Houmen Yixiang

Chapter 149 Ask the Queen Mother to Promise

November [-]th, the winter solstice, the day of offering sacrifices to heaven in the southern suburbs.

It was snowing and raining a few days ago. Since the [-]th, the long-lost sunshine has been shining on the earth. Although I can't feel the warmth, I feel very comfortable just looking at the golden light bathing the whole world.

The West Conquest Army has won, the crisis in the Southwest has been resolved, and the weather in the capital has warmed up. Emperor Longde's life these past few days has been extremely sour, and he has even taken him to the harem a lot more times.

Emperor Longde was happy, and sprinkled rain and dew widely, moistening the concubines in the harem, all of them were as beautiful as flowers. The queen mother was very happy when she saw it, and calculated in her heart that by August and September next year, it is estimated that there will be a few more little princes and princesses in the palace , secretly sent the maids and eunuchs to carefully monitor the physical condition of the concubines, in case anything happened.

The masters in the palace were happy, with more rewards, and the maids and eunuchs were also in a happy mood. These few days were almost the most warm and harmonious days in the whole palace.

In Tianwu Kingdom, women are generally not allowed to participate in sacrificial activities, and the royal family strictly abides by this rule. Queens will worship their ancestors only when they are canonized, and princesses only when they are married.

Therefore, those waiting outside the palace gate in the morning were all the female relatives of the minister's family, Emperor Longde and the prince's ministers. They had already set off for the Temple of Heaven in the southern suburbs at midnight, and the ritual of offering sacrifices to heaven had already begun at this time.

In the past, it was very rare for the ministers to bring their families to worship the heavens. This time, because of various happy events one after another, Emperor Longde was happy. He didn't expect that the courtyard near the Temple of Heaven could not accommodate too many people.

But the imperial decree has been issued, and there is absolutely no possibility of changing it. In the end, it was stipulated that the number of maidservants should be reduced. The number of second-rank wives and above should be four, and the rest should be two. The empress dowager in the palace will automatically reduce it to eight. There are six people, and the remaining concubines are reduced to four and two respectively.

However, these are all personal servants, and there are also errands who are responsible for luggage handling, etc. Anyway, the number of people who came down at the end was still scary, but they were crowded and could barely accommodate them.

Lu Xinyan brought Qingtong Baizhi, Xiaohe, when she should be sensible, she was always very sensible, she just said: "Miss, Qingtong sister, Baizhi sister, you have fun", without coquettishly saying, miss you Don't take me out to play, Miss, I want to go too.

Lu Xinyan pinched her little face with a smile, and said: "For the sake of being so sensible and obedient, Miss, I will see something new and bring it back for you."

Xiao He didn't murmur like before, Miss pinched my face again, she stretched out her hand to touch the pinched a little painful place, "Thank you Miss."

Qingtong gave her a strange look, "Xiao He, are you sick? Why do you feel weird today?"

Bai Zhi put her hand on her forehead, "It's normal, there's nothing wrong with it."

Xiao He whispered: "Oh, my parents have grown up, isn't it good to be sensible?"

That little figure looked aggrieved, Lu Xinyan and the others couldn't help laughing, and didn't take it to heart.

Because this time I will stay in Yunxiao Mountain Villa near the Temple of Heaven for three nights, I bid farewell to several people in the courtyard and went out.

Lu Xinyun was embroidering the wedding dress in the house, and Xiao Gao told her that the date was set on December [-]th, and time was running out. Lu Xinyun thought about finishing the wedding dress, and had to help her future husband make some underwear by herself, but now she didn't hear it. What happened outside the window, I don't know anything about what happened outside her yard, and I'm not interested in knowing.

Lu Xinwan and Lu Xinhan secretly gritted their silver teeth with jealousy.

You must know that the Ankangbo Mansion, except for the approval of each generation of Marquis, subsequent uncles, and princes, there will be imperial edicts. What Lu Xinyan received was the Empress Dowager’s edict, which is naturally worse than the imperial edict, but it is Ankangbo Mansion. In addition to being sealed, it came from the highest level of the palace.

