Chapter 65：

Seeing Tao Ti curiously looking at her, Lu put down the tea cup slowly, and said slowly, "Queen Gu, your mother, and me, when we were not out of the pavilion, the three of us lived in Yongxingfang together and were of the same age. So We played together since childhood. We used to set up altars to burn incense and make golden orchids on the night of the Chinese Valentine’s Day. At that time, the three of us were almost inseparable. Your mother is the one who loves fun. We will hold a banquet today and go shopping tomorrow. Funny bird, the day after tomorrow I went to Zhuangzi to go fishing and horse riding. I was so happy."

Tao Ti could hardly associate Zhang's staunchly rigid with the lively and playful girl in Lu's mouth.

Seeing her like this, Lu said softly, "Prince Princess, do you seem to believe it?"

Tao Ti smiled, "Aunt Lu, when was the last time you saw my mother?"

Lu said, "Last time I saw that two years ago, an aunt of my natal family passed away. I rushed back to Chang'an for the funeral. Before leaving, I went to your house and had a cup of tea. You happened to be out at that moment, not at the house. , So I haven't been able to see you either."

Tao Ti searched for the memories in his brain. The Zhang family two years ago seemed to be in that difficult to get along with.

Does Zhang still have two faces, one in front of his girlfriend and another in front of his daughter?

Also, most of Huaxia's parents like to emphasize the "majesty" in front of their children.

Compared to Zhang's affairs, Tao Ti was more curious about the Queen Gu's affairs. She looked at Lu's and said with an obedient expression, "Auntie Lu, can you tell me something about Queen Gu?"

Lu lightly glanced at the white jade bracelet on Tao Ti's slender wrist, and his face was gentle, "Is this bracelet left for you by the queen?"

Tao Ti was taken aback, and subconsciously stroked the warm bracelet with his fingers, and said in surprise, "Aunt Lu, you have such good eyesight, you can recognize it."

"This is Yuan Yuan... Oh, Gu Yuan is the queen's name... She has always been wearing this bracelet, or was it the bracelet that Mrs. Gu personally put on her when she was sealed."

Tao Ti obviously didn't expect this jade bracelet to have been passed down for several generations. He said in his heart that he would be light-handed in the future, but don't knock this baby out of it.

"She left this bracelet to you. It seems that she is very satisfied with you as her daughter-in-law. Among the three of us, the queen marries the earliest. I will go second. Your mother will marry until the latest. Before we get married, the three of us People once vowed that if anyone has a son or a daughter, they will make a couple and have a kiss."

"Later, the queen gave birth to the prince first. That year, I went to see her in the palace and had one in my belly. She hoped that I would be a female doll in my belly so that I could be my family... I failed to make her wish. , Gave birth to a bastard. It was your mother who got married, and she had a baby girl like you at the first child..."

Speaking of this, Lu said with a smile, "Your mother was so proud at that time, she wrote to me to show off, saying that her daughter will be the crown princess in the future, there will be the best mother-in-law in the world, and the most honorable husband. ."

The smile on Tao Ti's face gradually disappeared, and she fell into thinking—

Hearing this marriage from Aunt Lu's mouth, she seemed to understand Zhang's a little bit suddenly.

From the perspective of Zhang's 16 years ago, she was indeed looking for the most decent marriage in the world for her daughter.

If Queen Gu did not die prematurely, and if Pei Yan was not sick, his girlfriend would be her daughter's mother-in-law, so there is no need to worry about her daughter being harassed by her in-laws. The daughter married into the royal family, she will live a life of rich clothes and good food, pampering herself, and she may become the most noble woman in the world in the future.

To blame, only blame fate for being too boring, shattering her wishful thinking.

Isn't it sad to want to come to Zhang?

Lu continued, "Of the three of us, I am the least courageous and the least thoughtful. In your mother's words, I am a piece of wood. As for your mother, your mother has a hearty temperament, hate and hate, and act a bit reckless and impulsive... if you say She is a group of burning flames, then the first queen, like a handful of refreshing springs, and like a group of soft clouds, is the most gentle and gentle."

Tao Ti suddenly thought of Pei Yan and said with a smile, "The character of His Royal Highness is to follow the first queen. His temper is also very good. I have never seen anyone more gentle than him."

Lu had never seen the prince, but he had always heard that the prince was wise, and now he heard the prince’s pillow say so, and he wanted to see the son of this old friend even more in his heart.

Tao Ti asked again, "It is said that my son Xiaomother, your Royal Highness looks so beautiful, the queen must be beautiful first, right?"

