In August, the Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner.
But it was said that after Shen Zhen changed from the daughter of a criminal to the daughter of a fourth-rank official, those relatives and friends who had been behind closed doors seemed to have lost their memories overnight and began to come to them one by one.
For example, she handed over those handkerchiefs in the past, and personally invited her to go out for a walk, participate in flower viewing banquets, chrysanthemum viewing banquets, cuju competitions, etc...
For another example, in October last year, the second and third aunts who treated her coldly also seemed to have changed their souls, and they familiarly evoked Zhen Er, Zhen Er.
These things seem absurd and ridiculous, but in fact, everyone has their own abacus. If lowering your head can bring you benefits, it is the best deal in the world.
The reason why they were willing to give up this face and move around again is because they knew that once Shen Wenqi returned to the court, this chief river defense envoy would only be the beginning.
At the same time, the business of the teahouse in Shen Zhendong City has gradually improved. It can be said that everything is going well. Someone handed pillows when he fell asleep. It is not an exaggeration to say that he was in a hurry to send money.
The world's complexion can be said to change faster than the storyteller.
But beyond that, there is one more headache. It was Shen Zhen who was once again targeted by Xungui's children.
But this time, no one mentioned the word "concubine" again.
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Jingzhao Mansion, sign in the room.
Yang Zong silently handed over two envelopes and said in a low voice, "Master, these were all taken at the door of Shen's house."
Lu Yan frowned slightly, took out the letter with a blank face, and snorted coldly after reading it from top to bottom.
[Entering the door of my lovesickness, I know that my lovesickness is bitter, the long-term lovesickness is long, and the short lovesickness is infinite...]
[Qingqing Luo Yi He Piao Piao, Qing Ju is far away with the wind, looking forward to the brilliance, long screaming Qi Ruolan...]
Okay, Shen Zhen.
Two days, four love letters.
It doesn't humiliate your title of the number one beauty in Chang'an in the slightest.
Lu Yan slammed the letter on the table and said in a stern voice, "It's all burned."
At the end of the evening, Lu Yan returned to the Duke's Mansion.
The autumn wind is cool, the leaves are rustling, and occasionally a leaf or two falls, creating a bleak chill.
The old butler bowed and led Lu Yan to Mingrui Hall.
Recently, there have been two more guests at the Duke's Mansion. Mrs. Lu specially set up a banquet at Mingrui Hall, and the three rooms of the Lu family gathered together.
As soon as he entered the door, the old lady next to Mrs. Lu smiled and said, "I haven't seen each other for many years. Saburo seems to be more clean than before."
Immediately afterwards, a tall girl with rather arrogant eyebrows got up and said to her cousin.
After looking at each other, he immediately avoided his sight, his tone was indifferent.
Lu Yan nodded and stepped forward to ask An.
The one who spoke first was Mrs. Qin, the cousin of Mrs. Lu. The two had a deep relationship and used to walk around frequently. It was not until the Qin family moved to Henan a few years ago that there was less contact.
And the slender and tall girl next to Mrs. Qin is the youngest daughter of today's Henan Prefecture Yin, the sixth girl, Qin Luo.
According to his seniority, Qin Luo really wanted to call the Lu family's sons and daughters a cousin.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see what Mrs. Lu meant by inviting her sixteen-year-old daughter to the house.
To put it bluntly, it is intentional for the two to get married.
There are three rooms in the Duke's Mansion. Lu Ye, who is in the second room, has already married a wife and has children, so it is naturally not in the scope of consideration. Therefore, Lu Yan in the first room and Lu Ting in the third room are the purpose of the Qin family's trip.
After the banquet was over, Lu Yan, Lu Ting and Lu Ye walked out of Mingrui Hall one after another, the moon shadow floated, and the three men sat in the pavilion and drank two less drinks.
Lu Ye shook the cup in his hand, drank it all, and said with a smile, "Look at what the old lady means, the Duke of Zhenguo is going to have a wedding."
Lu Ting said to Lu Yan, "Congratulations to the third brother first."
Lu Yan raised his lips and smiled: "If you want to congratulate, I congratulate you too."
Although Lu Yan is not counted as countless royal daughters, he can be regarded as countless reading daughters. Just now, the cousin of the Qin family looked at him, and he saw it very clearly. Seven points of resistance, two points of unwillingness, and one point. For the time being It's respect.
In short, there is no admiration at all.
Lu Ting let out a "hiss", expressing dissatisfaction, knocked on the table and said, "Or make a bet?"
Lu Yan took a sip of wine and said, "What about the bet?"
"Let me think about it..."
While this room was talking, Yang Zong came slowly and said in a low voice, "Master, the old lady and the eldest princess asked you to go to Jia'an Hall."
Hearing this, Lu Ting burst out laughing, and said, "If I knew earlier, I should have gambled more and took all the treasures hidden from you in your study."
Lu Yan smiled confidently, "You can't take any of them."
