Lu Bingzhen's hair bun was pinned with only a white moon bead flower and leaf, and the rest was only decorated with hairpins.

However, the Dongzhu hanging on the hairpin is an extremely rare lotus color. This hairpin alone is enough to overwhelm Lu Binghui's all-over gorgeous clothes and full of pearls.

Lu Binghui didn't realize it, she was looking at Lu Bingzhen who was greeted by the eldest princess of Huyang with jealousy in her eyes at the moment. As everyone knows, her appearance has already been seen by all the ladies.

Among the guests was the Li family's mother-in-law, the Li family, the Li family, the Wang family. The Wang family was born in the Taiyuan Wang family, and is a family with the same name as the Li family in Longxi, the Lu family in Fanyang, and the Cui family in Boling. The Wang family has always been close to the Li family, and he is not as scruples as others when he speaks, so he covered his lips with a fan and said bluntly, "An Niang, after the palace banquet, you are still willing to let Wu Niang come out to meet guests?" ”

Li Shi said calmly with a faint expression, "If you don't ask her to come out and take a look, how can the frog at the bottom of the well know how many catties and taels she has." With a thud, Wang almost burst out laughing. The matter of the palace banquet coupled with today's performance, Lu Binghui can be regarded as completely breaking the way to marry into the Qing noble family. If she is not so anxious and goes out to meet guests after a while, maybe others will forget about the palace banquet, and only think that she is the daughter of the boudoir and does things out of proportion.

After the eldest princess of Huyang finished speaking, Lu Bingzhen sat down next to her mother. Wang was happy when she saw Jiu Niang, she always felt that Jiu Niang's temper was completely with An Niang's bad foolishness, but also with her father's leniency, which gave Jiu Niang a generous and decisive temperament.

This is also why Jiuniang can be praised by many uncles as a model of noble daughters of the family. The people of the family pay more attention to the character and heart. This model of a noble lady of a family is not something that can be achieved by being soft-hearted or spreading fame.

Seeing guests today, all the noble ladies knew that everyone was here to inquire about the Lu family's oral style, and when they saw the appearance and conduct of the Lu family's Jiuniang at the palace banquet, they thought of her family background and her father, brother, mother and uncle. Who doesn't want to hire her as a daughter-in-law. It's just that no one will make this clear, they are all laughing and groaning.

After entertaining for most of the day, I finally sent the guests away. Before leaving, Aunt Wang smiled and sighed to Li, "Jiuniang is really a family with a hundred families." There is no suitable Langjun in the Li family of Longxi, but there is a Langjun in my mother's Taiyuan Wang family, and his appearance and talent are all good, I don't know if I can have this blessing to hire Jiuniang. ”

Li was moved when she heard this, and she also knew that the Taiyuan Wang family had a handsome man with outstanding talents. The life experience of Jiuniang and the son of the Taiyuan Wang family is also compatible. If the two can really succeed, they are also a good couple. Li said implicitly, "Everyone is a relative, and we should move around more to get close." In the past, Jiuniang was released with us, but now it is time to see relatives more. ”

Wang's hearing the strings and singing knows the meaning of elegance, even if it is full of mouths.

In the East Palace, Xiao Min, who was dealing with government affairs, raised his head from the stack of notebooks on top of the case after hearing the news of the Lu family's hospitality today. When he heard that the Taiyuan Wang family intended to marry the Lu family, and the Lu family's Jiuniang was still in his eye, Xiao Min pondered for a moment. "Reveal this news to Aunt Xiuxin, and then hint that it will be Laba Festival in three days."

Pei Jian, a subordinate official of the East Palace on the side, was surprised when he heard this, "Your Highness, since the Laba Festival has always been royal relatives coming to the palace for banquets, there has been no precedent for foreign ministers' wives and daughters to come to the palace for banquets. ”

Xiao Min glanced at Pei Jian lightly, and said lightly, "Since the beginning of the national dynasty, there has been no precedent for a woman from a big family to marry into the East Palace as the crown princess. ”

Pei Jian was even more frightened, he had the heart to dissuade the prince, but he didn't dare to speak because of the prince's insistent style. Pei Jian secretly guessed in his heart why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was so obsessed with the Lu family's Jiuniang. If it is said that it is for the fame of the family, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can choose other family daughters who are willing to take refuge in the East Palace, rather than a family like Fan Yang Lu's pretentious posture.

Inside the Zhaoyang Palace.

After Xiuxin whispered in the queen's ear for a while, the queen looked suspicious. "This matter is serious, the Taiyuan royal family intends to seek the Jiuniang of the Lu family?" Xiuxin nodded, "It is said that Mrs. Lu's sister-in-law is from the Taiyuan Wang family, and this time she specially wrote a letter home to connect the two." ”

Thinking of Lu Bingzhen's appearance and family background, the queen only felt that this matter was not without a trace. Jiuniang of the Lu family is fourteen years old this year, and it is time to get married. There have always been hundreds of women in the family, let alone a woman like Jiuniang of the Lu family.

It's just like this, the queen's previous idea of secretly matching the Lu family's Jiuniang and the crown prince was in vain. It's just that it's nearly a year now, and most of the little ladies who haven't left the boudoir are no longer going out to meet guests, how can we let the Lu family Jiuniang see the prince?

Watching the queen pacing back and forth in the hall, Xiuxin remembered the menu of the five days after the Laba Festival mentioned in the small kitchen today, and said as soon as her mind moved.

"Mother, the slave has an idea. Five days later, it will be the Laba Festival, and you will not order Lord Lu's family to enter the palace for the festival. Hearing this, the queen was also a little moved, but she was still hesitating, feeling that this idea was too rash. However, the idea of trying to match the Lu family's Jiuniang and the crown prince prevailed, and she was worried that the Wang family and the Lu family would really finalize the family affair in three or two months, so the queen finally made up her mind.

