Chapter 94 Chapter 94 Cheng Yian, do you have any feelings in your heart...

Chapter 94 Chapter 94 Cheng Yian, do you have any feelings in your heart...

Seeing that Wang Yunxiu was calm and composed, Lu Xusheng laughed out loud, released his hand and invited him to take a seat.

"Thinking back to the days when my father was still alive, you and I learned martial arts and archery from him at the border. In my heart, my cousin is no less important than my own brother."

Wang Yunxiu's eyes were slightly sad, and he said nostalgically, "Yes, after my uncle passed away, no one taught me so carefully anymore."

Lu Xusheng was also stunned and said, "Who said it wasn't true? I always remember that when I went to Baiyin Mountain, my cousin waited for me at the border for three whole months. You were the only one who believed that I would survive."

Wang Yunxiu seemed unable to bear the memories, his eyes ached and he could hardly speak.

Seeing this, Lu Jisheng immediately changed the subject, "Let's not talk about the past. Let's talk about your cousin's visit to Beijing this time. What are his plans?"

Wang Yunxiu gathered his thoughts and replied, "The Empress Dowager wants me to go to the Ministry of Revenue to observe government affairs."

Lu Jisheng said, "Cousin, the Ministry of Revenue is the territory of Mr. Zheng Ge. Can you get in?"

Wang Yunxiu glanced at Lu Xusheng, "I heard that your cousin's uncle is on duty at the Ministry of Revenue, could you please help him?"

Lu Xusheng rolled up his sleeves and sighed, "You don't know that I don't get along with my brother-in-law. I can hardly even get into the Cheng family, let alone intercede for him."

Wang Yunxiu smiled and said nothing more.

The front hall is full of joy, and the flower hall in the backyard is also harmonious.

Mrs. Wang was a very good talker. When she met Cheng Yian, she praised her to the highest level.

Cheng Yian responded to Mrs. Wang in a disjointed manner, but out of the corner of her eye she noticed that Wang Yunyi was staring at her.

This was also the first time Cheng Yian met Wang Yunyi.

As the eldest daughter of the Wang family, Wang Yunyi was raised in luxury. Her air of a young lady even overshadowed her mother. Cheng Yian suddenly became curious. Such a woman did not look like the kind of person who would make the backyard a mess. Could it be that one should not judge a person by his appearance?

Mrs. Wang saw her daughter staring at Cheng Yian silently, feeling a little rude, and gently tugged at her sleeve, "Didn't you say you brought a gift for your cousin's wife? Why don't you give it to her?"

It was obvious that the daughter was still unhappy because of Lu Xusheng, but now that he had married and had children, it would be beneath her dignity to continue to be entangled with him.

Wang Yunyi gestured to the maid, who then presented her with a long, wide brocade box. Wang Yunyi smiled.

"This is a five-character doll made in our Qingzhou kiln. I'm giving it to my cousin's wife to play with."

"Thank you." Cheng Yian didn't open it and told Ding Xiang to keep it.

Mrs. Wang could sense the delicate atmosphere between the two of them. No matter how hard she tried to ease the situation, it was of no avail. She felt like sitting on pins and needles. After a while, the second and third wives came over and said that lunch was served in the flower hall.

The female guests were seated in the backyard, and the male guests were drinking in the front yard. For some reason, Wang Yunyi suddenly spoke to the second wife,

"Aunt, I haven't seen my cousins ​​for a long time. Why don't we invite them to the flower hall for dinner? We don't have to be so formal as a family."

The second wife looked embarrassed. It would have been no big deal in the past, but now it was inconvenient for Wang Yunyi and Lu Xusheng to meet, so the second wife was put in an awkward position.

The Third Wife knew all about this matter and was afraid that Wang Yunyi would cause trouble, so she tried to smooth things over.

"Hey, why are you mixing with those young masters? They love to drink, and I can't stand the smell of alcohol. It's better for us to eat our own food."

Wang Yunyi noticed that the atmosphere at the table was not right after she made the suggestion, so she smiled.

