Seeing Luo Junyao come back, Luo Mingxiang quickly pulled her to his side and looked her up and down, and then breathed a sigh of relief after making sure she was fine.
Of course, Luo Junyao couldn't tell others about the eldest princess's family affairs. He just shook his head and whispered: "Don't worry, eldest sister, I'm fine. I just talked with Xie Chengyou and then found a quiet place to hide for a while."
Luo Mingxiang said worriedly: "Is everything okay? Mr. Xuanyu's place..."
Luo Junyao smiled and rolled his eyes: "It's really okay, I just talked to him about paying back the money. Don't worry, we didn't fight."
Xie Chengyou was only beaten unilaterally. If he was shameless, he could of course file a complaint.
Luo Mingxiang breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay. Mr. Xuanyu is not suitable for you. Stay away from him in the future."
Luo Junyao immediately smiled and rolled his eyes: "Yeah, I know."
When Luo Junyao saw such a beautiful elder sister who cared about him, he couldn't help but want to cuddle up in her arms.
Luo Mingxiang straightened her messy hair: "Okay, stop acting like a baby, let's go find mother, Lingxiang has already passed."
"Okay." Luo Jun shook her head. In fact, she felt that today's banquet should not start so soon.
"Sister, what will happen if... I mean what if, my father has another woman?" She originally wanted to ask, what if the future brother-in-law... But considering that the eldest sister is about to get married, it doesn't seem like a big question.
Geely, I have no choice but to wrong my father.
Luo Mingxiang was a little surprised: "Why are you asking this? It won't matter. In the next two years, you will leave the cabinet, and the eldest brother and the second brother will also start a family. Even if my father likes someone, it doesn't matter."
"But where is the mother?" Luo Junyao asked.
Luo Mingxiang was startled, then quickly smiled and said: "Mother...she probably doesn't have any ideas, right? Even if there is someone, it won't affect mother."
Regarding this point, Luo Mingxiang still has confidence in Luo Yun, his stepfather. Compared with those men who try every means to change their wives after becoming famous, General Luo is quite reliable.
Luo Junyao may not know what is going on with his mother and stepfather, but Luo Mingxiang knows.
It's not that she doesn't want her mother to live happily in the rest of her life, and she has tried to persuade her mother to do so. But since her biological father was killed in battle, her mother has no other thoughts and is very satisfied with the peaceful life she has now.
Luo Junyao whispered: "Then... what if father secretly has someone else without telling mother?"
Luo Junyao knew that women from aristocratic families in this era didn't care much about their husbands taking concubines, but there was still a difference between having a concubine after a long time and secretly raising a concubine. The latter was a slap in the face of the mistress of the house.
Luo Mingxiang looked at his little sister calmly, and after a while he raised his hand and slapped her on the head: "Why don't we go back and ask our father about this kind of thing?"
Luo Junyao quickly covered his head and shook his head wildly.
She didn't want to try to see if her father would beat her.
The banquet was not postponed because of the change in the eldest princess's marriage. Shortly after they returned to Mrs. Luo, the eldest princess took Princess Anyang's hand and appeared in the banquet hall dressed up.
The consort also attended the banquet with the eldest princess, and the eldest princess was still chatting and laughing with the guests during the banquet.
If Luo Junyao hadn't been there at that time, one would have thought that nothing had happened at all.
Luo Junyao didn't know how the eldest princess would deal with the consort and the woman named Qin Niang, but she told the eldest princess what she heard. Only the eldest princess could decide what to do.
As if aware of Luo Junyao's gaze towards her, the eldest princess looked towards Luo Junyao and nodded to her with a smile.
Luo Junyao was stunned for a moment, then blinked and showed a sweet smile towards the eldest princess.
"Princess Qi, someone is coming from the palace." The banquet was in progress, and the steward of the eldest princess' mansion outside the door suddenly came in in a hurry.
Princess Changling was startled, then she quickly smiled and said, "But what do you want from the Queen Mother? Invite people in quickly."
