Chapter 255: Mingzhu’s blind date

More than ten days have passed since the Lantern Festival in Tianbao's eleventh year. The red lanterns in front of the gate of Dugu Mansion have gradually faded. The liveliness and joy of the Lantern Festival have gradually faded away. The noise has returned to peace, and the day has begun in a simple manner.

That morning, Dugu Mingzhu, dressed in white fox makeup, secretly walked out of the side door with a donkey, preparing to attend a small gathering of friends. Although Mingzhu grew one year later, she still couldn't see the maturity and stability of the seventeen-year-old girl. Her personality was still enthusiastic, and her thinking was also jumping and unstable. For example, in the morning, she said that she hated eating fish the most, and maybe she would eat a whole piece during dinner. This was an elusive seventeen-year-old girl.

Mingzhu was in a very bad mood these two days. The diamond she gave her was lost when she took it out to show off. She thought about it and felt that it could only be stolen by Cui Liuliu. While the party was today, she must ask her to come back.

Mingzhu leaned her head and looked out the door. She was most afraid of meeting her mother at this time, so she scolded her and called her back into the house.

"Miss Three, are you going out?"

The sudden sound behind him scared Mingzhu. When he turned around, he saw that it was the housekeeper's wife Liu Erniang. Mingzhu stomped her feet and said, "Er Niang, you've scared me to death."

Liu Erniang smiled and said, "I would like to advise the third girl not to go out?"

"Why?"

"Because the lady is already looking for you everywhere."

"Look for me?" Mingzhu was stunned, "What are you looking for me?"

"What a good thing! Go back!"

At this time, Mrs. Pei's close maid Amber appeared in front of the Yuemen not far away, "Miss Three, Madam asked you to go back to the house immediately."

Mingzhu threw the donkey reins to Liu Erniang, stepped forward and wrapped Amber in his face and smiled, "Sister Amber, what's wrong with me!"

Amber sighed and said, "Someone is coming to a blind date later. Madam asks you to go back and dress up."

Mingzhu widened her eyes and said, "Blind date? Who is blind date? Sister? Didn't she promise Li Qing'an? Why did she want to date again?"

When Amber saw her pretending to be stupid, she said angrily: "Miss Three, I'm asking you to go on a blind date."

Mingzhu stood there for a long time, and suddenly shouted, "It's amazing, I'm going to kill someone."

She turned around and snatched the donkey and ran away. Liu Erniang was ready, so she grabbed her arm and smiled, "Madam, I knew you were going to run away, so I asked me to stare at you, Miss Three, go back with me obediently! Otherwise, I will ask those healthy women who are chopping firewood to carry you back."

Liu Erniang was extremely powerful, and she grabbed Mingzhu's arm like an eagle claw, dragging her back.

"I won't go! Er Mother let me go, I will give you ten guan coins, or I will give you twenty guan coins, you can let me go!"

"Pearl!"

An angry shout came from the front, and her mother, Mrs. Pei, appeared at the door of the inner house. Mingzhu immediately calmed down, and Liu Erniang also let her go.

"Madam, the third girl wants to sneak out, but I caught her."

Mrs. Pei nodded, "You have done a good job, and I will get a reward when you look back."

She slowly walked to Mingzhu, looked at her, and saw that she was wearing weird makeup, she couldn't help but say coldly: "Do you want to go party with those friends again?"

"Mom, you are not friends, you are all daughters of aristocratic families you know. Today we have made an appointment to go to Qujiang to shoot arrows."

"Hmph! What kind of daughters of a noble family? Last time you wore strange clothes and crossed the street, causing a huge uproar in Chang'an. You were also in it. I really lost my face!"

"Mom, today...

"shut up!"

Mrs. Pei shouted angrily, turned around and pointed at Xiuluo and said, "Go back immediately, change your clothes, wash your face, and then come to see me."

