Chapter 352: She's pissed off
In fact, there was no friendship between them at all. Since their marriage, she and the Third Prince had only been treating each other with respect. She tried her best to please him, and because her appearance was only pretty, she took in one beautiful concubine after another for him.
The Third Imperial Concubine wanted to take out her heart and show it to Chu Qingyun, but Chu Qingyun just didn't like her.
Seeing the maidservant beside the Third Imperial Concubine grab Chen Rujin, a maid rolled up her sleeves and was about to slap her. Lu Xiang quickly appeared to stop her: "Third Imperial Concubine, please show mercy."
"Lu Xiang, what do you mean?" The Third Princess was very angry, and her face became extremely gloomy when she looked at Lu Xiang.
Lu Xiang walked to Chen Rujin's side, pushed away the maid who was holding Chen Rujin, and said to the Third Imperial Concubine: "Third Imperial Concubine, there are many people here today. Miss Chen is the daughter of the Imperial Academy. If you hit her at this time and alarm everyone, the fact that the Third Prince tried so hard to marry Miss Chen will be known to everyone. In the end, won't people make fun of the Third Imperial Concubine?"
Upon hearing this, the Third Empress' face turned pale and blue.
If a quarrel really broke out, Chen Ruijin's being loved by the Third Prince would only make others envious. The Third Prince was already high-profile in his pursuit of women and was not afraid of being known. As for her, she, the Third Emperor's concubine, would probably become a laughing stock of everyone.
Originally, people thought that he was just such a romantic and philandering person. With so many beautiful concubines in the backyard, he liked one today and favored another one tomorrow, and he had never really cared about anyone. After a long time, the three imperial concubines also let it go.
There is a weird sense of balance that even if the Third Prince doesn't like himself, he doesn't like others.
Moreover, with so many women in the palace, the Third Prince did not allow any of them to get pregnant. It can be seen that even if the Third Prince did not like her, he still respected her and wanted her to give birth to a legitimate son.
If life continued like this, the Third Princess would have thought it was nothing, but suddenly one day she heard that the Third Prince wanted to marry Chen Ruijin as a concubine, and she felt like the sky was falling over her head.
The Chen family would definitely not agree to their daughter becoming a concubine, but the Third Princess heard that the Third Prince would come to their house every few days to please him even if he was rejected.
It turns out that the Third Prince was not romantic and heartless, but he had not met a woman who wanted to please him.
The Third Princess became jealous to the point of almost going crazy when she thought about how Chen Rujin easily won the Third Prince's favor and yet was disdainful of him.
"I'll let you go today, but if I find out that you seduce His Highness again, I'll never let you go." The Third Imperial Concubine gritted her teeth and looked at Chen Rujin, saying, "Let's go."
After saying that, the Third Imperial Concubine left with her nanny and maid.
Before leaving, he glared at Lu Xiang with a gloomy look, obviously thinking that Lu Xiang's act of standing up was helping Chen Ruijin to go against him.
Even if what Lu Xiang said sounded like he was considering her.
Lu Xiang looked at the hostile gaze of the Third Imperial Concubine and was speechless about his bad luck.
She is so well-behaved and cute, why does she always make people hate her?
"Are you okay?" Lu Xiang asked softly, looking at Chen Ruijin with red eyes.
The girl's fair face was clearly marked with the slap mark, which looked a little scary.
Chen Ruijin bit her lips tightly. She was originally just feeling aggrieved, but when she heard Lu Xiang's question, tears suddenly fell down, one after another, like beads that had broken off the string.
Well……
Wasn't he calm, composed and eloquent when dealing with the three imperial concubines just now? Why is he acting so aggrieved all of a sudden?
"Don't cry." Lu Xiang handed over her handkerchief and said, "The Third Princess is also very angry. After a while, the Third Prince will give up the idea and this matter will be over."
Chen Rujin took the handkerchief and thanked Lu Xiang in a muffled voice.
She wiped her tears and gritted her teeth, saying, "I can't get over it. Since she's so afraid that I'll marry the Third Prince, I'll marry him anyway and make her so angry that she'll die."
Lu Xiang: “…”
Damn, your logic is amazing.
"Miss Chen, please be cautious. This is a matter of a lifetime." Lu Xiang thought about it and gave some advice.
Chen Rujin nodded to Lu Xiang, who thought she had heard him, but unexpectedly she heard Chen Rujin say, "Thank you for speaking up for me just now. Cao Bingbing bullied me so much, it would be too cowardly if I didn't fight back. After all, I'm just a man, and it doesn't matter who I marry. When I marry you, I'll use the power of the Third Prince to bully her back."
Lu Xiang was stunned.
In my two lifetimes, this is the first time I have seen a woman with such a strange way of thinking.
But why do I feel so good for some reason?
"By the way, which family are you from?" Chen Ruijin rubbed the side of his face that was hit and asked.
She arrived late and had never met Lu Xiang before.
Lu Xiang said, "My father is the Minister of Works. I am the third child and my maiden name is Lu Xiang."
"Lu Xiang! I've heard of you. Everyone says that the Queen likes you very much. She even severely punished Liu Anyao and the Ninth Princess for you. Even Song Zhenzhen is almost not as favored as you."
Lu Xiang smiled slightly: "Thank you for your high regard, Your Majesty."
"You must have something special to be liked by the queen. I can't talk to you much today. I'm leaving now and will talk to you later."
Chen Rujin said.
Having said that, he covered his face with his hands and walked away with his head down, without saying hello to the Third Imperial Concubine.
The Third Princess didn't want to see her either.
Lu Xiang also lost interest in walking around the garden again. He was really afraid that he would hear something he shouldn't hear, so he prepared to find a quiet place to sit and wait for the banquet to start.
Suddenly, I bumped into someone at a corner.
"ah!"
Lu Xiang was knocked back a few steps and barely managed to stand still.
With a thud, a maid knelt down in front of her and kowtowed to ask for forgiveness.
"I deserve to die. Please forgive me, young lady."
The sound of the maid's kowtow was particularly loud on the bluestone road. Lu Xiang looked down and saw that in just a few breaths, the maid had knocked her forehead so hard that it was bleeding. He quickly pulled her up.
"Get up, I'm fine."
Does she look so scary that it's worth her hitting her head and bleeding?
The maid was holding a tray with rouge and powder on it, which were all spilled.
"Thank you for your kindness, Miss." The maid stood up and said in fear and trepidation.
Lu Xiang: "There are many people in the garden, please be careful."
"Yes." The maid responded with fear and gratitude, then picked up the things and left.
Lu Xiang patted the powder off her dress and seeing that no one was in the pavilion, she sat down inside.
Seeing this, a clever maid immediately brought tea and snacks, then retreated.
Lu Xiang took a sip of tea and suddenly felt his feet sink.
When she looked down, she saw a snow-white cat lying on the back of her feet. It curled up into a ball, its body round like a bead. It seemed to feel Lu Xiang was looking at it, so it raised its round little head, and its pair of amber eyes were like two inlaid gems, very beautiful.
"Meow!"
It called lazily, then stretched out its claws and tugged at Lu Xiang's dress.
Lu Xiang somehow understood that it wanted a hug.
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