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Maybe it's not that he's just pretending, he's really changed.

So in her eyes, his words and actions were weird and unreasonable.

But why?

Chu Yin asked: "Can you marry whoever I tell you to marry?"

"You have to discuss this with mother, right? And mother has always liked you, she will definitely agree, and I certainly won't object." It is impossible for him to be alone with his future wife. His sister-in-law is different. She is a woman and can come into contact with those girls. She must know whether it is suitable or not better than he does.

Chu Yin was speechless for a moment and reached out to rub his forehead.

Lu Jingrui thought she was afraid of making mistakes in his life, so he thought for a while and said, "My elder brother married you at first because of our parents' orders. Now, don't you have a very good relationship with my elder brother? I believe I will feel the same way. So don't worry, sister-in-law, you must have a good eye." His sister-in-law would definitely choose a wife for him carefully, because her kindness and concern for him were sincere, without any interests mixed in, and not out of blood relationship, so it was very pure.

He felt that Chu Yin cared about him more than his biological mother.

The intimacy and trust expressed in those peach blossom eyes surrounded her like a gurgling stream.

Chu Yin suddenly felt indescribably awkward.

I really don't know where he got the confidence from. She was originally planning to choose a husband's family for him that would be of no help to him, definitely not the Duke of Wei's Mansion in his previous life.

She picked up the hot tea and took a sip, then said, "I'll think about it when I get home." She stood up and said goodbye.

He sent her to the palace gate, then hesitated for a moment: "Sister-in-law, I'm not in a hurry to get married. If possible, can it be postponed to next year..." If he gets married as soon as he finishes his mourning period, he will probably move out of the palace this year, and he is a little reluctant.

"Well," Chu Yin was also a little confused, "I will tell my mother."

Maybe I shouldn't have let him out of the palace so easily without fully understanding his thoughts.

After he left, she had no chance to test him.

In the evening, she brought up the matter with Lu Jingzhuo.

"Your Majesty, do you think it is better for my third brother to get married sooner or later?"

Lu Jingzhuo didn't think too much about it: "He will be twenty next year, and he will get married next year... I can choose one for him first, and then invite her to the palace for him to see. He will definitely marry a girl that suits his taste."

"He also said that I have the final say, but I don't know."

"Really?" Lu Jingzhuo raised his eyebrows. "My third brother is really a child. How can I ignore this matter?"

Children?

Chu Yin thought of Lu Jingrui's eyes today and really felt that he had a bit of childish innocence.

You shouldn't be facing her.

It really made her feel uncomfortable.

I had considered her an enemy and was trying to get rid of her, but in the end, he trusted her so much. It was really...

Chu Yin had a headache and turned to the side: "It's getting late, Your Majesty, go to sleep."

In the past few months, she was very clingy. She liked to wrap her arms and legs around him when sleeping, and liked to kiss, hug and act coquettishly when they saw each other in the daytime. But recently, she suddenly became indifferent.

He hadn't noticed it before, but it had become increasingly obvious in recent days.

Lu Jingzhuo was puzzled.

After thinking about it, he couldn't think of anything he had done to make her angry.

"Ayin," he pulled her into his arms and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong?" Chu Yin asked back.

"You're a little standoffish," he said bluntly.

"...I'm just a little tired," Chu Yin said in a muffled voice, "I went to see my mother, and then to see my third brother."

"What about yesterday?"

"I looked at the account book yesterday and found that the palace had various expenses every day, and the bill was huge."

Lu Jingzhuo didn't believe it, he lifted her chin and stared into her eyes: "Do you think I'm so easy to fool?"

"Then your Majesty, what do you think is the reason?" Chu Yin lowered her eyelids, and her thick eyelashes covered her bright eyes like a veil.

"It is precisely because I don't know that I ask you."

She pursed her lips and said nothing.

His hands pinched here and rubbed there, urging her on.

Chu Yin felt a little itchy, and twisted her body: "I saw that His Majesty was very busy, and I didn't want to disturb His Majesty."

"Busy", "Don't want to bother", these words seemed to be considerate, but Lu Jingzhuo had been with her for so long, how could he not notice that they were actually complaints? He chuckled: "So you are blaming me for not spending enough time with you and the children?"

