Spring is warm and fragrant

Chapter 105 Ah Nuan's Marriage

On holidays and holidays, several houses in Lu's residence would gather in Ning'an Hall for dinner, and Lu Zhan and Zhu's each led men and women to sit alone at a table.

Lu Mingyu's uncle was transferred back from Jingzhou, there was one more man at the men's table, and at the women's table, Lu Yun and Lu Jinyu were both married, and the third girl, Lu Yan, was keeping a filial piety for her aunt, so there were three missing. , quite a bit deserted.Mrs. Zhu saw that her husband was a bit crowded, so she called her little grandson Nian over and sat next to her to eat.

Lu Zhan was born as a military general, and he never respected those superficial rules, so the Lu family has no taboo about keeping silent.Mrs. Zhu likes the excitement at the dinner table even more, so the three daughters-in-law of Mrs. Xiao got used to talking at the dinner table after they got married.In fact, how could it be possible not to talk a few words when eating with your own family in private?In many cases, the rules are kept for outsiders to see.

"A Nuan, did you not sleep well? It's dark under your eyes." Lu Huaiyu was sitting next to her sister. She slept in late this morning and came late. She didn't notice anything wrong with her sister until she sat down.

Lu Mingyu stirred the tofu in the bowl with a guilty conscience, and lied: "Last night, I read a book called Ghost Tales before going to bed, and I had nightmares at night." Chu Xing was all to blame, and he told her in advance that he would come to propose marriage today, so that he could get married. It made her flustered, especially last night, when she tossed and turned, fell asleep in almost three o'clock, and woke up nervously before dawn.

"If you're so timid, you still have to watch monsters and goblins, and make yourself suffer." Lu Huaiyu said very contemptuously.

Lu Mingyu scolded her in a low voice: "Eat yours, don't worry about me."

The two sisters were arguing, and the eldest lady saw it, and couldn't help but think of her daughter who had been married for half a year, and said half jokingly and half emotionally: "Ah Nuan cherish it, your second sister will get married in two months. Yes, at that time you wanted to hear your second sister nagging, but you couldn't easily hear it."

Lu Mingyu nodded obediently, and looked at her sister teasingly with peachy eyes, "Well, the eldest aunt is right, I will listen to what the second sister cares about me from now on."

Lu Huaiyu blushed, pouted and complained to the eldest lady, "Eldest aunt will favor Ah Nuan and bully me."

Mrs. Zhu answered with a smile: "This is not bullying, your aunt is telling the truth."

Lu Huaiyu hummed.

Brother Nian had been listening obediently, and now he raised his head and asked his grandmother, "Grandma, on the day my second sister gets married, can I set off firecrackers?"

The eyes of brothers Heng and Chong at the next table lit up.

"Let grandfather take you to release." Zhu smiled and looked at her husband over there.

Lu Zhan had no expression on his face, which was his default.The three little guys met and continued to eat happily.

The whole family was excited about their daughter's marriage. The second wife glanced at her daughter while tasting porridge, feeling a little delicate.Knowing that her husband is determined to marry her daughter to He Yu, the concubine's son, the second wife is 1 dissatisfied, wishing to move back to her mother's house and not live with her husband. Son, it's still not good.One is stupid and the other is heroic and extraordinary, the future is bright, and the second wife slowly becomes pleasing to the eye when she sees He Yu.

But no matter how good He Yu is, he has no title after all, his nephew is stupid, intercourse is still possible, and his sister-in-law is trying to marry a daughter-in-law who can be regarded as worthy of the stage. Once a grandson is born, he will be a grandson, Marquis of Wukang His title has nothing to do with He Yu.The daughter doesn't care, the second wife...

She secretly glanced at the niece next to her daughter.

The two nieces, the eldest niece Lu Jinyu married Xu Chengrui, the second son of the Minister of the Ministry of War, Mr. Xu's family, and He Yu was on the Jinwu Guard. Said that the daughter married better than the elder sister.The second wife claims to be the daughter of the aristocratic family, and always thinks that her daughter should be the best married girl in the Lu family, but...

