Chapter 42: Flower Party (PK, Asking for Votes)
Jinghui's departure didn't even stir up a little splash in the Lu family. The people in power turned a blind eye to the matter, and others gloated.
Yongning has always remembered the matter of "being a relative" in his heart, and privately found an opportunity for no outsiders to quietly mention the "rumors" in the Lu Mansion to Mrs. Lu. As a result, Mrs. Lu's words and attitude made Yongning feel grateful to Jinghui and Lu Mingyi - if it weren't for these two fooling around, maybe Mrs. Lu would have really made something happen......
However, now that these things have passed, judging from Lu Mingyi's words and deeds that night, no matter how much Mrs. Lu favors her mother's family, she will not let such a brain-pumping character be her son-in-law. Yongning is temporarily relieved, and he is also in the mood to have fun with the Yuyun sisters.
The flower party that Yuyun was looking forward to came as scheduled. Although the old lady hesitated, she still agreed to let the sisters go out of the house. It's just that if only some girls are allowed to go out, it is inevitable that they will not be at ease, so the old lady called Lu Mingda, the second son of the big house, and asked him to take his sisters to go shopping together.
Lu Mingda is in his early twenties this year, and after passing the examination of the government school last year, he had no intention of making progress, so he went to Lu Chengwang's college to become a gentleman who taught scripture and history, and he also won some praise after a year. The family saw that he was really able to teach and educate people, so they didn't ask him to go to Beijing to take the exam.
Lu Fengnian, who has experienced the war years, does not have much desire to let his children and grandchildren become officials, and he also rolled in the officialdom of the previous dynasty for decades in his early years, and these things in Vanity Fair have long been downplayed. Now in the Lu family, except for Lu Chengnian's eldest son Lu Mingyuan, who has a vacancy in Hezhong Mansion to join the army, no one else is in the officialdom.
Lu Mingda has a gentle temperament, and his eldest brother has been away from home for many years, so many of the big and small affairs in the house are taken care of by him and share the work for his father and ancestors. Today, he was entertaining guests, who would have thought that he would be called by his grandmother to accompany his sisters to the flower party, and he couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. Fortunately, the guest was not a foreigner, but the third son of the Lu family in Hezhong Mansion, and this time he came to the Lu family to pay homage to his birthday.
Chang'an's atmosphere has always been unconstrained to her daughter's house and not go out, Mrs. Lu is even more eager for her daughter to go out more on weekdays, today I saw that Yongning actually came to beg to go to the flower party unusually, my heart was naturally happy, and I was full of interest according to the local customs of Fenzhou, and I inserted a lot of pomegranate flowers in Yongning's hair bun, and tied a string on my wrist, so I dressed up before letting her go out.
The local flower party in Fenzhou is held all year round, once in March, June, September, and in the month of Wax, and the entire Yang'an Street stretches for two or three miles, and every household is full of seasonal flowers in front of it. Nearby businesses also come to set up stalls to solicit business, and some restaurants play some puzzles and texts in front of the door to gather popularity.
The people on the road rubbed shoulders in groups of threes and twos, all of them were smiling, Yongning had never seen such a bustle. Although the West Market is also prosperous, it is a little less joyful than this flower fair. She was short, Lu Mingda couldn't help but worry that she would be hit by someone, so he held her in his arms, Rao was so, after shopping for half an hour, she couldn't stand it anymore, she saw things that were almost the same, but it was very noisy, she was most impatient with such an environment, and leaned into Lu Mingda's ear and said: "Second cousin, let's find a place to rest, it's so noisy here......"
Lu Mingda touched her head, and saw that there was already a thin layer of sweat, afraid that she would suffer from heat stroke, so he nodded hurriedly and said: "I told Yuyun and them just now, I want to meet at Yangfen Restaurant, you see, it's ...... there" As he spoke, he pointed forward, and the signboard of the restaurant was indeed not far away.
The people of the Lu family have long been accustomed to the lively scene of the flower party, and they have made an appointment to meet in the morning. In previous years, too, everyone was often crowded as soon as they entered Yang'an Street, as long as they watched the time and went to the appointed place to meet. Sure enough, they didn't go far after entering the flower club, and the three sisters of the Lu family and Lu Mingshi, the three sisters of the Lu family who came from Hezhong Mansion, disappeared. Yongning was secretly glad that Mrs. Lu was prescient, but fortunately she didn't bring Tim Fu and Tim Xi, otherwise she would have to lose it.
Yangfen Restaurant is a large restaurant that can be counted in the whole Fenyang, and the front door is very spacious, which is not only full of seasonal flowers, but also has someone presiding over the poetry meeting. As soon as Lu Mingda came over, he was greeted by many scribe students, all of whom were classmates, world friends, and a few students from the academy.
That Lu Mingshi also arrived here at some point, and was sitting in front of the few cases scattered in front of the door talking to people, when he saw Lu Mingda coming over with Yongning, he hurriedly shouted: "Brother Mao, this way!" ”
Mao Zhi is Lu Mingda's word, he heard Lu Mingshi's greeting, and hurriedly followed a few acquaintances around him to confess, turned around and walked to Lu Mingshi's side. put Yongning from his arms on the ground, then straightened his clothes, and then arched his hand at Lu Mingshi, and said, "Brother Ze'an, why did you come here so early?" This is the young man who is ...... with Lu Mingshi, and he looks like he has an extraordinary temperament, which makes him inevitably want to make friends.
Lu Mingshi also hurriedly stood up, and after returning the salute, Fang pulled Lu Mingda to introduce the man: "Brother Mao, this is the seventh son of the Guanlong Cui clan, and now he is a guest in the Wei Palace...... Speaking of which, he is still close to the second lady of the house...... "Lu Chengwang's wife is also surnamed Cui, and she has also been associated with the Guanlong Cui clan a few generations ago, although the relationship is too far away to say, but Lu Mingshi said this, which is really difficult to refute."
The young man was also quite generous, stood up and arched his hand at Lu Mingda, and said, "In Xia Cui Yan, the word scene and ...... This must be the second son of the Lu family in Fenzhou, right? Ze'an has been complimenting you here for a while......"
When Lu Mingda heard that this young man was a disciple of Guan Longcui's family, he frowned slightly, and the enthusiasm in his eyes dissipated a lot, but the smile on his face did not diminish by half a point, and calmly returned the salute, and then let the two of them go to the restaurant: "It's too noisy outside, let's go in and talk......" said, taking a wrong step, letting the two go first, and then pulling Yongning inside.
Yongning watched these three people speak, and he couldn't help but feel a wave of irritability in his heart. Guan Long Cui, King of Wei...... What is this Cui Yan doing in Fenzhou at this time? You can't come here for the flower fair, right? This Lu Mingshi obviously knew Cui Yan for a long time, and this meeting was a coincidence? Or, intentionally? She sighed quietly, hoping that her grandfather's birthday would pass quickly, and then quickly urged her mother to return to Chang'an......
When she was in Chang'an, no matter how much trouble she had, as long as her father was there, she didn't feel afraid, but at this moment, there was nothing yet, and she couldn't stop worrying......
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In the next chapter, I'm still in the code.。。。 Patience, dear dear, ~~~~~~~~~~