Mingzhu didn't dare to talk back to her mother, so she had to bow her head and hurried back to the room. When she returned to the room, she pouted and changed her clothes, and the maid brought her a basin of hot water to wash her face.

At this time, Mingyue pushed open the door and walked in. Seeing that her sister was full of unhappiness, she smiled and said, "What, don't you want to go on a blind date?"

"I don't want to go on blind dates! I just want to dress beautifully, let that man fall in love with me, and then marry me like a gift. My mother will be happy. Whether I die or live in the future has nothing to do with her."

When Mingyue heard her sister's tone of extreme expression, she advised her softly: "Don't say that, Mom is for your own good. You are seventeen years old this year and it is indeed time to get married. Besides, the person who came to date the blind today is the third son of the Lu family. He has good character and talent. He is also the county magistrate of Luochuan. He is a good match with our family. He is your good match."

"Yo! Yo! Yo! A good match?"

Mingzhu kept screaming strangely, rolled her eyes to her sister and said, "You actually said that Zhao Xuming was also very good at the time? Why don't you want him? Now you have jumped out of the fire and married a good husband, and you will harm your sister. Are you still my sister?"

Mingyue was speechless by her rebuttal, and after a while, she said: "The key is character. Zhao Xu was really not good at character. He clearly had a wife in his family and wanted to hide and deceive. How could such a person marry him? Mr. Lu San is different. He has always been very strict in tutoring. I have seen him once in the poetry club before, and it is indeed good."

"Hmph! Zhao Xuming only later learned that his family had married. When my mother said that he had a good character, didn't you also seek death? Now you said that Mr. Lu is a good character. Why didn't you marry him at the beginning? I forced me to do something I didn't want to do, and I won't do it!"

Although Mingzhu was talking anger, Mingyue also felt that there was some truth. She didn't know much about what kind of person Lu Yizhong was. She just thought that he should have a good character from a famous family. But once his sister married the wrong person, it would ruin her life. She was the eldest sister, so she should consider this matter clearly for her sister.

She thought about it and said with a smile: "If you really don't want to, then pretend to be sick! When we delay today, we will investigate his situation behind the scenes. If it really doesn't work, we will refuse."

Seeing that her sister was finally willing to think about her, Mingzhu couldn't help but feel energetic and hurriedly said, "It may not be possible to pretend to be sick. My mother has seen me just now, so she will definitely not believe it."

"Then what can you do?"

Mingzhu blinked, leaned close to her sister's ear, whispered a few words. Mingyue patted her head and smiled and said, "You weirdo, you will definitely scold me to death, I won't help you."

Mingzhu held her sister's arm and said coquettishly: "Good sister, please help me! If you can marry a man of good fortune, isn't it that I'm traveling thousands of miles to Beiting? Why don't you remember your kindness!"

When Mingyue heard her come up with the old account, she had no choice but to agree, "Okay! Who told you to be my sister? I have to help you this time."

Mingzhu jumped up with joy, and she hurriedly said, "There is not much time, we have to prepare quickly!"

In the small living room of Dugu family, Lu Yizhong, who came to go on a blind date, has arrived. Lu Yizhong is the son of Lu Hui, the former prefect of Weizhou, and is a child of the famous family of the Tang Dynasty. He is 23 years old this year and is a handsome man. Although he has not been able to get a fame, he has a good knowledge. He passed the school two years ago and was really flawed as the magistrate of Luochuan County, Ningzhou. He can be said to be successful in his youth and is the leader of the young doctor in Chang'an. People like him are the hottest lovers in the love field in Chang'an. I don't know how many people want to marry his daughter to him. He is also the dream lover of countless girls.

Lu Yizhong has a pretty good character, but his only disadvantage is that he is a little arrogant. No wonder he is the legitimate son of a famous family. He has very excellent conditions and is young. It is natural to have a little arrogant.

