Lin Jiabiyu

Yang Ling and Yao Yuying stayed in Yimei Courtyard until the afternoon, and it wasn't until half past midnight that Yang Ling bid farewell to Lin Wan at the urging of the nurse outside, and Yao Yuying followed in a carriage and went back to Yao's house.

Lin Wan stretched, still thinking about Yao Yuying's uncle Yan Qing, and thinking of Hu Wanda who had no news yet, she frowned.When she was in a daze, a shadow flashed in front of her eyes, Lin Wan took a step back suddenly, looked up, and when she saw the person coming, she let out a breath slowly, and said with a bit of annoyance: "You don't know what to say Ah? When did you come back? Didn’t you get hunted down?”

Yue Liu was wearing a linen overshirt that was washed a little yellowish, with that half-worn broken sword hanging on his waist, he looked extremely down and out.Lin Wan couldn't help frowning, pointing at Yue Liu's tattered sleeves and asked in surprise, "Where are your clothes?"

Yue Liu slightly lowered his head to avoid Lin Wan's gaze, shrank his hands, and replied in a rigid and short voice: "I came back last night and went to find Liao Zhongwen, but I didn't change my clothes."

Lin Wan looked into Yue Liu's eyes with a strange expression, sighed after a long time, and said seriously, "Are you injured?" When she asked, he answered three sentences, but he simply avoided the important ones.

Yue Liu's face was tense, and he subconsciously grasped the hilt of his sword, but he didn't answer.

"It seems that the injury is not serious!" Lin Wan looked at Yue Liu dumbfoundedly, and waved his hand feebly. "Go and rest first, find a doctor to have a look, and I'll ask you about other things later."

Yue Liu glanced at Lin Wan, opened his mouth to speak but stopped, finally frowned, and left with a shake of his hand.

Lin Wan raised her voice and called Yuzhu.He told her to go to Ermen to find a servant to invite a doctor, and then went to Mrs. Liu's to have dinner with her.

In the evening, Yue Liu had already changed into his usual clothes, and was quietly waiting for Lin Wan in the yard.When Lin Wan entered the Chuihua Gate, she saw Yue Liuyi standing motionless in the yard, blowing the cold wind, stomping her feet, and said helplessly angrily: "Go back to the north, and your problem is getting better. Go into the house!"

Yue Liu followed Lin Wan into the house without saying a word, and said in a deep voice, "There is still no news from Hu Wanda."

Lin Wan's heart skipped a beat, and she raised her eyebrows. "You haven't heard from the north?"

Yue Liu let out a "hmm".His brows were also wrinkled. "The news from the Lu family in the north is the best, and there are few people I can find that are useful."

"You haven't been in the north all year round, so the news is naturally not that well-informed." Lin Wan nodded, not surprised by this. "It's okay, there is no news from the Lu family. If Hu Wanda and the others have something to do, the Lu family must give me a letter. I'm also to blame. You still don't go back to the north in the future, and you got stabbed a few times this time. It's really not worth it."

Seeing that Yue Liu hummed again and remained silent, but stood still, Lin Wan raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Forget it, forget it, you don't want to talk about it. I don't want to ask you these things either." Speaking of this, Lin Wan His eyes suddenly brightened.He looked around Yue Liu playfully. "Are you in your twenties this year?"

Yue Liu stared at Lin Wan in surprise, and said in a muffled voice, "25."

"It's 25——" Lin Wan dragged out her voice, stroked her forehead with great interest, and looked at Yue Liu while thinking about it, and it took a long time for her to say, "How about, girl, I'll marry you a wife son?"

Yue Liu staggered in shock and almost lost his footing.Staring at Lin Wan in horror, the room was silent.Yue Liu took a deep breath, frowned and flatly refused: "No need!"

"You don't appreciate it!" Lin Wan curled her lips in disgust, and slowly muttered again, "Look at you, you are already 25! It's time to start a family. Let me tell you, these days, if you don't No girl dares to want you when you are older. Could it be that you still want to go back and break into your rivers and lakes?"

