Spring is warm and fragrant

Chapter 67
From Yongding County to the capital, Lu Rong's family dragged their sons and daughters, and it took four or five days for the carriage to travel slowly. The four of Chu Xing rode good horses, rode fast, and rushed to the capital just before the city gate closed.

It was getting late, Chu Xing signaled the three subordinates to go back to their respective homes, and he would enter the palace to face the saint tomorrow.

After parting from his subordinates, Chu Xing returned to the Duke's Mansion all the way.

The concierge saw the Duke in tea-white robes, he was taken aback before he dared to admit it, and hurriedly opened the door.

Chu Xing stepped into the door expressionlessly, and glanced at the Sanqiu Hall where Mrs. Tai lived. Chu Xing paused slightly, and walked towards his Dingfeng Hall first.Grandpa passed away and he inherited the title. Grandmother meant that he, the Duke of the country, should move to the main courtyard, and she would live in another courtyard.Chu Xing was used to living in Dingfengtang, and he respected his grandmother, so he declined the kindness of his elders. Only when guests came to the house or there was a banquet at home, would he come to the main courtyard as the head of the family to entertain guests.

Chu Xing made up his mind that he would move into the main courtyard after his grandmother had lived for a hundred years.

"Big brother?"

Just after walking a few steps, a familiar clear voice suddenly came from the front, Chu Xing stopped helplessly, turned around, and said to the man who walked slowly: "Second brother."

Chu Sui is nineteen years old, and Tanhua, who was just in Kaichun, is now working as an editor in the Imperial Academy. Although his official position is only the seventh rank, but his qualifications, he will be able to enter the sixth department immediately if he has the opportunity, and then climb up step by step.Unless you are a Jinshi, you cannot enter the Imperial Academy, and if you are not an Imperial Academy, you cannot enter the cabinet. At his age, his future is limitless.

Returning from the Imperial Academy in the evening, Chu Sui went to visit his grandmother first as usual, and as soon as he came out, he saw a man in white wandering in his courtyard majestically, and the concierge didn't know what to say.Chu Sui became suspicious, and was about to call to stop the other party to ask his identity, but he recognized it the next moment, it was none other than his elder brother whom he hadn't seen for so long!

As if seeing something unbelievable, Chu Sui first walked slowly and looked it over carefully, and when he was done, he ran to his elder brother with a smile, with playful admiration in his eyes, "Where did brother get such a set of robes? It suits you well." Yes, it just seems a little out of place..."

Elder brother wearing white clothes is almost as abnormal as grandmother suddenly decided to wear a pink skirt.

Faced with his cousin's ridicule, Chu Xing continued to walk forward, and explained indifferently: "On the way, I encountered ice breaking by the river and people fell into the water. I went into the water to save people, so I changed one temporarily."

The ice layer by the river is not thick, and it is common for people to step on it. Chu Sui was even more curious about who his elder brother saved. He looked at the good tea white silk on his body. Chu Sui was free and kept asking, "Brother rescued a rich businessman." son?"

Chu Xing nodded. It was related to Lu Mingyu's reputation. He didn't want his cousin to dig into the root of the problem, so he asked his cousin: "I'm not here these days, what changes have been made in the capital?"

When it came to business, Chu Sui put away his jokes and said in a low voice: "On the fourth day of the lunar new year, Concubine Yi gave birth to the fifth prince, Concubine Shu who was just named today."

Previously, the emperor had four princes.The eldest prince, Prince Qing, and the third prince were both descended from Empress Wan, and their qualifications were not good.The second prince, King Rui, is proficient in poetry and is good at riding and shooting, but his biological mother Concubine Xian committed a taboo, which has something to do with the Queen Mother's death. Of course, the Queen Mother was definitely not killed by her, but the Emperor still has a grudge in his heart. King Rui became cold.The fourth prince born by Concubine De is young, and I heard that he is smart and eager to learn, but in terms of talent, he can't see it in a short time.

The emperor was industrious and caring for the people. He was not a lustful person. He would sleep in the harem only ten days a month, and the rain and dew were even. It was impossible to tell which concubine he had a special favor for.The honored person who has been favored by the emperor is promoted to a concubine when he is happy, and he is promoted to a concubine after successfully giving birth to a dragon seed.However, there are not many women with great luck. The emperor has been on the throne for more than 20 years. Counting today's five princes, there are only five princes in total, and their mothers are one empress and three concubines.

