For the Lu family, Lu Zhaoyi does hate it, but he has no ill feelings towards the second brother and sister-in-law, but is still a little grateful.

It's a pity that Lu Chengren has been suppressed by his eldest brother all the year round, and he has never been able to get ahead, in the previous dynasty, he was just a small county commander, and later won Xia Pei's appreciation, and finally half a year ago, he was transferred to Gyeonggi as a small Beijing official.

Xiao Qi, who was lying on the ground, blinked with fluttering eyes, "It's not that Mrs. Zhong doesn't want to come, but she is five months pregnant, and it is really inconvenient." ”

Five months pregnant, she really didn't see it at the time.

"So, you stay." Lu Zhaoyi pointed to the other maid and whispered, "As for her, where did she come from, where did she go back." ”

Gu Man nodded and took the person away.

Moments later, the two of them were the only ones left in the room.

At this time, Lu Zhaoyi's eyes moved away from the bronze mirror, noticed Xiao Qi lying on the ground, and said with a smile: "Still kneeling?" ”

The previous clever energy disappeared, but he became stupid.

However, she quickly reacted, "Thanks to Qi Niang for not giving up, the slave will serve you well in the future!" The girl had a smile on her face, and her mouth seemed to be smeared with honey.

It's just that this little thought is nothing in Lu Zhaoyi's eyes.

"Remember, if you follow me in the future, you will have to listen to me." Lu Zhaoyi stopped her hand from combing her hair, her eyes were full of cold silence, "The 'Qi' of your name overlaps with my 'Seven', which is not good, so it has to be changed." ”

Then she looked out the window, saw the peach tree, and said, "Let's call it a flower branch." ”

Xiaoqi, no, Huazhi opened her mouth in surprise, she couldn't believe it at all, but it was already a great honor for a slave to be named by her master.

Just as she was about to kowtow and thank her, Lu Zhaoyi's next sentence made her silent.

"In the future, you are not allowed to call yourself a slave or maid, and you are not allowed to kneel when you meet, do you hear?"

didn't get a response, Lu Zhaoyi turned around again, frowned impatiently, and said coldly: "What? Have an objection? ”

This non-gentle and unhurried voice made Hua Zhi suddenly sober up, "Slave...... Ah, well, Huazhi understood, everything was according to Qi Niang's meaning. ”

After speaking, she lowered her head and didn't dare to say more.

……

When the recommender was going to come to the Lu Mansion, it was known all over Luojing, and all the men in the Nanyang Hou Mansion, including the sons and nephews of the Lu family, gathered in the Nanyang Hou Mansion, waiting for the recommender to come to the door, hoping to get an examination.

Although no one in the Lu family has been raised as filial piety for several years, the family background is here, and the head of the family three generations ago was the former prince.

In this generation, the Lu family has been reduced to the last class, if it weren't for Lu Chengye and Lu Chengren who were still competitive, I am afraid that the name of the family will no longer be there.

But the side nephews don't have that good luck.

In the Nanyang Marquis Mansion, Lu Chengye sat in the hall with a serious face, because what he was facing was this group of unsuccessful Lu family nephews.

"Big brother, since the recommender has made a special trip to my Lu family, he should be greeted ceremoniously, what do you think?" Lu Chengzhi asked.

The rest of the people echoed one after another, but Lu Chengyi snorted disdainfully, "What is there to greet ceremoniously, is it really impossible for him to pick out excellent people?" ”

Lu Chengzhi frowned and glared at him, "Shut up!" ”

"Third brother, this is not like your tone." Lu Chengyi stared at Lu Chengzhi mockingly, "I heard that the recommender is coming to visit this time, but you have made a lot of preparations, seeing that you are so anxious, you want to show it in front of the recommender?" ”

As soon as the words fell, Lu Chengzhi immediately pointed at his nose and roared, "Nonsense! Fourth brother, I advise you not to be untrustworthy. ”

"Shut up!"

Just when everyone was full of expectations, Lu Chengye suddenly broke out.

Everyone looked at him puzzled, and looked at him one by one in a daze.

"What do you think is the reason why the recommender came to the Lu family?"

The crowd shook their heads.

After all, he was in the official residence, and he knew everything about the affairs of the court, and at this moment he only sighed and said to the housekeeper on the side, "Go to Yutang Garden in the East Courtyard and ask Qi Niang to come over!" ”

"No." The steward commanded.

Lu Chengzhi and Lu Chengyi's faces changed, and they shouted out in unison, "Big brother......"

Not only them, but even the other nephews were amazed.

