Lu Qingyan scoffed inwardly, thinking that Chen Jiyan's expression of emotion was both too intense and too bland.
She doesn't like this kind of relationship at all, and she won't care about it anymore.
Where Shen Jiyan couldn't see, Lu Qingyan forced a smile and pried his fingers apart one by one: "Shen Jiyan, your mission is over, it's time to go back. After you go back, it won't be long before you marry Lu Qingshu, the pearl of Lu Kingdom. You should settle down and live a good life with her."
Shen Jiyan, oh Shen Jiyan, do you know that you are the glory of the Shen family, the hope for their future? But this is not the Lu Kingdom. There is no Shen family here, no Duke of the State to protect you. What will be the consequences if you take one wrong step here?
We're destined to be on different paths, so why bother with this messy entanglement?
Lu Qingyan looked up at the sky: "Brother Jiyan, it's getting late. We should go to the palace. We should always abide by other people's rules when we're on their turf."
“Ayan, I really wanted to take you away, but the Shen family…” Chen Jiyan hesitated, unable to finish her sentence.
Lu Qingyan took a few steps forward and stepped out of the post station gate, looking at the carriage approaching from afar: "Brother Jiyan, look, people from the palace are coming to pick us up."
The newcomer was a young eunuch with an ordinary face, but his eyes darted around, making him look quite clever and endearing.
"This servant greets the Third Princess." He said with a smile, "Your Highness has come from afar, and this servant has failed to provide adequate hospitality. His Majesty's banquet is being held in the Feiyu Palace, so please, Your Highness, and this servant shall proceed."
After saying that, he looked at Shen Jiyan and said, "Young Master Shen need not go. As an envoy, the Emperor will naturally hold a banquet elsewhere. I will come to inform you once everything is ready."
Chen Jiyan stopped in his tracks, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "The Third Princess is a straightforward person, so please take good care of her, Eunuch."
He repeatedly replied, "Of course, of course, this is what a servant should do."
Although the palaces of the Jin state and the Lu state were different, their general layouts were not much different.
A banquet was being held in the palace, and many people dressed in magnificent attire could be seen coming and going. Here, on this road, they dared not make a sound or laugh; they all walked with their heads down, behaving themselves with utmost decorum. Looking at their unfamiliar faces, Lu Qingyan felt a sudden surge of melancholy.
When Lu Qingyan arrived at the Flying Feather Palace, she realized she was late. Except for the third seat in the northeast corner, the room seemed to be completely full.
The seating arrangement was quite clever; Lu Qingyan noticed that whenever she sat down, it seemed that the people sitting to her left, right, and opposite her were all men.
The first seat was occupied by a man dressed in dark blue. His features bore a resemblance to Sima Xing, with sword-like eyebrows, thin lips, and eyes that seemed to radiate coldness like an icy pool. The moment he saw Lu Qingyan, his eyes narrowed dangerously.
She wasn't sure if it was just her imagination, but she felt that the air around her seemed a little colder.
Because of that look in her eyes, Lu Qingyan couldn't help but think of someone, His Highness Prince Chu, Sima Yi, who was very likely to become her fiancé.
Lu Qingyan awkwardly turned her face away. She was in a dilemma. She couldn't very well sit down in that seat. What if someone else had already taken it? If she sat down there, and the original owner came, would she have to give up the seat? Wouldn't that be humiliating?
Lu Qingyan looked around with some difficulty, then noticed that there were still empty seats for the women below her, so she quickly sat down.
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