The second wife still remembers that Chu Xing, Duke of the State of Chu, came to the house to propose marriage last year, asking to marry his niece Lu Mingyu.Such a good marriage, I don't know what the three-bedroom couple thought, but they rejected it.The second lady couldn't figure out the reason behind it, but she was very lucky, otherwise, if the niece really married Chu Xing, where would her son-in-law be?
After the meal, the men left, and the female relatives still had to chat about the family affairs.

"Siblings, Ah Nuan has another birthday. The longer she is, the more beautiful she is, and her name spreads far and wide. In the past six months, more and more people have proposed marriage. Is there any satisfactory candidate for younger siblings?" Listening to the mother-in-law talking about their daughter's marriage, the two The wife took the opportunity to ask her siblings.

Xiao smiled slightly: "Don't worry, Ah Nuan is only fourteen, this year I will pick and choose with her father."

The second lady nodded, and pretended to praise: "Yes, Ah Nuan is the prettiest girl in our Lu family except for her aunt. This son-in-law must be selected from thousands of people, and you can't be rash." She smiled at her mother-in-law as she spoke. Laughing, she looked down on her mother-in-law, but occasionally she would say some sweet words to make her mother-in-law happy, not to mention praising Lu Yun as prettier than her niece, which could make Mrs. Xiao feel a little bit frustrated.

Mrs. Xiao didn't mind at all, let alone her daughter's appearance and bearing were higher than her sister-in-law's, even if she was not, she was a family, and she would not alienate her sister-in-law for such a trivial matter.

Mrs. Zhu didn't hear the provocative meaning in the second daughter-in-law's words, but she liked to tell the truth, she smiled and shook her head: "Nonsense, Ah Nuan is prettier than her aunt." One is her own daughter, the other is her own granddaughter, which one is Zhu's I like them all. Anyway, their family members are the most beautiful. Now the granddaughter is sitting there. Of course, Mrs. Zhu wants to make her granddaughter happy.

"I'll talk about this all day long, just hoping that we'll all get married, right?" Lu Mingyu pretended to be shy and muttered, gave the elders a coquettish look, and called her second sister, Lu Huaiyu, to leave.

The little granddaughter is so delicate, Zhu smiled, feeling very reluctant in her heart, she is [-] years old, no matter how many choices, at most two years, the granddaughter will also get married, and by then, all the pampered flowers will be picked by other people. The grandchildren who are not good at coaxing people are dangling in front of their eyes. It's okay to be naughty and cause headaches.

"Brothers and sisters, I have never understood why you didn't agree to the Duke of Chu's marriage proposal last year?" The second lady rolled her eyes and asked Xiao in pure curiosity, "This time, the Duke of Chu has made great contributions. As a member of the second rank, a high-ranking official with a rich salary, how worthy of Ah Nuan, not to mention me, even her second uncle feels a pity."

But in his heart he gloated and asked Sanfang to refuse the marriage. Now that Chu Xing was promoted again, Sanfang would never find a more outstanding son-in-law candidate than Chu Xing no matter how many choices were made by Sanfang.

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhu also showed regret in her eyes, looking at her daughter-in-law, wanting to hear what her daughter-in-law had to say.

Naturally, Mrs. Xiao couldn't speak ill of the man's family, otherwise the second wife would spread the word and fall into the ears of everyone in Chu State's mansion. They would be unhappy, so they said regretfully: "Chu State is young and promising, we Husband and wife can't fault each other, but it's a pity that the age gap between him and Ah Nuan is a bit big, and Ah Nuan has always respected him as an elder..."

"It's not a serious relative." The second lady said disapprovingly, "These families in the capital, if you just pick one up, you can get some relatives, such as Song Shu, the owner of the Song's lamp shop, the number one scholar who the emperor hopes to come out of the mountain. , it is said that he and Mrs. Song's mother used to be called siblings, and Mrs. Song would have to call him uncle, but isn't he married too?"

She just wanted to be an afterthought, dispel Xiao Shi's scruples, and make Xiao Shi regret missing a good son-in-law.

However, Xiao Shi refused Chu Xing for another reason, hearing the second lady's "kindness" explain, Xiao Shi did as she wished, and frowned angrily.

Seeing this, the second lady suddenly felt refreshed.

At this moment, a little maid ran over excitedly, "Third madam, third madam, just now the third master sent someone to say that Duke Chu is here to propose marriage! Please go to the front yard!"

