Your Highness, has he stopped today?

Lu Zheyu had made thousands of calculations, but he never counted that Emperor Chongde had such a plan.Ever since he returned to Yecheng, Emperor Chongde's actions have been unimaginable.First, he rewarded the Dingyuan Army in front of the officials in the main hall, and then made him a general of Wujie. At the dust-cleaning banquet where ten hostages were invited, he was personally toasted with wine. Product officials participated.

And that day when she accidentally met Princess Wuyang in the palace, now that she thinks about it, whether it was intentional or unintentional is unknown.

Lu Zheyu stood up, walked to the center of the room, and suddenly knelt down with a serious expression, raised his hands in a bow, and tried to maintain his composure: "Princess Wuyang is a daughter of gold, and a mere warrior, how can she be worthy of a princess? I hope Your Majesty will think twice."

Emperor Chongde suppressed his smile, and said: "You are the son of the Marquis of Dingyuan, and you are the general of Wujie appointed by my own relatives. In the future, you will inherit the title of Marquis of Dingyuan. Why don't you deserve to be mentioned?"

Lu Zheyu frowned slightly, and said again: "Since your majesty has sealed her personally, and your ministers will fight north and south, life and death are unpredictable, how can you give the eldest princess a place to live and work? Even if it is for the sake of the eldest princess, your majesty should not send her away. Marry a humble minister."

"It's not that there is no one in the court. If there is a war in the future, I will send others to do it." Emperor Chongde said lightly.

"Your Majesty." Lu Zheyu was in a turmoil, forced himself to calm down, and said, "There are many good men in the court, and the minister is not a good man. Please think twice, Your Majesty." As he spoke, he bent down and knocked on the ground.

Emperor Chongde: "Marriage to the royal family is a gift that no one else can ask for. Do you really want to disobey me?"

Lu Zheyu closed his eyes: "Your Majesty, forgive me."

Emperor Chongde didn't speak for a long time, and gradually tightened his fists.Since he took the throne for more than a year, he has been disobeyed countless times by the officials, especially the faction of the gentry. At the beginning of last year, Chen Chu was defeated in the first battle. It's just a refutation of the Holy Will.He is young and ineffective, but now it seems that he doesn't even have the authority of the emperor. Does he even have to be disobeyed for giving a marriage?

Emperor Chongde turned cold, and looked at the kneeling person in front of him: "Wuyang's identity, talent and appearance match yours, you are still so unwilling, but you already have your own heart?"

"...I don't have any." Lu Zheyu replied in a low voice.But at this moment, for some reason, he suddenly thought of Shi Yunjing.

"If that's the case, why don't you want to?" Emperor Chongde's voice was clearly angry. He was no longer angry that Lu Zheyu didn't want to marry Princess Wuyang, but thought of the criticism of the gentry party against him, and now he couldn't help venting his anger to his face. man of.

There were only two people in the imperial study room, and it was quiet when no one was talking.Lu Zheyu didn't know how to respond, so Emperor Chongde waited for his response with a cold face.

"I dare to ask Your Majesty—" Lu Zheyu suddenly said, "Does this matter mean His Majesty, Princess Wuyang, or someone else?"

When Emperor Chongde heard the words, surprise flashed across his eyes: "Why do you ask this?"

Lu Zheyu had a vague guess in his heart, but he couldn't answer directly, so he had to avoid the seriousness and said lightly: "I just feel that this matter is related to the princess's life, and the princess may not be willing to marry."

Emperor Chongde's expression eased a little: "Of course I discussed this matter with Wuyang, she has admired you for a long time."

Lu Zheyu closed her eyes, thinking about it, she didn't have any good ideas, so she could only procrastinate for a while: "Thank you for your love, Your Majesty, can you allow me to think about it for a few more days."

Emperor Chongde nodded slowly. Seeing that he had already given in, it was not easy to press him, so he said: "Forget it, marriage with the royal family is beyond the reach of others. You should go back and think about it."

Lu Zheyu bowed on his knees and said, "Your Excellency will leave."

When Lu Zheyu returned to the Hou Mansion, the sun had already set.He first went to Lu Chi and told his father what Emperor Chongde had said to him.

Lu Chi's expression was light, thoughtful: "Let me tell you how you see it first?"

Lu Zheyu expressed eagerness: "I have never met Princess Wuyang before, so why did His Majesty suddenly marry you? This is definitely not His Majesty's idea."

"Then who do you think it is?" Lu Chi picked up the teapot and poured two cups of tea.

"It's Han Qing, it must be him." Lu Zheyu rested his forehead with his hand and closed his eyes.

Lu Chi glanced at him, and pushed a teacup in front of him: "Have a cup of tea and calm down, look at what you look like now. It's just that His Majesty bestowed a marriage, and it's not that Beidi cavalry stepped into the imperial city. What are you in a hurry for?"

Lu Zheyu picked up the cup and drank half of it in one go.He has always been calm in situations, but when this happened to him, he was not as calm as before.

Lu Chi looked at the good tea and was bored like this, and shook his head helplessly: "There is no evidence at all, and you just believe that this matter was done by Han Qing, so I used to teach you to make decisions based on feelings like this. your?"

After drinking half a cup of tea, Lu Zheyu calmed down a little. He gathered his mind and analyzed bit by bit: "According to His Majesty's temperament, he rarely makes decisions by himself. Either listen to Taifu Yan, or listen to Han Qing Yes. The matter of giving the marriage can never be the Taifu's idea."

Lu Chi: "So you think it was Han Qing's idea?"

Lu Zheyu: "I can't think of any other possibility..."

"Self-righteous." Lu Chi put down the teacup in his hand, and said in a deep voice, "You have been a hostage in Chu State for half a year. During these days, His Majesty has gradually become in charge of the government. Your Majesty also knows that if you rely on the gentry or eunuchs for everything, then Imperial power will never belong to him."

