Concubine, please respect yourself

Chapter 312
At night on New Year's Eve, lanterns are hung high in every household, and tables are full of precious food.

Qingshui Lane, the front hall of Duke Lu's Mansion.

Li Qiong followed the servants to bring the last dish to the table, "This is the New Year's Eve fish, a must for the New Year's Eve dinner!"

The fish meat drizzled with pepper oil has a tangy aroma. As soon as it is served on the table, people can't help but twitch their index fingers.

Lu Zhichen swallowed the saliva in his mouth, rubbed his hands together and smiled, "Sister-in-law, sit down quickly, I'm so hungry that my chest is on my back!"

A table of people was amused by his funny appearance.

"Third son, I didn't see you in such a hurry when I was looking for a wife. Why did serving a fish drive you into a monkey temper?" Lu Zhiting joked with a smile.

"If he can find a wife, mother, I can sleep soundly at night." Shen Lan glanced at her third son, and couldn't help but sigh melancholy.

Lu Ziyu took a sip of his tea, and said casually, "Which girl is not open-eyed, and can find my third brother to live with? If he can marry a wife in the coming year, then I will pay the dividends from Mu Cangzhai again." Give him [-]%!"

Lu Zhichen slapped his thigh, and said firmly, "Don't you believe me, I will definitely find a wife next year!"

As soon as these words were said, the table was suddenly quiet.

Everyone looked at each other in dismay, and then couldn't help but raised their heads and laughed.

That laughter obviously did not believe what Lu Zhichen just said was true.

Lu Ziyu also covered his lips and smiled, his winking eyes were all hidden.

She knew that her third brother looked unruly, but in fact he was very thin-skinned, even if he liked Wanwan from the bottom of his heart, he dared not say it out of face.

When she spoke agitatedly just now, she also wanted Third Brother to recognize his true heart, so she talked with Wanwan earlier.

Lu Jinyan glanced at his youngest son, curled his lips and said in distaste, "It's better not to make jokes, you are really capable, bring one back and show us!"

"You can take it, but let me finish my meal first." Lu Zhichen salivated and stared at the delicious dishes on the table.

"Second brother hasn't come back yet, why don't we wait?" Lu Ziyu glanced at the door.

Lu Erlang is in charge of the Jinwu Guard next to Emperor Zhao, unlike other officials and ministers who have vacations.Even on New Year's Eve, people must be arranged to carefully protect Emperor Zhao's safety, and they must not be half-sloppy.

Normally, at this time, Lu Zhimu would have to take off his armor and return home, but today, as the New Year's Eve dinner was about to be held, he didn't even see him.

Lu Ziyu was a little worried.

She has always felt a little uneasy these few days, it seems that Beijing is too calm.
"The food will be cold in a while, we might as well wait while we eat." Lu Zhichen muttered with his mouth pursed.

"Grandpa, Eldest Young Master——" Alu ran in with a look of haste, and hurriedly said before he could catch his breath, "The carriage in the palace is waiting outside the door, saying that it is going to pick up the Duke and Eldest Young Master into the palace. !"

Lu Jinyan stood up abruptly.

He stared and asked Ah Lu, "Is it time to enter the palace?"

A Lu nodded his head, "That's right, there are horse-drawn carriages in all the official residences to pick up people. I heard it was called by the saint urgently!"

Lu Ziyu's heart was tense, and his hands were gradually sweating, "But what's going on in the palace?"

Alu shook his head blankly.

"On New Year's Eve, something really happened, right?" Shen Lan murmured worriedly.

Lu Jinyan patted the back of her hand soothingly, "If there's anything wrong, I'll naturally have to go to the palace to have a look."

In the middle of the night, if something serious hadn't happened, His Majesty would not have troubled all the officials to enter the palace at this time.

Since it was urgently called by His Majesty, Lu's father and son did not dare to delay too much, they hastily changed into court clothes, got on a carriage and entered the palace.

As soon as the two left, the New Year's Eve dinner was also uninteresting to enjoy.

One is to speculate about what happened in the palace, and the other is to worry about the safety of his family all the time.

No one would have imagined that this New Year's Eve would be so dreadful
In Lanyue Pavilion, Lu Ziyu was lying on the bed with his clothes on.

After thinking about it, she still couldn't figure out what went wrong in the palace, which made Emperor Zhao urgently summon all officials to enter the palace on New Year's Eve.

With a creak, the door was pushed open.

"Father and elder brother are back?"

Lu Ziyu was very anxious right now, she couldn't wait to find out why Emperor Zhao Xuan Baiguan entered the palace at night.

The person who came was Luo Ning, she saw that the candles in the young lady's room had not been extinguished, so she wanted to come in and take a look.

"Grandpa and Eldest Young Master haven't returned home yet." Luo Ning walked around the painting screen and walked to Lu Ziyu's couch, "Miss, don't wait too long, it's hard for me to wait so hard. When the sun shines tomorrow morning, this person will be sure." will be back."

Having said that, but if the stone in Lu Ziyu's heart does not fall to the ground, how can she sleep peacefully and soundly?

This incident happened too suddenly tonight, as if everything was being led into darkness by a pair of big hands.

"Go to sleep first, I'll wait." Lu Zhiyu put on some clothes and went to the ground.

There were quite a few braziers in Lanyue Pavilion, which should have been extremely warm, but Lu Ziyu felt a slight chill wrapped around her, spreading from the bottom of her heart to her limbs.

Luo Ning also understood that the young lady was stubborn, so she stopped trying to persuade her, raised the wick a bit higher, closed the door and went out.

On New Year's Eve, the entire capital was eerily quiet.

Lu Ziyu sat at the table, sleepless all night.
Early in the morning of the second day, as soon as the palace carriage stopped at the gate of Lu Guogong's mansion, Lu Ziyu and Shen Lan rushed out from the gate to welcome them.

The first day of the new year was supposed to be a festive day to pay New Year's greetings, but everyone's faces were deeply solemn.

It's not like Chinese New Year, it's clearly Qingming!
Lu Jinyan and Lu Zhiting walked out of the carriage with exhausted expressions.The eye sockets of the two were deep, and the eyes were bloodshot.

"Father, brother?" Lu Ziyu frowned and looked at the two, his beautiful eyes were a little nervous, "What happened?"

Lu Zhiting looked at his little sister, sighed, and then said with difficulty, "Jin Qi somehow knew that the Saint Dragon was not in good health, and at this moment, the army came under pressure and occupied the land of Xiguan."

"Is this going to be a war?" Lu Ziyu took a breath, he didn't expect that His Majesty's urgent call was because of another war.

Lu Jinyan looked at Yao Nu with a complicated expression, "Wei Shengyu is too old to lead soldiers, and we in Dongpu are also short of generals now. The Ninth Prince took the lead and led the army,? I will go to Jinqi with your second brother in the future!"

Lu Ziyu was in a daze, unable to hear what his father said for a moment.

"Si Niang, don't worry too much, the Ninth Prince is unparalleled in his bravery, and he will return home safe and sound." Lu Zhiting comforted softly.

Lu Ziyu's body was stiff, and he couldn't hear anything except the buzzing of the wind.

All she can think about at the moment is that her grandfather is going to war.
The creaking sound of the wheels on the bluestone slab slowly spread into Qingshui Lane, and a horse-drawn carriage came not far away.

After a while, the carriage stopped firmly in front of Lu Ziyu.

A pair of big palms lifted the curtain, and the handsome figure as clean as bamboo walked down from the carriage unhurriedly.
(End of this chapter)