How could a bitch who came back from Heli bring such great honor to Ankangbo Mansion?Why let her take all the good things by herself?
As early as the day Yizhi came, the two of them were jealous to the point of death. Later, they found out that because of Yizhi, Lu Congyuan didn't blame Lu Xinyan, who caused Lu Ziyi and Lu Ziwen's conflict, but blamed Xiao Gao's ineffective family management. Lu Xinwan was so angry that she almost went to Huanxiyuan to find Lu Xinyan Settle accounts!
On this day, when Lu Congyuan showed a kind expression, ignored the obvious mockery on Lu Xin's face, and earnestly told Lu Xinyan to be careful in serving nobles, Lu Xinwan and Lu Xinhan were about to explode.

In Bofu, Lu Congyuan is the sky to them, deciding their future destiny, but the sky in their eyes is like a piece of shit in the eyes of others!
Thinking of her current situation, Lu Xinwan's eyes turned red, and she ran away angrily.

Lu Xinhan looked at Lu Xinyan's carriage at the gate for a long time until the carriage disappeared completely.

When Lu Xinyan arrived outside the palace gate, many wives and ladies of the minister's family were already waiting there.

"Sister Zhuzhu!" When Lu Xinyan was looking for the figures of Feng Shi and Gong Jin, a familiar and pleasant voice came from behind.

She turned around and looked at the girl who was wearing a princess-colored down jacket that was down to her feet, tied around her waist with a princess-colored ribbon, outlining a slender figure, with cute white fox fur earmuffs on her ears, and waved with a smile , whispered: "Qing Ruo!"

Yan Qingruo was wearing the same white fox fur gloves. This outfit, from the concubine color to the calf leather boots, was a gift from Lu Xinyan.

When I decided to produce down jackets, it was after Xu Dongcai intercepted the leather goods. In order to hurry up, I just made down jackets first. The ones like Yan Qingruo with leather boots, earmuffs, and gloves came out in the last few days shape.

Because it was sold out as soon as it came out, many wives and ladies wanted to buy it, but they couldn't buy it. Now they see Yan Qingruo wearing it, and they are extremely envious and jealous.

Yan Qingruo enjoyed the attention of everyone, she proudly turned around in front of Lu Xinyan, "Sister Zhuzhu, I really like this dress, it's novel and warm, thank you so much! Dress well, even my poisonous brother praised me for being well dressed!"

"It looks good!" Lu Xinyan said with a smile.

The two were talking and laughing when another call came, "Zhuzhu!"

Lu Xinyan turned her head, and saw Gong Jin supporting Feng Shi, walking towards her and Yan Qingruo, Lu Xinyan hurriedly went up to meet her, "Grandmother, fourth aunt, you should stay in the carriage in such a cold day, if you want to see me, send someone to come Just find me."

"Grandmother was sitting in the carriage uncomfortably, and wanted to get down for a walk, and happened to see you." The battle was won, and Li Yu was about to come back. Seeing that Gong Jin's life was about to be settled, Feng's heart was very happy, after a few days , with a radiant face, she looked at Lu Xinyan and Yan Qingruo who was following Lu Xinyan kindly and happily, "This is Miss Yan's fifth lady, right?"

"Grandmother, hello fourth aunt." Yan Qingruo followed Lu Xinyan's address and called the two of them crisply, showing sweet smiles, "Grandmother has good eyesight, I am Yan Qingruo, sister Zhuzhu's friend, you and four Just call me Qing Ruo."

Feng Shi was coaxed by her to laugh, "Qing Ruo, this girl's mouth is so sweet!" In his heart, he was very happy for Lu Xinyan. In the past, Lu Xinyan was a woman and couldn't make many friends. Now that she has returned to her single status, it is rare to make friends Feng Shi was very happy to care about her and her friends who were away from her status.

Yan Qingruo smiled even sweeter, but her eyes sneaked a glance at Gong Jin who was supporting Feng Shi. Yan Qingruo had only heard about Li Yu and Gong Jin in Lanying Villa, but Li Yu and Wu Sheng Gongsun Mobai and the others have a good relationship, and their relationship with Yan Yulang is not bad. In addition, they are about the same age. If Yan Qing has met many times, he is familiar with her. However, Gong Jin is several years older than her. Gong Jin used to walk around when he was young. Maybe I've seen it before, but she was just a dumpling at that time, how can I remember Gong Jin's appearance?Now that I heard the rumored heroine, I couldn't help but take a second look.

