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Lu Mansion, Lanyuan.
Just as dawn, Lu Yun was dressing up, and the maid Hongling walked in with a wide mouth basin with flower and bird patterns in Ding Kiln, and said with a smile: "Girl, look, this water lily was still a bud last night. It was so big after just one night."
Lu Yun turned his head and looked at Hongling's arms. The white-backed flower pot is as delicate as jade, with several lotus leaves on it green and graceful. When I saw it last night, there were three buds in total. Now one of them was blooming, pink, and the petals seemed to break at a touch. When the soft morning light cast by the window sash, it looked like a lotus fairy who had just woken up.
Lu Yun's eyes softened, and a smile finally appeared on the corner of his lips.
The apricot branch that combed her hair for her was relieved when she saw it. She and Hongling were newly sent to the girl. Madam Zhou and others were sold by the master before. The girl and her former son-in-law were in a hot spot in the capital. She and Hongling knew the inside story even more. Seeing the girl depressed all day long, they tried every means to make the girl laugh, and today they finally made some improvement.
But looking at the beautiful woman in the mirror, I felt sorry for the girl. Xingzhi couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved.
Why does Mrs. Yao look down on the girl? The girl is a little weak, but the girl is gentle and considerate. Sometimes she obviously doesn't want to laugh, but she will pretend to be happy to take care of them. If the Yao family doesn't want such a gentle wife, she will have to be a versatile one? Can only be a versatile wife be a clan wife? There are only a few people in the Yao family. If the girl has a nanny to help her, she can't manage it well?
Old Mrs. Yao was so picky about the girl, thinking of ways to torture her, but in the end she had to put the girl on the hat of "the mud can't stand on the wall". It's ridiculous. Old Mrs. Yao has been the mistress of the family for so many years, so she can get on the wall? A good marriage is so hard that even the girls from the Shangshu Mansion dare to get along with each other, and see who dares to marry her daughter in the capital.
Lu Yun is quiet and likes flowers and plants. After breakfast, she ordered the maid to place the water lily on the imperial concubine's couch, and she devoted herself to enjoying the flowers.
When Zhu came over, he saw his daughter sitting there calmly, her face reflected the lotus, and she couldn't tell which one was more beautiful.
The daughter was a little more energetic. Zhu couldn't bear to hurt her daughter's heart anymore, but it was better to have a short pain than long pain. She felt relieved in one breath. Moreover, her current situation in her family could not tolerate her daughter to continue to immerse herself in her own misery. She had already made a decision. Zhu forced herself to be cruel and sent the maids down. She sat opposite her daughter, caring about her daughter's body, and then told the rumors that the Yao family had spread.
"Ajun, can Old Mrs. Yao think of this excuse? Has Jiting touched the maid beside him long ago with you on his back?"
Zhu asked cruelly.
Lu Yun looked dull and it took a while to come back to her senses. After thinking about it seriously, she shook her head and lowered her eyes and said, "No, the Yao family said so, but I just don't want people to suspect that there is something wrong with his descendants." As long as Yao Jiting was at home, he almost always accompanied her. No matter how sad Lu Yun was, he would not believe the rumors easily.
My daughter was so calm that she did not cry as much as she imagined. Instead, she could rationally analyze the Yao family's thoughts. Zhu was a little confused and asked tentatively: "Ajun, they slandered you as a jealous woman, aren't you angry? I sent a court to indulge his grandmother to bully you, why are you not sad at all?"
Lu Yun lowered his head, and finally showed an unconcealed sadness on his face.
Yao Jiting was a talented person and always whispered to her after marriage. Lu Yun was really satisfied with this husband. She decided to leave the day she left. She cried all night. But so what if she cried? Whether it was a husband or a divorce, it was a divorce. It was late at night and everyone cried without tears. Lu Yun couldn't help but think about his life in the Yao family this year.
Old Mrs. Yao didn't like her, and she had always had some guesses, so she worked hard to learn from the housekeeper. Every day she went to see Mrs. Yao's servants in charge of the Yao family's servants, counting the books. Although she had learned the truths that Mrs. Yao had long been told, she listened carefully. The Yao family's descendants were thin. She understood Mrs. Yao's desire for her son, and she wanted to get pregnant earlier. So no matter how bitter the medicine was, she would drink it willingly.
It was not until Mrs. Yao said her dislike for her that Lu Yun realized that some people could not please her no matter what she did. Since she could not win the likes of Mrs. Yao, Lu Yun did not want to force herself anymore. It didn't matter if she suffered and suffered, but her father, brother and sister-in-law were venting her anger for her. She bowed her head to the Yao family and the Lu family would be ridiculed if it spreads out.
No need to be the granddaughter-in-law of Mrs. Yao anymore. After calming down, Lu Yun only felt that it was a kind of relief.
As for Yao Jiting...
