Chapter 3 Xu Miaoyan was named a female official
On the second day, Lu Changqing accompanied Xu Miaoyan into the palace and received a lot of rewards when he came back.
The servants in the mansion were all saying that Miss Xu from Jiangning regarded money as dirt and gave all the gifts from the Queen to the maids and nannies around the old lady.
Lu's mother Chen and sister-in-law Lu Wanrou also took a lot. Everyone in the mansion praised Miss Xu for her kind heart and indifference to fame and fortune, saying she was like a living Bodhisattva.
When Fang Qianxue walked into Songshengju, she heard laughter coming from the flower hall.
"Miaoyan, can you really understand what the silkworms are saying?" Old lady Chen held Xu Miaoyan's fair and tender hand and smiled.
"Of course it's true. The Queen has tested it today. Miao Yan can really make silkworms obedient," Lu Changqing said proudly, his eyebrows dancing with joy. "The Silkworm Care Ceremony will be held soon. The Queen has even appointed Miao Yan as a sixth-rank female official and invited her to participate in the Silkworm Care Ceremony!"
"Oh, sixth rank? That's the same rank as our Chang Qing," Chen was so excited that she couldn't close her mouth. "The Silkworm Ceremony can only be attended by the wives of officials above the fifth rank."
"You are too kind, old lady," the woman in white raised her eyebrows and glanced at Chen, saying timidly, "That kind of occasion is noisy, Miao Yan doesn't want to go."
"Mother, the Queen Mother has also granted the Lu family's women permission to attend this year's Silkworm Ceremony." Lu Changqing glanced at Xu Miaoyan and blushed, "Thanks to Miaoyan."
"Really?" Chen and Lu Wanrou beside her were surprised and happy.
The Lu family was a small family, and Chen had always wanted to bring her daughter into the circle of noble ladies in Beijing, but she had never found an opportunity.
Considering Fang Qianxue's high social status, they thought she could take them there. However, since Fang Qianxue entered the Lu family, she no longer associated with those noble ladies. Later, when the Fang family was convicted, there was even less chance.
After thinking about it, it was all Fang Qianxue's fault. She said that Master Fang wanted her to stay away from the circle of power and wealth. It was obvious that he looked down on their Lu family and that was why he refused to introduce them.
If she could attend the silkworm-kissing ceremony, Lu Wanrou might be able to marry into a wealthy family in the future.
"Mother, Second Master." Fang Qianxue walked into the house and bowed to Chen.
"Qianxue, you're here, come here!" At the family dinner, Chen called Fang Qianxue over with an awkward smile on her face, "We were just talking about this year's Silkworm Ceremony, and the Queen Mother allowed us all to attend!"
"Why don't you thank Miao Yan? This grace was obtained by Miao Yan from the Queen." Lu Changqing looked at Fang Qianxue with contempt.
"But my sister-in-law is the daughter of a criminal, I don't know if she can go," Lu Wanrou suddenly interrupted, her eyes turned, "If the queen asks about it, it won't implicate us, right?"
The room was quiet for a moment.
"I've been to the Silkworm Ceremony with my mother before, but it was nothing special," Fang Qianxue glanced at Xu Miaoyan, who was like a star surrounded by people. "Today is a family dinner, why did mother allow irrelevant people to sit at the table?"
"Fang Qianxue!" The veins on Lu Changqing's forehead jumped and he clenched his fists. "You're going too far! Miao Yan is my eldest brother's fiancée, why can't she be at the table?"
"Fiancée?" Fang Qianxue turned her head and stroked her cheek that was hurt by his slap last night. She sneered, "In our dynasty, engagement requires exchanging engagement letters and fortune-telling, informing the two family leaders, and signing the betrothal documents. May I ask how far the Lu and Xu families have come?"
"You!" Lu Changqing gritted his teeth, but could not refute.
Xu Miaoyan and Lu Changli only had a verbal agreement, and there was nothing in the divination.
"We are a small family, so we don't care about those things," Xu Miaoyan lowered her head and choked up, "but Brother Lu and I are truly in love..."
Fang Qianxue frowned.
At the moment, Xu Miaoyan seems to be obsessed with her old lover and is unwilling to accept Lu Changqing, but later under Lu Changqing's forceful offensive, she actually falls deeply in love with him, and even asks him to dig out the bones of his own children to stew soup for her to prove his love for her.
What kind of plot is this about a scumbag man and a bitch woman?
She felt like vomiting just by reading it over in her mind.
"We are all family, we should be harmonious from now on," Chen said, pulling Fang Qianxue to sit next to her. "Why make a fuss and let outsiders laugh at us?"
"That's right, second sister-in-law. Sister-in-law is appreciated by the Queen. This is a good thing for our Lu family. Yuaner and Yaoer will also be promoted in the future." Lu Wanrou said as she picked up a piece of braised pork with chopsticks for Xu Miaoyan, "Sister-in-law, eat more!"
"Ugh!" Xu Miaoyan's face turned pale and she turned around and started vomiting.
"Wanrou! Don't you know Miaoyan is a vegetarian?" Lu Changqing quickly pushed the bowl away and patted her back distressedly, "She has a delicate heart and can't stand the filth of meat!"
Fang Qianxue rolled her eyes.
He cannot eat meat, but can drink her blood and eat the bones of her children?
"Ah? I don't know," Lu Wanrou said with a look of having done something wrong, "I saw that my sister-in-law was so thin, so I wanted her to eat more..."
"It's okay. Ignorance is not a crime." Xu Miaoyan forced a tolerant smile on her pale face. "I usually get along with small animals like friends, so... I can't eat my friends' meat."
"So Zhu is Miss Xu's friend," Fang Qianxue said, as if she had suddenly realized something, and shook her head gently, "What a sin, what a sin."
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