He has fought for it for so many years, and endured it for so many years. He thought that one blow would surely hit him, but who knew that things took a turn for the worse, and he was the one who fell from the cloud to the abyss!
When the imperial decree of confinement came down, he would be confinement in a high-walled courtyard and never see the light of day after three days, he finally couldn't bear it anymore, and almost completely collapsed!
Life and death refused to accept the decree, and kept declaring that he was wronged, and wanted to sue his father in front of him.
The white deer suddenly became agitated for no reason, what else could it be if it wasn't being manipulated by someone secretly? Otherwise, this matter would not be exposed at all! And he must also be proud of the birthday banquet, and be fawned on and fawned upon by countless people. Where will I become a prisoner
A lifetime of darkness, and just thinking about those days made him shudder.
How can Fuquan, who can deliver the decree, dare to be the master? How dare you bring him into the palace at this moment? After a few words of persuasion, he hastily left and returned to the palace to restore the order.
Emperor Xiangqing felt sad again when he heard Fuquan said that the decree had been delivered, and couldn't help but sigh silently.
Unable to bear it, he asked lightly, "What did that Nizi say?"
Fuquan's heart skipped a beat, he lowered his head and said honestly: "Go back to the emperor, the fourth master called for injustice, saying he was wronged, and he wants to appeal to the emperor."
"Hmph!" Emperor Xiangqing became annoyed again, and said with a sneer, "I don't know how to repent! Wronged? I think he thinks I'm a fool!"
Fuquan didn't dare to say anything, and lowered his head even lower.
"Has he accepted the order honestly? Or is he making a fuss?" Emperor Xiangqing was angry for a while, and asked again.
Fuquan hesitated for a while, not daring to lie to the emperor in front of him, who was full of rage and might flare up at any time, so he whispered back: "Fourth master just distinguished a few words, and finally accepted the order."
Emperor Xiangqing was not stupid, how could he fail to understand Fuquan's implication? He originally wanted to ask him what he distinguished, but what if he thought about asking again? But just get angry once more! That rebel!
"You step back!" Emperor Xiangqing, who was silent for a moment, withdrew from Fuquan.
Fuquan bowed and retreated, knowing in his heart that the fourth prince should not try to stand up again.
The situation in the palace was turbulent, and everyone was trembling for fear of suffering disaster, but outside the palace, it was still calm on the surface.
Especially the officials' wives and the common people in the city who don't know anything about it.
Lu Xiaoshu returned to the mansion, went back to his room to change his clothes and rested, originally planned to go out for a stroll at night, it is said that many places in the city will host fireworks tonight, Jin Wu couldn't help it, the whole city will be bright at that time, it must be a rare glamorous sight.
But during dinner, she suddenly noticed that the atmosphere was a bit gloomy. Her father and mother were talking about something, but when they saw her and Lu Jingan coming in, they stopped talking.
During the meal, Lu Jingan ate in a hurry, and smiled at his father: "Father, let's go to the street later, okay? You promised me to take me to watch the fireworks!"
"Didn't our house release it during the Chinese New Year? It's not like I haven't seen it before. I'm afraid it will rain tonight, so don't go!" Mu Qing said with a sharp look at him.
Lu Xiaoshu couldn't help but glanced at his mother, a little surprised. Today's sunny weather must be clear at night, how can it rain
Obviously the mother wanted to stop the younger brother from going out. But her reason seemed a little too feeble, Lu Jing'an, he said that if he wanted to go out, he would definitely go. rain? I'm afraid it's useless to use a knife!
Sure enough, Lu Jing'an immediately put down his chopsticks and refused to eat, twisted his body to play tricks, and yelled that he had to go out.
Mu Qing coaxed him, but she refused to let go at all, saying that she was not allowed to go out anyway.
Lu Xiaoshu saw that his mother and younger brother were engaged in a tug-of-war again, he couldn't help but twitched the corners of his mouth, lowered his head and ate his meal as if nothing had happened, not affected at all.
In her opinion, the mother is also real! If she made up her mind to not allow him to go out, just say no, why did she have to use all kinds of clumsy excuses? If his heart can't restrain his temper, then let him go or it's over!
Anyway, she was going out. She has already made an appointment with Zhou Shizhi to go shopping together, the capital city tonight must be very special because of this special day. A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
As Lu Jingan spoke, "Wow", he started to cry, rubbed his eyes and pouted his mouth, whimpering and complaining, "Mother doesn't love me anymore" and "Speaking is nothing" were all over the place.
Sure enough, Mu Qing couldn't stand it anymore, hugging her son to comfort her, what's the use
"Forget it ma'am," Lu Wenxuan couldn't be as calm as his daughter, and sighed softly: "It's rare that it's so lively, I'll take him out personally, and I'll watch over it, so don't worry!"
"But-"
"Don't worry," Lu Wenxuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and said softly, "The things in the palace have nothing to do with the outside world. The common people have been looking forward to this day's excitement for an unknown amount of time. Everything will be as usual. Fireworks will be set off where they should be. There are places where operas should be set up to sing operas, and there are places where there should be a variety of juggling operas... What the emperor wants is to have fun with the people and celebrate with the whole world! Ruoshun Tianfu and Jiumen Admiral Fangcheng even figured out this sacred meaning If not, they would have gone home to farm a long time ago!"