Gong Jin could probably guess what was going on in her heart, and let her watch freely. She had already planned to be with Li Yu, and she would receive many strange and even malicious looks. If Yan Qing was just curious and not malicious, Gong Jin would naturally I won't take it to heart.

On the contrary, Yan Qingruo felt a little embarrassed, "Fourth Aunt, I think you and Mr. Li are a good match."

Xiao Yichen led the 40 expeditionary army to the west and defeated the [-] enemy army in Wacha, and became famous all over the world. At the same time, Li Yu who became famous with him was Li Yu who smelled strange poisons and made strange fragrances.

Li Yu's fame, and the troubles between him and Gong Jin, have become known all over the world. In the past, everyone was joking and joking in private, but now they are making fun of them openly, and many even have malicious intentions and ulterior motives. Yan Yulang had heard many bad words.

"Thank you, Qing Ruo." Gong Jin smiled.

Several people chatted and laughed for a while, and the eunuch's sharp voice came from the palace gate, "The Empress Dowager is here, the Empress is here, the Concubine Shu is here... Princess Changle is here, Princess Chang'an is here, Princess Changping is here..."

The eunuch recited all the high-ranking masters in the palace, from high to low, in one go. This level of skill really surprised Lu Xinyan.

When the ladies outside the palace gate heard the voice, they quickly quieted down, and stood aside to reveal the middle aisle. At the same time, they lowered their heads, waiting for the most honorable person in the harem to come out.

Although it has been sunny for two days, the weather is still very cold, the ground is covered with snow and ice, and the sun is shining, it is wet. The queen mother took pity on everyone, and sent eunuchs to spread the word that there is no need to kneel down and salute.

The Empress Dowager sits on a phoenix chariot drawn by eight horses. The round roof is embroidered with a pattern of nasturtiums. There are golden streamers hanging around it. It is so golden in the sun that I dare not look directly at it. Behind it are the Empress and other concubines and princesses. carriage.

Emperor Longde was in a good mood these few days, and the queen deliberately picked a day when he was in the best mood, and interceded for Wu Wan, so Wu Wan came out together today.

When the carriages passed by one by one, Lu Xinyan, who lowered her head, clearly felt a sharp light sweeping across her body quickly.

She curled her lips lightly, on such a serious day, if this Wu Wan dares to do something that ruins her wish to sacrifice to heaven, the emperor will definitely not let her go!Thinking about it, Wu Wan wouldn't be so stupid!

But with Wu Wan's brain circuit, it's really not sure.

After the carriages of the palace dignitaries headed by the Empress Dowager passed by, the wives and ladies from various families got on the carriages and followed in an orderly manner.

After Lu Xinyan helped Feng Shi get into the carriage, she also got into her own.

It was an hour's journey from the palace to the southern suburbs, and it was exactly a quarter of noon, and it was time for lunch.

The Empress Dowager exempted everyone from seeing her, and asked all the ladies to pay their respects in the afternoon after finishing their meals.

There was only one person in Lu Xinyan, and she was the only one among the wives and ladies who came here. Because of Wu Zhen's advance arrangements, Lu Xinyan and Feng's Gongjin were arranged to live in a small courtyard.

The few people were very happy now, Feng said: "Zhu Zhu, thank you Princess Chang'an when you look back."

Lu Xinyan said: "Grandmother, I gave her a down jacket before, which is similar to what Qing Ruo is wearing today, so the princess is paying me back."

Feng Shi nodded, "That's the reason, I still have to thank you."

Lu Xinyan hummed, "Understood, grandma."

The lunch was ready early in the morning. Because there were so many people, it was not very hot when it was delivered, so it was not delicious.

However, this did not affect the mood of Lu Xinyan and the three of them. After having a happy lunch, the three of them went to the Queen Mother's yard together to greet the Queen Mother.

In the courtyard where the Empress Dowager was, there were too many wives and ladies who came to pay their respects, and those who were not familiar with them or who were not of high rank all left after saluting, so there were not many people in the Empress Dowager's room.

As soon as Lu Xinyan entered, she saw two concubine-looking figures sitting beside the queen mother, one on the left and the other on the right.

One is Wu Zhen and the other is Yan Qingruo. The clothes that Lu Xinyan gave to them are almost the same, but Wu Zhen's status is higher, and the buttons are made of sapphires, while Yan Qingruo's are made of pearls.