Xiao stared at the maid in astonishment, thinking that she had heard wrongly, "Mr. Chu?"

The little maid nodded, "It's the Duke of Chu who just repelled the pirates!"

These maids, after finishing the errands ordered by their master, like to get together to chat about various anecdotes about the capital. The Duke of Chu is heroic and brave and has repeatedly made military exploits. He is also a famous handsome man in the capital. , but those who hadn't seen it before regarded Chu Guogong as a heroic figure and admired him from the bottom of their hearts. Now that Chu Guogong came to the Lu family to propose marriage, the maids of the Lu family were also honored.

Mrs. Zhu was the first to react, and excitedly pushed her daughter-in-law away: "Hurry up and take a look, this time you can't miss it!"

Witnessing Chu Xing riding a horse to rescue his granddaughter, seeing Chu Xing standing alone in the cold corridor guarding his granddaughter, Zhu is 1 satisfied with Chu Xing, but last year Chu Xing proposed marriage twice but was coldly rejected by his son, Zhu Shi was regretful and worried, worried that Chu Xing, a good young man, would become someone else's son-in-law, but he didn't expect Chu Xing to propose marriage again just a few days after he came back from the war!
Three marriage proposals, based on Chu Xing's infatuation with his granddaughter, Zhu's family will try their best to facilitate this marriage!
Although Xiao was shocked, everyone came, she nodded to her mother-in-law and the others, and went to the front yard first.

"It seems that the Duke of the country is looking for our Nuan, and he will not marry if it is Ah Nuan." The eldest lady said with a smile.

Zhu Shi smiled from ear to ear.

The second lady forced a smile and clenched the veil tightly with both hands in her sleeves. Why is that Duke of Chu bowing his knees so humblely?The dignified prince, who was rejected by others, came again. Apart from having a beautiful face and a little ink in his stomach, how could Lu Mingyu be better than her daughter?Thinking of Xiao's smug face after winning the son-in-law of Duke Chu, the second wife couldn't sit still anymore, so she found an excuse and led the maid back to the second room.

When Chu Xing came to propose marriage, what he said was nothing more than the same words, he liked Lu Mingyu, so he proposed to marry him, but his attitude was more sincere.

Lu Zhan still disapproved, and the reason was still Chu Xing's age. Lu Rong and his wife believed that their daughter had no interest in Chu Xing, and they did not change their attitude, but the three of them knew how to treat guests. An ordinary man could directly refuse if he was not satisfied, but Chu Xing He is a duke of a first-class country, and they usually have contacts with each other, so like last year, he said that he would consider it and inform Chu Xing when he made a decision.

After Chu left, Lu Zhancai solemnly expressed his position to his son and daughter-in-law.

Lu Rong and his father were of the same mind, but Xiao thought of the day when Chu Ying and Chu Xiang came to find their daughter at home. It stands to reason that if his daughter really coldly rejected Chu Xing, Chu Xing would not give up. , and will also find a way to get her daughter's consent first, instead of taking the humiliation from the pole, could it be...

The next day, my daughter went out while she was not at home!

"I'm going to see Ah Nuan." Reminiscent of her daughter's frequent disorientation these days, Xiao became more and more certain of her guess, angry that Chu Xing was fooling her daughter behind her back, annoyed that her daughter secretly went to see her boyfriend without telling her, Xiao Shi There was a bit of anger in the words.

Lu Rong didn't know that Chu Xing's two younger sisters had visited that day, and when he heard his wife's tone was wrong, he stopped his wife in surprise, "Are you angry?"

Xiao shook her head, pushed her husband away, and went to find her daughter.

In Meiyuan, Lu Mingyu had just sent away her second elder sister who heard the news and came to tease her. When she heard that her mother was coming, Lu Mingyu panicked. She grabbed an idle book and pretended to sit at the table reading it. Did not read the words.

The first thing Xiao Shi did when he entered the house was to send out all the maids.

"Mother..." Lu Mingyu put down the book, and called out softly, with pleading eyes.

It's not that she doesn't want to pretend, but Lu Mingyu doesn't dare to fool her mother for a fool.That day when Chu Xing asked her out, she couldn't find a suitable excuse to go out without arousing her mother's suspicion. It happened that her mother was going to visit the next day, so Lu Mingyu slipped out by herself. .Now that Chu Xing came to propose marriage, his mother must have thought of it.

