Chapter 3 Chapter 3 Sister-in-law, please stay

Jiang Shu is grateful to Lu Changyi and respects him. She is willing to take care of him wholeheartedly and is not opposed to living with him, but she is unwilling to have physical contact with him.

She knew she had no romantic feelings for him.

But what if there is no love between men and women? He is her husband. If he were not in poor health, they would have become a real couple long ago. She deserves to be close to him.

Jiang Shu suppressed the urge to push Lu Changyi away and lay down on the bed with Lu Changyi.

The night watchman was ticking and there were rustling sounds inside the tent. After about a quarter of an hour, a long sigh was heard from inside the tent, and then there was deathly silence.

Jiang Shu was as beautiful as a lotus, and her body was even more exquisite. Lu Changyi lingered on the snowy mountain for a long time, and when his heart was surging, things really started to improve there.

He acted with all his strength and immediately tore off Jiang Shu's panties, but he didn't expect that he would ejaculate as soon as he touched the entrance of the alley.

There is nothing more embarrassing than this situation.

Lu Changyi's face was ashen, and he didn't know how to face Jiang Shu. He rolled off Jiang Shu dejectedly, facing inward, leaving Jiang Shu with a thin and lonely back.

Jiang Shu was not feeling well either. Her chest was hurt by Lu Changyi's sucking and she was afraid that her skin was broken.

Lu Changyi was as dejected as a stray dog. She didn't dare to lift the quilt to check her chest, so she quietly opened the drawer under the bed, took out a box of jade skin cream, and silently applied it on her chest.

The jade skin cream is something from the palace. It feels cool when applied to the skin and is very pleasant.

Jiang Shu took a while to calm down before she could focus her attention on comforting Lu Changyi.

But how could he comfort her? The same words, repeated over and over again, were tedious even for her, let alone Lu Changyi.

She opened her mouth, but before she could say anything, she heard Lu Changyi say, "Go to bed first. I'll go out and have some tea!"

Although they said they were going to drink tea, Jiang Shu actually knew that Lu Changyi was going to the Jiaochun Garden next door to have fun.

Lu Changyi was unable to go out, so he raised some combative creatures in Jiaochun Garden for fun. Whenever he felt bored, he would go to Jiaochun Garden to watch the creatures fight.

Jiang Shu felt that a fight between living creatures was too bloody, but considering Lu Zhangyi's boring life, she couldn't bear to stop him. She only gently reminded him, "It's late at night, my prince, please dress warmly and don't catch a cold."

Lu Changyi nodded, and Changshun helped him put on his clothes and hat, walked into the yard, and got on the sedan chair.

After Lu Changyi left the house, Jiang Shu felt like she had broken free from an invisible shackle. She breathed a long sigh of relief, quickly strode to the window, reached out and pushed it open, letting the cool night breeze blow into the house.

Windy nights, cool nights, what a luxury, what a delight!

Jiang Shu had a dreamless night and woke up feeling refreshed in the morning. She asked the servants to send a breakfast to Jiaochun Garden and then started to eat.

Just after finishing the meal, Fang Yu reported that her mother-in-law wanted to see her. The mother-in-law Fang Yu mentioned was Jiang Shu's biological mother, Yang.

Yang came from a merchant family, her parents owned several shops, and while they had enough to eat and wear, they were not wealthy. She inherited her father's mercenary ways, being mean and unkind, and she treated Jiang Shu poorly.

Selfishly, Jiang Shu didn't want to deal with her stepmother at all. Unfortunately, if she turned the door away when her stepmother came to visit, she would probably be stabbed in the back.

Jiang Shu frowned and said to Fang Yu, "Please invite them to the flower hall."

After not seeing each other for a few months, Yang had gained weight again. Her tall and fat body wrapped in a maroon long skirt looked like a moving piece of pork.

Yang looked at the furnishings in the flower hall calmly. Even though she had seen the luxury of the marquis's mansion, she still couldn't help but be amazed.

The floor was covered with a Persian carpet, against the wall stood a yellow pear wood treasure cabinet, and on the table was a complete set of sweet white porcelain cups painted with red plums. Not to mention other things, a single sweet white porcelain tea cup was worth five taels of silver.

How could such great wealth fall into the hands of a bitch like Jiang Shu?

Yang curled her lips, feeling as if she had drunk some vinegar and her heart was filled with sourness.

She looked at Jiang Shu and said sarcastically, "Big sister is so lucky. You are living a fairy-like life at such a young age."

"You are where you are today thanks to the painstaking planning of your father and I. You should always be grateful for your father and me and help your mother's family."

Jiang Shu sneered. Jiang Wenhuan and Yang had indeed worked hard to plan, but they were not planning for her, but for her legitimate sister Jiang Ran.

The year Jiang Wenhuan rescued Lu Lin, Jiang Ran was not yet born. There was only one young lady in the family, Jiang Shu, so Jiang Wenhuan had no choice but to arrange the marriage for her.

Later, the Lu family came to propose marriage as agreed. Yang envied the Lu family's wealth and wanted to change the marriage without anyone knowing, so she let Jiang Ran marry Lu Changyi instead of Jiang Shu.

Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes. Before the wedding, Lu Changyi suddenly came to visit. For some reason, he saw through Yang's trick and declared that he would not marry anyone but Jiang Shu.

Only then did Yang cancel the marriage proposal from the Ye family and marry Jiang Shu to the Xinyang Marquis' Mansion.

