Lu Zhaolin suddenly avoided everyone's gaze and left the banquet area.
Even though his little actions escaped everyone's eyes, they were still seen by Consort Shu.
Consort Shu wanted to stop it at the time.
After all, it was against the rules to leave a banquet hosted by the emperor without permission, and such behavior would be punished.
She didn't even have a chance to call out to him.
Just then, Emperor Yuanwu said a few words to her.
By the time she turned around, Lu Zhaolin had already disappeared.
Consort Shu thought that her elder brother was always steady and should return soon.
Who would have thought that this would continue until the end of the banquet?
Lu Zhaolin did not go back either.
The person who called him out was Princess Chang'an.
Princess Chang'an was Emperor Yuanwu's younger sister.
He was also the youngest of his siblings.
Her mother was just a palace maid in the laundry department.
That day, a family dinner for the Lantern Festival.
Emperor Yuanwu's father drank a few too many cups of wine and vomited all over himself.
He rested in the palace of the current Empress Dowager.
When the Empress Dowager helped him clean up, she got his clothes dirty.
Just as she went to change her clothes.
Princess Chang'an's mother happened to go in to deliver clean clothes.
that's all.
Emperor Yuanwu's father, by a twist of fate, had an affair with Princess Chang'an's mother.
This incident enraged the current Empress Dowager.
Princess Chang'an's mother actually climbed into her husband's bed in her own palace.
It would be unbearable for anyone.
However, Princess Chang'an's mother was exceptionally beautiful, and after being favored by the emperor, Emperor Yuanwu's father granted her a title.
A lowly palace maid in the laundry department rose to prominence overnight, becoming a phoenix among many, and arousing envy and jealousy from countless people.
Especially those concubines who held high positions but were not favored.
Everyone wanted to kill her.
However, Emperor Yuanwu's father had just slept with her and then suddenly died, which would definitely attract attention and might even bring unnecessary trouble upon himself.
But I can't just kill her.
The concubines in the palace also tried every means to torment Princess Chang'an's mother.
He just wanted to kill her when she was no longer in the sight of Emperor Yuanwu.
Emperor Yuanwu's father had heard of it to some extent.
He still felt somewhat guilty towards Princess Chang'an's mother.
After all, her original peaceful life was disrupted because of her own mistake.
At the same time, he felt even more that those concubines were deliberately slapping him in the face.
Does he have to explain to all the concubines in the palace even if he favors a palace maid?
One month later.
Princess Chang'an's mother was diagnosed with pregnancy by the imperial physician.
Emperor Yuanwu's father, somewhat in a fit of pique, sent Princess Chang'an's mother to the imperial palace and assigned heavy troops to guard it.
Even so.
Princess Chang'an's mother also lived a life of constant anxiety, and was nearly framed several times.
After ten months of pregnancy, she gave birth to Princess Chang'an at the imperial palace.
The Empress Dowager at the time learned of this matter.
They would never allow the princess to be left to wander outside.
They were then taken to the palace to be raised by the emperor himself.
Although Princess Chang'an's life was full of hardships, she was ultimately considered lucky.
The Empress Dowager knew the pain of children being separated from their mother.
Perhaps he saw a reflection of his childhood in Princess Chang'an.
They were always more tolerant and compassionate towards her.
She was even allowed to go to the summer palace to escape the heat and meet her mother during the height of summer.
It was at this very moment.
Lu Zhaolin followed his father and stationed troops not far from the imperial palace.
He had a brief encounter with Princess Chang'an.
From then on.
Lu Zhaolin would often wander around the vicinity of the imperial palace, whether he had something to do or not.
After a while, they met again.
An inexplicable attraction developed between the two.
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