Yue Liu's face flushed red, wanting to refute but being unreasonable, he just stared at Lin Wan, frowned after a while, ignored Lin Wan's banter, and went out the door with a flick of his hand.

Lin Wan looked at Yue Liu's back, burst out laughing, just happened to be spotted by Lian Qiao who was fetching water, and wondered, "What's the matter, girl, so happy?"

"It's nothing, I was thinking of finding a wife for Sixth Brother Yue, but unfortunately she doesn't appreciate it."

Yue Liu's back outside the door froze, and then quickly turned around the vertical flower door and disappeared.

Lianqiao's eyes widened, she glanced at Yue Liu's back, then at Lin Wan, and suddenly laughed with her stomach in her arms. "I just said why Sixth Brother Yue's face is so long! Hahaha, the girl is too good at thinking, she actually wants to marry Sixth Brother Yue... Hahaha..."

Lin Wan looked at Lianqiao speechlessly and sighed, went to the inner room to wash up, took the account book, curled up on the couch, and slowly flipped through it by candlelight, it was almost the end of the year again.

At the beginning of November, Lu Junzhao personally brought someone to deliver the betrothal gift, along with some items from the Holy Majesty.Mrs. Liu happily welcomed Lu Junzhao in, and the servants carried things into the house in an orderly manner. Boxes and cabinets of various colors filled most of the Yimei Courtyard, and there were some extremely exquisite objects such as coral carvings from the south.

Mammy Cao and Mammy Wei stared at the people delivering the betrothal gifts in the yard, smiling from ear to ear.Although this was to be counted as part of the girl's dowry and given away, it was different after all. Such a heavy gift was brought by the prospective son-in-law himself, which showed that the Lu family attached great importance to it.

After the ceremony was over, Mrs. Liu left Lu Junzhao to say a few more words.Although she still had a straight face, her tone improved a lot. Later, when she saw Lu Junzhao glanced at the inner courtyard unintentionally, Mrs. Liu laughed inwardly, but she didn't show it on her face. Mammy coughed twice and said, "Go and tell the girl, if she is free, please come and have a look."

As usual, it is not easy for a man and a woman to meet each other after they are engaged.It's just that after the Taizu established a new dynasty, the folk atmosphere gradually became more open, and the Liu family never overly adhered to these dogmas and customs, and Lu Junzhao was not too difficult.

Lin Wan had something on her mind, and Lu Junzhao was a man who never understood the rules. He never thought of avoiding suspicion when he came and went. When Mammy Cao asked Lin Wan to go to the living room, Lin Wan thought that there was no need for others to send a message. It was more clear in person, and he hurriedly followed Madam Cao to the living room.

Because Mrs. Liu was there, Lu Junzhao stood neatly beside the chair in the living room, his face was tense, but the smile in his eyes was getting stronger and stronger.Thinking of Lin Wan's escape from Cishou Temple that day, a layer of joy and tenderness gradually spread in his heart.

Lin Wan smiled at Mrs. Liu, and finally gave Lu Junzhao a silent sideways glance. After thinking about it, she turned her head and signaled Madam Cao to send him away.Granny Cao understood, and hurriedly took Madam Wei with her, and took a few maids in the house to the yard to count the betrothal gifts.

Mrs. Liu raised her eyebrows in surprise, and followed out the door, but the man stood at the door and stared at Lu Junzhao without moving.Although he is a prospective son-in-law.But Liu Shi knew that Lu Junzhao was not polite before, so naturally he would not be completely relieved now, and simply stood at the door and stared.

Lin Wan looked at Liu's guarded gaze dumbfoundedly, then at Lu Junzhao, without turning a corner, and said directly, "Aying's uncle." As soon as the words came out, Lin Wan smiled suddenly, and changed her words, " It's Yan Qing, who previously served as a deputy in the Yuheng Qing History Department, in charge of military affairs supervision. He was appointed by the emperor after the incident with the Yao family. Do you remember?"

