Lu Zhixing glanced through the ribbon at his very familiar grandmother. Her face was filled with the love and affection he was most familiar with. "Grandmother, I'm busy lately. I'll come to see you again after I'm done with this."
"What can you be busy with?" A hint of mockery flashed across the Queen Mother's eyes, but the loving expression on her face remained unchanged. Lu Zhixing even thought he had seen it wrong. "It's just a servant, why are you bothering so much?"
Because he discovered the cruel reality one after another in his relatives, Lu Zhixing wondered if he was overthinking it, but he couldn't suppress the suspicion in his heart that grew like weeds.
"Although Ah Shu is a servant, she grew up in the palace and has always been by my side, no matter good or bad. I just want her to save face." Lu Zhixing laughed at himself, "Even though I'm blind, I can still organize half a birthday party."
The Queen Mother quickly lowered her voice and coaxed, "What are you talking about? Your reputation for this disaster relief effort is excellent! It's even higher than the Crown Prince's. The Lin family is blessed by heaven for having a bloodline like yours!"
Lu Zhixing had never thought that the Queen Mother had said anything wrong with the Lin Mansion, but recently he had been feeling uncomfortable. He lowered his eyes, unwilling to look at the Queen Mother again. "My grandson is just a lucky guy in the Ministry of War. Having a higher reputation than my second brother is not a good thing. Isn't that what you think, Grandmother?"
The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, glanced at the old nanny behind her, and found that she was a little impatient. She could only relax her expression and act as if she was not worried about anything. "Yes, yes, it was the old and confused Empress Dowager who spoke nonsense. Don't take it to heart. Since you want to do it, the Empress Dowager will also give you some luck..."
She thought for a moment, then pulled out a gold-threaded, night-shining pearl hairpin from her bun, "This is what I wore when I was crowned queen. I gave it to your little eunuch."
Lu Zhixing didn't take it, "Grandmother, Ah Shu is a eunuch, how could he want your hairpin? You should give him a reward instead."
"You also know that Song Yushu is just a eunuch!"
"Your Highness."
Lu Zhixing had an expressionless face and gave a perfunctory salute in one direction. He had always been so arrogant, but he would not salute the father who wanted to kill his son just to participate in the fight for the throne.
His attitude directly angered the emperor, "Look at this, look at this, what kind of attitude is this?!"
The Queen Mother frowned and coughed lightly, "Emperor, Pu'er has an eye disease. Have you forgotten?"
I think he is much more arrogant now that he is blind than before!
The emperor was furious, but he couldn't say anything. He could only continue what he had said before, "You are just a mere eunuch, yet you mobilized so many troops? The disaster relief work has just been completed, and there is still a lot of work to be done. Do you still care about the people and the country?"
"I am just a little prince, blind, and only care about being happy every day." Lu Zhixing remained calm and composed. "Besides, I think the world is under the care of my father and brother, so there is no need for a blind man."
This isn't the attitude you displayed when you were taking credit for disaster relief! The emperor was so angry that he wanted to kick Lu Zhixing twice.
Seeing the emperor's face flushed with anger, the empress dowager could only cough lightly to break the deadlock, "Pu'er, how can you talk to your father like that? Why don't you apologize to your father quickly?"
"Your son is guilty." Lu Zhixing admitted his guilt quickly. He admitted it before the empress dowager even finished speaking.
emperor:"……"
Now in the Empress Dowager's palace, he couldn't hit or scold Lu Zhixing, so he could only wave his sleeves and leave after saying a few words.
"Prince Jing was disrespectful in front of the palace and will be confined to the palace for three months and fined a year's salary. Fifty percent of the registered property in the palace must be handed over to cover the shortfall in disaster relief!"
It turned out that he was here to take advantage of him. Lu Zhixing snorted coldly. Lu Yanzhou had given him a lot of things, which was just the right amount to fill the bill.
"How can this emperor be so indiscriminate?" The empress dowager hurriedly ordered someone to help Lu Zhixing up. "Your contribution to disaster relief is far greater than the crown prince's, yet you didn't even offer a single compliment, and yet you're punishing me?! This is outrageous!"
Lu Zhixing was helped up without saying a word, letting the empress dowager chatter on without responding, and he was no longer as irritable as before.
The Queen Mother stopped talking when she said that she had lost interest. She knew that too much talk would lead to mistakes. Lu Zhixing's behavior was becoming more and more strange, and she could no longer see through this grandson.
A message came from deep inside the Lin Mansion, telling him to take good care of this grandson. Fortunately, he had been protected by everyone except...
The Queen Mother felt relieved, and her expression became even more loving. However, Lu Zhixing keenly noticed the Queen Mother's change and frowned slightly, "Grandmother, please don't say such things. If you say that again, your grandson won't come next time."
"Don't talk about it," the Queen Mother waved her hand quickly. "You've finally made it to the palace. Would you mind having a meal with the Imperial Grandmother?"
Lu Zhixing moved his fingers on his knees, rubbed his ring, and nodded, "Okay."
Song Yushu's birthday was the largest and most grand one held in Kyoto during this period, even surpassing the eldest princess who loved to hold banquets.
Early in the morning, the gate of Prince Jing's Mansion was filled with carriages, and some low-ranking officials arrived as scheduled.
What they cared about was not Song Yushu's face, but King Jing Lu Zhixing's face. After all, he had the Lin family and the Queen Mother behind him.
At noon, some high-ranking officials stopped the car in front of the mansion and got out of their sedan chairs. They were different from those who wanted to curry favor with the Lin family. They were keenly aware of the trend of Lu Zhixing's fight for the throne, and Song Yushu was the knife, a knife stuck in the court. They were bound to come and see the situation.
Some came to test the waters, some to gather information about the military, and some generals came to the banquet happily.
After they met with Lu Zhixing, they dragged Song Yushu to drink. Lu Zhixing couldn't persuade them to stop. Fortunately, Liu An was smart and added a lot of water to the wine he poured for Song Yushu.
After finally getting rid of those generals, Song Yushu hid in the backyard to sober up. Lu Zhixing pressed her temples distressedly, "These roughnecks are really going too far! They simply don't have enough training!"
This also indirectly illustrates Lu Zhixing's prestige among the generals. No matter how the emperor and Prince Yu suppressed and fought for him, the generals only recognized Lu Zhixing, who had real abilities and had been through life and death with them.
However, due to the emperor's fear and Prince Yu's seizure of power, Lu Zhixing has not been able to train his troops for a long time. Song Yushu held his hand and secretly vowed that the next step would be to let Lu Zhixing train his troops openly.
"Master, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Princess Yu are here." Chao He, the eldest maid, had been outside welcoming guests and now hurried in.
Song Yushu stood up, straightened his clothes, took Lu Zhixing's hand and walked out.
No matter how chaotic the scene is tonight, neither the Crown Prince nor Prince Yu can stop Lu Zhixing from returning to the court!
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