Lu Xingyue's hands were very big. Shen Lansui hadn't noticed them before, but now the sun was just right. His outstretched hands were clean and slender, with clear joints. There were a few obvious calluses on the palms, which were left by holding swords all year round.
Her hand was held immediately, warm and strong.
She stepped up on the low stool. There was a lot of space in the carriage. As soon as she stood firmly, Lu Xingyue let go of her hand.
She sat down opposite and glanced at the book in his hand. It was some kind of miscellaneous journal.
It looks quite complicated.
The door was closed from the outside, the coachman flicked his whip, and the carriage began to move slowly.
"Has Saburo been waiting here early in the morning?"
Lu Xingyue didn't even raise his eyes, "No."
"I thought you wouldn't go back with me." Shen Lansui opened the curtain of the window next to him and looked out. The carriage drove into the alley, and he could gradually hear the noisy voices on the other side of the long street.
"You helped me, so of course I want to repay you."
There was a slight sound of turning the book, and Shen Lansui turned her head, but she happened to run into his green eyes.
However, the next moment he lowered his eyes.
"Thank you."
Shen Lansui smiled and said no more.
They arrived at the gate of Kanglebo Mansion in silence, the carriage stopped, and Guan Chun called out from outside: "Madam, Master, we are here."
Then she shouted again, "Why...why is there no one there?"
The carriage door opened, and Shen Lansui stepped down on the low stool. She stood still and raised her eyes. The vermilion door was closed tightly, and there was no one to watch the door. Two stone lions stared at her silently.
Shang Xia and Guan Chun came over to help her. She shook her head and turned around, giving Lu Xingyue a hand, "Zhou Quan, where's the wheelchair?"
"Here we come." Zhou Quan pushed the wheelchair over. Shen Lansui watched Lu Xingyue sit down and said to Zhou Quan, "Knock on the door and say that the Marquis is here."
Zhou Quan followed the order, but Guan Chun was puzzled: "Madam, why don't we go in?"
"Come in, I'll wait for them to invite me."
Shen Lansui stood beside the wheelchair, showing no intention of moving.
Zhou Quan knocked on the door. After a while, the doorman came to open the door and asked unhappily: "Who are you? Do you have a greeting card?"
"In the next week, my Lord Marquis will accompany his wife back home, why do you still need to pay me a visit? Is this a rule set by your Uncle Kangle Mansion?"
The doorman was startled, "Master Hou?! Master Hou is here?"
Didn't he say that Mr. Hou was very ill and was about to die? Moreover, their young lady is just a concubine, but she can actually let the Marquis accompany her?
Zhou Quan watched his face change with leisurely eyes, "Why don't you say anything? If there is such a rule, I will go back and ask the Marquis to write a greeting note and send it to you, and then we will go back home and come back another day."
"Hey, don't, don't, don't—"
Seeing that Zhou Quan was about to leave, the doorman hurriedly pulled him, and said with a smile: "It's the young man who has eyesight but doesn't recognize Taishan, and has offended the adults. Don't blame me, the young man will go call your uncle right now! Mr. Hou, please be patient!" "
Without waiting for Zhou Quan to agree, he ran inside like a dog, shouting as he ran: "Uncle! Uncle! The Marquis is here! The uncle is here!"
Zhou Quan pulled his lips, muttered, and turned back, "Master, this uncle really doesn't take his wife seriously at all."
As he spoke, he carefully looked at Shen Lansui's face.
Shen Lansui's face remained as usual, "I'm at home for the fifth time, and I'm a concubine. They must have thought that Saburo wouldn't come."
Lu Xingyue asked quietly: "If I didn't come, wouldn't you be the lady of the uncle's house?"
Guan Chun and Shang Xia looked at each other. Did the Marquis want to support his wife?
Very good!
Guan Chun pursed his lips excitedly. Their young ladies were neglected in the uncle's house and were even forced to get married. Fortunately, they married a good husband and now they have someone to rely on.
Shang Xia gave her a warning look, telling her to calm down.