Xiao Shi was indeed a little angry when she first learned that her daughter met Chu Xing privately, but seeing her daughter's timid eyes that were afraid of being reprimanded, Xiao Shi suddenly couldn't bear to speak harshly, especially since she knew that her daughter had always regarded Chu Xing as her uncle. Look, since the daughter decided to see Chu Xing, there must be a reason for the daughter.

"A Nuan, tell mother the truth, what's the matter between you and Chu Xing? You really don't like him?" Calling her daughter to the bedside, Xiao asked in a low voice with a serious expression.

Lu Mingyu lowered her head, her face slowly turned red, showing shyness and embarrassment.She likes Chu Xing. When her sisters asked her, Lu Mingyu could admit it frankly and coyly, but her parents knew that she and Chu Xing used to be the relationship between uncle and younger siblings. In front of her parents, Lu Mingyu had a feeling of knowingly committing a crime, and she was afraid that her mother would accuse her... ...Disregarding human relations, even though she knew that her mother loved her like life, and would never say that to her.

How could Xiao's own daughter have such thoughts?

Seeing that her daughter really liked Chu Xing, Xiao was more puzzled than shocked, and held her daughter's hand and asked, "When did Ah Nuan fall in love?"

She really didn't see it at all.

Lu Mingyu lowered her head, and said as softly as a mosquito: "He is the most powerful hero in my daughter's eyes. My daughter has always respected him. In this life, I knew him first. After I gave up on Chu Sui, he saved Chu Sui by chance. Me, at that time, I was a little... He didn't know that I was reborn, he liked me, he treated me well, I liked it, but I couldn't let go of the past. Last year at the racecourse, their brothers rushed to save me together, I, I felt uncomfortable , afraid that their brothers would turn against me because of me, so they refused to agree to him."

This is the most appropriate excuse that Lu Mingyu can think of, and the truth must never be told, otherwise her parents would never marry her to Chu Xing, knowing that Chu Xing once wanted to fulfill Chu Sui when her life was at stake.In fact, Lu Mingyu was still a little concerned about that matter, but she liked Chu Xing, and it was the first time that she liked it so much.The grandfather made a mistake, the father made a mistake, and now the two couples are doing well, right?As long as it is not an irreparable mistake, Lu Mingyu is willing to forgive Chu Xing, not to mention that Chu Xing didn't know her heart at the time.

"Then what did he say that made you figure it out?"

After a long silence, Xiao continued to ask.With Chu Xing's character, it's not hard to understand why his daughter is tempted.

Lu Mingyu slowly leaned into her mother's arms, and said leisurely: "Because I tried, I can't let him go. He went to Dengzhou to eliminate Japanese pirates. I knew he would triumph, but I was still worried about him. Mother, he wrote me a letter, asking I met and wanted to ask him clearly. I went there, and I wanted to persuade him to give up, but I really couldn't bear it..."

"Mother, I know he's my uncle, but don't you feel ashamed?" Lu Mingyu's voice choked with her head resting on her mother's arm.

When she was with Chu Xing, Lu Mingyu was sincerely willing to marry, but in the dead of night, her conscience was uneasy. She was glad that she was reborn and used her previous life experience to change the fate of her family, but Lu Mingyu was greedy. She hoped that God would take her away and marry into Chu The part of the memory behind the Duke's mansion, so she and Chu Xing are the most normal couple.

As soon as Xiao heard her daughter cry, her heart ached, and she gently pinched her right cheek, "Nonsense, the last life is the previous life, this life is this life, and in this life you are a good daughter raised by your mother, and you are a beautiful yellow flower." Big girl, since you are not married, where did you get your uncle? Don’t allow Ah Nuan to despise herself any more, and blame Chu Xing for defrauding my daughter.”

Mother defended her shortcomings, Lu Mingyu smiled through tears, blinked her eyes, bit her lips, and asked in a low voice: "Mother, father, will you insist on not allowing me to marry Chu Xing because of this?"

