Chapter 1078: Two Estranged Sisters

As Fourth Brother gets older, he and Pei Chuyan become more similar.

However, they have different styles after all, so others probably cannot notice the relationship between them.

Although Pei Chuyan stayed in Dali Kingdom for a long time, he also blocked the news, so the subjects of Dali Kingdom did not know his true identity.

Since the fourth brother is with Empress Wen, the seventh sister should be there as well.

"Second sister, everything is fine." When Lu Xingwan was about to turn her head to look to the side, she happened to hear the voice of the Seventh Princess greeting the Second Princess.

This greeting is indeed somewhat alienating.

For some reason, the second sister was also rather indifferent towards the seventh princess.

She only glanced at the Seventh Princess in front of her and nodded at her: "Seventh sister, I hope you are well."

The two of them only said these two sentences and then left each other's sight without any further communication.

Lu Xingwan was somewhat surprised.

If you think about it, the second sister and the seventh sister can be considered sisters with the same father and mother, and the relationship between them should be very good.

Looking at them now, they seem strange.

Lu Xingwan remembered that at that time, the second sister even wanted to abandon her younger sister in order to avoid Shupin.

But later, she finally came to her mother and asked her mother to help her save her sister from the fire and water.

It is also because of my mother's intervention that my seventh sister is now able to receive instruction from Empress Wen.

But now, their sorting is really puzzling.

However, the people there soon became lively and started talking together.

Lu Xingwan's gaze continued to move, moving towards the place where his father's concubines were gathered.

Although I have not experienced other dynasties, but compared with the novels I have read, my father's harem is not very large in scale, but the number of people is indeed quite large.

Among these concubines, many already have children.

So it was quite lively.

At this time, besides her mother and Concubine Wen, with whom she was talking, there were also Concubine Lin, Concubine Yue, and Noble Lady Ying, who lived in Wenying Palace.

Lu Xingwan had met Concubine Lin and Concubine Yue before in Wenying Palace.

That noble lady was one of the three people who entered the palace later. Naturally, she had no connection with this noble lady.

The Seventh Prince now stood meekly beside Concubine Yue.

He no longer had the fear he had shown towards himself in Wenying Palace just now. Now his eyes were twinkling, revealing a bit of childish innocence.

Wanwan sighed slightly.

I think the Seventh Prince should be a child of excellent character. If Concubine Yue disciplines him strictly, he should not disappoint Concubine Yue.

Looking to the side again, one can see Concubine Le and the Tenth Princess standing there quietly.

As for his only sister, Lu Xingwan has never had time to visit her.

Different from her youthful and impetuous appearance in the past, perhaps because of the years of aging or because she has a daughter, Concubine Le now looks a little more reserved and dignified.

The tenth princess inherited her mother's innate liveliness.

She was like an elf running out of a painting, with her lively eyes looking around, as if she was also very curious about this palace banquet.

The two people standing side by side with Concubine Le are Xin Changzai and Ying Changzai.

Xin Changzai and Ying Changzai also entered the palace with the nobleman, and she was not very familiar with them.

I just remember that when Ying Changzai first met her senior brother, she seemed to have a moment of admiration in her eyes.

Afterwards, she and her eldest senior brother and his group left the palace, and she no longer paid attention to their movements.

I don't know whether Ying Changzai's affection for the senior brother is just a sudden and ignorant feeling, or if there is another reason.

Or maybe this person is born to be restless.

In fact, the women who entered the harem did not have a happy life.

Although it seems like everything is going well from the outside, inside the harem I cannot see my father all year round.

Some women were even forced into the palace with their minds cut off from the idea of ​​being together for life.

But my mother is quite open-minded. I just don’t know if other people can be as open-minded as she is.

But when I think about it, now that Ying Changzai can stand in front of me safely.

Her fleeting affection for her eldest senior brother probably went unnoticed by her father.

Lu Xingwan's gaze roamed over these concubines.

But I didn't see the noble lady and her daughter, the Eighth Princess.

According to Rugui's status, she should have entered the Xuanfu Palace before her mother, but now, she is nowhere to be seen.

I don't know if there was a delay or something else happened.

Lu Xingwan didn't dwell too much on this matter.

After all, my father and grandmother have not arrived yet, and the palace banquet has not officially started.

Lu Xingwan was actually very worried about the Royal Grandmother. Although she was being treated with medicine from Sister Qionghua, she was still just a mortal after all, and she had her own age.

When she returned this time, she also noticed that the Royal Grandmother's health was indeed much worse than it was eight years ago.

Fortunately, thanks to sister Qionghua's medicine, she is now in very good health. Although she is old, she is not weak.

Perhaps because everyone was avoiding it, the noise in the Xuanfu Palace was not very loud at that moment.

However, there were faint sounds of communication that reached Lu Xingwan's ears.

People were either in groups of three or five or in pairs, all communicating in a very reserved tone.

Lu Xingwan looked at all the concubines, then turned his gaze to where the women and men of the official family were not far away.

At today's palace banquet, my father has already said that men and women can sit together, so there is no need to be shy about it.

But after all, they are in the palace, and all the young men and women have to save their own face, so there is actually a distance between them.

But Lu Xingwan could see that many women gathered together and seemed to be looking in the direction of the men, and the men did the same.

Lu Xingwan looked at the bustling yet relatively quiet crowd.

There were some familiar faces among them, but most of them were somewhat unfamiliar to her.

"Princess Yong'an." Just when Lu Xingwan was immersed in her own thoughts, a sudden call interrupted her.

Lu Xingwan hid himself in this corner, and deliberately concealed his figure, so other people could not see him.

However, the one who spoke now was the eunuch who delivered meals to the Xuanfu Palace.