Chapter 693: Lu's Family Banquet
In the quiet study, the incense burner is smoking with birds, the warm afternoon sun is shining through the window, and all kinds of carpenter's tools are scattered on the book, and the sound of tuk tuk beating occasionally shows a bit of tranquility.
Yongle sat on the edge of the eucalyptus, supporting her chin with her two hands, her eyelids were already fighting up and down, and her eyes were even hazy, as if she was going to fall asleep in the next second.
Lu Hanjiang was beside her, fiddling with the puppet in his hand with great interest, and after a while, Yongle's body shook and fell on Lu Hanjiang's shoulder.
The sound of calm breathing soon came from his shoulder, and Lu Hanjiang broke away from the sea of interest, he glanced at Yongle, and then put down the things in his hand for the time being, and waved to the maid outside the door.
The maid understood, immediately brought a thin quilt, and carefully stepped forward to put it on for Yongle, but she didn't expect that this girl's sleep was very light, and she woke up all of a sudden.
Yongle rubbed his eyes, forced his spirit to tell the maid to stand back, and continued to hold his cheeks and watch Lu Hanjiang fiddle with the building blocks.
Lu Hanjiang's movements in his hand paused, and he said helplessly: "Princess, if you feel tired, you can go and rest." ”
But Yongle stubbornly shook her head, and she muttered, "I'm just here watching you." ”
"......" Lu Hanjiang was helpless, since he realized that he had the habit of disappearing suddenly, Yongle stayed in his sight for a longer and longer time.
But it may also be because Shang Luo is not by his side and Yongle has no friends, so he seems to rely on him so much.
Speaking of Shang Luo, this girl is not going to hang out alone, she does have something to do when she leaves, when her adoptive father Li Guishou died and was buried in Jiangnan by Lu Hanjiang, this time by the way, she just went to pay respects.
Anyway, Lu Hanjiang had no plans to return to Beijing immediately, and their group went around for more than a month, and they were still staying in Jiangnan, so they were not afraid that this girl would get lost alone.
When Shang Luo was there, Yongle seemed to be more lively, but after the girl left, the changes in this little princess were almost visible to the naked eye.
Speaking of which, Yongle is actually quite similar to Lu Hanjiang, especially in terms of interpersonal relationships, the two of them don't seem to have any friends, and in a sense, they are so lonely that people feel a little pitiful.
But this is just Lu Hanjiang's wishful thinking, in fact, in Yongle's heart, she, the concubine, is far more pitiful than her.
Although Yongle has few friends, it is not to the extent that he can't find any of them, but Lu Hanjiang is different, he really has no friends.
Recalling the banquet when the two got married, the guests who came to congratulate were elders in addition to their colleagues, and at that time, Lu Hanjiang was still a member of the clan, and the elders had to let Meng Yuan replace him, which really made people feel sad when they saw it.
But on the other hand, Yongle felt that it was fortunate that Meng Yuan was allowed to attend instead, otherwise if he really had to let someone from the Lu family come, the scene would probably be ...... Indescribable.
A few years ago, Lu Shangshu presided over the big ceremony and let Lu Hanjiang return to the Lu clan, since he recognized his ancestors and returned to his ancestors, he should naturally go to meet his parents who had been absent for many years.
Yongle, as the wife of the Lu family, even though she is from the royal family and has an extremely noble status, she should also go to meet Lu Hanjiang's parents because of her feelings.
One day in the first month, Lu Hanjiang did take her back to the Lu family, and then Yongle finally met her family-
It was a very ordinary middle-aged couple, and when he saw them, Yongle once again had doubts about Lu Hanjiang's mysterious age, but it was all a trivial matter.
In addition to Lu Qinian and his wife, Lu Hanjiang actually has a younger brother, who is eight years old this year, playful and cute, and very likable, which makes Yongle very surprised, because the other party has never mentioned this younger brother.
In this regard, Lu Hanjiang's answer was that he didn't know that this surprisingly bad excuse had a strange credibility in Yongle's ears.