The two made an appointment to wear it together today, originally they were only one point similar, but now they are four or five points alike, like twins, the queen mother found it interesting, so she asked the two to accompany each other, Even Wu Wan could only sit far away, Wu Wan was so angry that she wanted to go crazy, but was stopped by the queen's stern eyes.

When Lu Xinyan entered, Wu Zhen and Yan Qingruo were teasing the Queen Mother to giggle, Wu Wan rolled her eyes, turned her head to one side, saw Lu Xinyan, and immediately looked even more ugly.

Lu Xinyan followed Feng Shi and Gong Jin and walked forward without squinting. When she walked in front of her, she knelt down and saluted, "My wife (little girl) has seen the Empress Dowager, Empress Empress, Concubine Shu, Princess Chang'an, Princess Changping... "

"A Bing, Jin'er, Zhuzhu, don't be too polite, get up quickly." The Queen Mother smiled and signaled the three of them not to be too polite.

As soon as the three of Lu Xinyan arrived, Yan Qingruo stood up wisely, sat down, and temporarily gave up the original seat to Feng Shi.

The queen mother looked at the three of them carefully, and said with a smile: "Ah Bing is younger again, Zhuzhu is more beautiful, only Jin'er looks more and more outstanding, but seems to be a little thinner."

The empress covered her mouth and said jokingly: "Empress Dowager, don't tell me, the concubine looks at the fourth lady of the palace and Miss Lu standing together, I feel like they are of the same age."

The queen mother laughed happily, "Hahaha, the queen has good eyes and a sweet mouth. The Ai family thought that Ah Bing had brought the wrong person here. Jin'er looks like this now. Standing with a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl is really nothing. difference."

The queen said: "Your Majesty, the concubine will beg you on behalf of Mrs. Gong, and help the fourth lady of the palace to find a good family. This will fulfill Mrs. Gong's wish."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere on the field became a little delicate. There were some gossips in the harem about Li Yu and Gong Jin. For those who don't have much fun in life, it's a novelty.

Now that Li Yu became famous in the first battle, more and more people discussed the matter between the two of them openly and secretly, so no one understood for a while. Did the empress want the queen mother to match the two, or did she want the queen mother to choose another family for Gong Jin? husband's family.

Just as Feng was about to speak, Gong Jin stood up and said, "Thank you, empress, for your kindness. My daughter has already made an appointment with Mr. Li, so there will be no second thoughts for now."

A stone stirred up a thousand waves.

For a lady of great family to say in public that she has made an agreement with a man, her heart is big enough!

The empress dowager, who had experienced many storms, took a small breath, the room was suddenly quiet, and she didn't know how to answer the conversation.

The Queen Mother thought so, but some people in the room thought differently. They felt that Gong Jin only wanted to expose the private agreement between the two in public because of Li Yu's meritorious service. Come back, will Gong Jin still say that?

The atmosphere was even more subtle, Lu Xinyan quickly winked at Wu Zhen, Wu Zhen coughed, and said with a smile: "Grandmother, haven't you always wondered where the clothes of cousin Chang'an and Qing Ruo came from? Well, that person is right in front of you now gone."

The queen mother changed the topic along the way, "You and Qing Ruo, the girl, deliberately hid it from Ai's family earlier, and Ai's family guessed that Zhuzhu must be right, but it turned out that Ai's family was right."

Lu Xinyan smiled and cheered, "The Empress Dowager is wise!"

The activity of offering sacrifices to heaven was mainly dominated by the men led by Emperor Longde, and the family members came here purely as an outing to join in the fun.

Compared with the previous dynasties, the sacrifices in Tianwu Kingdom are much simpler. It starts from Maoshi and ends in about six hours.

Seeing that the time was counted, the activities of offering sacrifices to heaven had ended, and some ladies and ladies accompanying the Queen Mother all looked out one after another.

The Empress Dowager looked at it, and then said: "The Ai family sees this time, the sacrifice to heaven should be over, you all go back and settle your husband and father."

Everyone saluted together, "Thank you, Empress Dowager!"

This night passed very peacefully, apart from Wu Wan giving Lu Xinyan countless rolls of eyes at the Empress Dowager's place, no one caused any trouble for Lu Xinyan.

