"Lulu?" After hearing Zhou's words, Yong Ruo's first reaction was to call the system in his mind, "Lulu, are you still there?"
Lulu said softly and cutely: "Of course I'm here!"
So the person who claimed to be his childhood friend named "Lulu" was actually a liar
Yong Ruo had an extremely strong urge to laugh out loud.
The Youfang doctor surnamed Lu was made up by her to fool people, and the daughter of Lu doctor is even more fictitious.
In the past few years, she has been pulling the banner of Dr. You Fang to make a tiger skin, which has fooled many people. It is probably no secret that Lu Langzhong and Luluo are in the circle of wealthy people in the capital.
But now, someone came to her door pretending to be the person she made up to deceive her.
This is simply ridiculous!
"Did she say which word 'lu' is?" She suppressed a smile and asked Zhou Shi casually.
"I asked, it's 'Lu' of Meiyu."
"The 'Lu' of beautiful jade?" Yong Ruo frowned slightly in a pretentious manner, and began to ask the details of how Miss Lu came to find Mrs. Zhou.
For example: When did she come? how come? Alone or with someone? How tall is she? Fat or thin? What does it look like? what clothes to wear What accent do you speak
Zhou said everything.
This Miss Lu walked to the door of Zhou's house alone yesterday morning.
She is of medium height, relatively thin, with an oval face, phoenix eyes, and a high nose bridge. Not very beautiful, but also considered handsome.
Wearing a set of shabby plain winter clothes, it looks like life is not going well.
When she speaks, she has a mixed accent, with some Beijing accents, and some accents that she can't quite tell where she comes from.
Yong Ruo pondered while listening: Who is this girl Lu? what purpose
After Zhou finished speaking, she asked again: "Did she say anything important?"
Mrs. Zhou shook her head: "She only said that it was related to the issue of the mother's heirs, and she refused to say anything else. She just said: If you are willing to see her, she will go to the palace to explain the matter; When she never came."
Yong Ruo thought: What a good excuse!
There is no woman these days who does not care about her children. As long as it is "related to the mother's heir", there is absolutely no fear that the Zhou family will not pass on the word, nor will I be afraid that my mother will dislike the old friend and refuse to summon her.
However, based on the rumors she heard, Miss Lu dared to pretend to be the daughter of Mr. Lu and go to the palace to deceive the queen. This kind of courage is really not something ordinary people can have.
A very simple question: isn't she afraid that she has a secret relationship with Lu Langzhong, or agreed to a secret code with each other, and she will expose her in person
Even if there is no code word, if I casually talk about a few things about my childhood, can this impostor get on with it? Are you saying you forgot
She is either a lunatic or a slayer who dares to create such a scam with a risk of over 90% and if it fails, she may die.
Yong Ruo thought, no matter who this Miss Lu is or what she wants to do, meeting her for a while is very necessary.
She said to Zhou: "Mother, go to the side hall to rest for a while, I have something to discuss with the emperor."
After Mrs. Zhou resigned, she smiled and said to Feng Liao: "Let's meet this Miss Lu!"
Feng Liao frowned slightly: "Is this girl Lu really the daughter of that You Fang Lang you know?"
Yong Ruo shook his head slightly: "Probably not. This should be a counterfeit."
"Counterfeit?" Feng Liao frowned, "How did you find out?"
Yong Ruo said with some amusement: "Because of appearance. Lulu has a pair of beautiful big eyes, looks wet, very cute, so the nickname is Lulu.
"I think, no matter how you change your appearance when you grow up, a pair of big eyes won't turn into red phoenix eyes, right?"
Lulu heard Yong Ruo boast that her wet eyes were beautiful, and hummed happily in Yong Ruo's mind twice.
Feng Liao's eyes widened, and then she laughed sullenly: "Isn't this liar too arrogant? She doesn't even know what Ruo Zuo looks like, so she dares to impersonate her? She even came to the palace to cheat?"
"So let's meet this liar! Let's see what she wants to do." Yong Ruo acted like a baby to Feng Liao, "Otherwise I'll keep thinking about who she is and what she wants to do, and I won't be able to sleep at night! "
Feng Liao stared at her helplessly: "But you are pregnant now! How can you be in danger?"
Yong Ruo pouted slightly, and continued to act coquettishly: "Just take precautions. Just follow the practice of beautiful women entering the palace, let the imperial doctor check her pulse first to see if there is any infectious disease on her body, lest she enter the palace with a sick air. palace.
