The cannon fodder fake prince at the beginning, I won by hugging thighs

All the grand court meetings of this dynasty were held in the main hall of the Golden Throne Hall.

The princes stood before the ministers according to their age.

Since the princes and princesses were ranked together, there were only seven princes present: two, four, five, seven, nine, thirteen, and fourteen.

Compared with the previous emperor's period, there were nearly thirty princes and princesses in total, which is relatively small.

But when Lu Jiao's adoptive father passed away, only two of these brothers were left alive.

Either he became disabled or was demoted to a commoner, with no chance of ever ascending the throne.

In the end, the Regent had no choice but to find the tallest one among the short ones and find the Fourteenth Prince.

It’s because the fourteenth brother always pretends to be well-behaved, and he only adds fuel to the fire at the second prince, who is not very smart.

So he fooled everyone.

Occasionally, Lu Jiao looked up and saw the Second Prince looking at her with a malicious smile on his face.

She wanted to roll her eyes, but held back.

What an idiot! I wonder how many pairs of eyes the emperor has in this hall.

The Second Prince was so smart that he made such a blatant provocation, fearing that others didn't know that what happened next was caused by him.

Lu Jiao was a little worried about the second prince for a moment.

I’ve never seen the Fourteenth Prince being so well-behaved. He either kept his head down or smiled cutely and innocently at the ministers in the front row.

Seeing this, those old guys were eager to have children again. They wanted to leave the court as soon as possible and go back to the young ladies in the backyard to discuss the true meaning of life with them.

Seeing Yan Tong acting cute like this, Lu Jiao also started to act like a drama queen.

When the Second Prince looked at him again to provoke him, he pretended to be afraid and shrank back, almost stepping on the Thirteenth Prince next to him.

The Thirteenth Prince cried out softly, his voice was not loud, but the commotion here still attracted the attention of other officials.

Those officials who had their eyes closed opened their eyes, glanced at Lu Jiao and the others, took in this scene, and shook their heads slightly in their hearts.

It is no longer news that the Ninth Prince is not presentable, but the Second Prince is also really disappointing.

If such a person becomes the crown prince in the future, who knows how ridiculous he would become.

As a result, they also became wary of the Guo family, the second prince's in-laws.

There was originally a gap between civil officials and military officials, and now, those civil officials were even less willing to get close to the Guo family.

Lu Jiao noticed that the old men closed their eyes again, the expressions on their faces changed, and they lowered their heads and continued to act like quails.

The emperor did not keep the ministers waiting for long and came out soon.

Eunuch Quan shook off the dust and stood beside the emperor: "If you have something to report, please report it. If not, please leave the court!"

In fact, this is just an opening remark. How could there be nothing to discuss in the morning court?

Lu Jiao listened to the reports from all sides and felt a little drowsy.

But he still forced himself to cheer up and tried hard to memorize the reports and the emperor's solutions.

The emperor would occasionally ask for the opinions of the second, fourth and fifth princes.

The second prince always spoke eloquently. The emperor did not say how satisfied he was, but he still nodded slightly to show his approval.

The reaction of the court officials was much colder.

There is no way. The filter of the Second Prince who was a rough and intolerant man was too thick.

Just when Lu Jiao thought that the morning court session was over, a minor official walked forward from outside the hall.

He was wearing the court dress of a seventh-rank military officer. He first performed a great salute when he stepped forward, and then began to report.

"Your Majesty, the prince of Huainan County will come to the capital in three days. I have written a letter to let this humble official report to Your Majesty first."

The emperor raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "I know."

His appearance caused a small amount of discussion among the crowd, but it soon died down.

It's like a gust of wind, which passes by without leaving any trace.

As he left, Eunuch Quan also announced his retirement from court.

There will be noon court afterwards, which Lu Jiao and the others will not be able to participate in.

She left with her brothers: they went to the imperial study with their attendants to study, but Lu Jiao was still under house arrest and had to return to the prince's residence after the morning court.

She looked around the side hall, but everyone inside had left and there was no sign of Xiao Wenzi.

She pulled the palace servant at the door and asked, "Have you seen my attendant? He used to work in the Qianqing Palace. His name is Xiao Wenzi."

"No, no." The palace maid shook her head like a rattle.

I asked several palace servants, but they all said they didn't know.

Lu Jiao waited for a while, but Xiao Wenzi still hadn't come back yet. She stamped her feet and had to go back alone.

Pass through the left wing door, pass the imperial kitchen, and turn into a long palace road. At the end of the palace road is the prince's residence.

These days, because of the series of incidents in the palace, there are many guards patrolling back and forth on the palace roads.

At this moment, the long palace road was empty, without a single person in sight.

If it wasn't noon and the sun was not shining brightly, Lu Jiao would have felt that the palace path was a bit eerie and scary.

She hummed a little tune, as if she was unaware of the abnormality and was in a very good mood.

Halfway through the walk, a flatbed truck suddenly emerged from the palace gate they had just passed, piled with garbage from various palaces.

Lu Jiao's figure froze, but thinking that this was a way to leave the palace inexpensively and without requiring any manpower, she endured it.

But she would definitely seek redress from the Second Prince for this grievance.

There is nothing good left between the Second Prince and the Virtuous Concubine, so let's ask the Guo family for help.

Lu Jiao had finally prepared himself mentally, but the other side also started fighting.

Two men dressed as servants tiptoed up behind Lu Jiao, took out a handkerchief from their arms, and covered her mouth and nose with it.

Lu Jiao grasped the timing well, and before the rag came up to cover her, she exclaimed: "Ah! You guys!"

At the same time, through mental power, the sound was transmitted to the back of the palace walls on both sides.

When the two men moved her onto the cart, he quietly kicked a few rotten vegetable leaves to the ground and covered them with his mental power.

Lu Jiao was lying in the interlayer of the cart, secretly wiping his mouth with his sleeve.

The rag smelled really bad. I didn’t know how long it had been kept in that person’s arms, and it was filled with a strong smell of sweat.

She nearly vomited her breakfast.

The wheels were rolling, but they had been walking for almost an hour and still hadn't reached their destination.

The team changed several times along the way, first it was a cart and later it was a horse-drawn carriage.

However, Lu Jiao had left marks on those people, so he was not worried about missing anyone.

After lying in one position for a long time, her body felt slightly numb and she was hungry.

She regretted again why she didn't have lunch in the side hall first and then deliver it to the door.

The speed of movement then became much faster, and just when Lu Jiao was about to fall asleep, the carriage turned into the back alley of a quiet street.

The groom jumped off the carriage and whispered to the servant in the backyard, "The goods were delivered by the Second Young Master. Go and call Young Master Shen!"

Master Shen had been waiting in the backyard for a long time. When he heard that someone had arrived, he hurried to the door.

The two men lifted the curtain of the carriage, and inside lay Lu Jiao, who was pretending to be unconscious.

Master Shen nodded: "She is pretty good-looking."

Lu Jiao was not convinced and almost jumped up to argue with Master Shen.

Just good-looking? I have a pretty face, what are you looking at me like?