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There was a breeze outside the window, blowing the orchids blooming under the eaves. The butterfly-like petals swayed slightly, emitting a charming fragrance.

The room suddenly became quiet, very different from before.

It used to be like a never-ending rain.

Rendong and Lian Xuan looked at each other, then hurried to prepare water.

While Chu Yin was still lying there, Lu Jingzhuo had already put on his black robe with dragon pattern, fastened his jade belt, and prepared to go to Chunhui Pavilion.

He was in such a hurry that I really didn't know what he was trying to achieve.

Oh, he meant to have another child.

But what does the number of times have to do with children?

She sat up and asked, "How many times has Judge Liu mentioned this to Your Highness?"

"no."

"Is that your Highness's idea?" Forget about trying those positions, just consider it useful, but isn't it unnecessary to pursue the number of times? Chu Yin said, "Your Highness should have taught me archery by now."

"You can learn archery later. I don't want to put off the matter of the child." Lu Jingzhuo glanced at her and said, "You can choose between a longer time and more times."

Chu Yin: “…”

He turned and walked away.

Rendong and Lian Xuan came in to clean up the mess on the couch.

Chu Yin was wearing an outer coat, her cheeks slightly red.

Did she have a choice? She couldn't stand his torture.

If it happens more often, you can still slow down a bit, Chu Yin muttered to herself, then stood up and prepared to take a bath.

There was a sudden discomfort in the lower abdomen, followed by the flow of menstrual fluid.

She frowned slightly, very disappointed.

Maybe she was influenced by his idea of ​​having a child, so she also hoped to get pregnant at this moment, so that he wouldn't have to go to Liu Yuanpan again in the future and come up with some weird ideas.

However, if everything else has changed, will this one thing remain unchanged in the end?

Chu Yin sighed softly.

When the menstrual period ends, it is March.

Chu Ge passed the joint examination successfully and took part in the palace examination. In the end, he was awarded the title of Jinshi and was selected as the second place.

In his previous life, he was the top three in the imperial examination, and now he has reached a higher level. Chu Yin was naturally happy, and after getting permission from his mother-in-law, he sent a eunuch to deliver generous gifts to her parents' home.

At this time, the imperial court usually held the "Qionglin Banquet" to entertain new Jinshi scholars to show the emperor's grace and express the emperor's appreciation of talents. However, Emperor Jianxing was in a bad mood recently and did not want to hold the banquet. It was only after several important ministers persuaded him that he ordered Guanglu Temple to prepare it.

Before the banquet started, he added two more guests, one was Lu Jingchen and the other was Princess Baocheng.

He had broken his promise to his sister before and had not arranged a marriage for her. After some consideration, he invited her this time to make up for it.

The Jinshi candidates at the banquet were all outstanding people. If his sister liked any of them, he would arrange a marriage for her.

He believed that most people would not object for the sake of their entire family and their future.

Of course, there are also rare hard-headed people who might swear to disobey the imperial edict. In that case, he would persuade his sister to give up. A forced marriage is not sweet. If he insists on the marriage, the scholar might hang himself at home the next day. He doesn't want to bear the bad reputation.

Princess Baocheng understood her brother's thoughts, but the image of Duke Song was still in her heart and could not be shaken off.

Sitting in the luxury car, she held her chin, wondering if she could fall in love with another man.

We are all students...

If they are in their early twenties, they are only about the same age as her son. However, there should be many in their early thirties or even early forties. After all, geniuses are rare, and it takes ordinary students several decades to enter the official career.

But they should get married, right?

Does my brother really want her to marry a scholar in his early twenties?

Not to mention what others think, she herself feels embarrassed.

When the carriage reached the city gate, it had to stop for a while because of the crowd. While waiting, Princess Baocheng looked outside the carriage leisurely. Suddenly, she found that the back of a person standing in front of a tea shop opposite looked familiar.

Just as I was wondering who it was, I saw a woman in blue clothes walk out of the shop.

The figure turned slightly to speak to her.

He had dark sword-like eyebrows, a high nose and lips of moderate thickness. He was none other than Fu Yunqing, Duke of Song.

