn't seem to be surprised that she would come, and after hearing the report from the servant, he was invited to come in.

According to his status as a junior, Fanghua greeted him simply, instead of calling him father like before.

Old Master Lu could hear the alienation in her tone, so he didn't care much, and let her sit down.

After Fanghua took her seat, she raised her eyes to look at the other party, "I came today because I have something to ask the old Hou Ye."

Master Lu was holding the tea, and scratched the lid of the cup, "You want to ask about the Empress Dowager?"

"Yeah." Seen through by the other party, Fanghua didn't hesitate, and said bluntly: "I want to know what the old Hou Ye said to my mother, and why she would burn out in a short period of time after you left. ?”

Master Lu did not deny that he indirectly caused the Queen Mother's death, but he could not directly say the reason.It is a big taboo to say that the country is broken, but any leak of the news will definitely make the people panic and civil strife before the disaster strikes.

"I am also very sorry for the sudden death of the Empress Dowager." He said, "As for the content of the conversation that day, I don't want to make up a reason to lie to you, but I can't tell you everything. I hope you can understand."

Old Hou Ye Lu really did as his elder brother said, his mouth was so tight that he couldn't pry a word out.

Fanghua frowned, "My mother has been secretly fighting with the old Marquis for so many years. There is no need to talk about the antagonistic relationship. I am just curious. Why did she ask the emperor to make you a loyal Duke before she died?"

Old Hou Ye Lu didn't expect such a thing to happen, he was stunned for a while, and then he came back to his senses, "Everyone is gone, you just think she is talking nonsense in a state of deliriousness."

Still can't pry it out.

Fanghua was discouraged, "It's fine if you don't want to say it, but answer my last question. Is there any misunderstanding between you two, and after you entered the palace and met my mother, the misunderstanding was resolved?"

Old Hou Ye Lu was silent for a long time, then nodded.

Fanghua's mind was shocked. Could it be that what happened more than 40 years ago was really a misunderstanding?
In order to make her give up, Old Master Lu said: "Your mother hated me to the bone, and with this hatred, she climbed to the position of mother's world step by step. It is no exaggeration to say that in those decades, hatred was Everything about her, I entered the palace to seek a painting, and had to exchange the truth about her back then.

The misunderstanding is resolved, and your mother has no hatred, which is equivalent to losing the power to live overnight.At your mother's age, it is difficult for her to bear mental stimulation. Such a big ups and downs will inevitably destroy her. "

Fanghua heard the words and murmured: "No wonder..."

No wonder the queen mother had such an unimaginable scene, she was clearly described as haggard like a mummy, but she walked extremely peacefully.

After getting the answer, Fanghua got up and left the study.

The old lady had asked someone to clean up an empty courtyard for the couple alone.

A servant was waiting for Fanghua outside the study to guide her.

When they arrived at the yard, they found that Lu Xingzhou had already returned.

Fanghua asked him, "Why don't you sit in the Changfang courtyard for a while?"

Lu Xingzhou said: "I'm afraid you have something to do here, so come back early." Then he asked her about going to see the old master.

Fanghua didn't stand outside and let Lu Xingzhou enter the house. She closed the door and sat down at the table before she spoke, "Old Hou Ye said that there was a misunderstanding between the two of them. When he entered the palace to ask for a painting, he put Telling all the truth, my mother couldn't bear it after knowing it, so she was exhausted in a short period of time."

Seeing that Lu Xingzhou didn't speak, Fanghua murmured again, "Speaking of which, I can quite empathize."

Back then when she fled to Ningzhou, she got Wen Guangping's help to give birth to Wanwan, and then waited for Lu Xingzhou for a year with the last hope, but he didn't look for her, so she made up her mind when Wanwan was one year old. Abandoning her status as a princess, abandoning the past, and planning to live a good life with that man.

Later, she was kidnapped and returned to Beijing by her biological mother. She learned all the truth on the wedding night, and she collapsed at that moment, and she couldn't recover from it for more than ten years.

(End of this chapter)