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Chapter 286: Begging (2)
On February 21st, Mrs. Lu sent the steward to pick up Zhao Yanjie from the examination room early in the morning, and didn't come back until after noon.

Mrs. Lu pulled Zhao Yanjie to look at him: "I've lost a lot of weight." With eyes full of love and distress, she asked how hard the exam was, how sure she would pass it?
Zhao Yanjie looked haggard, and indeed lost a lot of weight, and replied respectfully: "Thank you for your concern, I ate well and slept well in there, and I didn't lose weight. The exam was a bit difficult, but I passed all . " From the beginning to the end, he never looked directly at Mrs. Lu's face, nor did he glance at Lu Mingxuan next to him.

If it was in the past, Lu Mingxuan would naturally not feel any difference, but now she knows that he is probably guilty, and seeing him sitting on pins and needles, she smiled for him and said: "Cousin Zhao stays in the Gongyuan for three years. For three days and nights, I'm afraid I'm too tired, if Grandma has anything to say, it's not too late to ask after he has rested."

Mrs. Lu laughed so much: "Look at me, I can talk endlessly when I am happy. Fortunately, there is girl Xuan reminding me, since that's the case, Yanjie, go back and rest. It's the same for us girls." While talking, he exchanged a tacit look with Zhang Nai, with a look of relief.

Seeing it, Lu Mingxuan couldn't help but secretly smiled wryly, if she let her grandmother know what Cousin Zhao was thinking, the old man would be so angry that she would die of anger?
The next day, Lu Zhongxian sent someone to come in and said that he would take a rest on the 24th, so he decided to invite Zhao Yanjie to come to the door on that day. After Lu Mingxuan heard about it, when she went to pay Mrs. Lu the evening of the 23rd, she took the opportunity I went back to Mrs. Lu, and said that the sisters wanted to go home tomorrow, and they would come back in the evening, and asked Madam Zhang to help arrange the carriage and the people who followed the carriage.

Although Mrs. Lu was surprised that the two sisters had only been back for more than [-] days and had to go back again, but thinking that they would be back that day, she didn't ask any further questions, and only asked Nanny Zhang to make arrangements with them.

Lu Mingfu was full of doubts. After leaving Rongtaiju later, she couldn't help lowering her voice and asked Lu Mingxuan on the way: "What the hell are you doing? You just came back and you have to go back again. Could it be that something happened at home?" What is it that I don't know?"

Lu Mingxuan thought that she couldn't hide the matter from her after all, so she said, "It's a long story, I'll tell my sister after I get back to the house."

After returning to the house later, he really told the whole thing with a wry smile, and finally said: "Although the matter of Cousin Zhao's change of heart is now [-] to [-]% certain, we can't just listen to the wind and the rain. , I have to ask him personally, then I will know whether I have wronged him, and what to do next."

After listening to Lu Mingxuan's words, Lu Mingfu unexpectedly did not yell at Zhao Yanjie, and only said: "Tomorrow, if he agrees with you immediately, it's fine if Daddy wants to get married for you as soon as possible. Maybe we really misunderstood him. If No, don't cry, make trouble, hang yourself or something with him, it's nothing to lower your style, so that once you gain power, you want to climb higher branches, a half-hearted person, even if he is tempted by you to marry you, It's just because you are young and beautiful now, when you get old and look bad, just wait and see, this kind of thing will happen again, maybe he will blame you for ruining his bright future, We don't want to jump into the pit of fire knowing that there is a fire ahead, could it be that with my sister's character and appearance, I can't find a better marriage, wouldn't Daddy still wrong you?"

Unexpectedly, her sister, who was always carefree, could say such a big truth. Lu Mingxuan couldn't help but feel a little moved in her heart, and said, "Don't worry, sister, I understand."

Lu Mingfu saw that she said 'understand', but her face was full of sadness. She only thought that she was sad about this matter. After thinking about it, she comforted her in a softer voice: "Although it is true that such a thing happened, It makes people sad, but long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. It is better to be sad for a while than to be sad for a lifetime. You are smarter than me when you come. Just live a good life, and let the heartless man regret his death!"

Lu Mingxuan nodded. It would be absolutely false to say that she was not sad at all. Although she did not have a heart-to-heart relationship with Zhao Yanjie, it was not that she had no real feelings at all, but she was already heartbroken. Not at all, firstly, it has been more than half a month since she knew that he and Lu Mingxin had a private relationship, her mood has already been calmed down by time, and secondly, her feelings for Zhao Yanjie are not deep enough after all, There is always as much hate as there is love, and love and hate have always been directly proportional.

She still finds it unbelievable. Up to now, she still refuses to believe that Zhao Yanjie is the kind of person who worships high and tramples low, half-hearted. The struggle and suffering are not worth it, and I feel somewhat unwilling, so I must make things clear, as she once said before, even if I die, I have to be a sensible ghost.

The next day, Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu returned home immediately, greeted Lu Zhongxian and Qi Shi, and after teasing Brother An and Brother Ding for a while, a woman came in and said: "Master, Zhao The son is here."

Lu Zhongxian nodded: "Please come to the flower hall in front to serve tea." After dismissing the old woman and explaining a few words to Qi and Lu Mingfu, he led Lu Mingxuan to the front hall, but it was Lu Mingxuan who said that she You have to hear what Zhao Yanjie will say with your own ears.

For a while, the father and daughter went to the front yard, Lu Zhongxian went into the flower hall alone, but Lu Mingxuan went into the next compartment. The two rooms were originally connected, but Lu Zhongxian made arrangements early in the morning, placing the two in a frame with twelve leaves Lu Mingxuan could see the situation in the flower hall behind the screen, but the people in the flower hall could not see whether there was anyone behind the screen.

When Lu Zhongxian entered the flower hall, he saw that Zhao Yanjie was already there. He was wearing a stone-blue lu silk gown. I don't know if it was because he grew taller or because he was thinner. On the other hand, he was rather gloomy, and when he saw Lu Zhongxian coming in, he hurriedly got up and saluted: "My nephew pays homage to Uncle Shi."

According to Lu Zhongxian's original intention, he wished he could get straight to the point and ask the question clearly. If the answer was what he wanted to hear, he could just let it go, and if he didn't, he would immediately beat him out. Huihui didn't even have this kind of city mansion, so he smiled and stepped forward to help Zhao Yanjie up, saying: "Family, what are you doing with these vulgar etiquettes? It's not for nothing. Sit down."

He also ordered people to exchange hot tea and serve newly bought fresh fruit snacks.

At that moment, all the tea, fruit and snacks were served, Lu Zhongxian took a few sips from the teacup, and then asked with a smile: "Speaking of which, it's been almost two months since you came back, and today is the first time we meet each other. I don’t know if your journey was smooth or not? How did you do in the exam? I wanted to go to the mansion to see you, but I thought you might be busy preparing for the exam, which might delay you. Fortunately, the exam is over now. The two of you can finally talk about yourselves."

(End of this chapter)