Lu Yun was reluctant to let him go, and it seemed that he was not too reluctant to let him go. Yao Jiting was very nice when she was kind to her. She accidentally thorned her hands when doing needlework. Yao Jiting was even more nervous than her. After a year, Lu Yun couldn't pick any mistakes from him. The only thing she didn't get used to was that Yao Jiting was too keen on that. On the night of the wedding, she felt very uncomfortable, but her mother said that it was like that on the first night. She endured it in pain. After a long time, she would still feel... a little bit, but Yao Jiting wanted it too frequently. Many times she really didn't want it, but she was asked by him to accompany him.
In Lu Yun's view, the joy of husband and wife is just a pleasure of men.
When she returned to her parents' home, she slept alone. At first, Lu Yun was very uncomfortable and couldn't help thinking about Yao Jiting, thinking that there was someone to rely on at night. When the most uncomfortable nights passed, she had her younger brothers and nephews accompany her during the day, so she could easily and no longer have to deal with it at night. Lu Yun didn't think so about Yao Jiting.
But Lu Yun felt a little guilty about Yao Jiting because her father brought Yao Jiting to the family for drinking medicine, and because his brother wrote a divorce letter, all of which were gone for men. Of course, his father and brother felt sorry for her, and Lu Yun would not blame them. She just felt a little sorry for Yao Jiting. Now that the Yao family has falsely accused her of being a jealous woman, Lu Yun calmed down instead.
From now on, she and Yao Jiting have no responsibilities. As for whether they are jealous or not, she will not marry again anyway, so what does it matter if someone says a few words?
She told her mother one by one to avoid worrying.
Zhu couldn't help crying. Before severing the relationship with the Yao family, he suddenly heard that his daughter was slandered and that she could never be so calm. How calm her daughter is now shows how uncomfortable her daughter felt a few days ago. No one is born to think open-mindedly, and her mind is caused by all kinds of bad things she has experienced.
"Since Ah Yun thinks thoroughly, my mother won't mention their family affairs. Ah Yun, just remember that there are many women who have divorced and remarried. With your identity, you can marry someone better than him." Holding your daughter, Zhu sincerely comforted her daughter, "You are only seventeen, and your days will be long, so you won't have to worry about not finding a husband who is good."
Lu Yun smiled bitterly. At least for the time being, she didn't want to marry again.
Zhu lowered his head and looked at his daughter. He knew that there was a hurdle in his heart, which could not be understood in a day or two. She sighed and whispered: "Ajun, your marriage was matched by your third brother. He felt sorry for you these days, and he lost weight by himself. And your third sister-in-law, and he was not happy. A few days ago, you were sick and depressed, but my mother didn't remind you that now that you have recovered, then go and see your third brother and sister-in-law more to let them know that you have really let go. If they feel relieved, they can prepare for A Nuan's engagement with peace of mind. Do you think?"
The palms and backs of hands are all flesh. Zhu is most afraid of affecting his granddaughter's engagement banquet because of his daughter's affairs.
Lu Yun was a little restrained in treating people and things. She was indeed not as generous and elegant as the daughter of Shangshu. However, she was pure and kind by nature and was not stupid. After her mother mentioned it, she immediately knew what to do. Looking at the newly opened water lily in front of her, she smiled at her mother and ordered Hongling to hold the flowerpot and cheer up and go to the third room.
Lu Mingyu also wanted to find his aunt, so he came to his mother's side before leaving. He was about to leave when the maid outside said that his aunt was here.
Lu Mingyu looked at her mother in surprise, and since her aunt came back, she had not yet left the house...
Xiao was also confused and led his daughter to pick her up.
Lu Yun had already walked to the door of the main hall. When she looked up, she saw the sister-in-law and niece who were driven out to pick her up. She suddenly realized that both of them were thin, with a hint of haggard face on her face, and she looked at her nervously. Lu Yun originally wanted to come over and tell her that she was fine, but after realizing it, she realized that her sister-in-law's niece had been worrying about her, and she had only cared about her own sadness and pain, and ignored her relatives around her. A strong guilt suddenly surged in Lu Yun's heart.
She couldn't help but feel sad.
Xiao was startled and rushed out to support his sister-in-law, saying distressedly: "It's so good, why did Ajun cry?"
Lu Yun buried her sister-in-law's shoulder and cried like a child, "Sister-in-law, I am stupid. I didn't take good care of myself. Now I still make you blame me because of myself..." I cut off my relationship with my husband. From now on, I am no longer a wife in the Yao family. Lu Yun was once heartbroken, but she was alone crying secretly, biting the quilt and not letting herself make a sound. Only now can she no longer be able to hold back and cry out the grievance and sadness left in her heart.
Lu Mingyu and his mother helped the man into the house.
Lu Yun cried happily, and finally stopped, his eyes were swollen from crying. He lowered his head embarrassedly and whispered: "Sister-in-law, A Nuan, I understand now. I am not comfortable in the Yao family. It's better to leave. I just want my sister-in-law and third brother not to blame themselves anymore, and don't feel guilty because I'm in a bad mood, otherwise I will die of guilt."
Although Xiao advised her husband not to think too much, she also helped her sister-in-law to get advice on her marriage. She felt uncomfortable. Now that she saw that her sister-in-law had really walked out of the wedding, Xiao was unprecedentedly relieved. She took the wet wipes handed to Qiuyue and wiped her sister-in-law's face with her own hands, "Okay, what's past is over. Let's look forward together, no one is allowed to think about those who are distracted."