Jiang Shu didn't like to argue. Even though what Yang said was unpleasant, she was too lazy to refute it and just watched Yang's performance coldly.

Yang also felt a little bored. She raised her head and drank the tea in the cup. She fixed her eyes on Jiang Shu and said directly, "I raised you to this age. It cost a lot of money and effort. I don't know how much effort I put in.

When you got married, I even took out all the money I had saved. I don't ask you to help your family, but at least you have to let me stand up straight in front of the neighbors, so that I don't lose both my wife and my army.

Jiang Shuyuan was still able to control her expression, but when she heard Yang mention the dowry, she couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Yang was different from ordinary officials' wives. She came from a merchant family and profit was her top priority. As for reputation, it was never within her consideration.

When Jiang Shu got married, the Lu family gave the Jiang family three thousand taels of silver in addition to livestock, fruits, sweets, cakes and delicacies. Yang was delighted to receive the betrothal gifts, but only prepared thirty loads of dowry for Jiang Shu.

These thirty loads of dowry were all worthless needles and thread, which would not even be worth two hundred taels of silver.

Jiang Shu was usually gentle, but she made a big fuss because of her dowry. Jiang Wenhuan had to work in official circles, and he was afraid of getting a reputation for mistreating his eldest daughter, so he added one thousand taels of silver to Jiang Shu's dowry.

This money was also allocated from the betrothal gift of the Xinyang Marquis's Mansion. The Jiang family is really stingy.

Perhaps Jiang Shu's eye roll was too glaring, so Yang couldn't help but stop talking. Since her sympathy card didn't hold water, she changed the topic.

Yang said, "The Xinyang Marquisate holds banquets every now and then, but has never sent an invitation to the Jiang family. The neighbors see this and say the Marquisate looks down on the Jiang family. Even if we climb up the social ladder, we won't be able to reach their height. I'm practically drowning in their spit."

"I'm a tough-skinned person, so a few taunts won't bother me. But Aunt Lin is different. She's even thinner than paper. She hasn't even dared to leave the house these past few days. She stays in her room all day, and she's probably gotten sick from all the boredom."

Aunt Lin was a concubine, so how could she have the opportunity to go out, and how could she hear others' criticism of the Jiang family? Yang mentioned Aunt Lin simply to remind Jiang Shu that her biological mother was still in the Jiang family. Only if Jiang Shu was obedient could Aunt Lin be safe.

Thinking of Aunt Lin, Jiang Shu sighed silently. Aunt Lin was soft-hearted, as if she were made of clay. If Jiang Shu had not made plans for Aunt Lin, Aunt Lin would have really been tortured to death by Yang.

Jiang Shu raised her lips, gave a rather forced smile, and said, "Since the Jiang and Lu families are married, they are legitimate relatives, and it is only right for them to visit each other more often.

I will send invitations to my mother and second sister tomorrow. On the 15th, you can come to the Marquis's residence for a banquet. We will have a great time then."

Whenever there was a banquet, Yang always brought the second wife Jiang Ran with her.

The Jiang family originally had two sons and three daughters. The eldest son Jiang Lian, the youngest son Jiang Bin, and the second wife Jiang Ran were born to Yang, while the eldest daughter Jiang Shu and the third wife Jiang Rong were born to Aunt Lin.

When Jiang Lian was born, Jiang Wenhuan had just passed the imperial examination. The young son was weak and unfortunately died on the way to his post with Jiang Wenhuan.

Yang was already a powerful woman, and because Jiang Wenhuan's official rank had cost her eldest son his life, she had become even more influential in the family. Even though Jiang Shu had already climbed the high tree of the Xinyang Marquisate, Jiang Wenhuan didn't dare to offend Yang.

Seeing Jiang Shu soften her tone, Yang curled the corners of her lips in satisfaction. No matter how high Monkey King jumped, he couldn't escape from the Five Finger Mountain. So what if Jiang Shu married into the Marquis' Mansion? She still had to be at her mercy.

Having achieved her goal, she was too lazy to chat with Jiang Shu anymore. Yang picked up a piece of cucumber with a silver skewer and put it in her mouth, chewing it slowly. She said, "It's getting late. I have to go home early. There are a lot of things to do at home, and I can't do any of them without me."

No matter what happened in secret, one had to maintain their appearance. Jiang Shu stood up and said to Yang in a gentle voice, "There are many things to do at home, so I won't keep you here in vain. I'll take you out."

Jiang Shu accompanied Yang all the way to the gate. When she turned back, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a tall figure.

The man was wearing a bright red crane robe, with a handsome and elegant face and a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

Lu Changji looks very gentle, but even though Jiang Shu rarely leaves the house, she has heard of his reputation.

Lu Changji won the crown at the age of eighteen. Less than ten years after entering officialdom, he used iron-blooded means to eliminate his political enemies. I wonder how much blood those hands holding the pen were stained with.

Jiang Shu was secretly frightened. She could not dream of having a partner with someone like Lu Changji. The idea of ​​borrowing sperm to have a child was simply ridiculous.

Thinking of her dirty thoughts towards Lu Changji, Jiang Shu felt ashamed and subconsciously walked in the opposite direction.

"Sister-in-law, please stay!" Jiang Shu had just taken a step when Lu Changji's voice sounded behind her.

The voice was low yet gentle, like a sword sheathed, warm on the surface but sharp within.