Consort Shu invited Madam Meng into the room.
At this moment, Madam Xia, standing to the side, was: ? ? ?
General Lu's engagement to her daughter?!
When did this happen?
How could she, as the mother, know absolutely nothing about it?!
Emperor Yuanwu stayed with Mu Qianqian in Consort Shu's palace, which made the other ladies feel uncomfortable.
Seeing that it was almost time, they gradually made up excuses and headed towards the banquet.
Mrs. Xia searched as she walked.
Finally, on the pebble path in the Imperial Garden, I saw Xia Siqi.
The moment he saw Xia Siqi, he quickly pulled her to a secluded spot and asked in a low voice, "What exactly is going on between you and that General Lu?"
"General Lu? What's going on?" Xia Siqi was completely bewildered. "What is Mother saying? I don't understand anything."
"Is it Lu Zhaofeng, the second son of the great general your father mentioned? Didn't you always disagree with this marriage?" Madam Xia asked cautiously, "Have you changed your mind now?"
"Mother, what exactly are you trying to say?" Xia Siqi shook her head with a wry smile.
"How could I possibly change my mind? The General has made outstanding military achievements, and Consort Shu is in charge of the six palaces and is deeply loved by Emperor Yuanwu."
"Look at the Seventh Princess's 100-day celebration. A general amnesty was declared and officials were invited to the banquet. Which prince or princess has ever had such an honor?"
"The Seventh Princess is so favored at such a young age."
"I reckon there are plenty of people who want to get married to Consort Shu right now."
"Such a background is not something my father, a mere censor, could aspire to."
"It's just that my father can't see things clearly all day long. Do you really expect him to refuse outright? Wouldn't I become the laughingstock of the whole palace? I can't afford to lose face like that."
Mrs. Xia thought her daughter's words made sense and nodded in agreement: "But..."
If this marriage goes through, that's fine; if it doesn't...
A girl's reputation is more important than anything else.
If word gets out that he was rejected by the General's Mansion, it would indeed be bad.
“But I just heard General Lu say that you are engaged to him, and he admitted it himself. Could there be some misunderstanding?” Madam Xia asked, looking puzzled.
"What!?" Xia Siqi's eyes widened in shock. "He's engaged to me? He said it himself???"
Madam Xia paused for a moment, then nodded seriously and earnestly.
Xia Siqi: !!!
This is Lu Zhaofeng.
He must have done it on purpose.
"He said it himself." Madam Xia looked puzzled. "Ever since Consort Shu returned to the General's Mansion to visit her family, and your father personally paid a visit, the Emperor bestowed Princess Chang'an upon General Lu. Your father has never mentioned it again. It was only recently, when Princess Chang'an was going to marry a foreign ruler, that I heard him mention it a few more times, but I never heard him say that he had met the General. So where did this General Lu come from..."
Xia Siqi frowned deeply as she listened to her mother's words.
Lu Zhaofeng did this on purpose.
She just explained things to him.
He said that outside.
He's just deliberately trying to make things difficult for her.
I'll see him at the banquet later.
She was determined to settle accounts with him.
at the same time.
Under a tree at the entrance of Qiluan Garden.
Consort Shu, avoiding everyone's gaze, pulled Lu Zhaofeng aside: "What exactly happened just now? Why did you suddenly tell Madam Meng that you were engaged to the daughter of the Imperial Censor? When did this happen? I've never heard my mother or father mention it before?"
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