When they got off the carriage in Baoding, Chen's face became gloomy.
Lin Hairu had gone to talk to her last night, and she didn't care about being polite or not. So Chen walked straight into the house without even saying hello to them.
Luo Yining hadn't been back to the Luo Mansion in Baoding for years. She looked up at the familiar door lintel and felt a special warmth. Even the angry Chen Shi became friendly.
"Let's go." Luo Shenyuan took her hand and walked in.
The servants at home had already prepared three sacrificial animals, paper ingots, incense, and candles. Luo Yining couldn't enter the ancestral hall now, so she sat outside with her two sisters-in-law. As the Zhous talked, Luo Yining recalled the year after Old Lady Luo's death, when she had collapsed and wept before her ancestral tablet. He came to her, straightened from his kneeling position, and called her "Meimei" in a hoarse voice.
Everything about them is related to this house.
Yining went to the yard where Old Mrs. Luo had lived, but unfortunately everything inside had been taken away. Everything was empty, as if nothing existed.
She watched the sunlight outside, shining on the worn floorboards and the window lattice with the carving of Magu offering longevity. She remembered the Buddha statue Old Lady Luo loved, the porcelain pillow she often used, the pots of orchids she had nurtured until they died, and the porcelain dolls nested inside each other that Luo Shenyuan had given her. Sadly, nothing was left.
"Father has asked someone to set up a banquet in the flower hall. Let's go." Luo Shenyuan came to find her. Seeing her looking into the room, he couldn't help but ask, "What are you looking at?"
"My grandmother has been gone for six years," Luo Yining said. She can still vividly remember the old lady's smiling face, the way she coaxed her to eat, and the way she held her and taught her to read.
The best person I met at first in my life, but I will never see him again.
"If you really see her, she won't scare you." Luo Shenyuan smiled softly, "It's time to eat."
Luo Yining was led away by him, but she still looked back. It was empty, there was nothing left.
She could only hold the hands of the people around her tightly.
After all, his hometown had been in disrepair for a long time, and it was inconvenient to eat and live there. After noon, Luo Chengzhang said he would return to the capital. Of course, he was still worried about his pregnant concubine.
Luo Shenyuan had to leave first because of something in Beijing, so he didn't wait for them. When Yi Ning and the others returned to Xinqiao Hutong, it was already evening. Before Yi Ning even entered the door, she saw the guards in thick coats standing on both sides of the door, and her face suddenly changed slightly.
Luo Chengzhang asked the doorman and immediately learned that it was Governor Lu who had arrived and was waiting in the front hall. He had a strange expression on his face.
He subconsciously glanced at Luo Yining. Last time, it was Lu Jiaxue who acted recklessly, but he didn't dare to offend Lu Jiaxue. This person came back. Could it be that he came to find her?
"I'll step aside first, father, please do as you please." Yining bowed and walked inside with the maids and servants.
She wanted to go back to Jiashu Hall through the alley, but she saw the man leaning against the wall. He was playing with the beads in his hand and said with a cold smile, "If you want to return it to me, why not give it to me in person?"
Lu Jiaxue turned around and looked at her with cold eyes.
He actually came here for the beads! Luo Yining was silent. She returned the item to him simply because it was his personal protective equipment, something that could protect him. It was supposed to be his.
If he had an accident, she would keep it for him, but Lu Jiaxue was fine, so how could it be appropriate for her to keep it!
It's not easy for Lu Jiaxue to come to Luo Mansion now, so he is really willful.
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