Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 532 - 0496 The Unconventional Second Princess (3)_2
She thought so, and so did the other Lou Family Ladies.
Each of them wished they could keep their eyes glued to Li Yu En, watching where she might go wrong.
While everyone was curious about Li Yu En’s appearance, Prefect Lou was also secretly observing her. It was only now that he saw his young daughter-in-law’s visage, and the more he looked, the more astonished he became.
Indeed, she is the daughter of Prince Luling!
Her eyebrows and eyes are very similar to those of Prince Luling.
Lou Chengye led Li Yu En to the Prefect Lou couple, and they both saluted, "Father, Mother."
Everyone watched Li Yu En’s manner of saluting, similarly impeccable and beyond critique.
The Lou Family ladies who were waiting for a laugh were also secretly surprised.
"Good, good, good, you may rise," said Prefect Lou, stroking his beard and nodding with a smile.
A Lou Family Housekeeper handed a wine jug to Lou Chengye.
Lou Chengye poured the wine, and Li Yu En held up the cup in a toast, "Daughter-in-law toasts Father." She slightly bent her knees, raising the cup in both hands.
This scared Prefect Lou, who hurriedly got up to receive it.
"Good, good, good. Good child, may you have a loving marriage and a hundred years of happiness," he said, drinking it all with a smile and then addressed those beside him, "Bring the gift."
Prefect Lou’s Chang Sui took a pre-prepared red envelope from his sleeve and handed it to Li Yu En.
Li Yu En received it with both hands, thanking him, "Thank you, Father."
Lady Lou felt indignant, was that necessary? The master actually got up to take the wine cup?
The young couple also poured wine for Lady Lou.
Lady Lou accepted the wine and also gave a gift, though reluctantly.
Li Yu En gleefully received it as well, "Thank you, Mother."
Once she had gathered all the gifts, Lady Lou again watched her, to see where she would place the money.
After accepting the red envelope, Li Yu En immediately handed it to San Niu behind her.
San Niu placed it into a secret pocket in her sleeve, standing just as composed, eyes straight ahead.
This again secretly amazed Lady Lou and many others.
A country girl who didn’t love money?
Having greeted the in-laws, Lou Chengye, with the wine jug, led Li Yu En to meet other relatives.
As for how to call them, Lou Chengye pointed them out one by one.
Li Yu En poured wine for all very courteously and received the red envelopes with the same poise, thanking them.
After toasting the elders, Lou Chengye and Li Yu En took seats at the table with Prefect Lou.
Having not eaten since lunch until now, which was one hour past, Li Yu En was so hungry her vision blurred.
But to not shame her parents, she endured.
After sitting down, the elder daughter-in-law Lady Lou, serving beside Prefect Lou and Lady Lou’s table, deliberately handed exquisite food to Li Yu En to eat.
Ordinarily, Li Yu En would have pounced over, grabbing and eating with both hands.
Sitting at the men’s table, Li Xingsheng watched from afar, concerned about his gluttonous simple sister.
But this time, Li Yu En didn’t grab but instead smiled genteelly, "Thank you, sister-in-law." She then ate in small bites.
Even Lou Chengye was stunned, his little lady was being so genteel?
Li Xingsheng was also dumbfounded, had Li Yuwen possessed her?
Well, well, as long as she doesn’t make a fool of herself.
Her mix-up of a second sister, everything’s fine except her eating manners.
If she endures through the eating, it means she won’t make any mistakes.
Only then did Li Xingsheng eat the banquet confidently.
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As the banquet concluded, Lou Chengye and Li Yu En rose to bid farewell to the parents.
Li Yu En performed a standard curtsey before leaving with Lou Chengye.
As the couple left, the numerous guests also congratulated Prefect Lou, all praising that the Lou Family’s new daughter-in-law was a fine match.
Praising Prefect Lou, who stroked his beard and laughed contentedly.
