Naturally, Lu Ji didn't know that he was regarded as the son-in-law of the East Palace. After leaving Dali Temple, he first returned to the East Palace, quickly processed the reports sent from various places, and then estimated the time and entered the palace gate when the Golden Crow was sinking.
Usually this time is the time to deal with government affairs today. But today, when he arrived at the door of the royal study, the eunuch stopped him: "The imperial concubine has a headache, so your majesty went to her Xueqing Palace."
Xueqing Palace is the main palace of the imperial concubine Yu Heng. It is located adjacent to the Emperor's Yangxin Palace, making it convenient for the emperor to visit her.
Lu Ji nodded and glanced at the Xueqing Palace with its blue tiles and Zhu Huan, his expression cold.
The eunuch thought that the master would be like the second princess, and would inevitably have some emotional fluctuations after hearing that the emperor favored the concubine. But after looking at his face for a long time, I could only see calmness, calmness, and restraint. It seems that he doesn't care about his father's doting on his concubine.
He looked shaky for a moment, and his mind about watching the show became much lighter.
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Coming out of the main hall, Lu Ji walked along the red vermilion wall and turned around a few hall doors. He saw Taifu Zhao Shihan at a glance.
Seeing him, Zhao Shihan's face was filled with joy, and he stepped forward quickly and said: "Your Highness, I wonder if the second princess has studied her lessons carefully these days. Since the last time she asked for leave, she said she had a headache and would not come to school. . My identity is inconvenient and it is not easy to enter the inner hall. If your highness is free, can you check it for me. It will also put my mind at ease. "
Zhao Shihan was a contemporary Confucian master who taught his students strictly. Even though he is over sixty years old, he is still in good spirits. Seeing that the princess had not gone to school for several days, he was very worried. He suspected that she was pretending to be ill, but it was difficult to prove it. When he was distressed, he saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.
It's like bringing a pillow to a person when he is dozing off, and Zhao Shihan is half relieved.
Lu Ji naturally agreed and offered to teach his sister more in the future to encourage her to go to school.
The gentle attitude throughout the whole process brings spring breeze to the viewer's face.
As the saying goes: Don't hit someone with a smiling face. Seeing Lu Ji's good attitude, Zhao Shihan's dissatisfaction subsided a little, and he thought to himself: The eldest brother is like his father, and with His Highness's guidance, the second princess will be much more well-behaved.
After chatting with him for a few words, Zhao Shihan said that he still had another day to speak and took the lead in saying goodbye.
Lu Ji slowly exhaled from his chest, thought for a while, then turned into a palace on the right.
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The Xiangyu Hall is surrounded by water and mountains, with many pavilions and buildings intertwining with each other, and it is extremely elegantly decorated.
When Lu Ji came in, the second princess Lu Ling was standing on tiptoes, playing with the parrot on the porch.
Parrots are small and have colorful feathers. When they see someone coming, they open their voices and shout, "Someone is coming! Someone is coming!"
Lu Ling looked back and saw her brother walking towards her. He didn't care about teasing the parrot, and a smile appeared on his face: "Brother, did you come to see me specially?"
Since the Prince's Mansion was repaired, Lu Ji no longer lives in the palace. He is busy with work, so Lu Ling doesn't see him much. Therefore, every time she saw her brother, she felt unexpectedly happy.
A few days ago, there was chaos in Jiangzhou. He led troops to put down the rebellion. He left for more than three months. After careful calculation, the brother and sister had not seen each other for several months.
"Taifu Zhao said you haven't been to school for a few days. Why?"
After asking about each other's current situation, Lu Ji asked.
Lu Ling bit her lip, not knowing how to answer.
Caiying, who was waiting at her side, saw this and lowered her head without saying a word, just for fear that His Highness the Crown Prince would spot her.
It's hard for Her Royal Highness to say, she can't say it.
"Are you sick?" Lu Ji was confused.
But when I saw the girl in front of me, her face was rosy and her eyes were lively, and she didn't look sick.
