Chapter 4 Inquiry
The next day, after freshening up, having breakfast, and drinking medicine, Xin Zhu brought Xiaoshun and Xiaocheng in.
Both of them are Lu Jiayue's little servants, and they have been serving for a few years, and this time Lu Jiayue stayed in Beijing, and the two of them also stayed in the Qu family to continue to serve.
After kowtowing and saying goodbye, Lu Jiayue smiled and asked the two of them to get up: "It's been a few days since I came to Qu's house, have you ever been naughty?" β
Xiaoshun replied in a regular manner: "The minions don't dare to be naughty, for fear of losing the face of the young lady, and when they have nothing to do, they only follow the pillar brother in the front yard around the city and look at the excitement." β
Xin Zhu smiled and said: "Count you two clever, and you know that you are afraid of losing Miss's face - this Qu family is not an ordinary family, there are many rules, you still need to be vigilant at all times." β
Lu Jiayue looked at the two little girls, although they were only twelve or thirteen years old, they were both clever and clever, and her father Lu Mian personally picked out the slaves from the family to call her, and most of them would marry with her in the future, become her companion, and manage the land of the grange for her.
Now it's just the right time to take this opportunity to let these two little guys experience it.
So he nodded, and said in a manly voice: "Yanjing is the capital, and since you have already walked around the city, are you familiar with the hundreds of miles in Kyoto City?" β
The two little guys, you look at me, I look at you, but I'm a little embarrassed, "That's not it, this Kyoto city is big, and the Qu family is in Futaifang, we are most familiar with, but it is also a few miles of Kangle, Xiangrui and Xingping near this Futaifang." β
That's enough.
Lu Jiayue remembered clearly that Lou Ji'an was originally an official in Beijing, and although he served as the political envoy of Shandong, his family still lived in Kyoto, and the Lou family's house was in Xingpingfang.
"This is not in a hurry, the days are long, and I will be familiar with walking around the city more in the future." Lu Jiayue smiled, with a pair of black and white eyes, but she looked at the two little guys for a moment, "It's just that I have an important matter to hand over to you right now, and you have to do it for me with your heart, and you can't make any mistakes." β
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The two little guys came out, and when there was no one around, they couldn't help muttering.
"You said it was so decent, why did Miss let us keep an eye on the young master of the Lou family? I heard that the young master of the Lou family was betrothed to Miss Qu. β
"Didn't Miss say that? Don't ask much, don't tell anyone, it's useless for you to guess, it's better to do a good job with your heart, and Miss has her own reward for us. β
"That's fine, it's just that I see that Miss has been sick for a few days, but her spirit seems to be much better than before, and even the eyes of people are different."
"You mean to say that Miss is more masterful than she used to be, right? This is a good thing, Miss has stood up by herself, let's stay in this Qufu with Miss, and we can also straighten our waists, otherwise Miss will always look like a soft wicker, who can afford to look down on us minions? β
"Hey, that's exactly what you said......"
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Although it did not rain today, the sky was still gloomy, and the cold wind was solemn, and it was a little colder than yesterday.
There is only Xin Zhu in the house, although the two maids are also loyal, in the end, they are members of the Qu family, and they are no more reliable than Xin Zhu, who has served her since childhood.
Therefore, Lu Jiayue didn't want to let Juxiang Yuxiang know too much, so she found a reason, and she had already spent them.
After the two little servants went, Xin Zhuwu thought to herself for a long time, but was still not at ease, and finally asked her, "What does Miss want to do?" β
Lu Jiayue fiddled with the pot of stone daffodils on the kang table on the side, and smiled slightly when she heard this, "What else can I want to do?" My aunt and Cousin Ying treat me so well, then the young master of the Lou family wants to be Cousin Ying's husband, I just think about Cousin Ying, and let Xiaoshun and Xiaocheng go to find out what his character is, so as not to marry Cousin Ying by mistake. β
Xin Zhu was skeptical, "Even if there is anything wrong with the young master of the Lou family, Miss Yingbiao has already made a marriage with him, is it possible that Miss Yingbiao wants to break up Miss Yingbiao's marriage?" β
Lu Jiayue sneered lightly, stretched out her fingers to pinch a daffodil, and pinched it between her fingers to play back and forth, quite interesting.
