Chapter 47: Lure the snake out of its hole
Chapter 47
The two ladies discussed this until the afternoon, and even had lunch at the Lu family. There was no other way. The Queen Mother asked them to get married within two months, and the time was very tight. There were many things to prepare for the wedding, and some of the things prepared before could not be used. In addition, Mrs. Qin was not in good health, so they had to discuss the big framework, grasp the important things, and leave the rest to others later.
Before the mother and son of the Qin family left, Lu Songli found an opportunity to talk to Qin Sheng.
"Are you free tomorrow?" Lu Songli asked.
Qin Sheng gave her an inquiring look.
"Come over again tomorrow."
"Something?" Qin Sheng thought to himself, she was really rude, and she ordered him around.
Lu Songli said with a hint of meaning, "Take you to meet your future brother-in-law..."
Qin Sheng: So that's it. Wait, isn't his brother-in-law at his father-in-law's house? "Are you going to Ping'an Town?"
Lu Songli gave him an appreciative look.
Qin Sheng: ...
He had never seen anyone chase someone to the Yue family to see his brother-in-law.
Early in the morning, the two imperial decrees issued by the Empress Dowager of Changle Palace brought the farce after the fall to an end.
Because the Qin family came to visit, the atmosphere on the Lu family's side was harmonious. The other two families, the Zhao family and the Xie family, were in good mood.
The Zhao family was the happiest about the two imperial decrees. This was a sudden turn of events. The night before, they felt deeply desperate. The next morning, they were hit by a surprise that fell from the sky. The Zhao family could be described as ecstatic.
The Xie family was relatively calm.
Zhao Wenkuan immediately wanted to go to the Xie family to discuss the marriage of the two families. He asked the housekeeper to deliver the invitation to the Xie Mansion first. The Xie family refused, saying that there would be visitors in the afternoon and asked them to come tomorrow.
Zhao Wenkuan wondered, could the visitors of the Xie family in the afternoon be from the Lu family? He felt that his guess should be correct. After all, Xie Zhan was saved by Lu Songli. Now that the marriage contract between the two families was invalid, this matter must be resolved and an explanation must be given to the Lu family.
On this side, the Xie family rejected the Zhao family's invitation and deliberately set aside the afternoon to wait for the Lu family to come. Who knew that they would not see anyone after waiting for a long time? Finally, when they were about to send someone to the Lu family to ask, they received a notice from the Lu family saying that the discussion time would be postponed to tomorrow morning.
What can the Xie family do? They can only accept it with a pinch of their nose. Then they asked someone to ask at the Lu family, only to find out that the Lu family was entertaining the Qin family. The two families sat together to discuss the marriage in full swing.
It's a bit unpleasant.
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The next day, before Lu Desheng and Jiang set off to the Xie Mansion, Lu Songli talked to them privately about what the Lu family would do if the Xie family offered to compensate them.
"Leave this to me and your father. Didn't you tell me before that you wanted to visit the Tian family? Don't pick a day, just go today, it's a good time to relax." After Jiang said this, she gave orders in a swift and decisive manner, asking people to prepare a carriage and take the gifts she had prepared for the Tian family.
The child's engagement was broken off, no matter whether he still had thoughts about Xie Zhan, he was definitely unhappy.
Lu Songli: ...
In fact, what she wanted to say to her mother was that she also had this intention.
Jiang looked like, "You are just sad, you want to relax, no matter what anyone says, it won't work." Lu Songli didn't know whether to laugh or cry, there was a kind of sadness that made her mother think you were sad. Okay, her mother was rarely so strong,
"Okay, I'll set off to the Tian family right away. But wait for me to go back and get something."
Zhao Mansion
Zhao Bin was originally accompanying his parents, planning to go to the Xie family to discuss the marriage together. But early in the morning, the Xie family sent someone to pass on a message to them, saying that the Lu family changed the time yesterday, and they were forced to change the time of the discussion to this morning. Therefore, the time for the Xie and Zhao families to discuss the marriage must also be changed.
Zhao Wenkuan said nothing.
Luo was upset. If the Xie family wanted to change the time, couldn't they do it earlier? What would happen if they notified them yesterday? She felt the Xie family's neglect, but she couldn't blame the Xie family, so she had to blame the Lu family for not keeping their promise and going back on their word.
At this time, Luo couldn't help but think of the Qin family's goodness. But she quickly stopped this idea.
Zhao Bin was also dissatisfied with the Xie family's neglect of this marriage, but he also knew that his eldest sister was extremely satisfied with this marriage. After finally getting what she wanted, he didn't say anything.
At this time, the servant in his yard came to him and gave him a secret signal.
Zhao Bin's eyes flashed, "Dad and Mom, I'm going out for a while, so I won't accompany you to the Xie family." After saying that, he quickly walked towards the gate.
Luo looked at him in a hurry and couldn't help but ask him loudly, "Hey, where are you going?"
"Something's going on."
"Don't worry about your man's affairs outside." Zhao Wenkuan said.
Luo responded helplessly. At this moment, she would never think that her good son would go out vertically and come back horizontally.
After Zhao Bin left his parents' sight, he whispered to the servant, "Did she go to Ping'an Town?"
"Yes."
Zhao Bin thought to himself, it's really easy to get it!
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When Lu Songli went out today, her eyes fell on the northeast corner intentionally or unintentionally.
After she got on the carriage, Luo Tieniu followed and sat in the driver's seat, whispering, "Second Miss, there is indeed something unusual in the northeast corner."
Two days ago, Luo Tieniu came to report to her that someone outside the mansion seemed to be monitoring their Lu family.
Luo Tieniu, Chen Rong and others were the six servants she had picked out. They were rewarded for their meritorious service on the day they were picked out. Later, her mother thought that these servants were well managed by her, so she assigned them to her. Later, she bought a few more people to make up for their vacancies.
Lu Songli took over a few people, and did not disobey. She took the silver and asked Chen, the housekeeper, to go to the most famous escort agency in Chang'an City to invite the most experienced old escort to come back and teach them some martial arts moves and tracking and anti-tracking skills.
The old escort wanted to refuse, but the Lu family gave too much, and they did not ask him to teach others the unique skills of eating, as long as he taught something useful. The Lu family was so easy to talk to that he still felt a little guilty when he made this money. In addition, during the teaching period at the Lu family, the Lu family also served him with good wine and food. So the old escort also put his heart into teaching Luo Tieniu and others.
Luo Tieniu and others had only been learning for a short time, but they felt something unusual outside the mansion in the past two days and told Lu Songli about it.
Lu Songli was very satisfied with the teaching results of the old escort and felt that the money was not wasted. So she decided to lure the snake out of the hole to see who was behind it and what he wanted to do. In fact, at this time, she also had corresponding guesses in her heart.
When Qin Sheng rushed to Lu's house early in the morning, he was told that Lu Songli had already set off for Ping'an Town.
Hearing this, Qin Sheng looked sluggish: Liar, he said he would take him to see his brother-in-law, but in the end he didn't even wait for him!
At this time, the person left by Lu Songli handed him a note.
Qin Sheng opened it and frowned, then he turned around and got on the horse, drove the horse out of the city, and then ran towards Ping'an Town. During this period, he also called two good brothers along the way.