When Fusheng saw Zhou Wanqian, he was surprised and smiled and said hello: "Miss Zhou is here too, what a coincidence."

Zhou Wanqian is not familiar with Fusheng and has a good impression of him. She always thinks that Fusheng is the kind of person who is so naughty.

In addition, Zhou Wanqian was in a bad mood today, so he nodded and ignored him.

When Xiaoman saw this, he smiled apologetically and leaned into Fusheng's ear and whispered: "My cousin is in a bad mood, Brother Fusheng should not care."

Fusheng patted his head and said with a smile: "Let's go, my wife cooks herself today and must have made what you like."

Xiaoman cheered and took a few steps, but he didn't see Zhou Wanqian following him. When he came back, he saw Zhou Wanqian standing in place with his head hanging down and dejectedly.

"Brother Fusheng, wait."

Xiaoman said that, then ran back to Zhou Wanqian and said, "Cousin, have you not eaten the food made by my mother for a long time? Today, my mother cooks by herself. You can go with us and go back to Qingping Lane after dinner."

Fusheng also came over and said enthusiastically: "Yes, Miss Zhou, let's go together. After dinner, I'll take you back to Qingping Lane."

"No, I can go back by myself." Zhou Wanqian said, strode forward.

Seeing the carriage parked not far away, Zhou Wanqian asked Xiaoman: "Didn't you learn how to ride a horse?"

Xiaoman felt a little embarrassed: "If my father doesn't come, I'll take the bus back."

Zhou Wanqian looked at him and muttered, "Sweet."

In the evening, Zhou Wanqian had a beautiful meal, touched his stomach, and looked at Yan Xuehuai for a wedding dress: "I said, it will take half an hour to wear this dress. This is too troublesome. What if you sleep in on the wedding day and don't have time to change your clothes?"

Yan Xuehuai smiled and said, "It takes no time to wear it in half an hour. At most, I can wear it in half an incense stick. I have tried it several times."

Zhou Wanqian snorted and suddenly said, "Lu Jingzhai has returned to the Ministry of Justice."

"Oh." Yan Xuehuai replied casually.

"Don't pretend to be confused. You asked Yan Qi to intimidate him, right?" Zhou Wanqian asked.

Yan Xuehuai waved his hand, and several maids stepped back. Yan Xuehuai sat down next to Zhou Wanqian in a big red wedding dress, stretched out a finger, held up Zhou Wanqian's chin, and said lustfully: "Girl, are you moved by the heart?"

Zhou Wanqian waved her hand and opened her hand and cursed, "What kind of love do I feel like when I am? Do you know? Lu Jingjian is not in the shop, so I have to spend money to hire people. He is able to read and settle accounts. If he hires such a person, he will have to pay at least thirty-five taels of silver a year, plus four clothes. During festivals, he will also give red envelopes. If you don't even say hello, you will be scolded by Yan Qi. Don't forget that you are also the boss of Qianweiju."

Yan Xuehuai stared at her in surprise: "You really just feel sorry for Yinzi, aren't you reluctant to part with Lu Jinxing?"

"Of course I can't bear to leave it. You don't know how difficult it is to recruit such a person now. He is half a shopkeeper. When I was not here, he looked at the shop and never made any mistakes." Zhou Wanqian became more and more angry. Yan Huaishui, a lazy guy, has almost never taken care of since Qianweiju opened. If it weren't for Lu Jinxing's help, she would have been exhausted.

Yan Xuehuai blinked and hesitated a little: "That, that's it, do you like Lu Jinxing too?"

"What?" Zhou Wanqian was stunned and then realized what Yan Xuehuai meant to like. She screamed, "I like him? He is a little white-faced. I don't like a little white-faced person the most. A little white-faced person is not kind-hearted."

Yan Xuehuai quickly covered his ears, and saw Zhou Wanqian staring at Dandan, and quickly explained: "You don't like Lu Jinxing, but he is interested in you, so I asked Chai Yan to talk to him. After the talk, he was at ease with the Ministry of Justice and did not return to Qianweiju."

Now it was Zhou Wanqian's turn to blink: "He is interested in me? But I don't have any of him, and what did Chai Yan talk to him?"

Yan Xuehuai didn't hide it from her and said, "Chai Yan asked him if he had ever thought about whether you could live a happy life in the Lu family?"

Zhou Wanqian was stunned again and asked subconsciously: "How did he answer?"

Yan Xuehuai looked at her and said, "He said nothing. He walked around the house a few times before saying to Chai Yan that he would go back to the Ministry of Justice tomorrow."

Zhou Wanqian was stunned and exhaled a long breath: "Lu Jingzhai is still a man, and it's not in vain to me."

Yan Xuehuai...Sister, what are you saying?

However, Zhou Wanqian soon became excited: "You said, what kind of wife Lu Jingzhai will marry in the future, I guess he must be like him, and he is very good at pretending."

