In Pan Luxiu's eyes, Zhu Jiayu was truly wonderful. So when she heard that a cousin of hers also worked at the Dali Temple and could look after her husband, she was overjoyed and said, "That's perfect. My husband's name is Liu Heng."
Even though she was somewhat prepared, Zhu Jiayu was still taken aback by the news.
It really is Liu Heng!
But... this is just too absurd!
The last time she saw Xiaobao, a child who was almost waist-high to her, looked to be about six or seven years old. If it really was Liu Heng… how much forbearance and how deep a mind he must have needed to keep it a secret for so many years?
She was still smiling when she said, "Okay, don't worry, sister, I've got it." After she finished speaking, she changed the subject and asked Pan Luxiu, "Speaking of which, I don't even know how old Xiaobao is. What does someone his age like? I'll buy it for him next time I come."
"How can I let you spend money?" Pan Luxiu said nervously to refuse her, then added, "He is exactly seven years old this year, and he just celebrated his birthday last month."
Seven years old. Last time, Auntie said that Ning Wan had been gone for six years. That means that before the Ning family's young lady even passed away, Liu Heng, the Ning family's son-in-law, had already fathered a child with another woman behind the backs of the Ning family?
Zhu Jiayu's gaze turned cold, but then she sensed something was amiss.
Pan Luxiu had previously said that she was born in the countryside of Shanyang and came to the capital with her husband to take the imperial examination... No matter how capable Liu Heng was, he couldn't have developed feelings for Ning Huan before even arriving in Yujing—Ning Huan was frail and sickly, and even Ning Han wouldn't easily let her go out.
She calmed herself for a moment, then heard herself ask Pan Luxiu in a soft voice, "Then you and he must have a very good relationship, right? How long after you got married did you have a child?"
Pan Luxiu remained oblivious, unaware of the problem. She simply assumed that Zhu Jiayu was still unmarried and therefore curious about these matters. Not being from a prominent family and thus unrestrained by rules, she readily answered Zhu Jiayu's questions without hesitation.
"I was very anxious about having a child after several years of marriage, but Xiao Bao's father said it was all predestined and couldn't be forced, so I stopped being anxious. Later, it really happened. When you're looking forward to it, it doesn't come; but as soon as you relax, it suddenly comes."
"As for whether our relationship was good or not, I didn't really feel anything. We've been husband and wife for almost ten years, but we only met once before we got married, and then we got married in a daze. I was attracted to him because he was handsome, talented, and filial to his mother; he later told me that he was attracted to me only because his mother was attracted to me."
“I was really angry at the time. Did I have nothing good about me? But then I thought about it and realized it didn’t matter. He’s been pretty good to me after all.”
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