Step by step lotus flower

Chapter 385
It's just that no matter where she goes, two of the four women who serve her will follow her every step of the way. As a peer gift, it was rare to say to Lu Mingxuan: "Happy birthday." Then he took off a piece of suet jade and gave it to Lu Mingxuan as a birthday present.

This made Lu Mingfu very surprised, and later when everyone was not paying attention, Yin quietly whispered to Lu Mingxuan: "As expected, the old lady has the ability, it's only been about ten days, the county magistrate seems to be a different person If I knew this, the old lady should have trained her herself a few years ago, maybe she was already married, unlike now, she is already sixteen or seventeen, the marriage has not yet been settled, and she is beating chickens and scolding dogs at home every day Not to mention, even the concubine dared to beat her, and even her father dared to contradict, if this continues, she will never even think about marrying in this life!"

Poor Mrs. Xiao, "I heard that she used to be a lady of an official's family, but it's a pity that her father committed a crime the year before last and was ransacked and exiled. If she married someone earlier, the crime would be worse than a married woman. You don't have to be angry with the concubine's daughter."

Hearing this, Lu Mingxuan casually echoed a few words: "Yes, it's indeed a pity." She had nothing else to say, but couldn't help but sneer in her heart, what's so pitiful about Xiao Shi, even if she was pitiful, she asked for it. In terms of being pitiful, isn't the current Princess Fuhui and Lu Mingzhu even more pitiful?Especially Princess Fuhui, as a golden branch and a jade leaf, it is indeed pitiful and lamentable that her life has reached the point where she is now.

And all of this, in the final analysis, was caused by Lu Zhongyu. He created the tragedy of Princess Fuhui, but he himself lived an extremely nourishing life, just like when he created the tragedy of her mother, he still enjoyed his life as if nothing had happened. Lu Mingxuan couldn't help but ask God why it was so unfair and not give him the retribution he deserved!

Before Lu Mingfu could talk further, a woman entered the Canglan Court where the wine was set today, and after bowing her knees to salute the old lady Lu, she said with a smile: "The old man heard from outside that today is Miss Xuan's birthday. , specially asked the servant to bring a gift." He said and handed a small three-inch box with both hands.

Lu Mingxuan hurriedly stepped forward to take it with both hands, knelt down to thank the old man, and then said to the woman: "Please go back and thank the old man for me, just say 'Mingxuan thank you for the reward'. "I wondered in my heart. In previous years, on my birthday, the old man never gave me a gift. Why did he make an exception this year? Is it because the old man knew his true identity this year, so he deliberately made a face for himself? no?

The woman agreed, bowed her knees and saluted, and retreated out.

Grandma Lu smiled and said, "The things that grandpa rewarded must be rare and good things. Why don't Sister Xuan open them so that we can also open our eyes?"

Second Grandma Lu and Lu Mingli also echoed with a smile: "Yes, Sister Xuan, why don't we all open our eyes too?"

The three sisters-in-law, aunts and sisters-in-law were somewhat unhappy in their hearts. On their birthdays, grandfather had never rewarded anything, let alone rewarding things. Maybe he didn't even know about it, but now he rewarded Lu Mingxuan beyond them. A birthday gift for a granddaughter of a side branch, isn't this clearly telling the whole family that they are not even as good as a side branch in their grandfather's heart?

Lu Mingxuan saw the half-smiles of a few people, so she knew what they were thinking in their hearts, and she didn't bother to talk to them, so she opened the box that the old man rewarded her, but she saw that there were no rare treasures inside. Bao, but only put a thin red envelope, so he smiled and said: "Sisters-in-law and sisters won't let me even open the red envelope?"

Grandma Lu and the others couldn't help being a little embarrassed, and said with a smile: "No need, no need, we're just joking with Sister Bai and Xuan." Now they feel a lot better, thinking that grandpa is going to reward her with something nice , don't think it's just a thin red envelope, at best it's a matter of a hundred taels of silver, it seems that she doesn't value her too much.

Just as they were talking, Lu Zhongmian also sent a gift, which was still a small box, but this time, no one asked Lu Mingxuan to open the box.

Everyone chatted and laughed for a while, and then it was time for the banquet. Because today is a good day for Lu Mingxuan, she sat at the table with Mrs. Lu. It's fun.

After everyone dispersed in the evening, Lu Mingxuan returned to her room, washed and changed her clothes, and then began to sort out the gifts that everyone gave during the day. The gifts from the female relatives were nothing more than jewelry and playthings. The red envelope given contained four silver notes of 100 taels, and when I opened Lu Zhongmian's gift, there were four silver notes in one red envelope, but the denominations were all 50 taels.

Lu Mingxuan couldn't help laughing and said to Danqing: "Unexpectedly, celebrating my birthday will make me a small fortune for nothing. It would be great if I celebrate my birthday every day."

As soon as the words were finished, Lu Mingfu lifted the curtain and came in, saying: "It's your birthday every day, you think so well, your wallet is bulging, we should go begging."

Danqing didn't wait for Lu Mingxuan to speak, he laughed first and said: "Miss Fu just gave our girl a pair of gold bracelets, so why is she going to beg for food? But if our girl really celebrates her birthday every day, someone will really beg for food. "

Hearing this, Lu Mingfu also laughed, and said: "How can you girls just watch others go to beg for food, it's too late to feel distressed, you girl, don't worry about such carelessness." While talking, she winked at Danqing of.

This made Lu Mingxuan angry and funny at the same time, and spat: "Bah, you two are not good people, you better not fall into my hands tomorrow, or see how I 'repay' you."

It turned out that there was an allusion to what the two said. Yesterday, a tiger gave Ling Mengqi's birthday present to Lu Mingxuan, but it was a peacock green jadeite bead chain, each jadeite bead was round and transparent, very even, The emeralds carved to make peacocks are green and moist, the workmanship and color are top-grade, and they are very valuable at first glance. Rao Lu Mingfu and Danqing are used to seeing good things in the Duke's mansion, so they couldn't help but marvel.

Lu Mingfu teased Lu Mingxuan again, and seeing that it was getting late, she went back to her room. The rest of Lu Mingxuan put on the bracelet Ling Mengqi gave her after finishing all the presents, and lay down on the bed with a smile on her face. , lights out and rested.

Lu Mingxuan's birthday was over, and the Mid-Autumn Festival was just around the corner. Lu Mingxuan thought that she would see Ling Mengqi soon, and her mood was sunny these days.

Unexpectedly, seeing that there are only two days left until the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, Hu Zi brought bad news. On the way to escort the third prince back to Beijing, Ling Mengqi passed by two people who had to go back to Beijing after the flood. During the counties Mengzhou and Wanzhou, the third prince, seeing the seriousness of the disaster, voluntarily stayed in the local area to help the disaster relief, and even sent people to Beijing to ask the emperor for orders. The emperor also agreed, and ordered Ling Mengqi to go with him. For this reason, the emperor even postponed the wedding date that Qin Tianjian had already chosen for the third prince, and finally set the auspicious date on the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month.

(End of this chapter)