116, Entering the palace to meet (two in one chapter)
This was not the first time Luo Junyao had heard the name Bai Jingrong. In fact, she had always been curious about this woman.
Today's Dasheng women have long lost the vitality they had in the Tangling Dynasty. Except for a few old people like the Empress Dowager who grew up in the Tangling Dynasty, the younger they get, the more routine and lifeless they become.
No matter how brilliant people were when they were young, most of the people who are about the same age as the Empress Dowager are now dying of old age and illness.
Therefore, suddenly there is a woman like Bai Jingrong. So many people hate her, but they also regard her as their enemy. Luo Junyao is always a little curious about her.
Not to mention, this woman is said to be as beautiful as ever.
Looking at the black-haired foreign man in front of him, Luo Junyao remembered that the Youyue Thorn that he used so well seemed to be the most precious treasure of the Rouran tribe.
Luo Jinyan said: "Some dogs raised by Bai Jingrong bumped into me a few days ago. I don't know if the bodies were eaten by wild dogs at this moment. I hope you two can be as tough as them." After speaking, Luo Jinyan turned around and faced him.
The two brothers and sister said: "Let's go, someone will greet them here."
The three of them walked out of the dungeon. Luo Jinxing frowned and said, "Brother, that person just now was really..."
Luo Jinyan said: "Is it important? He is already dead."
Luo Jinxing had never met Shen Han before, and only heard a little bit about him.
He had no idea about his sudden "resurrection from the dead". He was worried about other things. "The man who was exiled to the border but was able to fake his death and escape must have received the help of those Qi people. He was originally a fifth-grade minor with the ability to
What's the value? Bai Jingrong didn't save her just to plot against her father, right?"
Luo Jinyan glanced at him and said, "Are you thinking too much?"
"What else is going on?" Luo Jinxing was a little dissatisfied. Shen Han's only value was to be related to the Luo family. Isn't this obvious?
Luo Jinyan lowered his head and looked at Luo Junyao who was following him, "Yaoyao, tell me."
Luo Junyao thought for a while and said: "That man looked like he was in a miserable state. If he was really rescued by the Qi tribe from the beginning, it shouldn't be like this. After all...if Bai Jingrong wanted to use him to do something
, naturally a healthy person is more valuable. He can only do the lowest level things. Once he appears in any situation where he should not appear, he will be noticed immediately. Moreover, he looks like
He contacted his cousin in private and was not instructed by the Qi people. Although blood ties are hard to break, if he had really done things for the Qi people for ten years, he probably wouldn't be so impulsive."
Luo Jinyan looked at Luo Jinxing and asked, "Do you understand?"
Luo Jinxing was speechless: Do you want to say that I am not smart enough?
Luo Jinyan said: "Just take a look at those three people and don't worry about it anymore. Don't tell anyone about this...except father, do you understand?"
"Yes, big brother!" the two younger ones responded in unison.
Luo Jinyan looked at his well-behaved and obedient younger siblings and was very satisfied, "Okay, let's go back."
Luo Junyao was full of expectations, "Brother, tell me if there is any progress."
Luo Jinyan laughed, "Girl, why are you suddenly interested in these things?"
Luo Junyao blinked his eyes and said, "Isn't this just like reading a storybook? Wouldn't it be hard not to see the ending?"
Luo Jinyan didn't know whether to believe it or not, he just smiled and said: "Okay, I will tell you if there is progress, it will be soon."
It is indeed very fast. If you are caught, you will either be recruited or die. If you delay for too long, the information you will get will be greatly reduced. Instead of wasting time, it is better to change the direction and check again.
After sending Luo Junyao and Luo Jinxing away, Luo Jinyan turned around and went to the study alone.
In the study, Luo Yun was frowning and thinking about something. When he heard Luo Jinyan asking to see him, he raised his head and let him in.
"Father." Luo Jinyan said respectfully.
Luo Yun nodded and motioned for him to sit down and talk, "Did you take Yaoyao to the dungeon?"
Luo Jinyan nodded and said, "Yes."
"She comes from a girl's family..." Although Luo Yun is a daughter, he is still an ordinary father in essence. Naturally, he hopes that his daughter will live a happy life and does not want her to be frightened.
Luo Jinyan said: "Father, don't worry, Yao Yao is not that timid and won't scare her. Besides... it would be good for her to see more things."
