Your Highness, has he stopped today?

Lu Zheyu leaned down again, touched his forehead lightly to his fingertips, then straightened up, knelt down with a long body, and looked straight ahead: "I have no talent or virtue, and I am not worthy of Your Royal Highness. I hope Your Majesty will take it back."

Emperor Chongde was so angry that he didn't speak for a long time, Yu Deye was about to step forward to persuade him, but after seeing Emperor Chongde calm down for a moment, he said word by word: "Before I figure out how to punish you, get out and kneel. "

Yu Deye was slightly startled, bowed his body and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's raining outside, and it seems that it won't stop within two hours."

Lu Zheyu narrowed his eyes: "I obey."

Saying that, Lu Zheyu got up, strode out of the imperial study room, walked down the jade steps in the rain, then turned around, and kneeled neatly in the rain.

The eunuch and court lady who was waiting at the door of the imperial study secretly glanced here from time to time, and then hurriedly turned her eyes away, thinking to herself, how could General Lu, who had just received a reward a few days ago and was appointed by His Majesty as the son-in-law, do so? It suddenly came to such a point.

Although the rain wasn't heavy, it couldn't be called light either. In the blink of an eye, Lu Zheyu's court clothes were drenched. The rain dripped from his eyelashes, blurring his vision, and his wet hair stuck to his temples. Obviously he should look embarrassed, but Lu Zheyu knelt straight, showing no embarrassment at all.

The rain in late spring should not be like this. It should clear up after a while, and then it will be warm with each spring rain.But today, the rain seemed to be against Lu Zheyu on purpose. It fell harder and harder, and within a while, there was thunder. rise.

Lu Zheyu began to exercise his energy secretly to adjust his internal energy, forcing himself to concentrate, otherwise if the rain continued, he would faint sooner or later.

He remembered what Yan Lingjun had said to him, that the emperor was no longer the emperor when he first ascended the throne.At the beginning of last year, the first emperor died of illness, and the 20-year-old Chongde Emperor came to the throne, but at that time his foundation was not stable, and he was caught between the eunuchs and the gentry, vacillating.Whether it was Han Qing, the eunuch who was in charge of the ceremony, or Yan Shao, the chief assistant of the cabinet, their opinions repeatedly contradicted each other, and Emperor Chongde wavered from side to side, not knowing who to listen to.Over time, Emperor Chongde also gradually understood that no matter who he listened to, it would be harmful to the imperial power. This Chen country was their Yu family's world, and it was not who he should listen to, but everyone should listen to him.

Lu Zheyu blinked off the rain on his eyelashes, and exhaled lightly.Now it seems that what Emperor Chongde was really angry with was not Lu Zheyu's reluctance to marry Princess Wuyang, but his rebellion against the emperor's will.

A flash of lightning streaked across the sky, followed by rumbling thunder.The rain fell on the stone floor outside the imperial study hall, and even if the drainage in the palace was done well, it could not withstand the downpour. The water on the ground was already an inch high. The coldness on the skin is even worse.

"Your Majesty, General Lu has been kneeling outside the hall for an hour, and it seems that the rain will not stop." Yu Deye bent down and stood beside Emperor Chongde, and said in a low voice.

Emperor Chongde raised his eyelids to look out of the window, and snorted softly: "He is a martial artist, so it doesn't matter if he kneels for a few hours."

"General Lu is also the son of Marquis Dingyuan, no matter what, Your Majesty has to give Marquis some kind of favor, right?" Yu Deye smiled apologetically.

"When he, Lu Zheyu, disobeyed the imperial decree, did he ever think of giving me two points?" Emperor Chongde said coldly, looking sideways.

Yu Deye groaned in his heart.Why is this young man so stubborn?

Emperor Chongde was full of anger just now, and now he also has a severe headache. Hearing the sound of the rain outside, he became more and more relieved and irritable: "Research ink, I want to draw up a decree."

After a while, it seemed that someone outside the imperial study room wanted to meet His Majesty.The maids enter the palace to communicate, and after getting approval, they will be invited into the palace.The visitor walked into the courtyard, Lu Zheyu turned his head to look, and saw that the person was wearing court clothes, followed by three or four attendants holding umbrellas, he wiped the rain from his face, and looked up, it turned out to be Tai Fu Yan Shao .

Yan Shao walked to his side, Lu Zheyu bowed his hands in embarrassment, and said in a low voice, "Teacher."

Yan Shao frowned and looked at him, sighed softly, turned around and looked at an attendant behind him: "Give him an umbrella."

The attendant bowed down, and walked to Lu Zheyu with an umbrella. Lu Zheyu finally didn't have to get wet in the rain, but his whole body was already chilled, even if he covered it now, it wouldn't help.

"Thank you, teacher, for your kindness. It's just that His Majesty's anger has not subsided, so let's take this umbrella away." Lu Zheyu whispered.

"Do things impulsively and don't care about the consequences, this is what the old man taught you?" Yan Shao stood in front of him with his hands behind his back, frowning at him.

Lu Zheyu bowed her head in shame, and said softly, "I let the teacher down."

The palace maid gently urged: "Your Majesty is still waiting for the Taifu, the Taifu should go in quickly."

Yan Shao glanced at him again, and walked away, leaving only one attendant to continue to hold the umbrella for Lu Zheyu.

Lu Zheyu looked up at the oil-paper umbrella above his head, then lowered his head again.I don't know why Yan Shao came to see Emperor Chongde suddenly in the rain, he made several guesses in his mind, and denied them one by one.

As the chief assistant of the cabinet, Yan Shao was already his mentor when Emperor Chongde was still the prince, so no matter what Emperor Chongde said, he had to be treated with courtesy.

