Lu Lingjun put on the peacock fur cloak and Hotan jade hairpin that the Qin family gave her and went out.
The Qin family came from a high family and came from the Duke of Qin. He was one of the great Dukes in the west of the dynasty.
But Qin's father was on the wrong team when the current emperor was seizing the throne, and he was suddenly defeated.
After the Qin family's father, Duke Qin, died of illness, the emperor refused to let Duke Qin inherit the title of Duke. He even kicked Duke Qin out of the capital and sent him to the fiefdom to garrison him.
Today, the eldest son of the Duke of Qin is fifty years old, and he still has only the title of eldest son.
Everyone knows that the Duke of Qin was defeated.
For this reason, the Qin family, who could have married into the royal family, finally only married into the Ningyang Houfu.
The Duke of Qin's palace is now getting worse every day, and it is even more low-key.
Lu Lingjun heard Mrs. Qin talking about her family affairs on the road. Lu Lingjun listened quietly. She vaguely heard about her mother-in-law's family background.
But because Qin's status is so noble, she can't easily find out about that level, but she doesn't know much about it.
Unexpectedly, my mother-in-law came from such a high family.
No wonder the Qin family is generous and the imperial family is very elegant.
She listened quietly to Qin's talk about the past. She only said a few concentric sentences when Qin wanted to listen, and did not ask or comment at all.
When Mrs. Qin heard the measured, thoughtful and considerate words she said, her approval of Lu Lingjun became even stronger.
"It's such a pity that you, girl, are only from a fifth-grade editor's family. If you were born in the Duke's Palace, you can definitely marry into that royal family."
"Mother, don't try to ruin your daughter-in-law. Jun'er is a great blessing to be able to enter the Marquis's mansion and be your daughter-in-law."
"You girl." Mrs. Qin lovingly poked her forehead.
Just then, the carriage arrived.
When Lu Lingjun got out of the car with Qin, he saw the majestic Xu Guogong's Mansion with the big character "Xi" in it.
The Western Grand Duke's Mansion of the Dynasty is Zhao Guogong's Mansion, Liu Guogong's Mansion, Xu Guogong's Mansion and Qin Guogong's Mansion.
Originally, the Duke of Zhao and Duke of Qin were evenly matched and the strongest, followed by the Duke of Xu, and the Duke of Liu was the last and weakest.
However, Duke Zhao's family won the battle and had the merit of following the dragon. Now he is in great favor and has great influence in the court. Liu Guogong's family is a wallflower. He was wavering at first, but in the end he got lucky and caught up with Zhao Guogong. The family, after trampling on the Duke of Qin, is now prosperous.
However, Xu Guogong's house is low-key and restrained, and never participates in any struggles. There is nothing wrong with this, but there is nothing good about it.
He was not valued by the emperor at all, and gradually fell into disrepute in the Duke's palace.
But even so, the gate of the Xuanhe Duke's Mansion is inaccessible to ordinary people and cannot be looked at.
"Mrs. Qin, you're here!" An old woman in her late fifties had been waiting at the door for a long time. When she saw Mrs. Qin's arrival, she greeted her with great enthusiasm.
"Mother Jiang, how are you doing lately?" Mrs. Qin also smiled when she saw her.
"Excuse me, madam, for thinking about me. I'm very kind to you!" Aunt Jiang smiled like a flower. She looked at Lu Lingjun behind Mrs. Qin, "This must be the young madam!"
Ms. Qin nodded and took Lu Lingjun's hand, "Yes, this is my daughter-in-law Ms. Lu."
Aunt Jiang looked at Lu Lingjun carefully, her old, wrinkled eyes looking up and down, all looking friendly and bright, "I see that the young lady has such a good temperament, she actually has a bit of the grace of your youth."
Aunt Jiang is good at praising people, praising Lu Lingjun and Qin in one sentence.
Through the small details of Qin's handshake with Lu Lingyun, he accurately guessed the importance of Lu Lingjun in Qin's heart and found the right point to praise.
Mrs. Qin smiled from ear to ear when she heard this, "Yes, I also took a fancy to our Jun'er at first sight. She is smart, capable and sensible. Now I don't regard her as my daughter-in-law, I regard her as my daughter."
Knowing that she was right to praise her, Aunt Jiang kept saying, "I think so too. The young lady is really extraordinary. Her face makes her rich and noble. She is destined to be blessed."
"Mommy is overly praised, and Lingjun doesn't dare to live up to it." Lu Lingjun said at the right moment.
"You can do it, you can do it. Okay, let's not talk about it anymore. Madam and young madam, please come in quickly. Our wives are waiting impatiently."
Aunt Jiang led a group of servants to welcome Lu Lingjun and Qin into the mansion.
The Duke's Mansion is more than twice the size of the Marquis' Mansion.
After passing through several carved verandas and two courtyards with rockery ponds, one large and one small, we arrived at the inner courtyard.
Hibiscus Garden.
The courtyard of the wife of the head of Duke Xu's mansion.
The gate to the courtyard was open, and the maid was already waiting outside the curtain of the main room.
When the maids saw the guests coming, they quickly opened the heavy curtains. As soon as Lu Lingjun reached the steps, a burst of extremely hot air hit her face.
At this temperature, at least five pots of charcoal fire must be burned in the house!
As expected, Lu Lingjun followed Mrs. Qin into the house, and the warm earth dragon was placed all the way from the main room to the back room.
This is not a charcoal basin, but an earth dragon!
The temperature only made Lu Lingjun and Qin Shi sweat, so the maids immediately took off their coats.
"Jingyu! You're finally here!"
The beaded curtain in the main room opened, and a beautiful middle-aged woman about the same age as Qin came out in a thin and expensive brocade dress.
She doesn't have many accessories on her body, she has a Hetian jade hairpin on her head, emerald filigree flowers on her temples, a long ruby bead chain on her chest, and only a jadeite jade bracelet on her wrist.
There is not much decoration, but it is visible at a glance.
Wealth is compelling.
Although Lu Lingjun has been the young lady of the Hou Mansion for some time, and even held a first-grade imperial edict in her previous life, it is rare for her to be so wealthy and noble.
The Duke's family in this country is really ten times and a hundred times more powerful than the Hou's family!
"Ning Hui!" When Mrs. Qin saw someone approaching, her face showed the rare enthusiasm of a child, and she grabbed Mrs. Xu Guogong who was coming towards her.
"You miss me so much. At least you came back years ago, otherwise I would have to go to your other courtyard to see you."
"I have to come back. How can I ask you to go so far?"
"By the way, how is your Marquis' health?"
"I've been recuperating for half a year. I don't have to worry about anything. I'm much better."
The two responded and entered the back room hand in hand.
Lu Lingjun followed behind. After entering the house, he saw a woman about her age in the back room.
The beautiful young woman gave her a friendly smile, and Lu Lingjun smiled back.
At this time, Mrs. Xu Guogong said, "Is this the good daughter-in-law you mentioned?"
Lu Lingjun turned his head and met the smiling eyes of Mrs. Cui, the wife of Duke Xu.
Cui Ninghui looked at Lu Lingjun in front of her with bright eyes. Her eyes were different from those of Aunt Jiang. They were not like the kind of speculation and flattery, filled with inquiry, curiosity and two points of oppression.
"Yes, her name is Lingyun, she is the daughter of the Lu family of Hanlin editors. I am lucky enough to have a good daughter-in-law!"
Mrs. Qin looked at Lu Lingjun with her and praised him without hesitation.
