Chapter 32
After Lu Songli and his daughter arrived home, two waves of people from the palace came to their home in the afternoon. The two waves brought two oral instructions. One was the Empress Dowager Xuan Lu Songli who entered the palace to attend the dinner, and the other was the Emperor Xuan Lu Desheng who entered the palace to meet.
After the first wave of eunuchs promulgated the eunuchs, Lu Desheng handed over a purse and asked him if he could let his wife accompany his daughter to the palace. The eunuch Xuanzhi took the purse, glanced at the mother and daughter of the Lu family, and shook his head.
After seeing off two waves of father-in-law, Lu Songli and his family gathered together to discuss. Lu Songli felt that the emperor summoned her father to the palace because he had said he wanted to reward him. The Empress Dowager summoned him, most of the reason why the visitors were not kind. As the saying goes, there is no good banquet.
Lu Desheng and Jiang looked at their daughter worriedly. Lu Songli knew that this indicated that the Empress Dowager really wanted to interfere in their marriage between Zhao, Lu, Xie and Qin. He sent someone to the Qin family to inquire, and Qin Sheng was indeed summoned. No need to think about it. Since Qin Sheng has been summoned together, the other two must be included in Xie Zhan, Zhao Yutan and others.
“Ali, I’m afraid I’m going to let you down this time.” Lu Desheng said a little apologetically.
The Empress Dowager summoned Lu Songli into the palace alone, and Jiang had no way to follow him. No matter what happened, she could only deal with it alone.
Lu Songli understood that her father was referring to the incident of offending the Empress Dowager back then, and this time the Empress Dowager was afraid that she would make things difficult for her. Lu Songli knew that her father didn’t want it either. Her father was not a person with such a strong character. If he had a choice, would he choose to offend the Empress Dowager? It must be forced to do so.
“Dad, don’t worry about me, I can handle it.”
After guessing the Queen Mother’s intention, Lu Desheng and his wife also lay down. The empress dowager intervened and had no choice. They had already thought about the worst case. At worst, they would lose their marriage with the Xie family. The arm cannot twist the thigh, and everyone in the Lu family knows the current affairs.
The father and daughter found that Xuan and their meeting were both at Shenshi, and the location was the same, so they decided to set off together.
Before entering the palace, Lu Songli took a shower and dressed up. After putting on her clothes, she prepared to put on makeup herself.
As the saying goes, the three views follow the facial features. Lu Songli was a person who had taken the advantage of appearance in later generations. Although she didn’t know how the topic would be unfolded after the empress dowager summoned them, she had to face the famous beauty in Chang’an City. Zhao Yutan is so bright and generous, she can easily suffer if she doesn’t do it well. How could Lu Songli let herself suffer such a loss?
When Jiang saw her picking a moon-white palace skirt, hesitated, “Is it too simple?”
“No, my mother, listen to me.” Lu Songli replied while putting on makeup. As a working woman, makeup is a basic skill, and her face is now 70% or 80% similar to her previous face, and some parts are even better than before, and she is more handy in drawing.
As the saying goes, if you want to be pretty, you will wear a filial piety, and the moon-white palace skirt is just right. She originally had a light face, and heavy makeup and light makeup were suitable. In fact, it was more suitable for white. In the upcoming scene, she is the weaker side, so why not magnify her advantages such as being cold and beautiful.
When she finished drawing the last stroke, Jiang was amazed and didn’t think about letting her change into another outfit.
“Go away quickly, your father is already waiting. You two go and go back early.”
At the gate of the palace, the military officer must dismount and the civil servant must dismount.
As soon as the carriage of the Lu family stopped, an eunuch came up and asked, “But the frame of Lord Lu Censor Lu?”
The father and daughter looked at each other in the carriage, and Lu Desheng took the lead in getting off the carriage.
As soon as the other person landed, the eunuch urged him, “Mr. Lu, you have calculated it. Hurry, please come with the Sa family and don’t let the emperor wait for a long time.”
This scene fell in the eyes of Xie Zhan, who was the first to arrive at the gate of the palace. He stepped forward and greeted them, “Uncle Lu, A Li.”
Lu Desheng nodded at him, and was invited away before he could even give Lu Songli a few more words.
Looking at this scene, Xie Zhan thought to himself that Lu Desheng is so favored. It’s already this time of evening, and the emperor summoned him into the palace.
The remaining two looked at each other without speaking. To be honest, when Xie Zhan first saw Lu Songli, he was a little reluctant to recognize him.
This is the second time he has seen Lu Songli since the incident. Her changes have been too great, which is very different from her previous submissive appearance. No, she had already changed when she came to the door the next day. In fact, after a closer look, her dress has not changed much from before. Now she is wearing a moon-white skirt and a boudoir girl with a straight-up hair and makeup. Unlike the thick bangs she used to have, she tied up all the bangs on her forehead, revealing her entire face, but between her eyes and white teeth, she is like a bright pearl, and her agile color is full of vitality.