Princess Baocheng grabbed the window frame with both hands, and then she saw him smiling at the woman.

Her heart suddenly sank to the bottom.

Princess Baocheng had no idea how she ended up at Qionglin Garden or how she ended up sitting next to her brother.

Emperor Jianxing frowned and asked, "Why are you so distraught? What happened?"

"Nothing." She didn't want to say.

Her brother refused to grant her marriage, and the Duke of Song already had a girl he loved. What could she say?

After looking around, she suddenly asked, "Why didn't Jing Zhuo come?" Even Lu Jingchen had arrived, but the eldest nephew of the Chu Lord was not in Qionglin Garden. "Brother, didn't you let Jing Zhuo attend?"

Emperor Jianxing finally backed off from the idea of ​​giving away his concubine, but could he feel comfortable about it?

"Why did he come so early? He came with a stern face and it's annoying!" The Duke of Song is a stone in the toilet, isn't the eldest son? He might be even stinkier and harder than the Duke of Song!

He didn't want the two of them to travel together, so he asked Lu Jingzhuo to leave later.

Princess Baocheng was shocked. Could it be that her nephew had offended his brother?

She soon thought of taking a concubine.

"Brother, Jing Zhuo is a naturally cold-tempered child, you know that, why bother with him? As long as he does things well and can share the burden with you, that's enough. Jing Chen and Jing Rui can't compare to this."

That’s why it’s even more infuriating!

Otherwise he really wanted to abandon this son.

As a crown prince, who doesn't flatter his father and read his father's eyes? Only he has never said a caring word or done a caring thing, and his father is not easy to care about.

Because he is the most suitable one among the three sons to be the crown prince.

"Jingchen." Emperor Jianxing called his second son.

Lu Jingchen immediately stood up: "Father, what do you want?"

"Sit with your aunt and introduce those Jinshi scholars to her later."

Lu Jingchen: “…”

Princess Baocheng blushed: "Brother, what did you say to Xiaoxuehun?"

"Why do you say that? Jingchen also knows that you want to choose a husband. Why should we be embarrassed as a family?" Emperor Jianxing designated a seat, "Jingchen, you sit here. Shanhui, Jingchen is also your nephew, you can't favor one over the other."

Her brother actually saw that she disliked Lu Jingchen.

Princess Baocheng forced a smile, "How could that be? Jingchen is so considerate, I love him so much," she patted her nephew's arm, "Jingchen, after Feiyan gives birth to the baby, you two can come to my house as guests."

She had invited her elder brother and sister-in-law before, and Lu Jingchen knew that this time she made the invitation out of consideration for her father.

But why is his father so supportive of him today?

Lu Jingchen sat down next to Princess Baocheng puzzled.

Lu Jingzhuo arrived at Qionglin Garden with the new scholars.

Among them is the runner-up Chug.

The prince did not take a concubine in the end, and the Chu family members breathed a sigh of relief. Chu Ge and Lu Jingzhuo walked into the garden while talking.

Seeing how close the two were, the other scholars who followed behind were all envious.

After Lu Jingzhuo entered, he bowed to his father and aunt first, and then sat to the lower left of his father.

Emperor Jianxing had a cold face and didn't even look at him.

Lu Jingzhuo didn't react either.

Princess Baocheng didn't know what had happened between the father and son, and it was not easy for her to interrupt.

When all the Jinshi scholars came in, they all kowtowed to Emperor Jianxing.

The sound of stringed instruments followed, accompanied by singing and dancing.

Everyone soon discovered that Princess Baocheng was also sitting next to Emperor Jianxing, and they became confused at once.

It was obvious that Emperor Jianxing invited this sister here to choose a husband from among them.

The resisting gentlemen immediately looked away to avoid contact with the princess, while the gentlemen who wanted to get close to her maintained their best manners.

Lu Jingchen was shouldering an important responsibility, and from time to time he whispered with Princess Baocheng, telling her roughly the ages of these Jinshi and whether they were married.

