Golden Branch

The women of the Lou family below all had their eyebrows twitched:

Is this the beginning?

She is indeed a vicious stepmother. If she were his biological mother, she would never mention Dalang when the bride pays her respects!

It is a fact that Lou Jin has a concubine's eldest son.

When discussing marriage with the Dugu family, you should have informed the other party long ago.

But even if it is the truth, you can't just say it casually.

Especially since it was the first time the new bride came to pay a visit, anyone who had any sincerity towards Lou Jin would not have caused trouble for the new bride at this time.

"Let my family know that I have seen Dalang outside the courtyard gate!"

Dugu Mingyue raised her head, with an almost perfect fake smile, she praised sincerely: "As expected of a son of the Lou family, Dalang has inherited the style of his grandfather and father."

Dugu Mingyue is no longer the lowly concubine she used to be. She has her own family and the love and support of her husband. Therefore, even when facing her mother-in-law, Madam Cui, she is confident.

Mrs. Cui deliberately made trouble and used Dalang as a pretext, which Dugu Mingyue could not tolerate.

She smiled, her delicate face like a blooming spring flower. "I heard from my husband that he has been busy with military affairs these past two years. It's thanks to Madam Dowager that Dalang has been nurtured and disciplined!"

"Da Lang is where he is today thanks to Madam Tai's blessing."

Damn old lady Cui, she actually dared to praise me to death and ruined my Dalang!

I will definitely settle this account with you.

Dugu Mingyue was secretly angry, but she looked happy, as if she was really thanking her cheap mother-in-law.

Mrs. Cui: ...

Was Dugu's words sincere or false?

If we consider Dugu's stepmother's identity, she should be happy to see her eldest son being overpraised.

When it comes to Dalang's affairs, Madam Cui and Dugu are considered to be "allies".

However, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are natural enemies.

Mrs. Cui was instinctively suspicious and wary of Dugu Mingyue.

Therefore, Mrs. Cui suspected that Dugu was not really grateful, but was using Dalang's incident to deliberately imply that she was unkind.

"Okay! Okay!"

Madam Cui deliberately patted her thigh, seeming to be very pleased: "Mingyue, it seems that you really like Dalang!"

"That's the best. You and Dalang have the bond of mother and son. In the future, I hope you can cherish it and get along well with Dalang!"

Madam Cui deliberately emphasized the term "mother and son" to continue to make things difficult for Dugu Mingyue.

Mrs. Cui is a stepmother herself, and she doesn't believe that there is any woman in the world who is willing to be a cheap mother to others.

Especially the eldest son of a concubine, wow, he has seized the title of "eldest son" of his own son, and will take away the resources of the Lou family in the future.

Even the military power of the Lou family might be seized by Lou Dalang if things go wrong.

Mrs. Cui decided that she would take her time and wait to watch the "mother and son" pair of Dugu and Lou Dalang perform the drama of "motherly love and filial piety".

Hearing Mrs. Cui's words, Dugu Mingyue was not annoyed, but smiled even more happily: "Don't worry, my son will definitely raise and teach Dalang well!"

After a round of sarcastic remarks, Madam Cui launched a series of attacks, but they were all blocked by Dugu Mingyue's subtle moves.

Madam Cui frowned slightly. "How could Dugu, at such a young age, be so cunning?" She was truly not angry.

Or does she really want to get along well with Dalang?

This is a huge joke.

The jealous and domineering Dugu family actually produced a gentle, respectful, frugal and modest lady?

This is like raising a lamb in a wolf's den!

Not only Madam Cui, but other female members of the Lou family also secretly murmured: Dugu is not simple.

The inner courtyard of the Lou family is really going to be lively from now on!

……

Lou Dalang rode his horse to Wangjiazhuangzi.

Behind him were seven or eight knights and secret guards hiding in the dark.

He had a gloomy face and a murderous look in his eyes.

"If you've already left, why are you coming back?"

"I'm back, and my status has changed. I'm no longer a lowly slave, but a noble lady of the Dugu family!"

Lou Dalang is precocious and sharp, and has witnessed many tricks used by wealthy families.

With a rough guess, one can think that this should be a collaboration between my father and the Dugu family.

The Dugu family adopted her as their adopted daughter, and she suddenly became the daughter of the Dugu family.

In this way, "she" can successfully marry her father and become the queen of the Lou family.

The Dugu family did this, in addition to the benefits promised by their father, they also had the intention of "saving face" -

Back then, Lou Jin refused the marriage proposal with Dugu, which greatly humiliated the Dugu family.

Now, Dugu asked Lou Jin to go to the Dugu family and ask for marriage with great fanfare. During the proposal process, he would probably encounter many difficulties, so that Dugu could step on Lou Jin and wash away the past humiliation!