After that, the family had a meal together, and during the banquet, Yongle felt uncomfortable, they sat together, not like a family at all, and the atmosphere was even more restrained and embarrassing than the banquet in the palace.
Yongle is the most favored royal princess with a respected status, so even if they marry the wife of the Lu family, Lu Qinian and his wife are still very in awe of their attitude, which is expected and helpless.
But then, Lu Qinian and his wife's attitude towards Lu Hanjiang was very puzzling.
If Lu Qinian and his wife are only in awe of Yongle, then for their biological flesh and blood Lu Hanjiang, it is an incomprehensible fear.
During the banquet, Lu Hanjiang sat next to his younger brother, and once his younger brother accidentally soiled his sleeve, Lu Hanjiang handed over a handkerchief, but he didn't expect this move to cause a fierce reaction from Lu's mother.
The other party seemed to have seen some kind of beast, and almost subconsciously took the unknown brother tightly into his arms, which made Lu Hanjiang's hand in the air very embarrassing.
The atmosphere at that time was almost frozen, except for the younger brother, who was still unaware of the matter, complaining that his mother was straining too tightly, no one spoke, and each seemed to be able to hear each other's breathing.
Even if Yongle is not careful, he can also sense that the relationship between Lu Hanjiang and the Lu family and even his biological parents is very wrong.
The meal ended in such an unpleasant silent atmosphere, and on the way back, Lu Hanjiang rarely talked nonsense with Yongle all the way.
Lu Hanjiang is not a person who likes to instigate, although sometimes he seems to be very talkative, but most of those words have necessary meaning, not without loss.
Therefore, Lu Hanjiang in his usual state is actually silent and fiddling with building blocks more often, which is also the most common appearance of Yongle on the other party.
But on that day, Lu Hanjiang talked nonsense all the way to Yongle for the first time.
Yongle still remembers that Lu Hanjiang was sitting in the carriage that day, and the expression on his face seemed to be very complicated, looking like he wanted to laugh but couldn't.
"It's strange," he said, looking distressed, "I remember that when I was a child, they liked me very much, and they often took me out and brought me gifts when they went far away...... But whether this is a real memory or something I have speculated, tsk, it seems that I can't tell the difference. ”
That day, it was rare that Yongle did not disagree with Lu Hanjiang, she just silently listened to the chatter of the other party's hammer on the left and the stick on the right.
Lu Hanjiang said a lot of nonsense that day, and shared many good memories of his childhood with Yongle.
It's a pity that those things are described in Lu Hanjiang's mouth as perfect as a fairy tale, after seeing the attitude of Lu Qinian's family towards Lu Hanjiang with his own eyes, it is difficult for Yongle not to think that these are memories imagined by the other party himself.
After going back that day, Yongle was always a little restless, she was used to taking a nap in the afternoon, but she couldn't sleep after tossing and turning, she got up and walked outside the house, and saw the housekeeper Lao Qian who looked in a hurry.
Under her serious questioning, the other party finally revealed Lu Hanjiang's order to pack his luggage in advance.
Yongle finally knew why she was upset, it turned out that Lu Hanjiang was planning to leave the capital secretly, and he didn't plan to take anyone with him, but to go alone.
After knowing this, Yongle stomped her feet in anger, she held her breath, and wanted to talk to the other party well, but suddenly remembered everything that happened at the Lu family banquet today.
After being silent for a long time, Yongle took Lu Hanjiang's luggage from Lao Qian's hand, and then waited for the other party to return in the room.
After Lu Hanjiang returned to the room, he saw Yongle holding his luggage, he was stunned at first, and then smiled helplessly, as if he wanted to explain something, but Yongle took the first step and said, "I'm going too!" ”
The little princess spoke in a serious tone and had a firm attitude, not giving Lu Hanjiang a chance to talk back, her little face was puffed up, like an angry squirrel, obviously she was ridiculously weak, but that serious momentum made people look away.
Lu Hanjiang stared at Yongle for a long time, and finally relented, he replied, "Okay." ”