"no……"

"No" means "yes".

Lu Jingzhuo groaned: "How about I take you, Er, Zhen, and Yu to fly a kite tomorrow afternoon?"

"Where does the wind come from in summer?"

"...Then let's go lotus viewing and take a boat ride."

"Zhen'er and I just went to see it, and there weren't many lotus flowers in bloom."

"So what do you want?" he asked softly, "I'll accompany you no matter what you want to do."

There is not a trace of impatience.

Chu Yin was silent for a while: "What if I want to go out of the palace to play?"

"Of course," he agreed. "Where do you want to go?"

"I want to go somewhere far away, like Wenshu Monastery."

"No, I told you you were busy." She pouted her lips slightly.

Lu Jingzhuo frowned, "It's not that it's impossible, it's just too hasty. We need to prepare for this in advance." He felt that she seemed to be making things difficult, but Chu Yin was never like that. He didn't know what was wrong with her. "How about going there to escape the summer heat next year? I'll arrange things in the first half of the year."

"Not this year?"

He did not answer, but just looked at her quietly, then lowered his head and kissed her very gently: "Ayin, do you have anything bothering you? Tell me."

At that moment, she inexplicably wanted to cry, and she pouted and said, "My only worry is that you won't take me to Wenshu Temple."

It's abnormal, his wife.

But she still refused to tell him the reason.

Lu Jingzhuo rubbed his brows and said, "Okay, I'll take you there in August, there's still time to arrange it." At worst, it will be a little harder and I'll have to sleep a few nights less.

Chu Yin opened her lips slightly.

She understood what Lu Jingzhuo had to pay behind this decision.

"You don't blame me?"

This is blatant and unreasonable behavior.

But that's why he didn't blame her.

He knew Chu Yin very well, and she must have her reasons for making such a request.

"I don't blame you, but I hope you can tell me the truth... Of course, if you want to wait until we go to Wenshu Monastery, that's fine too." He ran his fingers through her fluffy black hair. "It's a pretty serious matter, right?"

He sensed that she was a little anxious.

Under the man's gentle comfort, Chu Yin couldn't help crying.

She thought that Lu Jingzhuo would not take her seriously because she took the initiative, but this did not happen.

It was her...

She suddenly understood.

She was facing that critical juncture herself and was afraid. She was afraid that she couldn't make it, so she always wanted to stay with him longer. But Lu Jingzhuo didn't know that he had endless things to deal with every day. He had his own reasons and was not deliberately ignoring her.

He hasn't changed at all.

She became anxious and worried.

I am afraid that everything I have now will suddenly be gone, which would be more miserable than my previous life.

Seeing his wife crying, Lu Jingzhuo thought he had said something wrong again, but after reflecting on it, he really didn't find anything wrong, so he wiped her tears, hugged her and patted her back, and whispered to comfort her, telling her not to cry.

Chu Yin gradually quieted down.

Lying in the man's arms, her face began to turn red.

In Lu Jingzhuo's opinion, he might think she was crazy. One moment she wanted to go to Manjusri Temple, and the next moment she cried for no reason.

That's it. How does she explain it?

Chu Yin bit her lower lip and said, "Maybe my period is coming. I'm not feeling very stable."

It feels like I'm cheating him.

"This isn't your first period."

"Every time I come, the situation is different," Chu Yin said with a stiff face, "I wanted to cry before, but I held it back. Who knew that His Majesty would be so gentle this time? I couldn't hold it back."

Lu Jingzhuo smiled with an expression that said, "Do you think I will believe it?"

"It's getting late. Your Majesty has been disturbed from resting. Go to bed quickly." She wanted to escape from his arms.

He held her waist tightly and asked, "Are you still going to Wenshu Temple?"

"No, I won't go. As long as I know your Majesty's intention, that's enough. Why do you really want your Majesty to leave the capital?"

This is indeed what a queen should say, but her reactions just now were really strange...

Lu Jingzhuo lifted her chin and said, "Don't you have anything else to say to me?"

His eyes were like arrows, as if they were going to pierce through her.

Chu Yin was a little overwhelmed, so she raised her head and blocked his mouth with her lips.

