When the queen mother heard it, she was very happy.
She was worried that she couldn't find a reason to get Liu Zhenhuan away from the emperor, and Lu Shijin's mention of it just solved one of her worries.
"No!" Li Chong refused decisively, and was gouged out by the queen mother.
"Why?" Lu Shijin put down his chopsticks, crossed his arms and glared at Li Chong angrily, "Brother Chong is a bad guy, you won't hurt me when you have Liu Meiren. You used to let me have everything."
This was the first time that Li Chong refused Lu Shijin's request, and comforted Lu Shijin: "Liu Meiren is nothing, how can she let her come and go? Be good now, don't mess around."
"Why are you messing around today?" The queen mother sneered, "The emperor is right. The Ai family also thinks that Liu Meiren is not a thing. If a criminal slave in the court has the ability to fascinate you, he must have a lot of scheming. This kind of woman, the Ai family will never allow her to stay with you, the emperor!"
"Mother," Li Chong said with a serious face, "Liu Meiren is not such a person."
The empress dowager looked ahead and did not look at the emperor, and said coldly: "Don't forget, who bought the two lives of Aijia and you, and now your younger brother just wants a court lady, you are the emperor's brother Yes, you won’t give it either, will you?”
Lu Shijin pretended not to understand what the queen mother was saying, made a face at Li Chong, and muttered in a low voice: "Brother Chong is cheap!"
Li Chong said solemnly: "Mother, but Liu Meiren is already my concubine, so how can the emperor reward his concubine to his courtiers?"
The Empress Dowager retorted: "Liu Zhenhuan has not yet performed the canonization ceremony, nor has she served the bed, she is still a court lady in Yeting, not a concubine, what's wrong with the emperor rewarding a court lady to a courtier? I think you understand clearly." Just being so fascinated by her beauty, I even forgot my brothers and sisters!"
Li Chong thought to himself, "Brothers and brothers respectful" is not the law of humility, there is no reason to give one's own woman to his younger brother.
But he really didn't want to accept Liu Zhenhuan, since the idiot brother wanted it, then he could send him along.
Li Chong looked at Lu Shijin, and said persuasively, "Today, why do you insist on Liu Meiren being your bride?"
Lu Shijin rolled his eyes, thought for a while and said, "Because Brother Chong likes Liu Meiren, so Liu Meiren must be a good person. If you marry her as a bride, she will definitely not bully me in the future. Give me the beauty. I live alone in such a big palace, and no one is willing to talk to me and play with me except Wang Xi. I know, they must all be laughing at me behind my back... Laughing at me for being a fool... "
When the queen mother heard it, her heart ached and she slapped the table angrily, "These slaves, who are obedient and obedient, dare to despise the master! Come!"
The eunuch who was serving next to him took a step forward, "Your servant is here, what orders does the Queen Mother have?"
Empress Dowager: "Go and pass on the decree of mourning the family. All the servants of Ningjun's mansion are disrespectful, neglect their duties, and each hit 20 boards. If they are contemptuous of Ningjun King, they will all be sold to Beijing, and they will never be allowed to return to Beijing! Then , you personally pick out a few more capable and sensible servants, who will be responsible for taking care of King Ning in the future, but King Fanning is a bit unsatisfactory, and they are the only ones who are sorry for the family!"
"Wang Xi is a good slave, don't beat him up." Lu Shijin hurriedly raised his hand.
"Okay," the queen mother patted his hand and said to the chief eunuch, "you hear me, except for that little eunuch named Wang Xi."
"Observe the order." The eunuch took the order and retreated.
"Emperor, look at how miserable he is living outside, even a slave dares not to take him seriously." The queen mother said sadly, "It's a pity that Aijia and you are both in the palace, so we can't always look down on him." Gu Gu must find a good-natured, kind and virtuous concubine to accompany him, so that the Ai family can rest assured."
Lu Shijin blinked his eyes. In fact, he wasn't that miserable. Your old lady, Queen Mother, is too exaggerated.
Li Chong looked at Lu Shijin, his brows furrowed as if he couldn't bear it, but he couldn't bear to part with Liu Meiren. After hesitating for a while, he said slowly: "Okay, then... according to the Queen Mother's wishes, I will immediately decree to seal Liu Zhen Huan is the concubine of Ningjun, and I will marry you to Jinjin."
"She is not qualified to be the princess of the county king." The queen mother snorted coldly, "If she hadn't been named today, she is a criminal slave, and she is not qualified to be a concubine in the county prince's mansion."
