Lu Xingzhou became a frequent visitor to Chang'an Palace. Whenever night fell, he would step into the Queen Mother's palace in a grand manner under the sight of Yan Yan's enemy.
He chose such an ambiguous time. When the two were in the same room, Jiang Rui was always leaning on the imperial concubine's couch in a bored manner, while Lu Xingzhou sat beside her, or looked at her, or pretended to be her hand, without knowing him. Where do you find so much jewelry.
Even Han Yan, seeing her mother-in-law's hands full of jewelry time and time again, changed from being angry and afraid to speak, to being surprised and confused.
She originally thought that Lu Xingzhou was humiliating and coercing the niece, but now it seems that there is no sign of coercion, and every time he comes, he always brings a lot of things to the niece, as if to please.
Also, the Empress Dowager... doesn't seem to resist very much.
"Niangniang, what do you think Eunuch Lu wants to do?" One day when Jiang Rui woke up from a nap, Han Yan finally couldn't help asking.
It was too hot these two days. Jiang Rui temporarily stopped the little emperor's reading. The cat stayed in the bedroom every day, and didn't come out until evening.
Hearing Han Yan's words, she stretched, "What do you think?"
Hanyan pursed her lips and said, "The slaves dare to guess, does Eunuch Lu like the empress?"
Jiang Rui lowered her eyelids, didn't say yes or no, just said, "Maybe."
After all, although she was sure of Lu Xingzhou's intentions, he did not say such things to her.
Just three words made Han Yan feel sad.
In her opinion, although Empress did not resist Eunuch Lu on the surface, she must be unwilling to do so in her heart.
Then why didn't she refuse? There are only two reasons, one is for His Majesty, and the other is for the Xie family.
She remembered that a few months ago, scholar Xie Da entered the palace and planned to deal with Eunuch Lu, but the result was accidentally exposed, which caused her to become seriously ill. The strange thing is that after that, Eunuch Lu did not take out his anger at the Xie family. Han Yan would not think that he was a kind and soft-hearted person.
And Your Majesty, since Eunuch Lu did not allow His Majesty to go to school, why did he allow His Majesty to teach His Majesty to study? I don't know how much hardship the mother-in-law has endured to get such an opportunity.
As long as she thinks of how much grievance her mother has endured, as the queen mother, she has to commit herself to a eunuch, and she has to pretend that nothing happened, and her nose is sore that she wants to cry
Jiang Rui saw that her nose was red and her eyes were red, she felt both pitiful and cute, and a bit funny.
Han Yan's thoughts at this time, she knew about it, and she deliberately induced it.
With so many maids in Chang'an Palace, Han Yan was the one who served Queen Mother Xie the longest and knew her best. Her aunt was originally Queen Mother Xie's dowry maid, but when she was old, she was released, and the Xie family sent her back. Although it was to give Queen Mother Xie an extra helper in the harem, it was not necessarily the eyes that the Xie family placed by Queen Mother Xie's side.
She is loyal to Empress Dowager Xie, but also to the Xie family.
Jiang Rui knew that she was different from Empress Dowager Xie after all. If the real Empress Dowager Xie was here, she would have nothing to do with Lu Xingzhou because of her nature.
But now she has something with Lu Xingzhou. If this matter spreads to the previous dynasty in the future, the first person to be suspicious will be the Xie family who know her daughter.
Therefore, she now has to reveal some information to Hanyan, or to the Xie family, to let them know what she is doing.
In fact, Han Yan's conjecture can't be said to be wrong, because if she didn't come, the Queen Mother Xie would be dead, and without the Queen Mother Xie, the Xie family would be nothing, but they intended to deal with Lu Xingzhou, and they naturally couldn't escape the disaster in the end.
After dinner, Lu Xingzhou came to Chang'an Palace again.
"I don't know what my father-in-law plans to do about the summer vacation?"
When he asked this, Jiang Rui was playing with a round pearl.
