Chapter 499: This Will Not Happen Again

"Really?" Nan Xi chuckled, "If you have a lover you like in the future, you can tell me."

Xuanyuan Jia lowered his eyelids and responded respectfully: "Yes."

"Miss Lu, do you want me to propose marriage to your brother?" Nan Xi turned to look at Lu Fangfei and asked lightly.

Lu Fangfei nodded lightly: "My daughter does not overestimate her own abilities. She only hopes that my brother will get what he wants."

Nan Xi smiled faintly: "There is no problem in proposing a marriage, but I have not yet met the Lu family's young master. I don't know what his character is like, and I don't know who the girl he likes is. It is not appropriate to rashly propose a marriage."

Although outsiders say that Mr. Lu is gentle and elegant, Nan Xi has never met him, so it is difficult to make a judgment.

Lu Fangfei pursed her lips slightly, lowered her eyebrows and said, "Your Majesty is wise."

"I will go and find out more when I have time." Nan Xi said, "Please be patient."

"yes."

The scenery in the center of the lake is picturesque and the air is cool.

Nan Xi chatted with them for a while, and after half an hour announced the end of the banquet. The ladies stood up, saluted, and sent the queen off respectfully.

On the way back to Dazheng Palace in the royal chariot, Nan Xi said calmly: "What is the name of the young master of the Lu family?"

"Your Majesty, Mr. Lu's name is Lu Chonglin." Aunt Xu, who was following the royal chariot, replied respectfully, "Last year, I was selected as the number one scholar by the emperor in the imperial examination."

"Do you have a position in the court?"

Aunt Xu said: "Master Lu likes to investigate cases, so the old lady arranged for him to serve in Dali Temple."

Like investigating crimes?

Nan Xi closed her eyes and thought deeply, and didn't ask any more questions.

Returning to the Dazheng Palace, Nan Xi had just sat down on the couch when she heard Nanny Li say: "Master, Miss Jia and Miss Lu want to see you."

When Nan Xi heard this, she raised her eyebrows slightly, but she didn't feel surprised at all and said calmly: "Let them in."

"yes."

"Miss Jia and Miss Lu are here to meet the Holy Spirit together?" Yinyue handed Nan Xi tea and seemed a little puzzled, "What are you planning?"

Just after leaving the Imperial Garden, these two girls did not leave the palace, but followed them to the Taisho Palace?

Nan Xi didn't say anything, just sipping her tea.

Not long after, Lu Fangfei and Xuanyuan Jia walked in together. When they entered the palace, they knelt down and saluted: "Your Majesty."

"Stop being so polite." Nan Xi asked Yinyue to move tables and chairs for the two of them, "Sit down and talk if you have anything to say."

Lu Fangfei and Xuanyuan Jia did not stand up, their eyebrows were slightly lowered and their expressions were respectful.

"My daughter is at fault." Xuanyuan Jia held the cuffs of her skirt carefully and stared at the tiled floor of the palace. "My daughter has concealed something from your majesty. Please punish me."

Nan Xi looked at her with a calm expression on her face: "What did you hide from me?"

Xuanyuan Jia was silent for a moment and whispered: "My daughter has a lover of her choice."

Nan Xi smiled lightly, not surprised at all: "Young master of the Lu family?"

Xuanyuan Jia's face changed slightly, and she bit her lower lip gently: "Yes."

After denying it in the imperial garden, she felt a little uneasy, and Nan Xi's attitude made her even more unsure. So everyone else left the palace, but she couldn't even take a step forward as if her feet were filled with lead.

The crime of deceiving the emperor was like a huge stone weighing on her heart. She was not sure whether Nan Xi could see that she was lying, but in the end she could not resist the growing uneasiness in her heart, so she decided to come over to plead guilty and take the initiative to confess the truth.

"My daughter and Mr. Lu are in love with each other, but they have always been in love and polite, and have never done anything out of line." Xuanyuan Jia said softly, "It's just that my daughter is a concubine in the family, and she can't decide on her own marriage. I didn’t dare to mention this matter to my mother. Mr. Lu has always been opposed by the Prime Minister, so I have never revealed this matter in front of others.”

Nan Xi hummed: "So you are playing tricks in front of me?"

Xuanyuan Jia's face turned pale and he almost fell to the ground: "I dare not, I beg your majesty to forgive me."

"Okay." Nan Xi sighed, "In the future, if you have anything to say in front of me, you can say it directly. There is no need to be roundabout and clever. I don't like this method."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me." Lu Fangfei bowed and apologized, "This matter was my daughter's idea, and I acknowledge my guilt."

Nan Xi looked at the two girls in front of her and said calmly: "Everyone, please get up. It won't be the same next time."

Xuanyuan Jia and Lu Fangfei did not expect to be exposed so easily, and they breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. After respectfully thanking them, they stood up, with a look of panic and guilt on their faces.

Nan Xi pointed to the chair opposite, motioned for the two of them to sit down and said.

"Brother has always liked Jiajia, but my father does not agree with this marriage." Lu Fangfei sat upright on the chair, folded her hands on her knees in a formal manner, and took the initiative to explain, "My father said years ago that the girl from Prince Jing's Mansion Although she is a concubine, there is no legitimate daughter in Prince Jing's Mansion, and the status of a concubine is not low. I don't know how many people are trying to get married to Prince Jing's Mansion. The foundation of the Prime Minister's Mansion is shallow and the residence is humble, which is not suitable for Prince Jing's Mansion. , so I didn’t agree to my brother’s request.”

Nan Xi smiled lightly.

The foundation is shallow and the residence is humble. They are just excuses, but what Prime Minister Lu said is true. Prince Jing’s palace is powerful and the family is noble. I don’t know how many people are trying to get married, especially after Nan Xi ascended the throne. Hongyi was married to Qi Shizi, and the marriage between the two families already made them more prominent. When other aristocratic families became aware of the crisis, they naturally targeted Xuanyuan Jia.

However, there are many aristocratic families in Dongling. Whether it is the Mo family, the Su family, or the slightly weaker family mansions, their influence in Dongling is not small, but the Lu family is different.

Prime Minister Lu has always adhered to the principle of not being in the limelight. Of course, he would not "compete" with other noble families for the in-law of Prince Jing's Mansion at this critical moment. The new emperor ascended the throne, and no one knew what her temperament was like. The more she was in the limelight at this time, the more likely she would attract the emperor's attention.

The movements between the noble families would fall into the eyes of the new emperor, and this kind of attention did not mean luck.

It was not the right time to join in the fun.

Prime Minister Lu's considerations could not be said to be unwise. After all, everyone had their own ideas. Some powerful officials were eager to pursue greater power and higher status, while others were content with the status quo and only wished their families to be safe.

So no matter whether his son really liked the girl from Prince Jing's Mansion, at least in his opinion, this was definitely not the best time to discuss marriage, and Xuanyuan Jia, as a girl, had no say.

She was a concubine's daughter, and her marriage had to be decided by Princess Jing. Under the premise that Prime Minister Lu had not agreed, even if she really liked Mr. Lu, she would never rashly ask Princess Jing for help.

But the situation was different recently.

All the major families are thinking about marrying into the Jingwang Mansion. In the past two days, the Jingwang Mansion has had ladies come every day. If Chu Hongyi was not about to give birth and made the Jingwang wife a little busy, I am afraid that Xuanyuan Jia's marriage would have been put on the agenda long ago.

Once the marriage is really confirmed, Xuanyuan Jia will have no chance to fight for it, so he and Lu Fangfei used this method at the flower viewing banquet.