From the side, women have short hair that is common in the Republic of China, but at this time, they are rare in neck, black and dense, and still have a faint fragrance, which makes people want to reach out to caress; while the white and tender neck under the black hair, the narrow shoulders under the light blue clothes, the waist that is full of shy, charming but extremely natural generous demeanor... This is a woman who can make any man feel moved by it. △,

"Sir, if it's okay, I... I'll go to the garden now to invite Sister Cheng and Sister Tang and the others back..." The woman spoke first in embarrassment. She tried her best to suppress a throbbing, wanting to escape from this spacious but increasingly depressing house.

"No need, I still have something to do." The word 'adult' reminded Yang Rui that the woman was his subordinate, and the subordinates were not within his scope according to his principles. If he wanted to. But an uncontrollable impulse still made him speak: "If you don't object, give it to me after the drawing is finished. I just missed a fan."

"Yes..." The answer was as low as a mosquito, and he still answered with his head down. When she looked up again, Yang Rui had already walked away. The conversation that had just a few minutes just now seemed to be in a dream. Only the moving fan of mountains and rivers reminded her that all this was true.

Daili meditated the fastest time. When the clock hit the third round, there were laughter from women outside. Zhang Taiyan’s wife Tang Guoli’s words came from afar. She seemed to be accusing Cheng Lu, “… just talk about the domino movies, you are not worried that those kids at home will sneak out and go crazy…”

"Isn't Sister Jinxian coming? The man went out to drink flower wine, so we women had to play domino and watch the movie." Cheng Xu kept laughing in the crowd of girls. She seemed to understand the weight of Yin Weijun in Qiu Jin's heart, and also understood Qiu Jin's support for her husband at the Standing Committee, so she always had a very good relationship with Yin Weijun. This time, Yin Weijun's elder sister Yin Jinxian came to Beijing, and she greeted her very enthusiastically. "Besides, Xiaoman is not there, you, where can you go?"

Before Cheng Xu finished speaking, Yang Wuming rushed over from an unknown corner like a wind, calling his mother and pounced into her arms. Cheng Xu continued to him, pulling his arm and asking, "Aren't you doing your homework? Why did you run out?"

"I... my stomach hurts, and then... I heard that my mother is back..." Yang Wuming was thirteen years old and was about the same size as Cheng Lu, but he still looked like a naughty child in front of his mother, so Cheng Lu had no choice but to do anything to him.

"I just knew I was crazy about going out," Cheng Xu twisted him hard and blamed him, "Look at you, I'll buy candied haws again. The candy foam on the corners of his mouth has not been wiped clean. Your father will see it later. Let's see how he dealt with you!"

"Not afraid, with Aunt Tang here, and so many customers, at most, it is to scold me and not to slap me." Yang Wuming said seriously. His years of experience in being slap made him understand that his father would not slap himself in the face of a guest. "Aunt Tang..." One hand was placed on Tang Guoli's slightly raised belly for some reason. The other hand was placed in front of his mouth like a monk chanting Buddha's name. The monk sang: "Amitabha. Female donor: I believe that the child must be a handle when he was born!"

"Hahahaha..." The first one was Tang Guoli. Then it was Yin Weijun and her sister Yin Jinxian, and finally Wu Zhiying and Cheng Wu. After a few minutes, these people still laughed tilted. Tang Guoli still had tears on her face. She grabbed the veil with one hand and stroked her chest with the other, pointing at Cheng Wu. She said angrily: "This is... This is the good son you gave birth to..."

At this time, Cheng Xu also came back from the laughter and defended himself: "I gave birth to the child, but I didn't teach him." After that, she went to pinch Yang Wuming's face and cursed: "Don't do this in the future. The Buddha will be angry and punished by learning from the monks to speak..."

Because of the appearance of spirits, the Buddha has become a higher-level existence in China than God and Allah, and earthquakes are seen as a means of the Buddha's anger and punishment of evil people. Even a naughty princeling like Yang Wuming was frightened to death when he heard his mother lifting the Buddha's face. After Cheng Xu finished speaking, he felt that he had said something. He immediately restrained his smile, put his palms together and bowed deeply to the West, saying, "The Buddha is very compassionate, please do not blame the children for speaking freely. Amitabha Buddha."

