After more than ten days, the convoy finally returned to the capital. Lu Zifeng directly sent His Royal Highness Prince Jing back to Prince Jing's Mansion, and then went to the palace with Situ Chen to meet the emperor.
The two entered the imperial study, where the emperor was sitting waiting for their arrival. When he saw them come in, he stood up and said.
"Come with me."
The two looked at each other and then walked into the inner room.
The emperor sat in the first seat and pointed to the stool beside him.
"Come sit down too. You must be tired after all this journey!"
Lu Zifeng and Situ Chen hurriedly thanked him and then sat down on the edge of the stool.
"Prince Jing was injured this time because of my negligence. If I hadn't acted too late, I wouldn't have let that traitor Situ Yan escape, and Prince Jing wouldn't have been injured."
When Situ Chen heard the emperor say this, he immediately stood up and knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, this is too much. My father has always blamed himself for not realizing Situ Yan's true face sooner, which led to the loss of his troops."
The emperor smiled and waved his hand, "Alright, let's not talk about this anymore. How much do you two know about that female killer?"
When Lu Zifeng heard the emperor ask this, he was startled, but he still clasped his fists and bowed.
"Your Majesty, I don't know what His Royal Highness Prince Jing's intentions are. He has been keeping that female assassin by his side since day one, and I don't quite understand why."
The emperor was very satisfied with Lu Zifeng's words and nodded.
"Well, nothing much, you guys should go back and rest first! I'll give you a few days off these days, so you can have a good rest at home for a while."
Lu Zifeng and Situ Chen then left the imperial study. Not far from the imperial study, they saw the nanny beside the queen.
The two of them felt bitter and didn't know what to do. It was obvious that the emperor didn't want them to know too much just now, but now the queen sent someone to ask.
"Greetings to the Crown Prince of Jing, and to the Crown Prince of Dingguo."
Situ Chen smiled and helped the nanny up.
"You're too polite, Ma'am. What are you doing...?"
Looking at Situ Chen's smile, Nanny Cheng said with a smile.
"My two princes, the Empress invites you both to Kunyuan Palace for a seat."
Lu Zifeng smiled helplessly at Situ Chen.
"Mammy, please lead the way!"
When they arrived at Kunyuan Palace, the Queen Mother looked at Lu Zifeng with a smile and then said.
"Alright, I called you here just to find out about the child. Don't worry, I've been through a lot over the years. This matter, after all, is about the emperor wronging the mother and daughter. I can't do anything to them. For now, it's best to compensate them."
Hearing the Queen say this, the two of them breathed a sigh of relief, but they still didn't know why the Queen had called them over.
The Queen put down the teacup in her hand and spoke softly.
"I asked you to come here because I wanted to find out about that girl's personality. If she's easy to get along with, that would be good. I could also let her get along well with Lin'er and Qiong'er."
Lu Zifeng was really in a dilemma. To be honest, he had only met the girl once that day, and she ignored him every time they met. She said they had been together for more than ten days, but they had never spoken to each other. If anyone knew about her, it would probably be His Royal Highness Prince Jing who knew more about her.
"Aunt, I guess you'll have to ask my uncle about this. After all, he's been with that girl for more than ten days, and my cousin and I haven't had a chance to talk to her!"
Situ Chen also nodded in agreement.
"Auntie, my cousin is right. We don't really understand this matter. Besides, there are differences between men and women, so it's not easy for us to talk to that girl!"
The two walked out of the palace and came to the palace gate, and Lu Zifeng began to complain.
"Tell me, your father, why did you have to inform the capital so early? It would have been better to inform the emperor a few days later. Look, it has come down on us. What is going on? As juniors, how can we interfere in the affairs of our elders? Besides, it is the emperor's private matter."
Situ Chen smiled bitterly and defended himself, "Then why did you get up so early? Why didn't you stop my father from delivering the letter to the capital?"
Lu Zifeng was speechless, rolled his eyes at Situ Chen, turned around and walked towards Lu Chun and others who were not far outside the palace gate.
Lu Zifeng mounted his horse and headed towards the Duke Dingguo's Mansion. As soon as he returned to the side door of the Mansion, he saw a carriage parked at the door.
Lu Zifeng looked at the sign and saw that it was the carriage of the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion. Thinking that it was his mother or sister coming, he quickly got off the horse and walked over.
As soon as Lu Zifeng arrived, he saw his mother and sister Lu Zixuan getting out of the carriage.
"Mother, you're here? My little sister is here too."
Tan Yunniang came to the Duke Dingguo's Mansion today to visit her daughter-in-law and grandson. As soon as she got off the carriage, she met her son who had just returned from a business trip. She immediately looked at Lu Zifeng with joy.
"Hey, Brother Feng is back! When did he come back? Why didn't he send a message in advance?"
Lu Zifeng held Tan Yunniang's arm and walked towards the mansion.
"I just came back today. After sending my uncle back home, I went to the palace again. I just came back now."
Lu Zixuan followed Lu Zifeng and Tan Yunniang, watching her mother and elder brother chatting with a happy face.
She hadn't chatted with her eldest brother for a long time. He was too busy and she rarely met him. Moreover, since he got married, they mostly lived in the Duke's Mansion and rarely lived in the Marquis' Mansion. So every time she and her mother missed her eldest brother and sister-in-law, they would come here and stay for two days.
The mother and her two sons, along with the servants, entered the backyard and went directly to the courtyard of Old Madam Kang. They first paid their respects to the old lady. Tan Yunniang and Lu Zixuan then went to Cui's courtyard. Lu Zifeng stayed and chatted with the old lady for a while before returning to the study in the front yard to see Lu Minghan.
When he returned to his yard after a busy day, it was already noon. The weather in the capital was getting warmer now. Situ Yao was sitting under the flower stand in the yard with her child.
My son Lu Yunhui was lying in a small rocking bed next to me, chewing on his fingers.
Situ Yao had already received the news that Lu Zifeng had returned and had already arranged for the servants to boil water. The hot water was just ready at this time, and she looked at Lu Zifeng who was bending over to look at the child.
"Okay, my lord, go wash up first. The child is right here. We'll continue watching when you come back after you've finished washing."
Lu Zifeng looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he quickly kissed Situ Yao on the cheek, which made Situ Yao's face turn red. She quickly turned her head and looked around, but found that there was no one around. Then she gently kissed Lu Zifeng on the chest and said angrily.
"Really? You don't know how to be so cautious."
Lu Zifeng smiled and went to the bathroom.
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