Chapter 101: Next Birthday
The ladies all retreated, and Grandma Cao also smiled and took a few girls out of the room.
"The princess asked you to come?" Lin Wan asked Lu Junzhao with a slight smile on her face, pointing to a pile of gifts in the room, "Isn't this too much?"
Lu Junzhao's eyes were soft, and he stepped forward and shook Lin Wan's hand, explaining: "It's all chosen by my mother, so the courtesy can't be too gentle." He laughed again, and seeing that Lin Wan didn't break away, he tentatively
He hugged Lin Wan's waist.
Lin Wan glared at Lu Junzhao and scolded: "There are no rules! Sit tight and don't move your hands or feet!"
Lu Junzhao frowned and took a step back, but did not let go of his hand. He pulled Lin Wan and started talking to himself: "Did you make socks for my mother? My mother was very happy. She held me and talked for a long time, asking me to take care of myself.
I can't bully you when I treat you. Ah Wan—" Lu Junzhao squeezed Lin Wan's hand, "You have never made anything for me."
Lin Wan let out a silent sigh, glanced at Lu Junzhao, and defended with a guilty conscience: "I'm not good at needlework, how can I do so much? Besides, I haven't married you yet, how can I give you things casually?
You? Do you think everyone is like you?"
"Then you will do it for me in the future?" Lu Junzhao's eyes brightened and he suggested to Lin Wan with a smile on his lips.
Lin Wan said helplessly, "Yeah", stretched out her hand to push Lu Junzhao and urged: "You hurry up, I've given you the gift. If you don't go back, it's time for my second aunt and the others to make fun of you again."
"What are you afraid of?" Lu Junzhao frowned and shouted, "You are my wife!"
"Oh, I can't tell you!" Lin Wan stomped her feet angrily. She twisted Lu Junzhao's arm and said angrily, "You are shameless! Let's go, let's go." After that, she pushed Lu Junzhao hard.
"Ah Wan," Lu Junzhao's voice was filled with helplessness. He hurriedly took Lin Wan's other hand and said with a smile, "Don't worry, I have something to tell you. It's business. Just wait..."
Lin Wan let go of her hand and stood still. She glanced at Lu Junzhao suspiciously. "What's the matter?"
"Didn't you ask about the business in the north a few days ago?" Seeing that Lin Wan no longer urged him to leave, Lu Junzhao raised the corners of his mouth and smiled gently. "I went back and told my father. You don't know, Lu Junzhao is in the north.
The roots of the family, but there are many traveling merchants there. There are few supplies and it is cold all year round, so there are even fewer people who are willing to stay there all year round to do business seriously. There are not many people in the Lu family who can do business. What my father means is to
I'll leave the business and general affairs in the north to you." Lu Junzhao saw Lin Wan raise his eyebrows and hurriedly explained, "I told my father. I have to ask if you are willing."
Lin Wan looked at Lu Junzhao in surprise, her heart moved slightly, and she smiled at Lu Junzhao and said, "What if I say I don't want to?"
"Then don't do it!" Lu Junzhao's voice was decisive and resolute, and he looked at Lin Wan calmly, "I said that we will be good in the future, don't worry. I will not wrong you."
Lin Wan glanced at Lu Junzhao in a funny way, and said with a smile: "What's the use of just saying it? If the prince angers me because of this and disobeys the elders, then my life will not be easy."
"Don't worry about him!" Lu Junzhao coughed decisively, "Let him say it. Anyway, I will take you to the north from now on, and you don't have to look at his face."
Lin Wan blinked his eyes, shook his head and sighed in confusion. "You are still taking me with you in the war?"
"Well, there are several mansions to the north of the Lu family, and there is also the Xining Prince's Mansion, which has been empty for many years." Lu Junzhao had a smile in his eyes, but a very serious expression on his face. He held Lin Wan's hand and pressed it against it.
He whispered into his chest, "Ah Wan, I want to see you every day, but if I can't see you, this place will be crowded. Previously, I was in Yanmen Pass and missed you every day, so much that I couldn't sleep. That time Zhu Qi wrote a letter saying that you
...I didn't dare to close my eyes for several nights. As soon as I closed my eyes, I saw you crying towards me..."
"When have I ever cried?" Lin Wan yelled at Lu Junzhao in embarrassment and hit Lu Junzhao's arm hard, "What nonsense are you talking about? It will ruin my reputation!"
Lu Junzhao caught a glimpse of Lin Wan's ears gradually turning red, and felt in his heart. He lowered his head and pressed it against Lin Wan's forehead, saying warmly: "Don't you remember? I came to see you during the Spring Festival. The night you fell ill. You were so silent.
Standing in front of me crying, I cried so much that I felt flustered. But I couldn't help, I felt bad..."
"I didn't cry!" Lin Wan pinched Lu Junzhao's arm and denied it flatly.
"Okay, okay, I'm not crying, Ah Wan, you're not crying." Lu Junzhao gently held Lin Wan in his arms, buried his head in Lin Wan's hair, and laughed muffledly.
Lin Wan clenched her teeth in frustration, regretting in her heart that her lifelong reputation had been ruined by crying! If she had known, she shouldn't have let him see her that day!
"Aren't you talking about business?" Lin Wan moved Lu Junzhao's hand away. She was embarrassed and annoyed, and brought the topic back angrily, "There is so much business in the north, and the shopkeepers under me were only interested in it before.
You should be more familiar with medicinal materials and grains. The prince didn’t tell you why he asked me to take care of them?”
"He didn't make it clear," Lu Junzhao coughed awkwardly, "When you get married, my father will explain it to you in detail. Do you agree?"