It seems that Wu Wan's brain has improved a bit after being confined by Emperor Longde for nearly two months, Lu Xinyan thought to herself, secretly hoping that Wu Wan's brain would continue to improve until she left Yunxiao Villa.

Early the next morning, Emperor Longde, who had had a night's rest, took some young princes to the forest behind Yunxiao Villa to hunt.

Emperor Longde announced early on that the person who hunted the most prey this time will be rewarded heavily. Although the reward is not clear, one or two have worked hard and are ready to show their hands.

Some of the ladies here can also hunt on horseback, such as Wu Wan. In the past, as long as she took the lead, there would always be a large number of ladies following her, but this time it was very strange. Wu Wan was always by the queen's side, quietly, Not only did he not mention hunting, but he also lacked interest in other games.

Could it be that the emperor or queen has imposed some prohibition on her?Lu Xinyan couldn't help but guess in her heart.

The ladies waited for a while, seeing that Wu Wan didn't have the slightest intention of joining them, after saluting with the Empress Dowager, they each went to have some fun.

The queen mother looked at Yan Qingruo who was twisting and turning, "Chang'an, take Qingruo to play."

"Grandmother, Chang'an wants to accompany you." Wu Zhen said.

"Empress Dowager, Qing Ruo also wants to accompany you." Yan Qing Ruo said hastily.

The two put on similar cloaks again today, one bright yellow and the other light yellow, as if they had become addicted to playing sisters.

The queen mother smiled and directly pointed it out, "Come on, look at your buttocks that keep moving like a spinning top! Let's go, just have Ah Bing and others to accompany Aijia."

Yan Qingruo chuckled, "Empress Dowager, ask Fourth Aunt and Sister Zhuzhu to go with Qingruo."

Gong Jin directly refused, "Let Zhuzhu go with you, I will accompany Aunt."

Actually, Lu Xinyan didn't really want to go out to enjoy the cold wind. Seeing that Gong Jin refused, it was hard to refuse again, "Let's go, I'll accompany you."

In my heart, I regretted giving this girl a down jacket. It is not cold to wear a down jacket now. Yan Qingruo's active nature is comparable to Xiao He's, and her gentle appearance is purely a deceptive display.

Wu Zhen said: "Grandmother, then Chang'an will come back to accompany you."

The Queen Mother waved, "Go ahead and have fun."

Even if the Royal Villa is a place that comes once a year, it is more magnificent than other villas, exquisite and beautiful. The garden is full of various rare varieties of flowers in the season, such as camellia, wintersweet, pine red plum, anthurium, yellow orchid, White crystal chrysanthemum, oncidium bougainvillea, poinsettia...the degree of colorfulness, as if entering a spring garden, the sun sprinkled silver red, covering the entire garden, as beautiful as a picture scroll.

Yan Qingruo was like a butterfly, facing the winter sun, bouncing up and down in front of her, and her long shadow swayed violently as she swayed.

She smelled the red flower for a while, and touched the yellow flower for a while, and she was very happy.

Wu Zhen kept yelling at the back to tell Yan Qingruo to pay attention to her feet and not to fall, while Lu Xinyan followed Wu Zhen, walking slowly.

With Lu Xinyan's mentality in her twenties, playing with Yan Qingruo, who is in her teens, always feels like an adult playing house with a child.

After the three of them walked in the garden for a while, Yan Qingruo ran back and said excitedly, "Sister Zhuzhu, cousin Chang'an, how about we have a game?"

Wu Zhen asked: "Compare to what?"

"Wait a while." Yan Qingruo ran to her maid, whispered a few words in her ear, then ran to Lu Xinyan Wuzhen, and said mysteriously, "I'll find out later."

The maid came back soon, holding two things that Lu Xinyan looked familiar with: hula hoops.

It is said that hula hoop is very popular in the palace nowadays, not only the maids and eunuchs can play it, many concubines also play it in private, of course the purpose of their playing is to slim their waists.

Not only popular in the palace, but also popular among the people, especially children. In this era of lack of toys, the hula hoop suddenly became the children's favorite toy.

Lu Xinyan made the hula hoop back then to arouse the Queen Mother's curiosity, and borrowed her hand to get rid of the black hands who broke the shoes during the performance, and by the way let Wu Zhen slim down in private. As far as she is concerned, she is not keen on this sport , Now seeing Yan Qingruo happily holding two hula hoops, the intuition is not good.

