Chapter 880 The Sky Collapses
At the end of the year, the Lu family was extremely busy.
It was the first year that Lu Chaochao returned home, and Xu Shiyun wanted to celebrate it in a lively manner.
He was also concerned about the death of the previous emperor, so he could only give his daughter the best congratulations within the rules.
Besides, Lu Yuanxiao was getting engaged, and everything needed to be arranged, so the mansion suddenly became busy.
Xu Shiyun had just recovered from a long illness, and no one dared to let her overwork herself. As usual, Wen Ning was in charge of the household affairs.
Wen Ning has been in charge of the household affairs for six years, and everything is in order without any panic.
Xu Shiyun felt relieved and simply called Wen Ning over to officially hand over the power of the family to her.
Wen Ning panicked and immediately fell to his knees, "Mom, you are embarrassing me."
"You were weak in the past few years, and there was no female family member to take charge of the household affairs, so your daughter-in-law had no choice but to take over the chores in favor of your mother. Now that your mother has recovered, Aning will return the housekeeping power to your mother." Wen Ning was a little frightened. The Lu family was incredibly powerful, and their wealth was comparable to that of an entire country.
In his daily interactions, he came into contact with the most powerful people in the court.
She was only in charge of household affairs temporarily, and she also announced to others that she was only in charge temporarily, and all matters, big or small, still had to be reported to her mother. But during these six years, her mother's family, the Wen family, was still respected.
Even Lord Wen was promoted to a higher rank.
Lord and Mrs. Wen were rational and sensible, and they hurried to the Lu family. In private, Madam Wen even pulled her daughter aside and said, "The Lu family are all good-tempered and easy to get along with. Why do you have to pull your mother's family? Your father has lost interest in this position over the years and only hopes to stay in this position until he grows old."
"You must not do anything stupid and make the Lu family hate you. Your father wants to be promoted, so work hard on your own."
"This kind of marriage is hard to find even with a lantern." Everyone in the capital city says that the Wen family has risen to prominence and become a phoenix.
Several sons of the Lu family were able to marry princesses.
But, he only married the daughter of Wen family, and she was in charge of household chores right after she entered the family. It was really enviable.
Wen Ning laughed helplessly: "Mom, I didn't do anything. You raised me as a child, don't you understand me?" Wen Ning has been cautious in her words and actions over the years and never dared to act recklessly by relying on the power of the Lu family.
"Don't worry, my elder brother and father-in-law know about it." Wen Ning assured his parents.
Her father had a very good character, but he was kind and gentle and had no great attachment to power. Over the years, a lot of credit had been taken away by his superiors, and things only gradually got better after he married into the Lu family.
"My father-in-law said that you can sit in this position with peace of mind. No one in the court is more suitable than you."
Since she was in charge of the Lu family's finances, outsiders always had to give her some face to benefit her family.
This was not something she could refuse.
But since then, Wen Ning has become more cautious in his words and actions, not daring to be careless at all.
At this moment, seeing Dengzhi holding a wooden tray with a pile of keys on the tray, Wen Ning's eyelids twitched.
She raised her hand to refuse, but Xu Shiyun held her hand.
"As for me, I have worked hard for the mansion for many years, and it is time for me to spend more time with my friends."
"Aning, you are the child I have watched grow up. I trust you." I also trust the education of the Wen family.
"Besides, Yanshu refuses to get married. The third brother is getting engaged tomorrow, but I'm afraid it will take another year before he can get married."
"You've met Yuzhu too. I'm afraid she doesn't have the time to take care of the mundane affairs. I'm afraid Aning will have to take charge of this mansion. I'm sorry to have Aning in trouble from now on." Xu Shiyun looked apologetic.
Yuzhu was the first female number one scholar, and her position in the court was very important.
It concerns the future of women all over the world.
But in Yunniang's eyes, Aning and Yuzhu are equally important.
Wen Ning saw his mother's apology and said hurriedly, "Mom, I'm not wronged. Aning never feels wronged."
Yao Yuzhu is a talented woman with great love in her heart, and she is planning big things.
How can I be so bogged down in the trivial matters of the mansion?
Wen Ning felt guilty just thinking about it.
Yuzhu works for the welfare of women. Aning is a woman, her daughter is also a woman, and in the future her descendants will also have women. Aning would never be jealous of Yuzhu, she just wants Yuzhu to go higher and higher.
Thinking of this, she no longer refused.
"Mom, Aning will definitely take care of the affairs so that everyone doesn't have to worry." Six years have passed, and she has figured out everything, so she has nothing to fear.
There were people who looked down on her because of her family's low status.
But the Lu family stood behind her unconditionally and believed in her, so Wen Ning had nothing to fear.
As the year draws to a close, Wen Ning is very busy.
She had to personally review all the New Year gifts and invitations from each family, and all the Lu family's overseas businesses had to be reported to the capital by the managers from all over the country. All the accounts need to be sorted out, the Lu family's huge fortune is really substantial.
But the only advantage is that the Lu family is powerful and does not need to consider other people's opinions.
Xu Shiyun has been focusing on her engagement these days.
On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, before daybreak, the lights in the mansion were lit and everyone was busy.
Cancan got up early for a rare occasion. When she saw Lu Chaochao coming over, she held her wrist affectionately.
"Aunt, my spring is coming..."
"Uncle San hasn't had time to assign me homework these days, hahahaha..."
"When I marry Third Aunt in the future, I won't have to suffer from him anymore."
"Oh, it's so beautiful..."
"I also received some good news yesterday. After Master Yao gets married, he will be busy with family and court affairs, and will resign from his position as a teacher in the academy. Tsk tsk, good things come in pairs."
"Hehe, I heard that my third aunt will come to the Lu family to have dinner together today because of the engagement."
"I'll have to take a closer look later..."
"Could she be some kind of celestial being who can make my old-fashioned uncle blush?"
Cancan was lying outside the door, listening to the process of exchanging engagement letters inside the house.
Relatives from both sides were also invited to dine together.
Cancan tiptoed with her eyes sparkling, and saw her third uncle blushing, ouch ouch ouch…
After a while, someone seemed to be calling Lu Chaochao and Cancan's names in the house.
"The Yao family has sent a gift to you two younger generations. Come and meet Miss Yao." Wen Ning smiled and pulled Cancan in.
There were many people in the room, and Cancan couldn't see their faces clearly. Only when she walked to the front did she see a smiling woman.
“Hiss…” Cancan took a breath of cold air.
"I'm afraid I'm sick. Am I hallucinating?" She couldn't help but raise her hands to cover her eyes, rubbing them again and again in amazement.
Although Yao Yuzhu was wearing women's clothes, her pretty posture made people unable to help but take a few more glances.
She took the wooden box from the maid and looked at Lu Chaochao with a dazed expression, but soon came to her senses.
Is this the girl Cancan found? It really does look like her.
"Sister Zhaoyang, it's our first meeting. I hope you like it." His smile was distant and polite, without the intimacy and admiration he showed towards Lu Chaochao.
Lu Chaochao looked at her and felt a slight movement in her heart. She never thought that the little girl she had just rescued could have come to this point.
"Thank you Miss Yao."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard Cancan muttering in a mysterious way behind him: "Hey, demons and ghosts, get out of here!"
"What kind of demon dares to come to my Lu family to cause trouble?"
She held the jade pendant in her hand and pointed at Yao Yuzhu with a serious look on her face.
Damn it, she must have seen a ghost! !
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