The Concubine's Daughter Travels Through Time and Space and Takes the Road of Confrontation

Lu Yun bowed and said, "Your Majesty, about three months ago, my cousin cut her hair and asked to leave the palace to become a nun. She has been devoting herself to worshipping Buddha at Qingping Temple ever since. A few days ago, because Su had a miscarriage, my cousin asked me to bring a message to Your Majesty, saying that she is unworthy of the honor of a concubine. She has been in the palace for many years but has not borne any children for the royal family. I have let down the elders and am therefore requesting to leave the palace."

"Leave the palace?" Concubine Li couldn't hide her surprise. Most of the concubines in the harem chose to become nuns out of despair. This was not surprising to her, but the concubines asked to leave the palace on their own initiative -

"No." Concubine Li frowned. "This matter concerns the reputation of the royal family." When the news of the concubine asking to leave the palace spread, the first person to lose face would be the third prince. His Majesty would never want to see such a thing happen.

Unless Lu takes full responsibility for the incident, only the guilty can leave the Third Prince's Mansion.

Lu Yun: "It's up to you, Madam Queen."

After watching the two leave, Concubine Li immediately went to look for Concubine Zhao, but was blocked outside and could not enter the palace. Thinking carefully about what had happened recently, Concubine Li secretly said that she was too impatient.

After Lu Yun left the palace, she rushed to the Lu Mansion and told him everything that happened in the palace. Zhang was not surprised. "This matter cannot be rushed. Lingjie'er's departure from the mansion needs further consideration."

Lu Yun nodded. Zhang remembered something and picked up a piece of paper. "The Marquis' Mansion sent a wedding invitation yesterday. Sister Zhen is getting married. Her husband is Qian Ming, who lives in the back alley of the Marquis' Mansion. The wedding is in half a month. I want to take your sister to the mansion over there to add to the dowry during the Dragon Boat Festival."

Lu Yun lowered her head and thought for a while, "When cousin Qin got married, my daughter added a hundred taels of silver. Cousin Zhen should also give a hundred taels this time. I won't go to the wedding on the day." She had never been present at any of the family's weddings.

One hundred taels is neither too much nor too little. With the title of princess, Qin Shi couldn't say anything. Zhang Shi nodded and agreed, "I'll pay this little money for you."

Lu Yun did not refuse and agreed with a smile.

Halfway through the journey, Lu Yun felt someone was following her. She lifted the curtain and peeked out, only to see a carriage not far behind her. The carriage had a green roof and tung oil panels, a common style in Kyoto.

Since they were on the official road, it was not surprising to see carriages and horses passing by. They were probably family members from some wealthy family going to the Western Hills for a visit. Lu Yun was about to lower the curtain.

Then he saw the carriage behind suddenly speed up and pass by quickly. Through the raised curtain, Lu Yun saw a familiar figure.

Lu Yun hurriedly said, "Coachman, please excuse me..." Halfway through, Lu Yun closed her mouth. What was she going to do after him? Was she going to ask him what he had eaten today and how many meals he had eaten? Such nonsense.

Coachman: "Master, can you drive faster?"

"No need, that's it." Lu Yun sat back in her seat obediently. The carriage gradually slowed down and finally stopped. "Why aren't you moving?" Lu Yun shouted.

The driver stopped his horse and said, "Master, there is someone blocking the road ahead."

Liuzi got off the carriage, holding a square box in his hand. "Princess, have a happy Dragon Boat Festival."

Don't bow to money. I haven't settled the bill with him for the past few days yet, Lu Yun warned herself as she opened the food box with great anticipation. Inside were six rice dumplings neatly arranged with colorful ribbons.

Don't think she can't tell that this was bought ready-made from Zhang's Dim Sum Shop and was worth no more than five taels of silver. As a former partner, her current status is comparable to that of a middle-level customer of Xiefangguan.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Yun straightened her mind and looked at the motionless curtain behind Liu Zi, baring her teeth. "Thank you, Master, for me, for the snacks you gave me a few days ago."