Sure enough, Yan Qingruo handed a hula hoop to Lu Xinyan, "Sister Zhuzhu, I heard from cousin Chang'an that you are very good at spinning hula hoops. Today I want to compete with you to see who can spin the hula hoop longer!"

Lu Xinyan stepped back and raised her hands as a sign of surrender, "I'll just admit defeat, you can let someone else play with you."

"No! I've defeated many people, so I'm missing you!" Yan Qingruo approached, "Cousin Chang'an is the referee, don't let the water go! If you don't beat you today!"

Lu Xinyan originally planned that it was really impossible, so she just pretended to be fine, but Yan Qingruo directly stated that no water was allowed!Later, he planned to win this girl directly, but judging from her tone, if he couldn't win, he would drag Lu Xinyan to compete endlessly!

Lu Xinyan looked at Wu Zhen begging for help, and Wu Zhen gave her a helpless look.

If Yan Qing is good at everything, there are some things that are particularly twisted, such as this hula hoop. She is determined to become the person who has been spinning the hula hoop for the longest time in Tianwu. At that time, Wu Zhen was forced to compete with her for two days before she was finally let go.

Wu Zhen sympathized with Lu Xinyan very much, if she knew that Yan Qing had brought a hula hoop, she would have reminded Lu Xinyan.

"Come on, let's start." Yan Qingruo handed the hula hoop forward again.

Her face was too serious, Lu Xinyan couldn't bear to refuse directly, rolled her eyes, and said while thinking: "Qing Ruo, the two of you...compared like this, it's too...monotonous, how about...a different method...how about it?"

Yan Qingruo blinked, "Another way, how?"

Lu Xinyan racked her brains, "Uh... um..., it can be replaced by whoever gets the most spins within the specified time wins..."

Yan Qingruo's eyes lit up, "This one seems pretty good."

Lu Xinyan said: "It's too boring to compare two people, why don't we find more people, and we can also bet or something, and make a little lottery."

"Yes, yes!" Yan Qingruo clapped her hands happily, "Then let's go find someone separately, and see you here in a quarter of an hour, okay?"

Lu Xinyan breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly said, "Okay, let's find someone now!"

Wu Zhen coughed, "Then I'll find someone too."

The two of them glanced at each other, and they both knew that they didn't know if others would come or not. Anyway, they would find excuses not to come.

Lu Xinyan planned to go back to the yard to pretend to be sick, but when she went back, she found that Feng Shi had come back from the Queen Mother, but she didn't see Gong Jin's person, so she asked casually, "Grandmother, where is Fourth Aunt?"

Feng Shi said: "The Empress called Jin'er away, and said she wanted Jin'er to accompany her for a walk, and asked her about hairpins by the way."

The empress asked the fourth aunt to accompany her?For some reason, Lu Xinyan thought of yesterday when the empress asked the empress dowager to speak about the marriage for Gong Jin, and felt strange in her heart. She pretended to be surprised and asked: "Grandmother, when did the empress and the fourth aunt get acquainted?"

"I can't say I'm familiar with you, but I met you a few times when I went to the palace and when I went to pay my respects." Feng said: "Earlier, the empress dowager said that she didn't sleep well last night and wanted to rest for a while. When grandma and Jin'er left The empress suddenly called to grandmother, and after saying a few words, she asked Jin'er to accompany her for a walk, and wanted to ask about the hairpin on Jin'er's head."

The plum blossom hairpin that Gong Jin wore this morning was a gift from Lu Xinyan when she went to Guangping Marquis a few days ago.

A hairpin that is not even considered the best in color and shape, not only caught the eyes of the queen, but the queen would actually intervene in person?
Lu Xinyan yawned, "Grandma, I didn't sleep well last night, so I won't chat with you anymore. I'll go back and catch up on sleep."

"Take a good rest when you're tired, why did you come to grandma's house?" Feng blamed heartily.

Lu Xinyan smiled mischievously, "I'll find out later, grandma! By the way, grandma, if Qingruo comes to see me later, just say I'm uncomfortable and go to bed."

"That girl Qingruo is also naughty and active, and ordinary people really can't bear it." Feng couldn't help laughing when she thought that Lu Xinyan, who was fearless, would lie to deceive Yan Qingruo, "Okay, grandma will help you." You cover up and resolutely don't allow her to disturb your rest."

