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Chapter 414 Returning with a Load (4)
Even so, the coldness in his tone still couldn't hide a bit from it.

Lu Mingxuan gently shook his hand, and said softly: "Don't be angry, I think the reason she gave me this Zhuangzi was out of kindness, but her kindness is a bit superfluous to us. We If you can’t return it, then keep it for now, as you said, taking all the proceeds outside to donate in the future is considered a merit, isn’t it?”

The soft and boneless touch on the back of his hand made Ling Mengqi's tightly locked brows relax a little, and he nodded angrily and said: "Otherwise, what else can we do? It's our life, and they want to take it. We can take it away, not to mention that people not only don't want our lives, but also reward them?"

"This is how people live in this world. Unsatisfactory things are always nine out of ten. If we are immersed in unsatisfactory things all the time, we will not be able to live through that day, don't you think?"

After Lu Mingxuan finished speaking with a smile, she intentionally changed the topic: "By the way, I also told the old lady about Miss Li, and the old lady also agreed to let her follow me into the house after a few years. Originally, I wanted to I hope that after my sister gets married, I will be the only girl in the house, and I will not even have anyone to talk to. I don’t want to come back to live here, but I think that the old lady is not in good health, so I will still be able to relieve my boredom with her. If I don’t come back Then I couldn’t speak anymore.”

Ling Mengqi nodded and said: "You are very worried." Anyway, for him, it is actually more convenient for Lu Mingxuan to live in the Duke's Mansion. After all, the Lu family is still too small, and the whole family will know if there is any movement. Like the Duke's Mansion, each master lives in a separate courtyard, and the courtyards are separated from each other, and he is familiar with him, so he is not afraid of being discovered.

Lu Mingxuan continued: "My sister is getting married, I want Master Chi to give her four sets of red-gold noodles and two sets of red-silver noodles for her. In addition, I will always bring 2000 taels of silver bills from Jifang Pavilion to her for pressing. I don't know what you want. How, after all, you are one of the shareholders of Jifang Pavilion, I have to ask you first, do you mean it?"

"I promised to take your [-]% dry shares back then, but I only accepted it for the time being because I thought that you would be mine anyway. Now everything about me, including my life, is yours, so you can make up your own mind. "Ling Mengqi remembered his little thoughts at the beginning, and finally there was a smile in his eyes.

Lu Mingxuan pretended to be angry and said: "Okay, so you were planning on me at that time, you are really a beast in clothes..."

Before he finished speaking, Ling Mengqi embraced him full of arms: "Say I'm a beast? Then I'll show you a beast today!" As he spoke, he started to steal incense and jade.

Lu Mingxuan knew that he was unhappy, so she blushed and played tricks with him, but he still had a thorn in his heart, and no matter how happy he was, there were smiles on the corners of his eyes and brows, so she had to tell him four times to go back. Take a good rest, don't think about the unhappy things, think more about the happy things, etc., send him away early.

Fortunately, when Ling Mengqi came back the next night, he seemed to be in a much better mood. He thought he had left those unpleasant things behind. Lu Mingxuan saw it, and Fang secretly heaved a sigh of relief.

As expected, Mrs. Lu also picked a day when everyone came to pay her respects, and handed Lu Mingxuan a box in public: "...This is the land deed of a village in the suburbs of the city. It can be regarded as the makeup I will add to you when you get married in the future. , it’s not in vain for you to show your filial piety in front of me in the past few years.”

Everyone did exactly as the old man had expected, the Duan family's new daughter-in-law came to fill in the house, and she was a concubine's daughter-in-law, and it was too late to be a man with her tail between her legs, so how dare she say anything?Mrs. Lu was a bit unhappy, but because Lu Zhongmian had told her about it beforehand, and beat her a few words along the way, she didn't dare to show her displeasure, while Grandma Lu and Second Grandma Lu were Even if the mother-in-law didn't say a word, no matter how unhappy they were as the granddaughter-in-law, they could only keep their unhappiness in their hearts, and the matter was just exposed.

——Although the real identity of Concubine Luo is of great importance, the old man has not kept the truth from Lu Zhongmian, the head of the family, so he has already found an opportunity to tell Lu Zhongmian. Lu Zhongmian is naturally happy to see Concubine Luo appreciate Lu Mingxuan's things Therefore, the more Concubine Luo values ​​Ling Mengqi, the more beneficial she will be in Dingguo Palace in the future.

But he never revealed a word about this to Mrs. Lu. It's not that he can't trust the person next to him, but Mrs. Lu's relationship with Empress Xu and Prince Gong is too close. Now their daughter She became Concubine Gong again, once Mrs. Lu knew a little bit of clues, would she have any reason not to tell Empress Xu?The consequences would be unimaginable at that time, so the tone of Lu Zhongmian's beating of Mrs. Lu last night was also unprecedentedly severe, otherwise Mrs. Lu would not be so peaceful today.

Mrs. Lu saw that everyone did not express dissatisfaction with the matter she gave to Lu Mingxuan's Zhuangzi, nor did she speak plainly, nor did she run on her like the last time on Lu Mingxuan's birthday when she heard that the old man and Lu Zhongmian had rewarded her. Open it for everyone to see, although I know that everyone may not think so, but I am satisfied.

Mrs. Lu saw that everyone did not express dissatisfaction with the matter she gave to Lu Mingxuan's Zhuangzi, nor did she speak plainly, nor did she run on her like the last time on Lu Mingxuan's birthday when she heard that the old man and Lu Zhongmian had rewarded her. Open it for everyone to see, although I know that everyone may not think so, but I am satisfied.

Because she discussed with Mrs. Lu about what she would do for Lu Mingfu, "...Although Fu girl is married in Beijing, we will meet each other from time to time, after all, being a daughter's family is very different from being a daughter-in-law, Fu girl This can be regarded as a long trip, you will order someone to clean up a banquet table tomorrow, and then let the troupe of small actors sing a few lively plays, so that the girl can be happy for a day, and go home happily in a few days , do you agree?"

Who would be foolish enough to take away Mrs. Lu's wishes at this time, everyone naturally agreed, so it was decided that tomorrow's wine serving would be something Lu Mingfu would practice.

On the next day, Mrs. Lu really set up a table of wine in the back garden, and let a dozen or so little actors raised by the family set up a stage across the canal in the middle. Everyone enjoyed the scenery while drinking and listening to the opera, so happy .

After lunch for a while, Mrs. Lu first took out the makeup she had given Lu Mingfu, but it was a set of 99 taels of gold, placed on a purple-red velvet cushion, the golden light shone so beautifully. Some couldn't keep their eyes open.

The gold itself plus the workmanship is worth more than 200 taels at least, and Mrs. Lu's move is considered generous.

Lu Mingfu saw that the things were expensive, so she hurriedly wanted to decline, but remembered that it was her elders' make-up, so there was no reason to refuse, so she bowed her knees and solemnly thanked Mrs. Lu, took the box with both hands, and handed it to Luoxia.

When it was Duan's turn, Duan's family was not as rich as Mrs. Lu's, and he didn't have much friendship with Lu Mingfu, so he only gave away a set of Chijiao's distractions. Too shabby.

(End of this chapter)