Chapter 203 Don't think too highly of yourself
"Don't think too highly of yourself. If you were truly a noble woman, you wouldn't be someone's mistress." Lu Xiang said bluntly with a cold gaze.
Rong Yin's face turned pale and blue, and her chest heaved violently.
Seeing her master being bullied, the maid Yunchun couldn't stand it any longer: "Third Miss, even if you are the master's sister, it is not your turn to take care of my master's affairs."
Lu Xiang: "I haven't even said anything more unpleasant yet, you can't stand it? When Miss Rongyin decided to commit herself to my elder brother, didn't she think about the slander she would suffer? Today I come here and am willing to pay fifty thousand taels in exchange for you leaving my elder brother. Next time you come, I won't be so polite to you."
Rong Yin stood up suddenly, looked at Lu Xiang with a tense expression, and gritted her teeth and said, "If you are here to talk to me, then I will welcome you with open doors. If you are here to humiliate me with money, then you don't have to come. Lu Chao and I are truly in love. I don't want his money, and I know I am not worthy of entering the Lu family. As long as he loves me, I am willing to follow him without asking for a name. If you want me to leave him, then forget it."
Lu Xiang looked at Rong Yin who was speaking righteously for a long time, and suddenly smiled. His smile did not reach his eyes, but was full of irony.
"You are not tempted by the 50,000 taels, but you think that as long as you catch Lu Chao's people, you will have countless 50,000 taels to spend in the future. Miss Rong is really naive. Now the Lu family is managed by my eldest sister-in-law, and the Lu family's shops and farms are also managed by my eldest sister-in-law. Don't even mention whether the Lu family can make a fortune every day. Even if it can, what qualifications do you, a concubine who stole her husband, have to enjoy these riches, just because of Lu Chao who has done nothing?"
Lu Xiang's sarcastic gaze was like a sharp knife cutting into her face, making her feel ashamed.
Rong Yin put her hands on the table to prevent herself from collapsing from the anger.
"Miss San, you are not welcome here, please leave."
She looked angry and didn't allow anyone to tarnish her relationship with Lu Chao.
Lu Xiang chuckled and stood up without trying to keep her. “I hope Miss Rongyin can always be so courageous.”
After saying that, she took Ah Man away.
The old woman stood at the door and looked at Lu Xiang who left with an expressionless face, and then looked at Rong Yin who was shaking with anger in the room. Yun Chun waved at her and said, "Mother Qian, there is nothing for you to do here, go and get busy."
Mother Qian responded and left.
Anyway, she was just a maid who was responsible for their daily life, and other things were not her responsibility.
Yunchun closed the door, helped Rongyin sit down, and said with a somewhat tangled expression: "Master, it's fifty thousand taels, why don't you agree?"
With these fifty thousand taels, I will have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of my life. I can also find a man with a clean background to marry and become your legal wife. Isn't that better than being someone's concubine?
Yirong glanced at Yunchun gloomily and said, "Don't be blinded by this little profit. She was able to take out 50,000 taels at once, which shows that the Lu family is richer than we thought. As long as I can control Lu Chao, when I enter the Lu family, will I still have to worry about not having 50,000 taels to spend?"
She disdained Lu Xiang's words.
Seeing that I was young and had my eyes on the fifty thousand taels, Lu Chao was the eldest son of Minister Lu. Even if he was born out of wedlock, the Lu family had no legitimate son. He was a scholar and would become an official in the future. Even if he was a concubine, he was an official's concubine. Isn't that better than a commoner's wife?
The most important thing is that Lu Chao is devoted to her. She is a man whom she can easily control. She is not afraid even if there is the eldest young lady suppressing her. Why should she give up?
Seeing Rongyin's solemn assurance, Yunchun hesitated for a moment and said nothing more.
Ah Man followed Lu Xiang closely. Seeing that she was frowning and irritated, she said, "Miss, should I give her a beating? If I beat her up, she will be scared and will leave the young master."
Lu Xiang glanced at Ah Man with a smile and said, "Go check Rong Yin's background."
She didn't believe that Rongyin was just a singer in a teahouse. Her every move and gesture didn't seem like that of a woman who was displaced and struggling to make a living every day.
Ah Man was startled for a moment, then nodded quickly: "Oh, OK, I'll check it out right away."
"Thanks for your hard work."
Compared to Yunzha and the others, Ah Man often had to run errands for her, which was indeed much more difficult.
Ah Man was so moved that her eyes filled with tears: "It's not hard for me."
She likes to do things for the young lady, which can fully demonstrate her abilities.
When Lu Xiang went back and passed the street in front of Liu's house, he could still hear the hustle and bustle outside.
As soon as she returned home, she went straight to Qinghuiyuan.
Mother Ding and Liangchen were setting up lunch. When they turned around, they saw Lu Xiang coming towards them. Mother Ding immediately greeted him with a big smile.
"Miss San is here. Have you had lunch yet?"
Lu Xiang was thinking about Rong Yin the whole way. When he returned home, he went straight to Qinghui Courtyard. When he smelled the fragrance of food in the house, he realized that it was time for dinner.
"No." She shook her head.
Mother Ding smiled and invited her in: "It's just right, come eat with our young mistress." Then she called out to the warm room: "Madam, the third young lady is here."
Qiao Jingru came out and teased her with a smile: "You came here at the right time to eat for free, right?"
Lu Xiang looked at Qiao Jingru, whose smile was as bright as the spring sun, and his expression was dazed for a moment.
Such a wonderful person shouldn't live like a walking corpse in her previous life.
She would never allow it!
"It doesn't smell like the work of the mansion's chef. Was it made by Mother Ding?" Lu Xiang took Qiao Jingru's arm and dragged her towards the flower hall.
Qiao Jingru looked at her in surprise: "You are born in the Year of the Dog, right? You can even tell this."
"Hey, sister-in-law, thank you for the compliment."
Qiao Jingru: "Are you sure I'm praising you?"
Lu Xiang acted like a scoundrel who said, "I won't listen to you," which made Qiao Jing laugh and cry.
Mother Ding filled her up with a large bowl of rice, which was so full that it was almost overflowing, and scooped some fish soup for her: "Miss San, this is the fresh live fish I bought early in the morning. It's delicious and goes well with rice."
Lu Xiang pinched the flesh on his waist in anger and picked up the bowl to eat rice.
It doesn't matter if you are fat, nothing is more important than eating.
When I was imprisoned in my previous life, even a bowl of porridge was a luxury.
Qiao Jingru felt that she could eat one more bowl just by watching Lu Xiang eat. While eating, she did not forget to pick up some food for her: "Slow down, slow down. No one is going to snatch it from you."
After finishing his meal, Lu Xiang held a cup of Longjing tea and burped because he was so full.
"Sister-in-law, how has my brother been treating you lately?"
Qiao Jingru just thought that Lu Xiang cared about her, and her beautiful eyes smiled like crescent moons: "My husband is very good, especially after the last misunderstanding was resolved, he was very concerned about me, saying that he has a straightforward personality and is prone to say things wrong when angry, and asked me to be more tolerant of him."
As long as Lu Chao treated her well, there was nothing she couldn't tolerate.
The happiness in Qiao Jingru's eyes was not fake. She didn't have high expectations of Lu Chao, so even if Lu Chao did just a little bit of good, she would be very happy.
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