Chapter 29: Oh I am not worried about her (1/2)

After their meeting in the garden, Su Liya and Lu Yaozhu didn't run into each other again. After a month of marriage, Zhu Fengyin and Su Liya both adjusted to life in the Lu mansion. Apart from paying respects to Great madam Lu and meeting the steward, they spent most of their time in the main courtyard.

It was normal practice in noble families for the female members of the family to pay respect to the Great madam of the family every day or thrice a week. Depending on the instructions set by the Great madam or matriarch of the family.

Zhu Fengyin was the only wife married into the family was obligated to pay respects to Madam Lu every day. However, during her first meeting with Madam Lu after her wedding, she had been instructed to visit thrice a week. Madam Lu used the excuse of getting too old and not wanting to tire the younger generation.

it was no secret that Madam Lu wasn't in support of the marriage so Zhu Fengyin didn't pursue it further. After all, it was also to her advantage, since she was saved from the dreaded critique meetings with the in-laws. Most unfavoured daughter-in-laws faced in the hands of their mothers-in-law.

In a month of marriage, the number of times Zhu Fengyin visited Madam Lu could be counted by hand. Thi Madam Lu went to the temple two weeks after the wedding and only returned home recently. Madam Lu came back later in the evening, Zhu Fengyin wasn't at home since she had gone to check on the stores.

The next day Zhu Fengyin woke up early and went to madam Lu's courtyard to pay her respect. Madam Lu was attending to some visitors when she arrived. Apart from madam Lu's only daughters Lu Yiling, there were three young ladies and two madams present.

Su Liya saw two familiar faces among the young ladies, one was Xu Qiumei, the sixth daughter of fifth rank assistant minister of works Minister Xu. The Xu family and Lu family were relatives by marriage, Xu Qiumei was madam Lu's niece.

Xu Qiumei was a side character without many scenes in the original novel. She had married General Lu later in the book but that was after the crown prince and the original Female lead got married.

Madam Lu convinced General Lu to marry her after the previous marriage plans between Lu Yaozhu and Zhu Fenfang hadn't worked. Lu Yaozhu was very obedient to his mother, he married Xu Qiumei but never stopped loving Zhu Fenfang.

However, Xu Qiumei was very loyal to Lu Yaozhu, which led to her death at the end of the first book. Xu Qiumei was taken captive in the palace while Lu Yaozhu started a rebellion. Xu Qiumei was a pitiful side character that got killed by association.

Xu Qiumei was a regular visitor at the Lu residence so Su Liya was familiar with her. She had visited a few times when Zhu Fengyin came to pay her respect to Madam Lu.

The other familiar face was none other than Zhu Fenfang the Original female lead and Su Liya's official most hated person. It was no surprise that she was present, it was around this time in the original plot that Madam Lu was trying to get her married into the Lu family.

The only difference to the original plot was that Zhu Fengyin was married to Duke Lu and not the sixth Prince. Their little change to the plot hadn't completely derailed the plot, everything was still going according to the original plot.