Chapter 190 You Talk Like You Have a Wife
Ouyang Rui finished all the tea in the teacup.
When he stood up, he put the sachet into his sleeve without leaving any trace and put it away.
However, as soon as he went out, he happened to see Lu Jingyu and Su Ziyuan walking past.
Lu Jingyu: "Have you been to the Duke's Mansion?"
Ouyang Rui nodded in a serious tone, "This subordinate is not worthy of Miss Shen."
Lu Jingyu: "This is your own business. If you have time, I have something to tell you."
"yes."
Lu Jingyu and Ouyang Rui are already very familiar with each other. They are both smart people, and now they are working for His Majesty together.
But today is a little strange.
Ouyang Rui is such a calm person, but from time to time he would look at him with a strange look.
Lu Jingyu paused and said, "Let's not talk about the officials going to Nanjiang City for now. Do you have anything else to say to me?"
Ouyang Rui pursed his lips, "No."
Lu Jingyu: "You lied to me on purpose. Could it be that someone else tried to win you over and asked you to work for him?"
Ouyang Rui was stunned for a moment, then said helplessly: "It's a personal matter. Today I went to the Duke's Mansion and met Princess Jiamin. Then Princess Jiamin pulled me here and we chatted for a while."
Lu Jingyu was very perceptive, "Are you talking about me?"
Ouyang Rui: "Princess Jiamin liked you."
Lu Jingyu frowned, "Why is she talking to you about this? What does her liking me have to do with me? Don't mention this again in the future, my wife will be unhappy if she hears it."
Ouyang Rui: "Yes, I am loyal to your majesty and the Great Chu, and I have no second thoughts."
Lu Jingyu: "Okay, let's continue talking about the list. His Majesty means that some of the Ninth Prince's people should be included on this list."
"Why?"
…
After talking for about half an hour, the two went their separate ways.
Seeing that it was getting late, Lu Jingyu simply went straight home.
Su Ziyuan and others watched Lu Jingyu leave, and Zhufeng beside him sighed:
"The master was particularly reluctant to return home before, but now he is becoming more and more different."
Su Ziyuan turned his head to look at him, "The master has a wife and is about to have a child, so he is naturally homesick. But a bachelor like you won't understand."
Zhu Feng's mouth twitched, "You talk as if you already have a wife!"
Su Ziyuan: "I don't need a wife."
Zhufeng also wanted to say "I don't need it either" in a firm tone, but he pursed his lips.
Well, he needs to.
For example, like Xiao Banxia, he looks cute, but he can also be picked up at the critical moment, which is very good.
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Duke Qin's Mansion.
After Lu Jingyu came back, he went straight back to Songtao Pavilion.
However, as soon as he arrived, people from the main courtyard were sent over.
"The Duke said that the family will have dinner together tonight, so please ask the young master and the eldest young lady to come with you."
Lu Jingyu nodded.
He changed into a casual suit, but his collar was not fixed properly, so Gu Qingning, who was waiting for him, reached out to help him fix it.
Lu Jingyu looked at her belly, and finally bent his knees slightly to lower his height.
Gu Qingning smiled and said, "You are so tall. I am really envious of you."
Lu Jingyu: "Your height is not short among women. If you were as tall as me..."
He paused, and the couple imagined the scene in their minds at the same time.
It's quite magical.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
On the way to the main courtyard, Lu Jingyu told Ouyang Rui about his encounter with him.
Gu Qingning: "So he rejected Guangping Marquis Mansion. Then we can see Shen Ruoying's expression later. It must not be good."
She said this in a very relaxed tone, and Lu Jingyu was a little curious.
"Don't you hate the people in Guangping Marquis' Mansion?"
He had investigated and found out that Qing Ning had suffered a lot in the Guangping Marquis Mansion since she was a child, and the servants dared to bully her.
Gu Qingning shook her head. "I tried my best to avoid those things that happened when I was a child, so that I didn't suffer any serious losses."
"The biggest loss I suffered later was the exchange of marriages. But now it seems that it is not a loss at all, but a blessing. I am very grateful to them."
Gu Qingning looked at Lu Jingyu with sparkling eyes.
Lu Jingyu's thoughts also moved slightly.
But at this moment, three people turned over from a nearby road.
It was Lu Hangzhi who brought Shen Ruoying and Feng Yuaner.
Concubines are not allowed to sit at the table at such family dinners.
But Feng Yuaner was the co-wife and also had the status of Feng's niece. If Feng asked her to attend, no one else would object.
Lu Hangzhi said, "Brother and sister-in-law, what are you guys talking about so happily? Tell us and make us happy."
Lu Jingyu: "We are happy about things that may not make you happy."
Lu Hangzhi: “…”
It is difficult for brothers to be friendly and respectful to each other.
Here, Shen Ruoying walked to Gu Qingning, but she was very self-aware and kept a few steps away...
After all, both of them are pregnant now.
She smiled gently, "When my mother came to the Duke's Mansion before, you were not there, and she said that she hadn't seen you for a long time and missed you."
Gu Qingning: "How much does my aunt miss me?"
The gentle smile on Shen Ruoying's face paused for a moment, "I must miss you very much."
Gu Qingning: "It's unlikely. After all, when I lived in the Marquis' Mansion before, she would occasionally forget my existence."
The smile on Shen Ruoying’s face was about to break.
