Chapter 020: High Rise, Light Fall

The lobby here is still bustling.

Chu Zhenxuan came back quickly. He didn't change his clothes, but he did clean the water stains on his chest.

Xia Xue smiled and continued watching the singing and dancing.

Chu Zhenxuan shook his head. This girl acted like nothing happened even after she did something bad.

At this time, a servant came and whispered in the emperor's ear. The emperor did not say anything, but Concubine Rong's face changed drastically.

Afterwards, the two of them stood up and left from the back hall.

"Madam, do you want to watch a show?" Chu Zhenxuan joked.

"Watching too much opera is harmful to your health. The singing and dancing in the palace are more appropriate."

What a joke! Going to watch the Li family make fun of themselves at this time is just asking for trouble.

Anyway, the emperor is gone, so he won't pretend nothing happened. I'm afraid Prince Lu will have a double happiness today.

The Li family is marrying Prince Lu, and the dog emperor is going to have a headache again!!!

Chu Zhenxuan almost laughed out loud.

It is very rare that his little woman can see the current situation so clearly.

What Chu Zhenxuan didn't notice was that he had subtly categorized Xia Xue as his little woman.

About an incense stick of time later, the emperor and Concubine Rong returned.

Concubine Rong looked extremely unhappy, and the Emperor wasn't much better.

At this moment, someone suddenly came from outside to report that the old lady of the Chu family had arrived.

!!!

Xia Xue's face twitched violently.

It's already six hours?

Will the old lady mention Li Tingting when she comes?

Who knows, Li Tingting is her dearest one.

If I bring it up, I'm sure the dog emperor will be so angry that his nose will turn crooked.

Thinking of this, Xia Xue looked at the emperor proudly.

The emperor is really unhappy. Prince Lu married a concubine, the Li family has an old lady, and the Chu family is also mobilizing the entire family?

Don't you even take the emperor seriously?

Then he glanced at Chu Zhenxuan.

This sweep doesn't matter. Chu Zhenxuan lowered his head to sip his tea, but Mrs. Chu looked at him with a burning gaze.

Yang Junyi:+2+2+2.

"Please come in."

Another table was placed above Chu Zhenxuan.

Ningxiang supported the old lady and walked up slowly. She greeted the emperor and Concubine Rong and sat down.

The moment she sat down, the old lady glanced down at Xia Xue, with a strong warning in her eyes.

I don’t know if Xia Xue is overthinking it, but she always feels that the old lady walks with a limp?

Is it because her massage is too good?

Xia Xue couldn't help but laugh softly to herself.

After a while, the emperor said that it was almost time for today and that everyone should go home instead of disturbing Prince Lu for too long.

The old lady said, it was all my fault that I came late and did not congratulate Prince Lu, and then asked about Prince Lu.

The emperor looked unhappy and said that Prince Lu was drunk and asked him to sober up first.

As luck would have it, the old lady asked Concubine Rong why she didn't see Miss Li.

Rong Fei's face was as white as dust from shoe soles. She said that Li Tingting was greedy and got drunk accidentally, so she asked to be sent home first.

Before the old lady could speak, Chu Zhenxuan went up and grabbed her, "Mother, the emperor and the queen are tired, and they have to go back to the palace now. We have been bothering Prince Lu for a long time, and it is time to go back home."

"I would like to ask the Emperor and the Empress for a favor." said the old lady.

Chu Zhenxuan pinched the old lady's arm hard.

"Oh? Please speak, Madam Chu." Yang Junyi suppressed the anger in his heart.

The old lady finally felt that the atmosphere was not right, but the arrow had already been drawn and could not be unshot.

So she said it anyway.

"I like Tingting very much. I beg the Emperor to grant Tingting and Xuan'er a marriage for my sake."

After the old lady finished speaking, the atmosphere froze for a moment, and the old lady suddenly felt that the air around her had become cold.

"If Concubine Rong feels that the concubine has wronged Tingting, please ask the emperor to set up a co-wife."

"Nonsense!"

"You are the mother of Prime Minister Chu, and I respect you, but concubines are the same as those in ordinary families. As the prime minister of the current dynasty, how can you use the same methods as ordinary people?"

"Princess Rong, do you think this marriage can be granted?"

The old lady didn't expect that the emperor would be so timid. Given her relationship with the empress dowager, the emperor would always respect her.

Concubine Rong pulled the corner of her mouth helplessly, "Thank you, old lady, for your kindness to Tingting. It's a pity that Tingting is not blessed. Tingting has just asked the emperor to allow her to be a concubine to Prince Lu, and the emperor has agreed."

The hall suddenly fell silent.

The old lady swayed and almost fell, Ningxiang hurried to hold her up.

"Ah? Isn't it a double blessing for Prince Lu?"

"Congratulations, princess. Congratulations."

Xia Xue cried out in surprise. Although her voice was not loud, almost everyone in the hall heard it.

Yang Junyi: +2+2+2+2+2.

Chu Zhenxuan: Are you trying to piss my mother off to death?

Chu Zhenxuan: +30+30+30.

Old Madam Chu cast a sharp glance at Xia Xue. The next second, her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

The farce in the Prince's Mansion ended just like that. No one mentioned what happened, but everyone knew that Miss Li Tingting would be Prince Lu's ninth concubine.

For a while, the wind direction in the court changed a little.

It was said that Prince Lu and Li Tingting fell in love at first sight and begged the emperor for the marriage at all costs.

Some people also said that Concubine Rong loved her sister so much that she asked for it specifically.

Some even said that Prince Lu and Li Tingting had already been secretly having an affair with Chen Cang, and the arranged marriage was just a formality.

After returning, Old Madam Chu closed the Nanshan Garden, saying that she wanted to meditate on Buddhism and not receive any visitors.

Chu Zhenxuan's injuries were basically healed, but he stayed with Xia Xue for various reasons.

Xia Xue was always able to earn points, so she simply stopped chasing him.

Fu Yuqing went out early and came back late every day, so Xia Xue gave Xia Dong to her.

It’s just that Fu Yuqing has no other hobbies except shopping, so much so that Xia Dong vomited several times while shopping.

The days passed comfortably for more than a month.

The weather is getting hotter.

One day, Chu Zhenxuan came home from court and said mysteriously that he wanted to take Xia Xue to a place.

That night.

Chu Zhenxuan pulled Xia Xue and went out from the back door of Fuyun Pavilion.

Staring at her little hand that was being held, Xia Xue suddenly lost consciousness for a moment.

Since when did this kind of intimacy become a daily routine for them?

Xia Xue pouted and looked at the rugged path in front of her.

Why does it look like an elopement?

When Chu Zhenxuan is not angry, he is quite manly.

Chu Zhenxuan:......

Chu Zhenxuan: What is turtle hair?

Chu Zhenxuan: It’s definitely not a good thing.

Chu Zhenxuan: +30.

Xia Xue: Even walking adds extra points!

I took back what I just said, Chu Zhenxuan has always been shy!

Chu Zhenxuan: +30+30.

After walking along the path for a while, Xia Xue saw dots of stars not far away, covered with a layer of mist.

Like blue waves, it is especially beautiful under the bright moon.

"What is this?"

As they were talking, they had already come up to them.

Different from the last hot spring, this one seems to be carefully carved by humans. The spring is surrounded by white jade steps. At the top of the steps is a candlestick with a four-cornered top. The bottom of the spring is a large lotus made of Bian stones. Next to it is an octagonal pavilion with the top of the pavilion inlaid with "snow" with red silk gold-plated tiles.