Chapter 70 Xu Guogong Mansion
Lu Lingyun put on the peacock fur coat and Hetian jade hairpin given to her by Qin and went out.
Qin was born into a noble family, from the Duke of Qin's Mansion, one of the four great dukes of the dynasty.
But Qin's father stood on the wrong side when the current emperor was seeking the throne, and was defeated all at once.
After Qin's father, Duke Qin, passed away, the emperor delayed in giving Duke Qin the title of Duke. Instead, he kicked Duke Qin out of the capital and sent him to guard his fiefdom.
The current Duke Qin's sons who are in charge of the household are all in their forties or fifties, and they are still just the title of prince.
Everyone knows that the Duke of Qin's Mansion was defeated.
Because of this, Qin, who could have married into the royal family, ended up marrying into the Ningyang Marquisate.
Their Qin Duke's Mansion is getting worse day by day and is becoming even more low-key.
On the way, Lu Lingyun heard Qin talking about her family. Lu Lingyun listened quietly. She had vaguely heard about her mother-in-law's family background.
However, because Qin's status was too noble, it was not easy for her to find out about her level, so she did not have a deep understanding of it.
I never thought that my mother-in-law came from such a noble family.
No wonder the Qin family is so generous and the Yu family is so elegant.
She listened quietly to Qin talking about the past, and only said a few words to Qin when she wanted to listen, without asking or commenting on other things.
After hearing her extremely measured, inappropriate and thoughtful words, Qin's admiration for Lu Lingyun grew even stronger.
"It's such a pity that you only come from a fifth-rank editor family. If you were born in a duke's or marquis's mansion, you would definitely be able to marry into the royal family."
"Mother, please don't embarrass your daughter-in-law. Yun'er is already very lucky to be able to enter the Marquis's mansion and become your daughter-in-law."
"You little girl." Qin poked her forehead lovingly.
Just at this moment, the carriage arrived.
Lu Lingyun got off the car with Qin, and the first thing she saw was the four grand and majestic characters "Duke Xu's Mansion".
The four major duke's palaces in the dynasty were the Duke Zhao's Palace, the Duke Liu's Palace, the Duke Xu's Palace and the Duke Qin's Palace.
Originally, the Mansion of Duke Zhao and the Mansion of Duke Qin were the strongest among the two, the Mansion of Duke Xu was second, and the Mansion of Duke Liu was the last and the weakest.
But Duke Zhao's Mansion won the battle that year, and it had the merit of following the dragon. Today, it is still prosperous and at its peak, and it has great weight in the court. Duke Liu's Mansion was a fence-sitter, and was originally wavering, but in the end it had good luck and followed Duke Zhao's family. After stepping on Duke Qin severely, it is now prosperous.
The Xu Duke's Mansion has always kept a low profile and never participated in any struggles. There is nothing wrong with this, but there is nothing good about it either.
He was not valued by the emperor at all and gradually lost his position in the Duke's Mansion.
But even so, ordinary people are not allowed to enter or see the gate of the magnificent Duke's Mansion.
"Mrs. Qin, you're here!" An old lady in her forties or fifties had been waiting at the door. When she saw Mrs. Qin coming, she came forward to greet her enthusiastically.
"Madam Jiang, how have you been lately?" Qin smiled when she saw her.
"Thank you Madam for your concern. I am doing fine!" Nanny Jiang smiled as bright as a flower. She looked at Lu Lingyun behind Qin and said, "This must be the young madam!"
Qin nodded and took Lu Lingyun's hand, "Yes, this is my daughter-in-law Lu."
Nanny Jiang looked at Lu Lingyun carefully, her old eyes full of wrinkles looking her up and down with a friendly and sharp look, "I think the young lady has a good temperament, and she even has some of your demeanor when you were young."
Nanny Jiang was good at flattering people. She praised Lu Lingyun and Qin Shi at the same time.
Moreover, through the small details of Qin's handshake with Lu Lingyun, he accurately guessed the importance of Lu Lingyun in Qin's heart and found the right point to praise her.
Qin smiled so hard that she couldn't stop. "Yes, I also fell in love with our Yun'er at first sight. She is smart, capable and sensible. Now I don't even consider her my daughter-in-law. I just consider her my daughter."
Knowing that the exaggeration was correct, Nanny Jiang said repeatedly, "I think so too. The young lady is really extraordinary at first glance. This face shows that she is very rich and noble, and she is blessed by heaven."
"Madam, you are too honorable. Lingyun does not deserve it." Lu Lingyun said at the right time.
"Yes, yes. Well, I won't say any more. Madam and Young Madam, please come in quickly. Our wife is waiting anxiously."
Nanny Jiang brought a group of servants to welcome Lu Lingyun and Qin into the mansion.
The Duke's Mansion is more than twice as big as the Marquis' Mansion.
After passing through several carved corridors and two courtyards, one large and one small, with rockery and ponds, we finally arrived at the inner courtyard.
Hibiscus Garden.
The courtyard of the mistress of Duke Xu's mansion.
The gate to the courtyard was open, and a maid had already been waiting outside the curtain of the main room.
When the maids saw the guests coming, they hurriedly opened the heavy curtains. As Lu Lingyun walked to the steps, a burst of extremely hot air blew towards her face.
At this temperature, there must be at least five charcoal fires burning in the house!
Sure enough, Lu Lingyun followed Qin into the house, and the warm floor dragon was placed all the way from the main room to the inner room.
This is not a charcoal basin, but a ground dragon!
The temperature made Lu Lingyun and Qin sweat, and they immediately had their coats taken off by the maids.
"Jingyu! You're finally here!"
The pearl curtain in the main room was lifted, and a beautiful middle-aged woman about the same age as Qin came out in a thin and expensive brocade dress.
She wore few ornaments except a Hetian jade hairpin on her head, kingfisher-inlaid brooches on her temples, a long string of ruby beads on her chest, and a emerald jade bracelet on her wrist.
There isn't much decoration, but it's noticeable at a glance.
Extremely wealthy.
Even though Lu Lingyun had been the young lady of a marquis's mansion for some time, and had even been a first-rank official in her previous life, it was rare for her to have such a wealthy and noble aura.
This Duke's Mansion is truly ten or a hundred times more powerful than the Marquis' Mansion!
"Ning Hui!" When Qin saw someone coming, her face showed a rare eagerness of a little girl, and she grabbed the wife of Duke Xu who came to greet her.
"I missed you so much. At least you came back before the New Year, otherwise I would definitely go to your villa to see you."
"You definitely have to come back. How can I ask you to go so far away?"
"By the way, how is your master doing?"
"I've been resting for half a year, without any worries, and I feel much better."
The two of them responded to each other and went into the inner room hand in hand.
Lu Lingyun followed behind and after entering the house, she saw a woman of about her age in the inner room.
The beautiful young woman gave her a friendly smile, and Lu Lingjun smiled back.
At this time, Lady Xu said, "This must be the good daughter-in-law you were talking about!"
When Lu Lingyun turned her head, she met the smiling eyes of Cui, the wife of Duke Xu.
Cui Ninghui looked at Lu Lingyun in front of her with shining eyes. Her gaze was different from that of Nanny Jiang. It was not like the one that was guessing and flattering. Instead, it was filled with exploration, curiosity, and a bit of oppression.
"Yes, her name is Lingyun, the daughter of Lu, the editor of the Imperial Academy. I am lucky to have married her as my good daughter-in-law!"
Qin looked at Lu Lingyun along with her and praised her generously.