Spring mornings are the most refreshing and pleasant, with green branches hanging with dewdrops peeking out of the window to listen to the conversation in the room.

Pingyang was lying on a rattan chair in a loose silk robe, holding a volume of anthologies in his hand, looking at it with ten eyes and one line, and did not read it carefully.

Yi Yu sat on a red silk crescent stool diagonally opposite her, holding a stack of folds in her hand and spreading it on her knees, her hair was pulled in a simple oblique bun at the back of her head, and she was holding two beaded flowers of the same color.

Pingyang glanced up at her again, and said loudly: "A roster, it takes so much time to study it carefully, your careful temperament is not with your mother, how about it, but look good." ”

The text fold in the hand of the widow is carefully selected by the female officials in the Pingyang Mansion and sorted out, and she and the list of the ladies who want to post invitations at the ceremony, as well as nearly fifty invitations that have been prepared, only the widow has seen it, and then sent it to each mansion, the daughter of the six families of the big family, and the invitation of female guests three days before the ceremony is an unwritten rule, although not all the female guests who receive the invitation will be present, but it is necessary to post a post.

Yi Yu closed the fold, raised her head and smiled at Pingyang, and said: "Yu'er thinks that she was in Chang'an for nothing a few years ago, and the ladies on this list don't recognize a few, and most of them only hear their names and don't see them, which makes you laugh." ”

Pingyang saw that she spoke modestly and moderately, and she didn't look like she was getting an inch because of her closeness, and she felt that Jin Lan raised such a good daughter back then, and she was a little helpless about this child's too cautious attitude.

At the beginning of February, she was still in the princess's mansion in Luoyang, and suddenly received two urgent letters from Chang'an, one was written by the female steward of her house, and the hand-typed version of the small article that claimed to be surnamed Lu was first published in the 55ab community sister took an earring to visit, saying that it was with Pingyang, so she brought another letter, the letter did not say much, left an address, and wrote a "Lan" word at the end of the paragraph, and drew a kingfisher with a single branch.

But it was these two letters that made Pingyang set off overnight on the night he received the letter, and the ordinary people rushed to the address left on the letter - also in Puzhen Garden in Longquan Town, where he met his friend who had been absent for more than 20 years.

Shaking his head, Pingyang said, "For those who are good friends with me, I will personally send someone to deliver them, and you can bring the rest of the invitations back to Lu Mansion and let them send someone to send them." ”

Because of the Lu family, Pingyang, who has always maintained a neutral attitude in the government, can help each other to this point despite the rumors, Yiyu is already content, and he is not greedy to seek anything in her name, first, Pingyang's position is impossible to change, even if there is Lu's affection, second, Yiyu can't do such a thing.

She put the list in her sleeve, stood up, bowed to Pingyang, and said, "Thank you eldest princess for your help, Yu'er said goodbye." ”

Even if it was to fill the conversation, she didn't say anything about "repaying it in the future", some people, some kindness, still keep it in mind.

Pingyang's gaze stayed on her face for a moment, opened his mouth, hesitated, didn't ask if he wanted to speak, waved his hand, and said, "Go ahead." ”

When Yi Yu asked her for help, she didn't explain any reason, and Pingyang didn't ask at first, but after last night, from this pair of juniors, how could she not see some ugliness, but when it comes to juniors, no matter how much she can't intervene, it's just a pity that such a clever child.

Yi Yu stood up straight, didn't linger any longer, moved out of the door, and stepped into the courtyard The ant hand beat the group for the first time, Fang breathed a sigh of relief, if Pingyang asked her anything just now, she was afraid that it would be difficult for her to lie to this elder.

When he walked to the gate of the courtyard, he met a maid with a tray and stood up and saluted her:

"Miss."

"Hmm," Yi Yu nodded, walked past her, a salty smell swept through her nose, mixed with a special smell of herbs, she seemed to have smelled, and couldn't remember what it was for a while, and wanted to ask, but this is the mansion of the eldest princess of Dingguo, how can she inquire about everything, hesitated, and she continued to walk out, while pondering, what kind of smell it was.

The princess's mansion is not far from the Lu family, and when the widow arrived, it was still early in the morning, and Lu Rongyuan and his wife were having breakfast in the main room, and the next person led her to wait in the front hall.

For the regulations of the early dynasty of officials, all the civil and military affairs of the Jingji are above the ninth grade, every Shuo and Wang, that is, the first and fifteenth days of the first lunar month; Those who have been in the ministry of the five products are important, and the worship officials, the outsiders, the superintendent of the imperial history, and the doctor Taichang are visited every day.

Since being demoted, Lu Rongyuan has also lost the opportunity to participate in the daily court, only the first and fifteenth Shuowang to participate in the court, can have the opportunity to meet the holy face, it is said to be free, but there are thousands of officials in Chang'an City, I am afraid that there are few who want this leisure, Beijing officials are not better than the place, here rises fast and falls quickly, in other words, there are always vacancies to fill, who doesn't want to live and climb, who doesn't want to be familiar with the emperor. But the emperor in the palace can't leave the palace easily, and it's even more difficult for people outside the palace to get in.

