mtl008 Chapter 263 Song Junyan is really unexpected
Chapter 263 Song Junyan is really unexpected
Lu Xinlan left Zhao's yard and followed the direction of the sound to find the corner pavilion where Lu Xinran was.
When Lu Xinran saw her, he quickly raised his hand and asked her to sit over.
"Sister, we forgot one thing yesterday!"
At yesterday's celebration banquet, the Queen requested rewards for those deputy generals and for herself, but she forgot about Lu Xinlan, who had made the greatest contribution.
Lu Xinlan sat down beside her without much concern, "Don't worry, the Queen will not forget it, and it doesn't matter even if there is no reward."
Given the emperor's performance yesterday, he no longer had any interest in this so-called reward.
"How can that be possible? That's explosives. If we hadn't thought of hot weapons in a hurry, it would not be so easy to take back Yucheng Pass."
They should be given nothing less!
Her serious and fussy look made Lu Xinlan smile even more: "Yes, we have to find a way to ask for it, but you saw the emperor's attitude yesterday, so give him a few days to slow down."
After calming down, he would never treat these two weak women unfairly.
Since they cannot serve as officials in the court and pose no threat to him, he should not be too stingy.
"Why did Zhao come to you just now? Didn't she want to embarrass you and make you reject the marriage with the Tang family?"
Although she had seen the results in Zhao's booklet, she was still a little worried, fearing that Lu Xinlan would let Zhao go crazy.
"No, don't worry, didn't we discuss this before?"
Now that we have decided to plan for that goal, we cannot miss this marriage.
In the days after the celebration banquet, Liu had been thinking about the candidate for the middle man.
She and Pei now have a tacit understanding, and believe that after inviting a middleman to propose marriage, the marriage can be settled.
Although the time was a bit tight, the wedding date of Lu Xinran and Song Junyan had already been set, so she wanted to use this as an excuse to get the Lu family to agree to set the wedding date before Lu Xinran's and marry the new bride before the New Year.
Because of this little thought, she was particularly careful in selecting the candidates.
After much deliberation, he finally decided on Qiu.
The matchmaker status was obtained for free and both parties already had a tacit understanding. How could Qiu miss such a good opportunity to boost performance?
She found a nice sunny day and brought Zhang Shuier to the Lu family.
Pei still hadn't released Zhao. Pei didn't believe that given Zhao's character, Lu Xinlan could change her mind after persuading her twice.
She has been willful for decades, and there is no other way to make her change except to keep trying.
So when Mrs. Qiu entered the room, she found that Mrs. Zhao was not in the room, and the person who talked to her about this matter from beginning to end was Mrs. Pei.
However, Pei is still the mistress of the Lu family. As long as she makes the decision, the matter can be settled.
So Qiu pretended that she didn't notice anything unusual. Within an hour after entering the house, she found out Lu Xinlan's birthday time and asked Liu to match their horoscopes.
At the end of July, the two families formally exchanged engagement letters and decided on the marriage.
On the second day after the marriage was decided, the emperor's reward to Lu Xinlan was finally delivered to the Lu Mansion.
What disappointed Lu Xinran was that the emperor was still too stingy. She thought that with such a contribution, the emperor would definitely give Lu Xinlan the title of a county lady.
As a result, he sent a hundred taels of gold, some expensive clothes, and some hair ornaments and pearls.
Such rewards were within Lu Xinlan's expectations. As soon as the eunuch who read the imperial edict left, she handed the rewards to Pei.
"Grandma, these should all belong to the mansion. You can return them to the palace."
"How can you do that? This is a reward from His Majesty. Grandmother has included it all in your dowry. Take it to your husband's family. When others mention this in the future, you can use it to save face."
Pei smiled as she flipped through the brocade on the tray. "This color is great, and this material is excellent. It can be used to make your wedding dress."
As she spoke, she discussed the tricks with Aunt Xu.
When the two sisters heard them talking about needlework, their scalps went numb and they quickly slipped away when no one was paying attention.
"Sister, grandma won't let you make your wedding dress yourself, right?"
Lu Xinlan turned around and took a look solemnly: "It should be, no."
If she were asked to do it...how would she come up with a reason that wasn't too fantastical?
You can't say that something went wrong with her hands and brain after she fell into the water, and now her eyes go dark whenever she holds a needle and thread!
Seeing that she had a headache, Lu Xinran couldn't help but turn his head away and smile.
Fortunately, she was going to marry the prince, and the wedding dress was prepared by the Ministry of Rites, so she had no worries in this regard.
After the marriage, someone prepared red envelopes and purses for rewarding the servants, so she didn't need to do it herself.
It's the Empress Dowager's birthday again this year, and everyone in the capital has begun looking forward to it early.
The last celebration party made them eat so much melons that they were full, and they hope this one will be a good day as well!
When Lu Xinran got up in the morning and was preparing her makeup, she heard Cuizhu talking about the strange things that had happened in Beijing during this period.
"Miss, you know about Lord Liu from the Metropolitan Procuratorate. His wife is trying to divorce him recently. She has even filed a complaint with Shuntian Prefecture with a list of dowries, demanding that Lord Liu's family return all the dowries that they have taken from her over the years after the divorce."
"Master Liu from the Censorate?"
Lu Xinran was stunned for a moment, and then with the system's reminder, he realized what a big news this was.
She suddenly became interested: "What was the result? Did they get divorced?"
"No, Mr. Liu's family are all peasants. They have been living on his wife's dowry for many years. Not to mention that they have no money at all, even if they had it, they would not be willing to spend it."
Cuizhu's tone became particularly cheerful when she talked about these things in the capital: "They refused to divorce, but Madam Liu was determined to divorce and even wanted the prince to beat Mr. Liu with a stick. Guess what happened in the end?"
Lu Xinran was aroused and urged her to continue.
Cuizhu did not want to keep the secret any longer. She smiled and said, "Later, the prince gave them an idea to let Lord Liu use his two children to offset the money that Madam Liu had spent in the Liu Mansion over the years."
"Use the child as payment?"
Lu Xinran was stunned at first, then shook his head and laughed.
This Song Junyan was really unexpected. If there were any other conditions, Mrs. Liu would definitely not agree to them as she was determined to continue making trouble.
But her offspring were different. They were the children she had carried for ten months and raised with great effort. How could she bear to leave them in a den of wolves like the Liu family?
Moreover, she knew better than anyone whether the Liu family had the ability to repay her.
"What then?"
"Lord Liu will definitely not agree. If he sells his son, his spine will be broken.
"But Madam Liu is still holding on to this point, and Madam Liu's father and brother have dug up the past incident, not only wanting to disgrace Lord Liu, but also wanting him to be dismissed from office and thrown into prison.
"Mr. Liu was finally forced to give the two children to Madam Liu as compensation. On the day they signed the divorce agreement, Madam Liu left the Liu family with her dowry and two children."
Lu Xinran finished eating the big melon with great satisfaction, then got up, changed his clothes and prepared to rush to Zhaoyun Courtyard.
Meanwhile, in Shuntian Prefecture, Song Junyan had been enduring for more than half a month.
All the big news at the celebration banquet became his official duties during this period. With the commotion in various governments, he had no peace for a single day.
There were dark circles under his eyes. When he came back to his senses from the case file, he found that the sun was already setting. If he didn't hurry to Ronghui Garden, it would be too late.