"Then let the maids and nuns help her to bathe and change her clothes, and search her from head to toe to avoid hiding anything on her body that shouldn't be hidden.
"When you see her, you can arrange a few capable guards to guard her, and see what flowers she can find..."
Feng Liao sighed: "You... alright! I agree with you to see her, and I will also sit behind the screen to meet her."
He stretched out his hand and pinched her cheek: "Remember! No matter what that liar says, don't leave the protection of the guards, or I will personally go to the screen to stop you. If she dares to pretend not to speak, we will directly Take her down and torture her. She's a liar anyway, so don't feel bad."
"Okay, I promise you!" Yong Ruo said sincerely.
Since she guessed that this girl Lu might be a dead soldier, she naturally wouldn't take the risk.
She is very sorry for her life!
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Early the next morning, two nuns in the palace brought four maids to Cheng Enhou's mansion to bring that "Lulu" into the palace.
"Lulu" arrived at the gate of the palace, and there was already an imperial physician waiting to diagnose her pulse.
After taking the pulse and confirming that she has no infectious diseases, the two nuns took "Lulu" to take a bath and change clothes, and also took the maid to serve her personally.
"Lulu" said a little unnaturally: "Is it so troublesome to go to the palace? Those imperial wives also have to go through such a toss?"
The leading nun, surnamed Zhao, said with a cold face: "Madam Madam, of course you don't have to make such a fuss. But the girl is just a civilian girl. This is the rule for civilian girls entering the palace."
"Lulu" declined with a smile on her face: "Then I'll do it. It's just that I come from a poor background and I'm not used to being served by others. Nanny and maids let me wash it myself!"
"It doesn't matter if the girl is used to it or not, we have to serve. This is also the rule of the palace."
"Lulu" said with a bitter face, "But I'm really not used to it..."
She took out a pouch from her bosom and stuffed it into Zhao Mama's hand: "Mama is accommodating!"
Mammy Zhao weighed the weight of the purse, then squeezed it again, feeling that there were pieces of silver inside, she couldn't help but twitched the corners of her mouth.
"Isn't the girl from a bitter background? It's a generous shot."
"Lulu" sighed slightly: "I heard that there are strict rules in the palace and there are many places to spend money, so my family only asked me to bring more money. This time, I took away half a year's chewing money from my family."
Nanny Zhao put the purse into her arms, with a little smile on her face.
She said to "Lulu": "Since you are so unaccustomed to it, we won't serve you anymore. However, we have to watch you wash here, lest you bring something into the palace, and in the end let us eat and hang up." .”
"Mammy was joking. What can I bring into the palace?" "Lulu" was relieved and said with a smile.
In front of Mother Zhao and the others, she took off her clothes shyly, covered her body with the clothes, and was about to step into the bathtub.
Nanny Zhao tore off her clothes that blocked her body: "What are you blocking?"
She glanced at "Lulu", and after making sure that there was nothing hidden on her, she let her go.
"Lulu" blushed as if she was about to bleed.
When Nanny Zhao let go of her, she crawled into the tub like a rabbit.
The two maids took the initiative to pack the clothes and belongings that "Lulu" had replaced, and found a volume of manuscripts in "Lulu"'s sleeve pocket.
"Lulu" said: "This manuscript is a token for the Empress. Don't break it!"
Zhao Nanny nodded, checked the manuscript, and asked a court lady to send it out to the imperial physician.
The other two maids took off "Lulu"'s bun and combed her hair again - this was to see if there was anything hidden in her bun.
Zhao Nanny checked the pair of gilt hairpins, a gilt flower tin, a silk flower and a pair of earrings that "Lulu" originally wore on her head and ears. Nothing odd was found.
She took out a new set of palace clothes for "Lulu" to change, and said to "Lulu", "The clothes that the girl changed, we will return to the girl when she leaves the palace."
After a lot of tossing like this, "Lulu" followed Mother Zhao and the others to Kunde Palace.
In the east side hall of Kunde Palace, Yong Ruoduan is sitting on the right seat. Feng Liao sat behind her, separated from her by eight screens.
Su Mingjian personally brought several capable men to guard the hall.
"Lulu" followed Mammy Zhao into the hall, kowtowed respectfully.
