These literati in Shengjing City all knew Lu Baohua, and they all made way for him.
Lu Baohua withdrew his gaze from Zhong Ming's face and wrote a poem:
She combs her white hair in front of the dressing mirror. The geese fly back in the autumn, and the weary traveler misses home. Her green sleeves are attentive, the golden cups are scattered, and her jade hands play the pipa.
The wind blows the tent veil, and the butterfly is worried about the flowers that will wither tomorrow. Looking back at the horizon, there is a slanting sun and a few jackdaws.
After writing, Lu Baohua looked at Zhong Ming deeply, then stood up and left.
Shen Jialin was left looking at Lu Baohua's beautiful handwriting and praising her: "Beautiful handwriting, beautiful words, who is that girl from?"
The scholar at the side said: "The second young lady of the Lu family is famous for her talent in Shengjing."
Shen Jialin asked: "She is Lu Ze's sister?"
"Yes, they are both talented writers, and they have few rivals in Shengjing City."
Zhong Ming looked at the two lines of words left by Lu Baohua, then looked at his right hand wrapped in gauze, sneered, picked up a glass of wine with his left hand and drank it all.
When Qi Yuning went up to the box on the second floor, he happened to see Zhong Ming's scene.
In the private room, Lingling ordered a lot of dishes. When the two roasted pigeons were served, Lingling grabbed a pigeon leg and gave it to Lu Baohua, saying, "Second aunt, have some legs."
Lu Baozhu was jealous and asked, "Why doesn't my aunt have it?"
Lingling grabbed another pigeon leg and gave it to Lu Baozhu, "Aunt, eat it."
Lu Baozhu held Lingling in her arms and handed the leg in her hand to Lingling: "Finally, my love for Lingling was not in vain."
Qi Yuning smiled faintly as he watched Lingling gnawing on a pigeon leg. After having a good meal and a good drink, Lingling still had the energy to wander around, and Qi Yuning followed Lingling as she wandered around.
Lu Baozhu asked, "By the way, why didn't I see Lu Yun yesterday? Wasn't he with you guys?"
Qi Yuning thought of Lu Yun who still had amnesia and felt a headache. She didn't know how to explain to Lu Baozhu, "He is at the Shen family in Lingzhou."
"What is he doing there?" Lu Baozhu asked, "He really knows how to run away. Where are Baoshuang and Baoxue? Why can't we see them?"
"They followed Zhong Ding to suppress Prince Ning." Qi Yuning said, "We just received urgent news yesterday that Prince Ning has accepted the surrender and should be back soon."
Lu Baohua asked Qi Yuning in a low voice: "Princess, General Zhong Ding went to destroy King Ning first, didn't Zhong Ming go with him?"
Qi Yuning said: "His hand was seriously injured. I'm afraid he can't even hold chopsticks with his right hand..."
Lu Baohua was extremely surprised, "What?"
Qi Yuning looked at Lu Baohua and said, "He now lives in the general's mansion in the west of the city. If you want to visit him, you can go to the general's mansion to find him."
After hearing this, Lu Baohua said nothing more.
…
In Prince Xu's mansion.
Prince Xu entered Princess Xu's room and saw that she was coughing badly. He asked, "I heard that you saw Baohua today?"
Princess Xu nodded and said, "Your Highness, Baohua is a good girl. Ahem, it's a pity that I can't leave in this state. Otherwise, you could have offered her the title of principal wife and she wouldn't have suffered any injustice."
Prince Xu held Princess Xu's hand tightly. They were a young couple and had spent fifteen years together. Prince Xu felt very uncomfortable listening to Princess Xu's words.
"I will get a good doctor to see you. You have to hold on until you become the Crown Princess..."
Princess Xu leaned on the pillow and said, "I know my family has planned to send my sister and niece to the palace, but I am also worried about them. Only Baohua can be trusted. Ahem, our Fang'er is too naive. Ahem, we need to find a stepmother who treats her well."
When Prince Xu saw that Princess Xu was seriously ill, he sighed.
Princess Xu added, "And that Shen Jialin has a bad temper. Fang'er is still young, so don't think of him as your son-in-law."
Prince Xu felt bad when he heard Princess Xu's last words. "Well, you should have a good rest."
Prince Xu left the princess's courtyard and saw Shen Jialin coming in with a piece of paper.
Shen Jialin said to Prince Xu: "Prince, why didn't you tell me that there is such a talented girl in Shengjing City? I have found the goddess of my dreams. I want to marry the second daughter of the Lu family."
“…”
Prince Xu was silent for a while, then coughed and said, "I have already verbally agreed on the marriage with her parents, and I want to take the second daughter of the Lu family as my concubine."
Shen Jialin frowned and said, "Prince, how old are you? Do you still want to be with a young girl? You must be more than ten years older than her!"
Prince Xu has always been tolerant of talented people. He was not annoyed when he heard Shen Jialin's words. He said, "It is true that she is much older, but her parents have already agreed to the marriage."
Prince Xu was not very willing to marry Lu Baohua because she was much younger than him.
He did like Lu Baohua, but he had always liked her like a niece. Seeing that Lu Baohua's talent was becoming more and more outstanding, Prince Xu felt proud to see the younger generation he promoted personally.
But Prince Xu felt guilty about letting Lu Baohua be a concubine and having children with her.
However, now, in order to secure the supreme position, he has no choice but to shamelessly eat young grass.
Shen Jialin said, "It's a pity that she has already been engaged to you, but she has an older sister. Judging from her sister's tone, she is also very talented in writing."
"Sister? She only has one sister, my niece, Princess Pingrou's daughter Lu Baozhu."
Shen Jialin said, "So her name is Baozhu. Judging from her tone, I think she must be more talented than Miss Lu Er in literature. She is also Lu Ze's biological sister. Isn't she talented in literature?"
Prince Xu smiled, but he didn't expose his own niece's ignorance. "They are from the same mansion, so they must be similar."
Shen Jialin smiled and said, "Then I will write a letter to my parents and ask them to bring a betrothal gift to ask for Lu Baozhu's hand in marriage!"
King Xu said, "Isn't this inappropriate?"
"Does Your Majesty think that I am not worthy of your niece?"
Prince Xu thought about when Lu Baozhu was young. When he asked her to write a few words, she would pretend to have eighteen kinds of problems and said she didn't study and couldn't read. She was really not worthy of Shen Jialin.
However, she is his niece after all, and now that he is getting engaged to the Lu family, he still has to save some face for his niece.
King Xu laughed awkwardly: "Well-deserved, well-deserved."
…
Lingling played for a whole day, and by dusk she was too tired to go back to the palace.
After returning to the palace, Lingling leaned on the small wooden couch and fell asleep. Qi Yuning saw Lingling sleeping and touched her little face, feeling very satisfied.
Lu Ze entered the room and found it quiet. He saw Lingling sleeping on the small couch and went over to touch her little face.
Qi Yuning raised her eyes and asked, "You came back early today?"
Lu Ze said, “I was afraid Lingling would make a fuss and ask to see me, so I brought the official business back to deal with it.”
Qi Yuning said: "Lu Baohua met Zhong Ming today. I think she is interested in him. Should we help to bring them together?"
Lu Ze said, "It's a good thing to be married, but my uncle and aunt have already agreed to Prince Xu's proposal. Prince Xu hasn't told His Majesty about it yet. If His Majesty agrees to Prince Xu, Baohua will definitely be Prince Xu's concubine. We have to match them up as soon as possible, while there is still room for improvement before His Majesty agrees."
Qi Yuning said: "Well, I will go to confirm Baohua's thoughts tomorrow."
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