All the stalemate between mother and daughter disappeared as Lu Bozhou knelt down.

Aunt Zhao quickly got out of the car to support Lu Bozhou: "Sir, what are you doing? How can you kneel before someone like me?"

Lu Bozhou stood up and bowed again: "It is only natural for a son-in-law to kneel before his mother-in-law. I also want to thank you for giving birth to such a good daughter! God has mercy on me and sent her to me."

Aunt Zhao sighed softly and said nothing more.

Lu Bozhou coughed and looked at Li Jinglan, "Mom has never been out before. Maybe she is afraid of life outside. If you spend the next few days with mom and talk to her more, maybe she will get used to it."

Then he pointed to the main courtyard and said, "Jinglan has prepared an upper courtyard for you, called Xuanrui Hall."

"Xuanrui Hall?" Aunt Zhao was a little excited when she heard the name, but soon she lowered her head and said, "I am not worthy of it, so they just prepared a small courtyard for me in a remote side yard."

"Jinglan is my wife, how can her biological mother live in a remote side yard?" Lu Bozhou made a strong decision, "Mother will live in Xuanrui Hall in the upper yard."

"Then..." Aunt Zhao's bottom line wavered a little, "Just stay for a few days."

The couple sent Aunt Zhao to Xuanrui Hall.

I introduced the room layout to her.

Lu Bozhou could see that although Aunt Zhao said that she was not worthy, she must be very satisfied with the layout of the room.

"Mom, you must have worked hard all the way here, and you must be tired. You can talk to Jinglan first. I'll have someone order a table of wine and food outside. We'll have dinner together as a family later."

"Don't quarrel." Lu Bozhou whispered to Li Jinglan before leaving.

Give space to mother and daughter.

After Lu Bozhou left, the room remained silent.

Aunt Zhao drank her tea and said nothing.

Li Jinglan sat a few steps away from her, also silent.

After a moment, Li Jinglan coughed, breaking the silence in the room: "You can't go back to the Li family anymore."

When Aunt Zhao heard this, her eyes moved slightly and she looked at him, as if asking the reason.

Li Jinglan looked up and said, "Bozhou has just joined the company, and we haven't established a firm foothold in the capital yet."

"If the Li family is tricked into causing any trouble again, Bozhou and I will face a catastrophic disaster."

Li Jinglan frowned and said, "If you don't return to the Li family, I will sever my ties with them."

Aunt Zhao was silent for a long while, and could not help but say, "Li Pengxuan is useless, but you must remember that you and I were raised by the Li family for sixteen years. If people are not grateful, what is the difference between them and animals? I did not teach you the word severing ties in the past."

"Family ties can never be severed! You say you want to break off the relationship, but in reality you can't." Aunt Zhao sighed.

After hearing this, Li Jinglan knew that Aunt Zhao was beginning to waver.

He continued, "If Auntie goes back, the Li family may use Auntie to force us to do something we cannot do, or use her as a handle to threaten us."

Li Jinglan looked at Aunt Zhao and said softly, "Aunt should understand that I am not exaggerating. With Li Pengxuan's character, it will become a fact."

"He is easily influenced and has no ability to distinguish right from wrong. If he is instigated to do something that is not in my favor, I will kill him."

"At that time, it was a mortal feud! Auntie, staying with me now can prevent such a thing from happening again."

Aunt Zhao was silent for a long time, and finally decided to stay.

But a few requests were made.

She refused to see any outsiders, nor did she allow Li Jinglan to tell outsiders that she lived in the Zhuangyuan Mansion.

"Just pretend that I don't exist in the family." This was Aunt Zhao's only request.

After Li Jinglan left.

The magpie complained softly: "Aunt, the eldest girl is so good to you, why do you have to go against her?"

Li Jinglan took Aunt Zhao out of her home to live with her in her old age, which was the wish of many aunts.

Mrs. Li Wu was not necessarily very kind to Aunt Zhao, and Li Chengyue never stood up for Aunt Zhao, but only asked Aunt Zhao to avoid Mrs. Li Wu.

Why is Aunt Zhao unwilling to leave the Li family and insists on suffering in the Li family?

Aunt Zhao remained silent and did not respond to the maid Xi Que.

Aunt Zhao came to Beijing quietly.

As a result, Prince Jin didn't even realize that there was an extra person in his family.

I learned the news a few days later.

"This Li family is quite affectionate and righteous. She brought her own aunt out to take care of her in her old age." Prince Jin already knew what the Li family had done and was very disdainful of them.

Holding an article whose authenticity he had no idea of, and someone else saying it was written by Lu Bozhou, Li Pengxuan believed that it must have been written by Lu Bozhou.

They spread the news that Lu Bozhou cheated in the imperial examination without confirming the news.

What's going on in your brain?

But King Jin knew that there really were such people in the world.

Maybe it's based on jealousy, or maybe it's based on the desire to show off.

He makes all those unfounded stories sound very convincing just to prove himself.

When you question them, they will say with great grievance: How would I know so much? I just heard it from others.