Today, Lu Yizhong's mother ordered him to come to Dugu's house for a blind date. Originally, his mother was going to come to Dugu's house for a blind date, but because of the family's affairs, today I asked Lu Yizhong to come to Dugu's house for a blind date. Lu Yizhong answered Mrs. Pei's question politely.

"The aunt died a few days ago. Today is the first seventh day. My mother wants to accompany her father to the Cui family to celebrate the filial piety, so she can't come today."

"Oh! It turns out that the old lady has passed away." Mrs. Pei sighed and said, "Now the Cui family has lost an important family elder."

Lu Yizhong took a sip of tea and asked tentatively: "Madam, I wonder if Mingzhu is at home today?"

Although Mingzhu is also famous in the girl circle in Chang'an, Lu Yizhong didn't know that he only knew his sister Mingyue, who was a famous beauty in Chang'an. He had thoughts about Mingyue, but Li Qing'an's sword made him cut off Mingyue's thoughts like other men who loved Mingyue. However, Mingyue was so beautiful, her sister must not be much different. Lu Yizhong rushed to the blind date and hoped to see a fairy-like girl.

Mrs. Pei is quite satisfied with Lu Yizhong. The young man is well-educated and very calm. Last time she missed Zhao Xuming, she would not make conclusions about people and things so easily. Including Lu Yizhong, who is handsome and has a good talent, I don’t know if his character is as good as his mother brags about. Mrs. Pei sat with Mrs. Lu at the New Year banquet and talked about her children’s marriage, and then decided to go on a blind date. Today, Lu Yizhong came to the woman’s house. If both parties are satisfied, Mrs. Pei would take her daughter to the Lu family and let the Lu family see Mingzhu. If both parties are satisfied, then the marriage will be settled.

When Mrs. Pei saw Lu Yizhong asking Mingzhu, she was also a little anxious. Why did Mingzhu take so long to change her clothes? Could it be that this dead girl escaped again?

At this moment, she suddenly saw the eldest daughter Mingyue wave to her behind the screen beside the side door, and then smiled at Lu Yizhong and said, "Please sit down for a while, I'll go urging Mingzhu."

"Mrs. I will wait patiently."

Mrs. Pei stood up and walked towards the side door. She frowned and asked Mingyue, "Why haven't your sister come yet? Go and urge me!"

"Mom, my sister is putting on makeup and combed her hair! She's coming soon, I'll have something to ask you for."

"What's the matter? Can't you say it at night?"

"It's too late tonight, and things are very urgent."

Mrs. Pei hesitated for a moment. Although Mingzhu was on a blind date, the marriage of her eldest daughter was related to the fate of the Dugu family, which was very important, so Mrs. Pei did not dare to be careless at all. Since Mingzhu was putting on makeup, it would probably not be better in a while. She nodded and said to the maid Amber behind her: "You go find Mingzhu and take her directly to the living room to meet Mr. Lu, and don't let her slip away, do you know?"

"yes!"

Amber bowed and hurried away. Mrs. Pei said to Mingyue: "Let's go! Let's talk to my mother."

The mother and daughter walked quickly to the inner house. As soon as they walked away, Mingzhu poked her head out of the bamboo forest not far away. She kept looking at Amber and walked away, then she came out of the bamboo forest. She did simplify her makeup and changed into a formal dress. She was just holding a wine pot in her hand. This was the wine pot left by her deceased grandfather. The ancestor gave it to her. It was a purple jade gourd that could hold two or three kilograms of wine.

Mingzhu unscrewed the plug of the wine pot, poured two big sips of wine into her mouth, and sprayed it onto her dress with a "puff!". She smelled the dress, nodded with satisfaction, stuffed the lid of the wine pot, and took out a piece of red rouge, covering her face and neck, and then she pretended to be stumbled towards the living room.

In the living room, Lu Yizhong was holding a teacup, looking at the door anxiously. Suddenly, a "click!" sound came from the side door, and someone bumped into the screen. The screen shook violently and almost collapsed, which shocked Lu Yizhong's teacup almost fell to the ground.

