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Chapter 47 The feeling of deja vu

While speaking, he winked at Ban Xiang, who then went back to his room to fetch a few purses, which he stuffed into the hands of the four without any explanation.

After sending the four of them away, Lu Mingfu lowered her voice and said to Lu Mingfu: "Why didn't you let me tell you, didn't the old lady and the eldest lady both send a message, and did it for us first? The sewing room The people here are just following orders, don't you mean to let them go for nothing?"

Sometimes Lu Mingxuan thinks that Lu Mingfu is really smart, but sometimes she is really stupid. For example, at this moment, but remembering that she was not even as good as Lu Mingfu in her previous life, she is a little more tolerant, because she has the patience to say : "When did the eldest lady send a message to make it for us first? The original words of the eldest lady were 'make the girls' clothes first'. What kind of girls are we? If the old lady praises us again, we are not the real girls of the Duke's Mansion. Then we shouldn’t kill the order of the real girls, otherwise it’s not just the third girl who hates us, and it’s time to arouse public outrage, sister understand?”

It's not that Lu Mingfu really couldn't think of these things, but she felt that there is not much difference in who measures the body first and who measures the body last. After Lu Mingxuan said this, she realized that she really didn't think about it. She couldn't help being a little embarrassing, and said: "I didn't understand just now, but you understand it when you say it this way, and it won't be like this next time."

Only then did Lu Mingxuan breathe a sigh of relief. She knew and was grateful for Mrs. Lu's kindness, but she and Lu Mingfu had to have basic self-knowledge. Otherwise, even with Mrs. Lu's protection, their lives would only pass by difficult.

Half an hour later, in the room, Mrs. Lu listened to the people in the sewing room and learned Lu Mingxuan's original words, and finally she felt less disgusted with the two of them, and said: "They are still two people who are interesting. If that’s the case, it won’t be too late to go back to them after the girls have all measured and finalized the rules.”

The people from the sewing room took orders to go, and after that all the girls in the Duke's Mansion had their bodies measured and decided on the pattern and color of their clothes before going to answer Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu.

Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu chose as much as possible the patterns and colors that were not the same as everyone else's, and tried their best to lean on the lighter colors. After the clothes were made, they would naturally not look as bright as Lu Mingfeng and the others. Fang is to reveal the past silently.

However, since Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu had learned the rules and manners well, they would follow Lu Mingfeng and the others to Qinfangzhai every afternoon to take lessons in calligraphy, painting and chess.

Because calligraphy and painting and chess are very interesting and talented, but not all the girls in the Duke's Mansion are interested in these two subjects, so these two subjects are not taught every day, but every other day. However, female red is very important to all women in the world, so it is available every day, and it takes longer than studying, and it must be done for an hour and a half every day.

The teacher of the female red class used to be a needleworker. She wore a plain dress with wide-mouthed flying sleeves, but it did not affect the flying needle at all. I could only see white wrists appearing and disappearing between the red sleeves. It made people dazzled for a while.

The teachers of calligraphy, painting and chess are also well-known experts in the field hired by the Duke's Mansion with a lot of money. In short, the Duke's Mansion has spent a lot of money on the education of the girls.

Half a month passed like this, and Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu could barely keep up with the progress of Lu Mingfeng and the others, but every homework seemed mediocre.On the other hand, Lu Mingfeng has developed in an all-round way, and she is excellent in all subjects. Lu Mingya is especially good at chess, and Lu Mingli is especially good at female celebrities.

The season entered mid-November, and sure enough, as Mrs. Lu said before, the first snow fell in the capital, and then the weather became colder day by day. Lu Mingxuan was afraid of the cold in her past and present lives, so every day except Apart from going to class and going to Mrs. Lu's place to treat Ann to dinner, most of the rest of the time is spent in the Kongcui Pavilion, reading books or doing needlework with Lu Mingfu, it is not difficult to pass the time.

After another twenty days passed, it was the twelfth lunar month, and as the year approached, the weather was getting colder and colder. Madam Lu felt sorry for her granddaughters, who were all little girls, and was afraid of freezing, so she ordered the previous ten The one day off was changed to five days off, and on every day of rest and bathing, I brought a group of granddaughters to joke and have fun, and it was very enjoyable.

It was another holiday day, Lu Mingxuan and sisters were playing Go in Mrs. Lu's room. Some of the maids hurriedly came in to salute and replied: "There are two young masters outside. , one from Yuezhou, said to be the grandnephew of the old lady's natal family, and one from Linzhou, said to be the grandson of the old man's old friend. The old man and the man have met and liked it very much. He said that he wanted to stay in the mansion, and that he would bring him in to see the old lady later, so that the old lady could prepare first. She also said that one son is a close relative, the other is a family friend, and he is still young, so the girls don't have to avoid it. Yes, I will also see the two young masters, so as not to recognize each other when we meet in the future, and ruin the relationship between relatives and friends."

Mrs. Lu, who was leaning on the big welcoming pillow and watching her granddaughters making fun of her, couldn't help but startled when she heard this, "A grandnephew from Yuezhou? An old friend from Linzhou?"

It took me a while to realize that the former should be the grandson of her concubine sister who married far away in Yuezhou more than [-] years ago, and the latter should be Ling Shi, the late former chief assistant of the Great Zhou Dynasty, who was honored by Emperor Temeng when he took office because of his outstanding achievements. The grandson who was going, Yin nodded and said: "Go back to the old Duke and the Duke, just say that I know, let them just bring people in."

Just now when Madam Lu was talking to the maid, Lu Mingfeng and the others heard it, so as soon as the maid left, Lu Mingfeng asked: "Grandmother, do we have any relatives in Yuezhou? Why have I lived so long?" , have never heard of it? I thought I didn’t know all the relatives in the mansion, at least most of them knew.”

Mrs. Lu couldn't help laughing: "How long have you been able to live? I dare say that most of the relatives in the house know about it. Even I have lived at such an old age. I still dare not say such a thing. You are not afraid of flashing it." Tongue!" After laughing, he sighed: "Don't say you don't know your great aunt, it's been a long time, even I forgot for a while, she is also a hard-working person!"

It turned out that Mrs. Lu's concubine was the fifth sister at home, because her biological mother was originally Mrs. Lu's mother's dowry maid, and she later made room with Mrs. Lu's father, so she gave birth to this concubine. It's a pity that this aunt's body was broken during childbirth, and she passed away after only a year or two. Madam Lu's mother took pity on her and raised her under her knees. After a year or two, she was no different from her own daughter up.

Later, this concubine sister grew up to 15 years old, and it was Mrs. Lu's mother who decided to marry her to the second son of the prefect's family in Yuezhou. To become a scholar is a good marriage with both face and face.

After this concubine sister got married, the husband and wife loved each other, and she gave birth to a son the next year. It was a good time, but it was a pity that the good times didn't last long. When the second son went out, he got sick and died. After a few months, she passed away, leaving the concubine sister and son orphaned and widowed. Although her parents-in-law subsidized her, life was still getting more and more difficult, let alone after her parents-in-law passed away; The son grew up, and the son also strived for success. Like his father, he was selected as a scholar at a young age. He thought that all the hard work would finally come to an end. Who knew that the son had just got married and died of illness, leaving behind the pregnant woman who was only a few months pregnant. The daughter-in-law and her, this time, didn't even have the strength to cry.

(End of this chapter)