"No, your father has actually fallen in love with Chu Xing for a long time. Back then when Chu Xing dived into the water to save you, your father had such thoughts." Xiao comforted her daughter with a smile.Not to mention that her husband did say so, even if he didn't, Xiao would still persuade her husband to agree to the marriage.The daughter always remembers her previous life and thinks that she likes Chu Xing without any sense of shame. She and her husband agree to the marriage, so they will give her confidence. Once someone objects, won't the daughter feel even more ashamed?
Disregarding human relations is a serious crime, and the father found out, what should I do if the daughter is thin-skinned and tries to do stupid things?
For the sake of her daughter, Xiao must also stand by her side.

Lu Mingyu hugged her mother tightly, happy that there was hope for her marriage, and happy that she met such enlightened parents.

But Xiao suddenly thought of something, frowned, she lowered her head and asked her daughter, "Ah Nuan, mother remembers you saying that when you married Chu Sui in your previous life, something happened to Chu Xing on the battlefield?"

Lu Mingyu knew what her mother meant, she raised her head, blushing on her face, but she looked at her firmly with peachy eyes, and said: "Mother, I'm not afraid, I can heal his eyes and help him keep his arm, so I can help him." Can save his life." She didn't want to tell Chu Xing her secret, fearing that Chu Xing would have thorns in his heart to despise her after learning about it, fearing that Chu Xing would despise her for marrying her younger brother and marrying her elder brother again, but in order to let Chu Xing avoid the life and death disaster , if there is no other way, Lu Mingyu is willing to speak out.

"Stupid daughter, what if?" Xiao sympathetically brushed away a stray strand of hair from her daughter's ear, "Swords and guns have no eyes, who can say for sure about the battlefield?" Xiao didn't want her daughter to be a widow.

Lu Mingyu imagined that situation, Chu Xing was lying motionless in a pool of blood, with a poisoned arrow stuck in her chest, tears slowly welled up in her eyes, but Lu Mingyu smiled, sadly but resolutely, she leaned back into her mother's arms and said: "What if I really can't change his fate, so I have to marry him earlier, try my best to give him a future..."

Chu Xing is an upright man, an iron horse general who defends his home and country, Lu Mingyu respects and loves him, and being able to be husband and wife with Chu Xing is a blessing for three lives. Lu Mingyu would not regret marrying him if she could be a couple for a few days and a few months.

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Shi covered his mouth, "Don't talk nonsense!"

Knowing that her mother agreed, Lu Mingyu closed her eyes contentedly.

After finishing talking with her daughter, Mrs. Xiao went to the main courtyard to find her husband.

Lu Rong loved his daughter even more than his wife. When he learned that his daughter was worried that she would be reprimanded by him for being unfeminine because she liked Chu Xing, Lu Rong immediately became anxious, "Why would I think of my daughter that way? Have you explained it to Ah Nuan?" I was so anxious that my forehead was sweating. Being a father is not good. I can't talk to my daughter freely about many things.

"I told you, Ah Nuan half-believes it or not." Seeing her husband lose his composure, Xiao sighed deliberately, with a worried look on his face.

Daughter doesn't believe him?
Lu Rong froze, feeling extremely aggrieved, but he couldn't rush to his daughter to explain himself, so he said in a deep voice after a long while: "Go and tell Ah Nuan, just say that I agree."

Xiao Shi had expected it a long time ago, but asked strangely: "Why don't you say it yourself?" Promising to propose marriage is not a private matter that father and daughter are taboo to talk about.

Lu Rong pursed her lips, and a look of anxiety flashed in her eyes, "I, I'll go back to my father first."

When Xiao heard this, she turned around to serve tea, and quickly covered up the smile on her lips, but she loved her husband very much, and couldn't bear him to be reprimanded by her father-in-law, so when Lu Rong walked to the door, she called him in time: "Wait!"

Lu Rong turned around with a heavy heart, and asked his wife with his eyes.

Xiao Shi waved at him, signaling him to come over.

Lu Rong walked up to his wife suspiciously.

Xiao Shi glanced at the door, stood up after a moment of hesitation, blushed slightly and hugged her husband's neck, stood on tiptoe and blew softly in his ear.Husband and wife have been married for many years, and there is no such thing as sweetness, but Lu Rong was not prepared at all at this time. His head was still dazed when he was blown by his wife, but his hands hugged his wife's small waist on his own initiative.