Lu's black eyes narrowed slightly, recalling the voice and smile of the first queen, and he couldn't help but nod, "The first beauty in Chang'an, of course, is extremely beautiful."

Every woman wants to have outstanding beauty, but sometimes, too beautiful, but it becomes the beginning of their tragic destiny.

Regarding the beauty of Queen Gu, Lu Shi didn't want to say more, and only made a few words and lightly revealed it.

Tao Ti only thought that Lu's thoughts of his friends who died young felt uncomfortable, and did not ask more.

She remembered that rice dumplings were still cooking on the pot in the small kitchen, and hurriedly ordered Linglong to bring some.

Not long after, Linglong came up with a crystal plate of rice dumplings and put it on the table beside Lu's hand.

Tao Ti enthusiastically introduced, "Aunt Lu, let’s have a zongzi during the Dragon Boat Festival. There are six flavors of zongzi today. There are three sweet ones, such as red bean paste zong, original fragrant red bean zong, and candied date zong; there are three salty ones. , Pure meat dumplings, egg yolk meat dumplings, chestnut meat dumplings... the color of the thread wrapped around each dumpling is different, which one would you like to eat?"

Lu Shi laughed, "Have a candied date rice dumpling."

Tao Ti said, "Then you wrapped the red silk thread, that is the candied date rice dumpling."

Lu Shi was also not embarrassed, picked up a green and plump rice dumpling, and gently peeled it up.

As soon as the zong leaves were uncovered, the white and crystal zongzi appeared like a small jade mountain, and a thick scent of rice poured into the tip of the nose. One bite down, the sticky glutinous rice is soft and waxy, very sweet. There are two big candied dates hidden in the middle, the bright golden red color, and it is incredibly sweet.

"This rice dumpling is really fragrant, not too sweet and greasy, the glutinous rice is sticky and chewy!" Lu said with a smile.

"Aunt Lu likes to eat it. If you have eaten this, you can also try another salty rice dumpling." Tao Ti smiled lightly and peeled off a chestnut dumpling.

Compared with the white appearance of the sweet rice dumplings, the whole meat dumplings have an attractive yellowish-brown color, and they are full of meaty fragrance when opened. The pork belly wrapped in the center of the glutinous rice, in the process of steaming, spreads the fat to each grain of crystal-clear glutinous rice, and wraps it tightly so that every mouthful of zongzi is salty, fragrant and soft, full of heat, and Full of happiness. When you bite into the filling, you can still see distinct brown-red pork shreds and golden chestnuts. The powdery, waxy and sweet taste is perfect when paired with rice dumplings.

The two people here were talking and laughing while eating rice dumplings and drinking jasmine tea, but the atmosphere in the Chang'an Palace, a hundred miles away, was extremely depressing.

The nectar palace.

On the Dragon Boat Festival today, there was a banquet in the palace. Empress Zhou seized this opportunity to grab Pei Changzhou and Pei Lingbi brothers and sisters, and interrogated them.

Empress Zhou withdrew from the palace with a cold face, and sent her confidant court lady to guard at the door. After confirming that they were only three of them, she raised her hand and slapped Pei Changzhou in the face.

Pei Changzhou stunned the fan directly. He hadn't seen his mother for seven or eight days, and finally went to the palace to accompany him after a festival, but he was facing an ear scraper.

He looked angry and puzzled, "Queen, what are you doing?!"

Although Pei Lingbi was not beaten, he was so frightened that he hurriedly hid behind Pei Changzhou, echoing, "Yes, mother queen, for the festival, what do you do with the emperor brother?"

Empress Zhou gave them both a hard look, "You all came out of my stomach, I won't get a fight?!"

Both Pei Changzhou and Pei Lingbi choked.

Empress Zhou squinted her beautiful eyes, and her scrutiny gaze lingered between the two of them. After a moment, she lowered her voice and said, "You tell me honestly, did you two get mixed up about the Prince's assassination in Luoyang?"

As soon as these words came out, both Pei Changzhou and Pei Lingbi's expressions changed.

When Empress Zhou saw the reaction of the two of them, she felt dizzy and almost didn't fall to the ground, "You, you two... idiots..."

Pei Changzhou and Pei Lingbi hurriedly left and right, supporting Queen Zhou to sit on the couch, "Mother, don't get angry, carefully hurt your own body."

After Empress Zhou sat firmly, she shook off their hands unceremoniously, and her beautiful and well-maintained face was tightly taut.

She looked at the brothers and sisters, "You are so courageous now, why don't you discuss such a big matter with your uncle and me?"

Both Pei Changzhou and Pei Lingbi hung their heads, pursing their lips in silence.

