When the young eunuch heard this, he was so scared that he dared not say anything more. After admitting his fault several times, he went to ask for help as instructed.
Lu Wan had just returned to Prince Shen's Mansion, and not long after, the butler came into the yard again with a big head of hair. After seeing Lu Wan, he was out of breath and couldn't finish his words.
Seeing how hard he was running, Lu Wan shed tears of sympathy and asked Shiqing to hand him a cup of tea.
But the butler had no time to drink tea. He pointed outside and said, "Sir Lu, the Queen Mother wants to see you."
"The Queen Mother?"
Lu Wan was stunned at first, then his expression turned grim, and he asked uncertainly, "Which eunuch is coming? What does he look like?"
The housekeeper thought about it carefully, then shook his head, "I don't know the person who came, but he has the order from the Cining Palace, so I think it can't be fake."
Not to mention that Lu Wan felt strange, the housekeeper was also confused. Within one day, the emperor and the empress dowager invited Lu Wan to the palace one after another. If someone didn't know, they would think that Lu Wan was a very high-ranking official.
Seeing Lu Wan's ugly face, the housekeeper quickly realized that this didn't seem to be a good thing, so he suggested, "If Lord Lu doesn't want to go, I can use the prince's order to refuse for you."
"Don't do that."
Hearing the housekeeper's words, Lu Wan almost jumped up.
If it was Prince Shen, not to mention that he could directly refuse the invitation sent by the Queen Mother, even if the Queen Mother came to the palace in person, he could still use illness as an excuse to avoid seeing her. There was nothing he could do. In this era, the ones with military power were fathers, such as Chen Yan and Lu Changxin.
Lu Wan also wanted to be as arrogant as these two bosses, but she didn't have the strength to do so, so Lord Lu chose to face reality and said to the housekeeper in a very bitter tone, "Please ask that eunuch to sit for a while. I will follow him into the palace after I change my clothes."
In fact, there was nothing wrong with Lu Wan's clothes. She just wanted to use this brief time to think about how to escape from the Queen Mother.
But what was to come had to come. When Lu Wan changed his clothes and got on the carriage to the palace, his mind was still a mess.
After entering Shoukang Palace, Lu Wan first saluted the Queen Mother. When he raised his head slightly, he saw a young woman sitting next to the Queen Mother. He was stunned.
Shuncai coughed lightly and reminded, "This is Concubine Feng."
Lu Wan's heart was moved, and he immediately bowed and said, "I am honored to meet the Concubine."
As she spoke, she glanced calmly at Concubine Feng, and of course, at Ru Yuan, whom she had just met at noon.
At this moment, Ru Yuan no longer had the aggressive aura she had at noon. She stood there like a frost-bitten eggplant.
Of course, if she dared to act like a big sister in front of the Queen Mother, she would not survive.
Lu Wan was still worried about herself at first, but after actually meeting the Queen Mother, her thoughts were so distracted that no one could pull her back.
Concubine Feng did not respond to Lu Wan's greeting. Instead, the Queen Mother looked at Lu Wan calmly and said, "Get up."
"Thank you, Queen."
Lu Wan stood up hurriedly, and felt sorry for his old waist in his heart.
The Queen Mother had her own plans for calling Lu Wan here, and this was not the first time she had dealt with Lu Wan, so she knew her temper. So before Lu Wan could speak, she asked, "I heard that you went to see the Emperor today? Is the Emperor feeling better?"
This was said by a caring mother, but Lu Wan didn't dare to think so. He just put on a lot of energy in his heart and said, "Reporting to the Queen Mother, I did meet with Your Majesty today, but I only told you some interesting things outside the palace to entertain you."
"presumptuous!"
The Queen Mother suddenly put the teacup on the table and said, "As an emperor, you should naturally focus on reading and writing. How can you let those things outside the palace distract you?"
Lu Wan couldn't tell whether the Queen Mother was really angry or just pretending to be angry, but no matter whether it was true or not, it was right to apologize immediately.
"Queen Mother, your Majesty has finished his homework today, so I am talking about interesting things outside the palace. Besides, your Majesty has been diligent in government affairs these days and has never been slack for a single day. Moreover, I think that your Majesty is still young now—"
Before she could finish her sentence, the Queen Mother interrupted her.
"He is the emperor, shouldering the heavy responsibility of a country, so he should be more sensible than others! You said this because you think I am incompetent as a mother, so the emperor is unhappy. Do you think that bringing a few small toys from outside the palace will make the emperor happy? He doesn't need any fun toys, but he should learn not to be like this now, like a pile of mud that can't be supported by the wall! If it weren't for Prince Shen's face, your corpse would be in Shoukang Palace now."
When Lu Wan heard these words, he couldn't help but become more angry.
It is true that the little emperor is the emperor, but has the empress dowager given him the opportunity to handle state affairs? Since there wasn't any such thing, how can we say with certainty that the emperor didn't do a good enough job? So what if he is the emperor? Doesn’t that mean he doesn’t have the right to do whatever he likes?
Seeing that Lu Wan did not say anything to oppose her, the Queen Mother ignored Lu Wan's slightly angry expression and said, "If you want to see His Majesty in the future, you must come to see me first. Do you understand?"
No matter how cowardly Lu Wan was, he couldn't help but say something to explain, "I will obey all other orders from the Queen Mother, but I'm sorry that I can't obey this one."
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the palace became eerily quiet. Even Concubine Feng, who had remained silent since Lu Wan came in, glanced at Lu Wan.
Lu Wan cried in her heart that she was overwhelmed by anger, while looking at the Queen Mother calmly.
She really didn't mean to anger the empress dowager. It was just that the empress dowager's words were so irritating. But no matter what, she had completely offended the empress dowager this time.
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