It’s July soon and the weather is getting hotter.

King Jin invited Lu Bozhou and Zhou Jin to cool off at the hot spring resort outside the city.

Lu Bozhou did not agree on the spot, but went back to discuss it with Li Jinglan.

Li Jinglan's eyes moved slightly.

Prince Jin wanted to confirm Lu Bozhou's identity.

She also had contact with King Jin for a period of time, and recalled some things from her past life.

I feel that King Jin is not an enemy.

Because in his previous life, Lu Bozhou also respected King Jin very much.

After the emperor passed away, Prince Jin still enjoyed all the treatment.

The ceremonial guard is twice as many as that of the Queen.

You can sit in the sedan chair when entering the palace.

Whether it was the solar terms or ordinary times, the Prince of Jin's Mansion would receive rewards from time to time.

After the death of Prince Jin, Lu Bozhou wore mourning clothes and kept vigil for him.

If the two were enemies, Lu Bozhou would not have been so kind to King Jin.

Then think about what King Jin has done in this life.

Li Jinglan had some small guesses.

In his previous life, Lu Bozhou should have been found by King Jin just like in this life.

Thinking of this, Li Jinglan smiled and said, "It's rare that Mr. Wu You invites you guys, so just go. It's a good opportunity to go out of town and take a break."

Lu Bozhou actually didn't want to go.

He is very busy in the Hanlin Academy.

In addition to his main job, he also had to copy the scriptures at the imperial lecture every five days.

Transcribing is hard work.

It is necessary to record every word spoken by the emperor and the ministers who give lectures.

He copied very slowly, almost unable to keep up, and each time he relied on his powerful memory to write as he remembered.

As a last resort, he went to ask the historian who wrote the daily records for advice on shorthand methods, and then went home to practice hard.

But when he heard Li Jinglan asking him to go, Lu Bozhou guessed that Li Jinglan should want to go.

When Li Jinglan was in Nanli County, he would visit Liu from time to time, and sometimes he would check on the farmland and workshops in the village.

Now that I'm in the capital, I'm trapped at home every day.

The house is a good house though.

Where is the vast world of freedom?

"Why don't we invite the three girls who live in the backyard, as well as Lu Ping, Lu An and the students, to come along."

Lu Bozhou looked down at Li Jinglan and smiled deeply: "It's a good opportunity to go out and have some fun. You've been staying at home all the time lately, you must be bored."

When Lu Guanyu heard that they were going out to play, he was very happy.

She was chattering beside Li Jinglan, "Sister-in-law, what is Hot Spring Manor?"

"It's the hot spring in the village." Li Jinglan answered with a smile as she watched Zhao Zhengyi's and Lu Sheng's families packing their luggage.

"Oh——" Lu Guanyu stretched out the last syllable of the word, but he still didn't understand what a hot spring was.

Start brainstorming.

A gushing spring appeared in my mind, and many cooked chickens, ducks and fish appeared in the spring.

Lu Guanyu sipped his saliva: "Hot springs are the broth made from boiled meat, right? Otherwise, why is it called a hot spring?"

The thought of her sitting in the hot spring with plates of chicken, duck, fish and meat floating around her.

Lu Guanyu narrowed his eyes happily.

The next day, the Zhuangyuan Mansion set off in a grand procession.

After getting off the carriage, I looked at this huge villa.

Lu Bozhou and Zhou Jin were slightly surprised.

"This farm seems to belong to Duke Xu." Zhou Jin and Lu Bozhou whispered.

Xu Jinghuan heard this and interrupted, "It is indeed the Xu family. Our Taoist master rented it from the second son of the Xu family."

Lu Bozhou had been in Beijing for some time and had some understanding of the powerful people in the capital.

The prince of Duke Xu married the princess.

The second young master is a man who indulges in sensual pleasures.

I heard that he loves to make friends with all kinds of people.

I could listen to operas in the theater for three days and three nights.

It is not surprising that Mr. Wu You was able to rent a farm from Mr. Xu Er.

Zhuangzi's housekeeper had never seen the King of Jin and did not know Mr. Wuyou's true identity.

After learning about Lu Bozhou and Zhou Jin's identities, he showed great respect to them.

"Mr. Zhuangyuan is a rare top six scholar. I would be happy to die if I could have the chance to speak to him in my lifetime."

Otherwise, we would say that the servants of the powerful and wealthy are powerful.

Even the head of a village is so good at flattering.

Li Jinglan looked towards the backyard, where smoke was curling up, giving a fairyland-like feeling.

If you wait until morning or dusk, when the sunlight shines through the white fog, it will surely be magnificent.

Seeing Li Jinglan's eyes kept looking towards the backyard.

The village head's wife smiled and said, "The hot spring is in the backyard. There is a vegetable shed next to the hot spring. With the help of the hot spring's geothermal energy and water vapor, the Duke's Mansion has fresh vegetables and fruits to eat all year round."

"Have you built a vegetable shed? Can I go and take a look?" Li Jinglan immediately became interested.

This is a vegetable greenhouse.

She had to go take a look.

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