"I always feel like you Lu family members are jealous of me. It's just a meal, is it necessary to be so cautious? When my cousin was young, he lived in the Wang family. Because he was pretty, the nanny mistook him for a girl. When she saw that his clothes were dirty, she took my clothes and gave them to my cousin. How should I deal with this?"

Cheng Yian narrowed his eyes. So that's what was happening.

Grandma Liu couldn't bear to listen any longer and said coldly,

"Are we jealous of Miss Wang, or is Miss Wang just being aggressive? As the saying goes, a guest should follow the host's wishes, but Miss Wang didn't treat herself as a guest at all when she came to our Lu family."

Mrs. Wang was already embarrassed and glared at her daughter.

The second wife was afraid that the more she talked, the more uneasy she would become, so she said helplessly, "Okay, go and invite Xusheng and the others to dine in the flower hall."

After a while, Lu Xusheng, Wang Yunxiu and others passed through the Chuihua Gate together.

As soon as Lu Xusheng appeared, he noticed a pair of eyes following him without moving. He secretly felt a headache. He didn't look at Wang Yunyi, but went forward to greet Mrs. Wang first.

"Greetings to my aunt."

"Xusheng, I haven't seen you for a few years and you have changed. You have become a palace elder at such a young age. It shows that your aunt has brought you up well and An'an has done a good job in taking care of your husband." Mrs. Wang couldn't help praising them all.

"Thank you, aunt." After saying this, he looked at Wang Yunyi and bowed, "How is my cousin?"

Wang Yunyi stared at him for a long time, with a complex emotion flashing in her eyes. She returned the greeting and said, "I have met my cousin."

"After three years of not seeing each other, my cousin has married and had children." She looked at Lu Xusheng without any concealment.

This is what was said.

Lu Xusheng glanced at Cheng Yian who was not far away and replied calmly,

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the marriage. God has been so kind to me, marrying your sister-in-law to me. This is the greatest blessing of my life."

Cheng Yian glared at him when he heard this, "You are not afraid of being embarrassed in front of the guests."

Lu Xusheng immediately came to her side and said tenderly, "Aunt is not an outsider. We are a family and there is no need to be so formal."

This is a response to what Wang Yunyi just said.

Wang Yunyi sneered.

Mrs. Wang said awkwardly that it was okay, "It's good for young couples to love each other." She also hinted to her daughter not to talk too much.

The second wife recommended Wang Yunxiu, and Lu Shuzhi took the initiative to greet her cousin, and everyone took their seats as host and guest.

Soon the dishes were served, the Second Wife and Lu Xusheng exchanged a few nice words, and then the meal began.

During the meal, Lu Xusheng had developed a good habit in the Cheng family. He took the initiative to serve food to Cheng Yian. With his brother taking the lead, Lu Jisheng and Lu Xisheng also served soup and dishes to their wives. In the past, the second wife would have thought that her son was too attentive and had lost his status as the head of the family. But today, with Wang Yunyi present, she endured it so that Wang Yunyi could witness it with her own eyes and settle down and get married.

Unfortunately, she underestimated her niece's stubbornness.

There was a dish of stir-fried ground monkey at the banquet. What is ground monkey? It is the field mouse and mountain mouse that remove insects in the fields. The meat of this kind of mouse is very fat and tender. Rich people make dried mouse with it and then stir-fry it with ginger and scallion oil. It is very delicious with rice.

This dish is served now, as it is summer, when voles are at their fattest.

Wang Yunyi signaled the maid to scoop a spoonful of soup. Just as she was about to put it into her mouth, she suddenly frowned and cried out in surprise.

“Is this rat meat?”

Upon hearing this, Lu Xusheng paused with his chopsticks in his hand and his face suddenly turned pale.

Seeing this, the second wife and others looked at Wang Yunyi.

Mrs. Bai, the third young lady who was in charge of the kitchen, immediately explained

"Yes, this is stir-fried ground monkey, a dish that we all love to eat, and it goes really well with rice. What's wrong? Is it not to my cousin's taste?"

