"My father is merciful and forgives me... for my crime of corruption. He spares my life to guard... the imperial mausoleum. I... I am extremely grateful."
"Corruption? Haha," Du Heng curled his lips sarcastically, "Prince Baojun, are you sure you are only guilty of corruption?"
"Yes, yes... yes, my uncle and I colluded... embezzled the money from the Ministry of Finance to fight the drought," Lu Zhihe's face became more sweaty, and he wiped his face with his sleeves casually, while saying, "Father was furious. , This... only then cured my sin."
"Is this also called punishment? Tsk, tsk, tsk," Du Heng looked at the magnificent hall, his eyes moved from the gold-painted beams, to the Duobao Pavilion full of antiques, and finally to Lu Zhihe's soft body The silk and the dense gold threads said, "Prince Baojun, if you don't say that you will be punished, I will think that you have entered the East Palace."
"Du... Commander Du, you are really good at joking," Lu Zhihe tried his best to squeeze out a dry smile, "I am just a commoner now. I only have enough love from my father to keep my family fed and clothed. How can I … How dare you think of anything else?”
"Commoner?" Du Heng coldly took a sip of tea and said, "A mere commoner actually knows my current official status. Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk. It can be seen that although Prince Baojun is in the imperial mausoleum, he has no regard for the people in the court." Everything is well understood.”
Lu Zhihe stiffened and said sarcastically: "I'm just hearing what I heard."
Du Heng raised his eyebrows, and just as he was about to speak, he heard a woman's sharp and harsh voice suddenly coming from the backyard. He frowned, put down the tea cup, turned to the guard behind him and asked, "How long has it been?"
The guard said hurriedly: "To tell you back to the general, it has been two hours since the midwife and the imperial doctor entered the backyard."
"Go to the backyard and ask how the doctor's wife is doing," Du Heng said.
"Yes, I'll go right away." The guard was so busy that he bowed and went to the backyard.
"I... I'll go take a look too," Lu Zhihe looked anxious. He got up and started to walk towards the backyard, but was blocked by other guards around Du Heng. Lu Zhihe was so anxious that he couldn't help but sweatdrops. , was so busy that he turned around and couldn't stop bowing to Du Heng, and said, "Commander Du, please let me go to the backyard to take a look. I don't take a look, but I still feel uneasy. Commander Du, I beg you to have mercy, the inner tube is not in the right position." , I am really worried, you are so kind and merciful!”
Du Heng looked at him with sweat all over his face and said nothing. He just waved his hands to the two guards. The two guards immediately stood away. Lu Zhihe thanked him profusely and was so busy that he stumbled to the backyard. .
Du Heng gently stroked the tea bowl and looked at the bamboo pattern on it to announce peace, and couldn't help but think of Princess Jing'an.
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"I'm going out to Beijing tomorrow and will be back in three days." Before leaving that day, Du Heng made a special trip to say goodbye to Princess Jing'an.
"Why are you leaving the capital at this time?" Princess Jing'an was startled, obviously a little surprised, she lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "But you haven't tried on your new clothes yet. The nun from the needlework bureau said it was in the afternoon. I can send it over.”
Du Heng had just become the deputy commander of the Royal Forest Army and was ten times busier than before. He only had time to go to the needlework bureau a few days ago to get measured, so he hadn't tried on the groom's outfit yet.
"I'll be back on the sixth day of the lunar month. I won't be delayed. Don't worry." Du Heng said softly, leaning over and kissing Princess Jing'an on the forehead.