Lu Xinyan stuck out her tongue as if she was seen through, "Thank you grandma, then I'll go first."

After leaving Feng's house, Lu Xinyan did not go back to her own house, but walked out with Qingtong Baizhi.

Qingtong said: "Miss, don't you want to go back to the house to rest? Where are you going now?"

Lu Xin's face darkened slightly, "Go and find Si Gu."

Qingtong was at a loss, didn't Gong Jin be called away by the queen, what is there to look for?

Lu Xinyan felt uneasy, and walked quickly, and soon arrived outside the Queen's courtyard. The maid at the door recognized her and asked, "Miss Lu, are you here to see the Empress? The Empress is about to change clothes and go hunting."

The empress is changing clothes?Lu Xinyan frowned, but there was a smile on her face, "Sister, I heard that the fourth aunt is the fourth lady of the palace who came to the queen. I am in a hurry to find her, is she still there?"

"Miss Gong Si left a quarter of an hour ago." The maid said.

a quarter of an hour ago?Gong Jin wanted to accompany Feng Shi before, and rejected Yan Qingruo's proposal to go out for a walk. If she leaves from the Queen, no matter where she goes, she will go back and talk to Feng Shi first!But on the way she came, she didn't meet Gong Jin, so where did Gong Jin go?

Lu Xinyan said: "Sister, are you sure that Fourth Aunt has left?"

"Servant..."

Before the palace lady could finish her sentence, a majestic voice sounded behind her, "What is the meaning of Miss Lu's words? Could it be that the palace will hide the fourth lady of the palace?"

The queen is dressed in a bright red riding outfit, and she is heroic and charming, which is quite different from her usual gentle and dignified image.

"My little girl has seen the empress!" Lu Xinyan saluted and said, "That's not what my little girl meant. It's just that my little girl didn't see Fourth Aunt when she came here, so I asked again to make sure."

"Really? You are from Mrs. Gong?" The Queen asked casually.

Just as Lu Xinyan was about to say yes, she suddenly thought of something and changed her words, "The little girl is coming from the garden."

The queen said: "That's no wonder. Miss Gong Si said that Mrs. Gong was alone in the room. She was afraid that she would be bored, so she went back to accompany her. You came from the garden, and the two directions are different. It's normal that you can't meet."

Lu Xinyan suddenly realized: "The little girl was confused for a moment, thank you, Empress, for your advice."

The queen glanced at her with deep and unpredictable eyes, "I can't see that you have returned home from the Guangping Hou's Mansion and Li, and the relationship with Miss Gongsi is even stronger than before."

Lu Xinyan said embarrassingly: "The empress is laughing! In fact, Ms. Yan thought of a hula hoop competition method and was looking for people to participate everywhere. The little girl thought of Sigu and wanted her to participate in the fun together. When she was looking for it, listen to People said that they saw her coming here with the empress, so they wanted to come here to wait for her, but they missed it!"

The Empress took it for granted: "Gong Si girl is older than you, and I'm worried that Mrs. Gong will be alone, I'm afraid she won't play with you little girls."

"What the empress said is true!" Lu Xinyan saluted again, "Princess Chang'an and Miss Yan are still waiting for the little girl to go back. The little girl will not disturb the empress, so I leave."

After Lu Xinyan took Qingtong Baizhi away, the queen immediately lowered her face, "Send someone to watch Lu Xinyan to make sure if she has an appointment with Chang'an and Yan Qingruo!"

"Yes, empress!"

After walking a few steps, Qingtong asked: "Miss, where are you going now?"

Although she didn't understand why Lu Xinyan lied just now, she knew that there must be a reason for Lu Xinyan to lie.

"Go to Princess Chang'an and Qing Ruo." Lu Xinyan was very anxious, but had to pretend nothing had happened.

When they came to the garden, Yan Qingruo and Wu Zhen had already arrived, as well as some ladies from other families.

"Sister Zhuzhu!" Yan Qingruo waved happily, "I thought you were just like Cousin Chang'an, deliberately pretending to be sick, and wanted to catch you myself!"

"How can it be? Since I made an appointment with you, I definitely won't break the appointment." Lu Xinyan opened her eyes and said nonsense, "I went to look for Si Gu just now, but unfortunately, Si Gu has already left from the queen, so there was a delay .”

