"Yes." Gu Yunran didn't hesitate at all. She was happy from the bottom of her heart, with a smile on her face. "There is a new member in the mansion. The Fourth Master is very blessed. I am happy for him."
Lu Qingzhou felt that Gu Yunran's smile was very dazzling. He took a deep breath and said, "As long as you speak..."
If she said she disagreed, he wouldn't have to marry her.
Gu Yunran raised her eyes and blinked: "What?"
"Nothing." Lu Qingzhou choked up and walked out, shaking his sleeves.
Fan Meiniang looked at Lu Qingzhou's back as he walked away and called out softly, "Fourth Brother."
However, Lu Qingzhou seemed not to have heard it. He mounted the tall horse with a big red flower tied on it, flicked the whip, and the horse started to gallop happily.
Fan Meiniang looked hesitantly at the familiar yet unfamiliar figure's back, tears falling silently, and the handkerchief in her hand was almost wrung to pieces.
The group passed through the bustling long streets of the capital, walked along a section of official road, and arrived at the western suburbs of Shengjing.
Xia family.
This is a famous family's house. It is newly built and is neither spacious nor small. It has five rooms made of blue bricks and tiles, and the yard is surrounded by a high fence.
There are many chrysanthemums and wintersweets planted in the yard, with a bluestone path in the middle.
When Lu Qingzhou saw such a house, he was in a trance for a moment.
This place is so much like his home in Lujia Village, except that his house is a mud-brick and thatched hut with broken walls and leaks.
At that time, he fantasized about having a courtyard like this in Lujia Village, marrying a virtuous wife, and growing old together.
Unexpectedly, in the blink of an eye, he had become the Deputy Minister of the Shangshu Mansion.
He turned around and looked at Gu Yunran who had just gotten off the carriage. Most of his glory was thanks to this woman.
He felt guilty.
He dismounted, walked to Gu Yunran and took her hand.
Gu Yunran was stunned and shook it off.
She walked quickly into the yard, while the second lady ordered the servants to move things down from the carriage.
Lu Qingzhou looked embarrassed. He looked up and saw two people standing in the yard. He walked over hurriedly and bowed.
"Master Mu."
Mu Qianchen's gaze swept across Lu Qingzhou's hand that was holding Gu Yunran's just now. His eyes were terribly cold. He said nothing and walked into the house with a cold face.
Gu Yunran stood by and didn't say a word to Mu Qianchen. When she thought of the four words "equivalent exchange" on the letter paper, she was so angry that her hands were shaking.
It turned out that she was so cheap in his heart.
The talks went smoothly. Lu Qingzhou brought a lot of betrothal gifts, but unexpectedly Mu Qianchen was even more generous and gave his "cousin" a herbal medicine shop as a dowry.
Lu Qingzhou was so happy that he couldn't contain his excitement. This marriage was really beneficial to him. Not only did he get a relationship with Lord Mu, but the Lu family also had an additional herbal medicine shop.
You know, in a place like Shengjing, not everyone can open a herbal medicine shop.
Not to mention anything else, the medicinal herbs in the shop alone can buy the entire Lu Mansion.
Return to the Lu family.
Lu Qingzhou quickly caught up with Gu Yunran, pursed his lips, and after a long time mustered up the courage to say, "Yunran, thank you!"
Gu Yunran paused and looked back at Lu Qingzhou: "What are you thanking me for?"
"Thank you for finding me such a good marriage."
"Really?" Gu Yunran smiled. "Then you should thank me. Qiuju is not an ordinary official's daughter. You must treat her well and don't let her suffer any injustice."
"Of course. How could I let her suffer any injustice?"
Gu Yunran sneered, thinking that Lu Qingzhou was so proud, but he was just a coward after all.
The love affair between him and Fan Meiniang was nothing more than this.
Gu Yunran turned around and strode towards Fang Xingyuan. Lu Qingzhou looked at her back and clenched his fists. Only now did he realize how much Gu Yunran loved him and how she was doing so much for his future.
"It's me who wronged you."
He felt guilty and murmured to himself at Gu Yunran's back, "Don't worry, I will make it up to you."
As soon as he turned around, he saw Fan Meiniang standing in the corner, staring at him with hesitant eyes. Her eyes turned red and she turned and ran away.
"Mei Niang." Lu Qingzhou hurriedly chased after her.
I chased her all the way to the west courtyard and saw Fan Meiniang packing her things in the house. Inside a tattered coarse cloth bundle were some old clothes that she often wore in Lujia Village.
"Mei Niang, what are you doing?" Lu Qingzhou came in and pulled the small bag from Fan Mei Niang's hand, but she held on tightly and refused to let go.
"Fourth brother, please let me go back to Lujia Village. I shouldn't have come to disturb your good fortune. And my Zhier is so pitiful. If I had stayed in Lujia Village, maybe he wouldn't have left me."
As Fan Meiniang spoke, she squatted on the ground with her head in her hands and burst into tears. Lu Qingzhou took the opportunity to snatch the bag from her hand and threw it on the ground.
He bent down and hugged her, holding her tightly in his arms.
"I'm sorry for not giving you the position of co-wife that I promised you."
Fan Meiniang wiped away her tears and looked up at Lu Qingzhou, "Do you think I'm after the position of co-wife?"
"I've followed you since you were ten years old. You had nothing back then. Did I ever despise you?"
Lu Qingzhou shook his head.
Fan Meiniang asked again: "When you passed the imperial examination, I said we should break up, but you kept chasing me."
Lu Qingzhou nodded: "Yes."
"Later, when Zhi'er was born, I refused when you said you wanted to take me back to the Lu Mansion. I've been with you for so many years, and I didn't want any of the gold and silver jewelry you gave me. I only wanted this straw ring because, to me, no gold or silver jewelry means as much as this ring."
Lu Qingzhou looked at the grass ring on Fan Meiniang's finger and felt a pain in his heart. At that time, he was still a poor scholar with nothing, but Fan Meiniang gave herself to him.
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