Wang Yunyi suddenly put down her chopsticks when she heard this, stared at Cheng Yian and said,

"Oh, my cousin is really a good wife. Don't you even know what your husband is most afraid of?"

These words brought the atmosphere at the table to a freezing point.

Cheng Yian narrowed her eyes slowly and glanced at Lu Xusheng with her peripheral vision. She obviously noticed that Lu Xusheng's hand on his knees clenched loosely. Lu Xusheng rarely behaved like this, unless he was not feeling well or was uneasy. The last time Cheng Yian saw him like this was when she was in excruciating pain during childbirth.

Lu Xusheng stayed in Baiyin Mountain for three whole months. No one knew what he experienced there. He never mentioned a word about it after he came back. Cheng Yian once asked him indirectly about it, but Lu Xusheng waved his hands to indicate that there was no need to mention the past and he didn't want to talk about it. Cheng Yian didn't ask either. At that time, they were just a couple living together and had no expectations for love.

But when Wang Yunyi said this today, Cheng Yian knew what it meant.

Her heart felt like it was stabbed and was throbbing with pain.

Lu Xu was terrified of rats.

This is incredible.

Even the second wife was surprised.

"Is this true?" All eyes were on Lu Xusheng.

Lu Xusheng suddenly smiled and shook his head, saying, "Nothing happened. It was just that I was bitten by a rat once when I was young at Wang's house. I felt disgusted and my cousin saw me, so she misunderstood me."

When Lu Xusheng said this, he glanced at Wang Yunxiu. Wang Yunxiu looked at his nose and his heart without saying a word.

Wang Yunyi said, "Really, cousin, I know you..."

"Shut up!" Lu Xusheng glanced at her with a cold look.

"If you are here as a guest, please enjoy your meal. Otherwise, get out. The Lu family does not welcome you."

When had Wang Yunyi ever suffered such an injustice? Her cheeks turned red, tears welled up in her eyes, she threw down her bowl and chopsticks, stood up and left the flower hall.

The atmosphere thickened again.

There was no change on Lu Xusheng's face, but Cheng Yian could see that he had no appetite to swallow. Her eyes fell on Lu Xusheng's fingertips, the pair of slender fingers hanging at his knees, so white that veins were visible.

Although Bo did not understand what was going on, he cleverly took the blame on himself.

"Mother-in-law, brother, sister-in-law, it's all my fault. Sister-in-law had told me before, but I forgot about it. I saw that the rat and radish were almost the same, so I didn't take it seriously..."

Cheng Yian couldn't let others take the blame, so he comforted her immediately.

"Today's banquet is very well prepared. My third brother and his wife have put a lot of effort into it. As for the stir-fried ground monkey, it is my favorite dish." She looked at the embarrassed Madam Wang and the second wife and smiled gracefully.

"I will not give up my own taste just because others don't like a dish. Everyone has their own preferences. My husband, you don't want me to sacrifice myself for you, right?"

As he said this, Cheng Yian covered the back of his cold hand. Lu Xusheng turned his head to meet her calm gaze, his throat surging as he said yes.

At this time, Lu Xisheng raised his hand cautiously, "I like this dish too..."

The fourth young lady glanced at him and thought, isn't this prepared for you? The second and third sisters-in-law were blamed.

Mrs. Wang was so angry at her daughter that she looked at her silent son and felt that she had lost face today. She stood up and bowed to the second and third wives.

"I am guilty of not educating my daughter properly, and I have to apologize to the two ladies."

A banquet ended in a bad mood.

Mrs. Wang took her son out and couldn't find Wang Yunyi for a while. She asked the nanny to look for her. She and her son sat in the carriage and complained,

"Xiu'er, what's wrong with you? Mother wanted to discuss your marriage with Shuzhi today, why don't you cooperate?"

Wang Yunxiu put his hands together in front of his stomach, lowered his eyes and said calmly,

"Mom, don't make any plans. There is no possibility for me and my cousin to be together."

Lu Xusheng obviously discovered the clue and it was impossible for him to marry his sister to him.

Mrs. Wang was horrified. "Why? Just because of your sister's disturbance?"

