"General He?"
He Yuan dejectedly turned his head back from watching 888's leaving figure to find Lu Qian already standing at the entrance and waiting for him. With a contemplative frown, he cleared his throat and made a please gesture. "After you."
Inside the grand hall, Bai Yun had taken her spot beside the Matriarch whilst Lu Yunyue, Lu Xuilan and the rest of the children sat below them. Fang Lan, Tan Hong and Lin Liang were just concubines so they stood opposite of the Matriarch's servants with humble postures.
The second He Yuan stepped into the hall, all eyes unanimously fell on him. Lu Xuilan subconsciously rubbed the phoenix birthmark on her wrist as she watched him.
The day before, she'd been caught offguard when he suddenly saved her so she didn't have time to study his features in depth. Although he was born in these times, his eyes didn't hold the fervent solemnity and cautiousness that she'd observed in everyone else.
