Lu Wushuang raised her hand to touch her beating heart. It turned out that this was the feeling of heartbeat.
"Beitang Ye, I...I..." After confirming his feelings, Lu Wushuang originally wanted to confess to Beitang Ye, but when the words came to his lips, he did not have the courage to say the following words.
As if he had guessed what Lu Wushuang was going to say, Bei Tangye was very excited and kept encouraging her with his eyes.
Encouraged by Bei Tangye's eyes, Lu Wushuang took a deep breath and decided to muster up the courage to formally confess.
"Beitang Ye, I..."
This time, just as he was about to say something, the sound of chaotic footsteps approached Luo Qiyuan, driving away the courage Lu Wushuang had finally mustered up.
"Someone is coming, please leave quickly."
Bei Tangye couldn't help but feel disappointed when the conversation changed. However, he still listened to Lu Wushuang's words, stood up, took a step forward, his body was like lightning, and disappeared from Lu Wushuang's eyes in the blink of an eye, making Lu Wushuang sigh once again.
, it is really enviable to know how to do Qinggong.
The sun is shining brightly and pouring down.
The door of Luoqiyuan was pushed open, and the person who came was Lu Zhong, the steward of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Looking at Lu Zhong who was sweating profusely while running, Lu Wushuang frowned and guessed that Lu Zhong rarely set foot in Luoqiyuan, and now that he was running so fast, it seemed that something was about to happen, and this matter was related to
She has connections.
"Miss Third, please go to the front hall." Lu Zhong changed his normal tone and his tone became respectful.
Lu Wushuang was still sitting on the big rock, tilting his head and squinting at Lu Zhong, with an innocent look on his face, but he refused to get up and said, "I'm not going."
This made Lu Zhong anxious. He quickly lowered his voice and persuaded: "Miss Third, it's impossible not to go this time. People from the palace have to sit in the front hall."
In the palace?
Could it be that when I came out of the inn today, I was followed by Beitang Lie's people and found the Prime Minister's Mansion?
"Steward Lu, I may have eaten something bad today and my stomach hurts so much. You go out and tell dad, and I won't go to the front hall to meet the guests, so as not to be rude."
No matter who came from the palace, Lu Wushuang didn't want to see him. She held her belly and pretended to be in pain, looked at Lu Zhong and said.
"Third Miss, now is not the time to act arrogant. You'd better go there, otherwise the Prime Minister will definitely come to invite you in person after a while." Lu Zhong did not give up and continued to persuade. He would not believe it.
Lu Wushuang, who was fine for a moment, suddenly felt a pain in his stomach.
"Butler Lu, my stomach really hurts. Ah, I can't do it anymore, I can't do it anymore. I have to go to the latrine and squat for a while."
As soon as she finished speaking, Lu Wushuang hugged her belly and ran out of Luoqiyuan pretending to be in a hurry. She was about to run towards the back door of the Prime Minister's Mansion, hoping to escape, but God refused to let her have her way.
Prime Minister Lu Xiuyuan came towards me, "Stop, where are you going?"
"Dad, my daughter has a stomachache for a while, and she wants to go to the latrine to get it sorted out." Lu Wushuang stood there holding her belly and lowered her head as she said.
"Do you think your father is so stupid that he doesn't even know which direction the latrine is?" Lu Xiuyuan said sternly with a straight face.
Lu Wushuang then remembered that the back door and the latrine were in completely opposite directions, east and west.
I sighed helplessly, everything has been going really wrong lately.
Her father came to invite her in person, and there was no way to hide. Lu Wushuang had no choice but to walk forward, head lowered, and followed Lu Xiuyuan to the front hall. However, her mind kept thinking about how to deal with what was going to happen next.
situation?
The front hall is spacious and grand.
From a distance, he saw a woman wearing a light purple palace maid's dress sitting in the hall drinking tea. Seeing this woman, Lu Wushuang's head grew bigger.
This woman I just met last night was Mingyue, the eldest maid beside Queen Mother Chen.
Before she walked into the front hall, Lu Wushuang, who was following Lu Xiuyuan, had an idea. She stepped forward, but instead of walking forward, she walked backwards.
He had just taken two or three steps back when Lu Xiuyuan suddenly turned around and saw Lu Wushuang retreating further and further. His eyes widened with anger and the flesh on his face trembled.
"You, go ahead." Lu Xiuyuan said in a deep voice, fearing that Lu Wushuang would run away again.
With a heavy sigh, Lu Wushuang walked helplessly towards the front hall. It seemed that today's trip to the palace was unavoidable, but she didn't know what the purpose of Empress Dowager Chen's sending someone to tell her to enter the palace.
When Lu Wushuang stepped into the front hall, Mingyue was also shocked. The tea cup in her hand tilted and a lot of tea spilled out.
"Are you Lu Wushuang, the third lady of the Lu family?" she asked in disbelief. The woman who was as beautiful as a fairy under the moonlight last night was not a fool as the rumors said.
"The little girl is Lu Wushuang." Lu Wushuang nodded. Anyway, she has been exposed, so why not admit it openly. She bowed slightly towards Mingyue, "Wushuang has met Aunt Mingyue."
This was the first time Lu Xiuyuan had seen Lu Wushuang, who was so polite and dignified.
After being stunned for a long time, Lu Xiuyuan came back to his senses.
It turns out that he is the stupidest person, and he has been fooled by his own daughter for more than ten years.
A self-deprecating smile escaped from the corner of his lips. As a father, he was such a failure that he couldn't even tell whether his daughter was really stupid or pretending to be stupid?