Cheng Xu took the lead in apologizing to the Buddha, and the others immediately bowed deeply to the West. Yin Jinxian, who came from the countryside and respected the Buddha, knelt on the ground and kowtowed, "The Buddha is very compassionate, please forgive the little Nannan. Jinxian is willing to eat vegetarianism for three years to replace his past."

"Sister..." Cheng Xu turned around and said in surprise. Yin Jinxian promised to fast for three years was not a trivial matter.

"It's okay, the older my elder sister is, the closer my heart is to my Buddha." Yin Jinxian knelt down and stood up and replied calmly.

"Wuming, kowtow to my aunt!" Cheng Xu pulled the frightened Yang Wuming, and the child knelt down immediately.

"Don't kowtow, don't kowtow." Yin Jinxian smiled, "Respect the elderly and the elderly of others, and be young and the young of others. If the children make mistakes, the Buddha will punish them. You are still young, and I am old, and I like to recite scriptures and chant Buddha more and more. Let me do this time."

With a kind-hearted and kind-hearted look, Yin Jinxian looked at Yang Wuming again, and warned with a kind but serious manner: "Wuming, all things in the world are transformed by the Buddha's supernatural powers. The reason why people become the masters of all things depends entirely on the Buddha's blessing. Therefore, they need to be respectful to the Buddha in every way and do not make fun of usurpation, do you know?"

"I understand, aunt." Because of the fright, Yin Jinxian's words poured into Yang Wuming's heart. He nodded with a rare respectful answer.

"What a good girl!" Yin Jinxian stroked his head again and comforted him: "Remember to respect the Buddha at all times, promote good and punish evil, so that he will not go down... and can he reach the Western Paradise."

A joke made the women extremely quiet. After entering the house, the girl called Xiaoman by Cheng Xu happened to meet her. Tang Guoli, who liked her, took her hand and smiled: "Thank you for your hard work, Xiaoman, I will throw you here alone to see the child."

Xiaoman was awakened by the clock. After hurriedly put away the fan, he went to find some cold water and splashed it on his face. When his face was not so hot, he ran out. Seeing that no one noticed something wrong with him, he felt relieved. But when she was about to reply to Tang Guoli's speech, Cheng Xu asked, "Xiaoman, is the Prime Minister back?"

"Ah..." Xiaoman was shocked. She didn't know whether to tell the truth or to lie and deceive him. While he was hesitating, Yang Rui's voice came from outside, "I also knew that I was about to starve to the Prime Minister, I was almost starving to death!"

After returning to the house, Cheng Rui did not see Cheng Rui. After saying a few words to the woman who seemed to be beautiful but actually charming, Yang Rui went back to Yin'an Palace to handle the documents. Seeing that it was almost eleven o'clock, he put down his official duties and came back to find food. Therefore, he just broke the woman's siege. Seeing Yang Rui screamed hungry, Cheng Rui didn't expect that Yang Rui had come back once. When he saw him complained, he said, "Will it be over? Isn't Sister Yin coming? If you are hungry, eat some fruit first, and the meal will be ready soon."

What meeting was held in Yin'an Palace in the morning? Cheng Wu was completely clear about what to decide at the meeting. She might not understand the setting of the left and right prime ministers, but Yang Rui once said that even if he succeeded, he would find someone to share official duties, and would not be as busy as before. Now, when he saw the man coming back, she immediately guessed that everything would go smoothly at the meeting. She couldn't help but be happy for him. When he was happy, he saw his collar tilted, so he stepped forward to help him straighten his body. This showed his love as if no one else had only made Wu Zhiying, Tang Guoli and others cover their mouths and laugh secretly.

Tang Guoli smiled and said, "Okay, it's getting late, so we won't get in the way here. Let's go to my mansion."

"Hey, didn't you say you could have a meal here?" Cheng Xu didn't blush when he was teased by them. He just turned around and wanted to go to La Yin Jinxian.