Wang Yunxiu shook his head, "You know very well that this marriage will not be possible as long as Lu Xusheng does not agree."

Mrs. Wang thought of her daughter provoking Lu Xusheng and Cheng Yian today, and immediately covered her face and cried, "Yun'er, Yun'er, why did she do such a stupid thing?"

The Lu family has become the only hope for the Wang family. If this tie is severed, the Wang family will truly live and die with the prince.

Wang Yunxiu looked at his crying mother in silence.

Cheng Yian was worried about his children, so he went to Ningji Hall first. Lu Xusheng was stopped by the second wife and told a few words. After a few steps, he went through the hanging flower gate to the front yard, called the housekeeper, and ordered, "From now on, all the invitations from the Wang family will be rejected."

He called Qiu Qing over again and said, "From today on, you must not leave the Madam at all and keep a close eye on Wang Yunxiu. Do you understand?"

"clear!"

After Lu Xusheng finished his instructions, he walked around the main hall and along the sloping corridor to go to Ningji Hall. Unexpectedly, there was a person standing upright in the sloping corridor. Several stewards wanted to ask her to leave but couldn't. Thinking that the cousin of the mansion was in a difficult situation, the stewards immediately bowed when they saw Lu Xusheng coming.

"Master, this cousin insisted on waiting for you here, and we would not let her go no matter how hard we tried."

Lu Xusheng waved his hand, signaling them to leave. He came to Wang Yunyi and stood five steps away, frowning and looking at her. "What do you want?"

Wang Yunyi had obviously cried before, her nose was red and her cheeks were stained with tears.

"Cousin, I've finally figured it out. Cheng Yian doesn't care about you at all. She doesn't even know that you hate rats. She probably knows nothing about your affairs at Silver Mountain. Is she still your bedmate?"

Lu Xusheng's face turned cold, "Our affairs have nothing to do with you."

"Wang Yunyi, I, Lu Xusheng, have never said I want to marry you, nor have I done anything to mislead you. I don't think you should be entangled here. For the sake of marriage, you should leave immediately and never set foot in the Lu Mansion again. I don't want to see you again."

Wang Yunyi suddenly sneered when she heard this, "You never promised to marry me, but what about your mother? If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't have to be with you. You, the Lu family, delayed my marriage, so you should be responsible, right?"

Lu Xusheng sneered, "Don't blame my mother. If your grandparents and uncle and aunt wanted to marry you off, they would have done it long ago. How could my mother stop them? Besides, I think you know the real purpose of your Wang family's marriage with the Lu family."

Wang Yunyi saw that she couldn't rely on him, so she simply stopped beating around the bush and wiped away her tears,

"You can see that the Wang family is not as powerful as before, and I look down on others now. You can't live with Cheng Yian alone for the rest of your life. Why don't you make me your equal wife? If you are willing to give me a child, I will be grateful. If not, give me a status. Looking at this marriage, when the prince declines in the future, Your Majesty can consider leaving the Wang family a way out."

Lu Xusheng suspected that he had heard wrongly, but thinking back to what Wang Yunyi had done in her previous life, he seemed to think that it was not surprising that she did so. He did not have time to talk nonsense with her, so he raised his hand and pointed outside.

"Cheng Yian and I are in love and there will never be a third person in our lives. Do you want to leave by yourself or let someone escort you out?"

Seeing him so ruthless, Wang Yunyi got anxious and cried, "Cousin, you and I grew up together and I should have married you, but Cheng Yian intervened. Now I am willing to be her mistress, what else does she want?"

Two maids came and tried to pull Wang Yunyi away. Before they could touch her arms, Wang Yunyi shook them off and walked out, looking back at Lu Xusheng while crying.

"I know you better than she does. I know exactly what you like and don't like. You married her, but you have to be humble in front of her. Why? You are the most famous commander of my Dajin and the youngest minister of my Dajin. Xusheng, there is no way you are unworthy of her. You really don't have to wrong yourself..."

