Chapter 142 It's Really Precious
Although Yunzha, Wuyue and A'man are very friendly to them now, she and Mujin have known each other for a long time and have a deeper relationship with them. Mujin is calm and steady, so she also needs Mujin's advice from time to time.
In Qinghui Courtyard, Qiao Jingru was sitting in the room making underwear for Lu Chao. Liangchen came in with hot dumplings and said, "Madam, the lights are dim at night and it's easy to hurt your eyes. Let's do it during the day."
She placed the bowl in front of Qiao Jingru and put away her needlework.
Qiao Jingru smiled sweetly: "I have nothing to do. It's past midnight." As she said that, she reached out and rubbed her eyes.
Liangchen felt distressed immediately: "Your eyes are uncomfortable, eat something and go to sleep first, it's just past midnight."
Qiao Jingru stirred the food with a spoon for a few times and looked towards the door absentmindedly: "Has he not come back yet?"
"Young Master is such a fool. What kind of wine do we have to go out and drink today?" Liangchen muttered in complaint.
Just as he finished speaking, he heard a noise outside.
Qiao Jing immediately put down the spoon and ran out.
The biting cold wind felt like needles pricking her body. In the dim moonlight, she saw Lu Chao staggering towards her, obviously a little drunk.
Qiao Jingru strode over, reached out to support him, and put Lu Chao's hand on her shoulder: "Why did you drink so much?" She said while looking up at him.
The children of the Lu family all have outstanding looks, so Qiao Jingru fell in love with Lu Chao at first sight and was determined to marry him.
The handsome boy had thick and long eyebrows that slanted down to his temples, and long eyelashes that were dense but not messy, and each one was separated so far that it seemed that one could count them. Under his eyelids were a pair of eyes that were as intoxicating as the moonlight, and Qiao Jing's heart was beating like a deer.
The next moment, a faint fragrance wafted into her nose, making her expression slightly stiffen, but when she wanted to smell it carefully again, it disappeared.
How can there be a fragrance?
Qiao Jing was distracted for a moment, and then she heard Lu Chao's slightly drunken voice: "I drank a few more glasses, but I'm not drunk."
Well, usually drunk people won’t admit that they are drunk.
Qiao Jingru quickly gathered her thoughts and helped Lu Chao into the house. Lu Chao put almost all of his weight on her, making it difficult for her to walk steadily.
Mother Ding heard the noise and came out to help Qiao Jingru put the person on the bed.
Liangchen boiled some hot water, and Qiao Jingru wiped his face with her own hands, took off his clothes, shoes and socks, and covered him with a quilt.
Liangchen was about to leave with his clothes when Qiao Jingru suddenly said, "Liangchen, wait a moment."
Liangchen stopped and looked at Qiao Jingru in confusion.
Mother Ding also looked at her in confusion.
Qiao Jingru didn't say anything, but just took the clothes that Lu Chao had changed out of, put them to her nose and smelled them again.
Apart from the smell of alcohol, there was no fragrance that had just flashed by.
Is it her illusion?
"What's wrong, Madam?" Mother Ding looked at her and asked.
Qiao Jingru hesitated for a moment, then shook her head and smiled: "It's okay, he's so drunk, I'll smell it to see if it's too alcoholic."
As he said this, he took the clothes away to Liangchen.
Mother Ding looked at Qiao Jingru thoughtfully. She had raised her since she was a child. Even if she was not a worm in the master's stomach, she was always more sensitive than others because the eldest lady had some small thoughts.
However, since the eldest young lady didn't say anything, it was not easy for her as a servant to ask further.
The door was closed, and Qiao Jingru got on the bed and lay in Lu Chao's arms. Although the feeling was so real, it made her feel like there was a hole in her heart.
Lu Xiang went to bed late, so she was pulled out of bed in a daze on New Year's Day. She was controlled like a puppet while washing and dressing. When she really walked out of the house, a cold wind blew in her face, which woke her up with a start.
"Hiss, it's cold." Lu Xiang shivered, hugged the heater tightly in his hand, and then walked towards Fuyuan Hall.
The maid opened the curtain and let her in.
When she arrived, the old lady's room was already full of people. On the first day of the new year, everyone came early to pay their respects to the old lady.
"Greetings to grandma, happy new year."
"Greetings to my father, happy new year."
Lu Xiang bowed to the old lady and Lu Youping.
The old lady waved to her lovingly. Lu Xiang ran over and sat beside the old lady. The old lady hugged her and touched her cold little face: "Are you cold?"
Lu Xiang raised her little face and smiled tenderly: "It was cold on the way here, but it's not cold now."
Mother Wen brought hot tea and snacks and said with a smile, "Miss San, please drink some hot tea and eat some cakes first."
"Thank you, Mother Wen." Lu Xiang pinched the pastry and started eating.
Looking at the people sitting on both sides, he was surprised to find that only Liu was not there.
She raised her eyebrows slightly and subconsciously looked at Qiao Jingru.
Lu Xiang: Are you putting on airs just because you’re pregnant?
Qiao Jingru: I hope she can still be so arrogant when she gets slapped in the face.
Lu Xiang: I will go meet the doctor a few days after I finish my work at the beginning of the year.
Qiao Jingru: OK, I have already found a doctor to see.
After waiting for a while, Liu finally came slowly accompanied by Fanghua. She walked very slowly and took every step very carefully, as if she was afraid that others didn't know that she was pregnant.
"I pay my respects to the old lady and the master." Liu knelt down and saluted.
"Madam Liu is really precious now. She has made us all wait for so long." Zhao Qingya couldn't help but sneer at her.
Liu looked at her provocatively and sneered, "Sister, you are young, so you naturally cannot understand the hardships of being pregnant. It is inevitable that you sleep a little in the morning when you are pregnant." Then, she bowed to the old lady and said, "Please forgive me, old lady."
Zhao Qingya choked with anger.
"Since you are here, have breakfast." The old lady glanced at Liu and said.
She knew what Liu was thinking. As long as they didn't cause any trouble, she didn't care about the jealousy among the women in the backyard.
After all, the old lady was full of expectations for this child.
Born in the Lu family, she would never allow Liu to raise her child like Lu Mingzhu.
The old lady stood up and walked to the side hall, where Mother Wen and her maid were putting breakfast on the table.
Lu Xiang looked at the dark circles under Qiao Jingru's eyes and asked, "Didn't you sleep well last night?" She didn't seem to be in a very good mental state: "Why didn't I see my elder brother? Didn't he come back last night?" Thinking of this possibility, Lu Xiang widened his eyes with a look of disbelief.
Qiao Jingru said hurriedly: "I came back in the middle of the night. Maybe I went to bed late and got up early, so I am not energetic enough."
"Really?" Lu Xiang cast a suspicious glance at Qiao Jingru.
As the daughter-in-law of the Lu family, Qiao Jingru has always been very self-disciplined. Even if she goes to bed late, she will get up early the next day. She looked obviously not sleeping all night today, so she thought Lu Chao did not come back all night.
"Yes." Qiao Jingru hesitated for only a moment before nodding and saying, "He was drunk when he came back in the middle of the night, so I took care of him all night. Your eldest brother woke up with a headache, and I reported it to grandmother when I came."
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