Ye Zhen and Lu Shiming returned home, looking at the familiar place, she felt comfortable all over her body.
"It's good, I'm home." Ye Zhen said with a smile, "You don't know, when I'm outside, what I miss the most is home, mother, I want to eat your delicious food tonight."
"Snacks." Mrs. Pei gave her an angry look.
Lu Shiming smiled and said to Ye Zhen, "I originally planned to buy a new house and move out, but I just found a house that suits my heart after a long time, so I will continue to live with you."
Ye Zhen looked at Lu Shiming pretending to be unhappy, "Father, are you going to argue with your daughter? I've already told you that this house is mine, and that's your home. Why do you want to move out?"
"That's what I told your father, he's just stupid." Mrs. Pei said with a smile, "Okay, let's talk about it later, Yaoyao just came back, at least let her take a breather."
Lu Shiming coughed lightly, "I'll go to the study, you two go talk privately."
"Look at your father, you can't say anything about him." Mrs. Pei was all smiles, obviously not really complaining about Lu Shiming.
The mother and daughter returned to the house, Ye Zhen's former maid had already received the news and was waiting for her outside the door, Daimei and Yuping couldn't help but blushed when they saw her come back.
Ye Zhen looked at them with a smile, "Hey, don't cry, shouldn't I be happy when I come back, why do you seem not happy at all, do you feel that the leisure time is gone?"
Daimei and the others laughed through their tears, "Look at what the girl said, it seems that the servants are lazy."
Pei looked at her daughter with a smile in her eyes. After not seeing her for a year, she felt that Yaoyao seemed to be a little different, but she couldn't tell exactly what was different.
"Mother, let's go in." Ye Zhen took Pei's arm, "I passed by Jinkou City this time, and bought a lot of interesting small objects, and some bottles are specially made by overseas doctors from the kiln here. , I also brought a box back."
"You are really brave enough to even go to the barracks. Who will you be with along the way?" Mrs. Pei didn't know who Ye Zhen came back with. Every time Lu Xiangzhi sent home letters, he would send two letters. Both father and son feel that there are some things outside that are not suitable for the women in the family to know. They are not looking down on them, but protecting them.
Ye Zhen smiled and said, "At that time, I heard that my elder brother was injured, and there were not enough medicinal herbs in the barracks. I was anxious, so I went to Liusha City without thinking too much. Later, I heard that the emperor's personal conquest, I miss you all in my heart, I followed him back to Kyoto."
"Fortunately, you are not injured. Where is the barracks, you dare to go to a girl's house." Mrs. Pei nodded her forehead, "If there is another time, I will not spare you."
"Yes, mother, I don't dare anymore." Ye Zhen said with a smile.
Mrs. Pei asked about Ye Zhen's life in the capital city again. The mother and daughter talked for a long time before Mrs. Pei realized that her daughter had just returned, and she must be exhausted from the bumpy road for a few days, "... I even forgot that you just came back, I'll go to the kitchen and make you some delicious food, so you should take a rest."
"Okay." In fact, Ye Zhen didn't feel tired, and Mo Rongzhan took good care of her along the way, but she naturally wouldn't say that she came back with the emperor.
After freshening up, she went to the study to meet Lu Shiming.
Lu Shiming didn't ask her how she was doing in Wangducheng, obviously he knew it well.
"Is the emperor in the carriage that brought you back today?" Lu Shiming looked at Ye Zhen and asked.
Ye Zhen knew that she couldn't hide it from him, so she nodded with reddened cheeks, "It's him."
Lu Shiming sighed, "A few days ago, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a message back, saying that it was the emperor's intention that we should prepare for your marriage."
"Father..." Ye Zhen looked up, was Murong Zhan already arranging their marriage when he was on the road
"You don't need to keep your filial piety for the old lady, otherwise the marriage will not be delayed until now." Lu Shiming said in a low voice.
Ye Zhen frowned slightly, "Father, grandma treats me like a granddaughter, if I get married during her funeral, wouldn't I be ashamed of her love for me all the time?"
Lu Shiming nodded slightly. He could not ask Yaoyao to treat the rest of the Lu family as relatives. Even he felt that they were not worth helping. , "There are a few things you don't know about the year you left Kyoto, so let me tell you."
"Father, tell me." Ye Zhen said.
"Your second uncle..." Lu Shiming paused, "It's because Lu Shixun started business with others after the separation and lost all his money. He even sold the original Lu family's mansion."
Because Lu Shixun failed in Jinkou City, he always wanted to make a comeback, but unfortunately he was too eager for quick success and was easily taken advantage of by others. It is not difficult for Ye Zhen to guess the reason why he lost money, "I remember that the mansion was divided into two, Mrs. Liu agrees. Did he sell the mansion?"
When it comes to the Liu family, Lu Lingzhi has to be mentioned, "Not long after you left the capital, the Liu family sold the other half of the house."
Ye Zhen was taken aback, "Sold it? Then where does she live?"
Lu Shiming shook his head, "She left the capital after selling the house, if I guess correctly..."
"She went to the wasteland to find Lu Lingzhi." Ye Zhen's voice was cold, she couldn't think of where Liu would go except the wasteland.
"That's what I guessed too." Lu Shiming nodded lightly, "The wilderness is a place of bitter cold, and even mature men may not be able to bear it if they go there. They... I'm afraid it will be difficult."
Ye Zhen looked up at Lu Shiming, "Father, do you want Lu Lingzhi to come back?"
"Father didn't mean that. It's just that he has been abolished in martial arts, just like a crippled person. I can't bear to be a nephew." Lu Shiming sighed.
"As long as he doesn't go back to the capital, he can be anywhere." When Ye Zhen whispered, this was her biggest concession, just don't let her see Lu Lingzhi again.
Lu Shiming looked at her gently. This daughter was still very kind. He was very disappointed with Lu Lingzhi, but after all, she was the eldest grandson of the Lu family and the old lady's favorite child. Really ignore it, "I understand."
Ye Zhen didn't want to say much about Lu Lingzhi, "Father, is there anything else?"
"One more thing..." Lu Shiming said, "Lu Jing'er became the concubine of the Fifth Prince, and they got married only last month."
"What?" Ye Zhen exclaimed in surprise, "How did she become the fifth prince's side concubine?"
Lu Shiming smiled wryly, "I really don't know about this."
"Anyway, it doesn't matter to us who she marries. When the government was divided, the second room didn't have any friendship with us. I said earlier that I wouldn't have any relationship." Ye Zhen said in a low voice, it wasn't that she couldn't see a good marriage, but... She became the side concubine of the Fifth Prince, no matter how she thought about it, she felt weird.