Yong Ruo laughed and said, "Get up! Give me a seat."
"Thank you ma'am!"
"Lulu" thanked respectfully, but did not get up, but kowtowed again: "Minnv wants to apologize to the empress. The minnv lied to Mrs. Cheng Enhou in order to see the empress. The minnv is not Lulu, but Lulu's junior sister Li Yao."
Yong Ruo raised her eyebrows slightly: She actually admitted directly that she was a counterfeit? It was a smart move.
She smiled: "I'll just say it! How did Lulu's big eyes turn into Danfeng's eyes?"
Li Yao, who pretended to be "Lulu", bowed and said, "My lady is wise. After so many years, it's hard for my lady to still remember Lulu's appearance."
Yong Ruo sighed slightly: "Actually, I don't remember very clearly, but I can't forget those eyes. Get up and talk!"
Li Yao thanked her again, then stood up, and sat down on the armchair next to her.
Yong Ruo then asked: "Since you are Lulu's junior sister, you should know which word 'lu' is in Lulu?"
Li Yao paused for a moment, then replied calmly: "It's the 'Lu' of the beautiful jade."
Yong Ruo said with a smile: "But I remember Lang Zhong Lu told me: Because Lulu has big eyes, so the nickname is 'Luolu', which is Wetlulu."
Li Yao thought for a while, then shook her head: "Master never told me about this matter. Presumably... either the empress remembered it wrong, or the master just coaxed the child to play casually."
Yong Ruo changed into a more comfortable position, and continued to play a slightly wary role: "It's possible. However, you said that you are Lu Langzhong's disciple and Lulu's senior sister, how do you prove it?"
Li Yao said confidently: "The master asked the girl to bring a volume of manuscripts. This is a little bit of his old man's experience in medicine over the years. One is to make a token, and the other is to congratulate the mother. I don't know if the lady still recognizes it. Master's handwriting?"
Zhao Nanny presented the manuscript to Yongruo at the right time.
Yong Ruo took it over and looked at it. The handwriting was not very correct, but it was vigorous and powerful.
She nodded: "It looks like Lu Langzhong's handwriting. It's just more vigorous than before... To be able to write such words, is the old injury on his wrist completely healed?"
Li Yao sighed softly, and said briefly: "Thanks to your mother's blessing, it's completely healed."
Yong Ruo put the scroll on the case, and asked Li Yao very gently: "How has Langzhong Lu been doing all these years? How is Lulu? Why didn't she come to see me in person?"
"Thank you for your concern. My master hurt his leg a few years ago. He is not good enough to walk, but he is in good health. Senior sister Lulu is pregnant and is about to give birth, so she can't come to see her in person. The only way is for a woman to run here. one trip."
Yong Ruo said leisurely: "On the issue of heirs, she is ahead of me. Did she tell you about our childhood?"
Li Yao said with a smile: "Senior sister's memory is far inferior to that of your mother. She no longer remembers her appearance, but only remembers that there are two osmanthus trees in the yard of her mother's house. The flowers are small but very fragrant. The sweet-scented osmanthus cake made by the empress's grandmother is delicious... "
Yong Ruo smiled and said, "Yes! My grandmother's sweet-scented osmanthus cakes are famous far and wide."
Li Yao said again: "Senior sister also said that she also taught the empress to sing a nursery rhyme called "Firefly". I wonder if the empress still remembers it?"
After she finished speaking, she sang softly: "Firefly fireflies fly slowly, and the wind blows gently in summer nights..."
Yong Ruo was really surprised this time.
She involuntarily widened her eyes, thinking: This liar has a lot of energy! Do you even know this song
As soon as she thought about it in her heart, she understood. She taught Feng Liao this song. During the three years when they separated the two places, Feng Liao must have sung it, maybe more than once.
So, behind this Li Yao, is a person who is very familiar with the affairs of the palace instigating
"So that's how it is." Yong Ruo seemed to finally believe in Li Yao's identity, smiled and ended the due temptation, and turned to the topic, "Do you have something important to tell me?"
Li Yao looked at the left and right with some embarrassment: "Maybe you can get rid of the left and right? Maybe it's not appropriate to say anything about it. It's better for the women to report it alone, and then the empress decides whether to tell others."
What she said was very reasonable and reasonable.
Yong Ruo shook his head unmoved: "Just say so! I have nothing that people can't know."