Li Chong became anxious, "Empress mother, although Liu Zhenhuan is a slave, but before her family was convicted, she was also a young lady of a noble family. It is absolutely impossible for her to be willing to be a concubine! Aren't you trying to force her to death?"
"She hasn't said that she wants to seek life and death, but you are in a hurry for her first. Hmph, the Ai family just looked at the emperor's face and named her a wife." The queen mother didn't want to tear herself apart with the emperor. Taking a step back, "As for the candidate for the princess, the Ai family has to carefully consider and consider, and must choose the most virtuous one for Jinjin."
Lu Shijin was listening to the mother and son discussing his marriage, and smacked his lips after eating a piece of hibiscus cake. He didn't expect that he would already have a wife and a concubine in just one meal
A winner in life!
After breakfast, Li Chong and Lu Shijin left from the Empress Dowager's Palace.
Li Chong had to go to the imperial study to discuss state affairs with the ministers, and he didn't have time to accompany Lu Shijin, so Lu Shijin decided to go out of the palace and go back to his own county palace.
After traveling for only one day, Lu Shijin had fully seen the luxury of the ancient privileged class in the palace, and when he returned to Ningjun Palace, he was still shocked.
Lu Shijin wandered around in the Wangfu. After all, the Wangfu is a Wangfu. Although it is not comparable to the imperial palace, it is full of carved beams and painted buildings, towers and waterside pavilions. It is several times larger than the Jiangnan gardens he once visited. It takes a long time to go shopping. down.
Lu Shijin was tired from shopping, so he sat down in a gazebo, and immediately someone came over to bring tea and fruit.
He took a fruit casually, put it in his mouth, took a bite, and asked Wang Xi, "I usually live alone in such a big place? What a waste?"
Wang Xi smiled and said: "No waste, no waste, the prince is not yet married, so naturally you are the only master in our county prince's mansion. When you marry the princess, our mansion will be full of excitement."
Lu Shijin just wanted to get Liu Zhenhuan away from Li Chong, but he didn't really want to marry the wife of the princess or anything.
Fortunately, the Empress Dowager said before leaving the palace that there is no reason to let Liu Zhenhuan go in before the princess enters the mansion. When Lu Shijin marries the princess, it will not be too late to accept Liu Zhenhuan.
Therefore, Lu Shijin doesn't have to worry about marrying a wife and taking concubines for the time being.
"Hey, who is that? What is he doing?" Lu Shijin heard rustling noises behind him, and turned his head to look back.
On the other side of the lake, there was a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy wearing the official uniform of the county prince's mansion, holding a big broom, imitating a martial artist practicing martial arts, and playing with the broom very well.
Wang Xi took a closer look, walked over and shouted in a shrill voice: "Bold slave! Why don't you work hard? What should you do for disturbing the prince?"
The young man was in the middle of playing, he probably didn't notice when Lu Shijin came, he looked up at Lu Shijin, then quickly lowered his head and knelt down, knowing that he had made a big mistake, his thin body trembled uncontrollably.
"What are you doing? Don't scare people." Lu Shijin lifted his foot and kicked Wang Xi's ass, "Go, call that child to me."
"Yes." Wang Xi rubbed his butt aggrievedly, and waved at the boy, "You, come here, hurry up!"
The prince had an order, the young man didn't dare to neglect, he got up from the ground and walked outside the pavilion anxiously, then knelt down again.
"Greetings to the prince."
Lu Shijin asked with interest: "What were you doing with the broom just now?"
"I... I..." the young man faltered, and Wang Xihu pretended to be arrogant, "The prince asked you something, what about me, you, answer honestly, otherwise you will have good fruit."
The boy lowered his head even lower, and said in a muffled voice, "The servant is practicing with a gun!"
"You are holding a broom, and you are talking about practicing guns. I think you are obviously lazy and slippery!" Wang Xi said.
"No slave, the slave has already swept the floor clean!" The young man defended himself.
Wang Xi still wanted to talk, but Lu Shijin kicked his ass again, and Lu Shijin said angrily, "Shut up for me, are you the master or is this king the master?"
"Of course you are the prince." Wang Xi bent down and slapped himself on the mouth, "I am a slave who talks too much, the prince forgives me."
Lu Shijin ordered the young man: "Raise your head and show me this king."
The young man raised his head slowly obediently, but he was well-shaped, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and was quite energetic.
"Why hasn't this king seen you before?" Lu Shijin asked.
