Chapter 118: Spending the Winter Solstice Together

Lu Mingchao opened the carriage window and stuck his head out.

With a light sniff, I felt like the gluttonous worms in my stomach were hooked again.

"I wonder if Xie Sui knows to prepare more food for the winter solstice."

Lu Mingchao let out a light sigh, thinking that she was really daring.

Be it the world-renowned talent Shu or the eunuch who is favored by the emperor, neither of them seems like they would give up their careers and start a business.

Lu Yao bared his teeth, his expression hard to describe, "You'd better not hold out too much hope."

Thanks to his eyebrows and eyes that remained the same every day, he really doesn't look like a clever person.

Lu Yao suggested, "It's getting late, why not take Xie Sui, Huai Qian and the others home for dinner? The Winter Solstice is a big festival, and it's nice for the whole family to get together and have a good time."

Lu Mingchao's mouth twitched slightly. "Can my uncle still go to my sister-in-law's home to have a reunion dinner on the winter solstice?"

"Isn't this a bit outrageous?"

Lu Yao spread his hands and said, "Who made him a lonely man? It's just a matter of adding a set of bowls and chopsticks."

"Otherwise, you and Xie Yan will find him another wife?"

Lu Mingchao shook his head in a hurry, "He just likes to be alone."

Getting married is to establish a relationship, not to establish an enemy.

Then he stroked his chin, pondered, and said quietly, "Do I go back to my parents' home too often, and always bring my family with me?"

Lu Yao rolled his eyes at Lu Mingchao and said, "We can eat and take food with us when we cook tea around the stove, so why can't we bring our family with us when we go back home?"

"You know what your mother is thinking. The more often you reply, the more comforted she will be."

"Anyway, my elder brother and I are both unmarried, so no one will have any objections."

Lu Mingchao poked Xie Yan's stiff arm and asked, "What do you think?"

"Your family is my family." Xie Yan's expression did not show a trace of reluctance.

Xie Yan saw clearly that the Lu family truly accepted him and his children.

Lu Mingchao: "Then go."

"I'll bring some meat, eggs, vegetables, etc."

Lu Yao smiled and said, "You and Xie Yan send a lot of food over every now and then. I can't even finish it. I've sighed more than once that it's a good thing it's winter and the weather is cold so it won't spoil easily."

Lu Mingchao raised her chin and tilted her head back, but before she could say anything, the back of her head accidentally collided violently with the car window frame, making a dull sound.

Hiss~

I gasped in pain.

Before Xie Yan could react, Lu Mingchao's eyes were already red.

"Stick your head over here, let me take a look."

Xie Yan reached out and gently rubbed the bump on the back of Lu Mingchao's head.

Lu Mingchao choked up and said in a deep voice, "I am not crying because I am jealous. I am crying because I am in so much pain that I can't hold back my tears."

After a while, Lu Mingchao no longer felt the pain.

"What were you about to say just now?" Lu Yao chuckled and spoke when he saw Lu Mingchao's brows relaxed again.

Lu Mingchao answered without hesitation, "You are becoming more and more popular."

"When I first saw you, it was like seeing an immortal in an ancient ink painting, cold and inhuman."

"I am only cold to outsiders. If you don't believe me, ask Xie Yan." Lu Yao said seriously.

He was just cold and indifferent, but Xie Yan really killed someone.

Lu Mingchao's eyes turned to Xie Yan, and he heard Xie Yan say, "There is a difference between inside and outside."

"I once heard a saying, 'Love is deeper because of differences.'" Lu Mingchao smiled.

The carriage stopped outside the Lu family's door. Lu Mingchao waved to Yunniang through the window and shouted, "Mom, I'm going to get some things from home. I'll be right back."

After hearing that she was going to spend the winter solstice at Lu's house, Shu Yuan suddenly felt flustered and uneasy. She finally took off her tattered hat and sat in front of the bronze mirror to paint her eyebrows, eyes and face.

Celebrate the holidays with the whole family!

Let’s sit down and eat together!

Excited and nervous.

After entering the palace and undergoing the purification ceremony, he had to stand by the emperor's side during every festive banquet, bow, taste the food for the emperor to test its non-toxicity, arrange the dishes, and personally serve wine.

The palace banquet ended, and the moonlight had quietly fallen on the willow branches.

The late emperor had drunk wine, so he had to help him bathe and sleep first, and then he could quietly enjoy the food prepared by the kitchen after the palace banquet.

This happens every year.

This goes on for every step.

Everyone said that it was the honor given to him by the late emperor.

The previous emperor died suddenly, and after he faked his own death, he wandered around, relying on a group of hidden guards who were trained since childhood and only knew how to kill people.

Don't even mention the holidays, they're almost the same after the holidays.

"How is it?" Shu Yuan turned his head and looked at Lu Mingchao and Xie Yan nervously.

Lu Mingchao: ...

Xie Yan: …

Lu Mingchao and Xie Yan had the same speechless look on their faces.

Shu Yuan went from one extreme to another. His thick eyebrows, which were as thick as a thumb, turned into thin, long and light eyebrows, which had a kind of willow-leaf eyebrow charm, but his face was painted black.

Lu Mingchao sighed, "Why not wash your face, put on a veil, and go out with a bare face? If you meet villagers on the road, you can say that you accidentally ate something wrong and have a scab on your face and can't stand the wind."

"As for my family, all nine clans are tied together. They are trustworthy. Even Xiao Xin would not talk nonsense outside."

Lu Xiaoxin is exceptionally well behaved.

Shu Yuan's eyes lit up for a moment, then quickly dimmed again.

"Lu Yao is a scholar, well-informed and knowledgeable, and he will doubt my identity."

Shu Yuan still cherishes the relationship they had when they put sacks on each other and beat people together.

Once upon a time, I was deeply indebted to you, your teacher and friend who served me through life and death.

It is rare to make friends regardless of age difference with my new identity nowadays. I just hope that this friendship will last longer and longer.

Lu Mingchao raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't worry, my second brother is not a good person who follows the rules in the traditional sense."

"If he had guessed it, he might have been so excited that he would have boiled a pot of wine and lamented that he had met a famous person before he even left Changxi Village."

"So, relax."

Hearing this, Shu Yuan happily washed her face, put on her veil, and urged, "Then hurry up and get out."

He can't wait to celebrate the festival and have the reunion dinner.

Xie Jingyi rubbed her eyes stupidly and said, "Uncle, it looks good."

Shu Yuan bent down, stretched out his long arms, and held Xie Jingyi in his arms. "The third treasure is vision."

During this time, Shu Yuan also learned the identities of Xie Ru'an and Xie Jingyi.

Ruan's mother deserved the death she received.

Jingyi's mother...

What a pity.

The Xie family was convicted, and the eldest daughter of the Xie family was expelled from the house by her husband's family with a divorce letter. She lived a miserable life and risked her life to protect Jingyi, who was just born not long ago.

After Xie Yan received the news, he secretly returned to Beijing, but it was too late.

Xie Jingyi is unfortunate, but also lucky.

I was too young to remember the hardships of those years, but I remember clearly the little sweet moments in life.

Xie Huaiqian felt mixed emotions as he looked at Shu Yuan, whose expression showed both his emotions and his mood.

I am not happy to be so happy, but I can't help feeling sad.

Dad and Mom talked to him about it, and he knew Shu Yuan had no choice.

However, he had heard so many stories about his biological mother's tragic death that it was difficult for him to calm down.

"Let's go, let's go." Lu Mingchao raised his hand and rubbed Xie Huaiqian's head. "Huaiqian, you should be clear-headed and open-minded when looking at people, things and the world."

Being affectionate but being ruthless】