Yang Ling and Yao Yuying stayed in Yimei Courtyard until the afternoon. It was not until half past midnight that Yang Ling said goodbye to Lin Wan at the urging of the nanny outside. Yao Yuying followed them and took a carriage back to Yao's house.

Lin Wan stretched, still thinking about Yao Yuying's uncle Yan Qing, and suddenly thought of Hu Wanda, who had no news yet, and frowned. When she was stunned, a dark shadow flashed in front of her eyes, and Lin Wan suddenly stepped back.

He took a step forward and looked up. When he saw the person coming, he slowly exhaled and said with a bit of boredom, "Don't you know how to make a noise? When did you come back? You weren't being chased, were you?"

Yue Liu was wearing a linen coat that had turned yellow after washing, and a half-worn and broken sword hung on his waist. He looked extremely poor. Lin Wan couldn't help but frowned and pointed at Yue Liu's tattered clothes.

Xiu asked in surprise: "Where are your clothes?"

Yue Liu lowered his head slightly to avoid Lin Wan's gaze, shrank his hands, and replied in a rigid and short voice: "I came back last night and went to find Liao Zhongwen, but I didn't change my clothes."

Lin Wan looked into Yue Liu's eyes with a strange expression. After a long time, she sighed and asked seriously: "Are you injured?" He answered her three questions, but he simply avoided the important and took the easy.

Yue Liu's face was tense, and he subconsciously grasped the hilt of the sword, but did not answer.

"It seems that the injury is not serious!" Lin Wan looked at Yue Liu with a mixture of laughter and tears, and waved weakly. "You go and have a rest first, and find a doctor to take a look. I will come back to ask you other questions later."

Yue Liu glanced at Lin Wan, opened his mouth to speak but stopped, finally frowned, waved his hand and walked away.

Lin Wan called out to Yuzhu and told her to go to the second gate to find a boy and ask for a doctor. Then she went to Liu's place to have dinner with her.

In the evening, Yue Liu had changed into his usual clothes and was waiting for Lin Wan quietly in the yard. When Lin Wan entered the hanging flower gate, he saw Yue Liu motionless in the yard blowing the cold wind, stamping his feet, feeling helpless and angry.

Hate said: "I've gone back to the north and your problem has gotten better. Go inside!"

Yue Liu followed Lin Wan into the house without saying a word, and said in a deep voice: "There is still no news from Hu Wanda."

Lin Wan's heart skipped a beat and she raised her eyebrows. "You haven't received any news from the north?"

Yue Liu said "hmm" and frowned. "The Lu family in the north has the best information, and the people I'm looking for are few of them useful."

"You've been away from the north all year round, so you're naturally not that well-informed." Lin Wan nodded, not surprised. "It's okay, there's no news from the Lu family. If something happens to Hu Wanda and the others, the Lu family will have to give me a message.

Xin'er, it's my fault too. You should go back to the north less often in the future. You'll have to suffer a few stabs this time, so it's really not worth it."

Seeing Yue Liu humming again and saying nothing, but standing still, Lin Wan raised her eyebrows and said with a smile: "Forget it, forget it, you don't want to say it. I won't ask you this either." At this point, Lin Wan said

His eyes suddenly brightened. He looked around Yue Liu playfully. "Are you in your twenties this year?"

Yue Liu stared at Lin Wan in surprise and said in a low voice: "Twenty-five."

"Twenty-five years old -" Lin Wan protracted her voice, stroking her forehead with interest, thinking about it while looking at Yue Liu, and after a while she said, "How about I marry you, girl?"

A daughter-in-law, right?"

Yue Liu was so shocked that he staggered and almost lost his balance. He stared at Lin Wan in horror. The room was silent. Yue Liu took a deep breath, frowned and flatly refused: "No!"

"You still don't appreciate it!" Lin Wan curled her lips in disgust, then slowly muttered, "Look at you, you're already twenty-five! It's time to start a family. Let me tell you, these days,

No matter how old you are, no girl will dare to marry you. Is it possible that you still want to go back and try your luck in the world?"