Lu Xingzhou looked at her side face under the candlelight and was slightly dazed. After a few breaths, he said with a smile: "Since the empress is going, even if the minister is extremely reluctant, he will not dare to stop it, so he will be dispatched tomorrow, until the divisions and prisons are ready. That's it."
Jiang Rui didn't speak, just looked at the thumb-nail-sized pearl rolling in her palm.
After a while, Lu Xingzhou said faintly again, "My lady is going to escape the summer, so she will leave the minister alone in the capital."
"If I remember correctly, the summer resort is only fifty or sixty miles away from the capital. Listening to my father-in-law's words, it seems like a thousand mountains and rivers." Jiang Rui put away the pearl and gave him a flirtatious look.
Lu Xingzhou said with a smile, "Don't lie to the lady, let alone fifty or sixty miles, that is, from the Chongzheng Palace to Chang'an Palace, as long as you don't see the lady in front of you, as far as the minister is concerned, it is a thousand mountains and rivers."
Not afraid of sore teeth. Jiang Rui secretly said.
"What is your mother thinking?" Lu Xingzhou took her hand and touched the back of his hand gently with his lips, "But you don't believe what the minister said?"
Jiang Rui let him hold it, but did not take his hand back.
Lu Xingzhou took an inch to peck at the back of her hand little by little, "If the maiden doesn't speak, the minister will be offended."
Jiang Rui moved slightly, "Believe it or not, what's the difference?"
Lu Xingzhou raised his head, put her hand in his palm and kneaded lightly, smiling: "Of course it's different, if Niang Niang believes, even if it's just a lie, it will be enough to make the ministers rejoice; if you don't believe, the minister has not done enough , is not enough to convince the maiden to believe."
Jiang Rui turned to look at him, Lu Xingzhou looked at her, took her hand again, and dropped a kiss on the back of her hand.
Neither of the two said a word, the candle wick beeped, and in the garden outside the hall, the crickets were hiding in the grass and singing.
After a long time, Jiang Rui suddenly said, "Father-in-law should leave."
"Okay." Although Lu Xingzhou was reluctant, he deserved it and was quite refreshing. Even if she didn't get an answer from her, such a focused gaze with only him in his eyes was enough.
If it was said before, the rumors about the Empress Dowager and Eunuch Lu were only vaguely heard by some people in the palace. After these few days, it soon became the default fact of the entire palace. Although there was a strange color in the eyes of Chang'an Palace, under the deterrence of Lu Xingzhou, everyone remained silent.
On this day, Concubine Jing brought the fifth princess to greet Jiang Rui.
Concubine Jing has a docile temperament, and her appearance is only delicate. She is not very favored by the late emperor. She has only one daughter under her knees, who is only three years old this year and ranks fifth among many princesses.
Jiang Rui teased the fifth princess for a while, and when she saw that she was sleepy, she was carried down to rest. Seeing that Concubine Jing seemed to have something to say, she asked the servants to step back.
When there were only the two of them left in the palace, Jing Taifei frowned and said, "Does the mother-in-law know about the rumors in the womb these days?"
"If the concubine is referring to those related to me, I have heard a little." Jiang Rui said while drinking tea.
Concubine Jing looked at her expression, and thoughtfully said: "I didn't believe it originally, who is the empress, others don't know, I still don't know? But these days they talk more and more, I wonder if the empress is trying to suppress it. One or two?"
Jiang Rui's face was calm, with a faint smile: "They are right."
She was so calm, but after Concubine Jing was shocked, she didn't know what to say, so she couldn't help but look at her carefully.
Looking at it, you can see a lot of differences.
In the past, the Empress Dowager was dignified and self-controlled, and every move seemed to be carved out of a regular mold. She heard Concubine Xiao make fun of behind her more than once, saying that it was because the Empress was like a wooden man that she was not loved by the late emperor.
Looking at her now, she is still demure and dignified, but something has changed, which makes her whole person reveal a trace of laziness from the bottom of her body, with a little charm in the corners of her eyes and brows.
