Phoenix Hairpin - Chapter 17

[Chapter 17 Metamorphosis]

The carriage moved forward steadily.

Shen Lan looked at Lu Mingyu with thoughtful eyes.

“Sister Shen, why do you see me like this?” Lu Mingyu asked knowingly.

Shen Lan said softly: “Xiaoyu, you are very different from before.”

In the past, Lu Mingyu was straightforward and bright, cheerful and smiling.

Today’s Lu Mingyu’s words and deeds are unexpected everywhere.

There was a startling coldness and determination in his eyes.

After not seeing each other for a few days, Lu Mingyu seemed to have gone through unknown hardships and transformations.

As a boudoir friend, she also felt unfamiliar.

Lu Mingyu didn’t shy away from Shen Lan’s inquiring gaze: “We are all growing up day by day, and we will soon reach the age of marriage. Sister Shen should be very clear about the purpose of what I did today.”

Shen Lan looked at Lu Mingyu: “I know. You don’t want to be a princess.”

Lu Mingyu nodded slightly: “Yes, I don’t want to.”

Shen Lan laughed dumbly: “When it comes to marriage, you are magnanimous and not at all coy.”

Lu Mingyu is the only one who can mention life events with such a calm expression.

Lu Mingyu’s eyes flickered slightly, and he lowered his voice: “Four years ago, my father took 60,000 Xingyang troops to surrender to the Great Wei. The emperor treated the Lu family favorably, and sealed the king of Xingyang, setting a precedent for a different surname. The Lu family is grateful to Dade.”

“There are five princes under the emperor’s knees. The second prince, the third prince, and the fourth prince have all reached the age of choosing a concubine. Once I marry into the heavenly family as a daughter-in-law, I will be involved in the battle for the throne.”

“My father is a loyal minister and a good general, and he is good at leading troops to fight. He should not be involved in the battle of the heavenly family.”

In her previous life, she was blinded by affection and insisted on marrying Li Hao.

It also made the Lu family involved in the whirlpool and could not extricate themselves.

In this life, she wants revenge and protects her family.

The first thing to do is to completely cut off the relationship with Li Hao and cut off the possibility of becoming a princess.

Shen Lan was born in a family of officials, so he was naturally clear about the turbulent battle for the storage position.

Wen Yan sighed lightly: “You are right. No matter who is named a prince or a minister, as long as he is loyal.”

Standing in line early, it’s fine if you stand right, but it’s hard to say what will happen if you stand wrong.

After Shen Lan figured it out, her mind suddenly opened up: “Xiaoyu, you did the right thing today.”

Lu Mingyu stretched his brows and smiled at Shen Lan: “Sister Shen would be nice if she knew my intentions. Don’t mention what we said today to others.”

“Don’t worry, I won’t say these words to my father and mother.” Shen Lan replied solemnly.

Then he asked: “By the way, it has been almost half a year since your father led the troops to suppress the bandits. I don’t know when I will be back.”

Saying gangsters is a good thing to say.

In fact, it’s just to go out to fight the site.

The territory of the Great Wei expanded little by little.

Four years later, the Central Plains will be unified.

Speaking of his father, Lu Mingyu’s heart filled with strong thoughts and longing: “I should be back soon.”

If she remembered correctly, within ten days, the army would return to Beijing.

Shen Lan pretended to inadvertently asked: “Your second brother is also the boss this year. When you return to Beijing this time, is it time to say kiss?”

Speaking of Lu Fei’s marriage, Lu Mingyu frowned invisibly.

In the previous life, Lu Fei had never been married.

Lu Mingyu tried to match Lu Fei several times, but Lu Fei stopped him from going back.

Later, Lu Fei lived directly in the military camp.

A posture of going to the end of the bachelor.

As a queen, Lu Mingyu lives in the harem and has very few opportunities to leave the palace.

Lu Fei hid in the barracks and refused to enter the palace to see her. She couldn’t go to the barracks to find Lu Fei.

“Yeah, it’s time for the second brother to get married.” Lu Mingyu seemed to be responding to his friend, and seemed to be talking to himself: “As a younger sister, I want to take care of the marriage for the second brother.”

Shen Lan bit her lip, not knowing what she was thinking, a light blush appeared on her delicate and clean face.

…

Lu Mingyu glanced over Shen Lan’s blushing pretty face,

A vague thought quickly flashed through my mind.

Before she could think about it, the carriage stopped.

Lufu has arrived.

Lu Mingyu got out of the carriage, smiled and waved goodbye to Shen Lan: “Thank you Sister Shen for sending me back to the house. When I went to the palace for a banquet today, Sister Shen must be tired. I will invite Sister Shen to the door another day.”

Shen Lan replied with a light smile, waved at Lu Mingyu, and put down the bamboo curtain.

Lu Minghua, Lu Mingyue, and Lu Xuan, three brothers, stood together outside the main entrance of Lu Mansion to greet them.

“Fourth sister, is the palace banquet fun today?” Lu Mingyue was the first to charge over and asked excitedly.

Lu Xuan also smiled and leaned over: “Why don’t you ask! Seeing that Fourth Sister is in such a good mood, she will definitely shine brightly at the palace banquet today.”

It really shines.

Whether it was Su Zhaorong, Concubine Qin, or Queen Qiao, none of them dared to make her a daughter-in-law.

Thinking of this, Lu Mingyu was in a good mood and laughed: “Well, that’s it!”

Lu Minghua was the most attentive, noticed a little subtlety, and asked tentatively, “Why did the palace banquet end so early?” It was just after the afternoon.

At least you should go to the Imperial Garden to admire some flowers, write poems, paint or something!

Lu Mingyu’s face was magnanimous: “I don’t know either. The Empress has left the palace banquet. I can’t ask more questions.”

Lu Minghua was still a little uneasy, and asked quietly, “You didn’t get into trouble today, did you?”

Lu Mingyu said righteously with a straight face: “Of course not.”

Only then did Lu Minghua feel relieved, he smiled and took Lu Mingyu’s hand into the house, while laughing: “Eldest sister sent a message back, saying that she wants to go back to the house for a short stay for two days, and the big baby and the little baby will also be brought with you. return.”

Lu Mingfang got married at the age of eighteen and gave birth to a son the following year.

A year later, another son was born.

The baby name is Dabaoer and Xiaobaoer.

Lu Mingyu replied without hesitation: “Then what are you waiting for? Give me an order, and immediately send someone to pick up the eldest sister, mother and son back to the house.”

The big butler Lu Jia responded with a hurried smile, making arrangements for the carriage not to be mentioned.

…

Bang!

In the bedroom of Jiaofangdian, there was a muffled sound.

It was still clearly audible through a thick door.

The maids who were guarding the door quietly retreated a little further.

So as not to be affected by the Queen’s anger.

“It’s really annoying!”

In the bedroom, Queen Qiao’s face was full of sullenness, and anger flashed in her phoenix eyes.

After holding back the anger for a long time, until this moment, she poured out all of it: “This Lu Mingyu didn’t take Ben Gong in his eyes at all. In front of Ben Gong, when she offended Su Zhaorong, the third prince apologized, she didn’t move, she was so calm. accepted.”

“A good palace banquet was disturbed by her own power. I am really mad at this palace!”

Princess Hui’an didn’t mean to comfort her mother at all, and pouted her lips in disapproval: “The mother is unhappy, why should she endure it before. If you want me to say, you should punish that Lu Mingyu on the spot.”

“On the grounds that she is the daughter of King Xingyang, she shows no respect for her mother in the Jiaofang Palace today. Why should the mother be polite to her?”

[End of this Chapter]