Yue Liu's face turned red. He wanted to argue but it was unreasonable. He just stared at Lin Wan, frowned for a long time, ignored Lin Wan's teasing, waved his hand and walked out.

Lin Wan looked at Yue Liu's back and burst into laughter. She happened to be spotted by Forsythia who was bringing water in, and asked curiously: "Why is the girl so happy?"

"It's nothing. I was thinking of finding a wife for your brother Yue Liu, but unfortunately she didn't appreciate it."

Yue Liu's back outside the door froze, then he quickly turned around and disappeared through the hanging flower door.

Forsythia's eyes widened, she glanced at Yue Liu's back, then at Lin Wan, and suddenly she hugged her belly and started laughing. "I'm just wondering why Brother Yue Liu's face is so long! Hahaha,

The girl is so thoughtful that she actually wants to marry brother Yue Liu... hahaha..."

Lin Wan looked at Forsythia speechlessly and sighed. She went to the inner room to wash up. She took the account book and curled up on the couch and read it slowly by candlelight. It was almost the end of the year.

At the beginning of November, Lu Junzhao personally brought people to pay the betrothal gift, along with some items given by the Holy Father. Mrs. Liu happily welcomed Lu Junzhao in, and the servants carried things into the house in an orderly manner, including various boxes, cabinets and other items.

Most of the Yimei Courtyard is filled with displays, including some extremely exquisite objects such as coral sculptures from the south.

Aunt Cao and Aunt Wei stared at people delivering betrothal gifts in the yard, smiling from ear to ear. Although they were all included in the girl's dowry, it was different, such a heavy gift.

, and it was Uncle Zhun who personally brought people to make the appointment, which shows that the Lu family attaches great importance to it.

After the ceremony was over, Mrs. Liu left Lu Junzhao to say a few more words. Although she still had a straight face, her tone was much better. Later she saw Lu Junzhao glanced at the inner courtyard unintentionally, and Mrs. Liu laughed in her heart.

But he didn't show it on his face, he just said a few more words, and finally he coughed twice at Aunt Cao and said: "Go and talk to the girl. If she is free, please come and see her."

It was still etiquette, and it was not easy for a man and a woman to meet each other after they were engaged. However, after Taizu established the new dynasty, the folk customs gradually became more open, and the Liu family never adhered to these dogmatic customs too much, and did not embarrass Lu Junzhao too much.

Lin Wan had something on her mind, and Lu Junzhao never understood the rules. After going back and forth, he never thought of avoiding suspicion at this time. When Grandma Cao asked Lin Wan to go to the living room, Lin Wan thought that there was no need for anyone to send a message.

It would be more clear in person, and he hurriedly followed Grandma Cao to the living room.

Because Mrs. Liu was there, Lu Junzhao stood neatly beside the chair in the living room, his face tensed, but the smile in his eyes grew stronger and stronger. Thinking of Lin Wan's escape that day at Cishou Temple, his heart gradually expanded.

A layer of joy and warmth.

Lin Wan smiled at Mrs. Liu, and finally gave Lu Junzhao a sideways glance silently. After thinking about it, she turned around and signaled to Aunt Cao to send him away. Aunt Cao understood and hurriedly took Aunt Wei with her.

He took the girls in the house and went to the yard to count the betrothal gifts.

Mrs. Liu raised her eyebrows in surprise and followed out the door, but he stood at the door staring at Lu Junzhao without moving. Although he was a prospective son-in-law, Mrs. Liu knew that Lu Junzhao was not polite before, so naturally now

Not completely relieved, he simply stood at the door and stared.

Lin Wan looked at Mr. Liu's guarded eyes with both laughter and tears, and then glanced at Lu Junzhao. Without turning around, she said directly: "A Ying's uncle." As soon as the words came out of her mouth, Lin Wan suddenly smiled and changed her words, "

That’s Yan Qing, who previously served as deputy director of Yu Heng’s Department of Qing History, in charge of military affairs. He was appointed by the Holy Father after the incident involving the Yao family. Do you remember?”