"What did you say is that you are having a meal here? It was said that you would have a meal in your mansion tomorrow, not today." Tang Guoli still laughed. After saying that, he pulled out the door and only laughed all the way.

As soon as the sisters left, Yang Wuming saw Yang Rui like a mouse and saw a cat. He rushed back to the house to pretend to do homework. There was only a couple left in the yard. Cheng Xu put his feet on the man's neck and gave a kiss, and smiled and said, "Are you happy or are you really hungry?"

"Happy?" Yang Rui wanted to be more serious, but she couldn't help but grin when she smiled and said without saying a word: "What's there to be happy about? Isn't it just a prime minister? Who cares about it?"

"Tsk!" The man's words were insincere and the woman saw it completely. She stroked the man's arm with her jade hand. Suddenly she changed her emphasis and whispered charmingly: "If the Prime Minister doesn't dislike it, please go to the little girl's boudoir and talk carefully about why it's not rare."

"Ah!" Yang Rui's heart was shocked suddenly, because her voice was hooked, and a certain part suddenly... He couldn't help but touch the woman's back with his hand, and found that there was a knot, so somewhere became harder as iron. He said dryly, "You are here really? But you haven't eaten yet."

Cheng Lu, who was worried that her husband would be lost because he could not succeed, had already prepared a very shameful dress and planned to wear it for men after the Prime Minister's succession meeting. The dress was designed by Yang Rui and sewn by herself. Every time she thought of the "clothes" with only a few ropes and pieces of cloth, her face was as hot as charcoal, and her lower body was even more lovely.

"Don't eat!" Cheng Xu said coquettishly, then pulled the man's arm to the bedroom, and while walking, he whispered charmingly in the man's ear: "I'm only allowed to eat me today, have you heard?"

The bedroom door was closed for most of the day, and the floor of the room was covered with scattered clothes, and two naked people hugged each other tightly under the thick quilt. Just after everything was over, the man's breathing did not return, and the woman did not come back from the intense floating just now. It took a long time before the woman recovered. She changed her position and half lay on the man's body, and used her fingers like jade bamboo to slash the man's chest, and said, "It's done, let's have another daughter."

With a 'bang', the man under the quilt hit her on the buttocks and pretended to shout: "It's really what you called me? Call me sir!"

‘Prince…’ Cheng Xu laughed. Pretending to be a servant to serve Yang Rui was just a game. He didn’t want a man to be really addicted to playing. She had to follow him and said incredibly charmingly: “Sir, please allow me to give birth to a daughter for you.”

"No, having a baby is too dangerous." Yang Rui caressed her hair, but the beautiful and charming woman flashed in his mind again. This was the fifth time he remembered her. He hurriedly drove the image of this person out of his mind and said, "Three is enough, and there will be more rebirth."

"But I just want to pass on your family line to you." Cheng Xu's performance was just now. In addition to protesting, his slippery body in the quilt also shaking left and right, and his thighs in stockings and the plump breasts were rubbing against the man frequently, as if the man would never give up if he didn't agree to her.

"Okay, don't be too slow. You can give birth if you want, but don't..." Before Yang Rui finished speaking, his mouth was stopped by Cheng Xu. Xianfeng's tragedy made having a baby a taboo for Yang Rui. In order not to get pregnant, couples always count on their days. Now seeing that the man finally made an exception to agree, the woman's face was full of happiness, and she didn't know the danger of a man when she was pregnant.

After leaving Zhang Shangshu's mansion, Lu Xiaoman didn't know where to go.

Although she knew very well that with the Female Revival Association, the parents would never dare to do anything to themselves, if their parents were soft-hearted, such as having hunger strikes and getting sick, she had to finally agree to their arrangements and marry the man named Wang Geng.

Although I have never seen this man. But when I saw his delicate half-body photo and ancient poem that pretended to be gentle but had little literary talent behind the photo, she felt that this would not be the man she liked. According to Sister Tang, love is... When I saw that man, I felt hot all over, incoherent, and I didn't know where to place my hands and feet. All his bad things were regarded as the best. No matter how dirty or smelly it was, I wouldn't feel dirty or smelly...

