Chapter 15 Visitors from the Inner Court

The sky cleared up after the rain.

The second day was exceptionally hot.

It was just before noon when the sun was already scorching hot.

The wetness on the road dried up quickly.

The room became even hotter and humider.

Luo Fu took a round fan and sat under the porch to enjoy the cool air.

It’s so hot, I don’t have the mood to make rose dew.

Rhizoma Coptidis, Honeysuckle and a few little girls carried basins of water and sprinkled them everywhere in the yard, which at least helped to reduce the temperature.

Suddenly a few people came in from outside.

The leader was Cai Lu, Luo Zhen's maid. She came in and fanned her neck with a handkerchief: "Why is this yard like a steamer? I'm sweating as soon as I come in. The eldest lady's yard is better. There are ice cubes in all four corners of the yard. We servants can also enjoy it and avoid the heat."

After he finished speaking, he seemed to see Luo Fu sitting in the corridor. He took two steps forward, bowed, and said with a smile, "Second Miss is here. Why don't you go inside? It's so hot outside."

It was hotter today than in the past few days. Luo Fu was in no mood to talk to the maid. She just asked, "Why are you in my yard? Is there something wrong with my elder sister?"

Cai Lu smiled and said, "Our eldest girl is fine. It's our son-in-law."

"Your uncle?"

As soon as she came in, Shanglu and Rendong stopped fighting, and when they heard her showing off in a sarcastic manner, they felt angry.

Now when she heard her mention "son-in-law", Rendong's brows jumped and she couldn't help asking.

Cai Lu smiled and said, "Yes, don't you know? Master Pei Ji is our son-in-law. He had his horoscope calculated with the second young lady and got engaged to her a while ago. However, the second young lady's horoscope was too conflicting. Our son-in-law was deceived by the unlearned monk in the temple and thought they were compatible. But ever since he got engaged to the second young lady, everything has gone wrong for our son-in-law. He even vomited blood and fell ill last night!"

How scary! Our brother-in-law has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. He has a very strong body, but he could be beaten like this. Our wife-in-law saw that something was wrong, so she asked a master from Chuyun Temple to recalculate his horoscope overnight. Only then did she realize that the conflict was very serious.

Look, our uncle had everyone pack up all the things that the second young lady had sent earlier and send them here early this morning. When our uncle recovers from his illness, he will meet our eldest young lady and get engaged. From now on, the second young lady and our uncle will have nothing to do with each other, so please don't call her by the wrong name."

After she finished speaking, a little girl standing next to her walked forward and handed the wooden box in her arms to Love.

Love was a little dazed.

Pei Ji vomited blood?

Although she had no special feelings for Pei Ji.

But the other party was like this because of her.

She also felt a little uncomfortable.

Shang Lu came over and took the wooden box, sighing to Cai Lu: "Sister, you're right. Our girl was rushed so hard that she couldn't even leave the yard. It doesn't matter if it's early. Our girl can be released from house arrest earlier. Don't you think so, Sister Cai Lu?"

The Cui mother and daughter had something to hide. The day before yesterday, after Luo Zhen came and took away the gift that Pei Ji had given to Luo Fu, Luo Fu was locked up in the yard on an excuse.

On the surface, it sounded nice, allowing Love to calm down in the yard so that she could prepare for entering the palace to participate in the selection.

But in fact, everyone knows what they are thinking.

Shang Lu sneered in her heart. She was just afraid that her daughter would go out. If she happened to meet Pei Ji who came to their house, they would be embarrassed!

Even though it was almost impossible, they still locked up the girl. Now they are trying to put the blame on her. She won't tolerate it!

Sure enough, Cailu's arrogant expression changed in an instant.

Honeysuckle didn't give her a chance to retort and poured the remaining water in the basin towards her.

Cai Lu and the others were a little slow to dodge, and the water splashed on their skirts.

Honeysuckle said, "I'm so sorry, sisters. We don't have ice in our courtyard, so we can only use water to cool it down. Please bear with me."

Shang Lu continued, "Now that the things have been delivered, if you have nothing else to do, please go back and enjoy yourself. I'm afraid you might get a heat stroke if you stand in our girl's yard for any longer."

The two of them kept arguing with each other, leaving Cai Lu speechless. She could only force a smile, bow to Luo Fu, and leave.

Seeing that everyone had left, Honeysuckle put down the basin, and walked to Luo Fu with Shanglu, and said worriedly: "Girl, you..."

They wanted to ask Luo Fu if she still had Pei Ji in her heart.

But it's not easy to ask this question.

Luo Fu knew what they wanted to ask and shook her head. "After all, it was me who caused him to vomit blood. I just feel a little guilty."

Shang Lu disagreed and said, "How could this be the fault of the girl? Marriage is such a big deal, it's not for the girl to have the final say."

