Chapter 263 Song Junyan is really unexpected

Lu Xinlan left Zhao's yard and followed the direction of the sound to find the corner pavilion where Lu Xinran was.

When Lu Xinran saw her, he quickly raised his hand and asked her to come over and sit down.

"Sister, we forgot one thing yesterday!"

At the celebration banquet yesterday, the Queen requested awards for those deputy generals and for herself, but she forgot about Lu Xinlan, who had made the greatest contribution.

Lu Xinlan sat down beside her without much concern, "Don't worry, the Queen will not forget it, and it doesn't matter even if there is no reward."

Judging from the emperor's performance yesterday, he no longer had any interest in this so-called reward.

"How can that be possible? That's explosives. If we hadn't thought of hot weapons in a hurry, it would have been so easy to take back Yuchengguan."

We must give them what they deserve, not a single bit less!

Her serious and sincere look made Lu Xinlan smile even more: "Yes, we have to find a way to ask for it, but you also saw the emperor's attitude yesterday, so give him a few days to let him take it easy."

After coming to his senses, he would never treat these two weak women unfairly.

Since they cannot serve as officials in the court and pose no threat to him, he should not be too stingy.

"Why did Zhao come to you just now? Didn't he want to embarrass you and make you reject the marriage with the Tang family?"

Although she had seen the result in Zhao's booklet, she was still a little worried, fearing that Lu Xinlan would let Zhao go crazy.

"No, don't worry, didn't we discuss this before?"

Now that I have decided to plan for that goal, I cannot miss this marriage.

In the days after the celebration banquet, Liu had been thinking about the candidate for the middle man.

She and Pei have now reached a tacit understanding, and believe that after inviting a middleman to propose marriage, the marriage can be settled.

Although time was a bit tight, Lu Xinran and Song Junyan's wedding date had already been set, so she wanted to use this as an excuse to get the Lu family to set the wedding date before Lu Xinran's and marry the bride before the New Year.

Because of this little thought, she was particularly careful in selecting the middleman.

After much deliberation, he finally decided on Qiu.

The matchmaker role was obtained for free and both parties already had a tacit understanding. There was no way Qiu would let go of such a good opportunity to boost sales.

She found a nice sunny day and brought Zhang Shuier to Lu's house.

Pei still hadn't released Zhao. Pei didn't believe that given Zhao's character, Lu Xinlan could change her mind just by persuading her twice.

She has been willful for decades, and there is no other way to make her change except to keep trying.

So when Mrs. Qiu entered the room, she found that Mrs. Zhao was not in the room, and the person who talked to her about this matter from beginning to end was Mrs. Pei.

However, Pei is still the head lady of the Lu family. As long as she makes the decision, this matter can be settled.

So Qiu just pretended that she didn't notice anything unusual. Within an hour after entering the house, she got Lu Xinlan's birthday time and asked Liu to send it to match his horoscope.

At the end of July, the two families formally exchanged engagement letters and finalized the marriage.

On the second day after the marriage was set, the emperor's reward to Lu Xinlan was finally delivered to Lu's mansion.

What disappointed Lu Xinran was that the emperor was still too stingy. She thought that with such merits, the emperor would definitely make Lu Xinran a county lord.

As a result, he sent a hundred ounces of gold, some expensive fabrics, and some head ornaments and pearls.

Such rewards were within Lu Xinlan's expectations. As soon as the eunuch who read the imperial edict left, she handed the rewards to Pei.

"Grandmother, these should all belong to the mansion. Please return them to the palace."

"How can you do that? This is a gift from His Majesty. Grandmother has included it all in your dowry. Take this to your husband's family. This will help you save face when others mention this in the future."

Pei smiled as she turned over the brocade on the tray. "This has a nice color and the material is excellent. It can be used to make a wedding dress for you."

As she spoke, she discussed the tricks with Aunt Xu.

When the two sisters heard them talking about needlework, their scalps went numb and they slipped away quickly when no one was paying attention.

"Sister, grandma won't let you make your wedding dress yourself, right?"

Lu Xinlan turned around and took a look solemnly: "Probably not."

If she were asked to do it...how would she come up with a reason that wasn't too fantastical?

You can't say that something went wrong with her hands and brain after she fell into the water, and now she goes dark when she picks up a needle and thread!

Seeing that she had a headache, Lu Xinran couldn't help but turn his head away and smile.

Fortunately, she was going to marry the prince, and the wedding dress was prepared by the Ministry of Rites, so she had no worries in this regard.

After the marriage, someone prepared red envelopes and purses for rewarding the servants, so she didn't need to do it herself.

It's the Empress Dowager's birthday again, and people in the capital have begun looking forward to it early.

The last celebration party made them eat so much food that they were full, and I hope this one will be a great day as well!

When Lu Xinran got up in the morning and was preparing her makeup, she heard Cuizhu talking about the strange things that happened in the capital during this period.

"Miss, you know about Lord Liu from the Censorate. His wife is trying to divorce him recently. She has even filed a complaint with Shuntian Prefecture with a list of her dowry, demanding that Lord Liu's family return all the dowry that they have taken from her over the years after the divorce."

"Master Liu from the Censorate?"

Lu Xinran was stunned for a moment, and then with the system's reminder, he realized what a big melon this was.

She suddenly became interested: "What was the result? Did they get divorced?"

"No, Mr. Liu's family are all peasants. They have been living on his wife's dowry for many years. Not to mention that they have no money at all, even if they did, they would not be willing to spend it."

Cuizhu's tone became particularly cheerful when she talked about these things in the capital: "They refused to divorce, but Madam Liu was determined to divorce and even wanted the prince to beat Mr. Liu with a stick. Guess what happened in the end?"

Lu Xinran felt itchy and urged her to continue.

Cuizhu did not continue to keep the secret, and said with a chuckle: "Later, it was the prince who gave them an idea, asking Mr. Liu to use his two children to offset the money that Mrs. Liu had spent in the Liu Mansion over the years."

"Use your child as collateral for the money?"

Lu Xinran was stunned at first, then shook his head and laughed.

This Song Junyan was really unexpected. If there were other conditions, Mrs. Liu, who was determined to continue making trouble, would definitely not agree.

But her offspring were different. They were the children she had carried for ten months and raised with great effort. How could she bear to leave them in a den of wolves like the Liu family?

Moreover, she knew better than anyone whether the Liu family had the ability to repay her.

"And what happened next?"

"Lord Liu will definitely not agree. If he sells his son, he will be stabbed in the back.

"However, Madam Liu insisted on this point, and her father and brother dug up the incident. They wanted to not only disgrace Mr. Liu but also remove him from office and send him to prison.

"Mr. Liu was finally forced to give the two children to Mrs. Liu as compensation. On the day they signed the divorce agreement, Mrs. Liu left the Liu family with her dowry and two children."

Lu Xinran finished eating the big melon with great satisfaction, then got up, changed his clothes and prepared to rush to Zhaoyun Courtyard.

Meanwhile, in Shuntian Prefecture, Song Junyan had been enduring for more than half a month.

All the big news at the celebration banquet became his official duties during this period. There was a commotion in various offices and he had no peace for a single day.

There were dark circles under his eyes. When he came back to his senses from the case files, he found that the sun was setting. If he didn't hurry to Ronghuiyuan, it would be too late.