Lu Yun turned to get on the bus, clutching the food box. She was afraid that if she pushed too hard, the raw dumplings wouldn't be enough to fill her stomach, and that impulsiveness would lead to her losing everything. She pushed the food box aside, intending to take it back to feed Huihui.

The carriage started moving again. Lu Yun huddled in a corner of the carriage in a cowardly manner. New and old grudges surged in her heart. The more she thought about it, the more wronged she felt. She picked up the rice dumpling, lifted the curtain and threw it far away. "Keep this rice dumpling for yourself!"

The box broke open and the dumplings scattered all over the floor.

Liuzi “——”

The driver: “——”

A large, bony hand picked up the green, muddy rice dumplings one by one. The young man in black shook the dust off the rice dumplings with a colored string and said, "Find a new box."

Lu Yun looked back guiltily, and seeing that no one was chasing him, he immediately told the driver to speed up.

Zhou Boli stared at the two boxes of rice dumplings on the table, with glutinous rice, red dates, colorful ropes and other items placed next to them.

He picked up one of them, examined it carefully, and said in a deep voice, "Is the zongzi I made not good enough? Or does the princess not like the style of this zongzi?"

This wasn't actually the problem with the zongzi, but Liuzi heard himself say, "No, Master, your zongzi is excellent."

Zhou Boli's eyes were cold. "Then tell me why the princess refused to accept the rice dumplings."

"Master." Ah Da walked into the room with a smile, holding a large three-layered mahogany carved food box. "This is a Dragon Boat Festival gift from Master Zhao."

Liuzi winked at him desperately.

Seeing two boxes of rice dumplings on the table, Ah Da was stunned. "Who sent these?"

"What's wrong?" Zhou Boli leaned back in his chair with an expressionless face.

Ah Da scratched his head and said, "It's exactly the same as the one the shop owner gave me." Seeing his master's increasingly gloomy face, he belatedly realized and began to explain, "This is pretty good too. A box in the shop would sell for 328 cents. The cheaper ones given to the shop assistants are made with red dates and glutinous rice, but this one is still expensive."

Liuzi covered his face, it was over.

Zhou Boli chuckled a few times and shifted his gaze from Liuzi to the mahogany carved food box in Ada's hand.

"Bring it here, let me have a look."

A Daza put the food box on the table tremblingly, and elbowed Liuzi in the chest when his master was not paying attention. No wonder the second brother always said that you are not loyal. Today I finally understand.

Liuzi grimaced and covered his chest: Oh my God, my eyes are almost blinded, can you see that?

Zhou Boli opened the food box and looked through it layer by layer. On the first layer were sachets, a folding fan adorned with flowers. On the second layer was a set of exquisite wine utensils filled with realgar wine, with mugwort leaves spread underneath. At the bottom lay eight zongzi, with at least four different colors of colored string.

"Master, this isn't about the zongzi," Liuzi said stubbornly. "I think it's better to explain things to the princess face to face to avoid further misunderstandings."

Lu Yun asked the coachman to drive the carriage down the mountain and returned directly to the Taoist temple.

Huihui stretched out his nose to sniff, then jumped up excitedly and nudged her chin with his mouthpiece. Dashou called Huihui back and patted his head. "Didn't you just eat?"

Lu Yun looked at Huihui's round belly and said, "Hey, eat less. It's hard to find friends if you're too fat."

Gray Gray: "Woof!"

In the yard, Caihe and a few others were busy making rice dumplings. They prepared four kinds of fillings: salted egg yolk, braised pork, red bean paste and red dates. They kept some for themselves and some for giving to others.

Lu Yun washed her hands and had just wrapped a few when she was chased away by Caihe, "Master, go and play." Seeing the master turned around, Caihe secretly picked up the few things the master had wrapped and put them aside and covered them with reed leaves.

Jadeite and Red Jade both raised the corners of their mouths.

Lu Yun, actually I saw everything.