"Girl, the eldest son is here." Lan Zhen came over quickly. Luo Jun shook his eyes and said, "Please come in quickly!"
After a while, Luo Jinyan walked in.
Seeing the Luo mother and daughter, Luo Jinyan frowned slightly.
Mrs. Luo seemed to be a little afraid of Luo Jinyan. When she saw him coming in, she immediately stood up and called out "Jinyan" with some restraint.
Luo Jinyan said calmly: "Why is aunt here?"
Mrs. Luo seemed a little aggrieved, but she didn't dare to say anything more. She just said softly: "Ling Xiang and I came to see Yaoyao."
Luo Jinyan seemed not to have noticed her expression, and said: "Father received a letter this morning. Grandma will arrive in Beijing in the next two days. She always likes her aunt, and she must know her preferences. I will ask my aunt to take care of her yard.
matter."
Mr. Luo nodded and said, "Of course, it is my duty to honor my mother."
"Thank you, aunt." Luo Jin said.
Luo Junyao looked at Luo Jinyan and then at Luo.
She could tell that her eldest brother didn't like Mr. Luo either.
Next to him, Luo Mingxiang smiled and said, "Brother, tell Yaoyao if you have anything to do. I'll go back and pack up before entering the palace."
Luo Jinyan looked at Luo Mingxiang with a much gentler look, nodded and said, "Go ahead, I have something to ask Yao Yao."
Luo Mingxiang was about to leave, so Luo and Shen Lingxiang naturally couldn't stay for long.
Moreover, their goal had been achieved and there was no reason to stay any longer, so they had no choice but to go out with Luo Mingxiang.
But Shen Lingxiang looked at Luo Jinyan with some doubts.
There were too many things she wanted to know, but Luo Junyao had become difficult to get close to now. It was only in a few days that Shen Lingxiang realized that she could not use Luo Junyao's name. She could not move at all in the Luo family controlled by the Su family.
The news suddenly became so blocked that she couldn't help but suspect that something happened that she didn't know about.
After the three people left, Luo Jinyan drove away Lan Zhen and Lan Yin.
Luo Junyao's initially playful expression became more serious, "Brother, what happened?"
Luo Jinyan looked at Luo Junyao carefully and then asked softly: "Yaoyao, do you really not remember anything about the night before?"
Luo Junyao was startled, and Luo Jinyan immediately said softly: "Don't worry, the elder brother didn't want to say anything else, but... Regent, did anything happen last night?"
Luo Jinyan always felt something was wrong. He didn't quite believe that Xie Yan would flirt with someone and then run around with a tooth mark.
Luo Junyao blinked his eyes and whispered: "I seem to remember a little bit."
"Remember what?"
Luo Junyao said: "I seemed to have had a fight with the regent and injured him."
Luo Jinyan felt relieved, "It was just a fight? What about yesterday?" Luo Jinyan didn't care about Luo Junyao's injury to Xie Yan. After all, he was irrational at the time, and Xie Yan certainly couldn't kill him. It was inevitable to get hurt.
The Luo family has remembered this favor and will naturally pay it back in the future.
Luo Junyao asked doubtfully: "Otherwise, what else can there be? Yesterday... I just talked to the regent for a while."
Luo Jinyan nodded and said, "No, I'll just ask. The regent... helped you after all, didn't he? But... it's better for you to stay away from him in the future."
Luo Junyao smiled and said: "He is the regent, are we going to have many interactions? I know, he and dad don't get along." At least that's how it is on the surface.
Luo Jinyan pondered for a moment and said, "You are right."
Luo Junyao smiled and said: "Brother, that's what I wanted to say, I remember it. But, brother, why do I feel that...my aunt is a little afraid of you?"
Luo Jinyan raised his hand and rubbed her head and smiled: "She's not afraid of me, she's afraid of the eldest son of the Luo family."
Luo Junyao suddenly realized.
If the old lady dotes on Mr. Luo, how many more years can she live?
Moreover, the so-called favor is also relative. Unless Mrs. Luo is crazy, there is no way Luo's adopted daughter is more important than Luo Jinyan, her eldest grandson.
Even though this eldest grandson was born to her least favorite daughter-in-law.
In Luo's view, the person in charge of the Luo family in the future must be Luo Jinyan, and she certainly did not want to offend this unrelated nephew.
Just like she did to Luo Junyao, she had been more concerned about Luo Junyao than Shen Lingxiang in recent years, and she would never dare to rely on the old lady's favor to stumble Luo Junyao or frame her.
At most, it's just to secretly guide her to be uneducated and incompetent.
Because she knew very well in her heart that no matter how naughty Luo Junyao was, the Luo family, father and son, would naturally only stand by their daughter and sister, and she could not compete with her at all.
In this regard, Luo is much more sober than Shen Lingxiang.
In the evening, everyone in the Luo family packed up their clothes and prepared to enter the palace together.
Seeing Shen Lingxiang and Luo Junyao standing together at the gate, Luo Jinyan frowned slightly.
But seeing Luo Jun shaking Luo Mingxiang's arm and joking, he still didn't say much.
Shen Lingxiang naturally noticed Luo Jinyan's appraising eyes, and slowly lowered his head with a slightly stiff expression.
Mrs. Su wanted to tell Luo Yun something, so she asked the three girls to ride in a carriage together.
The carriage drove slowly towards the palace. Luo Junyao lay on the carriage window and looked at the streets on both sides.
Because of the festival, both sides of the street are decorated with lights and colorful decorations, which is very festive, and even people passing by have festive smiles on their faces.
"Shao Yao, I heard that you went to Nanshi to watch the lanterns the night before last?" Shen Lingxiang, who was sitting aside, suddenly asked.