Lu Zheyu was stunned: "So it is His Majesty's idea to bestow the marriage..."

Lu Chi nodded.

Lu Zheyu felt a little panicked.It's okay to say what Han Qing did in this matter, but this is His Majesty's intention... If he refuses, it will be disrespectful.

Lu Chi rarely saw his son with such a sad face, so he asked lightly, "Why, you don't want to marry?"

"...I have no intention of getting married." Lu Zheyu whispered.

"Why?" Lu Chi raised his eyelids, "But because of the one in the other garden?"

Lu Zheyu's heart skipped a beat, he gritted his teeth, and said in a muffled voice: "...No. I have no relationship with Princess Wuyang at all, so how can we talk about marriage."

Lu Chi didn't respond immediately, but stood up, walked to the bookcase, opened a drawer, took out a very delicate wooden box, opened it, and placed it on the table in front of Lu Zheyu.

"This is..." Lu Zheyu frowned and looked at the things in the box.It was a pair of blood-red jade pendants, inlaid with gold and wrapped with crimson silk ribbons, which looked very expensive.

"It was bestowed by the late Emperor before you were born." Lu Chi said flatly. "Your grandfather and the late emperor made a baby marriage for you and Princess Wuyang. This is the token."

Lu Zheyu could not speak for a long time as if struck by lightning.

Lu Zheyu didn't know how he got back to Bieyuan.He opened the door and entered, when Yunjing was having dinner alone.The four or five dishes in front of him, each of which has been touched, was messed up by him with chopsticks, looking like a mess.

"You're finally back?" Shi Yunjing showed joy, "I've been waiting for you to have dinner together for a long time."

Good guy, eating a table like this by himself is also called waiting for him to eat.

Lu Zheyu saw his gauze-wrapped hands sharply, and couldn't help but frowned: "What's wrong with your hands?"

Shi Yunjing raised his hand to have a look, and it was still the same rhetoric: "Oh. I accidentally fell while walking and hit it."

Lu Zheyu shook his head helplessly.Since Shi Yunjing didn't want to tell the truth, he couldn't find out why, so he simply gave up asking.

"Look, I'm injured, I can't even hold the chopsticks well, do you want to feed me?" Shi Yunjing looked pitiful.

Lu Zheyu glanced at the table and saw that the dishes were almost eaten. If he had been late for a while, he might have removed the leftovers.

Lu Zheyu didn't answer, but just sat down at the table silently.

Shi Yunjing glanced at him, leaned over and asked, "What's wrong with you? Don't you look very good?"

Lu Zheyu didn't respond, but picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of preserved lotus seed paste, and brought it to Shi Yunjing's lips.

Shi Yunjing was flattered, and ate with his chopsticks, staring at him intently while chewing.Lu Zheyu picked up another crystal fresh shrimp dumpling and fed it to him, Shi Yunjing ate it obediently.

Lu Zheyu just silently gave him food without saying a word, Shi Yunjing was also very obedient, and followed through on food without saying a word.

"Are you full?" Lu Zheyu put down his chopsticks.

Shi Yunjing nodded, indicating that she was full.He thought about it, but he was still worried, so he asked cautiously: "What happened? I haven't seen you smile since you returned home today."

Lu Zheyu thought of the marriage gift, he really didn't know how to tell Shi Yunjing about it.Rationality told him that his marriage had nothing to do with Shi Yunjing, but emotion told him that it had a lot to do with him.

Thousands of words were blocked, and Lu Zheyu didn't intend to tell him about it after all.

Lu Zheyu smiled and said softly: "It's nothing, it's just a trivial matter in court, don't worry."

Shi Yunjing nodded, looking reassuring.

Lu Zheyu raised his hand to rub his hair comfortingly, Shi Yunjing blinked, taking advantage of his unpreparedness, leaned forward and kissed the corner of his lips lightly, and it was instant.

Lu Zheyu was slightly startled, she had time to dodge in the future, the touch on her lips was too short, but very real.The person in front of him succeeded in stealing fragrance, and he looked at him with a look of success, but his expression was like a kitten who did something wrong, which made people unbearable to criticize.

Lu Zheyu felt hot in his ears, he stood up and walked out of the hall to blow the night breeze, but Shi Yunjing followed him out.Lu Zheyu felt more and more that he was sticking to him every day like brown sugar, the kind that couldn't be shaken off.

In the third watch, the night was getting darker, and it was time to rest.

After thinking about it, I had something on my mind, and the matter of giving the marriage was pressed in my mind, lingering and restless.Lu Zheyu didn't stay in Tanglixuan to rest with him, but went to the Nuan Pavilion next door.Even though Shi Yunjing was reluctant to give up, seeing his slightly tired look today, he couldn't stay for long, so he had to let him go.

Before I knew it, it was the fourth watch.There was one person missing beside him, Shi Yunjing tossed and turned unable to sleep, then lifted the quilt, got up and lit the lamp, and called out in a low voice.

"Chu Heng."

The people outside the house heard the voice, pushed the door softly and entered.

"What are your orders, Your Highness?"

Shi Yunjing was sitting beside the small case in his middle coat, his expressionless expression was reflected by the candlelight.

"Go and find out who Lu Zheyu met when he entered the palace today, and what happened." He paused, and then said, "He has something to hide from me."

"Subordinates obey."

[The author has something to say: ---------

Emperor Chongde: "Marriage to the royal family is a gift that no one else can ask for. Lu Zheyu, do you really want to disobey me?"

Shi Yunjing: "He is willing to marry the royal family, but he doesn't want to marry people from the royal family. They are all members of the royal family, who is more noble than whom?"]