"I have to take a look first!" Lin Wan looked at Lu Junzhao calmly and replied, "Seriously speaking, there is a lot of business that can be done in the north. If it is done well, although it will not be as prosperous as the south, it can still make a lot of money.
But this business can make money, and there are many involved. I’m not familiar with the area where the Lu family governs. Didn’t you say that the Lu family still has business in the north? I have to find out first before making a decision."
"Don't bother. I'll ask Zhu Qi to come over. You can just ask him. If you want to know anything, you can leave it to him." Lu Junzhao pulled Lin Wan closer to him and smiled softly, "You have something to do in the future."
Whatever happens, just tell Zhou Ming and the others."
Lin Wan looked at the gentle smile in Lu Junzhao's eyes, and a warm current gradually filled her heart. She suddenly became interested and joked: "If I let Zhou Ming and the others fool you, for example, to stop you from climbing over the wall, guess what?
Will they agree?"
Lu Junzhao was stunned for a moment, looked away awkwardly, and hesitated: "Awan, I listened to you and didn't climb over the wall."
"You haven't answered yet!" Lin Wan tugged on Lu Junzhao's sleeve and smiled crookedly from the corners of his eyes. His smile flew across Lu Junzhao's chest like a feather. Lu Junzhao looked at Lin Wan awkwardly, but his eyes
Brighter and brighter, he put his arms around Lin Wan and whispered: "Awan, I am their master, and so are you. What do you have to tell me... You look good smiling like this..."
The smile on Lin Wan's face froze for a moment, then she pulled down the corner of her mouth, snorted, tried hard to suppress the abnormal beating in her heart, pushed Lu Junzhao away with great effort, and urged fiercely: "Okay, okay.
Okay, the matter has been explained clearly, please leave quickly!"
"Well, let's go now." Lu Junzhao's eyes were full of smiles, his gaze was so gentle that it made people's hearts tremble, but he still held Lin Wan in his arms and didn't let go.
"What are you still doing?" Lin Wan raised an eyebrow at Lu Junzhao and snorted impatiently, "Are you leaving?"
Lu Junzhao smiled and let go of Lin Wan. The moment he turned around, he lowered his head and kissed Lin Wan's forehead. Before Lin Wan could react, he left the room with a muffled smile.
Lin Wan curled her lips and stared at Lu Junzhao's back speechlessly. She stared for a moment, but the corners of her mouth gradually turned up. There was an inexplicable joy flowing in her heart, and the smile on her face gradually spread.
Lin Wan tried her best to twitch her lips, suppress the trembling in her heart, slowly walked out of the living room, walked around the corridor, and headed into Liu's house.
Mrs. Chen caught a glimpse of Lin Wan entering the room, and the smile in her eyes suddenly deepened. She pulled Lin Wan and joked: "Sister Wan, are you not qualified to be a host? You dismissed the guests in such a short time?"
"He just came to give a gift, what's there to keep?" Lin Wan looked calm on her face and responded with a smile, but her ears felt a little hot.
"Why can't we stay?" Mrs. Chen tilted her head and looked at Lin Wan with a smile, "General Lu made a special trip and didn't even have time to drink a cup of tea, right? You just drove them away? That child has been there since you entered.
House, my eyes are glued to you, but you are eager to drive others away, I feel sorry for that child."
Lin Wan's ears turned red and she stamped her feet, "Second aunt..."
The ladies in the room covered their mouths and laughed when they saw this.
Mrs. Wen, who was sitting on Mrs. Liu's right hand side, quickly pulled Lin Wan, who was looking embarrassed, and spat at Mrs. Chen, saying angrily: "You are so old, but you are still so noisy, and you have to make this little girl blush!
How does she look like an aunt?"
"Why don't I act like an aunt anymore?" Mrs. Chen smiled and raised her eyebrows, and defended, "I watched Sister Wan grow up. Now that she is getting married, I naturally have to take care of her. Humph! This
How about I make the coal for the marriage? Is that boy from the Lu family worthy of our late sister?"
Mrs. Wen smiled and nodded when she heard this, "That's true. I haven't seen Erlang of the Lu family much before, but now that I have seen him, I really think it's quite good. When two people stand together, they can't stop looking at him."
Lin Wan frowned helplessly, surrounded by several ladies. Listening to their joking words, she remembered Lu Junzhao's actions just before he left. She raised her hand to wipe her forehead, and her face gradually became filled with blush.
"Okay, okay, don't say a few words! Girls are thin-skinned. Fortunately, Sister Wan has a good temper, so she can bear it!" Mrs. Xiao saw Lin Wan's embarrassed and helpless face, and interrupted a few people with a smile.
Joking, she smiled softly at Lin Wan and said, "We elders are also happy and talk a lot, and we don't hold back. Just leave us alone and do what you have to do, so as not to be embarrassed standing here."
Lin Wan smiled hurriedly, saluted several people, and left the room under everyone's joking eyes.
As the cold wind blew outside, the heat on Lin Wan's face dissipated a lot. Thinking of what Lu Junzhao said, she made some calculations in her mind. The Lu family ruled the north, and the King of Xining obviously groomed Lu Junzhao as his heir.
Yes, if she marries him, it will be much cheaper to do business in the north in the future. Does the King of Xining mean to hand over the north to her and Lu Junzhao? If she takes charge of the business and general affairs in the north, Lu Junzhao will
They also hold the military power in the north, so the north is almost firmly in their hands.
But doesn’t the Prince of Xining still have an eldest son? The eldest concubine, Wen, is also from everyone’s family, so the King of Xining never thought about his eldest son and his eldest daughter-in-law?
Lin Wan frowned as she thought about it. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
Chapter completed!