The emperor is young and powerful, so far he has no intention of establishing a heir, and there is only one fourth concubine left in the harem.

There is a sister who is Princess Qing, and it is inevitable that Chu Sui cares about the prince's affairs.

Chu Xing nodded slightly and did not comment.They know how qualified the princes are, but the one who can ascend to the throne in the end may not necessarily be the eldest son of the empress with the highest status, nor the one who has both ability and political integrity and seems to be expected to become a wise king. There are too many variables, if not necessary , Chu Xing didn't want to get involved, and he didn't want the Chu family to get involved, even though his cousin was Princess Qing.

"I'll change clothes, and I'll go see grandma later, together?" Chu Xingdui said to his cousin who was always following him as he was approaching Dingfeng Hall.

Chu Sui looked at the sky, stopped with a smile, "No, I'll go back to eat first, and I'll catch up with my brother tomorrow."

In the Duke's mansion, usually, Mrs. Tai eats meals with Chu Ying, whom she personally raised, while Chu Xing is alone, and the second bedroom of the Chu family also cooks separately.

Chu Xing hummed, watched his cousin go away, and then stepped into his own territory.

"Master Guo is back." Fan Yi, the chief steward of Dingfengtang, was in the courtyard ordering two servants to do things. When he saw the master came back, he was also stunned for a moment, and then suppressed the shock in his heart, and greeted him with a smile.The man is about the same age as Chu Xing, with a fair face and slender eyes. He is gentle when he is not smiling, and looks a bit like a fox when he smiles.

Chu Xing felt the teasing in his confidant's smile, looked at each other, and looked at Wei Teng, the guard who had just come out of the upper room after hearing the sound.

Wei Teng was taciturn and didn't know Fan Yi's way of greeting people with a smiling face. He raised his voice and asked, "Does the Duke want to take a bath?"

This time the Duke was on a business trip alone, and came back in a hurry, Wei Teng felt that the master needed to wash away the dust.

"Let's talk when we come back, change clothes first." Chu Xing said as he walked.

Then Wei Teng took a look at the tea-white robe on the master without any trace, and then followed Chu Xing into the room. Chu walked behind the screen to change clothes. Wei Teng picked out a black robe from the closet, and walked around to pass it to the master. , but saw a light bloodstain on the man's white trousers.

"Are you injured?" Wei Teng asked in surprise, his expression changed drastically.

Chu Xing lowered his head and saw the blood, and then realized that the wound was aching. It must have been scratched while riding a horse, and the wound was worn out.

"Get the medicine." Chu Xing said calmly, then turned and sat on the bed.

Wei Teng hurried to find the medicine, Chu Xing took off his boots, rolled up his trouser legs, saw the wound on his right leg, he didn't feel any pain, but he thought uncontrollably of the person who hurt him.The young man on the ice car with a soft face, the petite girl hugging him tightly in the water, the pink-faced and blushing cardamom girl in the main room, one scene after another emerges in my mind, occasionally mixed with hazy figures from previous lives .

It was all Lu Mingyu.

"My lord." Wei Teng came back from looking for medicine, squatted in front of the bed, and wanted to apply the medicine for the master.

"I'll do it myself." Chu Xing took the white porcelain bottle, opened the stopper, lowered his head, and gently sprinkled the powder on the wound.Slight burning pain hit continuously, Chu Xing's brows and eyes were calm, he had experienced the pain of breaking his arm and the pain of poisonous arrow piercing his heart in his previous life, what is this little pain?What's more, the person who hurt him this time was just a little girl.

His thoughts flew elsewhere, and Chu Xing shook the porcelain bottle unconsciously.

Wei Teng was by the side, seeing him shaking the medicine in one place, he raised his head in surprise, but only saw Chu Xing's drooping, thin eyelashes.

Five days later, the morning was bright, and the Lu family's carriage team turned into a familiar alley without haste.

Brother Heng opened the curtains, poked his head out to look out, and saw three figures standing at the door of the house from a distance, one of them was shorter than the other, and the shortest one was about as tall as him. Sister, "Sister, look quickly, that's the eldest brother and the second brother, maybe there is fifth uncle."

