Su Wanwan's eyes narrowed slightly.
Xiao Bin's protection made her feel very warm.
But she also knew that Xiao Bin was no match for Lu Xingjian.
Back then, Li Zhaoxian alone caused him to be exiled to Weizhou Wei, and it was only after she risked everything to plead for him that the result was achieved.
Lu Xingjian narrowed his eyes slightly, ignoring Xiao Bin, and focused his gaze on Su Wanwan.
Her eyes were red and swollen like peaches, her face was covered in tear stains, and her hair was somewhat disheveled.
She was wearing a fine cotton floral-patterned jacket and an indigo-colored fine cotton skirt, the kind worn by ordinary women.
Their clothing was even coarser than that of palace maids.
If it weren't for her exquisitely small face and slender figure, she would look more like a country girl.
It looks like a homeless stray cat.
They'll run off with anyone who offers them a little kindness.
It's both pitiful and infuriating.
Lu Xingjian's voice carried a hint of coldness: "Wanwan, it's time to go home."
go home?
Su Wanwan felt that these two words were extremely ironic.
She originally thought that leaving the palace and returning to the Su family would be like going home.
There, her father and cousin Wanying were. They could return to Luoyang together, far away from the turmoil in the capital.
But her father's departure from Beijing brought her to a complete awakening.
To the Su family, she was just a dispensable person.
She was originally a pawn sent to the palace to show loyalty, later she became a daughter who got married, and then a palace maid who returned to the palace after a divorce.
A place without family is just an empty house; how can it be considered a home?
Will the Xia family let her go once she returns to the capital?
Will Empress Dowager Zhang let her off the hook?
She mustered her courage and looked at Lu Xingjian with a firm yet distant gaze.
"Sir, I am the new owner of this shop. We are full and cannot serve you. Goodbye."
She would never go with him again, suffering both physical and mental torment.
Lu Xingjian pursed his lips and looked at her quietly for a while, then smiled without any emotion, his voice cold and indifferent.
"Wanwan, you're really naughty."
"I'll be waiting for you outside."
After saying that, he turned and left gracefully.
Two fully armed soldiers entered from outside the door, standing on either side of the door, exuding a powerful aura of intimidation.
Meng Yue stood outside the door with his eyes lowered and brows furrowed. He respectfully pushed in a wheelchair, neither urging the driver nor waiting.
Su Wanwan bit her lip and looked at the people at the door.
The atmosphere was extremely tense.
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