Yan Xuehuai laughed out loud, maybe, who knows, everyone has their own fate, but she knows that Zhou Wanqian is not suitable for being a Lu family's wife, and the Lu family will not like such a daughter-in-law. Even if it is not difficult for her to agree, Zhou Wanqian will have a difficult life in the next few decades.

The Lu family will not divorce their wives or divorce them.

Although Yan Xuehuai kindly invited Zhou Wanqian to stay overnight, Zhou Wanqian still wanted to go back to Qingping Lane. There was only one reason. She thought there were too many maids and mothers in the Duke's mansion, and she felt annoyed.

Li Qiniang was worried that she would go back alone, so Xiaoman said, "My son is going to Qingping Lane to find two books, and my son will send him to my cousin."

Li Qiniang agreed. After Qi Wei heard about it, she asked Fusheng to accompany Xiaoman to see Zhou Wanqian off.

Zhou Wanqian did not refuse, so she had never seen any stepfather in the family who loved her son so much, for fear that her son would be taken away by the flowers, and when she went out, she would have to let the person she trusted the most follow her.

Fusheng was riding a horse, and Zhou Wanqian and Xiaoman were sitting in the carriage. Zhou Wanqian was not so particular. She thought the carriage was not breathable, so she simply rolled up the curtains and the cool breeze came in. Xiaoman wrapped herself in a blanket like a cocoon.

Zhou Wanqian looked at him and wanted to make a few sarcastic words, but suddenly he remembered Zhou Xiaobai, and the expression on his face collapsed.

"Little thing, do you still remember your biological mother?" Zhou Wanqian asked.

Xiaofan's mind was spinning rapidly, and he knew that Zhou Wanqian must have thought of Miss Ruan.

"I remember, if my mother knew that I had a new home now, she would be very happy."

Zhou Wanqian snorted again, looking out the car window, but saw Fusheng riding on a horse, walking slowly beside the car. He thought he had heard what he had just said.

"Hey, what about you, do you still remember?" Zhou Wanqian raised his voice.

Fusheng looked over with no smile on his face: "After I lost it, my mother was very guilty and passed away soon."

Zhou Wanqian was stunned. She seemed not to ask them. Xiaoman and Fusheng were both children without their own mothers.

"My mother is alive, but she doesn't want to see me, she doesn't even see me."

After Zhou Wanqian finished speaking, he fell back and looked up at the dark ceiling, stopping talking.

Xiaoman looked at Fu Sheng outside the car window and simply closed his mouth.

When he arrived at Qingping Lane, Xiaoman ran back to his study to find a book. Zhou Wanqian also wanted to go back to his house. Fusheng's voice came from behind: "As long as you know she is still alive, that's enough."

Zhou Wanqian understood the two sentences without beginning or end.

She stopped, turned around, reached out and pulled out a bead flower from her head, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "This set of hair was given to me by her, I just wanted to put it on and show it to her... Since she doesn't want to see it, then forget it."

After saying that, Zhou Wanqian shook his arm and walked into the night that dissolved the moonlight.

Fusheng looked at the back that was leaving, smiled and shook his head. This girl was also quite interesting.

The next day, Zhou Hong took Mrs. Ruan to move into the house located in Lianhua Lane. Among them, Mrs. Ji and Winter Sweet were moved in with the couple.

Zhou Dazhuan and Li Qiniang were going to congratulate each other, but Zhou Hong declined. Therefore, the two only gave gifts, but the others did not go.

The President Zhou Dajia and Li Qiniang didn't care. They had guessed that this would be the case.

Mr. Lu recently wanted to do a business and rent a boat from the Cao Gang. He couldn't go directly to Zhou Dazhu. Fortunately, he had met Li Yunpan a few times, so he asked Li Yunpan to come to Li Yunpan. When Li Yunpan heard this, he became interested and wanted to invest!

Mr. Lu thought for a moment and agreed. Therefore, on the day Zhou Hong moved, Mr. Lu was not as polite as the person had not arrived. He also brought Zhou Hong a message that he had gone to business and had to leave the capital for some time.

On the third day after moving into his new residence, Zhou Hong reported to Taichang Temple.

Zhou Wanqian went to Lianhua Lane several times, but was blocked outside the door.

Zhou Wanqian had been to Lianhua Lane, but the door didn't know her. After going in and reporting, he came back soon: "This girl is so embarrassed. The mistress at home is ill and it is not convenient to see the guests. Please come back."

The door was closed again. Zhou Wanqian looked at the closed door without saying a word. He raised his leg and kicked the door. The door cracked, and Zhou Wanqian turned around and left, never looking back.

Zhou Xiaobai adapted very quickly in the palace, mainly because they were studying outside the palace and could leave the palace every day. The palace was just a place to sleep. The prince was worried that Chai Hao would not adapt after moving to the prince's office, so he chose more than a dozen children of thirteen or fourteen years old to be guards for him and played with him. Therefore, the prince's office was lively and Zhou Xiaobai had never thought about home.