One of her, a woman, took two more glances, and for no reason felt hot on her face and her heart was racing, not to mention others.
Concubine Jing did not dare to look any more, and hurriedly lowered her head and took a sip of tea.
She originally thought that the Empress Dowager had to submit because of her Majesty, but now it seems that it is not entirely the case. In this case, there is no need to ask more questions. It is better to be ignorant when some things are pursued to the end.
The summer escape was quickly arranged. The night before departure, Lu Xingzhou was in Jiang Rui's bedroom and was reluctant to leave for a long time.
He knew very well that step by step and the way to get the better of each other. Originally, he just took Jiang Rui's hand and kneaded and kneaded it. Seeing that she didn't refuse, he kissed her one by one. Don't let go.
"Hot." Jiang Rui frowned and pushed away.
Lu Xingzhou buried his head on her neck and sniffed softly, "My lady is so fragrant."
"Father-in-law's nose is wrong, and he can smell the fragrance even if he is sweating." Jiang Rui couldn't push it away, and said impatiently.
Lu Xingzhou chuckled lightly, and the breath he exhaled sniffed around her neck: "Madame's sweat is naturally fragrant."
"Flimsy." Jiang Rui said.
Lu Xingzhou smiled even more joyfully: "The minister is two in his thirties this year, and Niangniang is the first person to say that the minister is frivolous."
Jiang Rui pushed him again, and Lu Xingzhou took a deep sniff around her neck before finally letting go, "The maiden went to another palace, can you still remember the minister?"
"Could it be that my father-in-law thinks that I am in my seventies and eighty years old and can't remember what happened yesterday?"
Lu Xingzhou smiled and said, "My lady is in her prime, Feng Yi is unparalleled, and I won't be called old in thirty years. The minister is just worried that once the lady leaves the palace and there are new people in front of her, she will leave the minister behind. I'm afraid At that time, Chen Xiang Niangniang will feel a pain in her heart."
Jiang Rui sneered softly: "Is there a second Lu Xingzhou who dares to commit crimes and is impolite in this world?"
Lu Xingzhou looked at her fascinatedly: "Perhaps not at first, but not necessarily when they see the empress."
Jiang Rui turned her head away and ignored him.
Lu Xingzhou took a few steps closer, hugged her again, rubbed his soft body into his arms, but rubbed the tip of his nose lightly on the back of her neck, and whispered, "Is your mother angry? I wish I could hide my mother. Get up, day and night, day and night, only the subordinate can see it. But that can't be done, if you do that, the empress will definitely be angry and ignore the minister when she is angry, so how can the subordinate be able to bear it? Only by following the wishes of the goddess, only when the goddess is happy, when the goddess smiles, will she not be stingy to give some smiles to the minister, goddess, goddess…”
His tone was soft and gentle, but the persistence in his words was shocking.
Jiang Rui took a light breath: "Lu Xingzhou, you are a lunatic."
Lu Xingzhou smiled, "Yes, and the goddess has already touched this lunatic. Once you get it, you can't throw it away."
He lightly licked the fair and slender neck in front of him, "I like the goddess to call the name of the minister, will you call me like this in the future?"
Jiang Rui tilted her head and wanted to dodge, but he followed closely. The wet, hot tongue was a bit threatening and seemed to have a downward trend.
"Niangniang?" Lu Xingzhou's words contained secret excitement.
"Lu Xingzhou, don't be too presumptuous." Jiang Rui said angrily.
After finally forcing her to call her name, Lu Xingzhou stopped as he wished, but he still had some faint regrets in his heart.
Jiang Rui didn't even look at him, she pushed the person away, she always felt the smell of sweat and his saliva all over her body, so she went to the side hall and planned to take a bath again.
She thought that he had become an eunuch, but there was no need for that, but now it doesn't seem to be the case. Judging from his excited appearance, how can there be any self-consciousness as an eunuch
The author has something to say:
Knock on the blackboard, you are the eunuch, the fourth!
Overlord : hehe : )