Lu Zhiyao was imprisoned for four days. Although Lu Yuanzheng never let her out, he gave her food on time, which made Lu Zhiyao feel at ease.
That day, when Lu Zhiyao was finally released by Lu Yuanzheng, the first news she got was that Lu Zhiqing was ill.
Lu Zhiyao looked at Wanyue and Yudie standing in front of him, listened to their words, and asked with a smile: "You came here specifically to tell me this?"
"Is it because of the second lady that you were locked up this time?" Wan Yue couldn't help but ask despite Yu Die's obstruction.
"Me? Why do you doubt me?" Lu Zhiyao shook his head and refused to admit it. He took off his dusty robe in front of the two of them. Lu Zhiyao walked to the closet and took out another one.
Prepare to change into it soon. "When did the second lady get sick?"
"Yesterday." Yudie replied softly.
"Isn't that enough? I'm still locked up. What can I do? My father locked me up just because I talked against him." Lu Zhiyao insisted that Lu Zhiqing's matter had nothing to do with her.
After Xie Dui told her about asking for mosquito coils that night, Lu Zhiyao just smiled and said: "It's just mosquito coils. If I can really make her sick with just one mosquito coil, then why should I wait until now?"
"
Lu Zhiyao's words made Wan Yue feel downcast. She originally thought that Lu Zhiyao really started to fight back, but she didn't expect that she did nothing at all!
"I don't believe you anymore." Before leaving, Wan Yue looked at Lu Zhiyao with disappointment and said something, and then left without looking back. However, Yu Die, who is usually much calmer than Wan Yue, this time
This time it gave Lu Zhiyao a new impression.
"Mosquito incense is a mixture of rosin powder, mugwort powder, tobacco leaf powder, arsenic and sulfur. What exactly did you do?"
Lu Zhiyao raised his eyebrows and looked at Yudie with slight surprise. After looking at her for a moment, Lu Zhiyao thought about it and whispered: "If you want to know, come to me tonight. Remember, it's you.
one person."
Lu Zhiyao didn't expect that Yudie, a little maid, could know so much. But this also showed that she was indeed right about the person.
Lu Zhiyao freshened up, then put on a set of clean clothes and went out, heading straight to Lu Yuanzheng's study. At the door of the study, Lu Zhiyao saw the slave who usually followed Lu Yuanzheng.
After the man looked at him with strange eyes for a while, he opened the door and let him in. Lu Zhiyao stepped into the study and stood in front of Lu Yuanzheng.
"What are you doing here?" Lu Yuanzheng was immersed in looking at something. He raised his eyes and glanced at Lu Zhiyao. He closed the book and asked coldly: "Is something wrong?"
"Didn't dad ask me to come?" Lu Zhiyao's eyes flashed with a sly light, "When dad was in the woodshed today, he asked me to come see you after noon."
"When did I say that?"
"Dad said you have a break at noon, so I'm not allowed to disturb you, and I'm not allowed to walk around in your study. I usually only stay in my own yard. Dad knows this, so how could he remind me of this so well?
What? I felt curious and came over to take a look, and the person at the door automatically let me in, which made me even more aware that Dad wanted me to come see you on purpose."
After Lu Zhiyao finished speaking, Lu Yuanzheng couldn't help but look her up and down again. Why had he never noticed that his daughter was so smart before?
"Then tell me why I called you here?"
"My daughter can't guess." Lu Zhiyao shook his head. She was telling the truth. Lu Yuanzheng locked himself up because he mentioned Lin Yixiang's matter, and Lu Zhiyao thought about this matter.
I hope it will be mentioned again. After all, this is a court matter, and it is not ordinary. He cannot take the initiative to say anything to her.
"The emperor is about to choose a princess for the prince. The seventh prince came to me and said that he wanted me to send you to the palace." Lu Yuanzheng was silent for a long time, and when he said this, Lu Zhiyao was confused.
"Dad, are you sure that the seventh prince is not talking about Lu Zhiqing, but me, Lu Zhiyao?"
"That's right, I'm talking about you." Lu Yuanzheng sighed quietly. He couldn't figure out what kind of medicine the seventh prince and the prince were selling in the gourd. Who in the entire capital didn't know that his eldest daughter had a bad reputation?
? How could they take the initiative to ask for such a person?
"Maybe the seventh prince wants to embarrass dad." Lu Zhiyao pondered for a moment, then lowered his voice and said to Lu Yuanzheng: "No one knows that he is looking for you. If dad really sends me to the palace, he will definitely
You will be teased and said that you are fanciful and crazy for thinking about becoming a relative of the emperor. If you don't agree, the seventh prince will definitely find excuses to make things difficult for you. In the name of Prime Minister Lu Yuanzheng's unwillingness to assist the prince, incite those **
The people sent by the * are against our Prime Minister's Office. When the time comes, dad can defeat one or two, but he may not be able to defeat ten or twenty."
