"Let's take a look first."
Old Man Ming glanced out the window, his face solemn. "At least, it's always right for us to make more preparations..."
…
On the Wen family side.
After asking the two old men Ming and Wu to leave, the head of the Wen family sat alone in the study for a long time. No one knew what he did. When he came out again, his whole spirit and energy were different.
That feeling... is like a soldier going to the battlefield.
"Where's the old lady?"
The head of the Wen family asked Wang Bo who was guarding the door.
Wang Bo said, "The old lady should still be in the kitchen. Lately, she likes to cook some milk cakes for the young masters and young ladies in the family."
The young lady and young master that Wang Bo mentioned were naturally the children of the young master who were adopted by the head of the Wen family.
"Go and see if the old lady has finished steaming the milk cakes. If she has, have them packed up. Then have someone prepare a gift and tell the old lady to accompany me to the Lu Mansion."
"yes."
After hearing Wang Bo's report, Madam Wen was quite surprised: "Are we going now?"
Wang Bo replied respectfully, "Yes, Madam. The master asked you to prepare it. He said that he hasn't seen the eldest aunt for some time. You can have a good chat with the eldest aunt when the time comes..."
Madam Wen raised her eyebrows.
But she didn't ask any more questions. She waved her hand and asked someone to pack up their things, and she went back to her room to change her clothes.
Before leaving, he still asked someone to go to the warehouse to prepare some more supplements, and also sent someone to the Lu family in advance to pass on a message.
After all, a sudden visit would be somewhat impolite.
At the same time, it also let people know that they did not go to the Lu family suddenly, but came under the name of visiting.
Lu family.
When Mrs. Lu heard the news, she immediately sent someone to call Mr. Lu back.
"Why is your brother coming to visit suddenly?" After hearing the message from his wife, Mr. Lu hurried back.
In fact, Mr. Lu is still a little timid towards the Wen family.
At the beginning, Mr. Lu was also a "poor" boy, but he married the daughter of the Wen family. To outsiders, this was considered a stroke of luck and he was able to marry into a wealthy family. Although he did not feel that he was inferior to others at that time.
However, this brother-in-law, who was not yet the head of the Wen family, beat him up in private and warned him that if he dared not treat his sister well in the future, he would beat him to a cripple.
Although later on the brother-in-law was very kind to him.
But after decades, Mr. Lu still has a certain respect for his brother-in-law in his heart.
“I don’t know.”
Mrs. Lu really didn't know either.
However, when Madam Wen sent someone to deliver the message, she also asked the maid to secretly convey the news that the head of the Wen family had entered the palace.
As soon as he entered the palace, he arrived at the door.
It's obvious that something's wrong!
But of course, Madam Lu didn't know what it was exactly, so she just told him what the old woman had said in secret.
"Entering the palace?"
After hearing this, Mr. Lu frowned slightly.
"This shouldn't be a small matter."
And he soon found out what it was, because after the head of the Wen family came to the house, he found an excuse and went into the study with him.
This wait lasted for the entire afternoon.
By the time the Wen family's carriage left, it was already night.
"Your younger brother... has been granted a title of nobility." After sending his attendants away, Mr. Lu said to Mrs. Lu.
Madam Lu was quite surprised: "A title of nobility?"
"Well, I donated half of my wealth to get it."
Mrs. Lu really didn't know about this. Although she spent the whole afternoon with her sister-in-law, it was obvious that she knew nothing, so the two of them just gossiped all afternoon.
"Is something wrong?"
"This matter...is hard to say, and cannot be said."
Upon hearing this, Madam Lu nodded and said, "I understand. Anyway, you don't have to worry about the family affairs. Just do what you should do and don't let anyone influence you."
Upon hearing this, Mr. Lu smiled and looked at his wife.
He couldn't help but reach out and hold her hand, and said with rare tenderness: "It is my Lv Rui's blessing to marry you in this life."
Madam Lu's face flushed for once: "You are already old, why are you still talking about this?"
"Of course I have to say this, to prevent that old dog Liu from looking at me with eyes that are not eyes and noses that are not noses."
Madam Lu was slightly stunned when she heard this, then she smiled helplessly: "You met Master Liu again? Why bother getting angry with him? It's been decades, what happened back then should be over..."
Generally, Mr. Lu would only speak like this when he met Tutor Liu.
Before Mr. Lu rushed back, he was indeed staring at Master Liu.
"I can't get over it! I can't get over it in this lifetime."
Mr. Lu said angrily.
However, he also knew that his wife didn't like him targeting that bastard, so he quickly changed the subject: "Okay, it's not about that old dog Liu anymore."
"Your brother has just been conferred the title of Marquis Wen. The imperial decree will probably be issued soon. When the time comes, the Wen family will probably send out invitations. When the invitation arrives, you can go back and help with the arrangements. By the way, bring all the unmarried sisters with you..."
"Take the sisters with you?"
"Well, take it over."
Although Mrs. Lu felt puzzled, she did not ask any more questions and asked people to make preparations in advance.
The next day.
The imperial edict to confer titles of nobility and baronial upon the three families in the capital was indeed issued.
Suddenly, the capital city became bustling.
"Have you heard that the Wen, Wu, and Ming families each donated half of their wealth to help Min County, Ruicheng, due to the famine?"
"Half of my wealth? Oh my god, that's crazy!"
"That's right. Ruicheng Minxian is just a small place. Donating half of your wealth to disaster relief is crazy..."
The whole city was in an uproar.
At this time in Huasheng Restaurant.
Wen Shijie just appeared at the door in rags when he was stopped by the waiter who was soliciting customers at the door: "Go away, this is not a place for a poor boy like you to come. Go beg somewhere else."
Wen Shijie frowned and said, "I'm looking for Shopkeeper Wang."
The waiter glanced at him with disdain and drove him away impatiently: "Our boss is not someone who can be seen by everyone. Hurry up and leave. Don't delay our business here."
Wen Shijie was pushed by the waiter and fell to the ground.
Very embarrassing.
When the guests who came in saw this scene, they all covered their noses as if they saw a beggar.
Seeing this, the waiter drove him away even more fiercely: "Don't play tricks on me, get out of here quickly, or I'll call someone to beat you away..."
As he said this, he kicked Wen Shijie.
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