12dz Chapter 370 Joy
Chapter 370 Joy
"What's nice to hear?"
Three pairs of eyes were like big lanterns at night, shining brightly at her.
After secretly glancing towards the gate, Lu Xuan finally winked and whispered, "Big brother's marriage is in sight, and it was decided many years ago for a lifetime. Do you want to hear about it?"
"Say it quickly!"
"miss you!"
"Let me see who my sister-in-law is!"
Xie suddenly looked twenty years younger, her face shrouded in the glow of youth, and her whole body was filled with joy.
Lu Xuan kept the secret at first, and then told the story of Xu Shu and General Lu.
Talking about the two of them crying at each other in the palace a few days ago, and talking about the fate behind it, even someone like Lu Yuehe was moved by the story behind it and had tears in her eyes.
"Big Brother and Sister Xu are really having a hard time. No wonder when I first met Sister Xu, I always thought she seemed cold and sharp. She always dressed like a man. Now, I see she's really like this!"
Mrs. Xie nodded repeatedly. "When Shu'er was little, he always clung to Siyu. They had a very good relationship back then. But I didn't know they were actually in love!"
Thinking about this, Xie's nose and eyes began to flush again. "I didn't do anything wrong about this either. Many years ago, Shu'er was accused of murdering her father by her mother. Seeing that the government had pronounced the verdict, I didn't think much of it and thought she really did it."
"If she had told me then that she was wrongly accused, my mansion would have given her a place to stay. Why would she have wandered and fled for the past fifteen years?"
Lu Xuan knew Xie was blaming herself, and hurried to comfort her, "Aunt, I don't think that's the point. You didn't know about this matter to begin with, and at that time, first Sister Siyu passed away, then Brother was rumored to have died, and then Brother An Nian disappeared without a trace. You were so worried and anxious every day, how could you have thought about other people's affairs?"
Lu Xuan's words comforted Xie, and she wiped her eyes, then smiled faintly, "Indeed."
"From that time on, your uncle's health started to deteriorate. It was because of the accidents that happened to the children one after another that frightened him and made him sick. So we watched Yuehe and Xiao'er every day as if they were our own eyes, afraid that something bad might happen to them. We didn't get a good night's sleep during that time. At that time, the Xu family's affairs were all settled by the government. They said Shu'er had escaped and the government couldn't catch him, so we only noticed the news."
"At the time, I asked around, and they said that after she killed Xu Wenshan, she knew her servants had reported her to the authorities, so she fled. The authorities posted arrest warrants everywhere. I wondered at the time if she wasn't that kind of person, and if she had been wronged. But the rumors spread like wildfire, about her martial arts prowess, how she had beheaded her father and then sat on him and trampled on him. They were so detailed."
"The Duke's Mansion was busy with its own affairs, so I didn't have the energy to care about that matter anymore. Now that I think about it, it turns out that we are all connected by the same thread, and we were all teased by fate..."
Seeing that Xie was getting angry again, Lu Xuan hurriedly handed her a handkerchief.
"Aunt, in fact, the affairs of our Duke's Mansion and Sister Xu's affairs are really the same thing. The same person is manipulating everything behind the scenes."
Lu Xuan originally didn't plan to tell them about Jiang Yuanfeng and the emperor, but the situation was becoming increasingly uncontrollable. If something really happened to the Duke's Mansion one day, they would know the truth and would know how to protect themselves, so she told them the story.
After learning the truth, Xie's previous mixed emotions of sadness and joy were instantly filled with anger and shock.
"I never thought that Siyu would actually be the emperor..."
Lu Yuehe stood up and covered Xie's mouth with her hands, "Mother, my sister was speaking in code just now. Don't you think your voice is harmful to others?"
Lu Xiao also hurriedly said, "Look, just now I said that Yue He and I haven't gotten married yet, and I still need you in many places. It's only been a short time, and you're already so jumpy, and you can call out trouble even for nothing. Ah Xuan and the prince are doing this for our own good, so they secretly covered up big brother's return and helped him get everything from the emperor. Now they tell us the truth, but if these things get out, your reputation outside will be louder than ours. We can't help but attract action from the palace!"
Seeing Lu Xiao's serious expression, Xie nodded repeatedly, "You always have ideas. Come up with a way to help Ah Xuan and your elder brother. And the Crown Prince. I haven't seen him for so long. I really thought that the child was training hard in the East Palace. I didn't expect..."
Lu Yuehe continued to soothe Xie, "Mother, it's safest for us to stay out of this matter and pretend we don't know anything about it."
Lu Xuan gave her an appreciative look. "Yue He is right. Just pretend nothing happened. I'm only telling you this to save your lives, not to get killed. As for the rest, there are me, the prince, and big brother. Big brother's vengeance for the past ten years should be avenged, right?"
At this moment, a burst of horse neighing was heard outside.
"General?!"
The doorman outside the door yelled in a daze, and then heard a burst of joyful shouts from the maids, "The general is back, the general is back, princess, madam, young lady, young master, everyone come out quickly..."
When Xie heard the noise, she rushed out in a flash, her movements more agile than ever before.
Lu Xuan walked out of the main hall and realized that during the one or two hours they had been chatting, the Duke's Mansion had indeed been decorated with new decorations.
The brazier on the ground, the boiled red eggs held by the servants, the peach wood sword for warding off evil spirits, the Five Emperors' coins, the bright red snow jade crown, and the red belt were all neatly prepared for General Lu.
A long line of maids holding trays in their hands respectfully welcomed Lu Xuan home.
General Lu returned home in the eight-horse carriage bestowed by the palace. After sending the person back, the eunuch had to go back to report.
The eunuch who came to see General Lu off was obviously unaware of the situation, so a warm smile spread across his face. "Now in this mansion, everyone should stop calling him the Great General and start calling him the Duke! The Emperor has promised General Lu the title of Duke of An. Now he is the legitimate Duke. From now on, Madam, we should call him Old Madam!"
Thinking of Lu Xuan and Xu Shu, Xie Shi didn't mind being called old, and happily responded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, it's right to call her old lady..."
Lu Xuan didn't feel relieved until he saw the palace carriage back on the street. He looked at the people in the Duke's Mansion with a serious look.
Just this one glance made the eyes of this man, who was over forty and as tall as a pine tree, tear up in an instant.
He stepped into the mansion, his voice trembling: "Mother..."
When I left, my mother's hair was still black, but now, even the pearls and jade can't cover up the silver hair.
Xie lifted her skirt and ran towards him quickly with tears in her eyes.
When he saw that the man in front of him, dressed in cloth, with a weathered face and rough skin, was really his son, he was speechless.
I just hugged him suddenly and cried bitterly.
Lu Xiao and Lu Yuehe stood a few steps away, looking at their legendary big brother and not daring to move.
Lu Xuan poked the two of them and whispered, "Go and pay your respects!"
The two of them then hurried over and politely bowed, "Hello, big brother!"
"I've met my brother!"
General Lu wiped away the tears that overflowed from his eyes. His throat rolled several times before he nodded almost wordlessly, "Okay, they've all grown up. Yue He and Xiao Er are this big now."