Luo Yun was silent, thinking of his daughter's strange disease that he didn't know if it would happen again. Fortunately, it didn't seem to leave any psychological shadow on Yao Yao last time, but if it happens again in the future, he doesn't know what will happen. If you are brave,
It's too small, which is really a good thing.
Luo Yun sighed, "Mr. Xue has been out of the city for several days and doesn't know what he is doing. If he comes back, I'd better ask him to take a look again."
Luo Jinyan said: "Mr. Xue promised the regent to treat the Empress Dowager, and he should be back soon. At that time, we will ask the doctor to take a look at Yao Yao. Was your father worried about Yao Yao entering the palace tomorrow?
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Luo Yun frowned and said, "Madam said that the Empress Dowager summoned Lady Yong to the palace to choose a concubine for the Regent."
"..." Luo Jinyan was not surprised by this.
If they hadn't thought of this when Princess Changling came to visit them before, now that the Empress Dowager personally came to visit, the result was obvious.
Nowadays, in this huge Shangyong, besides the regent, who else is worthy of letting the empress dowager drag her illness to worry about marriage?
Luo Yun shook his head and said: "No, not to mention Xie Yan's age, his status is too troublesome. Yao Yao can't go, otherwise... let Yao Yao report illness tomorrow."
Luo Jinyan said: "Father, don't worry. The Empress Dowager did not just summon Yao Yao. It shows that she has not made up her mind yet. The Empress Dowager has been ill in the past few years and is not familiar with the noble ladies in the capital. Maybe she just wants to recruit them first."
Take a look, it’s not appropriate to shake it.”
Luo Yundao: "Madam said so too. I'm afraid not many people in this capital hope that our Luo family will marry Xie Yan. But..."
Luo Yun was still a little unhappy. Why should his daughter be chosen by that guy Xie Yan? When he followed Emperor Gaozu to conquer the north and south, Xie Yan was still a brat following the late emperor!
Luo Jinyan advised: "The Empress Dowager has summoned the most outstanding noble daughter of Shangyong. If Yao Yao doesn't go, won't it make people feel that Yao Yao is inferior? Later, we will also choose a husband for Yao Yao. Naturally, we need to let people know.
, our family is the most outstanding girl in Shangyong."
Luo Jinyan didn't agree with his father's idea of finding a son-in-law for Yaoyao that the Luo family could suppress. If this was taken as an important condition for choosing a son-in-law, it would be difficult to guarantee anything else.
Luo Jinyan didn't like people who were afraid of the power of the Luo family.
And it is impossible for a truly outstanding person with outstanding character and ability to marry a daughter of the Luo family just because of the power of the Luo family.
If you want a husband and wife to be harmonious after marriage, it is natural for both parties to think the other is good.
Let’s not talk about other things, let’s talk about Princess Changling’s consort.
Others don’t know it yet, but the Luo family knows it. On the surface, Princess Changling’s son-in-law said he was ill, but in fact he was escorted to the border half-dead. I’m afraid it won’t be long before word spreads from the Princess Mansion that the prince-in-law died of illness.
news.
The real situation is that Princess Changling gave Qin Qian a divorce letter, and the clan mansion had already erased Qin Qian's name.
Luo Jinyan would not allow his sister to follow in the footsteps of Princess Changling. His future brother-in-law must be a true gentleman with excellent character and extraordinary abilities.
As for whether the Luo family's power can keep crushing the opponent, it is not an important matter. As long as the Luo family remains standing, it can serve as the strongest backing for Shake.
Luo Yun was silent and Luo Jinyan didn't offer much advice.
He knew that it was not that his father had not thought of this, but he had always felt guilty about Shake and could not calm down when something happened to Shake.
Luo Yun thought for a long time and then said helplessly: "In a blink of an eye, Yao Yao has reached the age of talking about marriage. That's all, sooner or later. No matter who Yao Yao marries in the future, as long as I am here, no one will bully me.
Can’t touch her!”
Luo Jinyan smiled lightly and said nothing. His father still didn't understand Yao Yao well enough.
The current Yao Yao is really not someone who can be bullied if he wants to.
Early the next morning, Luo Junyao went out to the palace with Su.