When Princess Baocheng heard Shi Yu's name, she interrupted her nephew and asked with a smile, "Where is he? Why can't I see him?" She had been observing the father and son and had not paid any attention to observing the Jinshi.

"Second row from the east."

The young gentleman was wearing a royal blue gown with a gold-plated cloud pattern and round flowers, and he was still as handsome and elegant as I remembered.

Princess Baocheng had a good impression of him before, so she looked at him a few more times. When Shi Yu felt her gaze, he smiled politely, his peach blossom eyes captivating.

Lu Jingchen secretly said, "What a good fellow."

When my aunt was choosing a husband, his wife mentioned Shi Yu. She thought Shi Yu was too young at the time, but she didn't expect that this guy didn't mind at all.

But if you think about it carefully, you can't blame him. Although Shi Yu was born into a prominent family, the Shi family had long since declined in talent. Although he passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi, he failed to enter the Hanlin Academy. It is hard to say whether his career will be good or bad in the future. It is better for him to take a shortcut.

However, men understand men and they saw at a glance that Princess Baocheng did not realize Shi Yu's intention.

She thought the favor was just a courtesy.

Of course, she had no intention of marrying Shi Yu. At this moment, she only regarded him as a young man she knew.

But this young man was too outstanding in appearance. Except for Chu Ge, the other Jinshi candidates were not pleasing to the eye. Princess Baocheng didn't even have the interest to ask him.

But Lu Jingchen still introduced it to her patiently.

Looking at his second son's performance, Emperor Jianxing nodded secretly. This child is really filial. He will do everything he asks him to do, no matter how big or small it is. It can be seen that he respects his father very much...

Unlike the eldest son, who refused to take a concubine, resented him since childhood and had no feelings for him.

But didn’t the second son grow up just like the first son? Why is the second son so nice to his father?

The more Emperor Jianxing looked at Lu Jingchen, the more he liked him.

After the banquet was over, he first asked his sister if there was any young man she liked, and Princess Baocheng shook her head.

"There are so many Jinshi candidates, but you can't find one that satisfies you?" Emperor Jianxing was at a loss and waved his hands, "I can't help you. You can handle it yourself." He hoped that she would not keep staring at the Duke of Song. The Duke of Song would really not give her a marriage.

"Jingchen, you and I will ride back together." He then called his second son.

That was an invitation for him to ride the dragon chariot. Lu Jingchen was flattered at first, but then he quickly declined: "I'd better not bother my father."

His father behaved strangely today. He was very confused just now, but now he understands.

His father was enthusiastic towards him but indifferent towards his brother. It might be because the two had a conflict over taking a concubine and his father was angry with his brother.

But the problem is, if the throne is not given to him in the end, then his father's actions are harming him.

Lu Jingchen still understands this clearly.

Seeing his second son's refusal, Emperor Jianxing glared at him and said, "Come here just because I told you to. What nonsense are you talking about?"

Lu Jingchen had no choice but to agree, but before getting in the car he looked at Lu Jingzhuo apologetically to express that this was not what he wanted.

Lu Jingzhuo naturally accepted it, but did not react.

Seeing the father and son riding away in the dragon chariot, Princess Baocheng reminded her nephew: "Jingzhuo, I don't like sweet talk, but brother is your father. You'd better change your attitude and be more attentive in front of brother. If you are always so cold, brother will be sad."

Lu Jingzhuo couldn't imagine how he could be attentive to his father.

He can't do it.

"You have to think about the overall situation!" Princess Baocheng whispered.

But if my father really wants to shake up the situation, he will not give up the idea of ​​giving a concubine. Besides, is it really that easy to replace the crown prince? My father was able to ascend to the throne not by his own efforts. Even though he has been in office for four years, he still has to take into account the opinions of his ministers.

Several important officials in the court were his lecturers.

Even if my father wanted to change the crown prince, those ministers would not let him succeed.

Therefore, as a wise emperor, my father would not easily have such an idea.

