The spring rain in the capital lasted for several days, the spring breeze was warm, the rain that came in advance urged the spring flowers to bloom one after another, the peach forest in the back garden of the Marquis of Changyong was in full swing, looking at it from afar like a sea of pink flowers, and the wind blew and fell to the ground.

Flowers brocade, Changyong Marquis Mansion is also full of lights, jubilant, the ninth day of the first month is the seventieth birthday of Changyong Marquis Lu Xianzong, the house has begun to distribute posts everywhere early, people from near and far have also rushed back to congratulate the birthday or help, Changyong Marquis Mansion is so lively as if another year has passed.

In a peaceful place, Lu Xianzong was accepting the birthday greetings of his children, and the whole person was beaming, even if he was seventy years old, he still had very little gray hair and was in good spirits.

When the third daughter Lu Linlang and her husband Wu Wenjie, the prince of Chu State, knelt down and kowtowed, saying the auspicious words of evergreen pine and cypress and longevity, the smile on his face deepened, touched the beard on his chin and nodded with satisfaction, and asked his daughter and son-in-law to get up quickly.

He smiled and praised his step-room Lin on the side: "You still know how to raise children, the son-in-law rushed back with Peng'er from thousands of miles away, and this heart is rare." ”

The Lin family is well-maintained, and there is a degree of advance and retreat, and when he heard the words, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Look at what the Hou Ye said, they all say that the father is kind and filial to the son, isn't it because the master is good to them?" Naturally, they deserve to do this. ”

The atmosphere was lively and harmonious, everyone praised Lu Linlang for being really filial and sensible, Wu Wenjie was also both civil and military, Lu Xianzong became more and more energetic, and thought about a few words of self-humility, when he saw the housekeeper rushing in hurriedly, he couldn't help frowning unhappily.

With so many guests here, what kind of recklessness has become?

The housekeeper didn't care so much, wiped the sweat on his head, lowered his head, and reported a little anxiously: "Master Hou, madam..... The second lady is back. ”

The laughter in the hall suddenly disappeared, and everyone had different expressions on their faces.

Lu Xianzong's face immediately sank, he had five daughters, but he was the most taboo for others to mention his second daughter, for no other reason, just because this unfilial daughter was already forty-eight years old, and she hadn't married yet, and she became the laughing stock of the entire capital.

At this moment, everyone's different eyes fell on him, and his good mood just now was suddenly swept away, and he originally wanted to let the housekeeper lead people directly to the backyard, but thinking of this daughter's rigidity, he stood up again and hurriedly walked out.

Lu Mingwei was standing in the flower hall of the house with a painting in her hand, although the people in the family refused to lead her to the main hall, but she didn't think it was a pestle, she was used to it anyway over the years, because she couldn't get married, she knew that she had become famous in the capital with the Marquis of Changyong's mansion, and even the family was disgraced, so she had already learned to turn a blind eye to these neglect and contempt.

The older she gets, the older she can't get married, the more embarrassed and disgusted the family at home, in order not to embarrass the family, she took the initiative to go to the family temple, and in a year, only during the New Year's holidays will come back.

This time, because Lu Xianzong was going to celebrate his birthday, she deliberately rushed back from Luoyun Temple and used the silver she had saved to buy a painting, which was specially prepared to be given to Lu Xianzong for his birthday.

As a child, although she is the most unproductive, but at this moment, if she doesn't come back, she always feels uneasy. What's more, I can only meet my half-sister and brother when I rush back, and the opportunities for them to meet will only become less and less in the future.

Just thinking like this, she heard a squirming movement outside, and suddenly couldn't help but take a few steps out with joy: "Father promised to see me......"

Before she finished her sentence, she received a heavy slap on the face, and the painting in her hand was unstable for a while, and it fell to the ground and rolled around to reveal the eagle picture on it.

That was the handwriting that Lu Xianzong wanted most to draw the saint, but it didn't matter anymore.

The surroundings instantly became quiet, Lu Mingwei covered her face in disbelief, and heard Lu Xianzong's hysterical scolding: "What are you doing here!?" I have a good birthday, who let you come back? Do you wish I was dead? ”

A series of rhetorical questions stunned Lu Mingwei, she originally thought that if she didn't come back, Lu Xianzong, who loves face, would be unhappy, after all, he was the most superstitious and face-saving, always talking about whose family had no children present when they celebrated their birthdays, and their faces were lost.

But it turned out that Lu Xianzong didn't even want to have her daughter.

The people around hurriedly rushed up to Lu Xianzong, who was beating his chest with all his hands and feet, and Lu Mingwei's eldest sister Lu Mingxi stopped in front of her without hesitation, choked up and asked Lu Xianzong: "Dad! Today is your 70th birthday, Weiwei just wants to congratulate you on her birthday, she rushed back all the way, how can you beat her?! ”

"I don't want her, an unfilial girl, to congratulate me on my birthday!" Lu Xianzong's face was red and his neck was thick, the discussions of his colleagues over the years, the ridicule of relatives and friends and the strange eyes made him consume his fatherly love for Lu Mingwei, and he was a little unscrupulous: "I wish she died outside!" I knew this earlier, when she got out of the marriage, she should have crashed to death on the pillar, which is better than the embarrassment now! ”

I don't know when the stage outside has started singing, today it is the birthday of the five women, the festive erhu sounded, and the Lin family came up and pulled Lu Xianzong in a soft voice: "Okay, okay, what are you angry with Weiwei?" Don't say a few words, the prince and they are only afraid that they have come, so you better go out quickly......"

Lu Xianzong was guarding Shandong, and he was working under Cui Fengming, the king of Lu.

This is a big deal, I can't care about entangling with Lu Mingwei anymore, Lu Xianzong stretched out his hand and pointed at Lu Mingwei viciously, and impatiently scolded Lu Mingxi: "What are you doing here!?" Your in-laws are still outside, but your daughter-in-law is gone, and people still think that our daughters have little tutors! Get out! ”

The Lu family is Lu Xianzong's Yiyantang, he said it, Lu Mingxi is already a mother-in-law, but he still didn't dare to disobey him, so he had to squeeze Lu Mingwei's hand, signaling her to be patient for the time being, and then went out.

Someone outside came to urge again, Lu Xianzong gritted his teeth and turned his head to look at the Lin family and ordered: "As soon as the birthday banquet is over, send her out while no one is paying attention, go to Luoyun Temple to see, who let her go down the mountain, and punish me severely!" ”

The Lin family was still gentle and gentle, and he didn't look at Lu Mingwei with his eyes, and responded with a gentle yes, and helped Lu Xianzong out.

The hustle and bustle just now faded in an instant, and the silence in the room was a little terrifying, Lu Mingwei stood in place and looked at the painting, squatting down in a daze to pick it up.