With a sharp shout, the Lu family's housekeeper and a group of guards saw Xuan Tianming and Feng Yuheng riding back on horseback, and the half-closed door of the Prince Yu's Mansion was reopened. Jian'er saw hope for life and shouted loudly: "Princess, help me! I am the maidservant of the eldest daughter of the Lu family, Lu Ping, and I want to see the princess!"
Feng Yuheng and Xuan Tianming were riding together, and they also brought another horse with a lot of game hung on it. Someone from Prince Yu's Mansion came out to take the game off the horse, and the gatekeeper who had spoken to Jian'er earlier also ran forward and briefly explained the matter to the two of them.
Feng Yuheng glanced at Jian'er who was still being carried in the air, then looked at the housekeeper of the Lu Mansion, and couldn't help but ask: "Why, didn't you hear clearly what this princess just said?"
The butler was startled and said subconsciously: "How could the princess meet with this girl? When did it happen?"
"Hmm?" The one who raised the question was Xuan Tianming. "Why? My princess wants to meet someone, but she has to report to a servant like you? Aren't you too bold, the Left Prime Minister's Mansion?"
As soon as Xuan Tianming opened his mouth, the people in the Lu Mansion were so scared that they fell to their knees, and even threw Jian'er down. This fall was not light, and Jian'er grimaced in pain, but fortunately it did not affect her walking. She quickly got up, ran to Feng Yuheng's horse, and knelt down, but did not say anything. Since Feng Yuheng had already agreed to meet her, she couldn't say anything more, otherwise it would ruin the matter.
At this time, the people in Lu's mansion no longer dared to mention the idea of arresting people. They just watched Xuan Tianming hug Feng Yuheng and get off the horse. Then the two of them walked in front, Jian'er walked behind, and a group of servants from Prince Yu's mansion rushed into the mansion. Then the door of the mansion was closed with a "bang", and only two guards were left outside to guard it. No one paid any attention to them.
The guards of the Lu Mansion were somewhat unwilling to give up, and asked the housekeeper: "What should we do? Should we go knock on the door and ask for someone?"
The housekeeper stamped his foot in anger and shouted, "Are you stupid? How dare you ask Prince Yu's Mansion for people? Even if they chop off our heads, our master won't say a word, do you understand?" After that, he added, "And even if he said a word, it would be useless. No one in this world can reason with Prince Yu's Mansion!" He looked at the tightly closed door angrily, feeling unwilling in his heart. He really didn't know how that girl Jian'er got so lucky that Princess Yu came to the rescue, and what a coincidence, they were about to carry the people back when they came back. This trip was really a bad start!
The people of the Lu family returned home in frustration to report the news, while Jian'er followed Feng Yuheng into the front hall. Xuan Tianming had no intention of getting involved in the affairs of these young ladies and maids, so he went to the study. As soon as Feng Yuheng opened his mouth, he asked directly, "Why, did you escape from the Lu family?"
Jian'er knelt directly in front of Feng Yuheng and begged, "Princess, you are right. I escaped, and took my young lady with me. But my young lady escaped even further, and has already left the city. Before she left, she told me that if I really had nowhere to go, I should come to Princess Yu for help. Please show mercy, Princess Yu, but I am a worthless person."
"Oh?" Feng Yuheng was a little surprised to hear this, "You said Lu Ping also ran away? Why is that?"
Jian'er did not hide it and told the truth: "Because my master wanted to send my eldest daughter to the Sixth Prince as a concubine, the daughter disagreed, so she ran away from home. I sent the daughter away before the city gates were closed. I saw the carriage heading west, but the daughter insisted on not taking me with her. Princess, you can see clearly that my daughter and the master and mistress of the Lu Mansion are not of the same mind. They want to curry favor with the powerful and want the daughter to marry the Sixth Prince. He thinks that the Sixth Prince is likely to sit on the throne in the future, so he wants to use the daughter's beauty to become a royal relative. The master said that as long as the daughter nods and cooperates, he will join hands with the court officials to encourage the Sixth Prince to take a concubine."
Jian'er told all the Lu family's thoughts and plans in one breath, which made Feng Yuheng suddenly laugh. After a chuckle, she soon became gloomy again and said, "As expected! Those who are left prime ministers all have restless hearts. Feng Jinyuan was like this before, and Lu Song is the same now. I thought he was on the right path at first, but now I understand that people are like that, and some natures can't be changed no matter what." In fact, she wanted to say "a dog can't change its eating habits", but thinking about it again, that was too harsh, but she really thought so in her heart. "It's a pity that Lu Song made the wrong decision. How can the Sixth Prince be manipulated by him?" After that, she looked at Jian'er again and said, "It's a pity for your Miss Lu Ping. She is a good girl. She was born in the left prime minister's mansion and should have been rich and noble, but she had to have such a biological father and a stepmother. Her fate is not much different from that of this princess before!"
Jian'er cried and begged Feng Yuheng: "Princess, please save our young lady! Please, Princess, only you can save our young lady!"
"How can I save her?" Feng Yuheng shook his head and said, "She is not like you. If she comes to my house to beg for mercy, I can easily pull you into my house to hide. But your young lady has run away. Do you know where she ran to?"