Once he did, Lu Jingzhuo felt that first of all, his father would not openly express his dissatisfaction with him, but would secretly try to accuse him of a crime and then find a chance to get rid of him. So no matter how you look at it, his father was just venting his anger.

His behavior is even a bit childish...

"I understand, Auntie."

Princess Baocheng thought he had heard it, so she turned around and got on the carriage.

Hearing that Lu Jingchen was sent home by his father-in-law on a dragon sedan chair, Tang Feiyan was overjoyed. She held the hand of her maid and waited at the door. When she saw her husband, she asked, "Did your father really send you back?"

"Well," he looked at his wife, who was already pregnant, "did the baby move today?"

"No, I guess he's been sleeping." Tang Feiyan sat down beside him and dismissed the maid. "I heard that the emperor only invited you to ride the dragon chariot, is that right?"

It was obvious that she was daydreaming again, so Lu Jingchen said, "It's nothing."

"Why not? Big brother is here too, but the emperor only invited you. Isn't that a slap in the face of big brother?" Tang Feiyan grabbed his arm, "The emperor must be dissatisfied with big brother and hates him very much!"

In the past, he would have immediately developed expectations like his wife, thinking that he might be able to replace his brother.

But when he followed his brother to work during that period, he clearly understood the gap between them.

But my father is not an emotional person, otherwise he would have made him the crown prince from the beginning. Why did he make his brother the crown prince?

My father obviously likes him more!

"Father is just angry for a moment, he will reconcile with my eldest brother soon," he reminded his wife, "Don't think too much, take good care of the baby."

Tang Feiyan's excitement was immediately extinguished, and she punched him hard: "I knew you didn't have much hope before, but today, Father is so obvious, and you don't even allow me to think... Why can't I even think about it?"

"Don't you understand your own temper? You're overthinking it. You might even dream of being a crown princess tonight."

But so what? Why can't I even dream?

Tang Feiyan cried: "I just have to think about it, I just have to think about it!"

Fearing that she would be too excited and affect the child, Lu Jingchen patted her back to comfort her: "I'll tell you the truth, Father is using me to irritate Big Brother, and he has no other intentions... I can't compare to Big Brother, and Father knows it very well."

"How are you inferior to my elder brother?" Tang Feiyan's eyes suddenly widened. "You only lost to him because of your status as a bastard. Otherwise, you could also attend classes in Chunhui Pavilion. With the teachings of those lecturers, you would only be better than my elder brother. Besides, what's so good about my elder brother? Even my father doesn't want to pay attention to him. He has a sullen face all day long, as if someone owes him millions of taels of silver! You are so good, you like to laugh, you are considerate of my father and me, and you, you haven't taken a concubine in this period of time."

Lu Jingchen was stunned by what she said.

He never knew his wife thought so highly of him.

He held her in his arms and smiled softly: "Okay, I'll allow you to think about it today."

"Yeah." She nodded.

The two hugged each other for a while, and he suddenly thought of what happened at the Qionglin Banquet.

"That..." He almost said Shi Yu's name, but changed his mind when the words came to his lips.

If she knew that Shi Yu was going to be their uncle, she would definitely have more thoughts.

I'd better not tell you.

I don't know if Shi Yu can seduce my aunt.

The number of birds in the courtyard increased day by day in spring. In the afternoon, an oriole flew in from somewhere and started singing while hiding in a tree.

Lu Zhen did not allow the palace maid to scare it away, and ran to tell her mother quietly.

"There's a bird singing beautifully, mother!"

Chu Yin followed her out.

The bird's voice is mellow, loud and clear, very crisp and indeed beautiful.

"Zhen'er likes birds?" Chu Yin asked, "How about we raise one?"

"No need to raise them, it's much better to be on the tree," Lu Zhen pointed to the sky, "If you want to fly, you can fly up. It's not comfortable to be in a cage."

My daughter is so kind. Chu Yin smiled and rubbed her head: "Then let's plant more trees in the yard to attract more birds."

"Okay, plant some loquat trees, apricot trees, and grape trees."

Little gluttonous cat!

As the two were talking, Lu Jingzhuo returned to the palace.

