Step by step lotus flower

Chapter 94 Temptation (3)
When Lu Mingxuan heard this, she lowered her voice and said quickly: "I didn't intend to receive the news a few days ago. In the middle of next month, the old Duke will take all the young masters from the mansion to ride horses outside the city. You may fall off your horse, what you have to do is to get close to Fifth Lord during the period before the incident, and let Fifth Lord get on good terms with you so that you can follow him every step of the way, and when the danger comes true When it happens, save him, then the fifth master and the eldest princess will be grateful to you, and it is only logical for you to ask the eldest princess to find an official position for you, I just wonder if you are willing to take the risk?"

Ling Mengqi was stunned again, and asked for a moment: "How did miss Xuan find out about this news? Could it be that someone wants to assassinate the fifth master? The fifth master is the son of the eldest princess and the nephew of the current emperor. Who has the courage to do so?" Dare to plot against him? I don’t know if the news is reliable or not, could it be groundless?”

Lu Mingxuan hurriedly said: "Time is urgent, I have a hidden feeling in it so that I can explain it to Brother Ling Shi in detail when I have a chance, and now I only ask Brother Ling Shi one thing, do you believe me? If you believe me, then don't ask any more questions. Just do what I say when the time comes, I will never harm you, if you don't believe me, just pretend that I didn't say anything just now, and pretend that you don't know about such a thing..."

Before he finished speaking, Ling Mengqi said: "Of course I believe in the girl. If I can't even believe in the girl, there is no one in this world I can trust. Don't worry, girl, I will definitely do what she says when the time comes. If there is such a thing, I will have a chance to advance to the official position, if there is no such thing, I will not lose anything, at least it will be like this now, and it will remain like this in the future."

Lu Mingxuan nodded: "It's best for Brother Ling to think like this. Then I will wait for the good news from Brother Shi. It's not suitable to stay here for a long time. I'll go back first. Brother Shi, please be careful in everything." , then stepped out of the rockery, and after rounding up with Danqing, the master and servant quickly left the garden.

Ling Mengqi kept watching the backs of the two master and servant disappear from sight before he also stepped out of the rockery and returned to the flower hall without haste.

As soon as Lu Mingxuan returned to the flower hall, Lu Mingfu lowered her voice and asked, "Where did you go just now, the old lady asked you."

"I didn't go anywhere, I just felt that the living room was a little stuffy, so I went outside to breathe for a while." Lu Mingxuan didn't want to say more, so she changed the subject and said, "By the way, what is the old madam looking for from me?"

Lu Mingfu said: "It's nothing wrong, just a moment ago there was a guest and I wanted you to meet him. Now that you're back, go and say hello to the old lady, so that she won't be worried."

Lu Mingxuan agreed, and really went to Madam Lu to deal with her for a while, before turning back again.

At that time, the guests had almost arrived, and it was almost time to start the banquet. Some decent descendants and female relatives of Dingguo's mansion were brought in by their mother-in-law to kowtow to the old man, including Lu Zhongxian and Qi's family.

Today, Mrs. Qi is wearing autumn-colored tangle-twig lotus makeup beanie, because she is less than three months pregnant and has not yet shown her pregnancy, so no one else can see it. Lu Zhongxian is also a male family member, so it is not good to stay in the inner court for more, and only give it to the old country. The father-in-law had to go out after bowing his head to celebrate his birthday, so he was a little worried about the Qi family, fearing that others would bump into her by accident, so he was solemn with Lu Mingxuan who sneaked up to see him and the Qi family when everyone was not paying attention. Lu Mingfu said: "Later, you have to take good care of your wife. There are a lot of people today, so if you bump into her, it's not a joke."

The two sisters heard the words and hurriedly said: "Father, just go out at ease, we will definitely stay close to the wife, and we will not cause any surprises to the wife."

Lu Zhongxian was still a little worried, but thinking that his two daughters were always in good terms, since they said they would stay with the Qi family at every step, naturally nothing would go wrong, so he gave a few more words of advice, and Fang went out with the other brothers, nephews and nephews .

The rest of Mrs. Qi saw that among the guests who came today, the wives and grandmas are better off in the city, but those well-dressed ladies are much shallower. From time to time, they would look at their mother and daughter strangely. There were even some people who sneered at Lu Mingxuan and Lu Mingfu in a low voice. After all, standing with their sisters, she was like a servant girl, but she was the mother of the two in name, so it was enough to embarrass them. I couldn't help being a little ashamed, because I whispered to the two of them: "Don't worry about me, the two girls, I will go home after the banquet, so as not to make the two girls laugh because of me being tired."

However, Lu Mingxuan said: "We are doing well and sitting well. Others want to joke and say that it's their business. As long as we have a clear conscience, it's fine. Madam don't care about those who have nothing to do. All day long, I only know how to stare at others. People with weaknesses, don’t they know that their actions are truly despicable!”

Lu Mingfu also said: "As the saying goes, 'A son does not think his mother is ugly, and a dog does not think his family is poor'. Although my wife is not the biological mother of our two sisters, she is our mother in terms of etiquette. The malicious eyes and malicious words of people who are not as good as dogs wish to draw a clear line with their wives, so aren’t we also not as good as dogs? My wives don’t care about them. Broke the little brother in my belly."

Qi was so moved by what the two said, her eyes turned red, and she was glad again that she agreed to marry Lu Zhongxian back then, otherwise how would she be happy and satisfied today?Tucked his eyes with a handkerchief, Mrs. Qi was about to say more, when a maid came in and said, "The eldest prince is here to kowtow to the old man for his birthday!"

When Lu Mingxuan heard the words, her heart suddenly became aroused. Her first reaction was to look at Ling Mengqi who was in the crowd. She was afraid that Ling Mengqi would not be able to avoid the sudden arrival of the First Prince and would be stopped by the latter. Who can save him?After searching around, she still didn't see Ling Mengqi's figure. She thought she had quietly avoided going out, so she put her heart back on the spot.

Immediately after seeing a purple brocade robe, the cuffs and corners of the clothes were embroidered with gold thread piping patterns, the eldest prince wearing a white jade crown walked in with a smile on his face, and as soon as he entered, he knelt down on one knee and said loudly to the old man : "Congratulations to the old man Qianqiu, I wish you a long life, old Songhe, and never grow old!"

Thanks to the "affectionate" words of the eldest prince who said that he would wait until Lu Mingfeng and Ji to marry her, now even the old Duke's attitude towards him is much softer than before, and he has begun to treat him as a grandson-in-law in his heart No, without waiting for him to bow down, he has already left his seat and helped him up, and said with a smile: "There is a difference between monarchs and ministers, the eldest prince will really kill the old minister by doing this great ceremony, the old minister is ashamed!"

The eldest prince shook the old man's hand with his backhand, and said with a smile: "Although that's the case, today is a good day for you old man. We only talk about family affection, regardless of monarchs and ministers. In front of your old man today, I am just a junior, just you It’s just my grandson-in-law, why can’t you, old man, accept my courtesy? You’re really killing me like this!”

(End of this chapter)