In comparison, Wang Geng was almost like a passerby, without any helplessness; as for her whole body, she couldn't help but think of this, and the brief moment that happened in the back house of the Prime Minister's House. At that time, she felt that her whole body was hot. Did she fall in love with the Prime Minister?

‘Hey…hey…’ a rough voice shouted, “I said girl, you have to look at the road when you walk!”

"Ah!" Lu Xiaoman immediately covered her face and closed her eyes and squatted on the road. Fortunately, the rickshaw was not a big bus. The coachman turned around and walked around her. Even after that, the coachman still looked back at the strange woman and muttered dissatisfaction.

When the rickshaw left, Lu Xiaoman stood up. He just said that she was so scared that she was ashamed. She felt that she was simply ruthless. She was such a majestic man like the Prime Minister and had a family long ago. How could a young woman like her be admired? Even if he had no family, the Lu family could not be able to stand up to it.

After the Tianxia Ding, Lu Ding, the father of Lu Xiaoman, who was a juren in the former Qing Dynasty branch, was immediately lost his official position. All the money he had given to the adults was spared. At a loss, the judicial independence after the founding of the country, the Tingwei Mansion recruited judges because there were not enough judges. With the help of fellow villagers Wang Chonghui, Cao Rulin and others, Lu Dingyi, who graduated from the law and politics department of Meiji University, turned around and became a fourth-rank official in the Dali Temple.

All this is pretty good. Although the judges don’t pay much, they are still a fourth-rank official. However, unexpected events have occurred. In the case of Zhang Yuanji in Shanghai, Lu Ding’s boss Wang Chonghui was sentenced to ten years in prison. He was guilty of concealing and not reporting because he knew about this. If it were not for his fellow villager Cao Rulin, Zhang Yilin would have been active everywhere to prove that he had nothing to do with the case. The Tingwei Mansion would not want to make this a nest case, and he would probably be prosecuted by the Inspectorate. But even so, he was dismissed by the Tingwei Mansion for false suspicion. [Note 126]

After this difficulty, Lu Ding, who was still in shock, dared not become an official again. The Kuomintang also withdrew for a while. The column of the political component of the archives could finally be written with "innocence". He eventually became the general manager of Zhenyi Bank jointly established by a businessman, but...

"Hello, Miss Lu..." An Audi stopped on the side of the road. A foreigner in the car looked at the somewhat confused gentleman Lu Xiaoman and smiled. He said in French: "Can I have the honor to send you home?"

"Thank you for your kindness, Mr. Lori, I don't need it." Before taking the civil service exam, Lu Xiaoman studied at Sacred Heart Girls' School. She was a campus queen and was naturally noticed. This Frenchman who drove was one of them.

"Oh, thank God, you finally remembered my name." The French exclaimed happily. If it weren't for the city's prohibition of honking, he would have to press it a few times. "Dear Miss, please let your faithful servant Lori send you a ride."

"I don't need it, Mr. Lori." Lu Xiaoman walked faster. She didn't like the French entanglement, especially now. Just as she was thinking about whether to turn into the alley, a traffic policeman pointed at the Frenchman and blew the whistle hard, and then made gestures to stop him. At the same time, the notebook that scared the drivers the most was also drawn out. It seemed that the Frenchman was very lucky to receive a ticket, and the two Huayuan plus four points were gone. It was so sad.

"You are so lucky, Mr. Lori, may God bless you!" Lu Xiaoman smiled and jumped away, leaving only a Frenchman with a embarrassed look on his face.

Since Shenwu moved to the capital two years ago, the Lu Mansion has followed Cao Rulin's family to live in Zhaojialou, Dongcheng. After Lu Ding went to business, he could not do business. He basically used the relationship between old and old in Shanghai as bargaining chips. After the rebellion, he had a growing relationship with Cao Rulin, who became increasingly close to the officials. Although the new dynasty was very strict about leaks, no matter how strict he was, some policy directions could still be revealed. After all, these things can be inferred from newspapers and the Prime Minister's Office communiqué, but no one believed the conclusions drawn from that. Only the "internal news" with "with a way" can satisfy the hearts of the merchants.

