Concubine, please respect yourself

Chapter 40 ancestor worship
A few days before and after the Qingming Festival, Shen Lan had already made arrangements for the Duke's mansion to return to the capital, and only waited for the sacrifice to the ancestors before leaving for the capital.

The ancestral hall in the backyard of Duke Lu's mansion was also cleaned by the maids.

The father-in-law is very polite, and they dare not take it lightly even if they beat them to death.

But it's also strange, looking at the etiquette of the father-in-law's loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, and righteousness, I don't know why every year when he worships the ancestors, he shuts himself in the house alone, and only a few sons come to light candles and burn incense.

This has been the case since Lu Jinyan resigned from office and returned to his hometown. He just felt ashamed to see the ancestors of the Lu family.

Although he resigned from office, he was not yet old enough to return to his hometown. If he hadn't made a big mistake and couldn't bear to see the sage embarrassed, how could he have made such a bad plan.

Early in the morning of Qingming, there was a knock on the door of Ruohe Courtyard.

Danzhi told the maids in the yard to do the work, tucked the handkerchief in her cuffs, opened the door, and saw Luo Ning next to Miss Fourth, with a kind tone: "Your sister is not serving Miss Fourth, why are you here?"

Luo Ning handed the tray in front of her, with an obedient expression on his face: "Sister Danzhi, isn't she a good ear? I just knocked, but the door opened."

"Fuck you." Knowing that this was a joke, Dan Zhi gave Luo Ning an annoyed look.

After finishing speaking, he wanted to close the door and walk in.

"Hey sister, look what this is!"

Seeing her serious expression, Dan Zhi suspiciously lifted the brocade handkerchief covering the tray.

It is a set of ink-colored sacrificial crown clothing, cross-collar style, and the cuffs are inlaid with gold borders [-] inches and [-] minutes wide. The clothes are painted with twelve circles and twelve chapters. The clothes are red without complicated decorations, only indigo is used. Jin Jin edge.

"This is this?" Danzhi was a little dumbfounded when he saw that the sacrificial crown was exquisitely embroidered and solemn.

Luo Ning patted the back of her hand, telling her not to look nervous: "This is the sacrificial crown dress prepared by the young lady for the father-in-law."

The crown dress was made by the young lady in a hurry overnight, and the pattern of the twelve chapters on it was also traced stroke by stroke by the young lady during the past few days and nights.

"But my father-in-law hasn't entered the ancestral hall for many years, if"

Luo Ning knew what she was worried about, and cut off the conversation with a smile: "Think about how intelligent our Fourth Miss is. If she was not sure, why would she call me here early in the morning? Could it be you from Ruoheyuan? Does the wind taste good?"

Danzhi quite agrees, nodding her head frequently, but she is still afraid of something bad, just about to open her mouth, but Luo Ning puts the tray in her hand and runs away, which also cut off her escape route.

Danzhi was so angry that she couldn't laugh or cry, her embroidered shoes were almost crushed when she rubbed the ground, although she yelled, she didn't show any anger on her face: "Everyone in Lanyue Pavilion is aunt!"

This early in the morning, I haven't settled down for a while, so I find her an embarrassing errand.

"Sister Danzhi, Ma'am is looking for you!" A little girl with a double moon bun and a broom in her hand came hurriedly.

"Come on~" Danzhi glanced at the crown in his hand, with helplessness in his eyes.

Carrying the tray carefully, he walked lightly to the door of the back room.

"Master, madam." He called out and opened the door to enter.

Lu Jinyan and Shen Lan had already got up, and were being served by servants to rinse their mouths with tea.

"What's in your hand?" Seeing Danzhi holding something, Shen Lan muttered and asked her directly.

Danzhi didn't know whether to say it properly, bit her lower lip, and said with a heartbeat: "It's something given to the father-in-law by the fourth lady."

Lu Jinyan's eyes lit up, and he became interested immediately. He was gearing up and took a few steps towards Danzhi.

"For me?" He raised his finger and pointed at the tip of his nose, still not convinced.

Danzhi bites the bullet and sucks his jaw hard.Bending down, he raised the tray in his hand to the top of his head.

Cover it with your big palm, and pick up the brocade handkerchief covering it.

It is an extremely exquisite sacrificial crown garment with twelve chapter patterns and embroidery.

Lu Jinyan was stunned, clenching his fists and staring at the uniform without saying a word.

Shen Lan didn't understand what was going on, spit out the tea in her mouth, wiped her face, and leaned over to have a look.