"Miss Lu San, the carriage is parked outside the Prime Minister's Palace, let's go." Mingyue is worthy of being the person beside Queen Mother Chen. After a moment of surprise, her expression returned to normal.
Lu Wushuang nodded and followed Mingyue towards the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion. After getting on the carriage, Lu Wushuang approached Mingyue and said, "Miss Mingyue, the Queen Mother sent you to escort me to the palace. What's the matter?
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"Slaves have always been serious about the things ordered by the Queen Mother. How can they dare to overdo the masters' affairs." Mingyue's words cleverly told Lu Wushuang that she didn't know either.
Seeing that nothing could be answered, Lu Wushuang stopped asking for trouble. She leaned against the wall of the carriage with her eyes slightly closed, recuperating her energy so that she could have enough energy to deal with Queen Mother Chen when she entered the palace later.
Changle Palace.
The palace of Queen Mother Chen is splendid, luxurious and gorgeous.
Mingyue took her waist badge, got off the carriage at the palace gate, and took a soft sedan with Lu Wushuang until they reached Changle Palace.
"Miss Lu San, please wait outside. I'll go in and let you know."
After getting out of the soft sedan, Mingyue told Lu Wushuang, and she walked into the main hall of Changle Palace alone.
The scorching sun was like fire, spreading its scorching heat onto the palace.
Lu Wushuang had been waiting at the door of Changle Palace, sweating profusely, but Mingyue still hadn't come out. She finally understood that Queen Mother Chen must have learned from Mingyue that she met the woman on the street last night. This was
He planned to give her a slap in the face. But this was the imperial palace and the territory of Empress Dowager Chen. Even though she knew it was a slap in the face, she still had to endure it and accept it silently.
The fierce sun was shining directly down, and more than an hour passed. When Lu Wushuang felt dizzy, he finally saw the bright moon slowly walking out.
"Miss Lu San, the Queen Mother has been taking a nap just now. We slaves don't dare to wake up the Queen Mother. We have made you stand under the sun and wait for a long time. I'm really sorry."
Mingyue had a faint smile on her face, and her explanation sounded completely sarcastic to Lu Wushuang's ears.
"Then I would like to ask Aunt Mingyue, has the Queen Mother woke up from her nap now?" Even though she knew that what Mingyue said was a lie, Lu Wushuang still had to follow Mingyue's words. This was the helplessness deep in the palace, so she
I hate the palace so much, but I have to put on a mask and smile when I know I'm angry, and pretend I don't know and ask questions. It's really tiring.
"The Queen Mother has just woken up. Come in with me."
After Mingyue finished speaking, she turned around and walked towards the main hall of Changle Palace. Lu Wushuang took a deep breath to calm down the anger in his heart, and followed Mingyue into the splendid main hall of Changle Palace.
On the main seat above the main hall, there is a rosewood phoenix chair. The graceful Queen Mother Chen is sitting lazily on the chair, wearing a bright yellow palace dress embroidered with phoenix, wearing a phoenix hairpin, and her eyebrows are noble and elegant. The palace maid Mingxia
He stood behind her, holding a fan in his hand and shaking it gently to fan her.
"The Empress Dowager, the third Miss of the Lu family, Lu Wushuang, has brought her." Mingyue, who was standing in the palace, reported to the Empress Dowager Chen who was sitting on the high throne.
Empress Dowager Chen nodded slightly, her long and narrow phoenix eyes flashing with sharp light towards Lu Wushuang.
"Your Majesty, Lu Wushuang, pays homage to the Queen Mother. May the Queen Mother be blessed with peace and prosperity." At the same time that Queen Mother Chen was looking sharply at her, Lu Wushuang saluted. Although he was a little reluctant, there were many rules in the palace and he didn't want to follow the rules and make people uncomfortable.
To seize the opportunity, you must abide by these broken rules in the palace.
"Lu Wushuang, you are so brave. You dare to deceive the Ai family and the emperor and go out to buy wine for your father in the middle of the night. The Ai family really don't believe it. Isn't there even a jar of wine in such a huge prime minister's palace?"
At this point, Queen Mother Chen slapped the armrest and shouted sternly: "You have committed a capital crime by deceiving the Ai family and the emperor. Do you know your crime?"
Giving her a blow was not enough. Instead of asking Lu Wushuang to stand up, Empress Dowager Chen took the lead and charged her with a capital crime of beheading.
Only a fool would accept the death penalty of beheading because of his long life.
Muttering something in his heart, Lu Wushuang kept maintaining his posture to defend himself.
"As the saying goes, those who don't know are not guilty. I met the Queen Mother and the Emperor by chance last night. Although I told some lies, it was because I didn't know the noble status of the Queen Mother and the Emperor. If I knew, I would give my daughter a hundred courages.
I would never dare to tell a lie to the Queen Mother or the Emperor."
The good attitude of acknowledging the debt slightly calmed the anger in Queen Mother Chen's heart.
"Get up." The three faint words still conveyed the arrogance of having been in a high position for many years.
Lu Wushuang quickly straightened up her aching waist. He had been keeping this happy posture for so long. He was really tired. He couldn't help but say something rude in his heart.
"Lu Wushuang, the Ai family wants to ask you. There are rumors outside that you were sent to Fengyue Tower and had a relationship with Ye'er. Are they true?" Empress Dowager Chen got straight to the point and asked about the ultimate purpose of Lu Wushuang's entry into the palace today.
"Half true and half false." Lu Wushuang said four words calmly and calmly.