In the main courtyard of the Lu family's mansion, the Li family is teaching Lu Bingzhen the housekeeper director. Now that it has been nearly a year, their family has just returned to the capital from Lingzhou, and Lu Qi has just been awarded the official department book, and the official appointment and dismissal class is in charge. The threshold of the home has been broken.

There are all kinds of things waiting for the Li family, the housewife, to decide.

Since returning to the capital, Li has deeply felt that he was too laissez-faire with A Rui when he was in Lingzhou. At that time, the husband and wife were distressed that their daughter was away from the bustling place of the capital because they were distressed that their daughter would accompany their parents, so they couldn't help but be obedient to their daughter. So much so that for ordinary family girls, such as housekeeper directors and knitting women, Ah Rui, the leader of the noble daughters of the family, is not very proficient.

The words of her mother's sister-in-law a few days ago reminded the Li family that her daughter A Rui will get married in three or four years at most, and now it's time to make up for these things.

Lu Bingzhen didn't have much ups and downs. These things were unfamiliar to her, but there were trusted servant housekeepers everywhere to help take care of them. In addition, Lu Bingzhen is really good, she only needs to take a few pages from the account book and look at it, and then estimate the expenses for the whole month and the whole year, and she can grasp eight or nine without leaving ten. As for other things, it is purely dependent on the accumulation of experience, and there is no hurry.

In such a myriad of things, the Li family was so busy that he couldn't stop on his feet, and when he looked up, he found the maid Onyx standing in front of her and stopped talking. Onyx is in charge of all kinds of things in the outer courtyard, and when he comes to the Li family at this time, he doesn't have to think that there must be something.

Li didn't want these things to ruin his daughter's thoughts for the New Year, so he softly comforted his daughter to go back to her yard to stay in the spring dock to rest, and then heard Onyx's anxious voice, "Lady, the queen seems to have taken a fancy to our family's nine ladies." ”

Hearing this, Li glanced at Onyx indifferently, and his eyes were strange, "Ah Rui was born in the Fanyang Lu family, and she is such a good lady, it is not strange that she is looked down upon by anyone." However, the Fan Yang Lu family does not need to rely on marrying a daughter to enter the palace and bet on the prince to compete for the dragon's merit. The matter of the palace is not known until the last moment, and the Fan Yang Lu family only needs to be loyal to the emperor forever. ”

Onyx became even more anxious when he heard this, "Lady, it's not like this, it's someone from the queen's palace who sent a message." said that the queen wanted to order the adults to bring their families into the palace for the festival and celebrate the Laba Festival. ”

"What!" The Li family was in a hurry, and it was nothing to invite officials to bring their daughters to the palace for a banquet, but the Laba Festival was different, and only royal relatives entered the palace during the Laba Festival. The people in Beijing are all human spirits, and who will not understand the meaning behind this.

If this is the case, then Ah Rui can only marry into the East Palace!

Originally, he just thought that Wang Jialangjun and A Ruimen were right, but now they felt more and more that Wang Jialangjun was a good match. While ordering someone to lay out a pen and paper to write a letter back to her parents' house, Li was glad that her daughter was sent back to rest by herself, but she didn't know about it.

Although Li didn't think that his daughter would be interested in entering the East Palace, the children at this age were the most emotional. If Ah Rui knew that the prince of the East Palace was interested in him, coupled with the other party's appearance and status, it would be difficult to guarantee that Ah Rui would be proud of feeling that there was an excellent son who fell for him, and then paid attention to the other party, and finally had thoughts about the other party.

The best way to cut off this matter is not to warn her daughter to stay away from the prince of the East Palace and the queen mother, but to directly prevent her daughter from coming into contact with this matter, and let Ah Rui only treat His Royal Highness the prince as an irrelevant person.

In the evening, Lu Qi returned home with a snowstorm. After Li's shh The husband and wife sat around a table in the room. The Li family worriedly mentioned the will of today's queen, "Lang Jun, how is this good?" In the end, it is the will of the queen of the middle palace, even if you are a century-old family, we can't directly refuse in the end, but if you enter the palace......"

The unfinished meaning stops between the lips and teeth. Of course, Lu Qi didn't need his wife to explain to know the meaning, he patted his wife's hand comfortingly, "Rest assured, the daughter of the Lu family in Fanyang will not enter the East Palace." I have my own way to deal with this, so don't worry. "After many years of husband and wife, the Li family knew that Lu Qi had always made a promise, so he reluctantly put his mind at ease.

After the next morning, Lu Qi was left by the emperor to discuss the Jiangnan tea policy. At the end of the discussion, the person in charge of the Jiangnan Tea Administration was selected, His Majesty was overjoyed, and jokingly rewarded, "Aiqing is wise, I don't know how to reward it?" “

Lu Qi thought about what his wife said last night, and when he heard the words, his heart moved, and he said respectfully, "The minister is grateful for His Majesty's love, and he is in the position of the secretary of the ministry, and he is also ordered to be added." Thinking day and night, I don't know how to repay the emperor's kindness, and His Majesty will reward him again, but the ministers really don't dare to take it. “

The emperor laughed twice, and was momentarily amused. He really appreciated Lu Qi's ability and mind. Since Lu Qi and his wife should not be rewarded again, the emperor remembered that Lu Qi also had a daughter, and vaguely heard that the reputation was very good, so he smiled and said, "In this case, I will reward your daughter as the county king." ”

After finishing speaking, the emperor waved the word Qingping, "How is the gentleman of Qingping County." Lu Qi was secretly happy in his heart, he didn't expect to achieve his goal so easily, of course, he was full of gratitude.