Chapter 18:
Luoshen has a feeling that the atmosphere at home these days is very unusual.
Whether it was her parents or Aju and the others, it seemed that they were deliberately hiding something from her.
Especially in the past few days, this feeling has become more and more intense.
But every time she asks a question, whether it's her mother, father, Aju and Qiongshu, they are either nonchalant or hesitant, asking three questions.
This made Luoshen gradually doubtful, and even a little uneasy.
This year's Chongyang is approaching again.
Every year in the past, her friend, Lu Xiurong of the Lu family, would usually ask her out early, and then call a few other boudoir friends, or go on an autumn tour, or enjoy chrysanthemums and compose poems. .
But this year, for some unknown reason, even Lu Xiurong seemed to have forgotten about it.
Luoshen couldn't help but sent a letter to Lu Xiurong yesterday, asking about Chongyang. Lu Xiurong wrote back the same day, saying that something happened at her house these few days, and she might not be able to go out on Chongyang Day, so she came to find her after she was busy.
Luoshen had to give up.
Today, early in the morning, my mother and father went out without telling her where they went. Aju stayed at home with her.
One night of autumn wind urges the chrysanthemums in the chrysanthemum garden in the back garden of the home.
Luoshen sat on the swing frame, with a cloud-colored t-shirt on the upper body and a plain skirt on the bottom, with a slender waist and wide sleeves, and the skirt fluttered. She held the ropes on both sides of the swing with both hands, letting the swing slowly sway in the wind, gradually becoming fascinated.
In my ears, the voices of cherries and little girls floated from time to time.
"This one blooms well, cut it out, put it in a bottle, use that azure bottle..."
Luoshen called Cherry over.
Cherry holding the freshly cut flower in her hand, she walked over quickly with a smile on her face.
"Look, little lady, I cut a few ten-zhang curtains and green clothes and red clothes. Does the little lady like it? When I go to pick a few dogwoods, match them together, and keep them in a bottle. It's beautiful and festive!"
The snow-white ten-zhang curtain and green clothes and red clothes are intertwined together, which is really beautiful.
Luoshen nodded and asked casually, "Rokuro disappeared this morning, where did he go?"
"Xiao Langjun, he also went to overturn Zhoushan with the elder princess and the others..."
Cherry is younger, has a lively temperament, and speaks a little faster.
Halfway through the sentence, she suddenly remembered something, and immediately stopped and shook her head: "I don't know much, I guessed randomly..."
"Cherry, is there something wrong, Aju didn't ask you to tell me?"
Cherry's face showed panic, and she kept shaking her head and shaking her head.
The smile on Luoshen's face disappeared, staring at her without saying a word.
Cherry gradually lowered her head, with an uneasy look on her face.
Luo Shen left her behind, got off the swing frame, and went straight back to the house.
Aju was instructing the servants to make chrysanthemum cakes. When she saw Luoshen come in, she turned to greet her, and said with a smile, "Why don't you enjoy the flowers in the garden?"
Saying that, I touched her hand, feeling a little cold, and frowned and called Qiongshu: "The little lady's hands are so cold that I don't know how to add clothes to her!"
Qiongshu hurried to get the clothes, Luoshen shook his head.
"Ma'am, I'm not cold. Let me ask you, what are Aye and A-Niang trying to hide from me?"
Aju shook her head: "Why do you have something to hide from you? Amimo thinks a lot. If you don't appreciate the chrysanthemum, Mamma will accompany you back to the house to add some clothes..."
Luoshen broke free from Aju and held his hand, and walked out: "Qiongshu, take my hat! I'll go to Fuzhoushan to see what's going on there, the whole family is gone, only the rest is left. I'm not going alone!"
Aju let out a sigh and hurried to catch up: "Ami, it's really nothing..."
"It's fine if you have nothing to do. I'm just bored at home, so I'm going to relax. Mammy, you won't even ban me from going out, will you?"
Luoshen smiled, but his words were full of unstoppable tone.
Aju and her looked at each other for a moment, with a helpless expression on their faces, they held onto Luoshen's hand.
"Forget it, grandma will talk to you."
Aju brought Luoshen into the house and sighed: "Ami, do you still remember the person named Li who saved Xiao Langjun before?"
Luo Shen nodded.
That person named Li Mu saved Adi, and she will not forget it.
"It's about that person..."
Aju sighed again. It seemed that what happened next was extremely difficult for her to explain.
Aju suddenly mentioned that person, and this appearance made Luoshen more and more confused.
Parents hide something from themselves, and since they don't want her to know, it must be something bad related to her.
Recently, her biggest event is her marriage with the Lu family. Thinking of Lu Xiurong's anomaly this year, Luoshen always felt that this bad thing might have something to do with his marriage.
Now when Aju opens her mouth, she actually mentions the person who has nothing to do with her.
This really surprised her.
What does that person have to do with you?
"What's wrong with him? How could it have anything to do with me?"
Luoshen urged.
A Ju sighed for the third time: "That Li Mu, actually openly confessed his grace to Xiang Xiang, asking to marry you!"
ah? !
Luoshen's eyes were suddenly rounded, his lips were slightly opened, and he stopped, unable to react for a while.
"Ami, don't be angry!"
A Ju was startled, and hurriedly supported her and led her to sit on the edge of the bed.
"Xianggong did promise in public, but he could do whatever he asked, but how could he think that he would think of you! The eldest princess and the eldest princess were afraid that you would find out about Jiao Xin, so I told you to hide it from you. Just let it go. A hundred hearts!"
