The sisters of the Lu family had not yet arrived. Now, the young masters of the Lu family were standing in the hall. For some reason, these young masters, who were clearly of marriageable age, had not yet married.
The Lu family was already the new nobility in the capital, and there were many people who wanted to please them. These four young masters had become hot candidates for husbands. Now, Lu Lingzhi, who was only an assistant minister of the Ministry of War, would become the Minister of War in two years. He was Mo Rongzhan's right-hand man.
"This is your second brother and third brother." Lu Shiming introduced the two young men in the hall to her. The second brother, Lu Tingzhi, and the third brother, Lu Zanzhi, were both very handsome and bright young masters.
Ye Zhen greeted them obediently and remembered their appearance in her heart.
Just as they were talking, laughter came from outside. Two girls of the same age came in, immediately injecting a beautiful scene into the hall.
Both of them were delicate and lovely, making people's eyes light up.
They should be the girls of the Lu family.
The second Miss Lu was a concubine's daughter, while the fourth Miss Lu was a concubine's daughter. Only Lu Wushuang and Xiao Wu, a five-year-old girl, were legitimate daughters.
In the eyes of the Lu family, Ye Zhen was also a legitimate daughter.
"Yao Yao, do you remember me? I went to see you the other day. " The second Miss Lu was older than Ye Zhen. Although she was not as beautiful as Lu Wushuang, she still had the charm of a pretty daughter from a humble family.
Ye Zhen didn't remember her anymore. Those days, she was trapped in the memories of her previous life and her younger sister's. She was in a daze and didn't know who saw her. How could she remember her face? "Second sister, even if you don't remember, you must remember now."
The fourth Miss Lu was about the same age as Ye Zhen, but she was two months younger than Ye Zhen, so she was behind her. Standing beside Old Madam Lu, she just looked at Ye Zhen faintly, not intending to come forward and talk to her.
At a glance, Ye Zhen had already remembered the two Lu girls in her heart. Second Miss Lu looked kind and gentle, smiling at everyone. Fourth Miss Lu looked a bit out of this world and seemed to look down on Ye Zhen. She didn't even look at Ye Zhen in the eye.
There was also a fifth sister who had not come. It was said that she had gone to Jiangnan with Third Uncle Lu, and no one knew when she would return.
Lu Xiangzhi, who had gone to find Lu Lingzhi, had also returned. "Someone from the Palace suddenly came and summoned Big Brother. Big Brother was about to send someone over to inform him that he probably won't be coming back tonight."
Unlike the disappointment of Old Madam Lu and the others, Ye Zhen was really relieved. Very well, I don't have to see Lu Lingzhi so soon.
She wasn't afraid of him, but … she still needed time to think about how to face her cousin, Lu Lingzhi.
Next was the family banquet. Old Madam Lu asked Ye Zhen to sit beside her, and next to her was Lu Lingzhi.
The Lu family's upbringing was not strict. There was no rule of not talking while eating. Ye Zhen was not used to it. Her education was based on the norms of aristocratic families. She never chattered at the dinner table.
However, Old Madam Lu kept asking her about her life in the Border Town. Even if she was unwilling to talk, she had to explain. In the end, she simply forgot all the rules she had learned before and talked happily with Old Madam Lu, coaxing the old lady into liking her more and more. "The Border Town is so fun.
"The border town is so fun. Big Brother … Fourth Brother used to bring me to hunt for sparrows. We roasted sparrows in the mountains and I could eat them several times at a time. Fourth Brother even stole father's wine, but he only let me drink a small cup. In the summer, when we went to the river to catch fish, Fourth Brother was so bad that he hid in the water and didn't come out. I didn't know how to swim, so I thought something had happened to him and cried to find someone to save him. He jumped out of the water and scared me so much that I fell into the river …"
Old Madam Lu listened to Ye Zhen's words and laughed as she hit Lu Xiangzhi, who was sitting on her other side. "Bad boy, really bad!"
"Grandmother, this is all in the past. You don't know, this girl is full of bad water." Lu Xiangzhi hurriedly begged for mercy. For a while, the table was filled with laughter.
When Ye Zhen saw that Old Madam Lu had turned her attention to Lu Xiangzhi, she smiled faintly and lowered her head to drink.
After the family banquet, Ye Zhen was a little tired. She had just recuperated and spent most of her energy pleasing Old Madam Lu. Now, she couldn't support herself anymore.
Pei Shi loved her daughter and pulled her to sit beside her. Seeing that her complexion was not too bad, she whispered, "You can go back in a while."
Ye Zhen looked at Pei Shi's loving eyes and felt awkward. She had no feelings for everyone in the Lu family, but her sister was raised by the Lu family. The people she should hate were not the Lu family, but Lu Lingzhi and Lu Wushuang.
Old Madam Lu noticed the tiredness on Ye Zhen's face and asked her to go back to rest first. "After all, you have just recovered from your illness. Take good care of yourself these few days."
Ye Zhen couldn't stand it anymore, so she retreated to her small courtyard.
The few young masters also left the hall and went to the warm room on the east side to drink some wine.
Lu Tingzhi took his glass and touched it with Lu Xiangzhi's. "Little Four, how have you been in the Border Town all these years?"
"Well, at first, I was not used to life in the Border Town, but I gradually liked it." Lu Xiangzhi said with a smile, "Second Brother, if you have a chance in the future, you must go to the Border Town. I will take you around to play."
"It's your temper that has led Third Sister astray." Lu Tingzhi laughed.
"Haha, big brother, you are wrong. Yao Yao has been a restless girl since she was a child. I don't need to teach her bad things. She is already a bad girl. On the first day she went to the girls' school, she beat a girl." Lu Xiangzhi laughed.
Lu Tingzhi laughed when he heard this. "When Third Sister was born, you hadn't gone to the Border Town yet, right?"
Third Uncle's family went to the Border Town 14 years ago. He remembered that he had never heard of Third Aunt being pregnant at that time. How did she have a daughter not long after she arrived in the Border Town?
Lu Xiangzhi went to the Border Town with his parents when he was three years old. Lu Shiming ran a medicinal material business, and Pei Shi was a doctor. In fact, he had forgotten how there was one more sister in the family. From disliking her at first, to liking her later, it was only a few months.
"How can I remember such a long time ago? However, when my sister was born, she was not in good health. Mother took care of her for a long time. Father said that the road was bumpy at that time and accidentally left a disease in her mother's womb … Fortunately, she recovered later." Lu Xiangzhi said with a smile. He didn't want others to know that Yao Yao was adopted.
Yao Yao was sad for so long after she knew about it. During that time, she was timid when she saw him, not as generous and lively as usual. He knew that she seemed careless, but in fact, she was sensitive and meticulous. He was afraid that she would think too much and feel inferior. Now that they were in the Lu family's mansion, he didn't want others to look down on her.
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