0p0 Chapter 182: Hearing the noble person, I was frightened
Chapter 182: Hearing the noble person, I was frightened
This is all thanks to Lu Zhenzhen, my adopted daughter!
As the saying goes, a good wife brings less trouble to her husband!
It's true. It's a blessing for my nephew to marry Lu Zhenzhen.
Not only have people become more humane, but their interpersonal skills have also improved.
Suddenly I understood why my master was unhappy with his nephew.
She now finds her eldest nephew somewhat disgusting!
He then took their hands and smiled more gently at Lu Zhenzhen, "When your father comes back, I'll tell him this. He'll definitely be very pleased! I won't be polite with you. I'm just waiting to enjoy the filial piety of my daughter and son-in-law!"
Everyone laughed at this remark.
Grandma Lan looked at Lu Zhenzhen with a little more intimacy in her eyes. She had already heard the implicit meaning of Mrs. Lan's words and understood Mrs. Lan's attitude at the moment.
At least at this moment, Mrs. Lan liked this adopted daughter more than her nephew.
I made up my mind to get closer to my sister-in-law Lu Zhenzhen in the future.
He smiled and joked, "They say a daughter is a mother's sweet little cotton-padded jacket. I used to envy others, but now I don't have to envy them anymore! I think my sister is a more caring little cotton-padded jacket than others!"
Mrs. Lan smiled, hugged Lu Zhenzhen in her arms, and stroked her hand: "That's right! Now that I have Zhenzhen, I finally know what it's like to raise a daughter!"
While smiling, he said, "As long as you two can live a good life, it will be better than anything else for us elders!"
Lu Zhenzhen patted her chest and assured: "Don't worry, stepmother! The Fourth Master and I will definitely live a good life! When the time comes, the Fourth Master will work hard outside and be filial to his grandfather and stepfather! I will take my grandmother, stepmother and wife to the farm to enjoy a good life! With me here, I will definitely make your life happy-"
Fu Zhiyi raised his eyebrows. He worked hard outside to support his grandfather and uncle.
The daughter-in-law takes her mother, grandmother and aunt to the farm to enjoy a good life?
Why does this sound so awkward?
Mrs. Lan couldn't stop laughing and patted Lu Zhenzhen lightly: "Your mouth is as sweet as honey! No wonder your wife loves you so much--"
At the same time, he smiled and said, "Alright, alright, I know you two have some private things to say, go and see Brother Yi off."
This gives the couple space and time to talk alone.
Lu Zhenzhen didn't act pretentiously. She thanked Mrs. Lan generously and sent Fu Zhiyi out.
The two of them were quite reluctant to part at the gate of the yard. It was only after Lu Zhenzhen gave in and agreed to paint another portrait of Fu Zhiyi, making him the most handsome man in the world, that she coaxed Fu Zhiyi away.
Ministry of Rites.
The host and guest department.
Lu Shijie is very busy.
August 20th of every year is the Emperor's birthday.
Their Ministry of Rites will start preparations in May or June.
The Chief Guest Officer is in charge of guest etiquette and reception of foreign guests.
Around the beginning of July, envoys from various vassal states would come one after another to celebrate the birthday.
Their Ministry of Rites must have all the reception preparations completed before July.
It is already June, and everyone in the Ministry of Rites is extremely busy.
Lu Shijie was just a deputy minister in the Ministry of Rites. His superior, the doctor of the Ministry of Rites, said that he trusted Lu Shijie because of his rich experience and handed all the affairs to him.
Lu Shijie could only endure it obediently.
Who made him feel that his daughter had married into the Marquis's Mansion and had become a relative of the Marquis's Mansion? In the future, the Marquis's Mansion would have to promote him for the sake of their own reputation, right?
Unexpectedly, that evil girl Lu Zhenzhen caused a scene on the day she returned home and even threatened to break off relations.
The noise alarmed the neighbors and spread throughout the neighborhood within a day.
It is said that in order to save their son, the Lu family sold their daughter to the Marquis' Mansion.
The day her daughter returned home, she severed ties with the Lu family.
In particular, the news that her other daughter cried and shouted that she wanted to be a concubine of her brother-in-law in the Marquis's Mansion also spread.
The reputation of the women of the Lu family has spread throughout the streets.
Previously, when they heard that they had hooked up with the Marquis' Mansion, many families who had come to them to marry into the Lu family followed their scent, but they all ran away at once.
When it comes to the Lu family, people used to envy them, but now they laugh at them.
The Lu family's efforts were in vain and they became a laughing stock.
After a few days, his colleagues in the Ministry of Rites found out, and those who had been trying to curry favor with him immediately kept their distance.
Everyone laughed at him behind his back. He had tried to curry favor with a powerful person, but in the end he couldn't even get a little bit of credit.
His boss, who had been polite to him at first, gradually started to make things difficult for him and create obstacles for him.
After all, I still have some concerns, and I'm just making things difficult for him on these issues.
But this made his life even harder than before, and he couldn't say it out loud.
At this moment, he was frantically looking through past examples to arrange the reception.
A colleague who used to have a bad relationship with him came in to look up information. Seeing Lu Shijie, he gave him a sinister smile: "Mr. Lu, you have a noble man now. Why do you still need to do these things yourself? Why don't you just send someone to come? Why do you have to do the same as us?"
Lu Shijie didn’t understand and looked at him with an expression that asked, “What are you talking about?”
The colleague thought Lu Shijie had done it on purpose, and his face turned blue with anger. "Master Lu, you should have announced such good news to everyone long ago, so that we can share in your joy! Now that everyone knows, why are you still pretending not to know? Are you looking down on us?"
After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and left.
Lu Shijie was even more confused! He was already being bullied by a Yuanwailang who had to come and look for information in person. He was exhausted like a dog every day. What good could come of it?
What kind of noble person are you meeting?
The last time I hooked up with a noble person was when that evil girl Lu Zhenzhen married into the Marquis's Mansion!
The noble man is a noble man, but he is held back by his own evil daughter, the living devil!
Now, when he hears the word "noble person", he gets terrified, and his family can't stand the torment.
Just as he was wondering, another colleague who had a fairly good relationship with him came in and bowed to him: "Brother Shijie, congratulations--"
Lu Shijie was confused: “Where does the joy come from?”
A colleague laughed and said, "Brother Shijie, are you still going to hide this from us? Everyone knows that the girl you married into the Marquis' Mansion is now being adopted as the daughter of the Minister of Revenue, Lord Lan! Lord Lan has already sent out invitations. Our Minister of Rites, Lord He, and our two Ministers, Lord Zhang and Lord Quan, have all received invitations."
"They say that she will be officially adopted as Madam Lan's daughter in the Lan Mansion in eight days. She will be registered under Madam Lan's name, and they'll have a day-long banquet!"
"Brother Shijie, you should have received an invitation too, right? With such a grand occasion, I wonder if Brother Shijie has any extra invitations. Would you like to take me along to see the world and share in the joy?"