Xu Lan carefully closed the door and silently guarded the door.

I don't know how long it took, Lu Huiling's crying stopped, she slowly sat up, sat in front of the dresser, looked at herself with tears on her face in the bronze mirror, and the bun on her head that was tied high on her head, and now she was also scattered because of the running action.

Lu Huiling picked up a handkerchief and wiped her face, wanting to wipe away the tears on her face, she still had some stubbornness in her bones, and she never wanted people to see her like this.

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

Xu Lan kept her back to the door and window, and when she looked out from the inside, she could see at a glance that it was Xu Lan.

Xu Lan heard Concubine Ming calling her, and hurriedly gently pushed open the door and walked in, seeing Concubine Ming sitting in front of the dresser unharmed, she curtsied: "Niangniang Wanfu Jin'an." ”

"Flat." Lu Huiling glanced at her, then turned her head to look at the bronze mirror, and said indifferently: "Dress up the palace, the palace will go back to the prime minister's mansion to visit relatives later." ”

Xu Lan nodded clearly, the concubine was able to go out of the palace to visit relatives, only with the permission of the emperor, and only when she came to Fang Cai Ming Niangniang cried bitterly because she was homesick. It's still a kid after all. Xu Lan thought so.

Xu Lan stepped forward to untie the bun on Lu Huiling's head, and the long black hair like a waterfall fell down, and Xu Lan's horns combed Lu Huiling's hair smoothly.

Lu Huiling looked at Xu Lan in the bronze mirror in silence and combed her hair one by one, and couldn't help but ask curiously: "Usually when women go out of the pavilion, do they have mothers to comb their hair for them?" ”

She still has a nasal voice just after crying, and she looks very delicate and aggrieved.

Xu Lan's hand holding the comb paused for a moment, and then said: "The slave maid has been in the palace since she was a child, and her parents have already passed away, but when the sister of the next door got married, the aunt of that family combed her hair for her like this, and she was chanting something while combing her mouth, like a little song, but it was good." ”

Xu Lan said while recalling the wedding that she was fortunate to see when she was a child, the villagers were lively and coaxing the bride to come out, the groom in red clothes and wearing a black official hat stood at the door, and a flower ball was tied in the middle of the red armband, which tied the two people together in their lifetimes, worshipping heaven and earth in the blessings of everyone.

"Do you remember how that little tune hummed?" Lu Huiling turned to look at Xu Lan and asked.

Xu Lan stopped what she was doing, looked up at the sky and thought for a while, and finally shook her head: "It's been too long, the slave maid can't remember it clearly, and there are not often this kind of little songs sung in the palace, most of them are officials and women who have not left the pavilion, maybe only when Her Royal Highness the princess gets married, can you hear someone in Fengyang Pavilion groom the princess like this." ”

Lu Huiling turned around slowly, looking a little lost, she looked directly at herself in the bronze mirror, and asked, "Then the palace is like this, is it considered to be out of the pavilion?" ”

Lu Huiling had a trace of luck, and when she was still in Lu Xiangfu, she imagined that she would happily marry into the palace under the support of everyone, and the lively ten-mile long street, all the people in Beijing blessed them. She hopes to have a wedding that everyone blesses, and it must be earth-shattering and known to passers-by.

"Niangniang, you have become the emperor's concubine, and you are no longer a boudoir girl." Xu Lan's words were extremely light, and she seemed to be able to feel that Concubine Ming didn't want such an ending.

"So...," Lu Huiling muttered, "I wish I would be in the next life." If there is an afterlife..."

I will marry you even if I overcome all obstacles.

She looked at herself in the bronze mirror, silently reciting this sentence in her heart.

"Niangniang, what kind of bun do you comb?" Xu Lan didn't hear what she was talking about, but 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 more.

Lu Huiling turned his face sideways slightly, hesitated for a while, and said, "Let's follow the etiquette system of the fourth concubine." ”

After drawing her eyebrows and sideburns, when Lu Huiling stood up again, she was already a dignified and atmospheric concubine of the Celestial Empire, with a little red lips, as if dyed with the fiery red maple leaves of late autumn, charming and moving.

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

Aunt Xu Lan helped Concubine Ming out of Minghua Hall, boarded Jin Ling's carriage, a few strings of Jin Ling hung down at the eaves of the carriage cover, engraved with dragons and phoenixes, this is the emperor's favored concubine to go home to visit relatives special frame, when the carriage walks, Jin Ling shakes and makes a jingling sound, all the way to the supreme glory.

Lu Huiling still has an expressionless face in front of people, after Xu Lan helped her to sit in the carriage, in the spacious carriage, the corners of her mouth slowly rose, and when the carriage drove out of the palace, she secretly lifted the curtain and took a look at the street scene that she hadn't seen for a long time, she was very happy, and wanted to get off from here and walk back to the Prime Minister's Mansion by herself.

