An Guohou Ji family!

Lu Yunlan was shocked in her heart, and she had mixed feelings for a while.

She remembered the name, but only if she had heard of it, and had never even met it. In the past, when she married into the Ji family, Ji Minghe had replaced his eldest brother as the prince of the Hou Mansion. The rumored eldest son had a great future, but unfortunately one day he fell from his horse on an outing, broke his brain, and became a fool - yes, no one in Beijing dared to marry. And later, the Marquis of Anguo became more and more important to the emperor, how could the position of the prince of the Hou Mansion be inherited by a fool? No matter how sad and reluctant An Guohou and his wife were, they could only turn their attention to her husband at the time, Ji Minghe.

Because the eldest brother was stupid and inconvenient to appear at the wedding banquet, she had not seen it; Later, I vaguely heard someone mention that the eldest young master was kept in a secluded place in the backyard, and someone took care of and protected her, so she should have heard it.

I never wanted to live again, but I met him by mistake.

Lu Yunlan couldn't help but raise her eyes to look at the purple-clothed young man in front of her, only to see that the other party was smiling and neat.

Yes, this eldest young master was originally in the army, and before he fell off the horse, he also had the rank of military attaché.

“…… It turned out to be ......" She thought about it carefully, and figured out the trick, "Brother Ji came to visit my third uncle and third aunt?" Lan Niang was offended a lot before, and I hope you will forgive me. ”

Mrs. An Guohou and Mrs. Lu are cousins in the boudoir, and everyone in Beijing is well-known. It's just that she has always had a relationship with Sanfang in her previous life, and Ji Minghe is not Mrs. Hou's biological son, so she naturally has not dealt with this relationship. But if she talks about it carefully, she still has to call Ji Ling "cousin".

A table of three thousand miles.

"Me and Lu ...... cough, I call each other brothers with Cheng Yao and Cheng Jin, since you are their sister, we don't have to be too rusty," Ji Ling opened his mouth and wanted to say, "Lu Lao Er and Lu Lao San", but after thinking about it, this was not in front of Ayu, Lu Yunlan and a girl would definitely think that he was vulgar, so he hurriedly changed his words. He was afraid that she would notice his discomfort, so he spoke first, "You can call me 'cousin'." ”

"Cousin Ling."

Ji Ling said "um", and immediately asked her, "You said your name was ...... earlier Lan Niang? Which Arashi? Orchid of orchids? Or is it a wave of waves? ”

Lu Yunlan shook her head with a smile and only said four words.

"The mountain wind is Lan."

As he was talking, another young man's voice came from a distance, interrupting Ji Ling's next words.

"Good you Ji Ling! Leaving our brothers and going into the yard, let's find it hard! The voice of the speaker was loud and refreshing, and when he heard it, he knew that it was Lu Chengjin of the third room, and he was the only one among the brothers who practiced martial arts more than literature, holding the double sword all day long and not letting go, and went out happily to "compete" with his companions when he was free.

"You've come to look for me today, not for—"

Lu Chengjin took a few steps through the flowers and trees in front of the flower room, and saw the two people standing opposite each other, and his face couldn't help but be stunned, "...... This is ......"

Ji Ling looked at him like this and said with a smile, "Why don't you even recognize your own sister?" ”

It's all a joke. Lu Yunlan only entered the house in the afternoon, and she had only seen everyone in the big house, not even her half-brother Lu Chengyu, how could Lu Chengjin in the third room know her?

Lu Chengjin's hesitation was only for a moment, and then he thought of Ji Ling's previous intention and the news he had gotten, and immediately understood that the eldest uncle in front of him must be the eldest uncle's daughter who only picked up the house today, Lu Yunlan, who was on the fifth line.

"I've seen the fifth sister."

Lu Yunlan didn't twist either, and saluted with lotus roots, "Second brother is fine." ”

Then, she said, "Second brother and Cousin Ling are afraid that there are still important matters, so Lan Niang will retire first." ”

Lu Chengjin clearly looked for Ji Ling to have something to say, if he was caught in the middle without knowing each other, then what was it? What's more, the time she spent in the flower room was not short, and if her mother woke up and asked, she would probably have to worry about her.

