The yin and yang in Lou Xiyue's tone was real, but Chu Lanyi seemed unable to hear the sarcasm in her words, and only said:

"My Majesty and I hit it off as soon as we met, so naturally I wanted to talk to her for a while. I'm just afraid that your Majesty might find me annoying and not want to talk to me about normal things."

Lou Xiyue: "I'm not bothered. It's just that you are gaining momentum now, which is the time to establish relationships with various families and become more familiar with them. This centenary banquet is a rare opportunity, Mrs. Chu, don't miss it."

"Look at what you said, am I one of those people who loves power?" Chu Lanyi said: "If your Majesty really thinks of me like this, you have really misunderstood me. Power, money, and connections are all things outside the body. After death, You can’t bring it into the coffin, I don’t value that.”

Hearing this, Lou Xiyue laughed coldly and said, "Really? It is said that birds of a feather flock together. Since Mrs. Chu is so upright and upright, why don't you give Sir Song some advice? Compared to you, Mrs. Chu, Song Your Excellency, it seems that you are not indifferent to fame and wealth."

Mrs. Chu said "Alas" and said, "What the princess said is wrong." She seemed to not understand the sarcasm in Lou Xiyue's mouth at all, and said to herself:

"Why haven't I tried to persuade you? You also know that the so-called 'loyal advice is harsh to the ears', no matter how lavishly I talk about it, it is useless in the end." Mrs. Chu sighed and continued:
"Besides, things in the court are treacherous, and there is a lot of helplessness involved. Although the Song family's status in the court is different from the past, we and our husband have been living in fear these days.

"In fact, instead of walking on thin ice like today, it would be better to go back and live the ordinary and peaceful days before."

Lou Xiyue just felt that she was getting an advantage and being nice: "You're a 'famous person' who is so cautious, so those who are in a worse situation than you, let alone live."

She couldn't stand Chu Lanyi's insistence on being miserable, so she started to leave.She bypassed Chu Lanyi and went straight to the rockery.

Chu Lanyi followed her closely, chattering endlessly:

"Princess, please don't believe me. Every word I say comes from the bottom of my heart. To be honest, we, as husband and wife, are worried all day long, worrying about offending someone one day, and ultimately ending up disastrous."

Lou Xiyue replied calmly: "So you are also afraid of offending others."

Chu Lanyi: "Of course I'm afraid. Don't talk about far away, just talk about close - a while ago, our family had a dispute with someone outside the palace gate, and even accidentally bumped into the prince and princess. .”

Speaking of this old incident, Chu Lanyi was very upset: "When I heard him talk about this, I was so scared that my heart was pounding - he could offend anyone, so why did he offend the prince and you?! "

Lou Xiyue probably guessed her intention - after a long time, Chu Lanyi came to apologize for the previous conflict at the palace gate.

Fortunately, she could endure it, and after talking in a roundabout way, she finally got to the point.

If it's for something as trivial as this, just say it.But Chu Lanyi just talked nonsense and wasted a lot of Lou Xiyue's time.

Lou Xiyue didn't reply to her words, but looked at her and smiled meaningfully.

Seeing that Lou Xiyue didn't speak, Chu Lanyi felt a sudden change in her heart and gradually lost her confidence.But she still had to bite the bullet and said: "What happened that day was indeed my husband's fault. After returning home, he recalled his rude behavior that day and felt extremely regretful. He just wished he could apologize to the prince and princess right away! "

Lou Xiyue said "oh" calmly, thinking: Regret?I'm afraid not necessarily.

If you really regret it, what have you been doing these days?
It’s not like I just remembered that I should apologize when I saw her today, right?Chu Lanyi saw Lou Xiyue's cold reaction, so she immediately said: "I know that it is natural for the prince and the empress to be angry about what happened that day. I would also like to apologize to you here, and I hope that you will not blame me.

"We have learned this lesson. From now on, if the prince and the empress have any orders, we will definitely try our best to do it for you, even to the death -"

Lou Xiyue couldn't stand listening anymore and interrupted: "Okay. The prince and I don't take that little thing to heart. You don't need to be so cautious."

Faced with Chu Lanyi's "loyalty", Lou Xiyue didn't believe it and just said: "Just put your heart back in your belly."

Hearing this, Chu Lanyi smiled apologetically and said: "Yes, yes. I understand that the princess and the prince are generous, and I am very grateful." After saying that, she sighed and said:
"Well, it was a combination of unlucky things that day. At that time, my husband... ran into some trouble on official duties and was upset. He happened to meet Shangguan Jie, and the two of them had a friction. However, the princess and the empress were upset. You’re seeing a joke.”

Lou Xiyue listened to her explanation and said smoothly: "Since it is official business, there will inevitably be tricky times. If you think about venting your anger on two colleagues all the time, then the errand will become more and more difficult to handle."

Chu Lanyi: "Why don't I know this truth? Alas, or..." She sighed again and again, but stopped talking:

"Actually, it's nothing to say. It's just that we were a little more popular at that time. Some people in the court couldn't stand it and caused some obstacles. That's human nature. Thinking about it afterwards, I don't think it was a big deal."

Chu Lanyi was cryptic in her words, but in the end she threw a bait.

Lou Xiyue thought that Chu Lanyi probably said this on purpose, deliberately telling her:
"Look, what happened that day was really not caused by our Song He's intention. Because someone made trouble for Song He, Song He had to find someone else to vent his anger on."

Chu Lanyi's intentions were clearly written on her face.Her tone clearly expressed: Princess, please ask quickly who is causing trouble for our Song family.

Lou Xiyue was not a careless fool, of course he saw what Chu Lanyi meant.

Although Lou Xiyue didn't want to be like Chu Lanyi, she was really curious, so after weighing it, she bit the bait and asked:

"Oh? Why, is there anyone in the court looking for trouble for Mr. Song?"

Lou Xiyue smiled and said directly: "Master Song works under His Highness the Crown Prince. Anyone who understands some things should give some face to His Highness the Crown Prince, even if he doesn't give face to Master Song, right?"

Chu Lanyi said "Ouch": "Your Majesty, you don't know something. That Master Qi is so angry that he doesn't care about anyone's face!"

"Master Qi?" Lou Xiyue raised her eyebrows and asked, "Who is Master Qi?"

Chu Lanyi replied: "Isn't it Qi Yu, the son of Qi Lin, the current Taifu and Minister of Civil Affairs?"

Lou Xiyue had heard of Qi Lin's name, but was not very familiar with it.

I heard that the Qi family has been a century-old family in the capital.The Qi family was one of the aristocratic families that followed the late emperor and made great achievements in the early years. Later, Qi Lin was granted the title of the late emperor, promoted to the position of Taifu, and was worshiped as a first-rank official. He was one of the powerful officials of the Xuan Dynasty.


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