Lou Dalang had no idea about the exchange of interests between Lou Jin and the Dugu family, nor the torture Lou Jin suffered in the Dugu family.

But there is one thing that Lou Dalang is very sure of, that is, the relationship between "her" and him, Lou Dalang, will be an unspeakable secret.

Even if everyone knew that "she" was Lou Dalang's biological mother, neither the Lou family nor the Dugu family would admit it.

Lou Dalang's biological mother is still a slave of low status and whose whereabouts are unknown.

This...has both advantages and disadvantages for Lou Dalang.

The good side is that both Lou Jin and "she" will feel guilty towards Lou Dalang because of this incident, and will try their best to make amends.

Lou Dalang was able to obtain as much benefit as possible.

Lou Dalang can even become his parents' "creditor" and do whatever he wants without having to worry about status.

The disadvantage is that Lou Dalang can only be a concubine's eldest son and he cannot become the eldest son of the legitimate wife.

What's more, Lou Dalang was worried that among the conditions proposed by the Dugu family to Lou Jin, there was one: the heir of the Lou family could only be born from the Dugu family!

But he is not!

"...I can't inherit the Lou family's fortune?"

Thinking of this possibility, the corners of Lou Dalang's eyes began to turn red, and his whole body seemed to be wrapped in a thick and insoluble black air.

"No! I won't allow it!"

When he was still in his infancy, Lou Dalang was held in Lou Jin's arms, galloping across the battlefield and commanding tens of thousands of troops.

At the age of three, Lou Dalang began to practice martial arts and horse riding.

When he was five years old, he was sent to live with Madam Cui. Lou Dalang dared to play tricks on his teacher and tear up and burn rare ancient books and precious editions that were rarely seen outside, but he never slacked off in his martial arts training and riding and archery.

Because Lou Dalang knew that he could act recklessly and use tricks to harass Old Lady Cui, but he could not lose the "ancestral" treasure.

Martial arts are inherited from our ancestors.

Military power is also inherited from ancestors!

Lou Dalang had long regarded the Lou family army and everything in the Lou family as his own.

Lou Jin also gave him enough confidence.

Therefore, when Lou Dalang heard that Lou Jin wanted to marry Dugu, he was not worried at all.

However, Lou Dalang never expected that Dugu was "her".

The certainty I once had suddenly become uncertain.

Lou Dalang couldn't help but feel anxious and fearful.

……

"Brother! Brother! What's wrong with you? Why are you sitting there in a daze at the door on your horse?"

Wang Heng was wearing a furry, gray-brown fox fur. Although the fur color was a bit mixed, she still looked cute and soft because of her amazing looks.

She was holding a hand warmer in her arms, wearing deerskin boots, and followed by Bai Zhi and several other maids.

He looked like he was about to go out.

But at the door of the house, there were several horses blocking the way, and on the leading Dayuan horse sat a familiar little boy.

Wang Heng's eyes lit up and she greeted him happily.

Hearing the familiar voice, Lou Dalang came back to his senses. He lowered his head and saw the furry fat girl.

Lou Dalang frowned slightly and said with disdain, "Is the Wang family so poor? They actually let their little girl wear such a colorful fur coat?"

The gray color really ruins the fat girl's good looks.

The fat girl is so white, her little face is no different from the white snow around her.

You are so fair, you should wear solid, bright clothes.

Like fiery red fox fur?

White fox fur, not bad either!

While Lou Dalang was complaining venomously, he was thinking in his mind: I seem to have more than a dozen pieces of high-quality leather in my warehouse, both red and white.

Send it to the fat girl when the time comes, and ask the embroiderer to make a good fur coat for her.

Humph, such motley rags are not worthy of a fat girl!

In the past, Lou Dalang was more curious about Wang Heng.

Why is this fat girl so fat? So quiet? So well-behaved?

She doesn’t cry even when scared, and she doesn’t get angry even when bullied!

Lou Dalang even secretly thought of many pranks to play on the fat girl.

But, since that day when the fat girl said "I will support you", Lou Dalang's attitude towards Wang Heng has become different.

Although Lou Dalang disdained the fat girl's promise at that time, the fact that everyone around him was a fence-sitter made Wang Heng's sincerity seem particularly precious!

Such a silly and sincere fat girl, she will remember everything if you do her a little kindness... She is so gullible!

He must keep a close eye on her to prevent her from being fooled by others in the future!

Lou Dalang was like a wolf cub, treating the fat girl as his property - he could bully the fat girl, but no one else could!

Everything about the fat girl should be the best.

What others can’t give, he gives!

"Brother, the Wang family is not poor, and they haven't treated me unfairly!"

Wang Heng, seeing Lou Dalang's anger, mistakenly thought he was taking his anger out on the Wang family because of her, so she quickly spoke up for him: "My father is busy with government affairs, my mother has been ill, and I have Aunt Zheng here. She takes care of everything, so I haven't suffered at all!"