Upon seeing this, Empress Zhou became even more angry, slapped the table heavily, and scolded, "Who made the bad idea, and how did you arrange it? Don't hurry up! Now the prince is safe, if he has any evidence in his hands, go back. Come to Chang'an, just wait for death one or two of you!"

After all, Empress Zhou had also been a queen for so many years. She was so prestigious that she really became angry, and Pei Changzhou and Pei Lingbi both shook three times.

Pei Lingbi bit her lip and pushed Pei Changzhou, mosquitoes humming, "Brother Emperor...you say it..."

Pei Changzhou raised his brows and glanced at Pei Lingbi, annoyed and annoyed, "I know you told me now? It wasn't your bad idea at the beginning!"

When Pei Lingbi heard this, he raised his head angrily and said, "I'm talking about letting Uncle Seventh Emperor find a way to deal with Tao Ti, and I haven't thought about moving the prince! Who knows how Uncle Seventh Emperor had started on the sick seedling!"

Pei Changzhou was also a little depressed, and said to Queen Zhou with an innocent look, "Mother, you believe in your son. The son wrote a letter to Uncle Seventh Emperor, but in the letter he only asked him to find a way...to deal with the princess..."

Speaking of this, he is obviously a little hard to tell.

Queen Zhou was really trembling with anger, and gritted her teeth, "If you are really instigating the assassination of the prince, I will think you are stupid at best, but I will also think you are a little bit courageous... But now you tell me , You specially wrote to the Mu Palace, just to deal with a small girl? Just your small device, really, really..."

Empress Zhou's head was dizzy with anger, and she couldn't think of any words for a while, she just clutched her chest, gasping for breath.

How could she give birth to such two idiots in Zhou Ming's calculations?

Pei Changzhou didn't dare to speak, and waited until Queen Zhou's anger subsided a bit, then he muffled and said, "And I specifically said in the letter, you don't need to take her life, as long as you take her... innocence, that's enough. I don't know Seven What did the emperor uncle do? Does it mean that people become more confused as they get older?"

Queen Zhou said in a deep voice, "The news I have got here is that Prince Mu's Mansion and Luoyang Mansion Yin Sun Zhengguo have been served in one pot. The Prince Mu raped and murdered people's daughters and was imprisoned by the prince. For this reason, Princess Mu held a grudge and found a group of water. The bandits went to assassinate the prince, and King Mu privately sold salt and cast weapons...Several crimes were punished, and whether you can save a life depends on how much your father loves this son."

Pei Changzhou said, "According to this, wouldn't the assassination have nothing to do with us?"

Queen Zhou coldly snorted, "You are stupid to be King Mu? If he can't live, he will make us feel better? He only needs to say that you sent a letter instructing him to do so, what shall you do?"

Pei Changzhou's expression suddenly changed, and he looked at Empress Zhou in a panic, "Mother, what shall we do?"

"Now know that you are in a hurry?"

"Mother, please help my son, my son is really innocent this time!"

Empress Zhou had a straight face, her brows furrowed, her slender fingers gently rubbed the cup, and she thought for a while, "I will discuss this matter with your uncle Haosheng."

After a pause, she remembered another worrying thing—

If nothing happens, Zheng Xuan is likely to be promoted to the position of Luoyang Fu Yin this time.

Who is Zheng Hyon? A well-known wife slave in the officialdom of the Da Yuan Dynasty!

In order to marry Lu Minyue, it can be said that he has gone through many trials before he embraced the beauty. After marriage, she had a deep affection with Lu Minyue, and she gave birth to three sons. She has never had a concubine, and she has no concubine. If Lu Minyue said east, he would not go west; if Lu Minyue wanted the stars, he would pick it for her if he tried his best.

Lu Minyue and Gu Yuan are in one mind. If Zheng Xuan really becomes Luoyang Fu Yin, then Luoyang Fu...isn't it Pei Yan's help?

When she thought that Luoyang was originally the power of their Zhou family, she became an opponent in an instant, and Queen Zhou only felt her heartache.

She told this to Pei Changzhou again, and when Pei Changzhou heard it, she also paled, "Mother, what shall we do then?"

Queen Zhou squeezed her fingers, pondered for a moment, and said, "Now, after King Mu falls, which emperor relatives your father plans to send to be the pastor of the Luoyang Mansion... This mansion must be ours in order to be Zheng Xuan. Check and balance each other."

Pei Changzhou understood, and hurriedly said, "You can rest assured, the queen, the sons and ministers have always made friends with the emperors, even if they are unfamiliar, the son will find a way to win over us."