Helan Pei's outing this time was like a stone thrown into a lake, stirring ripples in the hearts of the Duke Mansion's residents that lingered for a long time.
In the following days, Zhang Yizhu often asked Helan Pei, both directly and indirectly, if she wanted to go out again. Helan Zong and Helan Zhen also repeatedly offered to take her to the outskirts of the capital on their days off. However, Helan Pei politely declined each time.
When Helan Chang and Helan Rong returned from the Imperial Academy for a break, they were surprised to learn she wasn't going out again. They asked what was wrong, but Helan Pei only replied that she wasn't in the mood and would wait until she felt like it. So everyone didn't push her, though their gazes toward her now held a burning anticipation.
Only Lu Shuo vaguely guessed her thoughts—it wasn't that she didn't want to go out, but that she didn't want to go out as the "mute miss of the Xuan Duke Mansion." Yet how could she hide when so many in the capital knew her parents and brothers? If she went out with them, she would inevitably attract attention. But going out alone with Lu Shuo instead of her family would be too strange, so she put it aside.
Just when everyone in the Duke Mansion thought her outing was a flash in the pan, Helan Pei suddenly proposed she wanted to see the Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival.
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