Chapter 264: Don’t you want her life anymore?

On the Empress Dowager's birthday, families from all over the capital came to Ronghui Garden early to wait for the Empress Dowager and the concubines in the harem to arrive.

When the Lu family arrived, most families in the capital had already arrived.

The wife of Mr. Liu, Mrs. Wu, whom Cuizhu had just mentioned when she woke up in the morning, was guarding the front yard. When she saw them being led in by the palace servants, she hurried over.

Knowing that she couldn't thank Lu Xinran in person, she looked around and didn't find Zhao, so she immediately turned to Pei.

"Madam, I would like to thank you for your help before."

So that she could have the opportunity to take her children away from the Liu family and no longer have to suffer every day.

Pei narrowed her eyes and smiled, patting her hand in relief: "No need to be so polite, life is for you to live, I hope you can live the life you want in the future."

Don't be like her. When she finally came to her senses and realized how much injustice she had suffered in her life, it was already too late.

Mrs. Wu nodded gratefully, and hurriedly took a bulging purse from the servant and handed it to Mrs. Pei.

"This is a small gift from me. Please...please keep it."

It was not easy to give the thank-you gift directly, so she could only ask Pei to pass it on in this way.

"When the ladies in the mansion get married in the future, I will come back to help them with their makeup."

Since she said so, Pei Shi did not refuse. She glanced at Lu Xinran who was full of curiosity, took the purse, and handed it to Nanny Xu behind her.

Mrs. Wu happily and gratefully spoke a few more words to the Lu family before leaving with her two children.

But Lu Xinran always felt something was strange. When the two children left... why did they look at her with such complicated eyes?

The Queen Mother had never looked forward to her birthday so much. She was clearly getting another year older, and her days were getting fewer and fewer. She didn't know when she would never wake up again.

But when she thought about being able to hear gossip about various prefectures in the capital at today's birthday banquet and having one big melon after another to her satisfaction, she felt that she could accept it as she grew older.

After all, time is fair to everyone.

Even noble people like her and the emperor could not escape birth, aging, sickness and death.

When she got off the phoenix sedan chair, she saw Lu Xinran kneeling in the crowd.

Now that this girl is here, I guess it won't be boring anymore.

It has been nearly a month since the empress returned to Beijing. Except for the time she met her in the palace on the day of the celebration banquet, this was the second time Lu Xinran had seen her.

She secretly glanced at the empress's face with the corner of her eye, and was relieved to see that she did not deliberately hide the dark circles under her eyes with makeup, and her face was clear and rosy.

Just like the process of the previous year, everyone followed the team to the waterside pavilion.

The August heat in the capital has not yet dissipated, so the birthday banquets in recent years have been held here during the day.

After the Queen Mother sat down, she smiled warmly and nodded. Everyone thanked her and sat down.

After Lu Xinran sat down, he poked Lu Xinlan's arm with some emotion.

Time flies. It has been a year since they came to this time and space.

Looking back on this year, it seems that a lot of things happened, but it also seems that these things have little to do with them.

Lu Xinlan could understand why she suddenly sighed, and her heart was also a little disturbed.

Without the toil of her previous life, she has gradually become accustomed to the leisure of doing nothing in this time and space.

It seems that no matter how alert I am, I can't help but be assimilated by everything here.

The Queen Mother's gaze swept across everyone and finally landed on Lu Xinran.

This girl... why is she so quiet today!

Doesn't she want her life anymore?

Her gaze was so scorching that Lu Xinran instantly came back to his senses from his sigh.

Seeing that the Queen Mother's attention was on her, she quickly stood up and said a series of birthday wishes.

The Queen Mother nodded with a smile and granted her what she wished for, just like she did the year before.

Everything seemed to be the same as before, but the more it was like this, the more strange it felt to Lu Xinran.

However, Lu Xinlan, Lu Xintong and the other two who were standing by all saw the Queen Mother's intention.

Lu Xintong carefully took out a small piece of paper from her arms, which she had asked for from her brother before leaving.

Lu Yuanting prided himself on being an insider in the capital, and there was no gossip in the capital's various prefectures, big and small, that he didn't know.

If he couldn't find any hearsay information, he would write it down in his notebook.

The few notes he wrote to Lu Xintong today were just random excerpts from his notebook.

Since he couldn't find out the truth no matter what, and he was really curious, he might as well look for an answer from Lu Xinran.

Although this will make it a secret known to everyone, what does it matter!

Lu Xintong hesitated, unsure whether he should mention the contents of the note as casually as he had done to his brother.

While they were hesitating, Lu Xinran glanced at them, and then took the note naturally.

[A distant cousin has come to the residence of Lord Xu from the Ministry of Revenue? ]

[No, that's not some distant cousin. It's the daughter of Lord Xu and his cousin. Now that she's of marriageable age, they brought her over from Yuzhou and want to find a good marriage for her in the capital.]

[It’s just that no one else knows about this matter except Lord Xu and his cousin.]

[His wives, concubines, and mother didn't know about this, but one of his concubines saw how caring he was for this distant descendant and decided to let her son marry her.]

[His wife also knew about this, but she just turned a blind eye to it.]

[The girl was a thoughtful person. She knew that she was not of high birth and could not find a suitable marriage in the capital, so she wanted to marry the son of her first wife.]

[But Lord Xu's wife, well, is ordinary-looking, and neither of his two sons is good-looking. Although the girl values ​​their status, she doesn't like their looks.]

[So, she is now juggling between several cousins ​​and has not yet decided who she will marry.]

Everyone: “…”

What an outrageous plot!

Half-siblings having a love triangle?

Mr. Xu’s wife: “……?!!”

She was just rejected by that girl!

She's ordinary looking?!

There's nothing ordinary about her. She's just a little fatter, shorter and darker.

But the Taoist priests at Baiyun Temple all said that she was full of blessings and whoever married her would bring prosperity to three generations!

It would have been fine if this guy Xu Tu had an affair with my cousin, but he actually had the guts to bring her back to hate her!

She ignored everyone's sympathetic looks and almost broke her teeth.

She said that the little bitch was not a good person at first glance, and she was just as lowly as her mother!

And there’s that shameless old man Xu Tu, who even dared to bring back the evil creature born from his extramarital affair.

Fortunately, the secret was exposed by the girl from the Lu family today, otherwise it would have become a real joke and who knows how many people would have laughed at the Xu family.

The Queen Mother leaned back on the soft pillow with satisfaction. This was much more interesting than music, singing and dancing!