Both Lu Junzhao and Liu were stunned.

Mrs. Liu frowned upon hearing Lin Wan's strange words.Doubts also arise in my heart, hearing what Sister Wan said, why is there something she didn't know before?

Lu Junzhao was surprised and happy at the same time. He didn't expect Lin Wan to mention Yan Qing at this time. Thinking of the eyes of his mother-in-law behind him, he still stood upright with a smile in his eyes. meaning.Slightly nodded. "Remember, he escorted military supplies to the north. Just got promoted."

"Well, I heard that his promotion is thanks to you. Aunt Aying still wants to go to Xining Palace to thank you." Lin Wan was a little embarrassed by Lu Junzhao's burning and joking eyes, and stared back. .This person just doesn't change his nature. He only knew how to talk nonsense in front of him. This time he learned how to behave and didn't climb the wall again, but he still spoke so freely. Yesterday at Cishou Temple...huh!

Lu Junzhao frowned slightly, and then responded, "I see."

Lin Wan hummed, and ignored Lu Junzhao, and went out the door instead, smiling at Mrs. Liu, "Mom, come in quickly, the wind is blowing outside, so you don't mind the cold."

Mrs. Liu gave Lin Wan an angry look, and told Lin Wan to go back to the room. She entered the room slowly, frowned, looked at Lu Junzhao up and down, and said with a serious face, "Miss Wan has been spoiled by me all these years. She has a bit of a delicate temper, and she is a bold one. She even wants to inquire about the career of the court. It would be great if she were a man, but she is a daughter. You have a responsibility to live in the future, so you should tolerate her more. "

Lu Junzhao hurriedly clasped his hands and replied, "Don't worry, the Lu family is different from other families, and the kid is not someone else. Ah Wan has this insight, it's the Lu family's luck, the kid's luck."

Mrs. Liu nodded in satisfaction, and then let Lu Junzhao go.

In the evening, the mother-in-law of the Lu family brought another lacquered wooden box to the Marquis of Chong'an, saying that it was picked by their second master, and she forgot to put it in the betrothal place, so she rushed to deliver it.

Mrs. Liu smiled and asked someone to reward the wife, and then smiled and sent him out.Only then did he open the box in amazement, and when he saw it, Liu's expression became strange again. Lying in the box were a jadeite butterfly hairpin and a jade hairpin with excellent water quality.No matter how familiar Liu looked at the jasper hairpin, she suddenly remembered that Lu Junzhao had given it as a gift last year when she came to give it as a gift - and later she asked someone to return it with the gift.Could it be that there was no mistake at all?My son-in-law is here to give hairpins?

Mrs. Liu suddenly realized, looking at the box, she couldn't laugh or cry, she asked the maid next to her and said: "You send this box to the girl, and say it is from the Lu family, and it will be included in the betrothal gift."

Lin Wan was also stunned for a moment when she saw the items in the box, but Zhu Jin leaned over and let out a surprise, "Isn't this the hairpin that the Lu family sent by mistake last year?" Right after she finished speaking, Zhu Jin blinked, Some doubts asked, "Could it be that there was no mistake in delivery at that time?"

Lin Wan coughed twice and interrupted Zhu Jin's words, then stuffed the box to Zhu Jin and said, "Why do you care so much? Anyway, it's a dowry gift, so you can keep it." But she scolded Lu Junzhao again in her heart. With this broken hairpin!Suddenly remembering the pair of jade pendants she kept, Lin Wan suddenly felt a little helpless. After thinking about it, she asked Zhu Jin to take out the jade pendants and put them together with the hairpin.

Zhu Jin looked at the jade pendant that Lin Wan took out inexplicably, frowned, full of doubts, but didn't ask any more, and put the things away instead. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

ps: Thank you very much for the reward of Sasha children's shoes, the milk is so touching.