Before Lu Xiaoman was welcomed into the house by his servant, he saw a Volkswagen parked at the door. The license plate belonged to Cao Rulin. Although Cao Rulin, an important member of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, had a bus. But under the nose of the Inspectorate and the Inspectorate, he also bought the cheapest Volkswagen like other officials to make transportation.

As soon as Lu Xiaoman entered the door, he was shocked by Cao Qingxin hiding at the door. She was Cao Rulin's second daughter and also a classmate from Sacred Heart Girls School. "Xiaoman, don't you not be on duty today? Where have you been?"

"I..." Lu Xiaoman was about to say something and was interrupted by Cao Qingxin again, "Do you know, my father is discussing your marriage, saying that the day is set for the eighth day of next month. Miss Xiaoman, congratulations."

"Ah! I won't marry!" The Frenchman who was originally slutty learned a lesson. Lu Xiaoman was in a good mood, but when she heard that the marriage was scheduled for next month, she immediately panicked. At this time, her mother Wu Manhua came out and pulled her and said, "Where are you going if you don't stay at home on holidays? She will get married next month and run around. What's going to happen..."

"Mom. I don't want to get married!" Lu Xiaoman said coquettishly, but she knew that her mother's temperament was soft on the outside and steel on the inside. So she planned to go to find her father again, but before she could even go to the study, Lu Ding and Cao Rulin came out after the discussion. Lu Ding was short and white, with a dough, and looked like a rich man, but only Xiaoman lived with nine children, so she naturally loved her. She loved her so much.

Now he likes this son-in-law, and he is also carefully selected. He is not only of the same clan (the Lu family is from Changzhou and lived in Shanghai during the rebellion), but also a military student graduated from the West Point Military Academy in the United States. He values ​​military officers and academic qualifications in this dynasty. The future is unlimited. Besides, the Lu family has no other support except Cao Rulin for the two political and business terms. Most of the family property has been transferred due to land reform. It is not bad to be able to get to this marriage.

Seeing that his naughty daughter, who was usually naughty, still opposed this marriage after several persuasion, Lu Dingyu said earnestly: "Mi'er, you are 20 soon. Who will you marry after you don't get married? The Lu family is the only one. Although a few years ago..., I won't mention this. If you don't marry a promising husband, who will this huge family business be left for?"

"But my daughter just doesn't want to!" Lu Xiaoman pulled her father's sleeve and cried after a while. Her mother Wu Manhua knew she was fake crying and said, "Don't be deceived by the crazy women Tonghexuan. Those who marry a noble man themselves will come to take care of other people's affairs, saying that they are free from marriage and not taking concubines, aren't they just afraid that others will rob their men? Mom is also for your own good. Although the husband I found for you is a military colonel, he is also very gentle. Haven't you seen the photo? What a good young man, and he has returned from a study abroad in the United States, how can the future be bad..."

Wu Manhua said with a word, Lu Xiaoman was restless and she suddenly screamed sternly like crazy, and then shouted: "Doesn't your daughter just want to marry?"

Her scream scared Cao Rulin. He always thought that the Lu family's daughter was a decent and weak woman, but he didn't want her to be crazy. Lu Ding and his wife had known that their daughter was usually sensible, but she loved everything she did. No one knew what she really thought. Sometimes she would scream inexplicably hysterically. However, this problem gradually disappeared after entering the Sacred Heart Girls School, and she didn't want to have another attack today.

Seeing that Cao Rulin was shocked, Lu Ding, who had a good temper but was very respectful, immediately slapped his daughter. He was calling Cao Rulin. After the beating, he shouted, "Don't you apologize to Uncle Cao!"

Lu Xiaoman was slapped in pain when he heard his father shouting, and even more tears were heard. Not only did he not apologize, he turned around and ran back to his room. Lu Ding hit her and hurt her in his heart, but at this time he could not go to comfort her without regard for his face, and bowed to Cao Rulin and said, "Brother Runtian..." After that, he sighed, "Hey, if she doesn't marry, I will not be able to pass this level."

