Chapter 243: The Day Before Yesterday

Lu Qingrong knew it very well in his heart.

The firecracker incident is clearly an incident caused by Qinyiyuan, and its purpose is self-evident.

The reason why she didn't directly refuse was because she understood their unyielding minds, and if she stopped this, maybe she would come up with something else. Rather than this, it is better to come down first, but it can also allow them to stop for a while.

Cao's mother was relieved and didn't say anything more.

Lu Qingrong took this opportunity to say his thoughts: "Regarding the military exploits of the prince, it is up to the emperor to judge, we must not be proud of our merits and do the thing that gives people authority." In short, we should be more low-key in the future, and wait for the prince to come back. The people in the Yuyuan asked the two mothers to pay more attention. As for the other courtyards of the Hou Mansion, if there is something like today, you must also be vigilant! ”

Mother Cao and Mother Ye immediately responded and promised not to let the people of Yuyuan cause trouble to the world.

Lu Zhu listened to it as if she didn't understand, but she had never liked a flamboyant temperament, and she didn't think there was anything wrong with Madame's orders.

In the days that followed, as Lu Qingrong expected, no one made any more waves.

Ordinary times are more fleeting, and more than a month has passed in the blink of an eye.

Just the day before Jiang Xuan returned to Beijing, Mrs. Wu called everyone to Qinyi Courtyard.

Jiang Ke stood in front with a happy face.

These days, whenever Jiang Xuan's Mobei victory is mentioned, he looks like he is honored. At this time, he and Tang Shan's clothes were mainly red, which was very festive.

Qiu Jinting is very different from them.

Today's Qiu Jinting still does not change the style of clothing during this period, wearing a white plain armor, a frost-colored skirt, his hair is pulled up in a bun, and he wears a complete set of plain silver and pearl heads.

Lu Qingrong raised his eyes and looked over, only to see that Qiu Jinting was covered with white flowers.

Jiang Ke didn't come with her, and when he saw her clothes at this moment, he couldn't help frowning.

However, Mrs. Wu didn't react, and when she saw that everyone had arrived, she began to talk.

"There is news from outside the city that the soldiers and horses of the prince who have returned to Beijing have entered the territory of Shuntianfu, and it is estimated that they will arrive in the capital tomorrow." Mrs. Wu told everyone with a smile.

"The eldest brother has been gone for more than half a year, and now he has finally returned triumphantly, and our family can finally be reunited." Jiang Ke answered with a smile, "Do you know when you can go home?" ”

"It's not good to say." Mrs. Wu thought for a while, "When you arrive in the capital, you must first enter the palace to resume your life, and then you can return to the Hou Mansion." Compared to the people who watched from the streets, we may not be able to see him until later. ”

Mrs. Wu then turned to Lu Qingrong and asked, "All the preparations in the mansion to welcome the prince have been completed?" ”

Lu Qingrong thought of the firecrackers that were thrown in the warehouse and locked, and replied vaguely: "It's all ready." Even if the prince returns to Beijing today, he can handle it. ”

The corners of Mrs. Wu's mouth curled slightly, and she said, "That's good, tomorrow is a festive day for our mansion, don't be sloppy." ”

Lu Qingrong bowed his head slightly and did not say anything more.

Jiang Ke nodded again and again on the side.

Qiu Jinting, who had been silent before, suddenly spoke: "Although it is said that he came back from a victory, is it really good to be so swaggering?" ”

Lu Qingrong was stunned, he didn't expect Qiu Jinting to speak so bluntly.

Mrs. Wu has been thinking about Brother Xiang'er's affairs, and has been very tolerant of her for days, but at this time, her face is obviously dissatisfied.

Jiang Ke immediately reprimanded: "What do you know, the eldest brother's victory in this battle was exchanged for his life!" ”

Qiu Jinting didn't care at all, his eyes swept over Jiang Ke and Mrs. Wu, a wry smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and he didn't say anything more.

The people in Qinyi Courtyard broke up unhappily in this rather embarrassing atmosphere.

When Jiang Ke and the others returned to Fengyuan, it was rare that he did not plunge into Tang Shan's courtyard, but followed Qiu Jinting to the main house.

"Big brother is going to triumph tomorrow, who are you putting this face on?" Jiang Ke couldn't bear it anymore, and counted Qiu Jinting with his head and face.

"He triumphed, what does it have to do with me? It's not enough to have your real or fake smiling faces, do you have to count me again? Qiu Jinting did not show weakness, since Brother Xiang was gone, she seemed to be a different person.

"No one makes you laugh! Then you don't need to look like you're wearing filial piety! Jiang Ke looked at her whiteness, and he was angry.

"My son is gone, I'm dressed plainly, who is in the way!" Qiu Jinting was right.

"A few months ago, you're not done yet! Besides, if your son is gone, you can't let your mother and sister-in-law look at your face together! The more Jiang Ke spoke, the more angry he became.

"What do you mean by 'my son', doesn't it have anything to do with you?" Qiu Jinting said with a strong spirit.

"Hmph." Jiang Ke didn't answer this time, only sneered, and then brushed his sleeves away......

On the side of Yuyuan, Lu Qingrong didn't take Qiu Jinting's faux pas to heart, not to mention that what she said was more pertinent than others.

At this time, Lu Qingrong was thinking about tomorrow.

