Step by step lotus flower

Chapter 37
The thought flashed, Mrs. Lu couldn't help but said bitterly: "After all, I blame that bitch Luo Shi for being seductive and seductive. If it weren't for her, the emperor would have made the eldest prince the prince. It's the destiny to take the position of chief again, but now, it's abominable to have to compete with the fourth prince, a bratty yellow-mouthed child..."

"Walls have ears, ma'am, please be careful with your words." Before she could finish speaking, Zhu's mother lowered her voice and interrupted urgently.

When Mrs. Lu heard about it, she couldn't help turning cold: "Could it be that I'm in my own home, can't I just say whatever I want? No matter how long her Luo Shi's hand is, can it reach here?" Even so, I didn't say anything more.

Mother Zhu let out a sigh of relief. Concubine Luo was born in the harem, and she was the niece of the emperor's biological mother, and the emperor's cousin. Swallow your breath, if the wall has ears, and the wife's words reach Concubine Luo Guifei's ears, wouldn't it be another disaster?
Mrs. Lu was silent for a long time, and then suddenly told Zhu's mother: "Anyway, pay more attention to the Kongcui Pavilion, I always feel that things will not be so simple!"

On the first night of living in the Duke's Mansion, Lu Mingxuan suffered from insomnia without any suspense. She tossed and turned on the bed until the four o'clock drums sounded, and then dozed off in a daze. When she woke up in the morning and looked in the mirror, her face looked like a new Like a peeled egg, it was tender and smooth without leaving any traces of not sleeping well, she couldn't help but secretly sighed, this is the advantage of being young!
After washing up and dressing up, Lu Mingxuan changed into a goose-yellow dress with four-happiness patterns and a pea-green skirt, and went to Lu Mingfu's room.

Lu Mingfu had also changed her clothes and dressed herself up. She wore a rose-red embroidered twig pattern skirt and a white thread-stitched skirt, combed a double-snail bun, and wore a few beaded flowers. When she saw Lu Mingxuan coming in, she said: " I was just saying that I was going to find my younger sister, but I didn't think my younger sister would come here first, so let's go and say hello to the old lady on the first day, it can't be too late."

Lu Mingxuan nodded. Although she knew the real reason why Mrs. Lu was so kind to their sisters, others didn't know. Naturally, they behaved as well as they could, so that others could see it and say, "Although there is no other fault." Even though she is a human being, she is also well-behaved, no wonder the old lady looks at her differently'.

So the two sisters each took the accompanying incense and the sunset, left the Kongcui Pavilion, and went to Rongtaiju by themselves.

Although Kongcui Pavilion is said to be behind Rongtai Residence, it is actually quite a distance away from Rongtai Residence. After walking for a while, Lu Mingfu saw that Banxiang and Luoxia had been following behind them with lowered eyebrows. Zhang Kai, she strictly abides by her duties as a servant, because she couldn't help but whisper to Lu Mingxuan: "Did my sister sleep well last night? I don't know if it was a choice of seats, I was in a daze until the third watch." Fell asleep...and daddy, I don't know if he slept well last night. In the past, no matter how late he came home, he had to see our sisters before he could rest in peace. We were not here last night. It will never be as easy for him to meet us as before... If we knew this, we might as well not enter the Duke's mansion, even if life is a little bit harder, and the future... the future is not so good, at least the whole family can live happily ever after Stay together every day."

However, in just one day and one night, Lu Mingfu's brows and eyes were stained with a hint of sadness.

Lu Mingxuan knew in her heart that apart from thinking about Lu Zhongxian, at least half of her slight sorrow was born of her personal experience and experiences of this day and night. She couldn't help but sigh again. The indifference and cruelty of the mansion, which she thought was a paradise on earth, is yet to come!

Lu Mingxuan also lowered her voice and said, "I miss Daddy too, I don't know how he is doing now, if I could meet him today, how great would it be?"

While the two sisters were talking, Rongtaiju was close in front of them, so they had to temporarily stop talking, put on smiling faces, and entered the courtyard gate of Rongtaiju.

In the distance, the little maid who was standing in front of Mrs. Lu's main room had already seen the two sisters, hurriedly came up to them, bowed her knees and smiled, "Greetings to Miss Fu and Miss Xuan."

Lu Mingfu and Lu Mingxuan hurriedly helped a little maid, and then Lu Mingfu smiled first and said, "Our sisters are here to greet the old lady, is the old lady up yet?"

One of the little servant girls said with a smile: "The old lady is already up, please wait a moment, the two girls, and let the slaves go in and pass the word."

Lu Mingfu hurriedly smiled and said, "Thank you, sister."

"Miss Fu is serious, it's the duty of a servant girl." As the little maid said, she had already drawn up the curtain and entered the room, she came out and smiled when she was young: "The old lady invited the two girls in!" The curtain has been raised.

Lu Mingfu and Lu Mingxuan thanked the two little maids again, and then entered Old Madam Lu's main room, led by the maids in the room, to the east room where Old Madam Lu lived in daily life.

I saw Mrs. Lu sitting on the couch by the window drinking something from a small brim red bowl, and seeing the two sisters come in, she smiled and said, "Yesterday was your first night in the mansion, I'm afraid I'm not used to it to some extent, why did you come here so early and didn't say sleep a little longer?"

Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu first bowed their knees to greet Mrs. Lu, and Lu Mingfu smiled and said, "There is nothing we are not used to, and we slept well. Thank you for your concern, Mrs. I just don't know if we came so early. Disturbing your old man?" Thanks to the fact that the two sisters are at the age of flower bones, they will not leave any traces after staying up all night, otherwise her lie will not be able to continue.

Mrs. Lu took a closer look at the two of them, and seeing that they were indeed in good spirits, she smiled and said: "I am old and feel that there are few people who get up at this time every day, but your little girl's family is right It's time to grow up, so I should sleep a little longer. I remember that I don't have to come so early tomorrow. There is no such thing as a white birth. Like your two aunts and sisters, I will come early After I sent a message, let them come back after breakfast every day, and after they leave, they can do what they should do, so as not to have to go back and forth, otherwise I have to pay for a meal, wouldn’t it be a big loss?”

Everyone in the room laughed, and Mrs. Lu laughed too, and ordered Shuangxi, who was standing beside her, to serve her two more bowls of mutton meat for Miss Fu and Miss Xuan. "

Shuangxi hurriedly responded and left, bringing in a red lacquered tray when she was young, and one of them handed a small brim-red bowl to Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu, and said with a smile: "You two girls, please use it slowly."

Although the mutton meat was boiled with butter and sugar, it still smelled fishy. Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu got up and thanked Mrs. Lu, then frowned slightly and took small sips.

When Mrs. Lu saw the eyes, she couldn't help laughing: "Can't bear this smell? I couldn't bear it at first, but this thing nourishes people, especially young girls like you who are growing up." She then told Nanny Zhang , "In the future, remember to prepare a bowl for the two girls and send it to Kongcui Pavilion every day. It can be paid from my share, so you don't have to pay the official account."

(End of this chapter)