Wang Heng finished her explanation, a calm expression on her chubby face. "Besides, even though this fur coat is multicolored, it's very warm!"

In Wang Heng's opinion, winter clothes that can keep you warm are enough.

As for good-looking... well, what a terrible word.

She doesn't want to be pretty, she just wants to be fat, gray, and forgotten on the farm.

Lou Dalang still had a cold face and did not comment on Wang Heng's explanation.

Seeing this, Wang Heng quickly changed the subject: "Brother, it snowed yesterday! It was the first snow!"

"A Mian said that when the first snow falls, you can make a wish!"

"I made a wish yesterday to the snowflakes dancing in the sky... But I can't speak my wish out loud. Amian said that if I do, it won't come true!"

Wang Heng was like a fat little bird, chirping around Lou Dalang who was sitting high on his horse.

A hint of helplessness flashed in Lou Dalang's eyes. This fat girl really likes that untouchable.

Every two or three sentences cannot be separated from her.

Wang Mian?

A person who seems very ridiculous to Lou Dalang, who is born in a humble family but has lofty ambitions.

They are scrambling and trying desperately to climb up.

In other words, the fat girl is easy to deceive and loves to eat, so she was deceived by this cheap girl——

Lou Dalang despises Wang Mian every day.

Wang Heng was still chattering, "Oh, brother, it's finally the twelfth lunar month, and the pigs in the pig farm can finally be slaughtered!"

"A Mian said that she's going to make a pig-killing dish today! She's already gone to the farm, and I want to go too!"

"Brother, let's go together!"

Wang Heng invited enthusiastically, "Let's go to the pig farm together. We'll personally choose the fattest pig... When Amian has prepared the pig-killing dish, we'll eat it together!"

"Pork-killing vegetables?"

Lou Dalang said with a look of disgust on his face, what is the name of this dish?

How vulgar!

You know, wealthy families are the most particular, and the names of their dishes are also extremely elegant and beautiful.

For example, roasted whole lamb is called Jinlingzhi, Xueying'er is pan-fried frog, and Jinqi Yusui is sashimi dipped in Jinqi sauce.

Killer vegetables?

It is blunt, crude, and completely devoid of poetry.

Although the Lou family was a military family of their time and was looked down upon by gentlemen and scholars, in fact, after being passed down for one or two hundred years, the Lou family had long become a wealthy and prestigious family.

Although Lou Dalang was naughty, he had been studying since he was young.

His writing skills are not bad!

Although he didn't dare to say that he was well-versed in the classics, Lou Dalang still instinctively disliked words that were too vulgar.

"Yeah! Pig-killing dish! I don't know what it is, but Amian said it's delicious!"

And Wang Heng believes in Amian!

Lou Dalang pursed his lips and thought, forget it, for the sake of the fat girl, he would not bother with Wang Mian, a lowly person.

But soon, Lou Dalang was slapped in the face.

"Is this the breeding farm that that bastard Wang Mian created?"

After following Wang Heng out of the yard and around the hillside at the back, Lou Dalang's eyes widened.

The enclosure is large and clean, and is divided into several single rooms.

There is a big, fat, black pig in each room.

He is really fat, and it seems that he weighs more than 150 kilograms.

This is fatter than the pigs nowadays.

The key is that there is no foul smell!

Lou Dalang, with his picky attitude, ate the pig-killing dishes prepared by Wang Mian and several chefs.

Then, he was surprised to find that the meat was very fragrant and delicious.

"Brother, not bad, isn't it! Amian really did it. She really raised pigs that are fat and not smelly!"

Lou Dalang was silent: ...Yes, even a humble person like Wang Mian could accomplish something with his own abilities.

And he, who claims to be the noble young master of the Lou family, is still pinning his hopes on the guilt and pity of others!

But this guilt and pity are the most empty!

Others may have it, but they can also take it back quickly.

Lou Dalang’s words came true!

Dugu Mingyue came to the Lou family manor and took over the Lou family's household affairs the next day.

She started to manage the household, and began to search for and entertain famous teachers and archery masters for Lou Dalang, and began to...

However, less than a month after being busy, as New Year's Day was approaching, Dugu Mingyue became unusual.

She immediately wrote a letter to Lou Jin, and the secret guards rushed it to Jizhou over 800 miles.

Two days later, on New Year's Eve, Dugu Mingyue received a reply.

Dugu Mingyue read the letter, was silent at first, and then burst into tears.

He stayed in the main hall for a long time, and only in the afternoon did he order someone to call Lou Dalang.

Seeing Lou Dalang still with a stubborn look on his face, Dugu Mingyue's eyes flashed with guilt, but she still hardened her heart and said to Lou Dalang with a smile:

"Da Lang, the young master has sent a letter! The young master, the young master has given you a name: Yu!"

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