Honeysuckle also nodded.

Luo Fu didn't say anything. They didn't know that Pei Ji had come last night.

Marriage is indeed not something she can decide.

But what she said last night was too sharp.

It was her fault after all.

But it's all over.

There is no benefit in thinking more.

She stood up.

Since Pei Ji has accepted the marriage exchange, her house arrest should be lifted.

In a few days, someone from the inner court will come.

She's afraid she won't be able to see her grandmother again.

During this time, she wants to spend more time with her grandmother.

After more than a month, Love's life returned to its usual peaceful state.

In Yanzhou City, the fact that the second daughter of the Censor's family and Captain Pei Ji broke off the engagement due to incompatibility and was replaced by the eldest daughter did not cause much stir.

No one commented.

It’s because the people from the Qianhu Suo are keeping a close eye on us.

Before this, there was a nosy person in the teahouse who knew about this matter and started to spread the news to others by making faces.

When the people from the Qianhu Suo heard it, they arrested him on the spot.

No one dared to mention it again after that.

After all, although Pei Ji was only a local captain and his duties were different from the Jinyiwei in the capital, they were still from the same lineage, and arresting people and confiscating their homes was very easy for him.

No one wants to get into such trouble because of a little gossip.

Perhaps because he was not well yet, Pei Ji had not come to Luo Mansion to see Luo Zhen.

But the people from the inner court finally arrived.

It is half a month earlier than the scheduled date.

Therefore, the Luo Mansion was quite busy that day.

There was finally ice in Love's house.

Because she was afraid that something might go wrong and that Luo Fu would not even be able to be seen by the inner court, Cui actually came in person and ordered the maids and servants to dress and put on makeup for Luo Fu.

The old lady was there too, but she didn't say much. She just looked at her granddaughter whom she had raised with tears in her eyes.

Love was dressed in the dress that had been prepared long ago.

It was dressed in imitation of Luo Zhen's style.

Luxurious, but not comfortable.

Love sat obediently in front of the dressing table and let people fiddle with her.

There was a thick layer of powder on her face.

Fortunately, her skin is delicate, so even though the makeup powder is thick, it still adheres to her skin without looking patchy.

Her black hair was tied into a bun, with golden hairpins inserted on both sides. Finally, a red rose was picked and pinned in the middle of the bun.

So finally dressed up.

The maids and servants in the room looked at Love with eyes full of satisfaction and amazement.

She usually likes to wear comfortable and worn-out dresses and doesn't like to wear makeup.

It is beautiful, but people get used to it after seeing it so many times.

Now she is dressed up, she looks another kind of beauty.

She is graceful and elegant, like a fairy concubine.

With such appearance, not to mention the current appearance, even if she were to appear before the emperor, she would surely win his favor.

The eunuchs are waiting in the front hall and there is no time to delay.

After Luo Fu finished dressing up, she was helped by her maid to the front hall.

There were quite a few people sitting in the front hall.

A total of eight chairs on both sides were occupied.

Luo Yuanshan sat at the top seat, and was talking respectfully to the young eunuch who was also sitting at the top seat next to him.

When Love came in from outside, the eight eunuchs sitting below looked over first.

The eight of them were used to seeing beauties in the palace, but they were all stunned when they saw Luo Fu.

At this time, the young eunuch who was sitting on the upper seat with Luo Yuanshan turned his head nonchalantly.

And then it never turned away.

The eight eunuchs sitting below had already looked away, but he was still staring at him without any concealment.

Luo Fu has been subjected to this kind of gaze since she was a child and has long been accustomed to it, not to mention that this is just a look.

She stood there calmly and let him look at her.

Luo Yuanshan was about to give an introduction, but after seeing this, he had an idea in his mind and waited for the eunuch to finish reading it.

No one spoke for a moment.

After a moment, an elderly eunuch sitting at the lower left led the other eunuchs to their feet and said to Luo Fu with a smile, "Your Excellency is beautiful and should enter the palace to serve His Majesty. You will leave in two days. The journey to the capital is long and there will be many inconveniences along the way. I hope you can sort out your internal affairs as soon as possible to avoid any problems."

"Yes." Love responded and left.

Luo Yuanshan was so happy that he looked like he was overjoyed.

His second daughter was indeed beautiful. She had only just come in and showed her face when she was spotted and was asked to prepare to go to the capital.

Maybe it won't be so easy to die after entering the palace.

If he is given the title of a queen with a high position, he can also take advantage of the situation. Even if he does not go to the capital to be an official, he will be like a fish in water in Yanzhou and it will be no problem for him to accumulate wealth.

The mountains are high and the emperor is far away.

It would be best if the tyrant could maintain his power.

Even if he can't sit still, can he still attack Yanzhou, the father of the palace concubine?

Sending the second daughter into the palace is indeed a sure-win deal.