"Xusheng, I know you are afraid of rats. You were once forced to watch the bodies of your comrades being devoured by rats. In order to survive, you had no choice but to kill and eat those rats. Xusheng, no one in this world will feel more sorry for you than I do..."

Lu Xusheng closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths.

The person has been gone for a long time, but the world seems to still echo with that voice.

The frustration from being entangled with her in the previous life came to my mind.

Lu Xusheng returned to the study, took a shower, changed his clothes, wiped his face with cold water, wiped it clean, and strode towards Ningji Hall.

The yard was quiet. There was no sound of people at noon, not even the sound of cicadas.

Lu Xusheng slowly walked to the corridor and saw through the moon-shaped window that Cheng Yian and the child were taking a nap on Luohan's bed.

Probably expecting him to come, Cheng Yian sent the servants away, leaving only the mother and son in the east room.

Lu Xusheng came in through the curtains and first glanced at Cheng Yian's face, which was still calm, as if he couldn't see any clues.

Lu Xusheng did not speak immediately. He just felt his throat itchy. He picked up the teacup on the table and prepared to pour tea. However, he saw that the tea poured from the pot was steaming. He put it down because he felt it was too hot.

He came and sat down next to the cradle opposite Cheng Yian.

The child was held by Cheng Yian and fell asleep on his side in Luohan's bed. His face was white and cute. Cheng Yian had his back to Lu Xusheng and was fanning him with a light silk fan to repel mosquitoes.

There was a long silence.

Lu Xusheng spoke first, "I didn't tell you about the incident at Baiyin Mountain because it is the deepest scar in my past and present lives. It is like a nightmare that I don't want to recall or mention. When I carried my father's body back to Dajin, Wang Yunxiu was waiting for me at the border. He learned about the situation from the remaining soldiers and passed it on to Wang Yunyi."

Of course Lu Xusheng knew the crux of the matter today, so he explained it to her straight away.

Cheng Yian felt very uncomfortable after hearing this. She had just learned about her husband's deepest scar from someone else. She remained motionless and nodded calmly, "I understand. After all, I didn't tell you everything. Besides, as a wife, I didn't care about you enough. I also made mistakes."

Seeing her reflect on herself, Lu Xusheng felt even worse. "An An, if you feel uncomfortable, vent it out. Don't be depressed. We can discuss anything."

"What are you discussing?" Cheng Yian turned around, put down his Luo Fan, and looked at him expressionlessly, "Are you discussing about her becoming your concubine?"

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The maid had relayed to her word for word what had just happened in the corridor.

Lu Xusheng smiled bitterly, "That's impossible. I have already told the housekeeper not to let the Wang family in again."

After he said that, Cheng Yian didn't know what to say. He nodded dejectedly and turned back to wipe the child's sweat.

Lu Xusheng was ready to be scolded and teased by her, but Cheng Yian said nothing, "An'an, are you just going to let this go?"

Cheng Yian said "hmm" without even turning her head. What happened in the past has already happened and cannot be changed. They have been cousins ​​for many years and know Lu Xusheng better than she does. Although Lu Xusheng is not as good at recruiting people as her father, he is in such a high position and power that there must be many people who are targeting him. Today it is Wang Yunyi and tomorrow it may be Li Yunyi. Cheng Yian cannot get angry with herself over this matter. It is not worth it.

Lu Xusheng didn't know if it was out of worry or some other reason, so he asked, "You really don't mind?"

Cheng Yian thought about it, shook his head and said, "Don't worry, I'm not as petty as you."

You can't just follow Lu Xusheng's example and beat up Wang Yunyi, right?

Lu Xusheng pursed his lips and said nothing.

Compared to himself, he couldn't even bear to hear the name Fan Yulin. Now that Wang Yunyi came to his house, Cheng Yian's reaction was indifferent.

Is she too generous, or does she just not care about him?

Lu Xusheng suddenly asked, "An An, in your heart, do you regard me as a husband to live with, or as a beloved man?"

He wanted to ask this question the last time when his cousin from the Tang family coveted him. At that time, Cheng Yian didn't even frown when faced with another woman interfering with his affairs.

