There were several plates of simple side dishes placed in front of Fu Jinan, but he didn't touch any of them. The wine bottle next to him was mostly empty.
Lu Jiuchen sat down by himself. The boy behind him hurriedly brought the food box, put out a few side dishes and wine, and then went down.
There were only two people left in the room.
Lu Jiuchen poured himself a glass of wine, took the initiative to touch Fu Jinan's glass, and said with a smile: "I don't know how many more New Years I can spend with you, so I'll drink this one first."
He raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.
Fu Jinan smiled and did it.
Said: "As long as you want, you can do it every year."
Lu Jiuchen leaned back and said, "It's a deal."
Fu Jin'an didn't say anything, but filled up the glass with wine. This time he raised his glass first.
Lu Jiuchen also drank another drink and said, "You said that the Champion's House is also interesting. I'd like to invite an imperial doctor on New Year's Eve."
Stare at someone and smile.
Fu Jinan moved his fingers, looked at the glass wine bottle in his hand and asked, "What's going on?"
Lu Jiuchen shrugged: "Don't worry, your little sweetheart is fine. There is no bad thing in any house. Oh, by the way, Fu Yi, what are you going to do? Do you want my help?"
Fu Yi is now Duke Jingguo.
Lu Jiuchen still remembers the first time he saw Fu Jinan. At that time, he was only about five or six years old. Although he was one year older than himself, he was a head shorter than him, with no flesh on his body, and his arms and legs were frighteningly thin.
He was naughty, and when he made a mistake, he was chased and beaten all over the capital by King Qing. When he got anxious, he climbed up a wall and jumped into the house.
It is the Duke of Jingguo.
Then he saw with his own eyes the gentle and elegant Duke Jingguo in front of outsiders, with a ferocious face, holding a three-foot-long riding crop in his hand and falling to the ground like an animal.
The little figure was dripping with blood, but he bit his lip and said nothing. Lu Jiuchen still clearly remembered those sinister eyes.
Lu Jiuchen has been fearless since he was a child. Because of Prince Qing's caution, he had no choice but to put away his ambitions and live in the capital, but he always had a chivalrous heart hidden in his heart.
Seeing this, he stepped forward and grabbed Fu Yi's riding whip, shouting at the thin figure on the ground: "Why are you still standing there? Run, run!"
Six-year-old Fu Jinan was stunned for a moment, got up and ran towards the gate.
Lu Jiuchen shouted again: "Idiot, climb the wall! Climb the wall!"
As the son of Prince Qing and the emperor's nephew, Fu Yi didn't dare to do anything to him even if he was angry again. In the end, he really let these two little guys run away.
As soon as he left Duke Jingguo's mansion, Lu Jiuchen pointed in one direction and said, "Go to Yongdinghou's mansion! Duke Jingguo is most afraid of him!"
From then on, Fu Jinan finally got some protection from the Marquis of Yongding, and his life became more or less better, and he barely grew up.
The two have known each other since then.
Being watched by King Qing, Lu Jiuchen could not practice martial arts himself, but he hired a martial arts master for Fu Jinan through his own identity.
Later, he couldn't bear it anymore and secretly followed Fu Jin'an to practice martial arts together. The two of them grew up stumblingly.
Recalling the past, Fu Jinan didn't feel anything. He just thought of the little woman's inexplicable hatred for the Fu family last night. He thought about it for a moment and said, "Don't worry, let him live for two more years."
Lu Jiuchen didn't even notice Fu Yi. He just saw that he was having a little fun with the Liu family recently and wanted to teach him a lesson.
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The second day of the Lunar New Year is the day when a married woman returns to her natal family.
Before Luo Ran could speak, Yuan took the initiative: She would go back to Yuan's house by herself and let Luo Deyun and Luo Ran go to Shen's house.
They were rejected by both father and daughter.
Finally Luo Ran said: "Dad, please go back with your mother. I will take the two children to visit their grandmother."
