Chapter 324 Lu Yiling, do you really want to marry Lu Han?
Lu Yiling was looking forward to the trip to Yangzhou very much, but since His Majesty and the Queen also wanted to go, it would not be possible to go in the short term. So Lu Yiling simply focused on her coming-of-age ceremony first.
For a girl, the most important thing in her life is the Jigui Ceremony, which means she has grown up.
As the most beloved little princess in Princess Pingrou's mansion, Lu Yiling's coming-of-age ceremony was extremely grand, with even His Majesty attending in person.
On September 9th, Lu Yiling wore a bright pink skirt and had her hair in a bright bun. After worshipping in the ancestral temple, she changed into a dark purple skirt embroidered with auspicious cloud patterns. She suddenly became dignified and generous from a bright and lively girl.
Lu Baozhu and Zhao Shu put on a dark purple brocade dress with wide sleeves for Lu Yiling.
Lu Baozhu chuckled and said, "You look exactly like your mother when she was a 15-year-old girl."
Lu Yiling chuckled and threw herself into Qi Yuning's arms and said, "I am mother's daughter, so of course I look like mother."
Qi Yuning chuckled and said, "Go outside quickly, it's time to perform the hairpin ceremony."
It was Qi Yuning and the Queen who put the hairpin on Lu Yiling. The hairpin was a phoenix hairpin that took three years to make by the last craftsman of the Great Sheng Dynasty. The tail feathers of the phoenix hairpin could flash with colorful rainbow light, which was magnificent. The golden phoenix hairpin did not take away Lu Yiling's brilliance, but made her even more beautiful.
After receiving the hairpin ceremony, Lu Ze came to Zhao Jie and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, please give Yi Ling a name."
Zhao Jie looked at Lu Yiling and said, "I grant you the name Shengchao."
Lu Yiling knelt down and saluted, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the calligraphy."
After receiving the gift, a banquet was held in the princess's mansion. Lu Yiling toasted generously, and everyone praised Princess Lu for her good drinking capacity.
Lu Yiling's alcohol tolerance is indeed outstanding. She remained calm after being toasted by several tables. Her good friend Liu Luoying, who was her admirer today, was forced to drink a few glasses of wine by Lu Yiling's classmates in the Imperial College. She could not resist and had to take a rest.
The party was lively until dark. After the guests had eaten and drunk their fill, they all left after seeing His Majesty and the Queen leave.
After the guests left, the bustle in the princess's mansion remained unabated. Lu Yiling liked fireworks, and Princess Pingrou and Duke Lu loved their granddaughter so much that they spent a lot of money to buy fireworks to celebrate.
After Lu Yiling set off the fireworks, she received a gift from her two cousins Lu Yang and Lu Xing. It was a sword made of black iron, inlaid with many red and blue sapphires from the Western Regions.
Lu Yiling liked it very much as soon as she saw it, "I like this sword very much."
"As long as my sister likes it."
Lu Han presented a hairpin, a red sandalwood hairpin with auspicious cloud patterns carved on it. It was a simple hairpin and not expensive. Lu Yiling took it but did not dislike it. "Thank you, Brother Han."
She saw Lu Han's injured finger and said, "Your finger..."
Lu Han chuckled and said, "It's okay. I accidentally got scratched by paper when I was flipping through a book a few days ago."
Lu Yiling said, "I have a few bottles of medicine for injuries. Hongdou, go get the white medicine."
By the time Hongdou brought the medicine, the fireworks had ended and only Lu Yiling and Lu Han were left in the pavilion.
Lu Yiling took the plaster and applied it to the scab on Lu Han's hand and said, "You carved this red sandalwood hairpin yourself, right?"
Lu Han lowered his head and said, "It's not well carved, please don't mind, sister."
"I like it very much. The gifts I received today are all very valuable, but yours is the most thoughtful. Can you put it on me?"
Lu Han put the rosewood hairpin on Lu Yiling's bun and looked at her fair face. The beauty looked even more dazzling under the bright yellow light of the palace lanterns.
"Brother Han, am I beautiful?"
"Beautiful." Lu Han said with a red face. He looked at Lu Yiling with a hint of disappointment in his eyes. "It's getting late. You should go back and rest."
Lu Yiling returned to her room, took off the rosewood hairpin from her hair, and put it into the box and put it away.
Green Bean said, "You are so beautiful today, Princess. I was stunned by the way the young master looked at you just now!"