After Lu Zhiyao finished speaking, she realized that she had gone too far. She smiled at Lu Yuanzheng and added: "My daughter just guessed. Just don't be angry."
"It's your guess again..." Lu Yuanzheng said meaningfully, then nodded and said to Lu Zhiyao: "Go on, I'm not angry, let me see what you can do."
"Dad, it's not appropriate for a daughter to have court affairs..."
"If I tell you to say it, just say it!"
"My daughter feels that it is better for dad to agree to the seventh prince's conditions and wait a little longer to see what he plans to do." Lu Zhiyao's words were interrupted by Lu Yuanzheng, and she quickly gave Lu Yuanzheng the answer he wanted.
.
"Promise him to send you to the palace? Or promise him to join the prince's faction?" Lu Zhiyao's answer was ambiguous, so Lu Yuanzheng had to ask directly.
"The seventh prince has done so much, all because he wants dad to do something. The Lu family intends to help the prince and him. Dad can definitely accept the matter of selecting the crown prince, but the person who should be sent to the palace is not
I am my sister. My sister is prettier than me and behaves more generously than me. She will definitely not embarrass us. The seventh prince and the prince also know that my sister is the apple of his eye. My father is willing to give away his most beloved daughter.
When you come to the prince's side, you will naturally express your father's feelings."
Lu Zhiyao would naturally not forget Lu Zhiqing if there was a "good thing". Considering the many "benefits" she had given him before, he had to let her get her wish no matter what. The way Lu Zhiqing looked at Lin Yixiang that day, Lu Zhiyao
It's not that Zhiyao didn't see it, and it's not that he couldn't guess Lu Zhiqing's thoughts. Because Lu Zhiqing at that time made Lu Zhiyao clearly realize how stupid he used to be. That hypocritical human skin also once
Let yourself be moved.
Lu Zhiqing would definitely not refuse if she could fly on a branch and become a phoenix. Even though she pretended to be Lin Yixiang in her heart, the identity of the Crown Princess and the future queen would definitely be more tempting to Lu Zhiqing.
"You mean, let me join the prince's faction?" Lu Yuanzheng frowned, this was not what he wanted.
"The days are long. This is just a delaying tactic for us. It's just my beloved daughter who is going to lure the enemy. The emperor is in good health. It is impossible for him to think about abdicating to the prince in recent years. The prince is just preparing for a rainy day.
He just wants to make himself feel more at ease. What he wants to stabilize is the position of the prince, not anything else. Why should dad resist so much? If the prince really makes you do something you don't want to do, just find another way.
, isn’t it? Right now, that’s the most important thing.”
Lu Zhiyao thought that Lu Yuanzheng must understand what she said. Although he is the prime minister, although he has the emperor as his backer, although the emperor believes in him, although the one-sided words of those court ministers may not be heard by the emperor. But.
Some things are like that, a lie, one person says it is false, two people say it is false, but when everyone is telling it, it will change, and people will have to follow the trend.
, to believe that it is true. Just like myself, just like I am as unbearable and dissolute as others say. Although it is false, how many people believe it?
Lu Yuanzheng looked at Lu Zhiyao intently. He even had some doubts that the person in front of him was not his daughter. What she said was right, and her proposal was indeed good. But God knows how much he hoped that these words did not come from her.
came out of his mouth.
"Dad, if nothing happens, I'll go check on my sister. I heard she's sick?"
"Stop looking. She won't want to see you now. You can go back first. I'll call you if anything happens."
Lu Yuanzheng was right. In Lu Zhiqing's current state, she definitely wouldn't want to see Lu Zhiyao.
In the closed room, Lu Zhiqing lay on the bed feeling uncomfortable, but she didn't dare to go out and walk around. Her whole body was allergic and covered with disgusting red rashes. Even when Lu Zhiqing looked in the mirror now, she didn't want to acknowledge the person in the mirror.
It's herself.
"Mom, please go get me a doctor again! It's so uncomfortable!" Lu Zhiqing said frantically to Ye Lianrong in the room.
"The ones who came today are already the best in the city, so stop shouting!" Ye Lianrong helplessly looked at Lu Zhiqing's miserable face, "You are the same, you know that your skin is prone to allergies, why don't you pay attention to it? Now?
Okay, I think you won't be able to leave this room for a while."
"I'm paying attention! Even the incense I burn in the house was specially made for me by my mother. I haven't changed it in the past few years. The rouge gouache and sachet are also the same ones I used before. Is it true?
What’s more, I’ve been walking around a lot these past few days, and the pollen has blown onto my body?”
"Stop talking, just lie down. It's very stuffy in this room. Mom, go out for a walk!"
Ye Lianrong didn't want to say anything more to Lu Zhiqing, and hurriedly walked out of the room. The breeze blew by, and Ye Lianrong sighed comfortably. Looking back at the closed door, Ye Lianrong sighed heavily.
When will this daughter be able to feel more at ease?
