With Qin Shaobei taking the lead, Lu Jing made friends with the literati in Beijing, which brought him a lot of benefits.
Not only did the emperor look at him differently, but even those military officers who had dared to scold him to his face before now kept their mouths shut.
It's just that the circle that I couldn't fit into before, I now have to force myself to fit in. It would be fine if he had real talent and knowledge, but Lu Jing just looks gentle but lacks inner strength. If you ask him to nitpick, I'm afraid he will chew the words until they are worn out and he won't be able to come up with a single meaningful sentence.
He only went to those parties with Qin Shaobei a few times, and later he made excuses not to go.
After Shen Ruoyan heard about it, he didn't force him.
Only when Qin Shaobei came to ask, he replied: "A hopeless person."
"Those scholars are always talking nonsense, and after just a few drinks, they want to improvise poetry! I haven't read any books at all, and I don't even know what words to use to praise them. Every time I can only applaud, what else can I do?"
When people are depressed, they just want to find a warm harbor to confide their grievances.
Fang Rou is exactly like this to Lu Jing.
No matter how many turns he took, in the end, at this moment, he still chose to come here.
"They thought I didn't understand and used those flowery words to mock me for being uneducated. Although I haven't read, I've heard of it, so how could I not understand? I'm just not arguing with them for my cousin's sake!"
In fact, it was not because of Qin Shaobei's face, but because those people, according to Qin Shaobei, had extraordinary identities.
Although he was just a candidate, his family was well-off and his brother was in the Hanlin Academy, so he just didn't want to make things awkward.
Fang Rou felt that Lu Jing was a typical example of someone who wanted to curry favor with others but couldn't let go of his pride.
He boasted of his noble birth and the status of a marquis, and looked down on others. Although he wanted to make friends with scholars, he looked down on them from the bottom of his heart.
Qin Shaobei comes from a merchant family. He moves among those people, speaking differently to different people and feels very comfortable.
And what about Lu Jing?
He doesn't speak to people, and he can't say a word to ghosts. He's almost suffocating to death!
"My Lord, you will always be the best in my heart. Those people are blind, there is no need to bother with them." Fang Rou has learned to be smart now and will no longer say things that Lu Jing doesn't like to hear.
In the past, she regarded Lu Jing as her beloved and wanted to be with him for the rest of her life.
But now, whether Lu Jing is right or wrong has nothing to do with her.
All she had to do was make Lu Jing happy, that's all.
"Rou'er, I knew that you understand me the best." Lu Jing didn't dare to say these words in front of Shen Ruoyan, otherwise, he would know how Shen Ruoyan would react without even thinking about it.
It's just that as a marquis, he has to take on the responsibilities of a marquis.
This is a good opportunity to make friends with literati. It doesn't matter if you suffer a little grievance, as it is all for the future development of the Marquis' Mansion.
I don’t know when it started, but Shen Ruoyan is increasingly resembling her grandmother.
Every time he saw her, no matter how beautiful Shen Ruoyan was, Lu Jing could hardly have other thoughts. He always felt that it was an offense...
Even, I feel a little scared.
She was still the same person, but when Lu Jing wanted to vent his anger in front of her, he always felt a lack of confidence.
"My Lord, Madam did this for the good of the Marquisate. But Madam doesn't understand you as well as I do, and she didn't know you would be so unhappy." Fang Rou pinched Lu Jing's forehead and comforted him, "My Lord, please don't worry about those irrelevant people. They are just jealous of you."
"Jealous of me?" Lu Jing was a little confused. It was normal for those people to look down on him, so why would they be jealous?
If you are jealous, why would you have this attitude?
But Fang Rou was very confident. She squatted beside him and lay on his knees, as if she was a soft and boneless kitten.
"The Marquis is of noble birth and a descendant of meritorious service, and he even pays for accommodation for the candidates. They may not be able to earn something even after ten years of hard study, but the Marquis has been able to have it since birth. How can I not be jealous?"
Fang Rou smiled softly, her words filled with innocence, "If they can't eat grapes, they say they're sour. Well, all they can do is show off in front of the Marquis with those useless poems to try to regain some self-respect."
Lu Jing laughed heartily, a hint of joy finally showing in his eyes. He pulled Fang Rou up and said, "Rou'er is indeed my confidant!"
Fang Rou regained favor.
Upon hearing this, Madam Lu's eyes were calm, as if she had already expected it.
Liu Lu's reaction was quite strong, but she also knew that Lu Jing and Fang Rou were very close right now. If she rushed up at this time, she would probably only leave a jealous image in Lu Jing's mind.
So she endured it.
No one expected that Zhu Hong would take action at this time.
Even Shen Ruoyan almost forgot that there was such a person in the mansion.
"Oh? You mean, Aunt Zhu went to see the Marquis?" Shen Ruoyan had just returned from outside and was unable to react when she heard about this.
She took off her outer garment and dressed up as a woman from the inner chambers, letting the maidservants serve her. "What did she do?"
During the time Chunxi stayed in the yard, she asked for a lot of information.
Although she had to pretend to be Shen Ruoyan and could not go out, the spies they placed in various places did not neglect for a moment.
"Mrs. Zhu just gave the Marquis a peace charm, wishing him all the best."
She only did this one thing, but Shen Ruoyan smelled something different.
Sure enough, the next second Chun Xi said again: "This amulet is from Baifu Temple outside the city. You need to kowtow three times and kneel nine times, and worship devoutly up a thousand steps to get one."
As soon as Zhu Hong got the amulet, she hurried back to give it to Lu Jing. She was weak to begin with, and climbing those thousand steps, kowtowed and knelt, was almost exhausting!
After giving it to the Marquis, she fainted as soon as she turned around!
“She is really cruel.” Shen Ruoyan sighed.
The amulets from Baifu Temple were said by everyone to be the most effective, but because obtaining one was so difficult, few people could actually obtain one.
The last time she saw this amulet was next to the late emperor's jade pendant - Zhuang Mi had heard that the late emperor had a restless night, so she went to Baifu Temple to ask for it.
Her knees were bruised from kneeling and her forehead was covered in blood, but the amulet was as clean as new.
The late emperor was deeply moved and immediately promoted her position. Even her inconspicuous son finally came before the late emperor.
This trick was taught to me by her!
“Those who are cruel to others may not necessarily achieve anything. But those who are cruel to themselves will definitely achieve great things!”
Shen Ruoyan's words came true. Whether it was Zhuang Mi in the past or Zhu Hong now, since they dared to be so cruel to themselves, how could they just pray for men?
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