Gu Qingning turned to ask gently, "Is my great aunt okay?"
Such greetings gradually made Shen Ruoying feel relieved, and she even took the initiative to talk about Shen Yanran's marriage.
"Hangzhi helped to talk to my father-in-law. I heard that Lord Ouyang is coming today. I don't know what the result will be yet."
Gu Qingning: "You can ask my father-in-law later."
The two were talking, and Feng Yuaner couldn't join in. She didn't want to talk to either of them.
She walked alone on the side, looking at the two brothers in front of her with complicated eyes.
After a while they arrived at the front hall of the main courtyard and the family sat down one by one.
Duke Qin asked Lu Jingyu and Lu Hangzhi how they had completed their official duties recently.
In fact, the main question is Lu Hangzhi.
Because Lu Jingyu was doing things for His Majesty, some of the things were secret, and even Duke Qin, his father, could not tell them.
Lu Hangzhi is now just a minor official with little official duties. He blushed when asked by Duke Qin.
Duke Qin sighed, "Forget it, let's eat."
Lu Hangzhi breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Ruoying, who was sitting next to him, tugged at the corner of his clothes under the table.
Lu Hangzhi nodded.
"Father, is Ouyang Rui here today?"
Duke Qin nodded, "He did come here, and he said that he was not worthy of Miss Shen, so let's forget about it."
Lu Hangzhi nodded and didn't want to say more.
Shen Ruoying frowned.
Ouyang Rui actually refused?
Feng had not been able to get a word in, but now after hearing this, she asked in confusion:
"Are you going to propose marriage to Ouyang Rui? Why didn't you tell me?"
He actually passed over her, the mistress!
Feng, who had lost her position as housekeeper, was already in a very depressed mood.
Now even her status as an elder was ignored, and she glanced gloomily at her two daughters-in-law.
Finally it fell on Shen Ruoying.
In a bad tone, he said, "Mrs. Shen, you want to help your sister find a husband, why didn't you tell me?"
Shen Ruoying had been prepared. "My mother has just recovered from her illness these days, and I dare not disturb her. Besides, I just mentioned this matter first. If there is any progress, I will bother her."
Feng sneered, "I see. I thought you didn't recognize me as your mother."
Shen Ruoying: "How could that be? My daughter-in-law is pregnant and has difficulty moving around. Otherwise, she would definitely come to take care of you every day."
Feng was about to say something, but Duke Qin said, "Okay, let's eat."
Just then the servants brought the food up. Everyone stopped talking and after eating, they returned to their own courtyards.
When Ouyang Rui rejected Shen Yanran, no one in the Duke's Mansion thought much about it, even Shen Ruoying.
She actually didn't expect her sister to marry Ouyang Rui.
It’s better to marry a playboy without an official position, or it’s best not to get married at all!
She just regretted that she did not repair her relationship with the Marquis' Mansion through this incident.
But a few days later, Shen Yanran actually came to the door, and she cried in front of Shen Ruoying.
"Eldest sister, do you know why Ouyang Rui doesn't want to marry me? It's all because Princess Jiamin stole my love!"
Shen Ruoying was annoyed by her crying, but she was also a little confused.
"Why is there something about Princess Jiamin involved here?"
Shen Yanran: "I don't know either. I just heard someone say that they saw Ouyang Rui and Princess Jiamin inseparable. Don't you know about this?"
"They said Princess Jiamin often comes to the Duke's Mansion. Didn't they tell you?"
Shen Ruoying's face sank. How could she have the nerve to say that every time Princess Jiamin came, it was not because of her.
But then, her eyes suddenly turned.
Deliberately said: "Princess Jiamin always comes to the Duke's Mansion to look for the eldest sister-in-law. Oh my God, could it be that the eldest sister-in-law doesn't want you to marry Lord Ouyang, so she is interfering?"
After hearing this, Shen Yanran stood up suddenly. Her eyes were red and she said angrily, "It must be like this. Gu Qingning ruined my marriage. It's really too much!"
After she finished speaking, she ran out.
The direction is exactly Songtao Pavilion.
Aunt Li's eyes were filled with worry: "Master, will Miss Yanran cause any trouble? The one from Songtao Pavilion is still pregnant."
Shen Ruoying curled her lips, “Gu Qingning ruined the relationship, so she deserved to be bumped into!”
Aunt Li: "But I am more worried that Miss Yanran will get into trouble. After all, the people in Songtao Pavilion are not easy to deal with. Banxia next to the eldest young lady is very strong and can knock Miss Yanran away in one blow!"
Don’t say Banxia doesn’t dare.
In Banxia's eyes there is only her master, everyone else is just a passing cloud.
Not to mention Shen Yanran, even if Shen Ruoying, who is pregnant now, were to bump into Gu Qingning.
Banxia would kick her away without hesitation.
Aunt Li said earnestly, "If Miss Yanran gets into trouble in the Duke's Mansion, the Marquis and his men will definitely blame you in the end."
Shen Ruoying was a little annoyed, "Okay, take a few strong women with you, don't let Yanran suffer."
Aunt Li: “Oh, yes.”
But they were still a step too late.
Shen Yanran happened to see Gu Qingning walking in the garden.
New and old grudges combined together.
Looking at Gu Qingning's pregnant belly, she rushed over viciously!
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