"No." Lu Ling shook her head.
"What's that for?"
"If I tell the truth, will brother blame me?" After hesitating for a long time, Lu Ling finally asked.
Her neck was drooped, and her long eyelashes cast thick shadows under her eyes.
Lu Ji was silent for a moment.
He realized that what his sister said should be the kind of thing he hated. It can be seen that he can't bear to see the face that is seventy-nine similar to his mother's.
According to her nature, she was caught saying nasty things about people behind their backs again, so she didn't deserve to be angry.
Lu Ji comforted himself and gave her a gentle smile.
Under her brother's encouraging gaze, Lu Ling slowly vomited everything out.
Half a month ago, she was invited to a banquet at the Zhenguo Palace to attend the wedding banquet of her friend Li Zhizhi.
Also going with her were several noble ladies from the capital and her archrival Yu Xingyan, whom she had always disliked.
Li Zhizhi had a wide range of friends, and she was not the only good friend. She was chatting and laughing with many female relatives at the banquet, and she was somewhat ignored.
She felt bored, so she focused all her attention on Yu Xingyan, always paying attention to her every move.
When the banquet was in the middle of the banquet, Yu Xingyan seemed to feel bored and stood up and left the banquet.
She followed from a distance and saw her walking all the way to the water's edge, sitting on a stone pier where the willows swayed, and resting quietly.
The wind in May is very gentle and makes people feel comfortable both physically and mentally. The man's face was immersed in the light, shining like jade.
Lu Ling looked at it, feeling sour in her heart.
Just when he was about to turn around and go back to the table, something unexpected happened.
A black cat jumped out of nowhere and pounced straight on Yu Xingyan, who was resting with his eyes closed.
She backed away suddenly and fell into the water without noticing.
There was no one around her at that time except Lu Ling.
She originally wanted to call someone over, but she thought that this person's aunt had lost her father's favor, and her mother died in reluctance. He hardened his heart and watched her sink slowly.
When there were only a few bubbles on the water, Lu Ling woke up from a dream and called a few servants over.
Fortunately, Yu Xingyan had a good life and no problems occurred.
But in the past few days, Lu Ling was often frightened, frightened by her cruelty at that time.
She had nightmares for several days. In the dream, Yu Xingyan was soaked all over, his lips were pursed, and he was crying to her.
Lu Ling often woke up sweating profusely, feeling that she had become an executioner, cruel and cold.
He went to class carelessly, and couldn't understand much of what the Taifu said. He felt groggy every day, so he simply took sick leave and went back to the palace to rest.
She was happy to see her brother. When her brother asked her, she told him the truth.
In order to alleviate some of the uneasiness in my heart.
After Lu Ji heard this, he looked at her carefully with a very strange look.
Puzzled, confused, or disappointed.
Lu Ling could only read a few, and the rest were too many and too complicated to distinguish.
Just when she thought her brother would rebuke her, Lu Ji sighed and only advised her not to do this again in the future, without saying a single extra word.
Lu Ling's eyes flashed slightly. She wanted to defend herself, but she mumbled a few words and couldn't utter a single word.
After all, she did have harmful intentions at the time. If she hadn't woken up in time, she would have made a big mistake long ago.
She is not a ruthless person. After the incident happened, she also suffered from inner torture. Needless to say, she felt miserable inside.
Seeing that her brother's attitude towards her had changed, she felt even more painful than before.
"The emperor's sister was obsessed for a moment and did something stupid. The emperor's sister knew that she was wrong. Brother, please don't be angry with me."
Lu Ling's lips trembled and she looked confused and sad.
Lu Ji looked at her quietly.
Recalling how innocent and innocent she was when she was a child, and how cute she was when she hooked him up and asked him, her heart finally softened.
He softened his tone and said with relief:
"Don't think too much. Brother Huang hopes that you won't have such thoughts in the future. Sometimes, if you make a mistake, you can never look back."