Lu Yan approached Jia'an Hall, lifted the curtain and entered the house.
Mrs. Lu sat upright on the couch, Princess Jing'an sat on the round stool beside her, and the blue-white glaze two-eared three-legged incense burner on the incense table wafted green smoke.
Seeing him coming, the old lady beckoned, "Come here."
Looking at her most beloved grandson, Mrs. Lu couldn't help sighing, the smile still hanging on her face on the seat was gone now.
He tried to speak several times, but when the words came to his mouth, he finally swallowed them.
"What is grandmother going to say to me?"
Mrs. Lu raised her hand and patted his shoulder, "Sit down first."
After a while, he first praised, "At your age, you can achieve this position today, grandmother is proud of you in her heart."
Lu Yan smiled bitterly.
have to.
This kind of opening remarks, as soon as you hear it, there is a follow-up.
Sure enough, Mrs. Lu continued: "But there is an old saying from our ancestors that a man should start a family first, and then start a career. You have also seen Qin Luo's child, she is a very talented girl, and she doesn't have to choose her appearance. , I originally intended to let him marry you as his wife, but I just asked and I found out that the family cares about Brother Ting. "
Lu Yan smiled, "Isn't this a good thing?"
"It's a good thing, but you don't want to ask why?"
Lu Yan frowned and said, "What is there to ask about? It's good to wear clothes and hats."
Princess Jing'an glared at him from the side.
"The Qin family doesn't mind that you linger in Huajie Liuxiang all the year round, and the romance is full of stories in Chang'an!" Speaking of this, Mrs. Lu became angry, took a deep breath and said, "But you didn't, it wasn't before. so!"
Old Mrs. Lu knew that her grandson was picky. She once thought that Lu Yan was willing to give up because she wanted to marry a fairy, but as she got older, the inferiority of a man suddenly rose up.
I actually raised a singer outside...
"Brother Yan, my grandmother knows that the courtroom is turbulent, and Jing Zhaoyin often has to do something to offend others. You are very courageous and you need to relax, but that Pingkangfang, after all, it's not a good thing to hear. Local, the historian adds one more, and it is your own reputation that will be lost!"
Lu Yan rubbed his brows. Hearing these words, he couldn't help thinking of the man who "was attracting bees and butterflies" all day.
In order to protect her reputation, his reputation is really ruined.
Not only was it completely destroyed, but he couldn't tolerate his refutation.
For the first time, he tasted the taste of knocking out his teeth and swallowing in his stomach.
Princess Jing'an folded her arms on her chest and refused to say a good word for him. Seeing his fists clenched tightly, she raised her eyebrows slightly.
The word "deserved" was written brightly on his face.
"Are you listening?" Madam Lu said earnestly.
Lu Yan's Adam's apple slid up and down and nodded.
Seeing him like this, Mrs. Lu took out a handkerchief from her chest, covered her mouth, and coughed lightly.
As a descendant of the Lu family, he is very clear that this is to play the warmth card.
"Cough cough." Mrs. Lu raised her head and stroked her chest, then she took out a medicine bottle tremblingly, and after shaking it twice, the eldest princess handed a glass of water over.
Lu Yan lowered his head and turned his white jade finger.
Before Mrs. Lu could speak, Lu Yan suddenly raised her head and said, "My grandson is not filial, and my grandmother has to worry about everything. In this case, I will settle the marriage in two months."
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Lu almost didn't choke on the water.
"What two months?"
As the so-called one does not do the other endlessly, it is all said here, Lu Yan simply said directly: "I have someone I want to marry."
Mrs. Lu stared, unable to believe her, "Which girl is she from?"
"The three girls of the chief river defense envoy's family."
Mrs. Lu straightened her back and tapped her temple with her fingertips, thinking hard, thinking hard, the chief river defense envoy... Who is the chief river defense envoy
"Jing An, are you familiar with this Governor of the River Defense?"
Princess Jing'an took a deep breath and said in a low voice, "Not only I am familiar with it, but you are also familiar with the old lady. The three girls who are in charge of the river defense envoy are the former three girls of Yunyang Houfu, Shen Zhen. Shen Wenqi two days ago. He took up the post of the river defense envoy, and now he was sent to eastern Henan to control the floods, and it is estimated that it will take two months for him to return."
Mrs. Lu has lived her whole life, and she has never seen anything before. As soon as she heard Princess Jing'an's tone, she immediately understood something.
"This matter... you know?"
Princess Jing'an and Lu Yan met their eyes and nodded.
After leaving Jia'an Hall, the mother and son walked through the hanging corridor together and walked towards the Suning Hall. The moon was hanging high, and the long shadows of the branches had stretched to their feet.
"If mother is free recently, how about a trip to the palace?" Lu Yan said suddenly.
If he wants to marry Shen Zhen, others don't need to care, but with His Majesty, he can't hide it, and he can't hide it.
Princess Jing'an paused in her footsteps, looked at those cold eyes, and said softly, "I have already met Your Majesty."