If he were in the other person's shoes, he would want to kill the other person.

If it is a man you love, it is impossible not to have possessiveness.

Cheng Yian's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, and then an indescribable anger rose in his heart.

His younger cousin came to him and wanted to be his concubine. She was generous and did not care about it. She did not want to let others affect her relationship with him. As a result, he became suspicious of her.

Cheng Yian couldn't deny that what happened today had touched her bottom line. She was really angry, but her manners and upbringing told her not to get angry and not to give in to the bad guys' wishes.

But at this moment, she could no longer suppress her anger.

Cheng Yian turned around and looked at him with a fake smile.

"Lu Xusheng, didn't we decide to live together in the beginning? Why, do you want to push your luck?"

Cheng Yian's eyes were calm, without a trace of emotion.

But these words were like cold water poured into Lu Xusheng's heart. He stood up suddenly, staring at her motionlessly with hard and cold eyes.

He knew that they missed each other in their previous life, so in this life he forced her to stay. He shouldn't expect too much, but as he became more involved in the relationship, the more he wanted.

But Cheng Yian's words left him unable to refute.

The child was asleep and he couldn't argue with her.

Lu Xusheng frowned and turned away angrily.

A few loud thunders streaked across the sky without warning. Dark clouds gathered and gradually enveloped the sky. Lu Xusheng returned to the study, stood in the corridor, closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He looked more ferocious than ever.

Besides being so crazy, he also found himself ridiculous and funny.

In his previous life, he was unhappy because his cousin was making trouble. In this life, he was also unhappy when Cheng Yian didn't make trouble with him.

But he knew it was different.

Raindrops fell in twos and threes. Lu Xusheng closed his eyes and let the rain wash his face.

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Cheng Yian watched him turn around and leave, and was so angry that he threw the small fan in his hand away.

She had rarely gotten angry in her past life, let alone thrown things. This was the first time.

Ding Xiang saw it, quietly came in to pick up the fan, and wiped it clean. Seeing Cheng Yian's furious face flushed with anger, she couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

"Miss, my aunt has caused this romantic debt herself, and now she is giving you the cold shoulder. Let's go back to the Cheng family and take the young master back to the Cheng family, and don't let this kind of injustice happen here."

Cheng Yian laughed in anger, then slowly took the fan, "I don't go back to my parents' home. I go back as many times as I want when I'm happy, but I don't go back when I have a quarrel with a man. Why should the whole family suffer from my anger? He, Lu Xusheng, doesn't deserve it!"

"I only go back to my parents' home when I'm getting a divorce, otherwise I won't go back unless there's something wrong."

After thinking for a while, she moved to the bed and sat steadily, fanning herself, "Even if we get divorced, I won't go back to the Cheng family. I'll take the children to Jiangnan and buy a villa. I don't know how free and easy it will be!"

As soon as these words fell, a familiar voice was heard outside the corridor.

"Who wants a divorce? Who dares to talk about a divorce? I'll cut off her tongue!"

In response to this, Lu Xusheng strode in with his hands behind his back and glared at Ding Xiang.

Ding Xiang was so scared that she knelt on the ground and dared not say a word. She looked at Cheng Yian as if asking for help. Cheng Yian waved his hand towards her generously.

"Go cook me a bowl of bird's nest. You have nothing to do with this. No one dares to touch you without my order."

Dingxiang felt as if she had been pardoned and immediately left.

Cheng Yian waited for her to leave, looked at the furious man, and asked with a sneer,

"Hey, why are you back again? This is not like your style, Mr. Lu Ge."

Lu Xusheng felt breathless in his chest.

He promised not to get angry with Cheng Yian. She had just given birth to a lovely child and it was so hard. Women are prone to depression after giving birth. He shouldn't be angry with her, so he washed his face and turned back. Who knew he would hear the conversation between the master and servant.

"Can we please stop bringing up divorce so often?"

"Who asked for a divorce with you? Who turned around and left?" Cheng Yian glared at him.