The young man lowered his eyes and replied: "I would like to report to the lord, the slave just entered the mansion yesterday."
"No wonder," Lu Shijin asked the boy again, "What's your name?"
The young man replied: "The name of the slave is Zhu Rui, and the others call him 'Xiao Ruizi'."
Lu Shijin deliberately asked: "Xiao Ruizi? Why don't they call you 'Little Zhuzi'?"
"Pfft!" Wang Xi couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing, caught sight of Lu Shijin's warning eyes, hurriedly pursed his lips to hold back the smile, and said solemnly, "Your Highness is right, this servant also thinks that Little Zhuzi sounds better than Little Ruizi."
Zhu Rui blinked, his eyes were a little speechless, as if he didn't want to accept the new name.
"My lord saw that you danced with the broom just now twice, you seemed to be very powerful," Lu Shijin changed the subject, "You make gestures for me again."
"Yes." Zhu Rui stood up, picked up the broom and used it as a long gun, and played the moves so well, it really looked like that.
After seeing Zhu Rui's performance, Lu Shijin clapped his hands and said, "That's good! It's beautiful! Who did you learn all this from?"
Zhu Rui knelt down again, and said respectfully: "No one taught the slave, the slave just watched the performance on the stage and figured it out by himself."
"Not bad, not bad," Lu Shijin nodded, seeing Zhu Rui's eyes showing appreciation, he waved his hand, and said, "I still need a guard by my side, or you can be my guard! You can also play with me!"
Zhu Rui raised his head abruptly, and looked at Lu Shijin in disbelief, as if he couldn't believe that such a good thing could happen to him.
"My lord, how can he be a guard with a three-legged cat?" Wang Xi hurriedly said.
Lu Shijin rolled Wang Xi's eyes, "Why, do you have a problem with this king's vision of people? You can learn kung fu if you don't know how to do kung fu. You can find a martial artist who is good at kung fu for Xiao Ruizi tomorrow. If you learn it, you won't know how to do it." Yet?"
Wang Xi could only agree with Lu Shijin's wishes, but he knew in his heart that it was true to be a guard and find someone to play with him.
"Did you hear that? You have to learn kung fu from your master," Lu Shijin pointed at Zhu Rui and said, "Only by learning kung fu can you protect my king's safety, do you know that?"
Zhu Ruixi was overwhelmed. He came from a humble background. He could only be a servant for the rest of his life. Now the prince let him be a guard and sent someone to teach him how to practice martial arts. He valued himself so much. It is equal to the grace of regeneration!
Zhu Rui hurriedly kowtowed to Lu Shijin, one after another as if he didn't want money, "Thank you my lord! Thank you lord! Thank you lord!"
"Okay, okay, get up." Lu Shijin waved his hand to make Zhu Rui stop, "You have to know, the man has gold under his knees, you are now the king's guard, you are no longer a handyman, don't just kowtow and kneel Yes, I won't make you kneel in the future, do you know that you are not allowed to kneel?"
"Yes!" Zhu Rui quickly got up. After all, he was still young and couldn't hide the excitement on his face.
Lu Shijin yawned and shook his hands, "Okay, you go down first, I'm tired too."
Zhu Rui retreated, and Wang Xi helped Lu Shijin get up and go back to the bedroom to rest.
When someone is a prince, he has to deal with official duties and worry about political affairs. Lu Shijin's job as a prince is to have fun besides eating and drinking.
It is also a blessing to be a rice bug for a lifetime, but the backing will fall, and everyone will run away, so you have to fight for everything by yourself.
That Zhu Rui just now, Lu Shijin didn't just take in a little servant as a guard on a whim.
It's because he knows that Zhu Rui will be a famous big shot in the future.
In the original plot, Zhu Rui was originally a servant of Ningjun Wangfu, but he was interested in practicing martial arts and fighting since he was a child.
Later, the king of Ningjun was punished for murdering the emperor, the palace of the king of Ningjun was ransacked, and all the slaves were sold out of Beijing.
By chance, Zhu Rui was sold to the home of a military general in the frontier. The general saw that Zhu Rui was a good young man who practiced martial arts, so he sent someone to teach him martial arts and allowed him to join the army.
Zhu Rui was also competitive, and he was desperate to fight, but he made a lot of military exploits in three years. He was promoted from a low-level soldier to an officer, and finally became a victorious general who made the enemy fearful.
After Liu Zhenhuan's son succeeded to the throne, Liu Zhenhuan became the queen mother who listened to politics behind the curtain.