Why do you want to call a female family member, what kind of system is this? That's what everybody thinks.

When Lu Zhaoyi was late, he looked at the men in the room, and a sneer appeared on his face.

"Qi Niang, what kind of expression do you have?" Lu Chengzhi couldn't help but ask.

"Oh? Three brothers. Lu Zhaoyi glanced at him indifferently, wiped his slender and white fingers with a handkerchief, and calmly, "I'm just thinking, if I'm not at home, how will you rubbish support the Lu family." ”

"You ......" Lu Chengzhi jumped to his feet in anger, "Who are you talking about?" ”

Everyone was aroused by her words, except for Lu Chengye, who directly accused her of being unreasonable and ruining her family style.

But Lu Zhaoyi did not refute a word from beginning to end.

"That's enough." Lu Chengye stopped everyone, "The recommendation officer is coming, this kind of housework, you don't have to be embarrassed outside, give me quiet." ”

His attitude surprised the Lu family's nephews and nephews.

Lu Chengye and Lu Zhaoyi don't deal with each other, and even have some grudges, this is something that the Lu family knows, as soon as the two of them meet, it is not normal not to make a little movement, but right now, ......

Everyone quieted down, but Lu Chengzhi was still indignant, "Brother, what did you ask her to do when the recommender came to visit today?" ”

His voice was so loud that the rest of the room listened.

Among the sons and nephews, someone recognized that she was Qi Niang, who ran away from marriage and refused to marry the Huainan Zhou family three years ago, and was greatly surprised: "Qi Niang, didn't you drive out of the Lu family's house three years ago?" Why did you come back? ”

"Who knows, it is estimated that I am looking at the development of the eldest brother of Chengye, and I want to eat and drink!" Someone scoffed.

"Phew! You idiots, you are the daughter of the Lu family, how can you lack money, do you still need to eat in the Lu family? Besides, if she really has a face, she can run back to the Lu family in a gray way? ”

I heard a sharp sound, but it was the aunt who had always been bitter and mean, and she looked arrogant.

"Mother!" Seeing this, Lu Chengye immediately rushed down from the first seat, "Why don't you stay in the inner courtyard and run to the front yard to do something?" ”

"Of course it's for you to prop up the field."

But when I saw the aunt, shaking her head, the ornaments on her neck and head weighed about several pounds, but she could still move naturally, which couldn't help but make people sigh.

"I guess, Qi Niang must have taken a fancy to our Lu family and wanted to stay in our house. Obviously, they are no longer the Lu family, and they are still licking their faces and coming back, which is really not ashamed. ”

"Auntie is right." Lu Chengzhi opened his mouth and looked at Lu Zhaoyi coldly, "If she really wants to stay in our house, why doesn't she stay in the ancestral house and go to her grandfather's house to live, isn't it convenient?" It can also save a lot of rice grain. ”

"Auntie, our Lu family is not short of this food, she can live if she wants, as long as she can leave a room for her, let her go." It was proposed.

It's a compromise.

At this time, the aunt was stunned for a while, looked at Lu Zhaoyi with a look of surprise, and pinched a strange tone, "Today, my Lu family is going to receive the recommendation officer, why are you here?" ”

"Mother, Qi Niang was called by me." Lu Chengye interjected at this time.

Lu Zhaoyi hooked her lips and smiled, without looking at her aunt, she walked to the upper seat and sat down, casually picked up the tea cup on the table, and took a sip leisurely.

The aunt looked at her calm appearance, and was even more angry, "This is the Lu family, my son didn't speak, how can you sit here?" ”

However, under the eyes of everyone, Lu Zhaoyi turned a deaf ear, but after drinking a few glasses, he said slowly: "Aunt I'm afraid I forgot."

"When my father and mother were alive, it was my father who sat at the head of the Lu family. And you, aunt, and uncle, are only worthy to stand at the bottom. ”

"You're presumptuous—" The aunt blushed and reached out to grab her.

And Lu Zhaoyi, who was on the seat, smiled slightly, and easily dodged, "What, does my aunt still want to beat me?" ”

No one dared to speak.

Once, Lu Yong was the second lang of the Lu family, and he was also the son-in-law, who was in a high position in the previous dynasty, and naturally he was also the head of the Lu family. As for the uncle, Lu Heng, but the little doctor in Tianqu Pavilion is not a talent.

And Lu Heng's wife was only from a humble family, and she was not taken seriously at the beginning.

was poked in the soft underbelly by the face, and the aunt suddenly became angry and wanted to call the servants to do it.

At this moment, there was a report outside: the recommender had arrived outside the Hou Mansion.