Jian'er was startled and shook her head subconsciously: "I don't know, I only know that the carriage is heading west, but I don't know where the young lady is going."
"That's it." Feng Yuheng told her, "Not to mention that she has already fled far away, even if she came to Princess Yu's door today, I can't directly intervene in this matter. After all, the marriage of children is based on the parents' orders and the matchmaker's words. Even if I have some friendship with your young lady, it is not deep enough to interfere in the private affairs of the Zuo Xiangfu. I have never heard of any outsider obstructing other people's daughters from marrying off. This matter is not reasonable no matter how you talk about it."
Jian'er hadn't thought of this, and now after listening to Feng Yuheng's analysis, she felt that her request was unnecessary. But she was really worried about Lu Ping's safety, and she thought it would be great if Feng Yuheng could send someone to the west to chase her, so that she could at least protect her secretly. But Feng Yuheng said that their friendship was not that good, so she was stuck again and couldn't speak.
Feng Yuheng saw what she was thinking, but warned her again: "Between me and Lv Ping, she helped me, and I helped her, so we are even. But since you came to my house, I can help her again and settle you down. As for Lv Ping, she has her own destiny. Whether it is good or bad, it is her fate, and no one else can change it." After Feng Yuheng finished speaking, he stood up and said to Wang Chuan who was standing beside him to serve: "Send her to the Princess's Mansion to work!" Then he said to Jian'er: "Don't worry, the people of the Lu family don't have the courage to cause trouble in my Princess's Mansion. You can stay there with peace of mind. If your young lady comes back one day, you can still follow her."
Upon hearing this, Jian'er kowtowed again to express her gratitude. After thinking for a while, she took out the indenture contract from her bosom and handed it forward, saying, "Princess, this is my indenture contract. The young lady gave it to me before she left. But just now someone from the Lu family said that the government office has not yet cancelled the registration, so I am still considered a member of the Lu family."
Wangchuan quickly took over the conversation and said to her, "Don't worry, someone from the government office will take care of things for you. Since you have entered the princess's mansion, you will have nothing to do with the Lu family in the future. You can keep this indenture contract for yourself. The princess said that one day your young lady will come back, and you can continue to follow her." After that, he took Jian'er and walked out.
Feng Yuheng winked at Wang Chuan, who knew that Jian'er was a maid from the Lu Mansion after all, and they did not keep each other's indentures, so even if she was sent to the Princess's Mansion, she would not be assigned too heavy a task, and would just do odd jobs in the outer courtyard. ℃≡℃≡℃≡Pavilion℃≡
She left quickly with Jian'er, but Feng Yuheng walked with Huang Quan to the other side of the courtyard where Xuan Tianming's study was located with a cold face. When she arrived, Bai Ze was guarding outside the door. Huang Quan stood side by side with Bai Ze very tactfully and did not follow him. Feng Yuheng pushed the door open and walked in without any need to report. After entering the door, he opened his mouth and said, "There are too many people with wild ideas. Xuan Tianming, do you think that every high-ranking official, if he has a beautiful daughter at home, wants to send her to the palace?"
Xuan Tianming was reading a book. When he saw her coming, he quickly pulled his attention away from the book. He only needed to think about Feng Yuheng's words for a moment before he understood what was going on. So he smiled and said, "Why? The Lu family wants to send their daughter to Sixth Brother?"
She nodded, half lying on Xuan Tianming's desk, leaning forward with her little head, and said with annoyance: "Lü Ping is beautiful, even prettier than Feng Chenyu in the past. Actually, she is not a bad person, not as bad as Feng Chenyu in the past. But if she is to be a good match for Sixth Brother, I always feel that she is a little bit lacking. And if this matter is consensual between the two people, it would be fine. But if the Lu family calculated it like this, it seems dirty."
Xuan Tianming stretched out his hand to pinch her face and said to her, "In fact, you are overthinking the problem. If you think about it in a simple way, it is normal. Think about it, which concubine in the palace does not have a certain amount of power in her maternal family? For those who can sit on the position of queen, the power of their maternal family is even more important. Of course, the current queen is an exception. But think about the previous generations, isn't it like this? It is natural for the prime minister's daughter to be a royal concubine or even a queen."
Feng Yuheng was stunned. She didn't have enough knowledge to think about the previous generations. After all, she didn't know anything about the previous generations. She just thought about the era she was familiar with, the historical background that existed in her time and space, and even a lot of costume dramas... Thinking about it this way, she felt that what Xuan Tianming said made sense.
Indeed! Didn't every emperor select the concubines from the families of officials? I've never heard of him picking the daughters of commoners from the streets to enter the palace. She wrinkled her nose: "So, Lu Song is right?"
"No." Xuan Tianming shook his head, "He was wrong. He was wrong in plotting against the court, wrong in intending to make irresponsible comments on the political situation, and even more wrong in that he has a bad character. Such a person, no matter what, cannot be allowed to become the father-in-law of the emperor. The girl from the Lu family who came to report the news should be rewarded."
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