Once people have tasted the sweetness of power, their desire for power will only increase.
Now that the country's major affairs are in the hands of the regent, Liu Zhenhuan must get rid of the regent if she wants to pave the way for her son to grow up and take charge of the government.
Lin Yongnian is not credible. Ever since Liu Zhenhuan knew that she would be favored by the former emperor Li Chong, and that it was Lin Yongnian who designed her to seize power through her, he hated Lin Yongnian, a hypocrite full of lies.
And as long as Lin Yongnian is alive, she will be coerced by Lin Yongnian, so Liu Zhenhuan first planned to get rid of Lin Yongnian.
Later, when Zhu Rui fought a victorious battle and returned to the imperial court, at the celebration banquet, after hearing that Zhu Rui had a husband who was brave enough to be the master of all men, Liu Zhenhuan was moved to make Zhu Rui a servant under his skirt.
Zhu Rui has the military power in his hands, as long as he wins over him, he can not only check and balance the regent, but also protect her son's territory.
Therefore, Zhu Rui was an important pawn in Liu Zhenhuan, the empress dowager's ruling career.
But it's a pity that Empress Dowager Liu will never be able to take Zhu Rui for her own use.
Because he has become the guard of Ningjun King, all his honors and disgraces in the future will be rewarded by Lu Shijin.
After noon, Lu Shijin fell asleep until Shen Shi, got up and tidied up, and was about to go to the palace to find his emperor's brother.
"My lord, you just came back from the palace in the morning, why are you entering the palace again at night?" Wang Xi asked while helping Lu Shijin fasten his belt.
Lu Shijin patted Wang Xi, "Nah, it's up to you to care where this king is going?"
"I don't mean that, my servant, but are you going to sleep with the emperor again tonight?" Wang Xi asked bitterly.
Lu Shijin asked naturally: "What's wrong?"
Wang Xi: "My lord, our emperor has three thousand beauties in the harem. Naturally, there are maids to sleep in at night. You rush over, what is this called? In every generation of emperors, there are special ladies who sleep with the younger brother." ?”
"I don't care what the other emperors do," Lu Shijin raised his chin capriciously, "Anyway, I want the emperor's brother to sleep with me at night."
Three thousand beauties in the harem? I bother! You are so beautiful!
Lu Shijin has made up his mind, no matter what means he uses, whether he pretends to be crazy or hangs himself, he will keep an eye on Li Chong and not give him a chance to enter the harem!
Lu Shijin spread out his fan and swaggered forward, "Let's go, enter the palace!"
When he arrived at the palace, Lu Shijin went to the queen mother to pay his respects first as usual. The maid beside the queen mother found out that the emperor was still discussing matters with the ministers in the study, so Lu Shijin didn't go to bother him.
Lu Shijin was a little unaccustomed to the empress dowager's coaxing tone to him, so after talking with the empress dowager for a while, he slipped out of Ci'an Palace on the pretext of wanting to play in the imperial garden.
It was already night when he crossed over last night. Before Lu Shijin had time to take a good look at what the palace looked like, he walked all the way to see it. After walking for a while, he came to a remote garden. On the plaque outside the garden was written " Ye Ting Bureau" three words.
Lu Shijin's eyes lit up, but he couldn't let others see that he could read, so he deliberately asked Wang Xi, "How do you pronounce these three characters?"
Wang Xi: "Go back to your lord, these three words are 'Yeting Bureau', this is the place where palace maids and criminal slaves live."
"Yeting Bureau..." Lu Shijin tilted his head and read it again, then suddenly said happily, "Does that beauty Liu live here?"
"My lord, please keep your voice down!" Wang Xi looked around, "Miss Liu has been given to you as his wife by His Majesty, you can no longer call her a "beauty"."
"Oh," Lu Shijin waved his hands indifferently, and with a flick of his sleeves, he was about to enter the Yeting Bureau, "I'm here, and this king just went in to see her."
Wang Xi anxiously shouted from behind: "You can't do it, you are the king of the county, how can you come to such a place!"
However, Wang Xi's persuasive dissuasion had no effect on Lu Shijin at all. Lu Shijin entered the Yeting Bureau, stopped a court lady and asked Liu Zhenhuan's residence, and went directly to find him.
When we arrived at Liu Zhenhuan's residence, we could hear a woman's cry from a long distance away.
Lu Shijin stood outside the door for a while, signaling Wang Xi to keep quiet, because there were not only women's cries, but also men's voices in the room.
