The light in the study was bright. Yan Ruqing sat down behind the desk, and the box was placed in front of him. Mo Shangshuang stood beside him and rubbed his hands expectantly: "Your Highness, please open it quickly and take a look."
He couldn't wait to see what the Queen Mother would give.
Yan Ruqing was also curious. He gently opened the lock and lifted the cover upwards, and clear light came into his eyes.
He raised his eyebrows and said, "Ye Mingzhu?"
"Uh..." Mo Shangshuang was puzzled: "What are you doing giving luminous pearls? Our palace is not short of luminous pearls."
Yan Ruqing's eyes trembled and she smiled, "Return the gift."
"Ah?" Mo Shangshuang was even more confused, "You two came back, what are you going back to?"
Of course it's a favor.
Yan Ruqing picked up the luminous pearl and rubbed it. The light blue pearl was bright and transparent, emitting a cold light that was completely different from the candlelight. It was very similar to the moonlight outside the window and that person's eyes.
He stared at Ye Mingzhu in trance for a moment, then raised his fingers at Mo Shangshuang and said, "Come over here."
Although Mo Shangshuang was confused, he still leaned over and Yan Ruqing whispered a few words, and finally said: "Go."
"My lord, you are really..." Mo Shangshuang looked at him speechless.
Yan Ruqing: "Huh?"
"You are such a good person!" Mo Shangshuang met his cold gaze and ran away, rubbing oil on his soles.
Yan Ruqing sneered and played with the Night Pearl for a while. When he was about to put it back in the box, he found a piece of paper under the silk cloth. He took it out and took a look: a return gift of rice dumpling candy.
"Haha——" Yan Ruqing laughed and murmured to herself: "I really don't like to owe favors."
…
The next day, Lou Jinhuan was taking a break in the sun in the courtyard when a group of people suddenly came in.
Chu Yun walked up to her and called out in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has sent a group of maids to you, asking you to choose a capable one to stay with you."
Lou Jinhuan opened his eyes, but without getting up, he just turned sideways and propped his head to take a look.
Girls in pink palace clothes stood in two rows, all of them were young and too timid to raise their heads.
At a glance, you can only see the same bun.
Lou Jinhuan turned to Chu Yun: "Is this your Majesty's intention?"
Chu Yun nodded, leaned closer and whispered: "I heard that it was also the intention of the regent. He came to the palace to play chess with His Majesty today and mentioned the lack of people around the empress."
Lou Jinhuan was blinded by the sunlight falling among the leaves. He sat up and covered his eyebrows with a fan, "Oh."
I don’t know what the hell they are doing again.
Is Yan Ruqing giving someone away for him, or does he want to plant an informant around him?
She rubbed the handle of the fan with her thumb and suddenly said: "Everyone, raise your heads and let Aijia take a look."
After the words fell, the girls all raised their heads and looked over. Lou Jinhuan looked back one by one. When he saw the one in the middle of the first row, he was suddenly startled.
The man winked at her, which made Lou Jinhuan suspect that her eyes were cramped.
"Does this person have a facial problem?" Lou Jinhuan pointed his finger at Chu Yun and immediately looked over. The girl knelt down and said, "My slave Du Ruo, I have admired the Queen Mother for a long time. Today I saw the Queen Mother Fengyi Wushuang for the first time.
I was so excited that I acted ugly, I hope you will forgive me."
After saying this, before Lou Jinhuan opened her mouth, the girl blushed first.
Chu Yun: "Mother, how about..."
Should I change it to another one? It seems that my brain is not normal.
However, before he finished speaking, Lou Jinhuan suddenly laughed: "The people in the mountains are as beautiful as Du Ruo, and they drink from stone springs and are shaded by pines and cypresses (1). You have a nice name, so let it be you."
Others looked at Du Ruo with envy and jealousy. Du Ruo immediately kowtowed and thanked her, saying happily: "Thank you, the Queen Mother, for your appreciation! I will serve you with all my heart!"
"From now on, you will serve in front of the Ai family. If you don't understand anything, just ask Chuyun. Don't come forward when the Ai family doesn't call you. The others should disperse."
The sun was getting bigger and bigger, and Lou Jinhuan was a little hot from the sun. He stood up and walked into the palace. Du Ruo looked at Chu Yun. Although Chu Yun was still a little wary of her, when she thought of the complicated "emotions" between her mother-in-law and the regent, she
Still deciding to wait and see first, she politely said to Du Ruo: "Follow me."
Chu Yun took her to pick out a room, packed it up and moved in. He also told her some of Lou Jinhuan's hobbies and habits, which Du Ruo heard very seriously.
In the evening, she was the one serving Lou Jinhuan's meal. She was considerate and attentive. With just one glance at Lou Jinhuan's eyes, she knew whether she wanted vegetables or soup.
Lou Jinhuan couldn't help but glance at her, and immediately received a sweet smile from her.
Lou Jinhuan: "..."
"What did Yan Ruqing ask you to do?"
She suddenly mentioned the name of the regent, just to test her. Unexpectedly, Du Ruo grinned and said, "Your Majesty, you have asked the right person! At that time, I was worried that you would not choose, and I almost went blind."
She held up the veil with both hands and whispered: "The prince said that the people around the Queen Mother were not allowed to use it, and it was inconvenient to do things, so he asked the servants to come."
Lou Jinhuan raised his eyebrows when he heard this and looked her over: "What special ability do you have?"
"That's a lot. A slave can fight and eat... No, I can fight and talk, I can go to the hall and the kitchen, I have some medical skills, I am also good at combing my hair and putting on makeup. As long as the palace maid can do it, there will be no slaves.
Will not."
She patted her chest very proudly, very proud.
Lou Jinhuan: "..."
Why does she think the important thing is to be able to eat and speak?
Chuyun: "..."
[Hahahahaha, here it comes, the male protagonist’s standard and funny subordinate is online! 】
[I originally thought that this role would be played by Mo Shangshuang, but I didn’t expect that there would be Du Ruo in the back, which is amazing.]
The barrage style is suddenly joyful.
Lou Jinhuan was silent for a moment, first rinsed his mouth, then took the handkerchief and gently wiped the corners of his mouth, "What is your master doing during this time?"
Du Ruo's eyes lit up, as if two will-o'-the-wisps suddenly burned up, "The prince said that from now on, this slave will belong to the Queen Mother. This slave has only one master, the Queen Mother. He has been dealing with border affairs recently, which is a bit tricky, but don't worry, the Queen Mother.
If everything can't be handled well, why should he be the regent?"
Lou Jinhuan: "...were you really sent by him?"
Instead of "exile"?
"It's absolutely true!" Du Ruo knelt down next to her mysteriously and whispered: "I know that the prince gave the jade ring to the queen, does the queen not know the purpose of the ring?"
Lou Jinhuan's eyes flashed, "What's the origin of that finger pull?"
"That is not an ordinary finger pull. It is a token that can mobilize half of the prince's secret guards. Seeing this thing is like meeting the prince! It was originally supposed to be reserved for the future princess, hehe~"
She looked at Lou Jinhuan excitedly, smiling with excitement and relief.
Lou Jinhuan: "..." What are you happy about?
However, Lou Jinhuan did not expect that this finger ring was so valuable. Did Yan Ruqing already trust her from the beginning?
As a digression, I suddenly felt that the name Du Ruo was quite good, but it was wasted as a sidekick, so I pulled him out again (I don’t admit that my name was useless＼(`Δ’)／)