After a few days of rain, today it finally cleared. The weather is a little warmer, and in a blink of an eye, it is almost May.

At the beginning of the month, which had been worried for a few days, she gradually relaxed her heart, maybe Li Maoran didn't want to pay attention to her like this, she kept comforting herself in her heart.

After school on this day, as usual, I went back to Lu's house with Yin Yin at the beginning of the month. When I entered the courtyard gate, I saw several red boxes placed in the courtyard, and a group of people watched with different faces.

"Dad, we'll come back," Yin Yin cried, "Huh? What is it? Seeing the red box, she approached with some curiosity, and on the other hand, Lu Mingyuan's face was heavy, looked at the beginning of the month, and said, "At the beginning of the month, you come to the small hall with me." ”

"Yes." At the beginning of the month, the moment she saw the red box, she felt a little chill in her heart.

When I arrived at the small hall, I saw that there was a long flat wooden box on the desk, which was also pasted with red paper. Lu Mingyuan pushed the wooden box in front of the moon and said, "You, see for yourself." ”

At the beginning of the month, she stretched out her hand and opened the lid of the box, and sure enough, there was a letter of appointment inside, which was very delicately framed in red foil, and to her surprise, there was a handful of white jade hairpins in the wooden box. And the white jade hairpin was what Li Maoran wanted to give her that night.

Even if she didn't open the letter of appointment, she knew that it was Li Maoran who was hired, and she was naturally the one who asked to marry.

"Is it the county lieutenant Li family?" At the beginning of the month, he only took a look and closed the lid.

Lu Mingyuan was stunned, and when he saw the beginning of the month, his face was indifferent, and he was a little confused, "You already know?" So you are"

"No, I didn't want to get married at the beginning of the month." At the beginning of the month, he hurriedly spoke.

Lu Mingyuan frowned, "I just saw you look like usual, I thought you were willing." It seems that the son of the Li family has taken a fancy to you."

Lu Mingyuan sighed, "This is the appointment of the county lieutenant himself, I think their family seems to be solemn, not a spur of the moment." ”

My heart trembled, and I didn't open my mouth at the beginning of the month.

"The Li family is powerful, I'm afraid this matter is not something you can do if you don't want to marry." Lu Mingyuan glanced at her, "Besides, their family is sincere, it's better to be"

"Uncle, I really can't get married," Yue Yue said hurriedly.

"I know that Mr. Li is a well-known gentleman, but if you marry in the past, you will have no worries about food and clothing." He patiently persuaded.

"Uncle!" The beginning of the month plopped down on his knees.

Lu Mingyuan stroked his forehead and helped her up, "I have already negotiated this matter with the county lieutenant, and the wedding date is set for the twentieth of next month." You don't have to say any more, I'll go and talk to Ying Zhangyuan about it over there. ”

Standing in place in a daze, she didn't expect Lu Mingyuan to agree, and the hand in her sleeve was quietly clenched into a fist. "I really can't marry at the beginning of the month, my father has already made a marriage contract for me."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Mingyuan was stunned for a moment, "What did you say?" Brother-in-law"

"There are letters as proof, and the beginning of the month is not untrue." She said, lowering her eyes.

"Who has he appointed for you?" He asked, a little stunned.

"It's my father's old friend, Xu Shu's son, Xu Shiheng."

"Xu Xu Shu?! How could it be him? Stunned, Lu Mingyuan's expression was no longer shocked.

At the beginning of the month, she frowned and looked at Lu Mingyuan, she remembered that she had asked Lu Mingyuan if he knew Xu Shu, which he obviously denied, but now his appearance is not like this.

Lu Mingyuan quickly calmed down and said, "We can't find this person now, and it seems that the paper marriage contract is going to be stopped." ”

"Didn't my uncle know about this person? Why can't you find this person before you look for it? At the beginning of the month, he suddenly looked up and said gloomily.

"When did you learn to raise a bar with your uncle?!" Lu Mingyuan asked coldly.