Yan Shao walked into the room and bowed to salute: "My subject, Yan Shao, see Your Majesty."

Emperor Chongde stood up, stepped forward to help him up with his own hands: "Sir, there is no need to be too polite. Give me a seat."

After Yan Shao was seated, Emperor Chongde ordered Yu Deye to serve new tea.

"Your Majesty, I have already drawn up countermeasures for the Lingnan flood that was mentioned earlier today. Please take a look at it."

Yu Deye took Yan Shao's booklet and presented it to Emperor Chongde, who took it over and glanced at it, then smiled lightly: "So, then follow what Mr. said. The next time Mr. sends someone to deliver the booklet, or simply come back the next morning." Submit it, you don’t have to go there yourself.”

Yan Shao said: "I'm used to doing it myself. What's more, the flood in Lingnan is a major issue. It's better to solve it as soon as possible. It's rainy this year, and there will be floods before the rainy season. Not only Lingnan, but other places should also take precautions."

"Sir, that's what you said." Emperor Chongde smiled.

After talking about the affairs of the early court, Yan Shao got to the point: "Speaking of which, I just saw General Lu kneeling outside the palace, but what did you do to offend His Majesty?"

Emperor Chongde was the only one who hesitated, and said: "It's nothing important. I gave him a marriage, and after he received the decree, he wanted me to withdraw the decree. I just punished him a little bit and punished him a lot."

"Your Majesty wants General Lu to be Princess Wuyang's son-in-law?"

"...I do have that intention."

Yan Shao chuckled: "Zheyu used to fight east and west with the Marquis of Dingyuan, and now he has made great achievements in recovering the six border cities, and in the future he will open up the territory for my Chen Dynasty. In my opinion, people like Zheyu are rare. General, someone who is used to being on the battlefield is not the best candidate for a son-in-law, if His Majesty wants to marry the Eldest Princess to him, I am afraid I will wrong Her Highness the Eldest Princess."

Emperor Chongde was a little annoyed: "He insists on refusing, so I have no choice but to give up, just think that he is not worthy of Wuyang."

"Exactly. There are many children from the royal family, and there are countless people who admire the eldest princess." Yan Shao seemed to be joking, "If it wasn't for Ling Jun's poor health since he was young, I really want His Majesty to be a matchmaker."

The topic gradually became lighter under the deliberate guidance, and Emperor Chongde also cared and said: "I heard that Mr. Yan came back from Xingcheng and fell ill again. Is there any improvement now?"

"Your Majesty is concerned, it's already..." Yan Shao paused for a moment, then regained his composure, "It's much better."

Emperor Chongde said again: "I will choose a day to send the imperial doctor to Yan's mansion, and then show it to Mr. Yan."

Yan Shao got up and cupped his hands, "I thank Your Majesty on behalf of Ling Jun."

It was still raining, but it had been raining for too long, and the rain had eased a little.In addition, there is an umbrella above the head, so I can't get wet, but it's very cold all over my body.

Holding an umbrella, Yu Deye walked out quickly, bowed and said, "General Lu, Your Majesty asks you not to kneel any more. Let's let go of the marriage grant first, and please return to the general to wait for orders for the remaining matters."

Lu Zheyu let out a breath slowly, leaned over and knocked on the ground: "My minister, Lu Zheyu, thank you Your Majesty."

Yu Deye was about to step forward to help, but Lu Zheyu was already struggling to stand up, his knees were as heavy as lead, and every step he took was like being pricked by needles.

The boy holding the umbrella said in a low voice: "Young master Lu, the Taifu has ordered that after the emperor forgives the young master, let the younger one send the young master back to the Marquis Mansion first. The carriage is outside, and the younger one will come with you."

Lu Zheyu was stunned, and said in a hoarse voice: "It's still raining, if so, how will the teacher go back home later?"

"Don't worry, my lord. The Tai Tuo and His Majesty still have important matters to discuss, so we won't be able to come out for a while. After sending off the Young Master, the younger one will come back to pick up the Tai Tuo."

Lu Zheyu nodded slightly and staggered away.

He finally knew why Yan Shao came here in the rain.As expected of his teacher, everything was arranged so properly.But how did Yan Shao know in advance that he was punished by Emperor Chongde to kneel here?Thinking of this, Lu Zheyu was still full of doubts.

Lu Zheyu returned to Dingyuanhou's Mansion in Yan's Mansion's carriage. As soon as he got off the carriage and entered the mansion, Feng Yang came up to meet him, looking at him in surprise.

"Oh my son, why are you in such a mess?"

Just now he had changed into clean clothes on the carriage, but his hair was still wet, and he knelt in the rain for nearly an hour and a half, his complexion also very ugly.

Lu Zheyu said in a hoarse voice: "It's hard to say, let's talk in the room."

Feng Yang hurriedly ordered his servants to boil hot water for his young master to bathe.

The heat in the bathroom gradually swelled, and Lu Zheyuping stepped back and immersed himself in the hot water bath, feeling a little warm on his body.

"My lord, I left the change of clothes outside for you." Feng Yang shouted outside through the screen. "I'm going out if I have nothing else to do."

"Wait." Lu Zheyu called him to stop, and after thinking about it, he frowned and said, "Come here, I have something to ask you."

"Ah?" Feng Yang, who was standing outside the screen, was hesitant, a little embarrassed, "Will the general go in directly? Is this okay? If the little Highness knows, will he kill me?"

Lu Zheyu glanced at him through the screen, and said coldly, "What did you tell my father about Shi Yunjing and I?"