"Ludou, don't say anything you shouldn't say." Lu Yiling said, "He is just my brother, and he can only be my brother."
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Lu Han returned to the room and saw Shen Nian. He was stunned and said, “Mom, why don’t you rest so late?”
Chen Nian looked at Lu Han and said, "Han'er, do you like any of those girls that mother told you about earlier?"
"The marriage matter is entirely up to mother."
Shen Nian said: "It's not enough for me to make the decision alone. If you don't like it, isn't it unfair to the girl?"
"My sick body has already wronged the girl. Mother, no matter who she is, I will respect her well after she enters my family..."
"You just don't love her or like her?" Chen Nian looked at Lu Han and said, "Marriage is a lifelong matter. It's not enough for two people to just respect each other and live a happy life for the rest of their lives..."
Lu Han lowered his head and said, "Mom, as long as it's a girl you choose, I will like her."
Chen Nian looked at Lu Han and said, "You are my child, I understand your thoughts, Lingling is your sister, you have the same surname, Lu..."
"My last name shouldn't be Lu," Lu Han said.
Shen Nian was stunned, “Han’er, are you blaming your mother for giving you the last name Lu?”
"I don't mean to do that, but mother, I can't control myself from liking her. I'm not her biological cousin. I can like Lingling, and I know that she and I will never be husband and wife in this life, but I will still like her."
Lu Han said in a deep voice: "I will also respect my future wife very much."
Shen Nian sighed and said, “Han’er…you should just forget about Lingling!”
Lu Han said: "This is not something I can do. If you like someone, how can you give up so easily? That's not love."
Shen Nian frowned and said, “It seems that I have to find a wife for you as soon as possible.”
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In Lu Ze's courtyard.
Qi Yuning tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, so she woke Lu Ze up and said, "Do you feel that Han Ge'er's feelings for Lingling don't seem like those between a brother and sister? The red sandalwood hairpin he gave her today looks like it was carved by him himself."
Lu Ze said: "You worry too much."
Qi Yuning said: "I'm not overthinking it. Brother Han's surname is Lu now! If he really has this idea, what's the difference between him and a beast?"
Lu Ze said: "Also his last name is Lu now, so he is not a proper son of the Lu family."
Qi Yuning frowned and said, "But after all, he is now considered Young Master Lu. I just hope Brother Han won't do anything rash."
In Yuemi Courtyard, when Lu Yiling was about to fall asleep, she felt a cold wind coming from the window.
When Lu Yiling opened her eyes, she saw a man standing upright in front of her, his silver armor shining in the moonlight.
"ah!"
Lu Yiling was awakened all of a sudden.
Qi Zhiyuan laughed loudly and said, "Finally I have my revenge! Cousin, happy birthday. I finally made it. I thought you wouldn't be able to celebrate your fifteenth birthday. This is my birthday gift to you."
Qi Zhiyuan took out two silver notes worth five hundred taels from behind his back.
Lu Yiling took the two five-hundred-liang silver notes, glared at Qi Zhiyuan and said, "Cousin, I'm already a grown-up, I'm already fifteen, you can't just come into my boudoir."
"That's how you scared me the day I went to North City. Besides, you're going to marry me in the future anyway, so why can't I just go in as I please? You promised me you'd marry me when we were little!"
Lu Yiling said, "You and I look 70% alike, and I don't want to marry someone who looks like me."
Qi Zhiyuan said, "It's just right that we look alike. You can't play tricks on me. When are you going to Yangzhou? When you come back from Yangzhou, I will come to propose marriage."
Lu Yiling said: "September 12."
Qi Zhiyuan said: "That will be three days later. We have to wait until we return from Yangzhou to propose marriage."
"It's useless even if you come to propose marriage. I don't like you and I won't marry you."
Qi Zhiyuan frowned and said, "If you don't marry me, who are you going to marry? Zhong You? He already has a wife in Beicheng. Or Lu Han? He has the same last name as you, Lu!"
Lu Yiling said: "He doesn't have to have the last name Lu!"
Qi Zhiyuan opened his eyes wide and said, "Lu Yiling, do you really want to marry Lu Han? Are you crazy? He is your cousin."
Lu Yiling said: "I didn't say I wanted to marry him."
Lu Yiling knew very well in her heart that Lu Han would never change his surname back to Huang, and it was impossible for her and Lu Han to be husband and wife in this life.
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