The beginning of the month froze, bowed his head and said: "I don't dare at the beginning of the month, but I have already found him at the beginning of the month." ”

"You, did you find him?" Lu Mingyuan's expression was a little incredulous, "How did you find it?" Where is he now? ”

"He is in Anyang, and he is the official secretary of the dynasty. As long as we report these to Lieutenant Li, he will not make things difficult for us. The beginning of the month said happily.

"The Minister's Book?!" Lu Mingyuan was almost speechless at this time, "You said that he became a secretary of the ministry?!" I saw that his face was shocked, and he did not look happy.

At the beginning of the month, he felt very confused, and was about to ask, but Lu Mingyuan said hurriedly: "Who else knows about this?" ”

At the beginning of the month, he didn't react, "I asked your father about your marriage, who else knows?" ”

"Nobody knows, I've never said it."

Hearing her say this, Lu Mingyuan finally felt a little relieved, pondered for a moment, and said, "Since this is the case, I will think about this matter again, you go back to the house to rest first." ”

At the beginning of the month, I thought that Lu Mingyuan should have agreed, after all, one is a county lieutenant, and the other is a secretary. It is very obvious which is more important.

What she didn't expect was that as soon as she returned to the house, Lu Mingyuan had someone lock her in the room after her, and explained that no one could see her except for delivering food.

This frightened Aunt Gui and Yin Yin.

"Sister! What the hell is going on? Yin Yin slapped the door panel and shouted, her voice trembling a little. Lu Mingyuan said to the Lu family that if they didn't get married at the beginning of the month, they might not be able to stay in Shao'an City, so no one dared to disobey.

"I don't know" on the inside of the door, and the beginning of the month was also very anxious. Before leaving, Lu Mingyuan clearly said that he had to consider it, why did he say in a blink of an eye that he must not marry the Li family.

What went wrong? She lowered her head and thought about it, and suddenly remembered that after Xu Shu was mentioned in the conversation, Lu Mingyuan's attitude was a little weird.

Is it Xu Shu? Lu Mingyuan said that he didn't know him before, but now it seems that not only do they know, but there should be something else that has involved them.

It's just that it's useless to look into that now. The important thing is that according to the current situation, Lu Mingyuan does not want to fulfill the marriage contract set by her father, but only wants to marry her to Li Maoran.

What to do? What to do? "I want to see my uncle." Yue knocked on the door and shouted, "Yinyin, can you hear me?" I want to see my uncle. ”

"But my father said that he didn't want to see you again, and he wanted you to stay in the house until the day the Li family greeted him." Outside the room, Yin Yin was so anxious that she cried, "I also said that until the day of the wedding, no one can see my sister." ”

At the beginning of the month, he was stunned and asked again, "What about Aunt Gui?" ”

"Miss, I'm here, I'm here." As soon as the words fell, Aunt Gui hurriedly replied, "What can I do about this?" If the master is still alive, he will not let Miss you suffer such a grievance," said Aunt Gui and couldn't help crying.

At the beginning of the month, her face turned pale, and she comforted: "Aunt Gui, Yin Yin, don't cry, I'm fine." ”

"That Li Maoran, it's so hateful, how can it be like this!" Yin Yin already knew about the person who was hired, and said indignantly. "I'll go find him to theorize!" As he spoke, he raised his feet to leave.

"How dare you?! Who are you going to theorize with?! It was Lu Mingyuan who spoke, and he didn't know when he also came to the West Chamber.

"But Dad, sister, she doesn't want to marry." Yin Yin hurriedly argued.

"Nonsense! Who is his Li family? You say you don't want to marry, you can't marry? Lu Mingyuan said sharply, "You are not allowed to go anywhere!" Do you hear that? On the other side of the women's hospital, I will go to the head of the courtyard to take leave, from today on, Yin Yin, you can't take a step out of the Lu family until you get married at the beginning of the month. If you mess around again, I'll lock you up in your room!" When he had finished speaking, he turned and left.

When he heard about it at the beginning of the month, he couldn't help but sit down, it seemed that he was iron-hearted.