Chapter 375 Serving a Ruler is Like Serving a Tiger [7]
Fang Lu felt a pang of regret in her heart. Lu Zhixing had actually married a princess like Sheng Hua. He must have been incredibly unlucky!
Over there, Lu Zhixing was very perceptive to other people's gazes and looked up.
His gaze was sharp, like a sword piercing straight at Fang Lu.
Fang Lu was so frightened that her heart skipped a beat, her face turned pale, and she quickly lowered her eyes, not daring to look any longer.
Lu Zhixing noticed that the person looking at him was a palace maid, but he didn't think much of it and looked away.
Achu, who was half a step ahead of Lu Zhixing, also glanced at Fang Lu.
Wearing a pink palace maid's uniform, she looked pretty but not particularly outstanding.
However, overall it looks very comfortable and not aggressive at all.
Ah Chu merely glanced at it briefly before looking away.
With her smile unchanged, she walked to the center of the main hall and paid her respects to the emperor and empress.
"Your subject greets Your Majesty! Your Majesty! May Your Majesty and Your Majesty enjoy boundless blessings and peace!"
Lu Zhixing also bowed, saying, "Your subject greets the Emperor! Greetings to the Empress!"
On the dragon throne, the emperor smiled and raised his hand: "No need for formalities! No need for formalities!"
"Shenghua, come quickly and let your father take a good look at you!"
After Ah Chu stood up straight, he immediately started walking up.
"Father! Your son misses you so much!"
Achu imitated the original owner of the body and acted coquettishly towards the emperor.
Of all the emperor's children, only the original owner dared to act spoiled with him.
Feelings are mutual and cultivated, so the emperor naturally loved his eldest daughter even more.
The emperor grasped Achu's hand, his eyes filled with concern: "Did you suffer any injustice at the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion?"
Upon hearing this, Lu Zhixing, who was standing in the hall, maintained his smile, but his eyes changed slightly.
As the saying goes, serving a ruler is like serving a tiger.
Although his father was the emperor's childhood friend and brother, one could never be sure what might happen one day...
What if this unreasonable eldest princess told the emperor that she had been wronged in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion? Would that cause the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion to be blamed?
Although Achu didn't look at Lu Zhixing, she could guess what he was thinking at that moment.
She replied to the emperor, "How could that be! I am the most beloved Princess Shenghua, Father Emperor. Who would dare to wrong me?"
"Your subject has never left the palace for several days. Is it not allowed if I simply miss Father Emperor?"
The emperor immediately burst into laughter: "Good, good, good! Fine, fine! Your father misses you too, and worries that you're not doing well in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion."
"I just told your mother that you should move to the Princess's residence."
Achu then looked at the Empress.
The Empress smiled slightly, but subtly shook her head at her.
Achu blinked and said to the emperor in a coquettish tone, "It would be nice to stay at the Princess's residence! But it would also be nice for me to stay at the Duke of Zhenguo's residence."
"When I get tired of living in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, I will go to live in the Princess's mansion!"
The emperor, considering his eldest daughter's fickle nature, nodded: "Alright, whatever makes you happy."
Upon seeing his daughter and noticing her rosy complexion and seemingly good condition, the emperor was relieved.
He was a diligent emperor, with many memorials to review every day; he was a very busy man.
It's already quite an achievement that I can spare this little bit of time to see my daughter.
So after exchanging a few words, the emperor was about to return to his study.
However, he invited Ah Chu to stay for lunch.
Achu naturally agreed.
When the emperor left, he also summoned Lu Zhixing, because he had some official business to inquire about.
After the emperor and Lu Zhixing left, the atmosphere in Kunning Palace became more relaxed.
The Crown Prince went straight over and took A-Chu's hand, asking her, "Royal Sister, have you really been doing well at the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion these past few days?"
Achu nodded: "Yes, no one dares to offend me, and everyone puts me first in everything, so naturally we're doing quite well."
The Crown Prince then asked, "And what about Lord Lu? How does he treat you?"
The Empress corrected him from the side: "Why are you calling me Lord Lu? You should call me Brother-in-law!"
The Empress was always strict with the Crown Prince, and the Crown Prince also held her in some awe.
Upon hearing this, he immediately corrected himself: "Yes, Your Majesty, I misspoke. It should be my brother-in-law."
Ah Chu actually had a pretty good impression of this younger brother of the Crown Prince.
This guy is a total siscon; he'll do whatever the original owner points to.
As a result, the original owner suffered a tragic end, and he also suffered a tragic end.
On the day Lan Qingchen's army besieged the city, the crown prince's head was cut off and hung at the palace gate.
Achu looked at the 13-year-old boy in front of her, who still had some baby fat, and reached out to pinch his cheek.
"If my elder sister can marry Lu Zhixing, how could he not treat me well?"
"If he had treated me badly, I would have complained to my father earlier!"
The Crown Prince considered his elder sister's personality and realized it was indeed the case, so he felt relieved.
The Empress, who was standing nearby, wanted to speak privately with her daughter and also disapproved of her son's neglect of his studies, so she spoke up:
"Alright, you've seen your elder sister, now go back to class."
The crown prince actually had a lot more to say, but he could only obediently reply "Yes."
He took out a red jade pendant from his pocket and handed it to Achu: "Royal sister, this is my wedding gift to you."
Achu took it; the red jade was of excellent quality, with a soaring phoenix carved on it.
However, it is clear that the person who carved it lacked skill, and the work is somewhat rough.
Achu looked at the Crown Prince: "Did you carve this yourself?"
The crown prince nodded, then noticed his mother out of the corner of his eye and quickly explained, "I did all of this after I finished my studies, so it took me a long time to carve."
"Sister, my carving is not good, please don't mind it."
The crown prince said somewhat embarrassedly.
Achu smiled and said, "You carved it very well, my elder sister likes it very much!"
As she spoke, she immediately hung the jade pendant around her waist.
The crown prince looked on, his face full of joy.
He thought he would carve an even better one later and give it to his elder sister.
However, he dared not speak because his mother was present.
When the Crown Prince took his leave, Fang Lu, as his head palace maid, naturally followed.
Achu glanced at Fang Lu's retreating figure before looking away.
Just then, the Empress beside her asked, "Lu Zhixing, is he truly good to you?"
Achu pouted and said, "It's fine as it is."
Seeing her daughter's somewhat disgusted expression, the Empress was surprised that she had become able to pretend in front of the Emperor and the Crown Prince.
In the past, she would have directly expressed her dislike to the Emperor and the Crown Prince.
The Empress said directly, "You've become much more sensible since you got married."
Ah Chu certainly understood what the Empress meant.
She said with a straight face, "Isn't the Empress Dowager making me marry Lu Zhixing just to win over the Duke of Zhenguo and his ilk?"
"Now that I'm married, I naturally want to make it a worthwhile marriage!"
"Moreover, my younger brother, the Crown Prince, is good to me, and I also want to do something for him."
The Empress listened to Achu's words with both relief and emotion.
She held Achu's hand, her eyes reddening: "My dear, I'm so sorry to have wronged you."
"Now that you think this way, your mother is relieved!"
"Your mother asks you, have you and Lu Zhixing consummated your marriage?"
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