Chapter 38: Homecoming
After going to the temple fair, it was the day when Lu Yunshu returned home.
There was a sedan chair quietly parked in front of the Lu Mansion, and the little maid serving next to her didn't know where they all ran there, only the maid Xiaolan stood next to the sedan chair. There was a square sedan chair in the air, and it was placed alone in front of the courtyard of the mansion.
Lu Yunshu sat in the sedan chair, she dispersed the servants and stayed alone, even Qi Zhaodu was still on the way to come on horseback. She had been hesitating like this for a long time, but she still didn't have the courage to step into the mansion.
She cast her eyes through the thin curtain and sat and stared at the door for a long time, still the familiar serpentine wooden door, which was already a little old, brown and almost black.
"Xiaolan, am I coming back early......"
According to the rules of Yan Kingdom, the married daughter needs to lead her newlywed husband back to meet her father-in-law and mother-in-law the next day. Qi Zhao went out early in the morning, and she couldn't arrive until after noon, so she came back first.
Lu Yunshu sat for too long, his eyes were scorched by the scorching spring sun in May, Lu Yunshu subconsciously covered his hands in front of his eyes, temporarily slowing down the stinging pain in his eyes.
She entered the door, the Lu Mansion was the general's mansion given by the emperor, and the style and luxury were naturally indispensable. Seven in and seven out of the big courtyard, rockery and fake water back garden a lot, the corridor turns, twists and turns, pavilions and pavilions are a lot.
Lu Yunshu likes to play hide and seek in this courtyard, she is small,
The grandmother who was waiting next to her was old, or a little maid who was about the same age as her, and none of them could find her. It was an afternoon of playing hide and seek, and it was only at dusk that Daddy returned home to find her hiding place.
Time flies very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, ten years later, the little girl also married another woman.
This house has not changed, and the grandmothers who served beside me back then are all old, or sent off to live home to live in peace, or have been buried in the ground.
"You're the only one with me." She seemed to sigh and said to Xiaolan.
"The slave has been with the young lady." Xiaolan spoke well-behaved, and smiled at Lu Yunshu, well-behaved and quiet.
Lu Yunshu was helped into the main courtyard by Xiaolan, and Lu Zhicheng was already waiting in the main seat. She went in and made a standard etiquette first, and kowtowed to Lu Zhicheng three times.
Originally, she had been staying in this general's mansion, accompanying Lu Zhicheng every day, seeing her every day, and she never felt that her father was old. Now it's only a few days since she saw her, and she seems to have not seen her for a long time, and her heart and mind are missing.
"Is Father all right?" Lu Yunshu lowered his head and asked.
"You're thinking about being a father." Lu Zhicheng's tone obviously still had an angry tone, this is that the anger has not yet disappeared, and he is still angry with himself.
"Yun Shu naturally has his father in mind."
Lu Yunshu raised her head, and now she felt that Lu Zhicheng was already old, his temples were wrapped in silver, and the corners of his eyes and mouth were wrinkled, and he was already an old man in his prime.
"Why didn't your husband come with you, I said he was useless, you want to marry! I want to get married! Lu Zhicheng's tone was full of anger, with anger, looking at Lu Yunshu and hating iron not steel.
Before the words fell, a person had stepped in from outside the door, and it was Qi Zhao.
He was obviously in a hurry, his sideburns were scattered, his clothes were not neat, and he looked like he had just arrived.
Qi Zhao is still wearing a narrow-sleeved beard suit that is convenient for the minimum, but it is not a riding suit, with a waist and tight sleeves. Simple white, brocade material faintly embroidered with some dark gold patterns, tangled lotus pattern embroidered and pedicle flowers, the leaves are embroidered with dark gold and green threads.
"The son-in-law is late, father-in-law forgive me."
"Who's your father-in-law?"
Lu Yunshu secretly stroked a handful of sweat, watched the two of them arguing, and didn't know what to say for a while.
"Alas" she sighed, pushed Xiaolan beside her, and walked in front of Qi Zhao in a few steps.
"Salute quickly." She secretly pinched Qi Zhao's palm and pulled him to kneel together.
Lu Yunshu had already bowed, kneeling three times and bowing nine times. At this time, Qi Zhao came, and she bowed again, and the rules were upright, and every bow was full of strength.
"Hurry up, my head is red."
Lu Zhicheng said in his tone, and before the two of them finished the three kowtows, he called the two of them to get up. The two of them saluted according to etiquette before getting up.
The ancestral hall of Lufu, returning to the door to serve tea, and marrying the bride need to be in front of the ancestors and ancestors.
Nine turns to fourteen corridors, the General's Mansion is a palace built according to the royal etiquette rules and regulations, and there are many of them, and there are all kinds of them. The cloister built by Huanghuali wood, the windows are all good pineapple agarwood sandalwood, and you can smell the sandalwood fragrance coming from the window closer.
Looking for the southwest side and following the cloister, a few steps is a painting made by a famous artist, according to the identity of General Lu, so undisguised hanging in the corridor of the outer room, it is enough to see the magnanimity of the Lu Mansion.
Entering the ancestral hall, the ancestral hall of the General's Mansion is not quite consistent with the whole house, it is not big, it is just the size of the courtyard of an ordinary rich and noble family. There are not many gold-inlaid gods and Buddhas inside, but they occupy the tablet of the ancestors with a wall of one, and the two walls next to the tablet are full of candles and placed on the shelves.
Lu Zhicheng sat on the top, Lu Yunshu knelt on the futon below, and the grandmother not far away had already made tea and waited on the side.
But with so many candles, the whole room was not too big, and it was still dark and dreary. There was a dark curtain hanging on the windows, which were lit only by candles, and the candles were not very hot, and the stars were dotted with small candles.
"Father." The two said in unison.
The two carefully handed the tea in front of Lu Zhicheng, two cups of tea, but Lu Zhicheng only took Lu Yunshu's one.
Lu Yunshu was a little embarrassed, although his face was not obvious, his tone was eager.
"Father!" Lu Yunshu shouted, and was about to kneel a few steps forward when Qi Zhao grabbed his wrist.
Qi Zhao motioned to Lu Yunshu with his eyes not to move, and there was no sound for a while, and no one present made a sound, but Lu Zhicheng and Qi Zhao were more energetic. One person doesn't answer, one person holds it.
The tea was very hot, but Qi Zhao was unaware of it in his hand, as if he had lost his sense of pain. Lu Yunshu looked distressed, she couldn't hold the tea for a while, and she couldn't hold it for a while.
The two were deadlocked, and Lu Yunshu looked at Lu Zhicheng on the seat. Sure enough, Jiang was still old and spicy, Qi Zhao couldn't hold on, his hands trembled, he couldn't hold the teacup, and water kept leaking out from under the lid of the cup, spilling on Qi Zhao's hands.
Lu Yunshu's tone was already crying, and he said to Lu Zhicheng: "Daddy...... You can take this tea. ”
Seeing that Lu Yunshu's tears were constantly falling down like beads, Lu Zhicheng was not sincere in making it difficult to take pictures. Therefore, I took the tea, opened the lid and took a sip and put it on the table, and the etiquette of the Yan Kingdom was completed.
It was stormy outside, and the curtain in front of the window rose with the wind, just in front of Ye Siruo's eyes, and everything was covered with a veil.
"It's raining, so stay tonight." Lu Zhicheng took the initiative to stay overnight.
Lu Yunshu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and smiled at Qi Zhao.