"Hehe...Master, what brings you back?"
Lin Ruhai looked at the several dancers inside the room... cough cough...
"You may leave now."
"Yes." The dancer ran and dragged all the tools away.
Shen Ajiao put down the fruit in her hand and quietly backed away. "Shen Ajiao, stop right there!"
"Hehe, let me get you a glass of water. You must be tired from court. Have some water to soothe your throat." Shen Ajiao came out from the group of maids with a fawning smile. "Why is Master back?"
Lin Ruhai breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Lin Daiyu and Shen Ajiao were safe and sound. He was even able to listen to the music. He had worried for nothing.
He accepted the tea offered by Shen Ajiao, who was being obsequious, sat down, and took a good sip. "What brings Madam Shen to our home?"
"To a beautiful woman."
Lin Ruhai? "Send a beauty? To you?"
You've already started appreciating this? That was fast!
Shen Ajiao shook her head like a rattle drum, "Yes, it's for you. I sent four."
"Those were mine."
Lin Ruhai: ...He looks like the kind of person who would steal her away?
"Give me a beauty?"
Shen Ajiao nodded honestly.
Lin Ruhai took a deep breath. "So what did you say?"
"Heh, she said you're not good enough..."
Lin Ruhai?
Madam, you...I...can't?
They also said you have some kind of fetish.
Lin Ruhai...why don't you just kill me?
【Lin Baobao, save me!】
When Shen Ajiao turned around, Lin Daiyu was nowhere to be seen. Had she really abandoned me?
"A strategy that prioritizes interests is always a strategy that prioritizes interests."
Shen Ajiao shamelessly said, "Doesn't everyone know whether you're capable or not?"
"Besides, what mother-in-law spreads rumors about her son-in-law? Even if she did, no one would believe her."
"Don't worry, I've checked everything. She definitely needs to talk to you, and she won't tell anyone about your inadequacy!"
Lin Ruhai: ...Shut up!
"Just keep her hanging for now. Once you've killed her, no one will know your secret!"
"Shen Ajiao!!!"
Shen Ajiao picked at her ear. "Keep your voice down! The whole family heard you. How am I supposed to manage the kitchen later?"
Lin Ruhai took a deep breath and grabbed Shen Ajiao, who was about to run away, "Is this how you publicize your master?"
"No way... Go ask around, I'm publicizing that I'm the wife of a third-ranked scholar, and that my husband is incredibly talented and learned..."
Shen Ajiao opened her incredibly sincere eyes, "Please believe me, I have always valued cultured people."
Lin Ruhai...
So he benefited from being a cultured person?
"Mrs!"
Shen Ajiao hugged Lin Ruhai's neck and gave him a quick kiss, saying, "I know whether you're capable or not!"
"If I say you can do it, then you can!"
After saying that, he patted Lin Ruhai on the shoulder, "I believe in you! You're the best!"
She used all the "beauty trap" tactics from the Thirty-Six Stratagems.
That's it, run!!
Lin Ruhai...
Watching Shen Ajiao run faster than a rabbit, Lin Ruhai sighed deeply. Something was wrong with him!
Lin'an looked at his wife, who was as swift as the wind, and went inside to find her husband sitting there blankly, head down, seemingly lost in thought.
"Master, the Zhen family has arrived in the capital."
Lin Ruhai returned after a long while, saying "I know," and got up to straighten his clothes. Suddenly, he remembered something and asked, "Lin'an, what do you think of me?"
Lin'an didn't know what had gotten into his master, but he still honestly replied, "Master is naturally the best master, treating his subordinates..."
"Okay, I understand. Let's go."
Lin'an? ? Could it be that the master was angered by the mistress?
The lady simply enjoys listening to music; it's nothing serious. Why is the master angry about this? It shouldn't be like this. Could it be jealousy?
No, really? Is the master such a stingy person?
Lin'an quickly suppressed his thoughts and focused on following behind Lin Ruhai, secretly observing the master's expression.
The first thing Shen Ajiao did after running out was to look for Lin Daiyu, but Lin Daiyu wasn't there. "Where is your young lady?"
"Replying to Madam, Miss Xue has invited you to the banquet, and you have gone to attend."
Ah Jiao?! Lin Baobao, you abandoned me!
Wait, Miss Xue? What does Xue Baochai want with Lin Daiyu? When did they become so close?
I'm going too; I can't stay at this house any longer.
She decided to go immediately, otherwise Lin Ruhai would come looking for her. She would come back after he calmed down.
When Shen Ajiao found Xue Baochai's house, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai were in the courtyard talking and laughing happily.
Shen Ajiao? You can't be talking about me, can you?
Xue Baochai, with her sharp eyes, spotted Shen Ajiao approaching from afar and got up to greet her.
This time, instead of wearing men's clothing, she was dressed as a woman, saying, "Greetings, Mrs. Lin."
What are you doing?
"We're talking about Xiangling." Xiangling stepped forward, holding a scroll of book.
"Greetings to Madam. The two young ladies are instructing me in my studies."
[Waaaaah, so you're taking Xiangling but not me?]
Lin Daiyu: So, Madam, you can write poetry?
Chen Ajiao chuckled, "I'd rather find a job."
Xue Baochai pulled Shen Ajiao to sit down.
Looking at Mrs. Lin, she knew that she had made the right bet. She hadn't followed her aunt in taking advantage of the situation, nor had she let her mother offend the Lin family with her aunt.
Otherwise, given the Xue family's strength, Lord Lin's mere nod would have been enough to cause them trouble.
Today she's going to give Mrs. Lin another big gift!
Shen Ajiao saw Xue Baochai dismiss the servants and approach her mysteriously, whispering, "Mrs. Lin, my Xue family's caravan acquired something while traveling south."
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