Luo Deyun also meant exactly this.
So early in the morning, several carriages were parked in front of the back door, including Mr. Li, who also prepared many gifts.
Cao's natal family is not in the capital. They met Luo Decheng when he went out for fun, and then asked a matchmaker to come to propose marriage. Since she wasn't her biological child, the old lady didn't stop her and just offered some betrothal gifts to marry Cao.
Over the years, Mrs. Cao couldn't help but be envious every time she returned to her parents' home.
Li's carriage was behind Yuan Shuyi and Luo Ran. Looking at the carriage full of them, he curled his lips and said to Luo Ruxue: "Look at your aunt, she really comes from a small family. Come back." My mother-in-law’s family almost vacated the Hou Mansion.”
Luo Ruxue yawned and said, "If you have the ability, I'll move too. Grandma will definitely be happy."
Mrs. Li slapped her: "Damn child, who are you targeting!"
Luo Ruxue immediately went over to hold her mother's hand and coaxed: "Mom, don't worry, when I become the crown prince's wife, I will bring you a carriage after a carriage when I come back, making them all jealous to death!"
Mrs. Li was right. Even though Luo Ran was the head of the county, she was the only one with those two oil bottles. She would never plan to get married in this life. Unlike her daughter, who will become the wife of a royal prince when she gets married, and will be the wife of a duke in the future. She can imagine how she will be fawned over by everyone when she goes out in the future.
On the carriage, Chun Yu whispered in Luo Ran's ear: "Miss, I just received news that the second lady seems to have made an appointment with someone to go to Zuixian Tower."
Luo Ran nodded: "Yes, I understand."
The Shen family heard that Luo Ran came with his two children, and Shen Yuzhi's brother and sister were waiting at the door early.
After getting off the carriage, Shen Yuzhi took Qingning from Nanny Gui and held her in his arms skillfully. He looked at Jing Xing again and blurted out, "Long time no see. You've grown so big."
Just as Luo Ran was about to nod, Shen Xiqing on the side continued: "Have you ever seen Ning'er and Jing'er before?"
Since Luo Ran returned to Beijing, Shen Yuzhi went to Dali Temple and was very busy, so the two of them hadn't seen each other for a long time. On the contrary, Shen Xiqing ran to the champion house every now and then and was very familiar with the two children.
Shen Yuzhi was only stunned for a moment, and then said calmly: "Oh, I told my uncle about something and went to see Ranran a few years ago."
"oh."
Shen Xiqing didn't care and responded to the urging to come in quickly. It was cold outside.
Luo Ran took a step behind, side by side with Shen Yuzhi, and whispered: "Cousin, I want to talk to my grandmother..."
"No."
Shen Yuzhi looked at Shen Xiqing's back in front of him and knew what she was going to say, and said, "It's not urgent, we'll talk about it later."
Luo Ran nodded, thought of other things, and said, "Cousin, please pay more attention to the Liu family on weekdays."
"Liu family?"
Shen Yuzhi looked at her strangely.
Luo Ran was puzzled: "Yes, what's wrong?"
Shen Yu swallowed the words when he reached his lips and shook his head: "It's nothing. Don't worry, I know."
The Liu family is the ancestral family of the third prince. The crown prince has already been decided. The third prince is still young and has not yet gotten engaged, so he will inevitably be a little anxious. The court has already become two teams.
One team supports the prince, and the other team begins to lean towards the third prince. Of course, there are also some people who are not in any team and are only loyal to the emperor, such as Luo Deyun.
However, it was his cousin Ran and that person who reminded him.
Shen Yuzhi still remembered that before the court sealed the deal, Fu Jinan came to him and said nothing else. He just said to him: "If you don't want the Shen family to be buried with you, stay away from the prince."
But now that my father is a bachelor of literature, how can he draw a clear line between himself and the prince?
"Has he been looking for you recently?"
Shen Yuzhi suddenly asked, it was self-evident who he was.
