Xu Lan carefully closed the door and stood silently at the door.

I don't know how long it took, but Lu Huiling stopped crying. She slowly sat up and sat in front of the dressing table, looking at herself in the bronze mirror with tears on her face and her hair tied high in a bun.

Now they are all separated due to the action of running.

Lu Huiling randomly picked up a handkerchief and wiped her face, trying to wipe away the tears on her face. After all, she still had some stubbornness hidden in her bones, and she never wanted others to see her like this.

When her eyes were no longer red, Lu Huiling gathered her emotions and said to Xu Lan, who had been guarding the door, "Come in."

Xu Lan always had his back to the door and window. When he looked out from inside, he could tell at a glance that it was Xu Lan.

When Xu Lan heard Concubine Ming calling her, she quickly opened the door and walked in. Seeing Concubine Ming sitting in front of the dressing table safe and sound, she knelt down and saluted: "Concubine Ming, may you be safe and sound."

"Pingshen." Lu Huiling glanced at her, then turned to look at the bronze mirror, and said calmly: "Let me dress up. I will go back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to visit relatives later."

Xu Lan nodded clearly. The concubine could only leave the palace to visit relatives with the emperor's permission. It was only then that she realized that the concubine was crying because she was homesick. After all, she was still a child. Xu Lan thought so

.

Xu Lan stepped forward and untied the bun on Lu Huiling's head, and her long, jet-black hair fell down like a waterfall. Xu Lan combed Lu Huiling's hair with her horns.

Lu Huiling looked silently at Xu Lan in the bronze mirror, who was combing her hair. She couldn't help but asked curiously: "When women leave the palace, do their mothers usually comb their hair?"

She had just finished crying and still had a nasal sound. She looked very delicate and aggrieved.

Xu Lan's hand holding the comb paused for a moment, and then said: "This slave has been in the palace since she was a child. Her parents have passed away long ago. I only saw how the aunt from the next door family combed my sister's hair like this when she got married.

He was also muttering something in his mouth, it was like a little tune, it was really nice."

As Xu Lan talked, she recalled the wedding she had the honor to watch when she was a child. The villagers coaxed the bride out in a lively manner. The groom, who was wearing a red coat and a black official hat, stood at the door, with a red sleeve tied in the middle.

The flower group tied the two together for life and eternity, and they worshiped heaven and earth amidst the blessings of everyone. At that time, the sister of the neighbor next door was a very beautiful person in Xiao Xulan's eyes. I wonder if she is a virgin now.

Even though he is half old, his charm is still there.

"Do you still remember how to hum that little tune?" Lu Huiling turned around and looked at Xu Lan and asked.

Xu Lan stopped what he was doing, looked up at the sky and thought for a while, and finally shook his head: "It's been too long, I can't remember it anymore. It's not often that such little songs are sung in the palace. Most of them are

These are official ladies who have not yet left the palace. Perhaps it is only when Her Royal Highness the Princess gets married that you can hear someone in Fengyang Pavilion dressing up the princess like this."

Lu Huiling turned around slowly, looking a little disappointed. She looked directly at herself in the bronze mirror and asked: "Does this mean that I have left the cabinet?"

Lu Huiling had a trace of luck in her heart. When she was still in Prime Minister Lu's Mansion, she had dreamed of marrying into the prince's palace happily surrounded by everyone. On the bustling ten-mile long street, all the people in Beijing were blessing them.

She hopes to have a wedding that everyone will bless, and it must be earth-shattering and known to everyone on the road.

"Empress, you have become the emperor's concubine and are no longer a boudoir girl." Xu Lan said the last words very lightly, and she seemed to feel that Concubine Ming did not want such an ending.

"So..." Lu Huiling murmured, "I wish I had an afterlife. If there is an afterlife..."

I have gone through all kinds of hardships, but I still want to marry you.

She looked at herself in the bronze mirror and recited these words silently in her heart.

"Your Majesty, how should you style your hair?" Xu Lan didn't hear what she was saying clearly, and only said that she was homesick.

After Xu Lan combed her hair, she remembered what happened when she was combing her hair this morning and couldn't help but ask one more question.

Lu Huiling tilted her face slightly, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Let's just follow the etiquette of the fourth concubine's position."

After having her eyebrows trimmed and temples decorated, when Lu Huiling stood up again, she was already a dignified and majestic concubine of the Celestial Dynasty. Her lips were slightly red, as if they were stained with the fiery red maple leaves in late autumn, making her charming and moving.

Lu Huiling didn't tell anyone about going back home to visit relatives today, but the golden carriage arranged by Qi Bingyu passed through the Imperial Garden and stopped in front of the Minghua Hall, which made the concubines envious.

Aunt Xulan helped the Ming Concubine out of the Minghua Hall and boarded the Jinling carriage. Several strings of gold lings hung from the eaves of the carriage's cover, engraved with dragons and phoenixes. This was the carriage used exclusively by the emperor's favored concubines when they went home to visit relatives. When the carriage was moving,

Jin Ling shook and made a tinkling sound, a glorious journey.

