Chapter 58: Inviting King Rui Chong to the family dinner?
Jiang Xue lowered her head and played with the teacup, motioning for her to continue.
Lu Qiongshuang said: "My master accepts disciples based on fate."
"She went to travel in the country back then. Well, my master likes to travel, so she picked up my senior brother."
Jiang Xue raised her eyebrows. This master recruited disciples by picking them up?
"It is said that my senior brother was bullied by his family slaves and abandoned in Qingzhou, a small border town. He was seriously injured and had no money, so he became a beggar lying on the street with no one to pick him up. My master happened to pass by..."
Jiang Xue asked in confusion: "Qingzhou? That's a city on the border of Gan and Ji. He is the son of a princess after all. How could he be bullied to this extent?"
Lu Qiongshuang held his chin with his hands, showing a look of pity, and said: "Yes, I didn't understand it at first, but after my cousin Jing Yu told me about his life story, I think it is not impossible - after all, he is an illegitimate child who is looked down upon by others. Even his own mother doesn't like him. It's really pitiful."
"And then what? Your master saw that he had a very good physique, so he picked him up, raised him, and taught him some kung fu?"
"No, no, no," Lu Qiongshuang shook her head. "Master said that it was my senior brother who came to the door himself. She was just passing by at the time and just felt sorry for him, so she threw some loose change to him to ask him to find someone to treat him. But my senior brother pulled her skirt and begged for help, and refused to let her go. Seeing that no one was paying attention to this beggar, she reluctantly took him back to her inn."
Jiang Xue became quite interested and said, "This person's desire to survive is really strong."
Lu Qiongshuang said: "Thanks to his help, my master got back a most satisfactory disciple for nothing."
"He also has a good physique? Better than yours?" Jiang Xue joked.
Lu Qiongshuang stretched out a finger and shook it, saying: "On the contrary, his health is very poor and his martial arts skills are average, but——"
Lu Qiongshuang shook his head and said, "In my master's words, he is learning and practicing with great determination. He usually sleeps less than two hours a day, and no matter how the master trains him, he never complains."
"Cousin, you don't know how perverted my master is. I was tortured by her in the East China Sea. That period was completely dark. But my senior brother not only endured it without complaining, but even tortured himself twice as hard."
"The reason why Master used him to spur me on was probably because he had raised the bar for me - who would go to the snow in the dead of winter to practice boxing bare-chested? It is said that this person is very famous. In order to practice Qinggong, he would pull a 10-jin iron pole to practice plum blossom pole every day. It was really scary. Who would think he was a cow or a horse? Fortunately, I am smart and I will not learn such behavior that does not regard himself as a human being."
Jiang Xue asked: "So this person is very good at Qinggong?"
"How can it be just very good!!!" Lu Qiongshuang opened his mouth wide and said, "As for my master, no one in the martial arts world can surpass her in Qinggong in the past ten years. She thinks that my senior brother's Qinggong is better than hers."
Jiang Xue couldn't help but think of the person who appeared on the roof when she was taking a bath.
But a regent of a country came to peek at her bathing? I dare not even think about it.
She felt that this person could not do such a thing unless he was mentally ill.
Besides, she didn't have any secrets of state affairs that were worth him eavesdropping on.
"And then? Why did your master abandon him to pick you up again?"
"I can't help it. He's making rapid progress," Lu Qiongshuang shook his head and said nonchalantly, "With that inhuman training method, if it were me, I would definitely be able to achieve great success in no time - well, I can't do it either. The master didn't say much about this. I once asked her why she didn't go to find this disciple if she liked him so much, and he didn't come to see her. The master always said that the senior brother had important things to do."
"Now that I think about it, he probably helped his cousin the Crown Prince to start a rebellion." Lu Qiongshuang said.
"Rebellion? They are here to save the king." Jiang Xue said with a smile.
