After Yin Pingru's order, a purple-clothed maid slowly stepped forward and picked up the brocade box on the table, but she didn't dare to leave in a hurry.

Everyone saw the scene at the banquet just now, it was clearly Mrs. He's makeup to the fourth lady, not something that was left behind.

The purple-clothed maid looked at Yin Pingru and Mrs. Tai with some embarrassment, and saw that no one planned to stop her, so she walked straight out of the flower hall and went to chase Princess Chengyang and her party.

Lu Qingrong breathed a sigh of relief.

Before, she originally thought that she could completely treat the He family as a passerby.

But just now, when I thought of letting myself accept the He family's makeup, I still had an irrepressible disgust in my heart.

I hope that I will never see the He family again in the future.

Lu Qingrong said secretly in his heart.

It's just that whether God intends to make it easy for her is unknown at this time.

Now that Princess Chengyang has left, the birthday banquet that was supposed to end before has finally dispersed.

The makeup I got today was put away by Yin Pingru and put it together with the dowry I had prepared before.

In the end, Lu Qingrong just returned to the Wisteria Pavilion with a three-layer bamboo carved food box that her aunt sent her.

This is the standard item every time the Gu family comes to the Lu Mansion, and you don't need to ask to know that it must be the idea of your cousin Yin Zihao.

When I returned to the Wisteria Pavilion and opened the lid, I saw that as expected, it was full of all kinds of dim sum, such as lily cake, lotus root powder osmanthus cake, rattan carrot cake, and date soup...... There are also a few that even Lu Qingrong can't name.

And it's two copies of each.

Lu Qingrong couldn't help laughing, and looked up at Lu Qianyu next to him.

When Lu Qianyu saw it, she just smiled, and didn't go upstairs, so she sat on the circle chair in the hall and ate.

"Cousin, this gift is really affordable!" Lu Qianyu said while eating: "I didn't eat enough just now!" At the beginning, it was the third sister who kept shouting at me to look at this and that, and it wasn't her dowry, so I saw that her eyes were straight......"

Later, as soon as Princess Chengyang came, she couldn't eat. The princess's pomp is really big, do you think she is like this in the princess's mansion? Let people give her a big gift at every turn! ”

Lu Qingrong smiled silently, and sat down next to her, picked up a piece of lotus root flour osmanthus cake and put it in her mouth, just now that she, the main owner of her birthday, didn't care about what to eat.

It's just that the osmanthus cake is really too sweet, and a small piece makes her tired and not hungry.

Lu Qianyu continued to speak: "No wonder that Kangning County Lord's eyes are on the top of his head, and he loves to ignore people, and she can't blame herself when she thinks about it!" After speaking, she pursed her lips, and thought of something, "That He Qingwan is much better than her cousin, and she is completely different from her mother!" "Lu Qianyu has never had a good impression of Qiu Muyun.

Isn't it the same?

Lu Qingrong doesn't think so, it's more likely to be out of blue......

"Just tell me this, don't complain like this when you go out!" Lu Qingrong felt that her unobstructed problem might not be able to change for a while.

"Don't worry, I know. Don't talk about going outside, my third sister and I won't talk like this! Lu Qianyu said, took out a piece of lily cake from the food box, and looked left and right, "Hey, where is the green bamboo?" Why didn't you come back with us? ”

"Mother told her to go to the main house, maybe she has something to say."

"Commanded what?" Lu Qianyu suddenly looked very interested, lowered her voice and asked, "Wouldn't it be for her to be a room girl for the Marquis of Jingyuan?" ”

"Poof!"

Lu Qingrong, who was drinking tea at this time, squirted out directly and was almost choked.

"What are you overhearing again?" Her first reaction was what Lu Qianyu listened to from Yin Pingru.

Girl, this is not something she should know.

Whether it was Henan, Huguang in the past, or the East Courtyard of Lufu in recent years, this creature has never appeared in Lu Yiduo's yard.

"I didn't eavesdrop this time!" Lu Qianyu swallowed the lily cake in her mouth and began to explain, "I listened to the third sister, but she really overheard." It was the second aunt who said that the Marquis of Jingyuan's mansion is no better than the ordinary eunuchs, and the mother can no longer be treated like the eldest sister when she got married, and she will definitely prepare a room for you. ”

"Do you know what a girl does?" Lu Qingrong asked.

"Of course I do." Lu Qianyu said it as a matter of course.

"Know?" Lu Qingrong didn't believe it.

"Be an aunt! You see, there are two aunts in the West Courtyard, and I heard that they were all dowry maids brought by the second aunt. Lu Qianyu thought for a while, and then continued: "So you see that the second aunt is accompanied by someone on weekdays, and she is not as lonely as her mother alone!" ”

It turns out that she understands the girl in the room like this.