Lu Yun closed his eyes and nodded slightly.
"Aunt." Lu Mingyu came over and leaned on his aunt's shoulder like a spoiled person, feeling complicated.
If she had not mentioned her parents about her aunt's death early in the palace, but had tried to help her avoid disaster after she entered the palace, then her father would not have liked Yao Jiting, who seemed responsible, and her aunt would not have married into the Yao family. She was forced by Mrs. Yao to drink those disgusting medicines, and would not have hurt her body and fainted.
Her rebirth changed her aunt's life. Now that her aunt is alive, she has been severely injured once.
If she had chosen another path at the beginning, things would have been different, right? But could she guarantee that her aunt would definitely avoid the disaster?
But all of these are destined to have no answers, because there is no medicine for regret in this world, and she will not go back to the day she has a choice.
Lu Mingyu only knew that the aunt in front of him had already married once, and there would be twists and turns when she married again. As for where her aunt's marriage ended, Lu Mingyu knew nothing. That day, his grandfather scolded her father and refused to interfere in her aunt's marriage. Lu Mingyu could only hope for her grandfather, hoping that her grandfather could choose a good man who truly cherished her.
"A Nuan is thin, now my aunt is ready. You should eat well and grow the meat back early. Otherwise, what if the niece-in-law sees me and stay on my head?" After brushing her face, Lu Yun turned around and held her niece's little hand and joking softly. She and Yao Jiting have ended, but their niece's good marriage is still waiting for her. Lu Yun hopes that her niece can get married beautifully and get married happily.
Lu Mingyu couldn't figure out how much my aunt felt relieved. She was afraid that her aunt would be sad because of her marriage, so she pretended to be ashamed and lowered her head and did not dare to answer the conversation.
Lu Yun wanted to tease her niece again, but suddenly there was a sound of footsteps outside, "Madam, Madam, the Duke of the State has sent someone to send a gift. The old lady asks you to go and have a look."
Lu Mingyu raised his head in surprise and looked at the door of the inner room. It was not during the holidays. What gift Chu Xing gave him at this time?
"Why are you still in a daze? Let's go and see what good things your niece gave me." Lu Yun smiled and pointed at her niece's little head, then led the person out. Lu Mingyu bit her lip and followed her aunt uneasyly, and her heart was filled with curiosity.
The three of them rushed to Ning'an Hall and heard the excited voice of Nian Ge'er from afar. They walked around the corridor and saw Zhu standing at the door of the main hall, smiling so hard that his eyes were almost narrowed into a line. Then, in the middle of the yard, there were two yellow-haired monkeys, carrying a mountain sedan chair forward and backward like a sedan chair. The five-year-old Nian Ge'er was sitting on it, shouting and calling the monkey to turn.
An old white-bearded man was guarding the side, and both monkeys listened to him, so he turned left and right.
Lu Mingyu stopped in shock and stared at the two yellow-haired monkeys in a daze.
"I want it too, I want it too!" Heng Ge'er chased behind the monkey, anxiously trying to sit in the sedan chair. Chong Ge'er stood farther away, but his big black eyes stared at the monkey in a flash, obviously he wanted to sit there too.
The old white-bearded man supported Nian Ge'er while smiling and coaxed Heng Ge'er: "The third young master has grown up and his body is heavy. These two monkeys are too lazy to be cruel. If they are struggling, they will stop working."
"I don't care, I'm going to sit!" Looking at his younger brother who was showing off at him happily, Brother Heng was so anxious that he almost jumped up.
Zhu couldn't bear to worry about his grandson's worry, so he held back his smile and advised: "If he likes to sit, let him try it. How heavy can a child who is only eight years old be."
The owner said, and the old man with white beard asked the monkey to stop, and Brother Nian gave up the place sensibly and sat for his brother.
Brother Heng sat down without hesitation.
The old man with white beard made a command. The two yellow-haired monkeys bent over, and the sedan chair lifted the handrail like a sedan chair. As soon as he lifted it up a little, Brother Heng stopped working and left the sedan chair. He sat on the ground, and the monkey's head turned around, deafing the white beard's command, clever and slutty.
Lu Mingyu burst out laughing. Lu Jun couldn't help laughing at Xiao family next to him. Nian Ge'er laughed the most happily and her face turned red.
The monkey refused to lift him, nor did he listen to his orders. Brother Heng jumped out of the sedan chair in anger, glared at his gloating brother, then ran to the corridor and complained to his sister with grievance: "Sister, brother-in-law, he is partial, why don't he send two big monkeys? The big monkey can lift me!"
The younger brother called Chu Xing's brother-in-law in front of everyone. Lu Mingyu blushed and turned around and walked back. Before leaving, he couldn't help looking back at the two monkeys.
Two yellow-haired monkeys sat on the ground like uncles, and it was ridiculous to do nothing.
Lu Mingyu looked at the smiling relatives in the yard again and suddenly understood the meaning of this gift.
Chapter completed!