Seeing the pattern made her heart clear, how could she not understand her daughter: "Oh, I said that the new clothes are really made in time."

The steps are given, why not climb along the pole?
If others were a little more shrewd, they should have done it long ago, but Lu Jinyan was stubborn, and he was filled with knots because of his failure in his official career.

Shen Lan nudged his side with an elbow, and pointed to Zong Yi and Hua Chong, who were vividly embroidered in the pattern, with a sad tone: "You can tell that it was drawn by Sister Yu at a glance, but I don't know how it is." I haven't slept for several nights."

"Oh! I can't hold you back, I can't wear it." He naturally understood what he was going to do in this dress.

The Lu family fell into his hands, and he was ashamed of the ancestors in the ancestral hall, but this time is different, not only the saints are anxious to tell their Duke Lu's mansion to return to Beijing, but even the four children are very promising. The reversal was also unexpected for him.

After changing into the crown uniform, Lu Jinyan's waist is much tougher than before.

Listening to the woman beside him smiling at him again and again, her face was blushing.

"I'll go to the ancestral hall." Lu Jinyan's expression flickered, avoiding the glances from his wife.

"Go, I'll wait for you to come back for breakfast." Shen Lan smiled gently at him, her almond eyes narrowed into a crescent shape, and her words were somewhat gratifying.

Lu Jinyan stood at the entrance of the ancestral hall, hesitating and scratching his ears for a long time, and finally clapped his hands together, took a few deep breaths and pushed open the four folding doors.

The Cuojin Chi beast incense burner was empty, and the white candles on the side seemed to be newly placed with cotton wicks, and the satin surface of the futon on the ground was also flat, without a trace of creases.

From the top to the bottom, there are twelve layers of incense tables, which hold one hundred and three ancestral tablets.

Ten years, a full ten years, he had no face to set foot in to offer a stick of incense to his ancestors and hold a candle once.

Lu Jinyan stood in the center of the ancestral hall, clenched his hands into fists, raised his head and stared blankly at the highest memorial tablets, as if he wanted to pour back the tears that gushed out.

He silently endured the grievances and self-blame he had suffered for many years.

In the ancestral hall, a sad atmosphere spread, and he finally couldn't hold back anymore, fell on the futon, covered his face with his hands and cried bitterly.

The always handsome Duke, now looks like a child who can't find his way home.

A pair of bare hands fell on the trembling shoulders, sharing the sadness for him.

Lu Ziyu knelt beside his father, took his arm, leaned his head lightly on him, and said in a soft voice: "Daddy, do you remember? When I was young, I was wronged by my aunt, so you told me , I am the young lady of Lu Guogong's mansion, and I have my father and brothers behind me, so I thought at that time, it is great to have a father like you in this life!"

Lu Jinyan curled up, sobbed and nodded.

"You are a good father and a close relative of Yu'er." Seeing her father's sad appearance, she felt uncomfortable.

A young man wearing a silver satin and black bamboo skirt walked in with big strides, lit a white candle in front of the incense table, held three sticks of incense, and bowed respectfully three times: "My ancestors of the Lu family, the younger generation Lu Zhiting only wants the whole family to be safe and healthy."

After inserting it into the incense burner, there were a few more kowtows, the movements seemed familiar.

Although his father has not been here in the past ten years, as the eldest son, he should be filial for his father and treat his ancestors kindly.

"Yo, are they all there?" The Lu family's roguish monkey also took off his robes and entered the ancestral hall.

Seeing that no one paid any attention to him, he went to the incense table in disgrace to pick up three sticks of incense, put away his usual cynicism, and said with a serious face: "Junior Lu Zhichen, wish your parents are safe and healthy, and the family reunion."

After three kowtows, the face was shameless again: "Everyone, what wishes did you make?"

"Brother Xu, hurry up and give birth to a fat boy." Lu Ziyu, who was kneeling beside his father, lazily rolled his eyelids and bickered with him.

"In the ancestral hall, you can't talk nonsense." Lu Jinyan raised his head, with a touch of lightness on his face, and stepped forward to burn incense when he got up.

The brothers and sisters of the Lu family smiled at each other and finally let go of the matter.

The wishes made in the hearts of several people are the same.

　People are not as good as dogs in middle age. In fact, I feel very sorry for Lu's father, and my own father.

　　His official career has been twists and turns, and he is powerless to watch his family decline. He has a lot of things on his shoulders, guilt for the country, shame for his wife and children, and not being able to set foot in the ancestral hall for ten years is also torture for him.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)