Lu Qingrong couldn't help but cry and laugh when he heard this: "If you don't know, don't talk nonsense!" She felt that she should remind Lu Qianyu of it.

"Am I not right? What the hell does that girl do? Lu Qianyu asked curiously.

"You just have to remember that mother is not lonely, but pure."

After speaking, Lu Qingrong didn't plan to continue the topic, so he quickly stood up and closed the lid of the food box on the table and stuffed it into Lu Qianyu's hand: "It's all yours." It's not early, you should hurry upstairs to rest, I must have a toss downstairs in the past two days, and you can't get up early! ”

Lu Qianyu took the food box, no longer asked the bottom of the matter, got up and went upstairs.

And Lu Qingrong, who returned to the inner room, was still thinking about it.

Mother asked Luzhu to talk, it couldn't really be for this, right?

Although this is not quite in line with her mother's usual temperament, she also feels that there is such a possibility in her heart, after all, her age is too young, and her mother is really confused if she can't keep it out of her protection......

Lu Qingrong was thinking nonsense in the room alone, and Luzhu came back.

As soon as Luzhu entered the door, Lu Qingrong noticed that there was an uncomfortable look on her face, and she secretly said that it was not good in her heart.

Although Luzhu is only two years older than herself, she has always been the most stable, and this kind of expression is rare for her.

"Mother called you over, but what's the matter?" Lu Qingrong asked directly.

"I'm going to follow Miss to the Hou Mansion in three days, and Mrs. has a few words of advice, telling me to be careful about my errand." Lu Zhu said while sorting out the clothes that Lu Qingrong had just changed: "I also mentioned my mother, saying that my aunt and grandmother sent my mother's deed today, and she will help you take care of the grange for the wedding in the future." ”

This Lu Qingrong has also heard his mother mention it.

Back then, Granny Ding and Luzhu were taken in by Yin Pingru in Jinan, and they came to the capital together, one stayed in Yin's Mansion as a housekeeper's mother, and the other accompanied Yin Pingru's mother and daughter to Lufu.

"That's a good thing! Although Ding's mother is going to the Grange, after all, you are all following me, and it will always be easier to see each other in the future. Lu Qingrong was a little puzzled, "But your current face doesn't look like a happy look!" ”

Lu Zhu originally pretended to be calm, but when he heard this, he knelt down with a thud: "Miss! ”

This sudden action startled Lu Qingrong: "What's wrong with you?" ”

Lu Qingrong said as he wanted to drag her up.

Luzhu insisted on kneeling there and not moving.

"When the slave maid went to the main house just now, the second lady was also beside her."

As soon as he heard that Geng's family was also there, Lu Qingrong remembered Lu Qianyu's words, and suddenly understood a little.

At this time, Luzhu also said in a little panic: "At the beginning, Madame just told me to accompany Miss more in the Hou Mansion after Queen X, saying that Miss is young and should not let Miss be too early...... Alone with the son too early. The more Lu Zhu spoke, the quieter his voice became, "But then the second lady took over and asked me to be smart, since Miss is still young, I have to serve Miss Shi Zi more......"

"And how did you answer?" Although it was expected, Lu Qingrong inevitably frowned.

The slave maid was frightened stupid at that time, and she had the heart to refute the words of the second lady, but she didn't know how to speak. When Mrs. saw it, she knew that I didn't want to, so she didn't continue to embarrass me, but just asked me not to take the words of the second lady to heart and take care of the young lady. ”

By the end, Luzhu's voice was already trembling a little.

Lu Zhu's reaction was the same as Lu Qingrong imagined.

Lu Qingrong knew in his heart that Geng's words were already very straightforward, and Luzhu, who had a lot of contact with the maids and wives on weekdays, would definitely not be like Lu Qianyu, thinking that the girl in the room was an aunt to accompany his wife to relieve boredom.

"Since my mother said that you should not take it to heart, you should not have heard what others said."

"But...... Madame really didn't mean that? Luzhu is still very worried.

At that time, Yin Pingru's attitude was very obscure, and it was no wonder that she was a little uncertain.

Originally, Yin Pingru did have this thought, thinking that if Luzhu was willing, there would always be an extra layer of protection for Lu Qingrong, but she didn't plan to force the order, but planned to see Luzhu's attitude first, so when Geng Shi said those words, she didn't stop her.

However, Luzhu's attitude was very obvious, and she was unwilling.

Therefore, Yin Pingru did not mention it again.

