Qi Yuning sneered and said, "I'm afraid of offending Lu Ze? What a joke! He's such a lecher..."

When Shen Jialin saw the three people coming from behind, he stepped forward and covered Qi Yuning's mouth.

Seeing Lu Ze, whose face was becoming increasingly angry, Shen Jialin said, "Oh no! I told you not to say anything bad about Lu Ze, but he heard it, didn't he?"

Lu Ze frowned and stepped forward. He slapped Shen Jialin's hand with his folding fan and pulled Qi Yuning into his arms. He glared at Shen Jialin and asked Qi Yuning in his arms, "Where did this little pervert come from?"

Qi Yuning raised her eyes and glared at Lu Ze, "What's with the nine beauties? Aren't you busy? How can you come to Qin Mang's poetry reading? Let me go!"

Seeing Qi Yuning's continuous questioning, Lu Ze looked at everyone at the poetry party watching him and Qi Yuning's lively interactions, and then he pulled Qi Yuning to Qin Feng's courtyard.

After entering Qin Feng's courtyard, Lu Ze explained one by one: "The nine beauties from the Western Regions were sent by Duke Zheng because he was afraid of being implicated by the Qin family. My grandmother and the wife of Duke Zheng were good friends. That day, the wife of Duke Zheng brought nine beauties to visit my grandmother and left them behind, saying that they were to take care of my grandmother. The outside world said that I accepted them. I returned those beauties from the Western Regions to Duke Zheng's mansion a long time ago."

As for being busy, I am indeed very busy. I heard Qin Feng say that you put aside official business to come to the poetry gathering today. I didn't expect to see you getting so close to a young man. Who is that young man?

Seeing that Qi Yuning didn't answer, Lu Ze lowered his head and kissed Qi Yuning's red lips: "You still don't believe it?"

Qi Yuning asked, "Then why haven't you come to the palace these days?"

Lu Ze replied, "I went back very late. Firstly, I was afraid of waking you up. Secondly, there are so many people watching me now. I was afraid of attracting criticism if I went in and out of your palace."

Qi Yuning looked up at Lu Ze's peach blossom eyes. Seeing that he didn't seem to be faking it, she said, "Forget it. I'll trust you for once."

Lu Ze asked, "Whose family is that young man from? How dare he touch you?"

Qi Yuning said: "The Shen family."

"Which Shen family? The Lingzhou Shen family?"

Qi Yuning nodded and said, "Yes, the eldest son of the Shen family, and the future head of the Shen family."