ATBLM [QT] Chapter 77.1

Jiang Rui returned to Chang’an Palace with her front foot and Lu Xingzhou followed her with her back foot.

Remembering the pitiful face of the Little Emperor, Jiang Rui said to him: “Rui’er came to me today crying, saying that he was beaten by Master. He is young and I have not been more restrained in the past. His temperament will inevitably be naughty. It is better for you to go and talk to the Master, he can be stricter at ordinary times, just hit the handboard as little as possible.”

When Lu Xingzhou heard this, what he thought in his heart was: There is still energy to complain, it seems that the Little Emperor is still too idle.

Thinking about it this way, he did not make any expressions on his face and said with a smile: “Okay, the minister will talk to Master Ma tomorrow.”

Jiang Rui sat in front of the dressing table. Hanyan took off pieces of the jewelry for her, broke her hair bun, and combed her hair.

A head of black hair spread out behind her like a waterfall. Lu Xingzhou looked at it for a while, feeling a little moved, stepped forward, and said, “I’ll do it.”

Hanyan looked at Jiang Rui hesitantly. When she saw that Niangniang had no objection, she handed the comb to Lu Xingzhou and then quietly retreated.

The fine hair was combed from head to tail. The black hair was smooth and shiny, slipping away from the comb teeth again and again. Lu Xingzhou raised his eyes and looked at the person in the bronze mirror. It happened that Jiang Rui was also looking at the bronze mirror. The two looked at each other for a while. He suddenly laughed and said, “As a husband and wife, there is no doubt about affection.”

This poem does not match the current scene. The relationship between the two of them is not husband and wife, but he did not feel abrupt when he said it.

Jiang Rui first moved her eyes and looked down at the jewelry box in front of her.

Lu Xingzhou hugged her from behind. Kissing the top of her hair over and over again, he asked softly: “Has Niangniang ever thought about the future?”

Jiang Rui frowned slightly, looking a little tired, “People in the deep palace are like birds in an iron cage. Except for staying up day by day, how can there be a future?”

Lu Xingzhou was silent for a while and said, “It turns out that Niangniang did not enter the palace out of her own wishes, neither did the minister.”

He rarely talks about himself. Jiang Rui could not help but look up at him.

When Lu Xingzhou was young, he was also a vigorous young master. Unfortunately, with a careless move, the Lu family was involved in the throne battle and was pushed out as a scapegoat which caused the ransacking of the house and beheading, while the younger was serving as a slave.

In an instant, the family was broken and died, falling from the branches into the mud. Lu Xingzhou had tasted the warmth of the world, which no one else had experienced in his entire life, while the culprit who harmed his Lu family in such a situation was still at ease.

The blood sea has a deep vendetta, how can you not report it? He climbed to this position by any means in order to blade his enemies.

After the great revenge, he was also lost. But now that he has reached this point, there is no reason to go back. Taking a step back is not a big picture, but a dead end, and he can only pass by with a little boredom.

But recently, the idea of ​​staying away from all of this, staying away from this place that imprisoned him for half his life, has become clearer and clearer.

“If it is possible to leave here, would Niangniang be willing to go with the minister?” He asked in a low voice, with a smile on his face, looking a little careless, but the eyes staring at Jiang Rui revealed the nervousness in his heart.

Jiang Rui sighed lightly: “How to go and then throw such a big stall to Rui’er a child? Besides, you have made a lot of enemies over the years. People are afraid of the power in your hands. If you leave behind all of this, leisure is leisure. But, how can there be any stability?”

Lu Xingzhou said: “If you want to leave, it is of course not right now. The minister will arrange everything, just ask Niangniang to wait for some time.”

“Wait for some time? It’s just been over so many years. What if it comes another ten or twenty years?

Although she did not say it directly, the meaning of the words was already very obvious. Lu Xingzhou was so excited that he picked her up, rubbed his forehead against her forehead, and murmured: “It doesn’t have to be ten or twenty years. How can the minister be willing to let Niangniang stay for a long time? Niangniang… Lu Xingzhou will not bear it in this life.”

After that day, Lu Xingzhou’s attitude towards the Little Emperor changed significantly. He used to be like a stocking, he would do whatever he wanted, but now he cares about his homework. The Little Emperor had to follow him every day after school, watching him deal with government affairs. The Little Emperor did not even have time to go to Jiang Rui to be coquettish, which directly aggrieved the Little Emperor to the point of bitterness.

Jiang Rui knew that Lu Xingzhou was going to let the Little Emperor learn to be a real emperor, so she decided not to interfere.

So the Little Emperor could only cry and cry on the side. On the one hand, while completing the tasks assigned by the Master, the additional ones added by Lu Xingzhou were all completed.

His progress was obvious to everyone. He really settled down to study hard and he was smarter than the few princes. Even Lu Xingzhou was not willing to say that he could be taught well.

 

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Translator’s Comment:

A few more chapters before this arc is over.

 

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