Lu Xinyu and Lu Minghui hurriedly ran over, Lu Yiyu also followed, and the three of them knelt down and kowtowed to the ancestors.

Lu Minghui said with a smile: "Grandma said that she was coming, but her grandson was excited and didn't sleep for several days, and he didn't come to the left or right, and he was about to die." ”

He is the youngest of the descendants of the Lu family, and he was raised by the old lady, and he returned home with his mother when he was ten years old.

The old lady was full of smiles, and hurriedly asked someone to pull him up, holding him in her arms, and screaming "heart, liver" and "meat", which was rare for a while.

Lu Xinyu and Lu Yiyu also stood up, shouting around the old lady "grandma" and "grandma", making the old lady so happy that she couldn't close her mouth. It is said that the old people love the next generation, which seems to be true at all.

Lu Junqing said on the side: "Back to my mother, Shuangyue's child is also there, can I ask her to kowtow to her mother?"

At the thought of her daughter, who had died young, the corners of the old lady's eyes immediately moistened, and she cried out repeatedly, "Where is the child? ”

Guo Wenying stepped forward, a maid put the futon, she knelt down and kowtowed respectfully three times, and then raised her head, with tears in her eyes, and whispered, "Grandmother-"

Lu Shuangyue is the youngest daughter of the old lady, the old lady gave birth to three sons, just such a daughter, and the eldest child, she is loved in every way, but she didn't expect to go to the earliest. At that time, when she just learned of her death, the old lady fainted in pain a few times, and when she saw Guo Wenying again at this time, she thought of her young daughter, and suddenly became sad.

wiped his tears with a handkerchief for a long time before beckoning to Guo Wenying, "Good boy, come over and let my grandmother take a look." ”

Guo Wenying took two steps, and when she got closer, she was caressed by the old lady in her arms for a while, and the two couldn't help but hug and cry for a while.

Mrs. Lu persuaded on the side, "The mother is not in good health, but she is still less sad, and it is also a joy to see this child." You see, she looks like Frost Moon. ”

Only then did the old lady stop her tears, pulled Guo Wenying to look left and right, and nodded again and again, "You look so good, you look like your mother, what's your name?"

"Wen Ying, Guo Wenying. ”

"Good girl, what do you do with a boy's name?" She had the kindest smile on her face, which was completely different from the seriousness and meticulousness towards Lu Junqing, Guo Wenying couldn't help but sigh in her heart, this is the real grandmother, is her real relative, if she really loves you, she looks at you differently.

The old lady pulled her and asked a few words, and asked her to visit the second uncle and the second aunt, but the second uncle Lu Junyan was not the old lady's own child, and his feelings for him were lighter, and he was no more casual than his own son.

Guo Wenying went over to salute, and Lu Xinyu and the three of them also came over to kowtow to their uncle and aunt.

This second aunt, Mrs. Dong, is a businessman, her family has money, and she is extremely generous, everyone has prepared a generous gift, and what she gave Guo Wenying is a set of pure gold heads, which are worth a lot of money at a glance.

Guo Wenying thanked him, and then met his cousin and cousin again.

The second uncle has two sons and a daughter, the eldest son has already married, this time did not follow into Beijing, only the second son and a woman, the second son Lu Mingting, and the third daughter Lu Yueying, who is 19 years old and 17 years old.

At this time, the banquet has not yet begun, and they have all seen the ceremony, and the family is sitting together and talking.

Lu Junyan talked about the purpose of his entry into Beijing this time, and said directly: "Big brother, I beg you to come." ”

Lu Junqing said: "But what's wrong?"

"Something happened. Lu Junyan sighed lightly, "Speaking of this, it's also my fault, I did it myself." ”

He served as the political envoy of Zhejiang, and the official position of the political envoy was to undertake the decrees assigned by the imperial court, convey them to the prefectures, prefectures and counties, and supervise the implementation, and was also responsible for collecting taxes from all parts of the province, responsible for financial revenue and expenditure, and was also in charge of culture and education, imperial examinations, and presiding over local township examinations. Although he is not a governor, he is in charge of many things. But a few days ago, when the new governor of Fujian and Zhejiang arrived, the first thing he did was to thoroughly investigate the salt tax. It was also because of this incident that Lu Junyan delayed his trip and was not able to enter Beijing until today.

Lu Junqing frowned when he heard this, "Second brother, is there anything else about you here?"

Lu Junyan smiled bitterly and said: "It is a common practice for salt merchants to be filial, this has indeed been collected, and the collection of salt tax is all traceable, and when His Royal Highness was in charge of the salt tax, it was a bad debt, how can I explain it clearly at this time? I just served as the political envoy of this cloth, but it has been more than a year, and I have not yet figured out the doorway inside, where is such a huge amount of money greedy? Now those people obviously want to pull me to the guilt, and the impeachment fold has been published, and it is estimated that it will be sent to the cabinet in the next two days. The eldest brother is a secretary of the ministry, so he can help him say a word, otherwise the loss of office and dismissal will be small, and if he doesn't get it, his life will be gone. ”

Lu Junqing slapped his thigh angrily, "Second brother, you are confused, you were quite honest as an official a few years ago, why did you get into the same stream when you arrived in Zhejiang? If you are clean, who can splash dirty water on you?"

Lu Junyan said: "Big brother, don't you know, Zhejiang is evil, no matter how good a person is, he can't resist the temptation when he gets there." If you are not greedy, you will be excluded, and if something happens, I will push you out first, and I can't help it. ”

Lu Junqing sighed, "I really can't help you with this, although I am a secretary of the ministry, I have long had the heart of retreat, and I am not familiar with those people in the cabinet, and I can't speak in front of the emperor, so I can't defend you for a few words." ”

Lu Junyan was anxious, "Then what should I do, I can't watch my brother die." ”

At this time, on the opposite table, Guo Wenying was talking to Lu Yueying, and she didn't know what Mrs. Lu said, and the two laughed back and forth. On the other side, Lu Mingting and Lu Xinyu were studying poetry, shaking their heads and shaking their heads on the pair, and the pair was very lively.

Lu Junqing frowned, "You just entered Beijing at this time, why did you bring the two children with you?"

Lu Junyan said: "The child was sent to the old lady a long time ago, and the old lady said that she wanted to come, and she had to take the child, so I can't say no, and I can't tell the old lady about it, for fear of getting angry." There is also Yueying, who is not too young, and wants to find a husband for her to marry out quickly, so as to save me from being burdened. He paused as he spoke, and then said, "Big brother, I heard that the emperor is going to recruit draft girls into the palace, and Yueying is good-looking, I don't know if I can send her to the palace?"

Lu Junqing's brows furrowed even tighter, "Who did you listen to?"

"Many people say so, the Queen Mother sent people to recruit beauties in Jiangsu and Zhejiang and other places a while ago, saying that she would fill the harem for the emperor. ”

Lu Junqing snorted: "Don't listen to rumors, there is no such thing at all, and you don't have to think about Yueying's entry into the palace, she can't enter the palace at all." ”

"How so?"