Chu Yin went up to him and asked, "Your Highness, have you seen my brother?"

"Well, Hua Jin is doing fine. He said that his mother-in-law is also in good health. In addition, his father-in-law has already left from Jiangning." Chu Ge is going to get married next month, and his father-in-law has to hurry home in time.

It's a pity that his request was rejected by his father, otherwise he could take Chu Yin back to the Chu family.

Chu Yin smiled: "That's good." Then she lowered her head and said to her daughter, "Your uncle is going to get married, and soon you and Er will have another aunt... The relationship between aunt and uncle is like the relationship between mother and father."

Lu Zhen obviously couldn't fully understand it yet.

You have to grow up a few years later.

"Is the Qionglin Banquet lively?" Chu Yin asked Lu Jingzhuo curiously.

Of course it had happened in her previous life, but she never asked Lu Jingzhuo about it, and he would never bring it up on his own initiative.

"It's nothing more than wine tasting and music listening, nothing new...but my father invited my aunt." He thought Chu Yin might be interested.

As expected, Chu Yin's eyes widened slightly: "Isn't this just like the young ladies in Weizhou and other places throwing embroidery balls?" The young lady would throw the embroidery ball to the young man she liked upstairs. "Who did the aunt choose?"

"No one."

Chu Yin's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that her aunt was still thinking about Duke Song?

So many new scholars were not selected. Could it be that he was deeply in love with her?

Fortunately, my father-in-law did not arrange the marriage, otherwise the marriage between Duke Song and Yu Sizhang would have been ruined.

I wonder if these two people can meet now?

"Just now, Zhen'er heard the oriole singing and was very happy. I said we should plant more trees... Now it's spring, which is just right. What kind of trees does Your Highness like? Zhen'er said we should plant apricot trees, loquat trees, and grape trees."

It's all food.

Lu Jingzhuo couldn't help but smile: "I don't know who he looks like," he looked at Chu Yin, "Does he look like you when you were a child?"

"I'm not greedy," she denied.

"Really?" He thought of the chive crispy box.

She even buys food from outside, isn’t she greedy?

The image of a plump and beautiful little girl asking her maid to buy a box of pastries and then eating them emerged in his mind. He thought it was very cute.

My daughter must look like her.

"Your Highness, you haven't told me about the tree yet. I'll have to tell the florist later."

"Plant all fruit trees." When the fruits grew, he picked them for them to eat.

It seems that he loves his daughter very much.

Chu Yin was of course happy and had no objection.

"It's a pity that lychee trees don't grow well here, otherwise Zhen'er would love it so much if they bore lychees," she paused. "I wonder if Doctor Yi can help? He's so knowledgeable about farming, maybe..."

Before he could finish, he was interrupted by Lu Jingzhuo.

"Lychee trees like heat. No matter what Yi Jian does, he can't change their habits. Do you think he's a god?"

Just a reminder, don't be so aggressive.

"It's not necessary to change habits, but you can change the environment. The Qimin Yaoshu says..."

He didn't give her a chance to continue, and lowered his head to cover her lips.

Chu Yin's legs were weakened by the kiss. She finally caught her breath and heard him say, "You don't have to go to Chunhui Pavilion today."

In the past, he was always in a hurry at noon because he had to go to class, and he was afraid that she had not yet finished.

Chu Yin didn't think so at all.

If not at noon, how about at night?

She lacks nothing, okay?

Chu Yin thought for a moment: "How about..." She looked at her hand and bit her lip and said, "How about changing..."

It's a bit hard to understand.

She never thought that one day she would bring it up on her own initiative.

But at least this would make her feel a little more at ease.

Lu Jingzhuo didn't understand at first, but after thinking about it, he realized: "You can?"

"will not……"

He doesn't know how to do it either, but it doesn't seem difficult.

only……

His eyes lingered on her fingers: "You can't have a baby like this, right?"

Chu Yin: “…”

This chapter is pretty long ^_^!

Chu Yin: I’m so upset, child, come quickly.

Lu Jingzhuo: Actually, there is no rush.

Child: ...