"Why would they rescue the emperor? How can they accomplish this alone? Could the prince's elite soldiers who came out of nowhere be gathered overnight?" Lu Qiongshuang sneered and said, "I don't know what the court will say about this matter. Everyone in the martial arts world knows it clearly. What else can they do by raising private soldiers? But it's also true that any prince who doesn't have some ambitions doesn't deserve to be called a prince."
Seeing Jiang Xue glaring at her, Lu Qiongshuang added with a playful smile: "Of course, our cousin Yu is different, and our Ji country is also different."
Jiang Xue asked, "Did your master tell you anything else about your senior brother?"
Lu Qiongshuang shook his head and said, "Master is very secretive. I guess it's because of his embarrassing life experience? I don't know. Master only likes to teach me about how hardworking, powerful, and accomplished he is."
"But I'm a broad-minded person. I like to have such a powerful person as my own, hehe," Lu Qiongshuang said with a smile, "When they enter the capital, cousin, take me to meet him!"
Jiang Xue said: "You'd better keep this a secret from everyone. It's not a good thing for people to know that you have a senior brother who is the regent of a country."
Lu Qiongshuang curled her lips and said, "They want me to sit in the yard embroidering all day long, and when I get old enough, I will marry a good husband who can help the Lu family, take care of my husband and children for the rest of my life. Who wants to live a life like this!"
Jiang Xue said, "Why does the Lu family need help? Grandfather, uncle, and aunt, they just hope that you can find a husband who loves you wholeheartedly."
Lu Qiongshuang kicked the stone at his feet and muttered, "They are not."
Jiang Xue didn't hear clearly, and when she looked up, she saw Chen Jin walking into the yard.
Chen Jin approached, clasped his fists and saluted the two of them, saying, "Your Highness, Miss Cousin."
Jiang Xue hurriedly asked, "Has the letter been handed over to my brother?"
Chen Jin nodded and said, "The Second Prince read the letter and asked me to tell His Highness that he knows about it."
"What's the situation at the Ministry of Rites?" Jiang Xue asked.
"Many officials are here, so they will probably be busy in the next two days. The original date was set for half a month later, so it was suddenly brought forward, and many documents and ceremonies have not been prepared yet." Chen Jin replied.
"Did my brother say anything else?"
"The Second Prince asked about the health of the Highness, and I only said that it was very good. The Second Prince said that the Highness would prepare to enter the palace the day after tomorrow, and the decree should come down tomorrow."
"Enter the palace? An imperial decree?" Jiang Xue was surprised. "What to do?"
"The Second Prince said that His Majesty is going to hold a family banquet and has also invited the envoy from the Gan Kingdom, King Rui Chong."
Jiang Xue was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "I see. You've been on duty delivering messages today and have worked hard. Go down and have a rest first."
Chen Jin nodded, and before leaving, he asked again: "Your Highness, can we still practice martial arts tomorrow morning?"
Jiang Xue nodded and said, "I almost forgot about this matter. The princess will wait for you in the courtyard tomorrow."
Chen Jin bowed and left.
Family dinner, and also to entertain King Ruichong? What does Father mean by this?
Jiang Xue was still thinking, Lu Qiongshuang shook her arm and asked earnestly: "Cousin, can I go to the palace with you the day after tomorrow? I also want to see what my senior brother looks like."
Jiang Xue said: "Since it is a family dinner, you can certainly go with us. But you must be careful with your words and actions, and don't recognize each other rashly. You are now a Ji countryman, and he is the regent of the Gan country, which is very important."
Lu Qiongshuang immediately responded excitedly and asked, "Cousin, what kind of martial arts do you want to learn?"
Jiang Xue said calmly, "I have nothing to do in this Gu Mansion. If I stay idle for too long, my body will become weak. I can just ask the guards to teach me some boxing and kicking to relax my body."
Lu Qiongshuang said: "Then I want to come together too."
"What are you doing together?" Jiang Xue glanced at her sideways, "Don't you think you are good at kung fu?"
"I will teach you together with that person just now!"
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