Lu Huiling still had an expressionless face in front of others. After Xu Lan helped her get into the carriage, the corners of her mouth slowly raised in the spacious carriage. When the carriage drove out of the palace, she secretly opened the curtain,

She was so happy to take a look at the street scene she hadn't seen for a long time that she wanted to get off the car from here and walk back to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

When the emperor allowed her to leave the palace to visit relatives, he would naturally send a message to the Prime Minister's Mansion to receive him first. Before Jin Ling's carriage arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Lu Gaohong, Mrs. Lu, Lu Chen, the housekeeper Fang Lu and many other servants were standing at the door and bowing their heads.

Looking forward to it.

Lu Gaohong, Mrs. Lu and Lu Chen stood in front.

Lu Gaohong's palms kept sweating. He had personally sent his daughter to the palace compound, but now he didn't know how to behave in front of her.

Mrs. Lu and Lu Chen were thinking that one day Lu Huiling would be able to return home, but they didn't expect that day to come so early. When the decree was just announced from the palace, they couldn't wait to come to the door and look at it, thinking anxiously in their hearts.

:Why haven’t you arrived yet? When will you arrive?

The eldest lady left without any warning, and suddenly she was going back to visit relatives. These young servants and maids couldn't wait to see what the eldest lady had become now.

Ning Xue was the first to run out. After Lu Huiling entered the palace, Lu Gaohong always wanted her to take the deed of betrayal and go home, but her family was ruined and her hometown no longer existed. She didn't know where to go. Fortunately

Mrs. Lu was kind-hearted and kept her by her side. As soon as she heard that the young lady was coming back, Ning Xue quickly ran out to greet her.

They were waiting and looking forward to it. I don't know how long it took, but they heard the clear ringing of jingle bells in the distance. Lu Chen pointed to the direction where Lu Huiling came and said happily: "Father, mother, look, it's my sister who is here."

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Lu Gaohong and Mrs. Lu both looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough they could see a gleaming golden carriage slowly driving towards them. At this moment, the sound of the bells became the sound of nature in their ears.

sound.

The carriage stopped in front of the Foreign Minister's Mansion, and the eunuch driving in front shouted at the top of his voice: "Ming Fei is here!"

Lu Gaohong's eyes turned red instantly. He and Mrs. Lu helped him kneel down together. The retainers behind him also knelt on the ground and shouted in unison: "See you, Concubine Ming, may you be safe and happy."

The kindness of nurturing me in the beginning, when we meet again, we are already different between king and minister.

Sitting in the carriage, the dignified and luxurious Lu Huiling had already burst into tears. She covered her mouth and shed tears silently, not wanting anyone to know that she was grieving uncontrollably.

"Your Majesty, it's time to say goodbye." Seeing that there was no movement on the carriage, Xu Lan couldn't help but give a reminder.

Lu Huiling took a few deep breaths, wiped away her tears with her sleeves, and said, "Get back on your feet."

Lu Gaohong and others stood up, Xu Lan slowly opened the curtain of the carriage, Lu Huiling stretched out her hand, and Xu Lan helped her get out of the carriage.

Lu Huiling was dignified and self-possessed. She was no longer the little girl before she left the court. When she stood in front of everyone, she looked naturally dignified and majestic.

Lu Huiling let go of Xu Lan's hand that was holding her, put her hands together with her forehead, bowed deeply to Lu Gaohong and Mrs. Lu, and said, "My daughter pays homage to her father and her mother."

Lu Gaohong and Mrs. Lu quickly stepped forward to support Lu Huiling. Mrs. Lu had already cried uncontrollably. She nodded and cried, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back. Let's go in, let's go in and talk, mother knows you

Come, let Uncle Ping cook a lot of your favorite dishes, let’s go in, my Hui Ling..."

Now that Mrs. Lu sees her daughter standing safely in front of her, she no longer complains. For many days and nights in the past, she has dreamed that Lu Huiling died in the palace like the previous queen, and only the one who was eventually sent back to the Prime Minister's Mansion

A cold corpse.

Lu Gaohong patted Lu Huiling on the shoulder. Although he said nothing, his eyes were full of admiration for Lu Huiling. She deserves to be Lu Gaohong's daughter. She deserves to be my Lu Gaohong's daughter!

Lu Chen also stood aside silently, looking at the now dignified and virtuous Lu Huiling, his eyes full of joy. If he were a girl, he would have stepped forward and hugged this sister.

The family finally reunited today. They walked into the banquet room of the Prime Minister's Mansion together. Now Lu Huiling has become the most distinguished guest of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Xu Lan followed Lu Huiling. Ning Xue's eyes were red from crying and she followed silently. Xu Lan turned her head to look at the little girl following behind her, thinking to herself that this was probably someone who had served Ming Fei in the past.

Your Majesty's maid.

When she arrived at the banquet hall, Lu Huiling had now taken the seat of honor. She was somewhat unaccustomed to it and felt that it was too unfamiliar, but she had to abide by this rule.

After everyone was seated, Lu Huiling smiled and said, "Let's all eat." Seeing that they were still moving their chopsticks, Lu Huiling said with a smile.

Lu Gaohong picked up the chopsticks, but he didn't know what was better to eat, so he had to say: "Eat them all, if you don't eat, they will get cold."

Mrs. Lu touched Lu Huiling's hand. She no longer had any thoughts about eating. Her heart was filled with her precious daughter: "Huiling...how are you in the palace? Have you ever been wronged?"

Lu Gaohong closed his eyes and shook his head, his heart filled with sighs.
Chapter completed!