Chapter 191 Lu Wenxue's Suggestion
In the blink of an eye, it has been more than a month since Gu Yutang came back, and it has been a while since he got married. It is time to set off back to the border.
After several rounds of discussions, the Zhou and Ye families finally decided on the marriage between Zhou Yuxiu and Ye Lingyue.
During this period, they were all very honest and did not give Gu Ruanci any chance to find any weaknesses.
Gu Ruanci didn't care about this. After all, his revenge on them would be long-lasting. If they had the ability, they would be on guard against him for the rest of their lives.
Before Gu Yutang left, he talked with the Gu family for a long time. Although the Gu family had given up a lot of power in the Ministry of War, their status in Dizhou City was not affected. On the contrary, the Zhou family and the Ye family had been in trouble frequently, and their popularity was declining day by day due to the exposure of the incident that year. They could only attend very few banquets.
This made Ye Lanxin and Zhou Qinzhu, who had always wanted to carefully choose a rich husband, very anxious. After waiting for a long time for Lu Wenxue to come out, Zhou Qinzhu immediately invited her to his house.
Lu Wenxue has restrained herself a lot during this period. Now the princess is no longer like she used to be, turning a blind eye to Prince Duan's absurdity. Instead, she speaks frankly about it.
Concubine Wen and her two sons originally thought that Prince Duan had already had a grudge against the princess, and now that the princess was disturbing their interest like this, Prince Duan would definitely be unhappy. However, instead of being angry, Prince Duan adapted very well to it. Now he goes to the princess's place for meals every day.
Seeing Lu Wenxue's unhappy look, Zhou Qinzhu asked, "Wenxue, the confinement has been lifted, why do you still look so uninterested?"
Lu Wenxue complained, "I just find it strange. Over the years, my father has always been indifferent to the princess, with almost no feelings. Otherwise, my mother wouldn't have taken advantage of it and always been in such great favor. What's wrong now? The princess is more controlling than before and doesn't give my father face. Not only is he not angry, but he's paying more attention to her. My mother has made excuses to ask him to come over several times, but he has refused..."
Zhou Qinzhu also felt strange when she heard it.
"This is confusing. Could it be that the princess knows some secret of the prince?"
Lu Wenxue shook her head. This shouldn't be the reason.
Although I don't know the details, Prince Duan is not the kind of person who can be easily manipulated. Even if he has a secret, he doesn't mind it being made public. Anyway, he hasn't had a good reputation over the years.
Zhou Qinzhu was young and really couldn't figure out the tricks here, so he had to give up for the time being.
She talked about how many things had happened during this period because Lu Wenxue was away. She emphasized that since Lu Wenxue was locked up in Prince Duan's Mansion and could not go out, she felt that attending any banquet was unnecessary because she no longer had a friend with whom she could talk about anything.
Lu Wenxue didn't believe this before, and she still doesn't believe it now.
But she looked as touched as always."
"After all, the relationship between us is purer. My cousin hasn't come to visit me for such a long time..."
The cousin she was talking about was naturally Zhou Qingdai.
"My cousin is married now, and she hasn't gotten pregnant in the past few years. I'm afraid her life in her husband's family is not easy. Going to see you at this time may not be a good thing."
After hearing this, Lu Wenxue did not continue to complain.
She looked at Zhou Qinzhu and asked, "I heard that your eldest brother is engaged to a girl from the Ye family. I can understand your eldest brother's side, after all, Wu Yixuan has already married someone else. What about Ye Lingyue? Is she willing to accept it?"
Lu Wenxue actually knew everything, but she just wanted to maintain the impression she gave others and find out Zhou Qinzhu's attitude.
Zhou Qinzhu didn't think too much about it. Instead, she sighed, "You happened to be away at the banquet at the Grand Princess's Mansion. What happened that day almost ruined my cousin from the Ye family's life..."
She briefly talked about the day when the eldest princess's dog suddenly went crazy, and said that before the incident, she happened to be next to Ye Lingyue and did smell a special fragrance on Ye Lingyue, but it disappeared after the accident.
Her attitude towards this was the same as that of the Zhou family. They all firmly believed that Gu Ruanci must have done it, but there was no way to verify it.
"Now that my cousin is with my eldest brother, it can be considered as another marriage between the Zhou and Ye families. After all, they are well-matched, and neither of them is insulting the other..."
What Zhou Qinzhu said was also what Ye Lanxin said at that time.
Lu Wenxue really didn't hear what she wanted to hear from her, so naturally she lost interest.
"That's true. They both belong to the Marquisate, and both had something happen to them because of Gu Ruanci. It's time for them to stick together. I was just under house arrest for a while, and your third brother is gone..."
Speaking of this, Lu Wenxue still felt a little regretful.
Zhou Qinzhu said hurriedly, "His death must be related to Gu Ruanci. Although I was there that day, the window that needed repair and my impulsive cousin were too coincidental. The waiter at the restaurant said something that angered us, and that's why we decided to go to that private room..."
After hearing what she said, Lu Wenxue still didn't have much interest. After all, a dead person was of little use to her.
"Alas, God is jealous of talented people..."
She looked sad, and Zhou Qinzhu always thought that she wanted to be his third sister-in-law.
Seeing her eyes now, he quickly comforted her: "This is also Third Brother's fate. Who would have thought that Gu Ruanci was not only the Little Medical Fairy, but also Qin Ji? After she defeated Third Brother that day, Third Brother has been suffering from heart disease. Gu Ruanci is the devil who came back to collect the debt. Now Second Brother is fine, he has slowly walked out of her shadow."
She mentioned Zhou Yuzhi intentionally or unintentionally, and Lu Wenxue knew what she wanted to do.
If I become her sister-in-law, the Zhou family will truly be connected to the Prince Duan's Mansion, and many things will be much more convenient in the future.
"Don't worry about your second brother for now. Have you ever thought about it? Now you have reached the age of marriage and can get married, but the marriage has not been decided yet. You have also seen the marriage between the Zhou family and the Ye family. Why don't you learn from it..."
Lu Wenxue changed from passive to active, which made Zhou Qinzhu a little uncomfortable.
"Wen Xue, what do you mean?"
She pretended not to understand and asked deliberately.
Lu Wenxue bluntly said, "Before, I asked you to fight for the Second Prince, but you made no progress. Now he has left Dizhou with Gu Yutang, and we don't know when he will come back. There is no need for you to wait any longer. It is better to choose the Third Prince directly. He is your aunt's son and will definitely not let you down. Even if there is another woman in the future, you will always be the principal wife. Have you ever thought about this? The Emperor only has so many princes. If you don't take advantage of this close relationship, I am afraid that by then you may not even be able to become a concubine."
Zhou Qinzhu was indeed moved by her words.
But she couldn't agree directly because she was still waiting and watching.
Perhaps a few years ago, Concubine Rong still had some ability, but in recent years she has fallen out of favor, and the emperor is even too lazy to give her respect. If it weren't for the third prince, an adult, I'm afraid my aunt might not be able to keep her position as a concubine.
Is it really possible to board the mother and son’s boat at this time?
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