ATBLM [QT] Chapter 76.1

After talking with Jiang Rui, Lu Xingzhou returned to the capital and really knocked on the Xie family.

Although the Xie family is ambitious, it is not courageous enough. It is like a turtle probing its brain, always wanting to stick out its head to test around. After being knocked a few times, it is so frightened that even its limbs are withdrawn.

This time, Empress Dowager Xie’s brother was reprimanded and ordered to go back to the house to think about it. Li Shi wanted to come to see Jiang Rui again, but was pushed by Jiang Rui because she was unwell and needed to recuperate. The Xie family saw that there was no way to ask for help, so they really settled down.

When the weather turned cooler and the heat subsided, Jiang Rui returned to the capital with several imperial concubines and the Little Emperor.

Lu Xingzhou previously said that he was going to arrange for the Little Emperor to enroll in school and his action was really fast. Within a few days after everyone returned to the palace, the Little Emperor was sent to his teacher.

In the beginning, when he learned that he could study with the imperial brothers, the Little Emperor was still very excited, so he went happily on the first day, but came to Jiang Rui on the same day with a sad face.

“Queen Mother, can Rui’er continue to study with Queen Mother?” He threw himself on Jiang Rui’s knees and acted coquettishly.

Jiang Rui picked him up and fed him a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, “Didn’t you keep nagging before that you wanted to read and play with a few royal brothers, why are you not happy now?”

The Little Emperor said pitifully: “The royal brothers are not willing to play with me and the Master is so fierce. You see, Queen Mother, today Master beat me up.”

He stretched out his fleshy palm to show Jiang Rui. Jiang Rui looked at it for a long time and could not see where he was hitting. The Little Emperor can’t lie. The most likely thing is that the Master just gave him a flutter lightly and he complained tragically.

She blew a sigh at the invisible scar and then asked, “Why did the Master hit you?”

As soon as she said this, the Little Emperor was aggrieved and sniffed, “Today, Master asked me to memorize the book. I finished memorizing it and then took out the Luban lock that Queen Mother gave me. I wanted to play with the imperial brothers, but the imperial brothers ignored me and the Master was very angry, saying that I was not doing business properly.”

Jiang Rui was stunned, it was because she hadn’t considered it all. When teaching the Little Emperor before, when he finished learning the daily goals, she would play with him. The Little Emperor gradually developed a habit so that he still maintained the original habit in the study hall. In front of those scholarly gentlemen, learning and playing mean not doing business properly, right?

She had to spend time explaining the difference between the two with the Little Emperor and could only persuade him and refuse his request that he did not want to go to school.

If he is just an ordinary child, there is no problem for her to continue to teach him. But even though he is young, he will be the real king of the country in the future. Jiang Rui asked herself that she did not have such great skills and could teach the way of kings and imperial heart techniques.

Seeing how pitiful the Little Emperor was, she said: “In this way, let Queen Mother ask Lu Gonggong to talk to Master and let him not hit Rui’er’s hand again in the future, how about?”

The Little Emperor’s eyes lit up at this suggestion and hurriedly agreed, “It’s best to talk to Master again and let him accompany me to play Luban lock.”

“Don’t get too far.” Jiang Rui smiled and reprimanded.

Just like before in the other palace, every day after nightfall, Lu Xingzhou would come to Jiang Rui’s palace to sit down.

The night fell for a long time today, but he was still missing. Jiang Rui did not think there was anything. She flipped through the book, but it was Hanyan, standing on tiptoes from time to time.

Lu Xingzhou did not expect to come, but she saw the little chamberlain in Chongzheng Hall.

It turned out that today there was an officer who openly said something unacceptable in the court, insulting Lu Xingzhou’s parents. In a fit of anger, he sent the officer to the big prison. His anger has not disappeared and he is still sitting alone.

That little chamberlain was secretly sent by Sanqi to Chang’an Palace for help.

After listening to it, Jiang Rui thought about it, put down the book, put on a hooded cloak, and led a few people to step into the hurried night.

Sanqi was guarding outside the Chongzheng Hall. When he saw her coming, he hurriedly stepped up, greeted her, and talked roughly about the current situation.

Jiang Rui nodded, left the person outside, and pushed open the door of the hall alone.

The Chongzheng Hall during the day is majestic, but the darkness at night makes it a little terrifying to look at. As soon as she steps in, she feels an eerie cold air invading. There was no light at all in the hall. Jiang Rui held candles and lit several candlesticks. The dim light seemed to warm the surrounding atmosphere a little.

Only then did she slowly walk towards Lu Xingzhou who was behind the bookcase. Before she came closer, she was pulled by someone and fell into an embrace.

Lu Xingzhou hugged her tightly like a man holding a life-saving straw.

 

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