Lu Xusheng was speechless and sat down next to her again, this time sitting directly in front of Luohan's bed. Cheng Yian turned away and ignored him. It was raining heavily outside the window. The child was awakened by the thunder and waved his arms with a frown, about to cry. Cheng Yian gently stroked his chest and murmured,

"Jiusi, mother is by your side, Jiusi, don't be afraid..."

Just these words smoothed out the wrinkles in Lu Xusheng's heart. He waited for Cheng Yian to comfort the child and whispered,

"I was wrong just now. I apologize to you."

"How can you be wrong? You are nothing wrong." Cheng Yian was busy wiping the sweat off the child and didn't even look at him.

Lu Xusheng was furious again. "In the past, the name Fan Yulin was my lifeblood. When I think about you following him and living with him for five years, and even with him..." Lu Xusheng's handsome face was tense, and he said coldly, "I feel bad."

"On the other hand, you were so calm and composed in front of my cousin that I thought you didn't care about me."

Cheng Yian got angry and turned around to scold him.

"You talk as if you haven't lived with her. Whose mother looked down on me? You compare me to Wang Yunyi all the time? You say how close you were when you were kids and how well-matched you were. I'm your legal wife, but in the end, I'm like a third party!"

"I lost the baby I had been carrying for months!" When he said this, Cheng Yian hugged his knees and cried inconsolably. He couldn't help but vent out the grievances that he had been holding back for a long time.

Lu Xusheng suddenly felt shorter than the others, and his heart ached as if it was being cut. He tried to pull her, but Cheng Yian raised his hand and shook him off.

Lu Xusheng had no choice but to admit his fault, "Yes, it was my fault in my previous life. I failed to take good care of you. As for my mother, I also scolded her. Unfortunately, I didn't stay in your house for long and didn't pay enough attention to her, so you suffered."

"But no matter what, there is one thing I want to make clear to you. I don't have a cousin in my heart, not in this life or the past."

Cheng Yian wiped his tears with a handkerchief and said with a shameless smile, "Forget it, didn't you marry her right away? You can see how impatient you are! Look at the way your cousin dresses, everything about her is to your liking, and she matches all your preferences. You two are a perfect match made in heaven!"

Since they had already started the argument, there was no need to hide it. Cheng Yian simply argued with him until things were clear.

Lu Xusheng denied this, "I was upset when I learned that you left the capital with Fan Yulin, and my mother tried to bring you back together again and again, so I agreed in a fit of anger."

Cheng Yian rolled his eyes at him, "How can I live with her for five years without her in my heart?"

After hearing this, Lu Xusheng suddenly fell silent. After a long silence, he suddenly spoke,

"We never slept together."

Cheng Yian was stunned for a moment, simply unable to believe it. He glanced over at him, looking him up and down, with a mocking tone.

"Who are you fooling? How could I not know who you are? You were always quiet in front of me all night.

"Kiss my cousin, can you bear it?"

Lu Xusheng felt that Cheng Yian's words were simply disgusting, "Why would I lie to you?"

"You're coaxing me."

"Do I look like a man who tells lies to please a woman?"

Cheng Yian paused, "Then why didn't you tell me when you went there?"

"Because you won't believe it."

Cheng Yian really didn't believe it.

Lu Xusheng explained,

"On the night of my wedding with her in my previous life, she wore the same wedding dress as you and sat on our wedding bed. When I looked at her, I thought of you and my wife who had left with another man. I felt so upset that I lost interest that night. I couldn't do that with anger, because it was unfair to her, so I apologized to her and asked her to give me some time."

"And then?"

"Half a month later, my mother repeatedly urged me to consummate the marriage. I went, and guess what happened?"

"What's wrong?"

"She used aphrodisiac perfume..."

Cheng Yian: “…”

She knew that Lu Xusheng in her previous life had a bad temper and was very strange. One time, she remembered how much he wanted at night, so she cooked some kidney soup for him during the day to nourish him, but she ended up offending him.

"So you're unhappy and the marriage wasn't consummated."

Lu Xusheng nodded, "That time I scolded her and left."

