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Chapter 278 Return (4)
Mrs. Lu has already finished her daughter's marriage. Although she has a granddaughter and has to take care of Grandma Lu and her little granddaughter, she still takes back the rights that were previously released to Lu Mingxuan and her sisters one after another. Due to the delivery problem, I have been busy for a few days.

In this way, in the middle of the twelfth lunar month, Zhao Yanjie, who was supposed to arrive in the capital at the end of November, still had no sign of arriving, and there was no letter sent to the capital first. Mrs. Lu couldn't help being anxious, because she told Madam Zhang: "It won't be on the way. What happened to delay it, I don’t know if we can still catch up with the Chinese New Year?”

Nanny Zhang comforted her with a busy smile: "This year's snow is heavier than in previous years, and it's common for the road to be difficult to walk. I think that's why Master Biao delayed the trip. Now it's already halfway behind the original date. It's been a month, even if you want to come to Young Master Biao, even if you delay your schedule, he should arrive soon, don't worry, just wait with peace of mind."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Lu remembered that this year's snow was indeed much heavier than in previous years, she felt a little relieved, and said, "I hope he can catch up with the family banquet on the New Year's Eve, when he proposes marriage to Miss Xuan before the year before, After the first month is out, you can go through the three scriptures and six rituals, and when you finish the three scriptures and six rituals, he will end up just in time, which can be regarded as double happiness!"

Nanny Zhang smiled and said, "Don't worry, Young Master Biao will definitely catch up with Xiaonian."

Lu Mingxuan was also a little uneasy about Zhao Yanjie's delay in coming to Beijing for such a long time, but because she knew that Zhao Yanjie lived well in her previous life at least until her death, so she was not too worried, she was more worried It's Ling Mengqi. It's been almost a year, but he still hasn't sent any news back to the capital. Could it be that something happened to him? In her previous life, she didn't even know that there was such a person as Ling Mengqi in the world, so naturally she didn't. Knowing what his fate would be in the future, this ignorance of the future inevitably deepened her worry.

So anxiously arrived on the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month, an unexpected news came out that Zhao Yanjie and Ling Mengqi both returned to the Duke's Mansion on this day.

When the news came, the heavy boulder that Lu Mingxuan had been holding on to for nearly a year had finally returned to its original place. She almost couldn't help weeping with joy. Ling Mengqi finally came back safe and sound. It's good that she finally didn't have to worry about it again. It's great to worry and regret day and night!
Mrs. Lu was also very happy, and immediately sent someone to call Zhao Yanjie to come to Rongtaiju to talk.

I haven't seen him for more than half a year, Zhao Yanjie seems to have grown a lot taller, probably because he won the Juren, he can already be called "Master Juren", and he has calmed down a lot, as soon as he came in, he knelt down and kowtowed to Mrs. Lu: " My grandnephew has seen my aunt and grandma, and I haven’t seen you for a long time, how is everything going on with you, old man?”

Mrs. Lu is now an old mother-in-law looking at her grandson and son-in-law. The more she watches, the more interesting she is. No matter how you look at it, she thinks that Zhao Yanjie is good. Because she is busy, she ordered someone to help him up, and said with a smile: "I am fine, but you have lost a lot of weight. , I was delayed on the road for so long, it must be because I couldn't eat well or sleep well, now that I finally got home, I just need to make up for it."

Hearing this, Zhao Yanjie quickly laughed and said: "I'm not thin, it's just that I'm a little haggard from the exhaustion of the journey. After two days of rest, it will be fine, so don't worry about it."

Mrs. Lu nodded and said with a smile: "Anyway, it's good to be back safe and sound. I told you Nanny Zhang earlier that I was afraid that you would not be able to make it to the family dinner on the New Year's Eve. You will make my old lady look good this time. As for the 17-year-old Juren, there were not many in the entire Great Zhou Dynasty. I was so happy when I received your letter. Your mother Zhang even joked that Er Xuan is a lucky girl, which made her If you don't follow, it's just that you, Nanny Zhang, are old and disrespectful."

Thinking that the engagement of the two was right in front of them anyway, it would not be considered too polite for him to immediately send someone to ask Lu Mingxuan to come and see him when he followed his own words and asked about Lu Mingxuan.

Unexpectedly, Zhao Yanjie did not follow her words and asked Lu Mingxuan, but said: "It's just that the article I wrote this time caught the eyes of Mr. Xuezheng by chance. There is still a lot to learn, so I can't be praised by my aunt and grandmother."

Seeing that he didn't intend to mention Lu Mingxuan, Mrs. Lu couldn't help feeling a little bit puzzled. In the past, didn't he always mention Miss Xuan when he turned a corner? What's the matter today, and there is no one else in the room... But the old man For the time being, I didn't think much about it, I just thought he was tired and couldn't care about anything else, so I asked him a few more things about the ceremony, and then sent him away.

After seeing off Zhao Yanjie back for a while, Madam Zhang frowned and said, "I always feel that Young Master Biao is a bit weird today. In the past, you didn't take the initiative to mention Miss Xuan, and he would change the topic to Xuan in different ways." The girl is hanging around, why did you talk so much today, but he didn't even greet Miss Xuan?"

Seeing that Nanny Zhang felt the same way as herself, Mrs. Lu hurriedly said: "You feel the same way? I also think he is a little strange. Could it be that he is too tired and can't take care of these things for a while, thinking about how long the future will be?" , it's not too late to ask Hou Xuan girl after Ming'er recovers?"

After much deliberation, Zhang Momo couldn't think of any other reason, so she nodded and said, "Maybe I'm too tired, but I see that Young Biao's brows look a bit gloomy. Could it be that he has encountered some troubles? It is reasonable for him now He is proud of the spring breeze, there should be nothing to bother him."

Mrs. Lu did not observe as meticulously as Nanny Zhang, thinking that even if Zhao Yanjie really had something to worry about, now that he has returned and has his own family, can he still suffer a loss?Because he didn't care much and said: "Forget it, ask him again in two days, and he will naturally know." He put this aside in advance.

The next day, it was the 23rd year of the twelfth lunar month. As usual, the Duke's Mansion had a family banquet that everyone in the manor should attend.

Lu Mingxuan woke up early in the morning feeling a little restless. No, it should be said that since she found out yesterday that Ling Mengqi and Zhao Yanjie returned to the Duke's Mansion on the same day, she has been restless. She was worried that Ling Mengqi would not attend today's meeting. At the family banquet, she was always worried if she didn't see him safe and sound with her own eyes; and she didn't know how to face Ling Mengqi when she really met Ling Mengqi. Do you not know each other?

At the same time, I also had trouble with what to wear in the evening. Dressed too plainly, afraid of spoiling everyone's happiness on such a day, and dressed too colorfully, afraid that Ling Mengqi would misunderstand that she was dressing up for Zhao Yanjie, so she picked it absent-mindedly. It took a long time to finally choose a pair of lapels and a white pleated skirt in lake blue embroidered with red plums.

I don't want to meet Lu Mingfu before departure in the evening, but say to her: "Today is the New Year's Eve. You are dressed similarly to when you were mourning. The old man and the old lady are both elderly. Do you think they will like it when they see you?" ? Why don’t you go and change it for me as soon as possible!”

(End of this chapter)