The emperor allowed her to go out of the palace to visit relatives, so she would naturally send a decree to the Prime Minister's Mansion first, and when Jin Ling's carriage had not yet arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Lu Gaohong, Mrs. Lu, Lu Chen, and the housekeeper Fang Lu and many other family members stood at the door early and looked up in anticipation.

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

Lu Gaohong's palms kept sweating, he was the one who sent his daughter into the palace compound with his own hands, but now he doesn't know how to deal with himself in front of her.

Mrs. Lu and Lu Chen thought that one day Lu Huiling would be able to go back to the house to see, but they didn't expect that this day would come so early, and when the will just came out of the palace, they couldn't wait to come to the door and look, and they were anxious to mutter: Why haven't you come yet, when will you arrive.

The eldest lady left without any warning, and suddenly she was about to go back to the house to visit relatives, and these little 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 sale and go home, but her family was ruined, her hometown has long ceased to exist, I don't know where to go, fortunately, Mrs. Lu was kind-hearted and kept her by her side, as soon as she heard that Miss was coming back, Ning Xue hurriedly ran out to greet her.

They waited and waited, I don't know how long it took, they heard a crisp bell ringing in the distance, Lu Chen pointed to the direction where Lu Huiling came, and said happily: "Dad, mother, you see, it's my sister here!" ”

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

The carriage stopped in front of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the eunuch who accompanied the carriage in front of him pinched his throat and shouted: "Concubine Ming has arrived-"

Lu Gaohong's eyes turned red in an instant, he and Mrs. Lu knelt down together, and the retainers behind him also knelt on the ground one after another, shouting in unison: "See Concubine Ming, Concubine Ming, Wanfu Jin'an." ”

The original nurturing grace, when goodbye, is already a difference between monarchs and ministers.

Lu Huiling, who was sitting in the carriage dignified and luxurious, had already cried silently, she covered her mouth and silently shed tears, not wanting anyone to know that she was sad and uncontrollable.

"Mother, it's time to say goodbye." Xu Lan saw that there was no movement on the carriage, and couldn't help but prompt.

Lu Huiling took a few deep breaths, wiped away her tears with her sleeve, and said, "Flatten." ”

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

Lu Huiling is dignified and self-controlled, she is no longer the little girl who has not been out of the pavilion at the beginning, she stands in front of everyone, and naturally looks dignified and atmospheric.

Lu Huiling let go of Xu Lan's hand holding her, handed it over with both hands, raised it with her forehead, bowed deeply to Lu Gaohong and Mrs. Lu, and said, "My daughter will meet her father and mother." ”

Lu Gaohong and Mrs. Lu hurriedly stepped forward to support Lu Huiling, Mrs. Lu was already crying uncontrollably, she nodded, cried and said, "It's good to come back, it's good to come back." Let's go in, let's go in, my mother knows you're coming, and let Pingbo cook a lot of your favorite dishes, let's go in, my Painted Spirit..."

Mrs. Lu now sees her daughter standing peacefully in front of her, so she no longer complains, how many days and nights in the past, she dreamed that Lu Huiling died in the palace like the first queen, and finally sent back to the prime minister's mansion, only a cold corpse.

Lu Gaohong patted Lu Huiling on the shoulder, although he didn't speak, his eyes were full of praise for Lu Huiling, she deserves to be Lu Gaohong's daughter, she deserves to be my Lu Gaohong's daughter!

Lu Chen also stood silently aside, looking at Lu Huiling, who was now dignified and virtuous, his eyes were full of joy, if he was a daughter, he would also step forward and hug this sister.

The family was finally reunited today, and they walked into the banquet hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion together, and now Lu Huiling has become the most honored guest of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Xu Lan followed behind Lu Huiling, Ning Xue cried and her eyes red, and followed silently, Xu Lan turned her face sideways to look at the little girl who was following her, thinking in her heart, this is probably the maid who served Concubine Ming in the past.

When she arrived at the banquet hall, Lu Huiling's current identity had already sat on the upper seat, she was a little unaccustomed to it, and she always felt that this was too unfamiliar, but she couldn't fail to abide by this rule.

After they were all seated, seeing that they didn't move their chopsticks for a long time, Lu Huiling said with a smile: "Let's eat them all." ”

Lu Gaohong picked up the chopsticks, but he didn't know what to eat, so he had to greet him too: "Eat them all, if you don't eat again, it will be cold." ”

Mrs. Lu touched Lu Huiling's hand, and now she had no intention of eating, and her eyes were full of her precious daughter: "Huiling... How is it in the palace? Have you ever been wronged? ”

Lu Gaohong closed his eyes and shook his head, his heart full of sighs.

"My daughter is fine." Lu Huiling looked at Mrs. Lu, and then at Lu Gaohong, "Don't worry about the two parents. ”