Ancient Imperial Examination Daily

Chapter 891 Adoption

At this time, Lu Xiaobei got off the carriage in front of the gate of Lu's house, asked his servants to take things, and followed him into the house.

"Master, are you back?" The concierge came up to salute him graciously, and when he saw the candied haws in the servant's hand, he smiled again, "The eldest and second young masters are still yelling in the afternoon, saying that you want to bring them back candied haws .”

Mentioning his son, Lu Xiaobei showed a smile on his face.

Du Fangling lived up to her expectations and gave birth to three sons in succession.But the youngest was born not long ago, still in the swaddling baby.

The house of the Lu family was newly bought by Lu Xiaobei last year.

In order not to compete with Du Jinning for the market, Lu Xiaobei did not start the tea business, but the silk business.He is a person with a very flexible mind, and he is willing to work hard. When Du Jinning was admitted to the top prize, his business was very big.

When Du Jinning advocated technology and asked the court to reward skilled craftsmen, Lu Xiaobei was greatly inspired, and immediately proposed in his weaving workshop that there would be heavy rewards for improving craftsmanship.

There must be a brave man under the reward. Someone improved the loom to weave a finer and softer cloth than before;

Later, when Du Jinning disappeared, Lu Xiaobei put down his business and searched for Du Jinning all over the world, which made Zhao Yu notice him.When people inquired about the friendship between Lu Xiaobei and Du Jinning, Zhao Wei was very sad, and felt that Lu Xiaobei's kindness and gratitude - Lu Xiaobei was registered in front of the emperor.

Later, Du Jinning returned to the court and became Princess Ning. Seeing that the silks and satins in Lu Xiaobei's workshop were really good, he gave some to Empress Dowager Zheng, Zhao Mingyue and the queen. Renyi simply ordered him to make these silks and satins as tributes.

The successful voyage brought huge profits, causing the price of silk and satin to rise a bit, and Lu Xiaobei became an imperial merchant again at this time.So he seized this opportunity and made the business huge all at once.

Lu Xiaobei knew that ever since Du Jinning got married, Du Fangling had always remembered her mother-in-law who lived alone.He wanted to take his mother-in-law to live at home, but his mother-in-law refused to agree.It happened that there was a house for sale near Du's mansion, and Lu Xiaobei bought this house because he was not short of money.

This house is in the same alley as the Du Mansion, only a few steps away, so it is convenient for Du Fangling to take care of his mother.

When he arrived at the Chuihua Gate, Lu Xiaobei said to the boy: "Okay, give me the candied haws." He took the candied haws and went straight to the inner house.

He planned to surprise his son.

As soon as he entered the house and passed the garden, he was about to go from the corridor to the courtyard where his son lived, when he heard the voice of his wife Du Fangling from the side of the beauty in the corridor: "Brother Qi is three and a half years old, how come Jinning has such a belly?" Still haven't moved?"

"I asked Aunt Yan about this, and Aunt Yan said that Xiaoyuan didn't want Jinning to have a baby, saying it was too dangerous. Aunt Yan also said that the emperor also meant the same thing, saying that many things in the court were pointed at her, especially It’s about high-yielding rice. Didn’t you see that during the year or two when she disappeared, the good rice seeds couldn’t grow rice? If you have a difficult childbirth, what can you do?”

This is Chen's voice.

Speaking of this, Mrs. Chen also persuaded Du Fangling: "You too. Now you have three sons, enough to be worthy of the ancestors of the Lu family. Don't have another child. This woman is going around in the gate of ghosts when she gives birth. It’s hard to say what will happen during production.”

"Well, mother, I'll listen to you, I won't give birth." Du Fangling said.

After a pause, she asked again: "Jin Ning will give birth to one, does her mother-in-law have any objections?"

Mrs. Chen snorted: "If her mother-in-law was in the capital, she would definitely say something. But isn't she not in the capital? She followed her father-in-law to take up the post, even if she had an opinion. And this is the emperor's intention, Jin Ning It's the princess again, even if she has an opinion, what can she do? At most, she will chatter a few words."

