Raising a wife? The mistress of the Hou family divorced and remarried her younger uncle

Chapter 116 Father and Daughter
Lu Jing remained silent, staring straight at the princess who was getting off the carriage.

The princess of the southwest wore a bright red gauze dress, a veil that covered her face, and a cloak dotted with fox fur. The cloak was beautifully embroidered with peony flowers, rich and gorgeous. The cold wind blew up the princess's veil, revealing her pointed chin and thin red lips. She seemed to notice Lu Jing's gaze and looked over. She walked towards the inn without stopping.

"Zi Yu, what are you looking at?" Zhou Jingming said, "It's strange to say that this princess disappeared for a few days and returned to the caravan. She might have sneaked out to play."

"She is not the Princess of the Southwest." Lu Jing's voice was colder than the wind in early December.

Zhou Jingming, "..."

Su Qingwan came to the inn early in the morning and knew which room the Southwest Princess would stay in, so she waited there early. The maids around the Southwest Princess escorted her into the room.

The princess waved her hand and left only a personal maid to serve her, and the rest of the people left the room. As soon as the door was closed, Su Qingwan lifted the pearl curtain and walked out.

"Qingyi, Qingyun greets the young lady!" The two maids knelt down and greeted them.

Su Qingwan raised her hand to signal them to stand up. Qingyi and Qingyun stood up. They were a pair of twins, with similar figures but different looks. Qingyi untied her cloak and took off her princess's gorgeous clothes. She wore a dress similar to Qingyun's and took off her pearl hairpin.

Su Qingwan was already sitting in front of the dressing mirror. Two men came over to help her dress and put on makeup. Qingyun opened the medicine box he carried with him and began to disguise Su Qingwan. After a while, she was disguised as the eldest princess.

"Miss, the Jinyiwei were keeping a close eye on me. I was afraid that the news wouldn't get out, so I deliberately left the convoy and went to Beijing early. Who knew that the city gates were very strictly checked and I couldn't get in." Qingyi said, "Fortunately you came to the posthouse early, I was still thinking about how to deal with it."

Su Qingwan looked at the face in the bronze mirror, which had been completely renewed, with an indifferent look, "No one has seen you, right?"

"I wore a veil hat all the way and disguised myself as a princess. Even if others have seen me, they would not be able to recognize me." When Qingyun was disguising Su Qingwan, Qingyi had already removed her makeup.

Both of them are taller than Su Qingwan.

There were footsteps outside the door.

"Princess, Jinyiwei Deputy Commander Lu Jing wants to see you!"

Su Qingwan's heart skipped a beat, and she frowned slightly and said, "This princess has been traveling a long way, and needs to rest and have a meal. Let the deputy commander wait outside."

"Yes!"

"Why did the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei come to see the princess instead of the prince?" Qingyun frowned, "Miss, the maids accompanying you are all your people in the southwest, so don't worry."

Su Qingwan nodded, and Qingyun went out to order people to prepare the meal and bring hot water.

Lu Jing came faster than she thought!
Qingyi continued to do her makeup. Su Qingwan looked at her face in the bronze mirror and asked, "Does it look like her?"

"Qingyun's disguise technique was taught by Master Liu. The prince and princess can only identify you by your body shapes. No one in the capital has seen the eldest princess, so you will not be recognized."

You can never tell whether something is real or fake just by looking at its appearance.

Su Qingwan felt relieved and greeted the face in the bronze mirror, "Jiuer, long time no see."

Lu Jing stood outside the courtyard of the post house, listening to the reply from the maid of the eldest princess. This was a polite refusal. Lu Jing was busy with work and could not stay in the courtyard. The King of Southwest wanted to discuss something with him. After Lu Jing ordered Li An to monitor the courtyard of the eldest princess, he left in anger.

In the courtyard, Su Qingwan had completely transformed into the Grand Princess of the Southwest. The maids who accompanied her all knew that she was their master, and they guarded the courtyard tightly. Li An tried to climb onto the roof, but was knocked down by a maid. "Who are you? How dare you offend the Grand Princess of the Southwest!"

Li An took advantage of the fact that she couldn't see his appearance clearly and quickly hid in the crowd, "It's really scary, even stricter than the eldest young lady's Meilan Garden."

He only dared to stare from a distance and didn't dare to get any closer.

She had to go to the palace at night. There was a banquet in the palace. Before the banquet, Su Qingwan had to meet the King of Southwest. She sent Qingyun to inform him. An hour later, the King of Southwest was free to see her.

When the King of Southwest entered the palace, Lu Jing personally took care of all matters as a sign of respect and to facilitate Lu Jing's monitoring. The Emperor had ordered Lu Jing to monitor the King of Southwest's every move during this period.

After discussing various matters concerning the palace banquet, Zhou Jingming and the envoys of the Second Prince of Xilin also settled the trivial matters of the palace banquet. The two of them rearranged the personnel and adjusted the deployment according to the requirements of the King of Southwest and the Second Prince of Xilin. Lu Jing was so busy that he just got some free time and came to the Princess's Villa, where he saw the King of Southwest looking for the Princess.

Lu Jing frowned slightly and asked Li An, "Has the eldest princess ever left the villa?"

"She never left the door of her boudoir. The maids brought in hot water and prepared meals." Li An said, "I wanted to sneak up to the roof and squat, but was knocked down by her maids. All the maids in her courtyard are very powerful."

Lu Jing narrowed his eyes. "The King of the Southwest has just entered the posthouse and has many things to do. If the princess wants to see her daughter, it should be the eldest princess who goes to see him. Why did he take the initiative to come to her courtyard in his busy schedule?"

Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. Lu Jing has developed the ability to read people's expressions. As the emperor's personal guard, he is overly sensitive and always feels that he is against Tiangang.

Li An said, "Maybe the prince loves his daughter too much?"

Lu Jing thought that the Princess of the Southwest was in good health and could handle things on her own. She was not a weak woman who could not even lift a finger. In the Southwest fiefdom, the Princess' status was higher than that of the Prince of the Southwest.

It is also puzzling that when the King of Southwest met his mentor Prime Minister Lu, the second-in-command of the Southwest fiefdom, the princess, was not around.

When Su Qingwan saw the King of Southwest, her eyes turned red and she knelt down to greet him, "Father!"

"Xiaowu, get up quickly!" King Xi Nan helped her up with a smile, "Hey, I haven't seen you for a few months, my daughter has lost weight."

"Father has also lost weight." Su Qingwan helped him sit down. "It's cold and damp in the capital in winter. Has your leg injury recurred?"

She just noticed that her father walked in a strange way, which was difficult to hide even if she tried her best.

"Old cold legs, no use."

"There is a great imperial physician in the capital who specializes in orthopedics. I will ask him to treat you later."

Before the fall of the Huainan Palace, the King of Southwest was a frequent visitor to the palace and the godfather of Su Qingwan and Xie Zhaolan. Before Li Xuejiu was born, there were only sons but no daughters in the Southwest Palace. After the Princess of Huainan gave birth to twins, the King of Southwest wanted to bring the younger daughter, Su Qingwan, back to the southwest to raise her as a princess.

Naturally, the Prince of Huainan and his princess were reluctant to let them go, so the Prince of Southwest adopted the twins as his daughters.

Su Qingwan has called him father since she was a child, and their relationship is as deep as that of father and daughter.

"Father's old rheumatoid arthritis is not a big deal. Xiaowu, tonight's palace banquet is a crisis for the Southwest Palace, as well as yours. Do you know why the emperor summoned you to the capital?" The Southwest Prince's face was very solemn.

Su Qingwan shook her head, "My daughter doesn't know, father, what does he want to do?"