Lu Ding loves such a beautiful person, but now he slapped Cao Rulin in front of him. He knew that the slap was for him, but he still shook his head. He said, "Jiansan, don't be too anxious. Do the child have to persuade him slowly after all? And if you are in your business, you can't be against Liu Wenkui, he is the general manager of the bank, and you are just the general manager of the bank..."

"Oh, I won't say it anymore." Lu Ding waved his hand, "No matter what, this nephew Wang Xian was introduced by the same clan. The marriage has been decided, the day has been chosen, and the invitation will be sent tomorrow. This matter is..."

"Jiansan, I won't talk about it." His wife Wu Manhua also came up. She was also from a famous family, a native of Changzhou, and was once the governor of Jiangxi. She married Lu Ding to value his talent. However, the dynasty changed and she was well-off. She became a businessman in less than a few years and caused trouble in the business world. Of course, this was not only her own family, but also the former wealthy family in Jiangsu and Zhejiang had almost all lost power after the transformation of the wealthy family, and only became rich merchants. There were only a few, such as those emperors who had studied in South Africa, as well as former Qing officials like Cao Rulin, who saved their former wealth.

The Lu family has only one daughter, Xiaoman, and Lu Ding ruined his career. For the sake of the present, only by recruiting a son-in-law with a promising future can the family business be continued in the clan. Whoever has reached the high school can be proud. If only the family has wealth but there is no one in the court in the officialdom, then even people from outside will bully him. This is something that the arrogant Wu Manhua can't stand. Besides, Wang Geng was originally chosen by Wu Manhua, and it was Wu Manhua's request to get married so anxiously. Why is this? It's not that the generals who came from Xiaoman's future happiness will not be able to get up, but the school officials who came back from studying can't let other women rush forward.

"Brother Runtian, I will persuade Xiaoman. Please ask for it from my in-laws..." Wu Manhua said.

"Don't worry, Manhua." Cao Rulin still valued the friendship between classmates after all. He said, "I will go to find Wang Xian's nephew later, and give me some blank invitations. Maybe..."

The Ministry is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one of the twelve ministries under the Prime Minister's Office, which is said to be only ranked behind the Ministry of Revenue. Although he knew that Cao Rulin could only send a few invitations to his subordinates or close colleagues, he could attend the wedding with a few more officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to attend the wedding, and the Lu family would immediately see the face. When Lu Ding heard this, he bowed to the ground, and Wu Manhua was blessed. The couple said in unison: "My husband and wife will never forget the kindness of Runtian."

Cao Rulin immediately helped them up and said with a smile: "Do you couple want to treat me as an outsider? Get up quickly. They are all their own people, they are all their own people."

After being polite, Wu Manhua said again: "Brother Runtian, and Xiaoman's errand..., what should I do?"

"This is an errand?" Cao Rulin said suddenly, "It seems that Xiaoman has been arranged to go to the Prime Minister's Office. There are many female officials in the court, and they have exceptions to take care of female officials' marriage and children. It is really not easy for Xiaoman to be admitted to the Prime Minister's Office. Although he is just a clerk, if he can..."

Lu Ding was about to nod, but Wu Manhua said, "Since you're married, you'd better quit. It's better to go home to be a good wife and mother." (To be continued...)

ps: Note 126: Lu Xiaoman's father Lu Ding, whose courtesy name was Jiansan, said that he joined the Tongmenghui, but after checking the first three years of the Tongmenghui, this person was not seen among the members of a province in Jiangsu (Shanghai still belongs to Jiangsu at this time). Of course, Lu Ding graduated from Meiji University in 1909, and the roster was only 05, 06, 07, which may not necessarily indicate that he did not join the Tongmenghui in 2008, 09. However, those who had no future in the late Qing Dynasty had strong temperaments joined the Tongmenghui, while Lu Ding was from Shanghai (ahem, there was no prejudice below). Because of the relationship between fellow villager Cao Rulin (one of the four major kings of the official bureau) and others, otherwise how could he join the branch as a branch as a member of the branch once he returned to China, so it was judged that this person should not have joined the Tongmenghui.
Chapter completed!