"If it's really not a good match, this family affair will naturally not be married."
"Miss!" Xin Zhudeng was shocked, "I'd rather demolish ten temples than break a marriage and destroy the marriage of others, but I will be punished!" β
Retribution......
In her previous life, she lived in the boudoir, weak and cowardly, and never even stepped on an ant, but what did she get?
Is there really retribution in this world?
Maybe in her previous life, she was ignorant and naΓ―ve, and she would believe in the so-called retribution, but in this life, she only believes in herself.
With the force of his fingertips, the daffodils were crumpled into a mess and thrown on the kang table.
Lu Jiayue's voice was as calm as the surface of the water: "If there is really retribution, then come." β
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After two days, Lu Jiayue's body had healed and the decoction was stopped.
I got up early this day, it was a rare sunny day, and the long-lost sunshine shone brightly in the courtyard.
Lu Jiayue went to the main room to greet her aunt Meng.
The Chuntang Residence where she lives is a small cross-courtyard in the courtyard of the Qu family's house, out of the moon cave gate in the southeast corner to the north, along the terrazzo paved road for hundreds of steps, and then to the east through a hanging flower door, is the main house where Meng lived.
At this time, I walked through the weeping flower door, and when I looked up, I saw the eldest man Qu Hong coming out of the main room, wearing a purple official robe, with a majestic bearing, followed by two small servants, who seemed to be going out.
Lu Jiayue was busy saluting respectfully.
Qu Hong stopped, looked kind, and asked her with a smile: "Are you all in good shape?" β
Lu Jiayue hurriedly replied with a smile: "Thank you uncle for hanging up, it's no problem." β
"That's good," Qu Hong nodded, "Your aunt is in the house, you can go in." β
Walking to the bottom of the steps of the main house, the little maid has already opened the door curtain with a smile, and the maid in the house heard the movement, and went in to report, and two maids came out to greet each other, it was Lotus Xiang and Lotus Fragrance.
"Miss Cousin is here, Madame is talking to Mama Zhang in the room, Miss Cousin go in quickly."
When he entered the main hall, he was also burning the earth dragon, and the room was full of heat. Sandalwood was burning in the small purple gold incense burner on the table, and a few maids in green silk jackets took rags and feather dusters to clean the tables and chairs.
Hexiang personally opened the curtain in the middle, and Lu Jiayue went in, only to see Meng Shi wearing a purple satin embroidered passionflower pattern cotton jacket, wearing a blessing pattern eyebrow on his head, with a dignified demeanor and plain makeup, sitting on the kang and talking to Mama Zhang.
Seeing her come in, Meng Shi instructed Mama Zhang again, and Mama Zhang went out.
Because she heard Meng's words mention that "the sesame oil money in Ruyi Nunnery should also be added", Lu Jiayue knew that this aunt was working hard for her cousin Qu Song and cousin Xu to burn incense and pray for an heir.
The eldest lord Qu Hong is the eldest son of the Qu family, Qu Song is the eldest grandson, and Qu Song and Xu have been married for three years, and Xu is still not pregnant, even if others don't say anything, Meng's heart is a little worried after all.
In her previous life, Lu Jiayue stayed by Meng's side for three years, and she couldn't be clearer about Meng's joys and sorrows. And she remembered that her cousin Qu Song later had a son, but it was not from her cousin-in-law Xu.
Lu Jiayue wanted to comfort the Meng family, but after thinking about it, she was just a boudoir daughter's family, and if the matter of male and female heirs came from her, it would inevitably seem inappropriate.
So I had to pretend I didn't know.