Yi Yu sat in the living room, put the box containing the invitation on the coffee table, and looked at the different environment from two years ago, the two half-person high precious glazed porcelain vases at the entrance of the hall were gone, and the sandalwood lattice for small objects was still there, but the things on the top were missing, the curtains on the beams and columns and the curtains on the side of the window railing had changed color, and the long hem hung down on the ground, which was good-looking, but it was not as simple and generous as the previous drapes that reached the ground.

Sensing that there was an extra line of sight on his body, Yi Yu turned his head and saw the person standing at the door of the hall, he was surprised, but he had a light smile on his face, stood up, and called first: "Sister Shuqing." ”

The girl who stood quietly at the door, staring at the left jade, was Lu Rongyuan's only daughter, Lu Shuqing. The last time she came, she didn't see it, Yu Yu counted the time, she should have lost the country's eunuch, I don't know why she hasn't left, don't you have to go to class today?

It should be said that it is the eighteenth change of the female university, this sentence is suitable for the eldest grandson Xi, and it is also suitable for Lu Shuqing, who is one year older than the jade, as she grows older, she is much taller, but she is very thin, the original delicate facial features, less bookish, more cold taste, but more beautiful than the beginning, her temperament at the moment makes the jade a little familiar, as if in line with a figure in the memory - at the Gaoyang birthday banquet back then, the eldest grandson Xian, who was dressed in slim glue and played solo under the moon.

"What are you going to do?" Lu Shuqing's reaction was very cold, and she picked up a chair opposite Yu Yu and sat down.

"I have prepared an invitation card to invite guests, and I want to ask my uncle to send someone to deliver it for me." Yu Yu also sat down again, not losing her smile because of her face.

"Where's your mother?"

"In the town house, I'll be here tomorrow."

Yi Yu told Lu Rongyuan that Lu Ronghe had been found, so it was not surprising that she had asked this question.

Lu Shuqing didn't answer, looked sideways at the back of his hand on the armrest, was silent for a moment, and suddenly said, "You shouldn't come back." ”

"Huh?" It's not that Yu Yu didn't hear clearly, but there are some words that are better than if he didn't hear them clearly.

Turning his head to look at the empty door, Lu Shuqing's index finger rubbed against a protruding line on the armrest, and said in a voice that was neither high nor low: "This is not the Guogong Mansion, it is not your home, you shouldn't have done the ceremony here, you shouldn't." ”

Hearing her say this, Yi Yu was not unhappy, but felt that she was weird, and she was about to test her with a voice, but someone came outside the hall at this time.

Lu Rongyuan walked in with the Zhao family, originally with a smile on his face, but as soon as he saw Lu Shuqing there, Lu Rongyuan straightened his face, Xu was not good in front of Yi Yu, glared at her, and said, "Go back to the house and practice." ”

Fingernails scratched over the armrest, leaving a shallow scratch, Lu Shuqing stood up, didn't say a word, and walked out of the back hall, watching her figure disappear behind the curtain, Yi Yu frowned secretly, and heard Zhao laugh and: "Xiaoyu, don't mind, your uncle said a few words about her yesterday. I make it small. ”

Yi Yu pressed the suspicion and pointed out the box on the coffee table to Lu Rongyuan, "Uncle, I invited some guests to the waist of the courtesy, and the resignation has been written, please send someone to help me send them to their house." Lu Rongyuan nodded, walked to the north and sat down, Zhao sat down beside Yi Yu, picked up the box, opened it and looked at the invitation card inside. This should be prepared, it's almost ready, wait for your mother to come over, and then see if there is any leakage," Lu Rong said from afar, "As for the female guests, you don't have to worry about anything, your two aunts have good wives, and they will come over to add to you when the time comes, and the scene will not be bad."

"There's Uncle Lao, my mother is still in the town, and I'll come over early tomorrow morning." After Yi Yu's words fell, he heard Zhao on the side say: "Are you going to send out all these invitations?" ”

"Yes," Yi Yu saw her frowning expression, knew what she was thinking, and didn't explain, the hour was still early, she had the heart to go to Cheng Mansion to see Cheng Xiaofeng, and even got up to say goodbye.

Lu Rongyuan and Zhao politely kept a few words, but she pushed her again and again, and sent her to the door of the hall, and waited for her to go away before returning to sit in the hall.

"Well, take a look," Zhao put the box of invitations in front of Lu Rongyuan, and his face couldn't hide his disapproval, "This kid, isn't her heart too high, I can't talk about her just now, this person has nothing to do with our Lu family at all, even if he has the face of King Wei, I'm afraid I won't be able to invite a few, isn't this an errand for nothing." Lu Rongyuan flipped through a few photos casually and put them back. Said: "Rely on her, she was also in the limelight last night, and with the help of the eldest princess of Pingyang, she can't figure out the north and the south, and it's good to be frustrated, and you can confirm it again, the ladies who invited you must get it, don't have enough people to be promoted when the time comes, which makes people laugh." ”

"Don't worry, over the years, there is anything I have done that is not reliable, but you, don't keep a straight face at Shuqing all day long, she can't figure it out for a while, and sooner or later she will understand."

Lu Rongyuan sank down, and his face showed a hint of helplessness, "Although the life in this palace is hard, if you can get through it, our Lu family can get up again, but it's all about her." ”

(I went out to run errands during the day, and it will be late, so I can't wait, so I go to bed early, get up tomorrow to watch, I'll be fine tomorrow, and I'll update it early.) ）