The meal on the table was very plentiful. On the Lantern Festival, there were local famous mooncakes, stir-fried shredded pork, and fresh green vegetables. There was fish and meat, a combination of meat and vegetables, which satisfied Su Jiaoniang.

She lifted her clothes slightly and sat down next to Xiaoya, occasionally glancing at the man beside her. To this day, she still didn't know his name.

Su Jiaoniang smiled and asked, "Why don't you introduce yourself, sir?"

"Gu Xizhou, by sheer luck, passed the imperial examination and became a Jinshi in the twenty-third year of the Kangxi reign." Lu Wujiu lied without batting an eye.

Su Jiaoniang glanced at him and said politely, "So Mr. Gu is a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations). My apologies for not recognizing you."

After saying this, he looked at Changsheng and Futu and said, "This will be your future tutor."

The title of Jinshi was equivalent to the later title of Doctor.

Changsheng was glanced at by Lu Wujiu. He suddenly stood up straight, looked at Lu Wujiu timidly, and said in a low voice, "Greetings, sir. I am Changsheng. Please give me your guidance."

Lu Wujiu nodded.

Their gaze fell upon the Buddha statue.

Fu Tu slowly straightened up, and with a childlike voice and innocent face, repeated Chang Sheng's words: "Hello, Mr. Gu, my name is Fu Tu. Please take care of me in the future." After speaking, he gave a well-behaved smile.

If Lu Wujiu hadn't witnessed Futu killing dogs at night, he would have truly believed Futu to be a well-behaved and innocent child. But having seen Futu like that, seeing the obedient and sweet child at this moment suddenly evoked a sense of disharmony.

"Please be seated!" Lu Wujiu said, officially beginning the banquet.

The sound of drums and music drifted in from outside, and the little girl's eyes would occasionally dart out.

Su Jiaoniang coughed lightly: "Our little girl also needs to learn to read and write. We don't ask her to pass the imperial examinations, but only that she be a person of integrity and not be troubled by worldly rules and regulations."

Lu Wujiu's gaze fell on the little girl with yellow hair. The girl was very innocent, and his thoughts could be seen through at a glance, unlike his black-hearted twin brother.

She blinked and stood up. "Hello, sir. I'm Xiaoya. I want to learn to read and be as good as my mother!"

For some reason, when Lu Wujiu heard Xiaoya's soft voice, he felt as if a warm current flowed through his chest, a feeling he had never experienced in the more than twenty years he had lived.

His gaze fell on the little girl, and he tried hard to force a gentle smile.

However, the mask on his face restricted his movements, and his smile became twisted and sinister. Xiao Ya stared blankly at his changing expression, her lips trembling as she tried to overcome her fear.

"Sit down." Lu Wujiu suppressed the smile he couldn't muster.

Xiao Ya breathed a sigh of relief and grabbed Su Jiao Niang's clothes.

Su Jiaoniang smiled. Why had the little girl suddenly become so timid? She picked up a meatball with her chopsticks and placed it on the plate in front of the little girl: "Eat slowly."

The little girl lowered her head and started munching on a meatball.

Perhaps because of the presence of Lu Wujiu, the once lively dinner table became extremely quiet in that instant.

Changsheng, who had been eating meat, suddenly found the meat unappetizing, and his appetite waned, no longer filled with enthusiasm for delicious food.

The three children ate very little; after just a small amount to fill their stomachs, Zhao Yan took them outside to play.

Zhao Yan stared at Changsheng among the three, then glanced at Futu with a hidden look. He had unspeakable bitterness in his heart. The young emperor, who had been nurtured by the great Confucian scholars of the Great Qi Dynasty, was with a child from the countryside without a father. The emperor's demeanor and temperament were subtly revealing a sense of being unable to suppress his emotions.

Only Lu Wujiu and Su Jiaoniang remained in the room.

The already quiet room became even quieter.

Lu Wujiu subtly observed Su Jiaoniang and found her to be a decisive and straightforward person, the kind of person most people like. She was admirable for managing to make a good life while raising a child.

Su Jiaoniang frowned slightly. Perhaps Gu Xizhou's subtle approach was very professional, but her counter-surveillance was even more professional. His observations were all-encompassing, leaving her with nothing to hide.

She glanced at the man and said, "What are you looking at?"

"???" A wave of shock washed over Gu Xizhou. He had actually been discovered!

When he was discovered observing the woman's house, the tips of his ears turned slightly red, but he forced himself to remain calm and said, "It's nothing."

He picked up the wine on the table and drank it all in one gulp.

Su Jiaoniang still found the person in front of her strange and mysterious, but she thought that even if this person's origins and purposes were questionable, he was still a person of genuine talent and learning.

Teaching children is enough.

So he forcibly suppressed the doubts in his heart.

After a long while, Su Jiaoniang asked, "If I may ask, is your face natural?"

She had seen faces that looked world-weary from birth, so it wouldn't be surprising if there were similar expressionless faces in the world.

However, curiosity is a universal human trait.

I couldn't resist asking.

Lu Wujiu's gaze fell on Su Jiaoniang, and he slightly increased the distance between them, saying, "It's innate."

Su Jiaoniang was amazed inwardly, and then looked at Lu Wujiu with more sympathy. Real life is not a novel. A poker face may be popular in the domineering CEO novels of later generations, but in real life...

Time passed by, and with her children not around, Su Jiaoniang was worried. She said something to Lu Wujiu and walked outside.

Walking in the courtyard, I noticed that the servants who had been attending to me had all left, and I could faintly hear someone crying.

Following the sound of crying, Su Jiaoniang saw a man and woman catching food in the wild.

The man, hidden in the shadows, looked quite handsome; as for the woman…

hiss!

Su Jiaoniang was taken aback when she saw Madam Feng's beautiful face.

The young master of the Cai family is only twenty years old, a young man. Although the man entangled with Madam Feng is still handsome, the man embracing Madam Feng looks to be almost thirty.

That's so exciting! Su Jiaoniang turned and left, deciding it was better to avoid getting involved in such a private matter.

Su Jiaoniang left in a hurry.

The man, still basking in joy, looked in the direction Su Jiaoniang had left.

"This young lady is quite pretty, what do you think, A-Luan?" The man's voice was more delicate than usual, with a hint of sinister intent beneath.

Madam Feng, held in his arms, felt a pang of unease, but managed a forced smile: "I will inquire carefully about what you have to say, my lord. Why did you come to Lucheng at this time?"

First it was the regent of Qi, and now Rong Zhen of the Great Zhou has also arrived.

What's wrong with this tiny Lucheng?

"It's just a batch of goods that was lost. Let's see who has the guts to do that!" Rong Zhen said, and kissed Madam Feng's beautiful skin again.

Su Jiaoniang ran out of the courtyard and took a deep breath.

These wealthy families really do have a lot of strange and wonderful things going on.

I reached up and touched my face, then felt so ashamed of myself.

I blushed just from watching a live version of erotic art.

Having traveled through time, she was a few years younger, but her mind remained mature. She was still a woman!

Or perhaps it's because this body is secreting too much estrogen and needs someone to neutralize it?