Lu Mingyu moved to the window and recognized it at a glance, because the neighbors were all acquaintances when they arrived at the door, so don't be too restrained, Lu Mingyu just lay there and shouted happily, "Big brother, second brother, we're back!"

The little girl had a sweet smile and an intimate voice. Lu Jiaping and Lu Jiaan looked at each other and smiled at the youngest cousin together.Brother Chong, who was six years old, could no longer remember the appearance of his little niece, but he knew that the girl in the carriage was his little niece, and when he heard his niece call out to the two nephews but he didn't call him, he couldn't help but feel aggrieved, and looked at her with big eyes eagerly. Several carriages approached.

The carriage stopped almost at the same time, and Lu Rong and his wife were elders, so they got off the carriage calmly.In front of her cousins, Lu Mingyu had nothing to worry about. She got out of the car before her younger brother, ran over with a smile, called her brother again, then bent down, and hugged Chonger, "Oh, my little uncle. I have grown so tall, do you miss me?"

Brother Chong is strong and strong, it is actually difficult for Lu Mingyu to hold him, but she regards Brother Chong as a younger brother, she likes it in her heart, no matter how tired she is, she is happy to hold her.

The niece liked him so much, Brother Chong immediately forgot the little grievance just now, and smiled happily, "I think about it, my mother misses you too."

Lu Mingyu also missed her grandmother, leaving behind her relatives here, and ran in while laughing, "Mother, I'll go to see my grandmother first, you go slowly."

"I'm going too!" Brother Heng didn't even have time to say hello to his brothers, so he chased after his sister.Brother Chong didn't run away with his niece, but when he saw his nephew who was his age, he instinctively kissed him more, grinned and ran with Brother Heng.Brother Heng looked at him, and for some reason it was a kiss, "Uncle Wu, my mother said we are about the same age."

Brother Chong hummed, "My mother also said so."

Looking at it again, the uncle and nephew laughed together. Brother Heng was playful and said loudly: "Let's go, whoever catches up with sister first wins!"

The two boys ran away having fun, and their brothers and sisters didn't wait for him. Nian, who had just been carried out of the car by his father, curled his lips and burst into tears. wait for me!"

Xiao was amused, pointed to the door and said: "Brother Nian, go after him too."

"I can't run..." Brother Nian hugged his mother's thigh, crying softer but more pitifully.

"Brother hugs brother Nian." Lu Jiaping walked over and easily hugged his cousin into his arms.Since he practiced martial arts since he was a child, Lu Jiaping's complexion is dark, honest and stable, very similar to Uncle Lu, but he also inherited Lu Zhan's tiger eyes, adults see nothing, but brother Nian is a little scared when he sees it, he dare not dare Weeping, I didn't dare to refuse, and turned to my mother pitifully.

"This is the eldest brother." Xiao Shi taught her son softly.

Brother Nian shouted obediently, with tears in his eyes.

Lu Jiaping raised his hand to wipe away his younger brother's tears, shook the little guy, and said with a smile: "Go, elder brother will take you to see grandma."

Brother Nian blinked his eyes, and then looked at his mother who smiled very nicely. He was a little relieved and didn't resist his brother anymore.

In Ning'an Hall, following the arrival of Lu Mingyu and his brother, the pan was already buzzing with excitement.

"Grandmother, I miss you so much." Lu Mingyu ran happily, seeing her kind and amiable grandmother, she burst into tears as soon as she saw her, she threw herself into her arms and acted like a baby without carefully checking who was in the room.

Holding the little granddaughter who left the capital at the age of nine, her only biological granddaughter, Zhu Shi also cried, laughing while crying, "A Nuan has grown so tall, when you left, you were not as tall as your fifth uncle."

Even comparing her with Fifth Uncle, Lu Mingyu burst out laughing, and rubbed her grandmother coquettishly, "Don't allow grandma to say that I'm short."

"But you are the shortest."

There was a schadenfreude joke coming from the left side, Lu Mingyu knew that it was the second sister Lu Huaiyu, she turned around with wide eyes, "You..."

Before he finished speaking, he saw a young man in a sky blue robe standing beside Lu Huaiyu, staring at her intently.

(End of this chapter)