Chapter 64 She actually gained weight!
Lu Xinlan felt heavy in her heart. At this moment, she suddenly realized the responsibilities she had to shoulder as the eldest daughter of a large family.
Fortunately, this body is my sister.
Otherwise, with Lu Xinran's lively and cute personality, she really couldn't imagine how she would shoulder such a responsibility.
Given her personality, she might just mess things up and yell, "Destroy it!"
Thinking of that scene, the heaviness in my heart seemed to have disappeared.
The emperor was sitting behind his desk, concentrating on processing memorials. He didn't even raise his head when he heard footsteps, but asked coldly, "What's going on?"
"Your Majesty, my two sisters received a shop and a farm from their mother before the Queen Mother's birthday banquet. It is worth about five thousand taels of silver."
The emperor raised his eyelids and cast an inquiring gaze upon her.
The eldest daughter of the Lu family is quite intelligent, and her thoughts are completely different from those chaotic ones.
Five thousand taels, the threshold is not low.
There are only a handful of families in Beijing who can afford to purchase so much private property for their children before they get married.
As for ordinary people, even merchants with a small fortune might not be able to muster enough assets of five thousand taels.
People who can hear their inner voices are relatively controllable.
The emperor withdrew his gaze and fell into deep thought, his thoughts going back and forth between killing Lu Xinran and letting her leave the palace.
Lu Xinlan knelt on the ground, motionless.
Her heart was already in suspense, and she could guess why the emperor was hesitating at this moment.
But she didn't dare say another word. The emperor was suspicious and might end up making things worse if he wasn't careful. So the only thing she could do now was to wait.
In Changchun Palace, Lu Xinran was fidgeting and kept looking outside.
It’s late at night, why hasn’t Lu Xinlan come back yet?
Zhang Shui'er could sense her worry and anxiety. She looked to the empress for help, but the empress just shook her head helplessly.
Having been married to the emperor for so many years, she had already guessed the answer to why the emperor called someone over, but she couldn't guess what decision the emperor would make in the end.
Life and death are just a thought away; this is the ruthlessness of the emperor.
Lu Xinran, who had no idea what happened from beginning to end, was still worrying about others at this time, not realizing that he had already fallen into danger.
"Tongzi, why are you so useless? If there were no distance limit, I would know what happened by now!"
The system she despised was still shutting down.
It cannot even whimper and it seems to be about to break apart at any moment. It must be the most pitiful of all the children.
"If there were no distance restrictions, even if I were unlucky enough to enter the harem, I would definitely be able to eat melons anytime and not be so depressed."
Lu Xinran was still mumbling to himself as he got no response. The system was like a cat whose paw had been stepped on, and it started howling instantly.
"How can you blame me for this? It's obviously you who have low emotional intelligence and are stupid. You can't even eat melon properly. You just complain in your heart and say useless things."
One person, one system started to work together in Lu Xinlan's mind. As soon as Lu Xinlan walked into Changchun Palace, he heard a familiar noise.
She couldn't help but laugh. It was great that the silly girl was still as energetic as ever.
Seeing her come in, Lu Xinran rushed to her almost instantly and looked her up and down carefully.
"I'm fine. I just replied to a few messages."
She pulled Lu Xinran into the hall, bowed to the empress, and then sat down at the empress's invitation.
The Queen looked at her with a smile, and Lu Xinlan spoke without waiting for her to ask.
"Just now, two cousins came to the palace and told me that my grandmother was ill, my third uncle was in prison, and my grandfather was too busy to take care of the affairs of the house.
"They just got a farm and a shop from their aunt a few days ago, and they just started to learn to take care of the general affairs. There are still some things in the house that they can't help with.
"I hope my sister and I can return home soon and help out."
She sounded worried as she spoke, but the Empress and Zhang Shui'er's attention were all focused on the farm and the shop.
so it is.
If you want to hear people’s voices, you must not only hold an official position, but also have private property.
With such a threshold, the emperor should be able to breathe a sigh of relief, right?
Lu Xinran's attention was all focused on Pei's illness. How could she fall ill out of the blue?
What did the old scumbag say or do after he returned home?
His precious illegitimate son's life is in danger, and he still has the mind to show off his power with his wife?
She was somewhat eager to leave the palace, but she had a vague feeling that the two sisters were temporarily locked up in the palace.
Returning to Yongshou Palace at night, Lu Xinlan vaguely recounted what had happened that day.
As a champion of palace fighting, the Queen Mother naturally heard the multiple meanings in her words instantly.
But she didn't know when the two sisters could leave the palace, and even as the empress dowager she couldn't give a definite answer without the emperor's order.
"I will have someone deliver a message to the Lu Mansion tomorrow. You just stay in my palace."
"Thank you, Queen Mother."
Lu Xinlan calmly took Lu Xinran back to the compartment.
Lu Xinran stood by the window, feeling that something was odd.
"Sister, why can't we leave the palace yet? Is it because of the murder case of Uncle San and Lord Zhongqin's youngest son?"
She couldn't think of any other reason.
"Maybe. The Queen Mother's will is hard to predict. The Queen Mother asked us to live in peace, so we shouldn't speculate too much."
"Okay, I'll do as you say."
Lu Xinran ate and slept carelessly. Since she was not allowed to leave the palace, she enjoyed the delicious food sent by the Yu kitchen with peace of mind.
Such a good attitude of going with the flow surprised both the Queen Mother and the Empress.
Nowadays, the countryside has become a Feng Shui treasure land, can it produce such a strange thing?
After all, the charm of playing cards is not as good as that of mahjong. Lu Xinran stretched out her claws of three missing one to the Queen Mother, and then she found that she lost even more miserably!
She ate and drank in the palace as if she were on vacation. As the master of the palace, the emperor didn't even have the heart to go into the harem to call for water these two days.
After struggling for a few days, he finally decided not to gamble.
He was very afraid that the evil system would really break into pieces, allowing everyone to see other people's privacy and have their own voices heard.
If there were no secrets in the world, he, the emperor, would lose all his dignity.
If we can’t let Lu Xinran die, we must protect her and keep her alive!
Imperial physicians, secret guards, and punishments of court officials.
The emperor was upset and summoned Lu Jinchuan into the palace to give him a severe beating. He also called Tang Quyan and Song Junyan to assign them tasks.
After a few days of busy work, the emperor finally sorted out the follow-up matters and breathed a sigh of relief. He stretched his back and walked briskly to the Yongshou Palace. His mood suddenly became bad again.
Why did he and his court officials work from dawn to dusk for several days and become exhausted?
That troublesome guy just eats and drinks all day and his face has become fat? !
The emperor, who was mentally broken, threw the two sisters, who were confused, out of the palace that day.
At the palace gate, Lu Xinran touched the soft flesh on his belly, his heart full of regret.
"I haven't had enough time to ask Chef Yu to recreate the maoxuewang and boiled pork. What a pity."
They had just become a little more familiar with the Queen Mother and could use her power to order food from the kitchen, but how come they were kicked out so unluckily!
Lu Xinlan didn't know how to face her carelessness, so he pulled her into the carriage back home.
"Grandma is still sick."
"Oh, yes, a home is worse than any other. Let's go back quickly."