"In fact, I didn't really want to do that," Lu Xusheng covered his forehead and said frankly, "You can understand that a man who has tasted the best of the best would have a hard time caring about ordinary things. So later on at the border, when I thought of a woman, I thought of you. I realized later that I was attracted to your body and liked your quiet nature, but it was too late to regret it when I realized it."

Cheng Yian: “….”

She was so angry that she grabbed the pillow beside her and threw it in his face.

Lu Xusheng took it in his hand, and said with a look of pain,

"So An An, I refused to bow my head in my previous life, and I deserved it!"

Cheng Yian snorted and asked, "Go on, tell me about your cousin."

Lu Xusheng said, "Then my cousin started to lose her temper and quarreled with the eldest son's wife and my mother. Then she took the rumor and attacked some maids. It happened that the Northern Qi invaded the border at that time, so I took the initiative to ask to leave the capital."

Cheng Yian thought about it from a woman's perspective, "Lu Xusheng, you are too much. You were not nice to me in your previous life, and you are not nice to Wang Yunyi either."

Lu Xusheng nodded, "I do feel that I have let my cousin down, so I promised that as long as the Wang family does not participate in the party struggle, I will definitely protect the peace of the Wang family, but the most ruthless thing my cousin did was to chase her to the military camp."

Cheng Yian was taken aback, and then said, "Then you can't blame her. After all, it was you who ignored her."

At this time, Lu Xusheng suddenly sneered, "I thought so too, but the fact is, my cousin entered my study in my house as my wife, and then chased me to the military camp. Her real purpose was not me, but to gather intelligence."

Cheng Yian took a breath and asked, "She is the Queen Mother's spy?"

Lu Xusheng smiled bitterly and shook his head. "If she really informed the Queen Mother, I would have discovered it long ago, but she didn't. She acted like a wife who was eager to be affectionate with her husband. Wherever I was, she would follow me. Everyone thought she just wanted to marry me and had no defenses against her. Some soldiers even secretly brought us together to facilitate her. But the truth is, she just wanted to control my every move and give me a fatal blow when I was at my weakest."

"Why didn't I tell you the truth about her and me after my rebirth? It was because I felt that I had let her down. It wasn't until I went south to Jinling and fought with the archer who assassinated me in my previous life that I discovered that this archer was from the Wang family."

Cheng Yian's heart was in his throat, and he asked hurriedly, "Who is the archer?"

"From what I can see right now, it should be Wang Yunxiu."

Cheng Yian collapsed on the pillow, breaking out in a cold sweat.

Thinking back to the prince today, he was a very handsome and gentle man with a warm pulse. Such a person turned out to be the murderer who assassinated Lu Xusheng in the previous life. Oh my God.

"He even entered the mansion today?" Cheng Yian was terrified.

Lu Xusheng held her cold wrist.

"Don't worry, I have stepped up the security and asked Qiu Qing to stay on the roof of Ningji Hall and never leave you and the child. Besides that, I will not let him enter the Lu Mansion again."

Cheng Yian asked worriedly, "What about you?"

"Why would I be afraid of him? I can crush him to death with my hands. He doesn't dare to attack me now."

"We can't leave this matter hanging like this. What are you going to do?"

Lu Xusheng looked out the window, his face ruthless, "Uproot the Wang family and the prince."

The wind and rain grew stronger, lightning flashed into the house from time to time, the child woke up in fright, Cheng Yian called the nurse to take him to the west room to coax him, looking back, she saw Lu Xusheng sitting there motionless, silver light shone behind him, for the first time Cheng Yian saw a trace of loneliness that was difficult to soothe on that slender spine, she returned to sit on the bed, hooked his whitened knuckles,

"Besides Silver Mountain, is there anything else you didn't tell me?"

Lu Xusheng's dark eyes seemed to sink into the abyss, "No."

"I'm asking you one last time, is there anything else you're hiding from me?"

Seeing that she was serious, Lu Xusheng smiled and looked over at her, "It's really gone..."

Cheng Yian's eyes were sore, and he slowly hooked his hand over, and finally held him in his arms.