He wanted to pull her away so he could continue questioning her.

Chu Yin's hand reached in from the corner of his clothes and ignited his lower abdomen and chest.

Desire was aroused instantly.

The interrogation also changed its approach.

Outside the house, Manqing heard the Queen's crying from time to time, accompanied by coquettishness, and then the sound gradually became lower, and finally, there was no sound at all.

The next day she discovered that her mother's voice had become hoarse.

Thinking of last night, Man Qing couldn't help but blush and asked Chu Yin if she wanted to call a royal physician.

Chu Yin refused and waited for Lu Jingzhuo to deliver the medicine.

It wasn't the first time he had made her voice hoarse; he had experience.

Sure enough, after Lu Jingzhuo learned about it, he quickly sent Dong Ling to ask Liu Yuanpan for the pill that was used to treat hoarseness.

However, the throat is easy to cure, but Chu Yin’s mouth is hard to pry open.

Even though she cried like that, she didn't tell him why she was so strange.

I can only wait for another opportunity to ask later.

After her throat recovered, Chu Yin went to Cining Palace to pay her respects to Queen Mother Jiang.

Queen Mother Jiang knew that she had been ill for several days.

"I didn't cover myself properly with the quilt at night, so I got cold and fell silent," Chu Yin found a suitable excuse and then got down to business. "Last time, my daughter-in-law asked my third brother, but he couldn't say what kind of girl he liked. My daughter-in-law thinks we should wait a while and let my third brother think about it carefully."

"He didn't even tell you?" Queen Mother Jiang frowned. "Why is this kid so secretive!" He can't be shy, right? He's already nineteen years old, this shouldn't be the case.

"From the daughter-in-law's point of view, he doesn't seem to be trying to hide it, but seems to have kept it to himself."

Queen Mother Jiang thought for a moment and said, "That's right. He has not had much contact with young girls. When he was young, he often came to my place or followed Jing Zhuo. Jing Zhuo doesn't like to mess around with girls. When he goes out, he doesn't go out to play in the streets, but goes hunting. It's no wonder that he did that. Later, he was injured and stayed in the house every day... I think after the mourning period is over, let him go out for a walk and look at more girls outside."

"You have a point. Why don't we wait until after the mourning period is over?"

The matter was put on hold for the time being.

Chu Yin returned to Kunning Palace and unexpectedly found that her daughter had given her a vase of flowers.

There were snow-white lilies, two red pomegranate flowers, and a handful of foxtail grass that she had found from somewhere.

Chu Yin smiled.

"Does it look good?" Lu Zhen asked.

"Well, it's very interesting, especially this foxtail grass!"

Lu Zhen said, "I found it outside at the base of the wall. I was afraid that mother wouldn't like it...Do you like it?"

She was tired of flowers, so this thing seemed very interesting, especially since it was the first gift she received from her daughter.

Chu Yin was so excited that she couldn't help but kiss her on the face: "I like you very much."

"Then I'll give it to Mom next time. Oh, and I'll give it to Dad as well. I haven't given it to Dad yet." She tilted her head. "I wonder if Dad will like dogtail grass."

"Of course I will. Daddy likes anything you give him as a gift." Lu Jingzhuo is now very gentle to children and knows how to treat them.

"Then let's go pick them together." She held Chu Yin's hand.

Following her daughter's footsteps and looking at her small back, Chu Yin's eyes suddenly turned red.

Regardless of whether she can pass that hurdle or not, if she thinks about it carefully, no matter what the situation is, every day counts, so she has to cherish the time she spends with her children and Lu Jingzhuo.

She had to live every moment to the fullest and treat every day as if it were her last, so that at least she would have fewer regrets.

The next day, she got up in the dark.

She was earlier than Lu Jingzhuo, but her movements were not very skillful and she immediately woke up the man next to her.

Lu Jingzhuo looked at her doubtfully: "Are you going to send Er or me?"

"Send Er first, and then come back to send His Majesty... Don't leave for a while." Sending both together would prevent the older one from getting jealous.

She must be hiding something from him, right?

Lu Jingzhuo looked her up and down, and had already thought of several ways to interrogate her.