In the courtyard, thirty men wearing masks stood neatly.
Xia Kun said: "This is the first batch of dead soldiers."
"Well done." Lu Yi said, "According to the original plan, only ten of them were left in the mansion, and the rest were arranged..."
"Understood." Xia Kun said, "There has been some movement in the Ministry of War recently..."
"I had expected it a long time ago." Lu Yi said, "It's a pity that your ambition is not in the court, otherwise it would be very suitable to go to the Ministry of War."
"Not interested in."
The two talked for a long time, and when they saw it was time for dinner, they ate in the house.
"Uncle Xia." Lu Zhiyun came over, "I'll give you something."
Xia Kun smiled lightly: "What?"
"This is the knee brace I made myself." Lu Zhiyun said, "Try to see if it works."
Xia Kun took it and looked it up and down, with soft eyes: "It's easy to use."
"You haven't used it yet!"
"Such a good material, so soft to the touch, you can tell it's useful just by looking at it." Xia Kun said, "But don't make it for Uncle Xia in the future. Doing it too much will hurt your hands and eyes."
"Don't worry, I'm sensible."
Lu Yi looked at Xia Kun and Lu Zhiyun from the side and said, "I don't have knee pads yet, so I'll make them for you Uncle Xia first."
"Dad, I just made you two new clothes!" Lu Zhiyun said, "Why are you so jealous?"
Xia Kun said: "Your father is stingy, don't pay attention to him."
"You like your daughter so much, what if you give birth to a daughter in the future?" Lu Yi said, "How is that boy in your family? Is he making trouble?"
"Oh no, his mother has lost a lot of weight. I found two nannies, but she only left one. No matter how much trouble the boy made, she was always nice and talkative. I wanted to slap him on the butt."
After dinner, Xia Kun left, and Lu Yi returned to the bedroom after washing up.
Mu Siyu was talking to two girls. Seeing Lu Yi come in, she asked the two girls to leave.
"What are you whispering that I can't listen to?"
"We are discussing the marriage of two girls." Mu Siyu said, "They have been with me for many years. They are not young anymore. If they don't get married, they will be old girls. I know they can't let me go. They feel that they can't stay with me if they get married.
I'm here to serve you personally. In fact, you can't be my personal maid, you can be my steward. Zisu and Ziyuan have been following me and learned a lot, but it feels aggrieved just to be a maid. Before you came, these two girls were still following me.
There’s a quarrel!”
"Speaking of marriage matters, there is one more thing you need to worry about."
"What's wrong?" Mu Siyu asked.
"It belongs to Brother Xuan." Lu Yi said, "Our fourth child is already here, but he is still alone. The entire mansion is empty and there is no mistress. How lonely it is!"
Mu Siyu thought about what happened to Lu Xuan before, and said, "My uncle is a debtor, but he is not the rightful owner. But you are right, it should be put on the agenda."
"I met General Su not long ago. According to his wishes, he intends to betroth his daughter to Brother Xuan."
"Su Zhiliu?"
"That's right."
"But……"
Su Zhiliu and Chu Ningzhu are handkerchiefs, isn't that inappropriate? Although Chu Ningzhu has her own fate now, she liked Lu Xuan before, so it hurts their relationship.
"What's wrong?" Lu Yi saw that she looked wrong and asked.
Mu Siyu expressed her worries.
"This is not a problem." Lu Yi said, "As long as Miss Su doesn't mind and Brother Xuan doesn't mind, I don't think others have the right to interfere."
"Is there no other choice?"
"I'm afraid it's not a good fate for the noble ladies in the capital to have high eyesight. I have also considered other candidates, but none of them are of the right age and status, and none are as good as this Miss Su." Lu Yi said, "In addition,
Brother Shangxuan is the one that General Su likes. At least he won't be embarrassed by his father-in-law. If it were another family, there would be a lot of intrigues and intrigues, which would be very troublesome."
"I don't think there are any suitable ones, but you are interested in the Su family, right?" Mu Siyu glared at him, "I don't care what you do in the court on weekdays, but you are not allowed to use your family as a bargaining chip."
"My good lady, I would never dare to do such a thing."
"So? What do you think?"
"I really considered all the circumstances and analyzed that this marriage in the Su family is the most suitable result for Brother Xuan." Lu Yi hugged Mu Siyu and let her sit on his lap. "You see Miss Su?
She has a good character and is cheerful. Because she is the daughter of a military commander, she doesn’t have complicated thoughts. You know Brother Xuan, he has serious thoughts and needs such an open-minded person to accompany him. "
"Does uncle know?"
"He knew that I wanted to marry him, but he didn't know that it was the Su family."
"I have some friendship with Miss Su. Why don't I take some time to probe her first? If General Su insists on having his own way, let's not embarrass the girl. If she is also interested, let's ask my uncle what he thinks.
"
When holding the banquet this time, she also paid special attention to the unmarried ladies. As Lu Yi said, although she didn't fully understand them, they could be said to be acquainted with them, and there were really few who were suitable to be sisters-in-law.
If she were asked to choose, of course she would prefer Su Zhiliu. Because this girl doesn't have so many things to do, she is more comfortable to get along with.
Of course, getting married is Lu Xuan's business, and you have to ask the parties concerned about their intentions.
"Are there a few more people in our house?" Mu Siyu asked.
"Yes, they hide in the dark and don't usually show up." Lu Yi said, "You don't have to worry about them. They are under Xia Kun's control. They will handle anything on their own."
"I'm going to renovate the mansion. I'll give the drawings to Brother Xia tomorrow and ask him to be careful not to accidentally touch the mechanism."
Both husband and wife are busy people, and they don't see anyone during the day. They can only hug each other and talk for a long time at night. Sometimes it's trivial things, sometimes it's serious business. After talking, they lean together and feel each other's presence.
"The master who taught Xiao Yun'er today said that Xiao Yun'er is so talented that she really shouldn't waste time on embroidery. I felt that what he said was wrong, so I argued with her for a few words."
"You, just dote on Xiao Yun'er." Lu Yi said, "Master also cherishes talents. But Xiao Yun'er likes embroidery, let's wait until she doesn't want to learn it anymore! As for other things, I think she can handle it too.
Very good. When I came back yesterday, I heard the sound of the piano. I followed the sound and found out that it was our daughter playing."
Mu Siyu breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that the sadness in Lu Yi's brows disappeared.
She noticed something was wrong as soon as he came back. He was particularly irritable today, but he didn't want to show it in front of her and kept suppressing his emotions.
But what she wanted was never his suppression, but complete relaxation, throwing away those negative things that made her unhappy, and facing it with a different mentality.