Aju sneered: "Who is Xianggong! What kind of ghost, have you never seen it before? How could you be restrained by this arrogant warrior?"
Luoshen was finally sure that she heard right.
The low-level military attache named Li Mu had never met her before, and she had never even heard of his name. He took advantage of the kindness that saved Adi that time, and now he asks his father for marriage, and wants to marry him?
This…
This is too…
Incredible!
Her first reaction was to laugh. But he couldn't smile. Instead, her heart seemed to be holding a little rabbit. It jumped wildly and slowly looked at Aju: "Then today, Aye Aniang and the others went to Fuzhou Mountain. What are they doing?"
"This matter is in front of Your Majesty. The Prime Minister was helpless, so he wanted to use the test to make Li Mu retreat. I didn't want the eldest son of the Lu family to know, but he didn't want to make the Prime Minister too embarrassed, and he wanted to convince that Li Mu. I took the initiative to take the exam with him. The minister will set up an exam in Fuzhoushan today, and test the elder son and that Li Mu in public."
A Ju's face showed a gratified smile: "Ami, don't worry. With the eldest son's literary talent and martial arts, how could Li Mu be able to compete with him? I want to come to Xianggong to see that Li Mu's mind is not right, and he doesn't know how high the sky is. Teach him a lesson, and that's all. If today passes, it will be over. The marriage between you and the eldest son, what should I do, what should I do."
Luoshen finally fully understood.
Why are my parents so abnormal these days, and why is Lu Xiurong making excuses for not being able to survive in Chongyang.
It turned out that everything was caused by that person named Li Mu.
Gao Huan had mentioned that Li Mu in front of her several times, and his tone was full of admiration. Although Luoshen had never seen that person, his impression of him was originally very good.
There is no shortage of heroes in the poor family. That Li Mu is a great hero.
But at this moment, when hearing such words from Aju's mouth, all the good feelings Luoshen had for that person because of Adi, disappeared without a trace.
She couldn't imagine that these days, without her knowledge, she would be so lustful and begged for marriage by a man she had never known before.
She is not cold, and now people are sitting in the room, but it seems that there is a gust of wind in the dark, cool and pitiful.
Accompanied by a sense of aversion to the cold, the two arms covered by her sleeves slowly appeared goosebumps one by one.
She couldn't help shivering.
Fortunately, Aju was right. With Aye's experience, how could he be held hostage by that Li Mu?
But a little wild general!
Since Aye was able to test the school in public, he must have a good idea of the result.
What's more, she completely believed in Lu Jianzhi's ability.
No matter how powerful that Li Mu is, as long as the eldest brother of the Lu family is there, it is impossible for that person to win against him.
As long as Aye and the Lu family eldest brother are there, she doesn't need to worry about anything.
Luoshen finally settled down, and the heart that was beating wildly, slowly calmed down.
Aju glanced at the height of the sun outside the window and comforted: "The matter over there should be over soon. You just lie down in the room, don't think too much. Mamma goes to see the cakes. When the eldest princess comes back, she will call you."
Aju patted her hand lovingly and called Qiongshu in to accompany her. She was about to go out when she happened to hear a maid outside: "The eldest princess is back!"
Luo Shen's heart skipped a beat again.
However, Aju had a happy expression on her face, and immediately stood up: "I'll be back so soon! It must be very smooth."
For some reason, although she completely trusted Aye and Lu Jianzhi, she really heard the news that her mother had returned. At this moment, her emotions that had just relaxed, suddenly became tense again.
She stood up slowly, forcibly stabilized, and followed Aju out.
As soon as I arrived in the back hall, I saw my mother walking in quickly, stepping over the threshold with one foot, causing the sideburns to tremble with each step.
Luo Shen saw the anger on his mother's face at a glance.
Her heart skipped a beat, her footsteps stopped immediately and stopped there.
"Pack up and take Ami back to Bailuzhou—"
Xiao Yongjia shouted, and suddenly saw Luoshen opposite, immediately closed his mouth and looked at Aju.
Aju also saw it early, Xiao Yongjia's mood was not right, the smile on his face disappeared, he looked back at Luoshen who was standing there, stepped forward and asked in a low voice, "Princess, how's the test?"
Xiao Yongjia's face was gloomy and he didn't say a word.
Aju knew something was wrong, and I'm afraid things might change. Immediately turned back and called Qiongshu: "First accompany the little lady back to the room!"
Qiongshu hurried up: "Little lady—"
Luoshen brushed away the hand of the maid, walked towards Xiao Yongjia, and finally stopped in front of her.
"Auntie, what happened?"
She stared at Xiao Yongjia and asked slowly.
Xiao Yongjia did not answer her.
Luo Shen's heart sank uncontrollably.
"Brother Lu... did he lose?"
Luo Shen's voice trembled slightly uncontrollably.
In fact, the moment she saw her mother stepping over the threshold with an angry face, she had already guessed the result.
It's just that I was unwilling in my heart, and I didn't want to believe the result, so I had to hear the answer with my own ears.
"Ami, be obedient, go back to your room and ask your mother to rest for a while..."
Aju hurried to persuade.
"Ami, don't be afraid! With Aniang there, I will never ask you to marry a poor martial artist!"
Xiao Yongjia stepped forward, grabbed her daughter's cold little hand, gritted her teeth, and said these words word by word from her mouth.
Luoshen's soft hands were aching faintly from the hard rings she was wearing on her fingers.