"Ling'er knows." Lu Ling burst into tears and smiled, her heart pounding. She pulled Lu Ji's clothes and showed him the big calligraphy she had recently practiced.
Xiangyu Palace returned to its usual laughter and laughter.
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When Lu Ji returned to the East Palace, he found an uninvited guest in the study.
Wei Qi drank four cups of tea before waiting for Lu Ji to return. However, he has always had a gentle temper and is not impatient. Thinking of the rumors this afternoon, he joked: "His Royal Highness is kind to Miss Yu, and he actually sent her home personally."
Wei Qi felt sour in his heart: He and His Highness have known each other for many years, but they have never been treated like this before.
When something goes wrong, there will be a monster. He felt that His Highness might be interested in that woman.
That day at Yunxian Tower, Lu Ji paid a lot of attention to her. He kept staring at her without saying anything. Combined with today's events, he felt that the truth of the matter was quite different.
"Your Highness, that daughter of the Yu family is indeed beautiful. If you like her a little, you can invite her into the house and make her a concubine. I see that there is no one to serve you in your house, so it is strangely deserted."
Wei Qi suggested very thoughtfully.
There are several concubines in his house who know the joy of the boudoir. But the prince was a prince for a time, but he lived a very pure life, just like a monk.
When it comes to female sex, you can try it, but don't indulge in it. This has always been Wei Qi's code of conduct.
Lu Ji didn't say anything, walked around Wei Qi, took out a pile of secret letters from the desk, opened the red paint, and looked at it carefully under the light of a lamp.
Wei Qi leaned forward to take a look and saw several pieces of paper written with the words "Jiangzhou, Ding Zhan, Bandit, etc." He couldn't help but be surprised and asked curiously: "Is the matter in Jiangzhou not resolved yet?"
About three years ago, a group of bandits suddenly emerged in Jiangzhou. The leader was a thief named Ding Zhan. They gathered in the mountains and forests and slowly developed into a force.
A few days ago, Lu Ji personally led the imperial court's Qianyu Lin Army to encircle and suppress them. Lu Ji was a master in using his troops, and Ding Zhan was defeated not long after the fight.
Half a month ago, Lu Ji returned to Beijing and held Ding Zhan's head in person.
"That person is not Ding Zhan. He is his substitute."
Lu Ji's eyes darkened.
Wei Qi was startled and asked anxiously: "How is this possible? His subordinates can't recognize him? Or are they rebelling again?"
During this siege, Lu Ji alienated two of Ding Zhan's cronies before the war, and asked them to cooperate internally and externally, so that they could capture the stronghold as quickly as possible.
Wei Qi suspected that the two men had lied to the court so that Ding Zhan could escape successfully.
Lu Ji shook his head and explained: "Ding Zhan suffered a serious illness six months ago. After recovering from the illness, he lived in seclusion. His subordinates saw him very rarely. The substitute may have appeared at this time."
Wei Qi spat: "What a thief who is greedy for life and afraid of death, he actually played a trick with the imperial court." His chest swelled, and he asked: "Does Your Highness know his current whereabouts?"
Lu Ji said nothing and handed the letter to Wei Qi.
Wei Qi read ten lines at a time. After reading it, he let out a long sigh.
Spies from all over the country searched day and night, but found no trace of Ding Zhan. He seemed to have disappeared from the world.
"Let's wait and see." Lu Ji was not discouraged by the subsequent results.
After sending Wei Qi away, Lu Ji waved his servants away, leaving him alone in the dark night, thinking about things silently.
From the banditry in the south of the Yangtze River to the tearful eyes of his sister Lu Ling, my mind is wandering and I have a lot of thoughts. In the end, it was Yu Xingyan's bright eyes that floated before his eyes.
There seemed to be a warm touch left on his hands, which made him shrink his hands slightly due to the sensitivity.
Just when he tried his best to ignore the strange feeling, there was a knock on the door, and a soft voice came from outside the door.
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