Everyone present also smiled kindly, thinking that it was a banquet held at the princess's palace, and the Empress Dowager sent people to deliver rewards to her daughter and granddaughter.
The butler did not respond and left. Instead, he quickly walked up to Princess Changling, bowed and whispered a few words in Princess Changling's ear.
Luo Junyao followed Su and sat in the front seat, and clearly saw Princess Changling's pale face for a moment, which was even uglier than before in Mingyue Pavilion.
Something happened to the Queen Mother?
Princess Changling stood up suddenly, but her body couldn't help but sway.
Qin Qian, who was sitting next to her, quickly reached out to support her, but Princess Changling waved away his hand with a cold face.
Qin Qian's face darkened slightly, but soon returned to normal.
He said warmly: "Xianyu, what's wrong?"
Princess Changling lowered her eyes and withdrew the look in her eyes. She quickly raised her head and said to everyone present: "I have been summoned by the palace. I would like to excuse you. Please forgive me."
Looking at the expressions of the steward and Princess Changling, everyone guessed that something had happened to the Empress Dowager in the palace.
Recalling the recent news that the Empress Dowager is seriously ill, they all said that the palace summons was urgent and asked the eldest princess to go first.
At the same time, I couldn't help but wonder in my heart, could it be that the Empress Dowager is about to die?
Otherwise, even if something happened, Princess Changling would not be summoned to the palace at this time.
Princess Changling left in a hurry, and the banquet was no longer interesting.
Today's banquet was mainly hosted by the female relatives of each family. There were only a few young talents, most of whom were related to the royal family. The heads of the families were not invited at all.
Now that the hostess has left, the banquet naturally ended early.
Besides, if the Empress Dowager is really seriously ill, it would not be appropriate for them to still be eating and drinking here.
On the way back from the princess's house, Shen Lingxiang looked at Luo Junyao from time to time, as if he wanted to ask something but was hesitant to say anything.
Luo Junyao felt uncomfortable looking at her and shrank closer to Luo Mingxiang.
Luo Mingxiang looked up at Shen Lingxiang, smiled and said, "Cousin, what do you have to say?"
Shen Lingxiang hesitated for a moment and then asked: "I just saw Yao Yao and Young Master Xuan Yu going to the bamboo forest in the garden..."
What she really wanted to know was why Xie Chengyou disappeared after that and didn't even attend the eldest princess's banquet.
You must know that Xie Chengyou usually attaches great importance to the interpersonal relationships among the powerful people in the imperial city.
Not to mention that Princess Changling is the Empress Dowager’s only beloved daughter and the regent’s cousin, so she cannot be neglected in any way.
Luo Junyao breathed a sigh of relief: "You want to ask this? Then ask directly. My cousin kept looking at me and thought something had happened. It made my scalp numb with fear."
When Su heard this, she also looked at Shen Lingxiang, but did not speak.
Shen Lingxiang's smile was a little stiff, "Shao Yao really loves to joke."
Luo Junyao shrugged nonchalantly and said, "I talked to Xie Chengyou for a while and then we left."
"It's gone?" Shen Lingxiang's voice was a little strange, as if he couldn't understand these two simple words.
Luo Jun said: "Yes, it's gone."
"What...what did you say?" Shen Lingxiang felt that the familiar bad feeling came again.
Luo Junyao said that her scalp was numb, but now she really had a numb scalp.
She didn't want to hear what Luo Junyao had to say, but she had to ask some things.
Luo Junyao said: "I told him to pay me back the money quickly, or I would beat him! Maybe he ran away because he was afraid? Cousin, he doesn't want to default on the debt, right?"
At this point, Luo Junyao's pretty little face became confused, "Ten thousand taels of gold, that's a lot of money."
Shen Lingxiang forced a smile and said: "Shao Yao is right, with so much money maybe..."
"If it had been sent to the court for disaster relief, the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager might have made me a princess for fun. Even if they didn't... it would still be enough to go to the flower house to redeem many beautiful ladies." Luo Junyao murmured.
