Lu Gaohong returned to the mansion alone. By that time, Mrs. Lu had already prepared dinner and was waiting with Lu Chen for the father and daughter to return from the palace.

As soon as Lu Gaohong entered the Prime Minister's Mansion, Fang Lu greeted him with a smile: "The Prime Minister is back."

Lu Gaohong responded dully and walked towards the house in a daze.

The smile on Fang Lu's face froze. He suddenly felt something was wrong. The prime minister and the lady entered the palace together, so why was only the prime minister back?

A dangerous idea emerged in Fang Lu's mind. He ran forward and asked: "Master Xiang, Master Xiang, where is the lady? Has the lady not come back from the palace?"

Lu Gaohong didn't respond to him and walked straight towards the dining room.

Mrs. Lu and Lu Chen were chatting about some happy things. When Lu Gaohong came in, they all stood up and said with a smile: "The Prime Minister (father) is back."

Lu Gaohong's face was solemn and he didn't smile at all. They looked at each other and felt that something was wrong.

Lu Gaohong sat in the middle, looking at the mother and son looking at each other, picked up his chopsticks and said, "Why are you standing there, eat quickly."

"Prime Minister, what happened?" Madam Lu asked with a worried look, "Did the Emperor say something to you?"

But even if you think about it, you shouldn’t. Lu Gaohong has done his duty conscientiously, and wars have been frequent recently. Although Lu Gaohong is not a military commander, he has done a lot for the whole country. He even reviews documents day and night so that the state capital below can properly resettle the refugees.

Even if the emperor doesn't praise it, why would he reprimand it?

Lu Gaohong shook his head: "It's okay. Let's eat."

The more he said it was okay, the more they felt that something was wrong.

Lu Gaohong felt extremely bitter. He didn't know how to tell them about Lu Huiling being left in the palace.

"Where's sister?" Lu Chen suddenly realized that Lu Huiling didn't come in with Lu Gaohong. He thought she might have gone back to the backyard to change clothes. After all, her foot was still injured and she needed to reapply medicine after walking for a long time. "Fang

Lu, go to the backyard to find your sister for dinner."

"This..." Fang Lu looked embarrassed. He knew that the young lady had not returned home, but looking at Lu Gaohong's expression, he didn't know what to say.

"No need." Lu Gaohong put down his chopsticks and looked at the door.

Lu Gaohong looked at them and said slowly: "Hui Ling will never have dinner with us in the future."

He tried to let them know this fact in plain words.

Mrs. Lu looked at Lu Gaohong in surprise. The expression on her face changed from surprise to sadness. She opened her mouth and asked in disbelief: "Why...why?"

Lu Gaohong pursed his lips and said nothing. Lu Chen was stunned for a moment and quickly ran to the backyard to look for Lu Huiling. However, he searched the huge backyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion and couldn't find Lu Huiling.

Lu Chen panted and ran back to the front hall, along with Ning Xue, the maid who was waiting on Lu Huiling.

Lu Huiling did not bring any entourage with her when she entered the palace. After Ning Xue packed up the gauze under her feet that Lu Huiling had changed, she also prepared the flower mud for her face tonight. It was a dry autumn day, so Lu Huiling wanted to stay beautiful.

I specially prepared flower mud to apply on my face.

Ning Xue couldn't wait for the young lady, but she did wait for the young master who was in a hurry. She followed him to the front hall.

Everyone present looked at Lu Gaohong and wanted to know what Lu Huiling went through in the palace.

But Lu Gaohong raised his eyes and saw Ning Xue, and simply said: "Tomorrow Ning Xue will go to the accounting office to settle the monthly payment for this month, and go home after taking the deed of sale."

"Prime Minister!" Ning Xue knelt down in fear, with tears in her eyes. She asked, "What did Ning Xue do wrong? The Prime Minister wants to drive Ning Xue out of the Prime Minister's Mansion?"

Mrs. Lu felt something was wrong. She looked at Lu Gaohong and asked, "Where is Hui Ling? What happened!"

"Dad! What happened to my sister? Why did you say that she would never dine with us again, and why did you dismiss my sister's personal maid?" Lu Chen also asked anxiously.

