“No, Gonggong keeps it for himself. I just asked Gonggong, when do you plan to arrange for His Majesty to enroll?”

“Why is Niangniang embarrassing this minister?” Lu Xingzhou said that he was embarrassed to say it, but his eyebrows were clear and light, with nonchalance.

Jiang Rui gradually showed impatience and her brows furrowed slightly: “This should be what I said to Gonggong. Your Majesty is just ignorant of young children and illiterate, and staying in the Chongzheng Hall is just adding to the chaos. Can it be that Gonggong really wants him to take care of everything?”

“Your Majesty’s Nine Five-Year Venerable is naturally different from ordinary people.” Lu Xingzhou fluttered lightly.

“Enough.” Jiang Rui pursed her lips and raised her chin slightly, “What is Lu Gonggong worried about? Is it because he is afraid that His Majesty will open his mind, grow his mind, and it will be difficult to control it in the future? I don’t know, Gonggong turned out to be so timid. With your current power, you still need to worry about a dangling child?”

Lu Xingzhou smiled slightly, slowly fiddling with the tea leaves in the cup: “Niangniang, the method of agitation will not work for me. If you want me to relax, you might as well think of another way.”

Jiang Rui was annoyed and angry when he said something serious. Her face turned slightly red, but her lips were white. She seemed to be unable to stand his indifference and got up to leave.

Lu Xingzhou did not stop her. When she was about to step out of the palace gate, he said unhurriedly: “Niangniang must know, after this village, there is no such shop1. The minister still has a little leisure today, but I am afraid that there will be a lot of affairs tomorrow. It is a luxury to want to see Niangniang. When Niangniang wants to talk about His Majesty’s enrollment, there will be no one to talk about.”

“Why should Niangniang be angry?” Lu Xingzhou said with a smile, “It’s better to sit down and talk slowly.”

“You–” Jiang Rui turned around and glared at him.

The two stood and sat there, stalemate for a long time, and Jiang Rui finally had to walk back.

Lu Xingzhou smiled even more.

Jiang Rui suppressed her anger, “What conditions does Lu Gonggong have, why don’t you say it directly?”

“Niangniang…” Lu Xingzhou paused, “Is this begging for the minister?”

Jiang Rui’s face turned red and white, but she did not say anything to refute it, which was the default meaning.

Lu Xingzhou smiled. His tone was soft, but the words he said were a little cool, “But Niangniang, you should have the posture of asking help for someone.”

“What do you mean?” Jiang Rui asked immediately, squeezing her palms tightly.

“It means it literally.” Lu Xingzhou smiled slightly.

“Presumptuous!” Jiang Rui got up. Her chest rose and fell violently, “Lu Xingzhou, don’t forget your identity!”

“The minister does not dare to forget it at all times.” Lu Xingzhou stood up and seemed to take two steps closer to her at random. Because his height was much taller than Jiang Rui, he bowed his head slightly, “Niangniang is a phoenix’s noble, how can the minister dare to forget?”

Forced by his momentum, Jiang Rui stepped back unconsciously and fell back on the chair again. She was frightened, panicked, and angry. She waved her hand to hit him.

Lu Xingzhou easily stopped and held that wrist. He laughed softly and leisurely, but there was no smile in his eyes.

“The minister has already said that this minister’s skin is thick and fleshy, lest Niangniang hurt her hand, why can’t she remember? Look…”

He lifted the hand holding Jiang Rui up slightly. The sleeves of the palace clothes slid down, revealing a wrist as white as jade. The bruises left on the wrist from the previous days had not subsided and new marks have been added today.

“Lu Xingzhou, you are presumptuous!” Jiang Rui panicked, but could not break free. Her face turned white with fright, her eyes were slightly red, and her body trembled slightly, but her back was still straight.

Lu Xingzhou did not hear it. He looked at the condensed arm carefully and seemed to say with regret: “Niangniang doesn’t know how to cherish her body like this, it really hurts the minister.”

“Shameless!” Jiang Rui was struggling and was so anxious that she did not care about her manners and wanted to kick him with her feet.

Lu Xingzhou took a step back and was broken free by her.

Jiang Rui immediately got up and left in panic almost like fleeing.

Lu Xingzhou stood in place. The corners of his mouth smirked, happily admiring her flustered back. With one hand behind his back, there was no grind, and there seemed to be a delicate touch in his fingertips.

The little inner supervisor guarding the door shrank his neck tremblingly. He seemed to see Niangniang leaving and her eyes were red. Reminiscent of the words he had just heard and the actions of the Governor over the past few days, the little inner supervisor seemed to have thunder in his heart. Could it be that the Governor was to the Empress Dowager—

“Sanqi.”

“Hey!” Hearing the Governor calling him, Sanqi hurriedly bowed in.

“Go and send the Longjing of the Ming Dynasty presented yesterday to Chang’an Palace.”

“How much to send?” Sanqi asked cautiously.

Lu Xingzhou did not care much and said, “Send them all.”

In his opinion, just a little tea, if it can be exchanged for another good show, is really worth it.

But, he did not know that this casual sentence made Sanqi so frightened that he could not close his mouth. His heart turned over a terrifying wave: Sure enough! Tell him that his guess was right!

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