I could vaguely hear Liu Zhenhuan saying words like "I don't want to" and "I don't want to marry", while the man advised her not to worry, he would definitely find a way.
After listening to the corner of the wall enough, Lu Shijin signaled Wang Xi to call the door.
Wang Xi immediately shouted at the top of his voice: "Is the Liugong here? Prince Ning is here, why don't you hurry up and greet him!"
After Wang Xi finished yelling, he heard the sound of panicked footsteps coming from inside. After a while, the door opened, and Liu Zhenhuan, who was wearing a court lady's attire, came out.
Liu Zhenhuan still had tear stains on her face, and her eyes were swollen, obviously she had cried, but also because of the rain in the pear blossoms, she looked pitiful, which could arouse a man's desire to protect.
There was also a man wearing eunuch uniforms who also came out from inside. Unlike the clothes of other young eunuchs, the eunuch uniforms worn by this man were classy, so it must be Lin Yongnian.
"Wanfu, Prince of Ningjun." Liu Zhenhuan blessed Fushen.
"Greetings to Prince Ning." Lin Yongnian knelt down to pay his respects.
The two saluted Lu Shijin at the same time, but Lu Shijin didn't even look at Lin Yongnian's face, and asked Liu Zhenhuan with concern: "Sister Liu, why are you crying?"
Liu Zhenhuan hurriedly wiped her eyes with a handkerchief, "No, no, sand got into the slave's eyes just now."
"Oh," Lu Shijin pointed at Lin Yongnian, who was kneeling on the ground with his fan, "then this person must be blowing my sister's eyes, right?"
"No, it's not!" Liu Zhenhuan categorically denied it.
"Then why is he in my sister's room?" Lu Shijin said kindly, "Sister, do you know that you have been given to be my wife by the emperor's brother, and you will not be able to meet other men in the future."
Wang Xi interjected: "My lord, this is Eunuch Lin who is in charge of the Internal Affairs Department. In fact, he can't be considered a man."
"That's it," Lu Shijin looked at Lin Yongnian with a smile, "So you are an eunuch?"
Lin Yongnian's complexion changed a few times, as if he had been slapped, but finally he gritted his teeth and said, "The slave is indeed."
"Even if he is an eunuch, you can't meet." Lu Shijin still didn't let Lin Yongnian get up, looked at Liu Zhenhuan and said seriously, "The emperor's elder brother gave you to this king, and you will be my king's man from now on. You have to guard your body like jade for this king, you know? This king likes you very much, how about you, do you like this king?"
Liu Zhenhuan was dumbfounded. How could someone like Lu Shijin, who casually used words such as guarding his body like jade, even ask her directly if she likes him? It's really embarrassing!
It seems that King Ning's stupidity is worthy of the name, even if she dies, she is not willing to marry a fool!
Liu Zhenhuan's face was pale, biting his lips and refusing to say anything, Lin Yongnian was afraid of offending this moody and silly prince, so he couldn't help but chime in and said: "My lord, the people of Liu Palace naturally like you, but she is too embarrassed to say so. Just now the Liugong people told the servant that she is very happy to be able to serve you, the lord, and the servant is also happy for the Liugong people, the lord is benevolent and generous, and being able to serve the lord by his side is a blessing in a previous life."
"You are smart and talkative," Lu Shijin smiled and raised his hand, "Get up."
Finally being allowed to stand up, Lin Yongnian heaved a sigh of relief, "Thank you, my lord."
Lin Yongnian stood up, and Lu Shijin saw Lin Yongnian's appearance clearly.
He is also the blood of the late emperor, if you look closely at his eyebrows and eyes, he vaguely looks like Li Chong.
He was taller and taller than ordinary eunuchs, and he was quite handsome.
No wonder Lin Yongnian was the most popular in the harem besides the emperor. In the end, he gave Li Chong a green hat and asked Li Chong to help him raise his son.
Getting rid of Liu Zhenhuan is not enough, this Lin Yongnian also has to find a way to get him away from Li Chong.
Lu Shijin suddenly had an idea, and pretended to stare at Lin Yongnian obsessively, "I didn't expect Eunuch Lin to be so handsome. What did you say just now? Being able to serve this king is a blessing from a previous life, right? Well, then, This king is going to ask the emperor's brother to ask you to come here!"
Lin Yongnian was shocked, he staggered, and the eunuch's hat was crooked, "W-what?!"
The author has something to say:
Li Chong: You just want the maid, but now you want the eunuch? What more do you want? !
Jinjin: I still want the emperor!