"Prime Minister, please tell me." Fang Lu looked at Lu Gaohong with a sad face and begged.

Lu Gaohong didn't want to say it at first, but they would know it sooner or later, so after thinking twice, he looked up at them and said slowly: "Hui Ling... Hui Ling was left in the palace by the emperor."

As soon as these words were spoken, it was like throwing a huge stone into a calm lake, causing a huge wave in an instant.

"What?!" Mrs. Lu stood up in surprise first. She looked at Lu Gaohong in disbelief and asked, "Why?! Hui Ling, has Hui Ling become the emperor's concubine? That's his niece!"

Mrs. Lu watched Lu Huiling grow up, and she knew that Lu Huiling's eyebrows and eyes looked very much like the queen's. After the queen's death, she specially taught Lu Huiling how to draw flat eyebrows, just to prevent the emperor from seeing her resemblance to Lu Fushuang one day.

Lu Huiling.

But she never expected that despite all the calculations, Lu Huiling could not get married to a good family safely.

Mrs. Lu couldn't help the grief in her heart. She understood how terrifying the deep palace was. It was a huge furnace, and it was impossible for anyone who entered it to come out unscathed.

"Lu Gaohong! That's our biological daughter, Lu Gaohong!" Mrs. Lu was heartbroken with grief. She didn't know where to vent her emotions, so she could only point at Lu Gaohong and yell, "Are you still a human being? Looking at your daughter...

Why? Why don’t you try to dissuade me? Why!”

Lu Chen and Fang Lu were also confused. They didn't know the cause of the matter and were shocked when they heard the news that Lu Huiling was left in the palace.

Why was Lu Huiling kept in the palace by the emperor?

They looked at the hysterical Mrs. Lu and stepped forward to support her, fearing that she would collapse to the ground after being overcome with grief.

Ning Xue knelt on the ground with an expression of disbelief on her face, unable to say a word.

In recent days, the young lady has always dressed up like the late empress. The Prime Minister also specially found a few portraits of the late queen to give to the young lady. He also secretly told her some inexplicable things. Ning Xue didn't ask any more questions, but she didn't want the young lady to have sex with him today.

It's separated by a palace wall.

"Hui Ling is not a concubine!" Lu Gaohong was already irritable, and his temper became even worse when Mrs. Lu made such a fuss, but he still patiently explained to them: "Hui Ling is just staying in Qinzheng Hall as a daily attendant.

She did not become the emperor's concubine."

"Why do you want her to be a female official?" Mrs. Lu still refused to give up and asked, "Is there no one in the palace who is qualified?"

"That's enough!" Lu Gaohong looked at the messy hall, feeling even more upset. He no longer had the patience to explain this to them.

As soon as Lu Gaohong lost his temper, they did not dare to speak. They just stayed there and looked at Lu Gaohong, their eyes full of grievances and uneasiness.

When things turned out like this, Lu Gaohong no longer had the heart to eat, so he turned around and walked away.

There were only a few of them left in the hall. Mrs. Lu started to sob and cried. Lu Chen stepped forward and patted her back to comfort her.

But it had only been more than an hour, and when night began to fall, everyone in the palace was secretly talking about the new female official in the Qinzheng Palace.

"Have you heard? There is a new female official in the Qinzheng Palace." While finishing the meal, a palace maid started chatting.

"I've heard about it. How could I not have heard about it? I was working as an errand near the Qinzheng Palace, and I saw that female official with my own eyes when I was weeding."

"Who might you recognize?"

"Who else could it be? Lu Huiling, the eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Office who danced on the war drum yesterday."

"Oh, don't admit it wrong. The eldest lady of the Prime Minister's Palace is a relative of the emperor. Although she is not a princess, she is still a noble lady. Why do you come to the palace to be a female official? Although she is a female official of the Qinzheng Palace, hahaha

This is also inconsistent with my identity."

"That's right. In my opinion, if you enter the palace with this status, you should be a concubine instead of a queen. Now that Prime Minister Lu is at the height of his power, will the emperor still keep the eldest daughter of the Lu family by his side as a female official?"
Chapter completed!