Luo Junyao turned back to look at her, nodded and said, "Yes."
Shen Lingxiang said quietly: "Why don't you ask me to come with you?"
Luo Junyao said: "We at the Martial Arts Academy went to see the lanterns together, why did we call you people from the Linglong Academy? My eldest sister didn't go either."
Shen Lingxiang was almost choked by her natural words, only to hear Luo Junyao say sincerely: "Cousin, we have grown up, and when the eldest sister gets married, you will soon have to marry me. You can't keep relying on me like this anymore. , otherwise what will you do if I’m not by your side in the future?”
It seems that Xie Chengyou hasn't sent any news to Shen Lingxiang yet.
Shen Lingxiang's smile was a little stiff, and he lowered his eyes and said, "How could it be? Yao Yao is my only sister. We promised that we would never be separated."
Luo Junyao looked at her in shock, "Never separate?! Does my cousin want to wait until I get married and marry with me?! That's not possible!"
"What?" Shen Lingxiang was stunned.
Luo Junyao said with a hint of arrogance: "I said, my cousin can't marry with me! My future husband will never take concubines, otherwise..." Luo Jun shook his fist and said, "Knock him flat!"
"Shao Yao, you misunderstood, I didn't think so." Even if she really thought about marrying Chengyou with Luo Junyao, it would never be as a dowry concubine.
Luo Junyao seemed to be relieved, patted his heart gently and said: "That's good, I hate it when others steal my things!"
"..." Shen Lingxiang secretly hated Luo Junyao for having such a confident attitude.
Luo Mingxiang, who was sitting aside and listening to them talk, raised his hand and patted Luo Junyao's head, warning: "You really dare to say anything."
Luo Junyao was not angry, he touched his head and said: "What I said is true, big sister, you must also remember that all men who are carefree will be beaten to death!"
"..." Luo Mingxiang was a little helpless, "You are still young, so don't say this outside, you know."
How many men in this world are not bothered?
Just like in the Yonghuang City, which of the rich and powerful's children does not have a group of concubines?
The meritorious deeds who followed Emperor Gaozu to conquer the world back then were even praised as being kind and righteous for being able to show some dignity to Chao Nang's wife.
If not for the fact that Emperor Gaozu and the Empress Dowager disliked those who doted on concubines and destroyed their wives, I am afraid that the woman's situation would have been even worse.
It is a pity that the troubled times have just passed and all businesses have withered away. Even the Empress Dowager can't change the woman's declining situation.
General Luo had just defeated the Qi people and returned to the court, so the Luo family was naturally in the limelight.
Even the guards at the palace gate were very respectful and only allowed the group of people into the palace after a brief inspection.
Luo Junyao was not very interested in the Dasheng Palace, and he only glanced at it casually from a distance these days.
She has seen many splendid palaces and castles. Even if she has never seen them before, she still has many memories of the palace in her memory.
Overall, the original owner didn't like the palace very much.
Nowadays, the Empress Dowager is old and sick, and Empress Dowager Zhu is in charge of all matters in the palace. And both the original owner and Luo Junyao can feel that Empress Dowager Zhu does not like the original owner very much.
But after all, I wanted to give Luo Yun some face, so I didn't really feel sorry for her.
But apart from facing Xie Chengyou and Shen Lingxiang, mother and daughter, the original owner is not that rough. At least she can feel that others don't like her.
Therefore, she does not like to enter the palace.
Tonight's banquet will be held on the jade terrace in the southwest of the palace. There are ninety-nine white marble steps above which is a magnificent and spacious hall. This is the highest place in the entire palace. Standing on it, you can almost overlook most of the emperor. city.
It's just that the ninety-nine steps may be a burden for these ladies wearing elegant and luxurious make-up.
Luo Junyao looked with some sympathy at the old lady who was over sixty years old and walking in front of them, being helped up by her children and grandchildren.
Although it is very hard, no one will be embarrassed. Being able to climb this jade terrace under the royal authority is an honor in itself for people of this era.
Luo Junyao looked at Shen Lingxiang next to him. She was obviously not relaxed either, but she was still well-mannered and elegant.
"Shake." As soon as he walked up the last step, he heard Liang Shufeng's voice.
Luo Junyao followed the sound and saw Liang Shufeng and Shen Hongxiu standing by the white marble railing outside the hall, waving to her.
Luo Junyao's eyes lit up and he quickly said to Mrs. Su.
Mrs. Su looked at the girls over there and knew that they were all her stepdaughter's classmates. She nodded and said, "It's still early for the party. You girls can go play at home."
He glanced at Luo Mingxiang again, seeming to remember something and said: "Xiang'er, follow your mother in."
Luo Junyao knew that Su wanted to take Luo Mingxiang to say hello to the people of her future husband's Chun'anbo Mansion, so she winked at Luo Mingxiang and smiled softly: "Sister, see you later."
Luo Mingxiang blushed slightly because of her pretty smile, and said angrily: "Don't be naughty, come in after playing for a while."
Luo Junyao nodded repeatedly, turned around and ran towards Shen Hongxiu and others.
"..." Shen Lingxiang was left at a loss for a moment.
She wanted to follow her, but Luo Junyao ran too fast and was too agile. In the blink of an eye, she was already there. If she didn't follow, she would have no choice but to follow Su's mother and daughter.
Shen Lingxiang didn't want to be by Su's side, as if he was constantly reminding her of her identity.
Mrs. Su glanced at Shen Lingxiang and said calmly: "Lingxiang, let's take a look around. The scenery on the Jade Terrace is rare."
Shen Lingxiang forced a smile and said, "Yes, aunt."
It was one thing that she didn't want to follow Su, but Su didn't want to take her, but she felt very uncomfortable.
