To Hold One’s Joy

  Chapter 87 The old father's contempt

  The woman is very thin, but she has a beautiful face. Hearing this, she got up from the reclining bamboo couch and went out to meet her.

  Wei Qiang walked in quickly, and seeing the smile in the woman's eyes, he put his arms around her waist and asked, "What are you doing alone in the room?"

  The woman replied politely: "Report to Your Highness, my concubine is reading a book."

   "What did you see?" Wei Qiang took her hand and walked inside.

  The woman's hand was slightly cold, which calmed his restless mood after leaving Pingnan Palace.

  He doesn't like to go to Pingnan Palace, not just to avoid suspicion, and not just because of rifts with his biological parents, but also because he will always be reminded of Luo Er's death when he returns there.

  Luo Er's death was a hurdle he would never get over in his life, and whenever he thought about it, his heart ached.

  Wei Qiang went to the bamboo couch and sat down, picked up the upside-down scroll and looked at it, and said casually, "How do you read this kind of history of the former dynasty?"

   "Boring to pass the time." The woman lowered her eyes and replied respectfully.

  She has thick black hair, thick forehead hair and eyebrows covering a pair of black eyebrows, which makes her beauty a bit compromised.

  Compared to the dignified and grand concubine, or those talented maids, she who always looks submissive when facing the prince even seems a bit boring.

  But Wei Qiang never felt impatient.

  When he is upset, even if he just comes to sit and sit, he will feel comfortable.

   This is one of Luo Er's four favorite personal maids. Looking at her, it seems that Luo Er is still there, and suddenly a "Senior Son" will be heard in this empty room.

   It's helpless to say.

  He has known Luo Er since he was a child. Although Pingnan Wangfu and Zhennan Wangfu are not in the same city, they are not far apart, so there is a chance to meet each other every year.

   They grew up year by year, he called her Sister Luo, and when they got engaged, they called her Luo Er again, but she never changed the name of him.

  She would only call him Shizi coldly.

  He hoped that after marriage, she would call him Brother Qiang, or Husband.

   Wei Qiang closed his eyes, feeling a dull pain in his heart.

  The woman suddenly raised her eyes to look at the man with closed eyes, and then lowered her butterfly-like eyelashes.

  She knew that this man wanted the princess again.

  He deserves it too!

  The sneer hanging from the corner of the woman's mouth was quickly put away, and she returned to her submissive and soft appearance.

   "If you feel bored, go out more often."

   "The concubine doesn't like to move around much."

  Wei Qiang didn't feel unhappy when he heard it, and said in a gentle voice: "Then let the servant send you a few books of legends to read later."

   "Thank you, Your Highness."

  Wei Qiang glanced at the servant girl serving in the room, and said calmly: "You all step back."

  The two maidservants hesitated for a moment, bowed their knees and retreated.

   After retreating to the corridor and looking at the bright sky, a maidservant sighed in a low voice: "The selection of servants is really favored."

  It’s still blue and white, and the crown prince is so clinging to Yuxuan servant that even the crown princess can’t compare to this.

  Another palace maid smiled and said, "It's a good thing to choose a servant to be favored. Well, don't talk about it, it's not good to be heard."

  The corridor is quiet down, and the house is even quieter.

  Wei Qiang lay down, pillowed on the woman's lap and closed his eyes: "Squeeze your forehead for me."

  The woman's slightly cool fingertips landed on the man's forehead, and gently kneaded it.

  Her hand slid down a little bit, and fell to the end of the man's eyes.

  Years still left traces at the end of this man's eyes.

   Unlike her princess, who lived forever at the age of seventeen.

  The woman's eyelashes trembled, and then, as if no thought had arisen, her slender fingers slowly moved back to her forehead.

  Wei Qiang suddenly opened his eyes: "What are you thinking?"

   "The concubine didn't think about anything."

   There was another silence.

   "Yu Niang, give me a daughter."

  The woman trembled all over, and after a long time said calmly: "Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness."

  …

  On the carriage back home, Luo Yue glanced at Luo Sheng who was asleep with his eyes closed from time to time.

  Luo Sheng opened his eyes and looked at her: "What's the matter?"

  Luo Yue bit her lip, seeing that she was about to close her eyes again, she puffed up and said, "Third Sister, thank you very much today—"

  Luo Sheng smiled disapprovingly: "I thought you had something important to do, so thank you, what are you doing?"

  Luo Yue's face became hot.

   She had been so unhappy in the past, but now she bowed her head and apologized, she would feel embarrassed too.

  Luo Qing was secretly happy seeing the easing of the relationship between the two. Thinking of Luo Sheng's different performance in the Pingnan Palace, she began to persuade: "Sanmei, if you want to inquire about a certain man in the future, it is better to quietly send someone to inquire."

  Luo Sheng glanced at Luo Qing in surprise.

   Well done, why did the topic get here?

  While wondering, Luo Qing thought about it and said: "Third sister will ask people to discuss it in public, and it will affect the reputation of the boudoir—"

  Luo Sheng chuckled: "Second sister was joking, I don't have a boudoir reputation. Besides, what do I want boudoir reputation to be such a hindrance?"

  Luo Qing was at a loss for words.

  She just saw that Sanmei’s behavior in the Pingnan Palace was very different from the past, and she thought that maybe she could save it...

   It didn't take long for the carriage to stop in front of the Luo Mansion, and the three sisters got out of the carriage one after another.

   "Sheng'er, follow me." Governor Luo said a few words, and walked towards the study with his hands behind his back.

  Luo Sheng slightly nodded to Luo Qing and the two of them, and raised his heels.

  Luo Yue stared at Luo Sheng's back in a daze for a long time, and didn't come back until Luo Qing whispered.

   "What is fourth sister thinking?"

Luo Yue rubbed the handkerchief, and said softly: "I suddenly think that the third sister is also pretty good. Second sister, look at the second girl Chen, I didn't expect that other people's prostitutes treat concubines like this. The third sister used to use a whip at most —”

  Luo Qing couldn't laugh or cry to interrupt Luo Yue's words: "Fourth sister, the Chen family is an exception, don't take this as normal."

  The third sister is already very different, the fourth sister should not be led astray anymore.

   "But—" Luo Qing pursed her lips and smiled, "Third Sister has indeed grown up."

  People probably have to experience setbacks to be sensible, and I don’t know what Sanmei experienced in Jinsha, and she changed so much after returning.

   Governor Luo walked into the study room, but he didn't feel any change in his beloved daughter.

   After all, she just asked him about Lin Jijiu's grandson, which is like a daughter.

  Luo Dadu took a seat on the Taishi chair, pointed to the chair beside him: "Sheng Er."

  Luo Sheng sat down with a quiet expression.

  Ling Jijiu's grandson's grandson, Luo Dadu probably wouldn't ask too much about it. He probably asked her to come to the study to ask about King Kaiyang.

   Sure enough, Governor Luo asked Wei Han: "Sheng'er, when did you give that jeweled dagger to King Kaiyang?"

   "On the way back to Beijing." Luo Sheng didn't hide this.

   Governor Luo was very pleased: "It turned out to be that time. I didn't expect Sheng'er to know how to make an apology."

  Luo Sheng said casually: "Uh, didn't my daughter ask Kaiyang Wang to take care of me on the road, so I gave him the dagger as a thank you gift."

  Governor Luo blinked: "It's not an apology for what happened back then, but to take care of your thank you?"

  Luo Sheng raised his eyebrows in wonder.

   Does this make a difference?

  The governor Luo shook his head slowly and sighed.

   Taking care of girls and then collecting money and daggers, King Kaiyang really can’t do it.

Good morning.

  (end of this chapter)