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Chapter 175 Entering the Palace (2)
The old man pondered and said: "In the past, many people went to our family, but this year there are a few fewer people. Those who know that the princess and the fourth girl are sick and can't go. Those who don't know think that our family is seeing Luo The imperial concubine had a miscarriage, and she was afraid that the emperor and the empress dowager would be unhappy, so she didn't even dare to go to the empress to congratulate her. Although the empress may not care about our icing on the cake, we still have to do our duty... no Is the empress going to choose a companion for Princess Dingyi? Well, this time, besides Feng girl and Miss Xuan, let the other girls enter the palace together. The empress chooses more candidates, and three times, it will also give their sisters some insight."

Mrs. Lu heard the words, she laughed and said: "The old man is more considerate." She said and looked at Mrs. Lu, "I just don't know what the eldest daughter-in-law thinks?"

Mrs. Lu's face was stiff, and the smile on her face was almost unbearable. After a while, she said: "Daughter-in-law, but follow the orders of father and mother." Just now, the old Duke asked about the status of the Duke's mansion when he entered the palace. When the empress concubine was celebrating her birthday, she instinctively realized that something was wrong. In the past, Mrs. Lu had the final say on why the old man had ever taken care of these matters. Who knew that he would ask about this today. When the old man said, "This year, there are a few less at once", she felt even worse. Isn't it just that the annoying mother and daughter of Sanfang are missing? personal?

Then, the ominous premonition in her heart came true. The old man proposed to let all the girls in the mansion enter the palace. , and two of them were sent away, and the rest were either concubines or offshoots. The old man had the nerve to let her take them into the palace. Isn't this slapping her in the face and the empress' empress? Could it be that the Fengyi Hall is not a vegetable market, and any cats and dogs can go in?

But she still had to agree, this was not a request made by her mother-in-law who used to deal with her on a daily basis, but a request made by her father-in-law who has always been intimidating and never cared about the affairs of the rear house, and it was not a negotiation at all The tone, but the order directly, what else can she do besides agreeing!

It's just that if they thought that this would allow the Empress and the First Prince to dispel the idea of ​​accepting Lu Mingxuan, they would be thinking too simply and too easily. Then Lu Mingxuan was the First Prince's favorite, so how could they let go so easily? Kuang Lu Mingxuan It's the daughter of the Lu family, so Lu Mingli and the others are not the same, even if Lu Mingxuan was not selected this time as they wished, which one of the other girls was selected, there is actually no difference between their mother and daughter, and Let them toss and see what flowers they can come up with... Mrs. Lu secretly sneered.

What Mrs. Lu didn't know was that as soon as Mrs. Lu told the old man that Lu Mingxuan said that she didn't want to be a concubine, the old man sneered and said, "Of course a daughter of the Lu family can't be a concubine. To be a concubine, not to be the eldest prince's concubine, the eldest prince has already married a daughter of the Lu family, what else is he thinking?"

The old man is a man, he is a politician, and he looks at things from a different angle than the women in the inner house. On the surface, he claims to be a "pure minister" and will never get involved in the prince's fight for his succession, but he has a little opportunistic mind If he doesn't have any, then he won't be able to sit in today's seat, and he won't be able to be the head of a big family like the Duke's Mansion. That's why he agreed to marry Lu Mingfeng to the eldest prince, but he has to act like it's because of Even the emperor tacitly agreed to the empress's words of "kissing and kissing". He may not have the idea that once the eldest prince ascends the throne as emperor, Dingguo's mansion will be a descendant.

But at the same time, the old man would never put all his treasures on the eldest prince, so he would never agree to give the eldest prince another daughter from the Lu family, even if it was just a side branch. Having expressed his position euphemistically, he even thought that on this matter, there was a tacit understanding between Empress Xu and the Emperor, and between Empress Xu and Duke Dingguo.

Unexpectedly, Empress Xu suddenly wanted to break this tacit understanding now. She knew that no matter whether she was asking Mrs. Lu to ask for a daughter from the Lu family for the eldest prince, or choosing a daughter from the Lu family to be a companion for Princess Dingyi, Read, Mrs. Lu will only refuse!
According to the old man, no matter how much Lu Mingxuan is liked by the eldest prince, it is not enough for Empress Xu to spend so much trouble in order to let her son get the woman she likes. It is true to be on the boat of their mother and son, so the pretensions of the eldest prince before are just paving the way for today, so this time choosing a companion for Princess Dingyi is just a cover, what Empress Xu really wants to do is probably I want to take this opportunity to create an "established fact" about the relationship between the eldest prince and Lu Mingxuan - in this way, both mother and son will benefit from it, and they will have an explanation in front of the emperor and Dingguo's mansion that the eldest prince and Lu Mingxuan are in love with each other. Yue' would 'can't help' such a thing happened, but it was just the young man Mu Shaoai's confusion for a while, how could there be any political factors in it?

I have to say that the old man is really shrewd and wise. Although he didn't know the real intention of Empress Xu, he still made a wild guess about what she might do. That's why he came up with the idea of ​​letting Lu Mingli Lu The idea of ​​Mingfu and Lu Mingxin also entering the palace came, and when the "accident" happened that the palace maid "accidentally" spilled tea, vegetable soup, etc. on Lu Mingxuan or other people, Old Man Lu couldn't be allowed to People or Mrs. Lu personally accompany them to change clothes, but they can't bring their own maids into the palace. Once they follow the people in the palace to clean up or change clothes, won't Empress Xu's plan succeed?

Conversely, if there are enough people entering Dingguo's mansion, if any "accident" happens and everyone is together, then we can't let Empress Xu's people say what they say. Although this trick is a bit stupid, in fact It also provided more opportunities for Empress Xu's mother and son. Anyway, if they want a Lu family daughter, is it Lu Mingxuan or someone else, how big is the difference?But if it is stupid, it will be stupid, if it is more risky, it will be greater, as long as it can play a role.

After the old man gave the order, he quickly got up and left as if he hadn't seen the forced smile on Mrs. Lu's face. Now he doesn't want to see Mrs. Lu's daughter-in-law, and feels that she is too selfish. Without an overall view, she is not worthy of being the wife of the Lu family. That's why she chose to announce the matter by herself, and chose the date on the eve of entering the palace, so as not to give Mrs. Lu the slightest refusal and room for change. idea.

Although the old man left, the atmosphere in the room could no longer return to the previous relaxed and cheerful atmosphere, instead there was a kind of inexplicable depression. Fortunately, Mrs. Lu quickly smiled and told Shuangxi: "Go to the back room and remove my black paint. The gold-painted box is brought here—except for Feng girl, all of you are entering the palace for the first time, so you have to dress up well, so as not to lose the face of Dingguo's mansion." The last sentence is aimed at Lu Mingli Lu Mingfu and Lu Mingxuan said it.

(End of this chapter)