Besides, he has no home to imagine.

During the break, Lu Jiaming returned to the Lu Mansion, Tao Sicheng went to his aunt's house in the capital, and Zhou Xiaobai returned to the Duke's mansion. Xiaoman vacated the two rooms in Zhuyun Pavilion for him, and Qi Wei found two children from the old servant of the Qi family and became servants for Zhou Xiaobai.

At first, Zhou Xiaobai was worried about being taken for homework by Qi Fu, and he didn't want to live in the Duke's Mansion. However, when he heard that Mr. Lu went out to do business, his sister couldn't even enter the gate of Lianhua Lane, she broke down and lived in the Duke's Mansion honestly. After a while, it became a habit.

Li Qiniang was worried that Zhou Xiaobai was feeling awkward, but soon she realized that she was thinking too much.

Zhou Wanqian was still in a low mood for a few days, but Zhou Xiaobai never even felt low. Li Qiniang thought about it and realized that these two children had no biological mother since childhood and had never felt maternal love. The only father was in a state of being free to raising them, either giving money or slapping them. From childhood to adulthood, they were constantly adapting.

They have never had a real home either.

When I was a child, my home was in the nest of bandits, and I was with a group of bandits.

After a little older, I arrived in Pingcheng and lived in the inn for a long time. The inn and Dongji Barbecue were their homes.

When they came to the capital, Lu Erye’s residence was their home, and later they regarded Qingping Lane as their home.

These places have been lived in for a long time, but none of them are their own homes.

Therefore, they have become a habit for a long time, and may be a little sad because of Mrs. Ruan's attitude, but it will not affect them. They will be awkward for a while and will pass by. They will do whatever they should do. They are like two seeds blowing in the wind. Once they take root, they will grow wildly.

The weather is getting colder and colder, and Yan Xuehuai's wedding date is approaching day by day.

On the day of the winter solstice, the emperor led the prince and three princes, civil and military officials to worship the heaven and earth in the Great Sacrifice Hall, worship the ancestors, the Great Ming God, the Night Ming God, the Big Dipper, the Five Stars, the Twenty-Eight Constellations and the Zhoutian Stars, the Cloud Master, the Rain Master, the Feng Bo, and the Thunder Master God's Seal.

Afterwards, the emperor issued an order to fast for three days. Ladies of the third rank or above in Beijing were invited to enter the palace. There were festivals in the palace. This was the first time Li Qiniang had participated in such an occasion after getting married.

Logically, Li Qiniang could bring her daughter to the palace with her, but Yan Xuehuai would get married in a few months, so she could no longer follow her to the palace. Li Qiniang was a little nervous and did not sleep at night, and she did not let Qi Wei go to bed. She had to practice the etiquette of entering the palace, and then she was willing to go to bed. Before dawn, she had to get up again, dress up, change into court clothes, and walked out of the house with Qi Wei under the starry sky.

Sitting in the carriage, Li Qiniang was still muttering, and she comforted her and said, "Don't get close to the rockery, don't get close to the lake, someone pours tea and turns his body to the side..."

Qi Wei asked curiously: "Why can't you get close to the rockery? Why do people turn their bodies away when pouring tea?"

Li Qiniang sighed and said, "This is what Sister Huai told me. She said that rockery and lake water are the most likely places to get into trouble."

"What's going on with pouring tea?" Qi Wei was even more curious.

"If the tea is spilled on your body, you will have to make a fool of yourself."

Li Qiniang looked like you didn't even know this, and she laughed. He really didn't know it, nor did she think about it. Although he also felt that the mother and daughter were a little bit ill, it would be no harm to be vigilant.

As it turns out, Yan Xuehuai's advice was not redundant. Li Qiniang almost got into the palace this time.

The women lined up according to their grades and waited for the Queen to summon him. Li Qiniang was a super first-class person. She was placed in the front with the old lady of Yongning Hou.

At this time, several palace maids came over surrounded by two young women in their twenties, and everyone saluted one by one. One of them, Li Qiniang, had seen him when he entered the palace. This was the princess, the emperor's only daughter, and the other she had never seen, but if she could come with the princess, she must be a member of the royal family. Looking at her makeup, Li Qiniang guessed that this one was supposed to be Princess Duan.

Sure enough, when the princess saw Li Qiniang, she smiled and said to Princess Duan: "This is Mrs. Li from the Duke Dingguo Mansion."

He said to Li Qiniang again: "This is Princess Duan."

Li Qiniang quickly saluted, Princess Duan held her arm, and said with a smile: "Mrs. Li is exempt from gifts. She has long wanted to see Mrs. Li, but she didn't expect to see her today."

The princess said, "Let's go in quickly. The mother and the princess have arrived. Mrs. Lin and Mrs. Li, let's go in together."
Chapter completed!