Xiao Shi gave him a sip, pulled his hand away and said angrily: "Pillow wind, do you have to tell me to understand?"

It's not the first time, who has nothing to do to hook him?
Lu Rong suddenly realized, followed closely with relief, grabbed his wife back and kissed him forcefully, "Wait for me to come back!"

After speaking, he let go of his wife, and strode to find his mother. Counting on the way back and forth, he came back in less than a quarter of an hour. He rushed into the inner room and started messing around with his intelligent and charming wife.The young couple here are very affectionate, and when Zhu learned that her son and daughter-in-law agreed, she was overjoyed and went to the study in the front yard to find her husband.

"No, Chu Xing is too old. It's okay for Ah Nuan to marry him now, but he will definitely suffer in the future." Facing his wife who was being used by his son without knowing it, Lu Zhan flatly refused and silently told his wife The son's anger subsided, and he saved his time to teach the cunning third child a lesson.

"What are you suffering for?" Sitting next to her husband, Zhu frowned and asked, her lips pouting slightly, obviously dissatisfied with her husband's reaction.

Lu Zhan took her hand and patted her comfortingly, "Think about it, when Ah Nuan reaches your age, Chu Xing will be almost sixty, and it may be difficult for him to walk, and he has been on many expeditions, so he must be injured. , will age faster, can live to sixty..."

"Shut up!" Mrs. Zhu didn't like to listen, so she slapped him lightly.

He didn't care about it before doing it, Lu Zhan smiled and didn't care about it with his wife.

Mrs. Zhu still didn't give up, looked at him and said, "You are almost sixty, aren't you doing well?"

"I'm 55, only eight years older than you." Lu Zhan reminded her with a frown.

"What's the difference between four and five years old?" Zhu continued to retort, "Could it be that when you are sixty, you will be much worse than you are now?"

Lu Zhan's expression suddenly turned ugly.

After finishing the hard words, she also managed to silence her husband, Zhu quickly changed into a gentle expression, leaned into the man's arms and said soft words: "I really think Shi Jin is very good, it's rare that Ah Nuan likes him, Shi Jin is also infatuated, the third child and the others both agreed, if you are a grandfather, don't get involved, be careful that Ah Nuan blames you."

Lu Zhan looked at her with a sullen face, and the tiger's eyes were full of wind and clouds.

Mrs. Zhu was a little panicked, she shrank into his arms as if evading, and complained in a low voice: "If you don't agree, you won't agree, why are you angry with me..."

I am most afraid of my husband making a bad face.

"I'm poor now?" Lu Zhan pushed him onto the desk, and with a wave of his hand, he was about to lift his wife's skirt.

Zhu was stunned for a while before realizing why her husband was going crazy, and stopped him anxiously, "I didn't mean that..."

Lu Zhan doesn't care, everyone will get old, but no one wants to admit that they are old.

Seeing that she couldn't hide, Mrs. Zhu thought about it, and lay there bargaining with her husband, "Then, then you agree to the marriage first..."

Lu Zhanhu raised his eyes and looked at her in disbelief.

Zhu's face was already red, and she was a little timid when facing her husband's eyes that could not distinguish between emotions and anger, but thinking of Chu Xing's tall and straight figure waiting for her granddaughter in the dark, Zhu gritted her teeth and said bravely: "Anyway, you continue to fight Just agree!"

Lu Zhan's eyes darkened.

Zhu Shi bit her lip and turned her head, feeling uneasy when her skirt was suddenly blown up by a strong wind.

More than half an hour later, Lu Zhan took his sleeping wife back to the backyard, and when he came back, he commanded Zhao Wu with a frosty face: "Call the third master over here."

Zhao Wu's heart trembled, and he hurried away.

At dusk, Brother Nian nervously ran to his sister to report the news, "Sister, grandfather scolded daddy..."

Lu Mingyu was startled, "What's going on?"

Brother Nian shook his head and said blankly, "I didn't hear it, but I saw Daddy kneeling there. Grandpa must be scolding him."

Lu Mingyu thought that her grandfather and father were arguing about her marriage, and she was in a hurry and confused, and was about to ask her mother when Xiao Shi came first.

At the same time, she brought good news: Grandpa also agreed to Chu Xing's marriage proposal!

(End of this chapter)