Lu Yu drove to Lu Mansion with Lu Wanjun.

Lu Yu passed the Hongyan Gate, and in the blink of an eye, he arrived at Qianmen Street, where the Lu Mansion was located.

Xiangfu is located in the most prosperous part of the capital, and other dignitaries' mansions are not next to each other, this mansion is said to have been a hundred years old, it is the mansion that was built only after three years of General Sima of the previous dynasty, and was given to the Lu family by the current saint, covering an area, and the scenery in the house is one of the best.

After getting out of the carriage, the people guarding the door saw that Lu Wanjun was back, and hurriedly went to find Mama Li, the steward of the house.

Mama Li is over half a hundred years old, and when she heard that Lu Wanjun was back, she hurriedly went all the way to the outside of the house, and the crow-blue thin cotton cloak spread out in a fan shape behind her because of her eagerness: "Miss, you are finally back, the old lady is worried." ”

"Didn't I tell my grandmother where she was before I left, what was she worried about. ”

"You are the pearl of the old lady's palm, can she not worry about the old man. Mama Li smiled: "It's good to be back...... This is?"

Mama Li's eyes fell on Lu Yu behind Lu Wanjun, and Lu Wanjun said: "This is the girl I brought back from the countryside, find a job for her to do in the house, Mama Li, she will teach you." ”

When Lu Wanjun said this, her face was not good-looking, and Mama Li saw at a glance that the eldest lady didn't like the girl behind her, and immediately said: "The old slave understands, Miss should go to see the old lady first." ”

Lu Wanjun pursed her mouth and said coquettishly: "Mama Li, I have been tired all the way, and I can't walk anymore. ”

Lu Wanjun, who is dignified and dignified in front of outsiders, often reveals the delicate and cute side of the junior in front of the elders in the house, which is why she is likable, Mama Li frowned and said to the little girl behind her: "What are you still doing in a daze?

Lu Wanjun was soon carried away by nine maids dressed in lotus pink jackets and aqua blue armor, and before leaving, she glanced at Lu Yu carelessly.

Lu Yu always lowered her eyes, looked at her nose and mouth, she knew in her heart that Lu Wanjun was doing it for herself, during this period of time in Qingping Village, what she did offended Lu Wanjun, and she was afraid of losing her identity by worrying about a country girl like her.

After Lu Wanjun left, Mama Li glanced at Lu Yu up and down, and said, "There is a girl like you in the countryside, no wonder Miss is willing to take you back, come with me." ”

"Yes. ”

Lu Yu followed Mama Li through the front yard, through the long road, and walked a long way, along the way, you can see richly dressed maids everywhere, rockeries and strange stones, exactly the same as in the memory of the previous life, rich and indifferent.

Looking at Mama Li, who had never even looked at herself in front of her, the descendants of the rich and noble families in Beijing were also one level higher than ordinary people, but in this life, they just didn't open their eyes to look at her, in the previous life, Lu Fu from the master to the subordinate, after learning that she was the real daughter, the undisguised disdain and disgust was the most embarrassing.

When Mama Li saw her for the first time, the first sentence Lu Yu still remembered: "This is Miss Li, right? ”

At that time, Lu Yu was a country girl, and when she first arrived, she was already nervous and suspicious, and she sensitively noticed that Mama Li didn't seem to like her, and later realized that the so-called peace and self-preservation was to let her not be delusional and fight with Lu Wanjun for anything, and she was not qualified to fight with Lu Wanjun for anything at all.

The daughter of the dignified Prime Minister's Mansion can't even write her own name, she can't understand everything in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is simply ridiculous and generous when she spreads out, she doesn't dare to compete with Lu Wanjun at all, Mama Li and these subordinates occasionally show a trace of pity for her, Lu Yu is grateful in her heart, but Lu Wanjun still treats her as a thorn in the flesh, and she is not good at getting rid of her.

But what did she do wrong? Lu Yu never figured it out until she died, she was the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion, but she wanted to be a man with her tail between her legs, and they still refused to let her go......

Lu Yu thought that Mama Li had already taken her to an inconspicuous cross-courtyard on the promenade in the backyard, and there was a sign hanging on the yard: Huanyifang.

As the name suggests, it is a place where people in the house do their laundry.

Washing clothes in winter is the most torturous job, not to mention the heavy clothes that absorb water, and the hands are soaked in the cold water basin from morning to night, so that they are not frozen and rotten.

Mama Li looked at her condescendingly and said: "There is no shortage of maids in the house, Cui'er in Huanyifang is gone a while ago, so you can stay in Huanyifang to work." ”

Lu Yu smiled: "Yes." ”

Mama Li saw that she was still laughing, and she was disdainful, the village girl was the country village girl, and she didn't know what the young lady was doing with such a person.

After Mama Li left, Lu Yu came to the basin and consciously washed her heavy jacket, not feeling the water cold at all, silently rubbing the ashes on her clothes, and silently calculating the days in her heart.

The people of the Lu Mansion went to the village to find her in the spring, and the days were counted, and it was almost time.

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In the Mingjing courtyard where the old lady was, several side rooms of Lu Xiang and a few girls gathered around the fire, drinking tea and gossiping with the old lady, but only the eldest lady was missing.

The room is warm, the floor is covered with the best wool felt of the Persian attack, the octagonal palace lamp is hanging on the head, the room has the red sandalwood inlaid with ivory flowers reflecting the glass of Nanmu partition, the rest of the furniture is all made of fine red sandalwood, the luxury can be exhausted, the carving is prosperous, it is breathtaking.

Lu Wanjun lay on the old lady's lap, her eyes were red: "My granddaughter is not filial, and she has been away from Beijing for more than a month, but she didn't know that her mother was suffering from a strange disease." ”

The old lady caressed Lu Wanjun's hair lovingly: "I only found out in the past two days, your father invited the doctor from the Tai Hospital, don't worry too much." ”

The old lady sighed, "It was your father's birthday a few years ago, but I was sick at this time." ”

The old lady was a little dissatisfied with her words, Lu Wanjun didn't answer, for some reason, her mother's illness this time made her faintly have a bad premonition in her heart.

Mama Li soon came back: "Miss, you brought back that girl, the old slave placed her in the Huanyi Fang." ”

The old lady glanced at Lu Wanjun: "What girl?"

"My granddaughter met her in the same village as Shujuren, and when she saw that she was pitiful, she brought her back. ”

"Countryman, ......" Lu Wange, the eldest daughter of the second room on the side, said with disdain: "It's good to meet my sister and count her fate." ”

No one took the country girl that Lu Wanjun brought back with him seriously, staying in Huanyifang was torturous enough, Lu Wanjun didn't have the heart to put his heart on Li Xiaojiu at the moment, and after coming out of Mingjingyuan, he went to see the eldest lady.

After everyone retreated, the old lady asked Mama Li, "Who did Wanjun bring back?"

"It's just an ordinary girl, Miss probably doesn't like her, what's wrong old lady?"

The old lady sighed: "It's nothing, I can't calm down in my heart for the past two days, and I will inevitably be suspicious, by the way, how are the preparations for the master's birthday banquet?"

"It's all ready, don't worry, even General Xie has been invited this time, and the minions don't dare to take it lightly. ”

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