"Since everyone is here, let's get ready to start!" Yan Qingruo excitedly asked the maid to take out the number plate, and let the ladies draw one by one.

Some of the young ladies had the same excited expression as Yan Qingruo, and some older ladies had the same helpless expression as Wu Zhen.

"Miss." Qingtong pretended to adjust the cloak with Lu Xinyan, approached her and whispered: "Someone followed us just now, and now they have left."

Lu Xinyan nodded to show that she understood, and at the same time lowered her voice, "Qingtong, tap my acupoint, it will make me sweat and suffer."

Qingtong complied.

"Ouch!" Lu Xinyan suddenly cried out in pain while clutching her stomach.

Wu Zhen and Yan Qingruo hurried over, "Zhuzhu (sister), what's the matter with you? Are you sick?"

"I...suddenly have a stomachache. I wonder if I ate something unclean this morning." Lu Xinyan was sweating, with a pained expression on her face.

"I'll help you go back!" Wu Zhen said loudly, "Ah Zhao, call the imperial physician!"

"No need." Lu Xinyan squeezed Wu Zhen's palm, "Baizhi knows medicine and can help me see a doctor, Qingtong knows kung fu and can take me home! Princess, you stay and play with them. Sweeping their fun."

Wu Zhen was startled, seeing Lu Xin's clear eyes, she subconsciously said: "According to what you said, Zhuzhu, you should take a rest."

"Thank you princess." Lu Xinyan breathed a sigh of relief and smiled.

"Zhuzhu, if necessary, send someone to call me." Wu Zhen said seriously.

Lu Xinyan nodded, "I see."

After leaving, Lu Xinyan said, "Hurry up and find Si Gu."

"Where can I find it?" Qingtong asked, there are only three people, where can I find such a big villa?

"From near the queen's courtyard." Lu Xinyan said: "The maid beside the queen said that she saw the fourth aunt leave with her own eyes. I don't think she is lying! There are Qiuhua and Qiushuang next to the fourth aunt. It's people, if you want to take them away quietly, you must be knocked out in a blind spot that ordinary people can't see, first find that blind spot!"

Bai Zhi couldn't help asking: "Miss, why are you so sure that the fourth girl is missing? And it's related to the queen?"

"Intuition!" Lu Xinyan couldn't explain why, but she felt so intuitively.

The three of them came to the vicinity of the queen's courtyard, carefully avoiding the queen's people, and walked along the road to Feng's courtyard. After walking about a hundred meters, Qingtong suddenly said: "Miss, here!"

That place happened to be around a corner, with a gazebo on the left, and a towering tree in front of it, with its branches hanging down and blocking the view, it was indeed a good place to kidnap someone.

After exploring the surroundings a few times, Qingtong pointed to a branch road ahead: "Turn left from there, it's getting more and more remote."

Lu Xinyan made a decisive decision, "Let's go!"

Qingtong observed the road conditions while walking, looking for the road that was least likely to encounter people.

Soon, several people had already walked out of the villa through a small gate.

There are mountains outside, there is no road, and the mountains are full of towering trees, which are blown by the wind and whine like ghosts and wolves. The sun shines from the gaps in the bare branches, making it even more desolate.

A few people walked aimlessly for a while, "Miss," Bai Zhi suddenly stopped and grabbed Lu Xinyan, "There seems to be someone in that place."

Lu Xinyan followed Bai Zhi's hand to look over, and saw a small piece of light blue skirt exposed beside a big tree as thick as a bucket. Lu Xinyan remembered that Qiuhua seemed to be wearing light blue today, "Go and have a look!"

The three of them walked over quickly, and the corner of the light blue clothes suddenly grew bigger, and the person who was leaning on the tree fell down suddenly, face up.

"It's Qiuhua!"

Qingtong was the first to step forward to test his breath, "I'm still alive, I just passed out."

Bai Zhi took out the silver needle and quickly pricked Qiuhua's body a few times. Qiuhua let out a long breath, and then slowly opened his eyes.

"Miss Zhuzhu?" She was a little confused for a while, "Where is this?"

Lu Xinyan grabbed her shoulders and asked, "Qiuhua, where did Si Gu go?"

(End of this chapter)