When the light lake green disappeared into the flowers, Lu Chengjin hooked up with Ji Ling.

"How did you meet my fifth sister?"

"It's just a coincidence," Ji Ling said with a smile, "I enjoyed so many chrysanthemums in the womb a few days ago, only the Qingguo Mansion took the 'handsome flag', so I naturally had to come to see it." ”

Well, Fangrong.

Ji Ling squinted his eyes and consciously made a pun.

Lu Chengjin had a strange expression, "It's the first time I've seen my fifth sister, but in terms of appearance, she is not as delicate and charming as my second sister." ”

The Lu family has good genes, and several young ladies also have their own advantages: the eldest lady Lu Yunying is as her name suggests, heroic and beautiful; The second miss Lu Yunmeng is charming and amorous, the third miss Lu Yunshao is delicate and gentle, and the fourth miss Lu Yunfei is cute and delicate...... Although this Lu Yunlan is also a little beauty, she is only thirteen years old, and she has not grown up.

But those eyes were dark and bright, and they were very eye-catching.

"Superficial."

Ji Ling sneered, and walked out with his hands behind his back. Lu Chengjin was stunned for a long time when his cousin said this, and then saw a broken flower on the ground, and hurriedly chased after him.

"This flower—" he asked, as soon as he began, the petals on the ground, "...... It can't be that you bumped into my fifth sister picking flowers, right? ”

Everyone in the house knew that it was a reward tribute chrysanthemum, and Lu Zhe ordered someone to take care of it carefully, and no one dared to touch this moldy head. But if it is Lu Yunlan, it makes sense - the daughter of the concubine who was raised outside is short-sighted, and she can easily pick the flowers when she sees them beautiful, and she never wants to be broken by Ji Ling, and the two of them ......

Ji Ling looked at him with a fool's eyes, "You just think of her like that?" ”

"......" They have just met, what do you want to think about, isn't it just a matter of facts?

Ji Ling sighed.

"You've seen my fifth sister before?" Lu Chengjin asked again.

"No," Ji Ling denied, "You said it to me, did you forget?" ”

"You're so curious about her, I thought you'd met." Lu Chengjin muttered quietly.

It's no surprise that he thinks so. This cousin of the Ji family is young but already serving in the army, although he is only six ranks, but there are only a few children of powerful people in the capital who are as motivated as Ji Ling. His mother, Meng Shi, always praised Ji Ling in front of him, saying that since he had made up his mind to learn martial arts and join the army, he had to learn more from his cousin - so just after noon today, when the porter sent someone to tell him that "the young master of the Ji family has arrived", he was frightened.

Ji Ling is four years older than him, he is exactly nineteen this year, and there is the title of the Marquis of Anguo Mansion on his head, and there are not a few people who want to marry him. It's just that Ji Ling has neither a fiancée nor the will to marry...... Listening to Xiao Meng's words, Mrs. Hou was already so angry that she didn't want to care about her son's family affairs.

Lu Chengjin's head didn't turn fast enough, and he blurted out, "Didn't you fall in love with my fifth sister?" ”

Ji Ling laughed in horror.

"You should be a story from a book!" He patted Lu Chengjin on the shoulder, and his tone was serious, "It's about your sister's name, and you dare to talk nonsense?" I'm just—curious. ”

He was originally curious about what the mother and daughter who could make Qingguo Gong take him back to the mansion with great fanfare, but after seeing Lu Yunlan, he felt that this little girl was not surprised, very interesting, much calmer than the little girls he met when he participated in the banquet - even if it was what Lu Chengjin said, Lu Yunmeng, the second lady of the Lu family, was beautiful, but too weak.

Lu Chengjin shut up, but still explained a sentence and a half.

"Let's just talk about it privately, you're cousins, don't you have to be so careful?"

Ji Ling glared at him, and then strutted away.

