The night before Mid-Autumn Festival, Lu Huan took Su Qingci back to the general's residence to stay overnight, because they had to attend a banquet with Lu Guang and Gao Jiarong the next day and it was not convenient to separate them.
So he had to return to the general's mansion a day earlier and rest for a day.
On the Mid-Autumn Festival, all officials have a day off.
Only royal relatives, some close to the royal family, or officials favored by the emperor were allowed to enter the palace for the banquet.
That day, Su Qingci sat in front of the mirror and let Xiaohe help her with her makeup.
Lu Huan was busy tidying up his clothes and didn't ask anyone to serve him.
Seeing Xiao He about to put on the gold-inlaid jade Phoenix Wings Step Hairpin for Su Qingci, Lu Huan specifically reminded her, "Don't dress too dazzlingly today."
Xiao He paused, then listened to Lu Huan continue, "We are going to the palace to attend the banquet with the princess next door."
"She's a bit petty. She'll definitely dress up to go to the palace today. When she sees you later, she'll see that you're not only younger and prettier than her, but you're even more stunning when you're dressed up."
"Do you think she will bear a grudge against you?"
After hearing this, Su Qingci said to Xiao He, "Xiao He, just dress normally. No need to be too fancy."
"yes."
It didn't take long for Xiao He to finish putting on makeup for Su Qingci.
She stood up and said, "Let's go."
Lu Huan stretched out his hand towards her. Su Qingci smiled gently, put her left hand in his palm, and let him lead her out.
At the gate of the general's mansion, I saw Lu Guang and Gao Jiarong preparing to set off.
Su Qingci saluted Lu Guang and Gao Jiarong respectively and said, "Father."
"Your Highness."
Although Gao Jiarong is Lu Huan's stepmother, Lu Huan has never respected her and didn't even say hello when they met.
Therefore, in order to save Lu Huan's face and to show respect to Gao Jiarong, the emperor's sister, she called her "Her Royal Highness the Princess".
Didn't call her mother.
After all, according to traditional customs, a princess usually has her own independent mansion after marriage, and her husband is also called "Fu Ma". Her husband's family will often only respectfully address the princess as "Your Highness" and will not regard her as an ordinary daughter-in-law.
Therefore, Su Qingci addressed Gao Jiarong in this way, which not only took Lu Huan's face into consideration, but also expressed respect for Gao Jiarong. It can be said that it was a very decent and appropriate approach.
Lu Guang responded indifferently, as if he was quite satisfied with her, and then looked at Lu Huan, "You didn't even say hello after meeting?"
Lu Huan: "We meet in the court every day. It's not like Father just saw me today."
After saying that, without even looking at Lu Guang's cold expression, he took Su Qingci's hand and helped her onto the carriage behind.
After getting on the carriage, Su Qingci couldn't help but ask, "Why do you treat your father like this?"
Lu Huan still held her hand gently, but she couldn't see his expression. From his voice alone, she could sense a chill in his words. "I naturally have my reasons for treating him this way."
"Qingci."
"It's mutual between people. If he treats me well, I will naturally treat him well."
Su Qingci did not delve further. After all, everyone has their own difficulties and things they are unwilling to reveal.
She rested her head on Lu Huan's shoulder. "It's just like, if you treat me well, I will treat you well too."
"That's the point, isn't it?"
Lu Huan held her hand tightly, feeling a warm current flowing through his heart, "That's right."
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About half an hour later, the carriage slowly drove into the imperial city.
Unlike other ministers who had to stop and walk into the palace when they arrived at the city gate, their carriages were able to drive straight into the palace.
The reason why they were able to enjoy such an honor was simply because the emperor's younger sister, Princess Nanjia, was sitting in the Lu family's carriage.
The Mid-Autumn Festival banquet has not officially begun yet, but many guests have already entered the banquet venue in an endless stream.
Since it was not a court meeting, everyone was in casual clothes.
While they were talking, many people came over to chat with Gao Jiarong and Lu Guang.
Lu Huan always hated these hypocritical and perfunctory social occasions, so he took Su Qingci's hand and found a seat for the two of them to sit down.
As soon as the two sat down, they heard a burst of flattery from the crowd. They looked and found that the person who came was Yan Xuanye.
Why is he here?
Su Qingci really wanted to ask, but didn't dare to.
As soon as she opened her mouth, Lu Huan would know that she had met Yan Xuanye in private. Combined with her unusual behavior in the past few days, with Lu Huan's intelligence, he would soon know the reason.
Many officials came forward to greet Yan Xuanye, but Yan Xuanye only exchanged a few pleasantries. Then he walked straight towards Lu Huan and Su Qingci...
Yan Xuanye smiled and said, "General Lu, long time no see."
Yan Xuanye walked up to them and greeted Lu Huan and Su Qingci with a smile. His smile seemed friendly, but it gave people a sense of invisible oppression.
Lu Huan's expression was indifferent. "Your Highness Prince Yan, what a coincidence?"
"You're here too?"
"Yes, I never thought that your emperor would invite me to this Mid-Autumn Festival banquet."
"I thought it was quite interesting, so I came here."
Yan Xuanye's eyes swept across Lu Huan, and then stopped at Su Qingci. Pretending not to know Su Qingci, he asked with a smile, "Who is this?"
Lu Huan looked at him coldly, not knowing what he was pretending to be.
Although he knew that he had a crush on Su Qingci, Lu Huan had no choice but to introduce her to him, "This is my wife, surnamed Su."
"So it's Madam Lu." Yan Xuanye's smile widened. "I've heard Madam Lu is very talented and beautiful. Seeing her today, I can see that she's really as good as her reputation."
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