As she spoke, Mrs. Chen sighed: "Jin Ning really wants to have a baby. She said that Brother Qi is so old, and she should have another baby."

"Ah?" Du Fangling asked in surprise, "Why do you want to have a baby? You have a son, and they tell her not to have a baby. Why is she trying to be brave?"

"She said she wanted to give birth to a child whose surname is Du, so that I can succeed your father." Chen's voice was a little choked up, "It's also my fault. By the way, did I go back to my hometown to succeed a child of Jincheng or Jinde, and give your father the incense. This is just a talk, but unfortunately your sister overheard it. "

Lu Xiaobei originally planned to leave, but when he heard this, he stopped in his tracks.

"I'm sorry, mother, I, we never thought about this." Du Fangling's voice was full of guilt.

"Don't don't, I just said it casually, really. Life is like a lamp going out, why is there no incense? Your father has no son, and he left early, leaving us mothers to suffer so much, what's the point?" Is it necessary to risk having a child for him? In my heart, you are the same as your son, stronger than other people's sons."

Chen said again: "I will persuade Jinning, don't worry."

"...Okay." Du Fangling nodded.

After Mrs. Chen returned, Du Fangling went into his son's yard, and saw the two elder sons eating happily with candied haws, while Lu Xiaobei was checking their homework.

"Bought this again." She scolded, "If you want to eat, just ask the kitchen to make it. The things outside are not as clean as those made at home."

"It's okay to eat once in a while." Lu Xiaobei actually didn't agree with his wife's words, but it was not easy to tear her down in front of her son.

He lived a hard life when he was a child, what kind of food from street vendors would he not eat?How can it be so particular.

"It's just in time for you to come back. I have something to tell you." Du Fangling said, turned around and left the courtyard, and returned to the main courtyard.

Lu Xiaobei took two quick steps and put his arm around her shoulder: "What are you talking about?"

In fact, he guessed what Du Fangling wanted to say.

It's just that when Du Jinning disappeared, he searched all over the world, and his performance was comparable to that of Qi Muyuan.Although he didn't know that Du Jinning was a woman at the time, and he only respected her when he found out later, he was worried that Du Fangling would think too much.It's unreasonable for a woman to be jealous.So it was related to Du Jinning, even if he wanted to take the initiative to mention the matter of adoption, he couldn't say it directly.

Du Fangling hesitated for a while, then raised his head and said, "Master, I want to adopt Brother Guan to Du's family as my mother's grandson."

Lu Xiaobei was taken aback for a moment, pretending not to know the whole story, and asked, "Why do you think of this?" Then he quickly expressed his opinion, "Of course there is no problem. Anyway, even if the surname is Du, he is my son." He asked again , "Is he still living with us after adoption?"

"It should be. It doesn't matter if Mother wants to take it over and live with her for a while, anyway, we are so close." Du Fangling said what Chen Shi told her.

She told Lu Xiaobei her thoughts again: "Jin Ning is a princess, and her son is the county king. How can she be adopted as a son to the people's family? The situation of the two brothers is too far apart, and the one who was adopted somehow complained. As for Jin Ning, maybe she will plant the root of disaster. Besides, her son is also considered a royal family, and the empress dowager and the emperor probably won't allow it. On the contrary, our surname is not much different from Lu and Du, but it's just a son with the same surname as Du. It's just my last name."

After hearing the conversation between Chen and Du Fangling, Lu Xiaobei made a decision to adopt one of his sons to Du's family.Hearing Du Fangling's words at this time, he naturally agreed very much: "You are right, let's do it this way."

Although Du Fangling is usually aggressive, she also knows that men care about this issue.If Lu Xiaobei disagrees, no matter how strong she is, she won't force it.

Seeing that Lu Xiaobei agreed so happily at this moment, he felt relieved, and stretched out his hand to caress Lu Xiaobei's face: "Mr. Good news for her."

(End of this chapter)