Liu Chu was silent for a long time, then he sorted out his words and said in a dry voice, "What do you want?"

Lu Yun lowered his eyes and curled his lips: "How about breaking into the Hengyang Palace at night? I'll find out his true colors for you... When he comes to Jianye, the lives of all the young masters will be difficult."

Liu Chu was moved and remained silent. Lu Yun's mention of the princes reminded him that he could unite with the princes to control Prince Hengyang. Prince Hengyang was naturally favored by His Majesty and the Queen Mother, but His Majesty's sons were not willing to give in.

Liu Chu looked at Lu Yun and asked, "Are you healed?"

Lu Yun said nonchalantly: "It's no problem."

Staring at him for a long time, Liu Chu felt a little sad when he saw his man's face hidden in the shadows. Thinking of all these years, Lu Yun had done so many things for him in private. Liu Chu stretched out his hand, shook hands with Lu Yun, and whispered: "Everyone knows that you are on my side. When this matter is over, if you refuse again, I will definitely give you an official position."

Lu Yun smiled: "Then I don't care. Prince Hengyang is here, let them fight together. I just wonder if Your Highness will also get involved..."

Liu Chu's eyes turned cold and he shook his head slowly: "I don't care."

If there is any reference to something, it is certainly not about who is more favored by Your Majesty or who has more power.

Lu Yun leaned forward: "Then I don't care."

Lu Yun: "You don't care about what the King of Hengyang said, but you should care about one thing - I received a letter from the famous scholar Zhou Tan, who is willing to lend a hand to Your Majesty. His daughter Zhou Yangling is probably on her way to Jianye now. You care about the difference between scholars and commoners. This girl is Zhou Tan's most beloved daughter, so you should spend some effort on her."

Liu Chu nodded slowly.

The two of them talked about a lot of things slowly and leisurely. At the end, Liu Chu was still concerned: "Breaking into the Hengyang Palace at night...Xuechen, you have to be careful."

…

Some people work for big things, and some people work for private things. Luo Lingyu was tidying up the things in the house. Her younger sister Luo Yunhuan sat behind her with a book in her hand, watching her sister spread out many treasures, filling up the carpet and desk on the floor. Luo Lingyu held the abacus and fiddled with it for a long time, her face becoming more and more stiff: "...too poor."

We are getting poorer and poorer.

Who started the extravagant spending in Jianye? They give things back and forth, but throw away things they don't like... Luo Lingyu really can't stand playing with them anymore. Luo Lingyu gritted her teeth. Her cousins ​​invited her to go out and play. She was afraid when they asked her to go out, but she couldn't go. She had canceled the polo activity her aunt had given her. If she didn't go out again, how could she stand firm in the circle of noble ladies in Jianye?

But she was about to go out, thinking of the terrible expenses of the noble ladies... Luo Lingyu hesitated for a long time, and placed two things on the table:

Luo Yunhuan poked her head out from behind her sister and saw that her sister thought for a long time, then reluctantly put a hairpin and a painting together.

Luo Lingyu thought: I have to sell something to make ends meet.

The books and tea leaves she brought were all small items, not expensive, and would not last long after they were sold. But the Hetian jade hairpin and the painting by the famous scholar "Xunmei Jushi" were both expensive and in short supply. If she sold one of them, there would definitely be many people who wanted to collect it.

Even though she was a girl from a noble family, she couldn't let anyone know about it. It would be so embarrassing.

But which one should she sell? The Hetian jade hairpin was given to her by the King of Hengyang that day. Who knows, she might be related to the King of Hengyang in the future with this hairpin; the painting of Master Xunmei was given by Lu Yun. Luo Lingyu didn't care about Lu Yun's gifts, but this was a painting by Master Xunmei. Luo Lingyu knew that she was a philistine, but she really liked Master Xunmei's paintings. She had begged for many years to get such a painting. She had admired Master Xunmei for many years, so how could she bear to throw away the painting she got...

I am in a dilemma and I can't give up either.

The maid outside the door knelt and announced: "Girl, Erlang is here to see you."

Luo Lingyu looked up in surprise: Lu Erlang has been visiting her quite frequently recently...

Lu Erlang Lu Xian did not come alone, he also brought a little carrot, Lu Silang Lu Chang. Lu Silang blushed and followed his second brother evasively. When Luo Lingyu's younger sister Luo Yunhuan, who was studying at home, saw Lu Erlang, she felt timid and thought of the bad things she had done.

Luo Yunhuan hesitated, and Lu Silang also hesitated. Lu Erlang smiled and wanted to go into the house, but when he saw the house full of things, there was really no place to stand. He had no choice but to stand at the door. When he looked at Luo Lingyu, he saw the words Luo Lingyu put on the table in front of her. Lu Xian's smile paused: "Why does my cousin collect Sanlang's paintings?"

Luo Lingyu was shy but happy. She lowered her head to admire the painting again. "No, it's a gift from my third cousin. My third cousin is so polite... He actually gave me a painting by Xunmei Jushi."

Lu Xian stared at her for a long time and felt something was wrong. He coughed and said, "You, cough, don't you know that Xunmei Jushi is my third brother?"

Luo Lingyu: “…”

She lost her voice: "...How is it possible?!"

Lu Xian turned around and waved, telling the servant a few words. Luo Lingyu's heart was in turmoil, and after a while she remembered to clean up the clutter in the room and let her second cousin in to talk. Lu Xian sat down for only a moment, and Luo Lingyu chatted absent-mindedly, when the panting servant ran back and brought back a painting.

Lu Xian spread out his paintings in front of Luo Lingyu and pointed at the two paintings: "Look at the brushstrokes, are they the same?"

Luo Lingyu: “…”

She stared at the name signed on Lu Xian's painting and said reluctantly, "...This is clearly a person named Xuechen..."

She suddenly paused, then stood up with a red face: "Could it be that the third cousin's name is, Xuechen?!"

Chapter 28

The two adults were talking in the room. Luo Yunhuan had become much more sensible since then. Seeing her sister busy, she took the initiative to take Lu Silang and Lu Chang out to play in the yard. Luo Lingyu had a lot of instructions for Luo Yunhuan, but when the two paintings flashed in front of her, she was confused and lost her mood.

The trees in the courtyard were covered with flowers, pink apricot blossoms and red peach blossoms, floating toward the window. Inside the house, Luo Lingyu and Lu Xian sat opposite each other.