Luo Junyao was not the only one summoned by the Empress Dowager. Also summoned at the same time were Ruan Yueli, the daughter of Prime Minister Ruan Ting, Zhu Jin, the daughter of Marquis Chengen, Zheng Jingxi, the granddaughter of Duke Cheng Guo, Su Rui, the granddaughter of Grand Tutor, and others.
A girl.
Among them, Su Rui and the other two girls are already engaged.
The Empress Dowager obviously didn't want this summons to appear too purposeful, so as not to make the noble ladies' faces look bad later, but I'm afraid everyone knew it.
Therefore, when Luo Junyao saw the girls outside the Empress Dowager's Palace, he found that the three engaged girls looked as usual, looking relaxed and calm, and they just regarded it as an ordinary palace visit.
As for the other girls, although they tried their best to remain calm, there was a hint of worry in their brows.
But there was something different. One of them was a girl wearing light purple clothes. She didn't have the slightest hint of worry on her face, but she looked vaguely complacent.
Seeing Luo Junyao following Su, she even glanced at her with disgust.
In order to enter Linglong Courtyard and guard against love rivals, Luo Junyao got to know the ladies of Linglong Courtyard quite well.
It can be said that Luo Mingxiang and Xie Yuan's group are far from the top of the Yong ladies.
These girls in front of me are currently the ones with the most outstanding family backgrounds in Linglong Courtyard.
And that unusual girl was none other than Empress Dowager Zhu's brother, Zhu Jin, the daughter of Marquis Chengen.
Luo Junyao was very interested. This girl... seemed to be very interested in Xie Yan.
For some reason, Luo Junyao suddenly felt a little unhappy.
See, as long as you look good, no matter how terrible your reputation is, there will be no shortage of beauties to favor you.
"The Empress Dowager, please come into the palace, ladies and gentlemen." A chamberlain came out of the hall and said to everyone.
Then everyone rearranged their appearance and stepped into the hall one by one.
The Queen Mother still looks thin, but she is very energetic.
The main seat she was sitting on was covered with soft and thick fur, and her right arm rested on the pillow beside her. Princess Changling sat next to her and carefully helped her sit up a little, while the Queen Mother Zhu sat in the chair next to her.
He wanted to get up to help but the Empress Dowager raised her hand to stop her.
"My wife, please pay homage to the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager."
"Your Majesty, please bow to the Queen Mother. Please bow to the Queen Mother."
Everyone entered the palace and stood in line according to rank and saluted together.
The Empress Dowager was obviously very happy to see these bright and beautiful girls, and said with a smile: "No need to be polite, just get up and sit down."
Everyone thanked the Empress Dowager one after another, and then sat down in order according to the rank and status of the ladies. The girls did not have to follow the rank and status. After all, except for Luo Junyao, none of them actually had a title, and they just sat in the seats of their mothers or grandmothers.
Just around.
The Empress Dowager narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at everyone, and said with a smile: "My eyes have become dim these past few years, and it is rare for me to see young girls in this imperial city. There are so many beautiful girls, and I don't know who belongs to whose family."
Princess Changling smiled and said: "Mother has been quiet in the past two years, but I have to drive people away when I come into the palace too much. No wonder I don't know each other. But I am a fun-loving person, and I know all these girls. Mother
Look, this is the second daughter of General Luo's family."
Luo Junyao stood up and bowed respectfully, "My lord Luo Junyao, I would like to pay my respects to the Empress Dowager."
The Queen Mother waved with a smile and said with a smile: "What a beautiful little girl, come here and show me."
Luo Junyao followed the instructions and walked up to the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager saw that although the little girl looked small, she was not only delicate and beautiful, but also had a calm demeanor. Her big, bright and clear eyes looked smart but still had the calmness of everyone's girls. She was completely different from the rumored Luo Junyao.
different.
In the past few days, the Empress Dowager has read all the news files about Luo Junyao. The Empress Dowager did not take Luo Junyao's previous love for Xie Chengyou as seriously as others.
A young girl in her teenage years is the time when her heart is budding. As long as she doesn't do anything overly polite, it's not too outrageous to be moved by the heart of the person who saved her.
That is to say, in recent years, the powerful people in Shangyong have become more and more old-fashioned and boring, and every little thing has caused a fuss.
What's more, when those things were so big, there were more people secretly fueling the trouble.
