Obsessively Raised by My Doll 138

Chapter 138

Just as Lu Dieqing was about to call out “Ningning,” she saw the Crown Princess standing by the roadside, turn her back, raise her index finger to her lips, and motion for her to be quiet.

Lu Dieqing immediately remembered that her parents were still in the carriage with her.

Does Ningning not want my parents to know that she’s out?

The girl’s mind turned a little, and after figuring out the reason, she couldn’t help but be moved by Ningning’s meticulousness.

Ningning doesn’t want my parents to feel uncomfortable, which is why she’s not appearing.

That’s right. Before, her mother had said that she didn’t know if such an arrangement would affect the Crown Princess.

After all, the Chaoying Kingdom was not yet under Ningning’s full control.

The Son of Heaven was moody, good one moment and bad the next, and he treated his own children the same way.

When he was in a good mood, he would act as if he were going to give the whole world to the other. But when he was in a bad mood, he could throw a person into the sky prison with a single command. He wouldn’t even care if he had them beheaded on the spot.

A greater sense of pity and a desire to protect Zheng Xuening arose in Lu Dieqing’s heart. Lu Dieqing reminded herself that from today onwards, she would have to cultivate diligently every day.

In the future, she would have to fight against a thousand armies and ten thousand horses on her own!

Hmph, just you wait. I will definitely be able to do it.

The girl smiled sweetly at Zheng Xuening. Just as she was about to pull the carriage curtain down, Lu He noticed her smiling at the outside and asked curiously, “What are you looking at? What did you see that made you so happy?”

Lu Dieqing quickly diverted her mother’s attention and said in a crisp voice, “I just saw a great beauty and took a second look. She looks a lot like Ningning.”

Lu He’s interest was piqued. She also craned her neck, wanting to look outside.

However, Zheng Xuening had walked quickly, and her figure soon disappeared into the crowd, so she couldn’t get a glimpse.

But even so, Lu He still muttered, “Your mother has also seen countless people. There are many beautiful women in the Shan Kingdom, but someone like your Ningning, I’ve only seen this one in my life.”

“You, you don’t need to look outside anymore. I’m afraid no one else can compare to her. Your mother can still see this much.”

After leaving the imperial palace gate, Lu He’s voice was much louder than usual, and she seemed very straightforward.

Lu Dieqing blinked her eyes and asked her mother curiously, “Are there many beautiful girls in our Shan Kingdom?”

Lu He paused, and her voice dropped.

“A woman’s status is revered. Even if she has no natural beauty, if she is willing to use incense and cosmetics to dress up, there are no ugly ones.”

“You’ll know when you go in the future.”

Speaking of this, Lu He’s tone was full of emotion.

At the side, Bai Ming nodded, ready to agree with all his wife’s words.

Lu Dieqing listened with one ear and became a little curious about the Shan Kingdom.

The carriage finally stopped, and the driver helped the Lu family to move down some of their other furniture and soft things.

This courtyard was a two-courtyard residence. Although it was not a grand palace like in the imperial palace and looked a little less grand, it looked warm and was the best choice for ordinary people to live in.

At least now, Lu He and her husband, when they saw such a house, both stood quietly in front of the door, their expressions complex, their eyes filled with longing, and their hearts full of contentment.

“I never would have thought that we would have today,” Lu He said, looking at her daughter and husband.

Bai Ming and Lu Dieqing came close to Lu He from the left and right, and the family of three enjoyed this rare moment of freedom.

Lu He and her husband both knew that the Crown Princess had contributed to the purchase of this house.

So, for this house to be a little smaller, they felt a little more at ease. At worst, they would do some business in the future, save up the silver, and pay it back later.

But if the Crown Princess had directly given them a large garden, the more grand and noble it was, the more it would have frightened them.

In their current situation, they had already lost all the preferential treatment of the Shan nobility. It would take an eternity for them to do business and save up the silver to pay her back.

The family of three stood in front of the door, their emotions rising and falling for a while. They finally composed themselves and entered the door to look at their own courtyard.

The moment they entered, Lu He was a little surprised and looked at her daughter.

“Didn’t you say that some furniture was still missing? How come…”

As far as the eye could see, whether it was the doorframe, the courtyard tree, the stone table for playing Go, or the tables and stools in the main hall, and even…

Lu He and Bai Ming quickened their pace and looked at every room. Lu Dieqing also followed behind. After they had seen everything, the three of them were silent.

They had originally thought that if they were missing any furniture, they would make it themselves. Now it seemed that there was no use for that.

This courtyard was almost not missing anything. The furniture was complete, and it looked as if a lot of thought had been put into it. It was clear that last night, it was again the Crown Princess who had had people come and work on these things, so that they could see such a neat and tidy scene when they came over this morning.

Having been used to being thrown into a remote palace and ignored for more than a decade, to suddenly receive the warmth and attention of others, and to be so meticulous, it was hard not to be moved.

It was just that, this experience was something they had never imagined when they had just left their homeland and had been sent to the Chaoying Kingdom as abandoned children more than a decade ago.

“It seems we don’t need to prepare anything. It’s just that we’ve just moved in today. It can be considered a housewarming. We should cook and have a family banquet. I just don’t know if the Crown Princess will be free to come.”

Lu He took out a broom and swept the inside and outside of the two-courtyard residence again before she said this to Lu Dieqing.

“Mother, if Ningning comes to eat, will you and Father feel uncomfortable?”

Lu Dieqing came over to help.

There was a ready-made stove in the room, and even the firewood in the woodshed was full. There was no need for anyone to worry.

Lu He also sighed. The heir of this Chaoying Kingdom was truly good to her Ningning, to have even considered these details.

Let alone that it was all the work of the servants. If the master had not cared so much, the servants would have been used to slacking off and would not have been so meticulous at all.

Hearing her daughter ask her this, Lu He put down the rag in her hand and pounded her back.

“If it were before, thinking of our status as hostages, and then thinking of your Ningning’s status, there would naturally be a barrier. Just in terms of status, we are worlds apart. But now, after so many years, sometimes I even forget that I was once a person from the Shan Kingdom…”

“Qingqing, you have to know that it’s easy to add flowers to a brocade, and there are many people who do it, but there are still few who offer charcoal in the snow.”

These two sentences had almost already answered Lu Dieqing’s question just now.

Although Zheng Xuening was the noble heir of the Chaoying Kingdom, she was now gradually entering the small family of the Lu family, and was slowly being accepted and becoming one of them.

“It’s only normal to invite the Crown Princess to dinner.”

Lu He said.

Lu Dieqing immediately jumped up.

“In that case, there’s no better day than today. I think today is very suitable for a housewarming banquet. I’ll go to the market and buy some groceries!”

She was like a rabbit that had just woken up from hibernation, jumping up with great speed.

Lu He had only just noticed, and her daughter had already run far away.

“Qingqing! Qingqing… this child runs so fast.”

Lu He was not at ease with her daughter running around just after leaving the palace, worried that a girl alone outside would encounter some ruffian.

Bai Ming, however, called out to her, “Look who’s standing outside the door.”

The couple both leaned against the courtyard door and peeked outside.

They saw their daughter, who had just bounced out, holding a girl’s arm with both hands. The two of them were walking close together, so intimate.

So all that her daughter had said just now was just to go out and meet her.

Alright, alright. Lu He was so angry she laughed. She didn’t chase after them to disturb the little couple’s loving daily life.

A grown-up daughter is really not under one’s control.