Especially in the afternoon, Lu Qingrong became more impetuous, and when she thought of seeing Jiang Xuan tomorrow, her strong anticipation and apprehension made her uneasy.

At this moment, Lu Qianyu came.

Since the dust settled on the ending of Mobei's victory, Lu Qianyu has not made any movement in the past two months.

I saw that she was wearing a hibiscus embroidered butterfly collar gown today, a peach-pink cotton skirt, and the whole person was a full circle fatter than the last time I saw her, and a few red gold butterfly wings and beads trembled lightly, echoing with the butterflies embroidered on the clothes.

"It's almost winter, why is the sun still so poisonous!" Lu Qianyu fanned the wind with the handkerchief in her hand, and as soon as she came in, she hurriedly said, "Okay green bamboo, go and pour me a cup of tea!" ”

Luzhu couldn't help but smile and went down to serve tea.

"Whoever asked you to wear so much, people look round." Lu Qingrong looked at her with a smile.

"It's not worn." Lu Qianyu immediately retorted: "This is all real meat!" ”

After speaking, she saw that there was no one else in the house, so she rolled up her sleeves directly: "Look! ”

Lu Qingrong was not surprised at all.

Now that Lu Qianyu and her cousin Yin Zihao have become a family, it is not normal if they don't grow some meat.

"Why didn't you come here until today?" Lu Qingrong asked with a smile.

"Don't tell Sister SΓΉ, she won't let me come over and cause trouble for you." Lu Qianyu first nervously instructed, and then continued: "I've been too bored recently, and I thought that after today, as soon as the prince of Jingyuan Hou came back, you were afraid that you would not have time to entertain me, so I came to talk to you in advance." ”

"With your cousin here, why are you still bored?" Lu Qingrong was curious.

"You don't know, my cousin has been locked up by your uncle these days, and he said that he hopes he can work harder in the township exam at the beginning of next year, and try to see if he can take the exam and come back! I only see him every day when I eat and go to bed. ”

Lu Qingrong always felt awkward when he heard this, and pretended to be angry: "What is 'my uncle', isn't it your uncle?" ”

"Of course not!" Lu Qianyu was upright and corrected: "Now his old man is my father!" ”

Lu Qingrong bowed to the wind, took a sip of tea, and then asked, "Have you started preparing for next year's township test so early?" It's also to the point where it's going to be locked up. It really doesn't sound like my uncle's style. ”

"What my father means is that this time let my cousin do his best, if it still doesn't work, I won't force him anymore in the future." Lu Qianyu changed her words, called Yin Qinghua as her "father", and suddenly said with a straight face: "I've always been thinking about asking you, now that you know a lot of people, is there any way to let my cousin try it out?" ”

"Where do you need to find someone else! My cousin used to study with Mr. Chu, and now he has his uncle's guidance. These two are experts in the imperial examination, who can surpass them. Lu Qingrong told the truth, and then remembered again, "Why don't you let my cousin go to Master Jiang again to learn from the scriptures?" ”

"That's not what I meant!" Lu Qianyu's tone was relaxed, "I just want to ask, can you let the examiner be accommodating or something......"

Lu Qingrong almost squirted out a sip of tea.

Lu Qianyu was originally thinking about cheating.

Thinking about it carefully, this is in line with Lu Qianyu's style of acting. Since she was very young, she already knew that she would ghostwrite to help her deal with the gentleman sitting in the museum, and now it is not too new to think about it like this.

Lu Qingrong coughed lightly, and asked sternly: "You asked me to talk about this, does my cousin know?" ”

"How could it be possible to let him know! If he had known, he would have scolded me very badly...... Besides, he didn't have much interest in fame, and often mentioned to me in private that he wanted to open a restaurant on Changqiao Street, and in time, he would definitely become the first restaurant in Beijing! ”

Lu Qingrong couldn't help but hold his forehead: "I think he has the idea of opening a restaurant, and you are not likely to oppose it, right?" ”

"Of course not! What a happy thing it must be to be able to eat the first food in the capital every day......" Lu Qianyu smiled heartily.

"Then you still asked me to make the examiner accommodating?" Lu Qingrong couldn't cry or laugh.

I just asked casually. Don't you know, when my father sees his cousin, he inevitably sighs for a long time, and I also want to make his old man happy. My cousin also thinks that if we have a reputation for raising people, maybe his old man can really let us open a restaurant! ”

Lu Qingrong was completely dumbfounded.

It turned out that they wanted this fame, just to increase their bargaining chips with Yin Qinghua, and in the final analysis, they still wanted to open a restaurant.

Lu Qianyu became more and more energetic the more she talked, and even mentioned the various dishes of the restaurant, what wine-stuffed pigeon, Buddha jumping over the wall, rouge duck breast, crab roe lion head......

In the end, she was stunned and said that she was hungry, but Lu Qingrong refused to leave her to eat, and insisted on going back to Yin's mansion.

After Lu Qianyu left, Lu Qingrong's mood inexplicably became much more steady.

Suddenly, I felt that I was too cautious these days, and I was a little envious of Lu Qianyu.

Thinking of Jiang Xuan's return to Beijing tomorrow, Lu Qingrong immediately ordered: "Luzhu, you go to find some clothes that ordinary people wear, the kind that you won't feel abrupt when walking on the street!" ”

"For whom?" The green bamboo is unknown.

"The two of us!" R1152