If you look carefully, this girl has never done anything to attack dissidents or hurt her love rivals.
In that position, with a father like Luo Yun, the little girl was still ignorant and was plotted against.
Now that she has woken up, isn't she a very well-behaved and cute little girl?
Thinking of this matter, the Empress Dowager couldn't help but make calculations in her mind.
Zhifei's adopted child is a problem after all.
Who would want to have a step-son who is older than their own girl before they even get married?
Now it seems that the child is not a good person. I really regretted not being able to prevent King Mu from taking advantage of the loophole.
"Miss Luo's maiden name is Jun Yao?"
Luo Jun shook his head and said: "Back to the Empress Dowager, that's right."
The Empress Dowager smiled kindly and said, "Good boy, I heard that you have a good relationship with Ah Ning?"
Luo Junyao smiled and said: "My daughter and A-Ning are in the martial arts academy together. A-Ning is cheerful and lively. We really get along well."
The Empress Dowager smiled at Princess Changling and said, "Your uncle originally wrote a letter, but he said that A Ning had been dating several cousins for more than a year and things were not getting better. Now that she has friends just after she came back, it can be seen that the capital is still suitable for her."
Princess Changling said helplessly: "The girls in my uncle's family are all quiet girls, but A Ning likes to wield swords and guns."
The Empress Dowager pulled Luo Junyao and said with a smile: "I left early that night. I heard that Junyao was a strong opponent of Princess Gaoyu, which greatly saved the face of our noble daughter. It is very good that General Luo has a daughter like this."
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Luo Junyao quickly thanked the Empress Dowager for the compliment, and Su also stood up and thanked the Empress Dowager.
After saying a few words to Luo Junyao, the Empress Dowager let her go back to her seat.
Princess Changling then introduced the other girls, and everyone stood up to salute the Empress Dowager. As usual, the Empress Dowager called her to ask a few questions.
Among them, Zhu Jin is obviously more active. She is the niece of the Empress Dowager. Naturally, she goes to the palace to see the Empress Dowager more often than others, and she is also closer to the Empress Dowager.
When she came forward, Queen Mother Zhu also joked a few words.
However, the Queen Mother's reaction was a bit dull, and when Zhu Jin returned to her seat, there was a hint of displeasure on her brows.
After all the girls had spoken and been polite, the Empress Dowager smiled and said: "It's not good for the little girls to sit here with me, an old woman. Come, please invite the girls to play in the imperial garden."
The girls immediately stood up and thanked them, followed the maids who came in, and went out, leaving only the ladies still chatting with the Empress Dowager in the main hall.
Now that the emperor is still young and has no harem, girls from outside like them go to the imperial garden to play without fear of offending any nobleman.
At the end of August, the Imperial Garden was still in full bloom with flowers.
A few golden osmanthus flowers were still blooming on the edge of the rockery, and the fragrance was fragrant.
Luo Junyao sat under the rockery a little depressed, holding his chin with one hand in a daze.
Linglong Academy and Martial Arts Academy have been dissatisfied with each other for a long time. In addition, her previous reputation was not very good. Although there was no direct conflict with these girls, they were not willing to play with her.
Although Luo Junyao likes to see beautiful young ladies, if the young lady makes it clear that she doesn't like her, she won't take the initiative to join in the fun.
Xie Yan is so lucky to have so many beautiful ladies for him to choose as his princess.
Luo Junyao thought a little sourly, completely forgetting that he was one of them.
"Miss Luo."
While Luo Jun was wandering in his thoughts, a gentle and smiling voice sounded.
Luo Junyao turned around and saw a beautiful girl wearing a snow-green embroidered dress with a light smile standing a few steps away looking at him.
"Sister Su." This is Su Rui, Taifu Su's granddaughter.
Su Rui was only five months older than Luo Junyao. She had a good family background, beautiful appearance and outstanding talents. Although she was not as good as Shen Lingxiang in competing for the title of the most talented woman, even Shen Lingxiang did not dare to say that he was better than her in talent and learning.
She was dignified and beautiful, and had a gentle and generous personality. She was very popular among the noble ladies of Shangyong.
However, Luo Junyao had a little grudge with her, because a tantrum with Xie Chengyou somehow involved Su Rui, and Luo Junyao once scolded her in person as a "hypocritical female concubine".
