Lu Yun lay down beside Shen Nian and said, "I would like to take a concubine, but the Lu family's ancestral precepts forbid it. If I take a concubine, won't my parents beat me to death?"
Shen Nian felt an inexplicable pain in her heart when she heard Lu Yun's words.
Chen Nian looked up at Lu Yun and said, "If you have a girl you like, you can raise her outside and treat her child as mine. If you can treat my Han Ge'er as your own, I can also treat your child outside as my own."
Lu Yun stood up, looked at Shen Nian deeply and said, "Your ex-husband found a concubine, but you didn't let him enter your room. Now, you let me keep a woman outside. You don't love me at all!"
Shen Nian said: "Do you love me?"
Lu Yun was stunned by Chen Nian's question. They got married just because they had a child. They got married because of pregnancy.
If it weren't for the child who had passed away, Lu Yun would not have married Chen Nian. She was born with a destiny of being unlucky and was a widow. Even if he didn't care about the reputation of marrying a widow, he still had to save his own life for fear of being brought bad luck by Chen Nian.
The absurdity between him and Chen Nian started when he lost his memory. He was confused and regarded Chen Nian as the love of his heart, thus forming an ill-fated relationship.
After he regained consciousness, he kept avoiding Chen Nian, but his mind kept thinking about the absurd intimacy between him and Chen Nian when he lost his memory.
At that time, Lu Yun thought that he should be the same as his friends, who were old and lacked women. The reason why he was in the brothel on the day Emperor Shi Yuan died was to try out the difference between the brothel girls and Chen Nian.
The difference is that he simply can't let the brothel girls with rouge smell get close to him.
Only by deep contemplation can he experience that kind of bliss.
So Lu Yun knew that she would bring bad luck to her husband, and that she was a widow with a lot of debts, so he would not marry her, but he still acted ridiculously again and again. He didn't know why Shen Nian didn't refuse, but he was like taking opium, becoming more and more addicted each time.
Until they had a child, although Lu Yun was shocked, he also felt that he finally didn't have to dwell on this absurd relationship anymore. He could marry Shen Nian and no longer care about the widow and the encumbrance. He was so unlucky, it was his own fault.
Now that he heard that Shen Nian didn't want to have his child and wanted to take a concubine for him, Lu Yun felt a nameless anger in his heart, but he had nowhere to vent it, and he didn't know how to vent it.
Lu Yun simply kissed Shen Nian's red lips. Shen Nian pushed Lu Yun and said, "I already said we can't have children!"
Lu Yun whispered, "Chen Nian, you can't let me be a widow for another three years, right?"
Chen Nian smiled and said, "How can a man remain a widow? However, I know of a fertility-preventing medicine that is very effective. Can you help me buy a few?"
Lu Yun didn't agree out loud, but when he stood up and lowered the gauze curtain, Shen Nian knew that he agreed.
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The next day, hunting began with ceremonial music playing, and young men from noble and official families, wearing round-necked robes, rode into the enclosure on large horses.
The women, also wearing colorful riding clothes, entered the paddock.
Qi Yuning was not in a hurry to go hunting today, but took Lingling to play in the tent outside the hunting ground.
Shen Nian walked up to Qi Yuning and said, “Sister-in-law, don’t you want to go hunting to liven things up?”
Qi Yuning said, "There are so many people here now, and there won't be much prey left to share. It would be more interesting to go hunting when there are fewer people around."
Lingling looked at Shen Nian babbling, and Qi Yuning understood what Lingling meant, "Your brother Han is sick. I'll come to play with you when he recovers."
Lingling lay on Qi Yuning's shoulder, but she stopped babbling.
Lingling, who is nine months old, can already understand a lot of words.
Qi Yuning called Shen Nian to the side, leaving them alone with Lingling. Qi Yuning asked, "Did you take the infertility drug again?"
Shen Nian sighed and said, "Princess, you have also seen Han Ge'er's appearance. You are also a mother now..."
Qi Yuning asked, "Are you doing this right by Lu Yun?"
Shen Nian said, "This time, Lu Yun bought the infertility medicine."
Qi Yuning thought that Lu Yun, the little bald donkey, must have gone stupid from eating so much green vegetables.
"Oh, there's one more thing. I originally said I would keep your use of the abortion pill a secret from you, but I broke my promise. I accidentally let it slip, and Lu Ze knows about it. He'll tell Lu Yun after the hunt is over.
But I think that instead of Lu Ze and I telling Lu Yun about this, it would be better for you to confess to Lu Yun about the abortion yourself."
Shen Nian's hands were shaking, "Did the Regent say anything?"
Qi Yuning lowered her eyes and looked at Shen Nian and said, "Lu Yun has grown up. Even Lu Ze can't say anything about his marriage. But Shen Nian, the Lu family has done their best for you. No matter what the consequences will be if Lu Yun finds out about this, you will suffer the consequences of your own actions."
Shen Nian replied, “Yes.”
Lingling smiled at Chen Nian with her small eyes and stretched out her hands for Chen Nian to hold her. Chen Nian took Lingling and held her in his arms, still absentmindedly.
Qi Yuning thought of Lingling and then called Chen Nian "Auntie", thinking that Chen Nian and Lu Yun were still husband and wife after all.
At noon, the hunters returned one after another.
Zhou Jiamin hunted two wild geese, which was admirable. Nowadays, when proposing a marriage, one must bring a pair of live geese. Live geese are difficult to hunt and very expensive. Some families use wild goose ornaments made of silver as live geese when proposing a marriage, but they are still not as good as live geese.
Zhou Jiamin hunted two wild geese, one male and one female, which attracted many people to buy them.
Qi Yuning saw the two geese with injured legs and walked up to Zhou Jiamin and said, "I didn't expect you to have such a skill!"
Zhou Jiamin said, "This is all thanks to Duke Lu who taught me how to hunt wild geese when I was young."
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