"Where are you from the white-faced servant?"

A smell of alcohol came to her face, and a drunk girl appeared in front of Lu Yizhong. Although she looked very good, her dress was messy, her hair was combed with double rings, but a ring was scattered, and half of her hair was scattered on her shoulders. Her eyes were full of drunkenness, her face was flushed with alcohol, and even red to her neck.

When Lu Yizhong heard her call him a white-faced servant, he was really unhappy and said with a heavy face: "Who are you? Why are you so rude?"

"Who am I? Humph!" Mingzhu snorted, then sat cross-legged like a servant, and sat in her mother's seat just now. This is usually the place where the elders sat. A junior like Mingzhu should sit on her lower head. Lu Yizhong frowned. Just as she was about to remind her that she was sitting in the wrong place, her eyes suddenly widened. She raised the wine pot, 'gulp!' and took a few big mouthfuls, burping with a burp, and a pungent smell of alcohol came to her face.

She blew her nose loudly, wiped it with her sleeve, and said in a muffled voice: "You are the servant Lu! I am Mingzhu, whoever is blind date with you, how do I think I am? Are you beautiful? People say I am as beautiful as a fairy, what do you think?"

Lu Yizhong was stunned. He had never seen such a good wine, such a sloppy, and shameless woman who praised him as beautiful as a fairy. He felt uncomfortable in his heart and could not say a word. He thought to himself: "Is this the legendary pearl of the Dugu family? It's really extraordinary!"

He resisted his disgust and advised her: "Miss Mingzhu, it's not good for women to drink, you'd better stop drinking!

Mingzhu gave him a blank look and said to herself drunk: "Wine is my best friend. I have to drink three pots every day since I was ten years old. I can't live without wine. Men can't let it go, and wine cannot be left behind."

She burped again, squinted her eyes and said to Lu Yizhong: "White-faced servant, if you want to marry me, you have to let me drink. If I drink enough, I will go to bed. Where is you? You can do whatever you want, I don't care about you, how good!"

"Miss Mingzhu, I will warn you in the end not to call me a white-faced servant, have you heard?"

"Oh! You're pretending to be gentle, then I won't call you a white-faced servant, a white-faced servant, what should I call you? Let me think about it carefully, um! You have to drink some wine before thinking about it."

As she said that, Mingzhu picked up the wine pot and poured two sips of wine. At this time, her wine was really coming up. She suddenly pointed at Lu Yizhong and laughed, "By the way, I called you little Lu'er, what a nice name! It reminded me of my little donkey today, you two are just brothers."

Lu Yizhong could no longer control himself, so he stood up and said angrily: "Miss Mingzhu, be kind to you!"

Mingzhu smiled so hard that she slapped her thighs, "Okay! OK! OK! It's my little donkey like you, it's OK now!"

She put down the wine pot, placed her hands on her head, stretched her face, imitating the donkey's loud scream, and waved her hands on her head to him.

Lu Yizhong was so angry that he stomped his feet, "Forget it!" He turned around and strode away. He was filled with regret, regretting why he had to go on a blind date with a hot head and humiliate himself. Fortunately, he came to see it, otherwise he would have regretted it for the rest of his life if he married this woman.

Mingzhu was so happy that she wanted to laugh. At this time, the drunkenness surged on her head. She was so tight that she quickly stood up against the wall. She had to leave here quickly. If her mother saw it, she stumbled out of the small door. Suddenly, she covered her throat and rushed into the bamboo forest, and vomited in the dark.

Mingzhu’s blind date has ended. Mrs. Pei still didn’t know that Mingyue told her an extremely important thing, which made her forget Mingzhu’s blind date.

Mingyue received news from the palace in the morning. Concubine Yang sent a palace maid to invite her to stay in Huaqing Palace for a few days. Mingyue wanted to discuss with her mother, but she did not agree immediately.

"No! You must not go."
To be continued...