The doorman was fast, and the people in the uncle's house were even faster. In less than half a quarter of an hour, there was a flurry of footsteps in the uncle's house, mixed with noisy human voices, rising and falling.
The vermilion door suddenly opened to both sides, and the first person who walked out in an azure robe with a smile on his face was none other than Shen Lansu's father, Kang Lebo Shen Sanqing.
Followed by the uncle's wife Xu Pingyan and all the children, it can be said that the whole family came out.
The originally empty gate suddenly became crowded, and there was a smell of powder in the air.
"I have met the Marquis. Is the Marquis getting better?"
Shen Sanqing stepped forward and saluted, but he didn't have the airs of a father-in-law at all.
Lu Xingyue nodded slightly.
"Uh..." He waited for a while but didn't see anything from Lu Xingyue. Then he looked at Shen Lansui who was standing beside him, and his face immediately tensed up, "Really, why didn't the Marquis send someone yesterday if he was coming? Come here and let me know in advance so that you can get ready, dad, this... this is so rude!"
Shen Lansui quietly watched his performance.
Lu Xingyue was personally granted the title of Marquis of Mingying by his holy superior, and was appointed as the envoy of Jinyiwei North Town, from the fourth rank, while Shen Sanqing was a hereditary earl, and was appointed as the Imperial College Secretary, but only from the sixth rank, not even a little bit worse. He did not dare to attack Lu Xingyue if he was angry. Then he came to embarrass her daughter.
"Uncle, it's not a place to talk outside. Why don't you invite Mr. Hou and Xiaowu in?" Xu Pingyan glared at him.
"What the madam said is that the Marquis please come inside -"
Shen Sanqing leaned over and raised his hand, and Shen Lansui pushed the wheelchair and walked straight past him, ignoring his warning eyes.
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"Is the Marquis still satisfied with my daughter?"
Everyone took their seats in the hall. In the past, Shen Lansui always sat at the end of such a big event. Today, thanks to Lu Xingyue's glory, she jumped to the front.
"My lady is gentle and dignified, I am naturally satisfied."
As Lu Xingyue spoke, he glanced at Shen Lansui.
Shen Lan smiled and said, "I am lucky to be able to marry Saburo."
The two of them were both very good-looking, looking at each other "affectionately", and they looked a bit like a couple of gods and immortals.
Shen Sanqing smiled from ear to ear, "As long as you are satisfied. At that time, the Duke said that he wanted to find a girl to celebrate your birthday, so I thought of Xiao Wu. Xiao Wu is the most outstanding-looking one in our generation. She is barely worthy of the Marquis." As he spoke, he rolled his eyes and said flatteringly: "Of course, it was her who had the upper hand to marry into the Duke's palace. If the Marquis has any dissatisfaction, just say that now that she is married, she is the Marquis. My people."
As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Xingyue's eyebrows frowned.
Zhou's face also looked a bit shady.
Is this your biological father? Those who knew he was talking about his daughter, but those who didn't knew thought he was talking about a slave girl.
The others looked at Shen Lansui with a bit of contempt.
Shen Lan's expression remained unchanged as she turned her head slightly, the tassels at the end of her hair flickering slightly.
"What my father said is absolutely true. Since I married Mr. Hou, I am Mrs. Hou. You said this, my face is not important, but do you care about Mr. Hou's face?"
Shen Sanqing's expression changed, "I..."
Before he could speak, Shen Lansui withdrew his gaze and paused when his peripheral vision glanced at the person opposite.
"Xiao Wuyan is serious. Don't you still know what your father is like? He has always been a sharp-tongued man with a soft heart and no malicious intent."
Xu Pingyan smiled to smooth things over and gave the maid a look, "Send someone to the Hanlin Academy to invite the eldest son back. Xiyun, take Xiao Wu to sit with Aunt Ru."
A thin and beautiful girl in a green dress stood up with a gentle smile and whispered softly: "Fifth sister, come with me, we sisters can talk nicely."