But Luzhu didn't know the twists and turns in Yin Pingru's heart.

Lu Qingrong was a little clear, knowing the worry in her heart, and replied directly: "Mother has said it, you still don't believe it?" If she really wants you to go...... There's no need to play a double reed with the second aunt, I must have ordered you directly! ”

Luzhu is also a fan of the person concerned, and now after listening to Lu Qingrong's words, he finally put his mind at ease.

"You're really, you're usually quite shrewd, how can you be confused like this!" Lu Qingrong reached over again and pulled her up from the ground.

Luzhu was suddenly a little embarrassed: "Aren't I afraid, my brain was confused at that time...... And Madame is as kind to our mother and daughter, if it is really Madame's order, that is, let me go up the knife mountain and go down the oil pot, I have to go too! ”

"Don't talk nonsense, where did the knife mountain and the oil pot come from!"

Lu Qingrong teased her with a smile, but she knew in her heart that what Luzhu said was indeed sincere.

When she and Ding's mother were kicked out of the He Mansion, they were taken in by Yin Pingru, and they didn't plan to ask for their deeds.

It was because Luzhu's father took his younger brother who was two years younger than her to avoid gambling debts and walked away, which made Ding's mother very worried at that time, hoping to get her son back, but also afraid that the child's father would not pay off the gambling debts and simply sold their mother and daughter, so she took the initiative to ask to let go of her free body and signed a deed of sale with the Yin family at that time.

Two years ago, Yin Pingru mentioned that she wanted to return the deed to them, but Ding's mother and Luzhu insisted on refusing, saying that they would repay their kindness and serve Mrs. and Miss for the rest of their lives.

At this time, seeing that Luzhu was still nervous, Lu Qingrong also said solemnly: "After arriving at the Hou Mansion, I will naturally make the decision for you, I will not force you, you should always believe this, right?" ”

Luzhu nodded vigorously without thinking about it.

Lu Qingrong suddenly remembered something at this time.

"By the way, my mother said that the rough maid and mother-in-law for the marriage have been decided, but there are still four maids around me, let me make my own decision, you go and ask me, are those maids in the Wisteria Pavilion unwilling to leave the Lu Mansion!" There's not much time left, so let's settle this matter quickly. ”

Only then did the green bamboo regain its usual composure, and it should be done on this errand.

It's just that she still can't help but feel a little apprehensive in her heart, afraid that Madame will suddenly regret it in the past two days.

On the second night, when Yin Pingru came to the Wisteria Pavilion to look for Lu Qingrong, Luzhu hurriedly avoided it in a panic.

Lu Qingrong looked at her back, couldn't help laughing, and pretended to be disgusted: "Mother, you see how scared her!" ”

Yin Pingru couldn't help but smile a little embarrassedly when she heard this.

"She must be afraid that you will regret it, don't you really regret it?"

"Of course not!" Yin Pingru said with a straight face: "I came here to look for you." In two days, it will be March 16, and the dowry of Ming ** will be sent to the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion in advance, I still have some things for you here, you can collect them yourself. ”

After speaking, he handed over two rosewood black lacquered gold wooden boxes.

Lu Qingrong stretched out his hand to take it.

When I opened the wooden box above, there was a stack of silver tickets and many title deeds.

Except for the top few silver tickets, which are one hundred taels, the rest are all in the denomination of one thousand taels.

And most of those land deeds are Zhuangzi near the capital, and they are also in Shuntianfu.

"Mother, this?" Lu Qingrong felt that this was really a bit much.

Although the dowry sent by the Marquis of Jingyuan Mansion is very exaggerated, this dowry is too high!

"The title deed here was prepared by your father and I before, but the silver ticket was added a little more." Yin Pingru said slowly: "That is also the dowry gift sent by the Marquis of Jingyuan Mansion into a silver ticket, after all, those real money and silver are too eye-catching, and it is still convenient and practical." ”

Lu Qingrong saw that his mother was very persistent, and he didn't say anything.

Just as he was about to open the wooden box below, Yin Pingru suddenly said: "You don't need to look at this first, you won't need it for the time being." It's just a dowry necessity, you just find a proper place to put it away. ”

"Oh." Lu Qingrong agreed, but he couldn't help but be curious.

"Then you clean up first, I see that your things here are still outside."

After speaking, Yin Pingru left the Wisteria Pavilion and returned to the main house.

Yin Pingru walked on the front foot, and the green bamboo came in on the back foot, staring at Lu Qingrong nervously.

"It's none of your business, it's for me!"

After listening to Lu Qingrong's words, he went out again with confidence.

At this time, Lu Qingrong began to stare at the box that had not been opened just now. RS