"Brother Chengjin - be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years."

Look down on women, but you will suffer!

Although the Qingguo Mansion covers a wide area, the Lu family also lives in the three rooms inside and outside, since the death of the old Guogong couple, unless there are big days such as New Year's festivals and red and white ceremonies, generally speaking, the three rooms are living and eating separately. Because the Ruan family first entered the mansion today, the Xu family ordered someone to put the dinner in the main courtyard, just waiting for Lu Zhe and his colleagues to return from the next court.

The Lu family has been a lord for generations, and two of the three sons are in important positions, although Lu Zhe is a squire of the military department, but most of his colleagues know that his promotion to the secretary of the military department is just around the corner, just wait for the pioneer Li Laoshang to give office.

Lu Zhe returned to the house, saw that everything was properly arranged, and was very happy in his heart, so he ordered to put the meals of the people in the third room together, get together tonight, and then let the little maid go to the flower room to get the tribute chrysanthemum given by the emperor a few days ago, and invite the second and third rooms to enjoy and joke together.

When it was time for dinner, the people of the three rooms gathered together, and there were delicate and beautiful yellow chrysanthemums everywhere. Xu specially sat the men and women separately, and asked the nurse to accompany the two young masters to eat, and after the people sat down in turn to serve the food, the hall was even more lively.

At the table headed by Lu Zhe, the three brothers Lu Zhe, Lu Ren, and Lu Ting sat in order, followed by Lu Zhe's eldest son Lu Chengyu, and Lu Ting's two sons Lu Chengjin and Lu Chengyao.

On the other side, the female seat was divided into two small tables, headed by Xu, and sitting next to Lu's second wife Qi, Lu's third lady Meng, and the two young ladies from the Lu family, Lu Yunying and Lu Yunshao.

Ruan's because of his identity, sat at the same table with several aunts. Lu Yunlan is a concubine, and naturally she also sits at the same table with the sisters who are concubines, namely Lu Yunmeng in the long room and Lu Yunfei in the second room. When she sat down, she pretended to look at it unintentionally, and Aunt Yao also asked the maid to accompany her, and sat on the other side of the Ruan family with a weak and gentle appearance.

There is no male in the second room, and the only concubine Lu Chengbo is only three years old, and he is being accompanied by his nursing mother and eating with six-year-old Lu Chengran.

The food of Guogong Mansion is fine, and each table has twelve dishes, six meat and six vegetarian dishes, and then each with wine and snacks. At the men's table, he pushed the cup and changed the lamp, but he also took care of the female dependents here, and he was not too much of a joke.

Lu Yunlan took a pair of chopsticks and fried lotus root slices into her mouth, waiting for the opportunity.

"Sir! Oh no—"

When she had eaten the fifth lotus root, the gardener outside the door stumbled in and fell on her knees before everyone. For a while, the hall that should have been lively was silent, and only the gardener was heard crying loudly, like a dead father.

"The little one was ordered to go to the flower room to get the tribute chrysanthemum given by the emperor, who knows...... That flower...... That flower ......"

"What the hell happened to the flowers!" Lu Yunying couldn't help but ask sharply, Xu Shi pulled her sleeve and wanted to tell her not to be rude in front of the elders, but Lu Yunying asked everything, and everyone was concerned about the matter of the imperial tribute chrysanthemum, and no one cared about her speaking first.

"yes, what the hell happened to the flowers?" Lu Yunmeng glanced at Lu Yunlan, who had put down the chopsticks, his heartbeat accelerated slightly, but his face was full of worry, "When I went to the flower room to find some fresh flowers and trees two days ago, I still looked good. ”

Lu Zhe originally planned to surprise everyone, he listened to the gardener's words, and he already felt that something was wrong, but he was more concerned about whether there was really something wrong with this flower!

"What the hell is wrong with the flowers? You tell the truth. ”

The gardener slammed his head on the ground a few times, looked frightened and ashamed, and replied in a loud voice.

"Back to the master's words, that flower ...... It's, it's ruined! ”