"But," Mu Qing frowned and said, "What if you cause any trouble..."
"Isn't there me?" Lu Wenxuan smiled.
Mu Qing fell silent, then looked at Lu Xiaoshu again.
Lu Xiaoshu was very innocent, and said with a smile: "I—I just go out with Dad and An'er!" Don't worry about where you go after you go out! It's better for Dad, he knows what's in his heart, and he turns a blind eye.
"Then come back early!" Mu Qing nodded and said: "After all, such a big thing happened... Oh, it makes people feel terrified when they think about it!"
Lu Xiaoshu suddenly remembered the abnormal situation he saw when he left the palace, and couldn't help asking: "Father, did something important happen at the emperor's birthday banquet?"
"You child, what nonsense are you talking about!" Mu Qing hurriedly scolded her.
Lu Wenxuan was taken aback, then laughed loudly, and praised: "My daughter is extraordinary after all, she is very perceptive!"
He was about to say a few words when Mao brought Lu Yihui over and greeted with a smile, "Brother, sister-in-law!"
Lu Wenxuan and Mu Qing put down their chopsticks together, smiled and got up to say hello, and Lu Xiaoshu also stood up.
"Hey, what a coincidence that I came here!" Mao said with a smile: "Brother and sister-in-law are bothering dinner! Please use it first, please use it first!"
As Mao said, he took Lu Yihui's hand and sat down in the side hall.
Mu Qing then ordered Qiu'er to serve tea, sat down and took a few sips, then rinsed her mouth and asked Mrs. Mao what's the matter
Mao has nothing else to say, that is, it must be extremely lively outside tonight, and that Lu Yihui also wants to go out to see the excitement, and ask Lu Xiaoshu to take her there.
Lu Xiaoshu was very surprised, looked at Mao in surprise, and almost asked her why she was willing to let Lu Yihui go out. In the past, she never let Lu Yihui go out in such excitement.
"Here," Mu Qing also felt a little embarrassed, and said with a smile, "there must be a lot of people on the street tonight. Xiao Shu is still a child, so how can he take care of her? Brother and sister, look—"
"What's the matter!" Mao said with a smile: "Isn't there still the princess of the Lingnan King! With the princess here, I don't have to worry about the accompanying guards!"
Lu Xiaoshu was even more surprised, because she was going to be with Zhou Shizhi tonight, so she didn't make an appointment with Qinglan. Qinglan also knew about it, and made fun of her a few words, but she was very "generous" and gave her to Zhou Shizhi.
Lu Yihui suddenly coughed twice, looked at Lu Xiaoshu, her eyes were full of prayers and eagerness.
Lu Xiaoshu immediately understood that it was Lu Yihui who wanted to go out for a walk, but Mrs. Mao didn't allow it, so she made a big fuss in front of Mrs. Mao.
When Mrs. Mao heard that she was with the princess, how could she not let Lu Yihui go? I can't wait for her to hurry up and make friends, so that I can find a good marriage with the help of the princess...
Lu Xiaoshu said vaguely: "No, we made an appointment!"
Lu Yihui looked at her gratefully. Mu Qing couldn't say anything more, she explained a few words, and told her to come back early, that's all.
Lu Jing'an was already clamoring to go out, so Mao Shi laughed and said, "If that's the case, then you all go! Fourth girl, follow the princess and your second sister carefully, be smart and don't get separated!"
She almost asked her to flatter the princess a lot, Lu Yihui felt a little embarrassed, smiled at Lu Xiaoshu in embarrassment, and nodded slightly "Yeah".
Lu Xiaoshu gave her a comforting smile, it's really pitiful to have such an unreliable mother as Mao's daughter.
When I went out to the street, it was really lively everywhere. The porches on both sides of the street were hung with colorful lights, which were lit up brightly, and there were also various colored silk flags hanging everywhere. The atmosphere of celebration was very warm.
The laughter of the crowded crowd shook the sky, and there was a babbling singing on a stage set up next to the street at a distance, all kinds of juggling and the small commodity market that took advantage of the opportunity, pushing this excitement to a new level. levels. It can be said that the entire capital city has never been so lively.
Not long after going to the street, Lu Xiaoshu, Lu Yihui, Du Juan, Hong E, etc. were separated from Lu Wenxuan and Lu Jing'an.
Lu Wenxuan knew that his daughter often ran outside, and no one could bully her, so he didn't care. He only ordered you to go back early and take good care of your fourth sister, and he left under Lu Jingan's urging.
"Second Sister, it's really lively tonight! There are so many new things I've never seen before..." Lu Yihui smiled, her eyes were fixed on the sideshow juggler without blinking.
"That's right, I heard that the most skilled and powerful artists from all over the country have come to Beijing! This kind of excitement lasted for several days!" Lu Xiaoshu smiled, seeing her fascinated, he said with a smile: "I'll go Take a walk elsewhere, I will let Dujuan and Honge accompany you, okay? When we are going back, we will meet at the Liuhe Teahouse at the corner outside the mansion gate."
Lu Yihui also knew that her second sister's interests and hobbies were too different from her own, she might not be interested in what she liked, and what she liked might not necessarily suit her own taste. It was just right to separate like this, so they nodded with a smile.