Even after many years, Su Zhen still remembers the amazement he felt when he first met Princess Jingyi.
Just like the people in this painting, I feel a vague sense of familiarity.
At first glance, he felt a strange familiarity and warmth towards the woman in the painting. After making some inquiries, he learned that the woman in the painting was actually Huo Yan's concubine, and he immediately felt extremely uneasy.
Just as he was instructing his servants to prepare the carriage for the journey to the Northwest, news arrived that Huo Yan had returned to the capital to meet the Emperor. Su Zhen rushed to the palace, but it was too late. In the palace, he did not encounter Huo Yan as expected. The Emperor's chief eunuch, Liu, told him that Huo Yan had already returned to his residence.
The Fu family was already heavily surrounded by guards. Fu Xinrou was also taken out of the Fu family by Huo Yan and arranged to stay at a courtyard in the mansion of General Su Zhen. The courtyard gate was slightly ajar, and he stood in the courtyard waiting for the servant to go in and announce his arrival.
The moment the door opened, his gaze swept over like lightning, and he saw Fu Xinrou with her head wrapped in thick gauze, like a delicate flower, leaning against a soft pillow. Huo Yan stood with his hands behind his back, like a steadfast mountain, guarding her. A maid carefully fed Fu Xinrou her medicine spoonful by spoonful.
Why did he come to the backyard?
Through the half-open door, Huo Yan, completely unaware of the situation, saw Su Zhen standing in the courtyard, seething with anger.
His mother and Princess Jingyi were very close friends, and they had even made a verbal agreement that once the princess gave birth to a daughter, they would arrange a marriage between the two children.
However, with the passing of her mother and the disappearance of the Su family's daughter, those verbal promises they had made were like candles flickering in the wind, impossible to keep.
Since his mother's death, he had spent most of his time in the military camp, and the relationship between the two families had drifted apart like a kite with a broken string. Over the years, they had had little contact with each other, so why had the Duke of Su suddenly come to visit?
Regardless, he is an elder, and he knows these proper etiquettes.
He strode out and approached him, "Uncle, what brings you here today?"
Su Zhen didn't bother with pleasantries. He waved his hand, signaling the servant to leave, and asked excitedly, "I only want to ask you, how old is your concubine this year?"
Huo Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he wondered to himself, how did Su Ruanruan suddenly get involved? How old is she, and what does it have to do with him?
However, the thought of Su Ruanruan stirred a ripple in his heart.
"She just turned 18 this year..."
Su Zhen's breath hitched, and he immediately asked, "What month was she born?"
"The eighth day of the seventh lunar month."
Su Zhen murmured softly, "The eighth day of the seventh lunar month... My daughter's birthday is the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, what a coincidence!"
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