Other ladies of the Lou Family felt a twinge of jealousy. When they married in, they never heard their father-in-law nor guests praise them.
Are these people blind?
Praising a country person?
Li Yu En’s perfect demeanor also comforted Li Xingsheng.
Prefect Lou arranged for someone to escort the guests, and he personally arranged Li Xingsheng’s accommodation.
Li Xingsheng thought, the people in the Lou Mansion look so proper but act like demons, yet this Prefect Lou seems decent.
Yet he did not completely relax, deciding to stay in the city for the long term to observe the Lou Family’s attitude towards Li Yu En.
Having arrived in a hurry today, there was no time to rent a house. Li Xingsheng planned to look around the city for one tomorrow.
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Lou Chengye led Li Yu En back to the new room in He Feng Courtyard.
This place had no covering hills and trees, it was hot in the summer and cold in the winter.
The second watch was colder than the one-hour time.
Walking into the room felt like stepping into an ice cellar, Li Yu En shivered.
"So cold, Aunt Liu, are you cold?" Li Yu En asked Second Lady Liu who was stationed in the room.
Second Lady Liu had long noticed.
This room didn’t have a brazier!
After getting off the carriage, they walked into the room, warming themselves, and with so many things happening just now, they didn’t notice the room lacked a brazier.
Now that night had quieted, and they had sat for so long, Second Lady Liu barely avoided shivering.
This room was not as warm as her countryside home.
The wind outside howled like wolves, the Prefecture city was actually colder than the countryside, much to Second Lady Liu’s surprise.
"Second Girl, there’s no brazier in this room, it’s cold of course," Second Lady Liu looked at Lou Chengye and said displeased.
Lou Chengye was surprised, "No brazier, do they want to freeze us to death?"
Li Yu En said, "No brazier won’t do. Aunt Liu, please ask the Housekeeper ladies outside."
This location additionally had two old women and two maids arranged by Lady Lou.
"I’ll go ask." Lou Chengye went outside and asked one of the old women, "There’s no brazier in the room, do you know?"
The old woman said, "Fifth Young Master, what good is knowing? It’s late, the warehouse staff have long since gone to bed, make do for one night."
Lou Chengye sneered, "You want us to make do for a night? Who gave you the nerve?"
The old woman chuckled again, "Fifth Young Master might not be aware, lately the mansion is short on coal, braziers are only lit during the day in each room, none at night, when you’re in bed, why is a brazier needed?"
Lou Chengye, generally quite oblivious to daily matters, had his servants scheme and steal the coal from his room, lying to him that the household was out of coal. He was too lazy to investigate.
With thick skin, he usually slept through the chaos.
However, since Li Yu En brought it up today, he did care to inquire a bit.
But as someone who didn’t manage household affairs, how could he know whether there was coal or not?
The servant spoke, and he immediately believed it.
Lou Chengye came back and said, "Yu En, there’s no coal in the mansion."
Li Yu En replied, "Then go borrow some from other courtyards, surely some could be lent."
Second Lady Liu laughed, "Exactly, Second Girl’s right."
Lou Chengye laughed, "That’s a good idea." He walked outside and instructed the old woman, "Go borrow from the other courtyards."
The old woman was unwilling, trying to coax Lou Chengye, smiling, "Fifth Young Master, there isn’t much coal, others won’t want to lend it."
Li Yu En came over, "Nanny, are you unwilling to borrow?"
The nanny sighed, "Fifth Young Madam, how dare we."
"Then go to Father and Mother to borrow some, they’ll surely have it," said Li Yu En, calling to Aunt Liu, "Aunt, I’m sorry to trouble you." She walked out and urged the nanny, "Go to the other courtyards, too, and borrow some."
Second Lady Liu replied, "Got it, Second Princess." She walked outside to hurry the nanny again, who was surprised.
This mixed-up second girl, something is right except for the eating manner.
If she can get through this meal, it shows she won’t make any more mistakes.
Only then did Li Xingsheng start to eat comfortably.
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