Luo Junyao felt somewhat embarrassed when he saw Su Rui taking the initiative to answer him, still looking so kind and gentle.
"Can I sit down?" Su Rui asked.
Luo Junyao quickly stepped aside and said, "Sister Su, sit here."
Su Rui sat down next to her, tilted her head and looked at Luo Junyao for a while, then smiled and said, "Mingxiang is right, you have changed a lot."
"..." There is another reason why the original owner doesn't like Su Rui. She is friends with Luo Mingxiang.
Luo Junyao said: "I was ignorant and rude to Sister Su before. Now I know I was wrong. Can Sister Su forgive me?"
Su Rui smiled and said, "It's okay to forgive you. Just let me pinch your face."
?!What kind of strange condition is this?
But being pinched in the face by a pretty girl or something...
"OK."
As expected, Su Rui was not polite. She reached out and held Luo Junyao's face, looked at it, and then gently pinched it several times.
It is indeed soft, beautiful and cute.
"Sister Su..."
Su Rui let her go and said with a smile, "Okay, I forgive you."
"Then will we be friends in the future?" Luo Junyao asked.
Su Rui nodded and said, "I reluctantly admit that you are my friend."
Luo Junyao cheered and hugged Su Rui.
He secretly touched the little sister's waist, and was satisfied, "Sister Su is so generous, beautiful and kind."
Su Rui looked at the happy girl in front of her and said with a smile: "You are so cute with your little mouth. No wonder Mingxiang sent someone to send me a message early in the morning, asking me to take care of you."
Luo Junyao was a little surprised, "So it was eldest sister who asked you to take care of me?"
Su Rui raised her eyebrows and said, "Otherwise, do you think you had a good relationship with me before?"
Luo Junyao covered his face, "Sister Su, I know I was wrong, please don't mention it."
Su Rui pulled down her hand covering her face and said with a smile, "But you performed very well at the Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet, well done!"
Luo Junyao was a little surprised, "I thought you didn't like girls using knives and guns."
Su Rui said: "Even in Linglong Academy, not everyone is like this. Do the girls in the Martial Arts Academy hate piano, chess, calligraphy and painting? Besides, we are facing Gaoyu people. If you hadn't defeated the Gaoyu Princess, wouldn't you have
Do we look like dwarves?"
Luo Junyao smiled and said, "It doesn't matter if Sister Su doesn't like martial arts. I will protect you from now on."
Su Rui laughed, "Okay, I'll wait for Shake to protect you. By the way, you know why the Empress Dowager summoned you today, right?"
Luo Jun shook his head, "I know, my mother and eldest brother both told me."
"Any ideas?"
Luo Junyao sighed, "So happy."
"..." What happiness? Who is happy?
Su Rui was speechless, so did she still have communication difficulties with the Martial Arts Academy?
Su Rui shook her head and whispered: "That's all, it's just a casual look anyway. If your family doesn't have this intention, don't pay attention to it. Just treat it as coming to the palace for fun. Those two are both interested in regenting the princess.
Those who are in charge, please stay away from them to avoid getting into any trouble."
Su Rui was referring to Ruan Yueli and Zhu Jin.
The two people were also divided into two groups, each with two people around them.
The Empress Dowager only summoned eight people to the palace today, and they were actually divided into three distinct groups, and they didn't seem to pay much attention to each other.
Luo Junyao thought of the conversation between Queen Mother Zhu and Xie Yan that night. Xie Yan obviously didn't want to marry Zhu Jin, so...could it be that Ruan Yueli has a better chance of winning?
His eyes fell on Ruan Yueli. She was a woman with elegance and poetry written all over her body.
She may not be the most beautiful woman in Shangyong, but she is definitely the one who looks the most talented. Compared with her, Shen Lingxiang seems too weak and lacks the grace of a talented woman.
Luo Junyao thought she looked familiar, and after a moment he remembered that Ruan Yueli looked a bit like Ruan Yuelou, whom he had just met a few days ago.
Ruan Yueli seemed to have noticed something. He turned around and met Luo Junyao's appraising eyes. He nodded slightly towards her before turning back again.
Luo Junyao couldn't help but think about Ruan Yueli and Xie Yan standing together.
Hmm...the fruit I ate before entering the palace in the morning was not ripe and had a bit sour and astringent taste.
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