Lu Junzhao and Liu were both stunned.

Mrs. Liu raised her eyebrows when she heard what Lin Wan said was strange. Doubts also arose in her heart. After hearing Sister Wan's words, why was there something she didn't know about before?

Lu Junzhao was surprised and happy at the same time. He didn't expect Lin Wan to mention Yan Qing at this time. Thinking that his mother-in-law-to-be was looking at him behind him, he still stood upright with a smile in his eyes.

Yi nodded slightly. "Remember, he escorted military supplies to the north. He just got promoted."

"Well, I heard that he got promoted thanks to you, and Aunt Aying also wanted to go to Xining Prince's Mansion to say thank you." Lin Wan was a little embarrassed by Lu Junzhao's joking eyes, and glared back.

.This person just refuses to change his ways. In the past, he only knew how to run rampant and talk nonsense. This time, he learned the lesson and stopped climbing on the wall, but he still spoke so openly. Yesterday at Cishou Temple... Humph!

Lu Junzhao frowned slightly, and then responded: "I understand."

Lin Wan hummed, ignored Lu Junzhao, and went out. She smiled at Mrs. Liu and said, "Mom, come in quickly. It's windy outside, so you don't mind the cold."

Mrs. Liu gave Lin Wan an angry look and asked Lin Wan to go back to the house. She slowly entered the house, frowned and looked around Lu Junzhao, and said seriously with a straight face: "Sister Wan, I have spoiled you over the years."

She has a bit of a delicate temperament, but she is also bold and even wants to inquire about the court's career. It would be better if she were a boy, but she is a daughter. In the future, you have to be responsible in your life, so you have to tolerate her more.

"

Lu Junzhao hurriedly raised his hands and responded: "Don't worry, the Lu family is different from other families, and I am not someone else. A Wan has this insight. This is the Lu family's luck and my kid's luck."

Ms. Liu nodded with satisfaction before letting Lu Junzhao go.

In the evening, the Lu family's mother-in-law brought another lacquered wooden box and sent it to the Chong'an Marquis' Mansion. She said that the second master of the family had picked it and had forgotten to put it with the betrothal gift, so she hurriedly delivered it.

Mrs. Liu smiled and asked someone to reward the wife with money, and then sent her out with a smile. Then she opened the box in surprise. When she saw it, Mrs. Liu looked weird again. Lying in the box was

An emerald butterfly hairpin and a jasper hairpin with excellent water quality. The jasper hairpin looked familiar to Mrs. Liu, and she suddenly remembered that Lu Junzhao seemed to have given this thing as a gift last year - and later she had someone return it with the return gift.

I went back. Is it possible that there was no mistake at all at that time? My son-in-law came here specifically to give away hairpins?

Mrs. Liu suddenly realized it. Looking at the box, she felt dumbfounded. She called the girl next to her and said, "Send this box to the girl and say it was sent by the Lu family. It will be included in the betrothal gift."

Lin Wan was stunned for a moment when she saw the objects in the box. Zhu Jin came over and said in surprise, "Isn't this the wrong hairpin given by the Lu family last year?" As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Jin blinked and said,

He asked with some uncertainty, "Is it possible that I didn't send the wrong one at that time?"

Lin Wan coughed twice and interrupted Zhu Jin's words. She thrust the box into Zhu Jin's hands and said, "Why do you care so much? It's a betrothal gift anyway. Just keep it." In her heart, she scolded Lu Junzhao again for still keeping it.

Holding this broken hairpin! Suddenly she remembered the pair of jade pendants she had kept. Lin Wan suddenly felt a little helpless. After thinking about it, she took out the jade pendant with Zhu Hibiscus and put it together with the hairpin.

Zhu Jin looked at the jade pendant that Lin Wan took out inexplicably, frowned, and was full of doubts, but did not ask again and put the things away. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation.

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