Zhu Xianzhi's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said, "She's just a country girl, what's there to see?"

Lin Luoling asked, "My husband, are you afraid that I will bully her?"

Hearing this, Lan Wanshuang paused while touching the silk, and said, "Luo Ling is overthinking. Rong Shuhua is timid and doesn't know any etiquette. She usually stays in her room embroidering.

Xianzhi is afraid that she is tongue-tied and doesn’t know etiquette, and might make you angry again.”

Chen Yin waved her hand and said, "Sister Ling'er has always been generous, and Rong Shuhua is the second young master's distant cousin, how could she be angry because of a few words?"

Lin Luoling held the jewelry box, lowered her eyes, and said aggrievedly: "I spent several days choosing the jewelry to give to her as a gift, but I can't even meet her. My mother-in-law and husband favor her so much, which makes me envious and uncomfortable."

Lin Luoling had already said this, leaving Lan Wanshuang and Zhu Xianzhi speechless.

Lan Wanshuang put down the silk in her arms, took Lin Luoling's hand and said, "Look at what Luoling said. No matter how close she is, she is just a distant relative. She came to me because her parents died. If we talk about kinship, can it compare to the relationship between us, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law?"

Hearing this, Lin Luoling wanted to slap Lan Wanshuang on the mouth and spit: You are always thinking about how to plot against me. How can you, a mean person with sweet words but a vicious heart, talk about the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law?

Seeing Lin Luoling's face darken, Lan Wanshuang hurriedly told Madam Meng, "Why don't you go and ask Rong Shuhua to come over to meet her cousin's wife?"

Nanny Meng responded and ran out of the room.

Not long after, Rong Shuhua followed behind Nanny Meng, pretending to be weak and frail, and walked in with her head down.

In the previous life, Lin Luoling first met Rong Shuhua the day after she returned to Yongning Marquis Mansion after three days of mourning.

Rong Shuhua is such a gentle, weak and well-behaved girl.

Lan Wanshuang said, "This is the daughter of my distant relative. Her parents died and she had no one to rely on, so she came to me."

Rong Shuhua held up a silk handkerchief made of inferior silk with bright red peonies embroidered on it and said, "My cousin's wife looks just like a beauty in a painting. I embroidered this handkerchief for her and wish her a long and happy marriage."

Lin Luoling took her handkerchief, brought Rong Shuhua back to Shuxi Pavilion, opened the jewelry box, and asked Rong Shuhua to choose a piece of jewelry she liked as a return gift to her.

Rong Shuhua was so surprised that her mouth opened wide and she exclaimed: "My cousin's wife has so many pieces of jewelry, and every piece is good."

After that, Rong Shuhua often embroidered handkerchiefs and made sachets and gave them to Lin Luoling.

Lin Luoling thought of Rong Shuhua, who had lost her parents and was a poor girl, so when she had good silk fabrics, she would make a new dress for Rong Shuhua of the current season, or take Rong Shuhua to Yunshangfang to choose a new dress.

Rong Shuhua hugged Lin Luoling's arm and said coquettishly, "My mother passed away when I was born, and I don't have any real brothers or sisters. It is a blessing I accumulated in my previous life that I have sister Ling'er who loves me so much."

As her thoughts turned, Lin Luoling seemed to hear the words that Rong Shuhua said before she died in her previous life. Even Rong Shuhua's expression at this moment changed into the smug look she had before her death.

Lin Luoling smiled coldly in her heart. You left so easily in the last life. Now that you have come in this life, how can I let you leave so easily?

"Shuhua greets my cousin aunt. I wonder if my cousin aunt asked me to come here because she has any instructions?" Rong Shuhua bowed and said.

Lan Wanshuang forced a smile and said, "Your cousin's wife came back from the Lin residence today and said she brought you a gift. Why don't you come and take a look?"

Rong Shuhua slowly raised her head, and when she saw Lin Luoling, she was stunned for a moment.

She had heard from people before that Lin's only daughter was extremely beautiful and proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting. She thought it was just a rumor and didn't expect that she was really a very beautiful woman. Even when she saw her, she couldn't help but marvel at Lin Luoling's peerless beauty.

Looking at what Lin Luoling was wearing, she looked like a humble maid.

The jealousy in Rong Shuhua's heart was like weeds, growing wildly.

I just sigh at the unfairness of the world. Why can Lin Luoling have such a beautiful appearance and such a good family background?

Rong Shuhua secretly glanced at Zhu Xianzhi out of the corner of her eye, and suddenly understood why Zhu Xianzhi didn't even give her the status of a concubine.

She has known Zhu Xianzhi since childhood, how could she not know that Zhu Xianzhi was a lustful man?

Even if she and Zhu Xianzhi had a son, so what? The son born to Lin Luoling and Zhu Xianzhi was the legitimate son!

Do not!

She can't let Lin Luoling give birth to the child!

Absolutely not!

"What are you daydreaming about?" Zhu Xianzhi glanced at Rong Shuhua coldly.

Rong Shuhua then collected her thoughts and held up the handkerchief embroidered with the same peony as in her previous life, and said with a smile: "My cousin's wife looks just like the beauty in the painting. I embroidered this handkerchief for my cousin's wife, and I wish my cousin and his wife a long and happy marriage."

Chen Yin tilted her head and took a look, then clicked her tongue and said, "Sister Shuhua! No wonder the second young master said you have never seen the world, where did you get this material?

You even embroidered it into a handkerchief and gave it to Sister Ling'er. Even an old servant in the Lin Mansion wouldn't be able to show off this handkerchief, but you treated it like a treasure and gave it to them as a wedding gift?"

Lin Luoling walked forward to take a look and sighed, "It's really not a good material. After all, it's cousin Shuhua's idea. Why should sister Chenyin be so serious?"

After saying that, Lin Luoling paused and said to Rong Shuhua, "But I really can't give it to you. Cousin Shuhua, please keep it for when you get married."

These words made Rong Shuhua feel as if she was slapped twice in public. Her face felt an inexplicable burning pain. She pulled her hand back and looked at Zhu Xianzhi pretending to be at a loss.

He looks like a poor person who is being bullied and dares not say a word.

Lin Luoling pretended not to notice and opened the jewelry box. Inside was a silver hairpin. She said, "Although this silver is not valuable, the pearl in the phoenix's mouth is a rare item."

As she spoke, she inserted the hairpin into Rong Shuhua's bun.

When Lan Wanshuang heard this, her eyes flickered as she looked at the hairpin.

Then, Lin Luoling spoke softly, "The day before my husband and I got married, your personal maid said at the back door of the Lin residence that you and my husband were childhood sweethearts and were in love with each other. This really pissed me off before.

At the wedding, in front of my parents, I specifically asked my husband, and he said that he had never fallen in love with me.

These few days, I have also figured it out. If you truly love your husband, I will choose a good day for you and your husband, and let your husband take you as his concubine, okay?"

As soon as he said this, Zhu Xianzhi, who had not received any store or food, immediately panicked and blurted out, "Ling'er, I have already explained to you that Rong Shuhua and I are only siblings, and you are the only one in my heart."

Lan Wanshuang's eyes darkened, thinking that Zhu Xianzhi spoke without thinking, and his words could be interpreted in a thousand ways, so how could he say that?

Not to mention that Lin Luoling might not easily believe such a statement, it would also cause Rong Shuhua, who had been serving Zhu Xianzhi, to become estranged from him.

Unexpectedly, Rong Shuhua's legs went weak and she knelt on the ground and cried, "Who is slandering me and my cousin? My cousin and I are innocent, and I have never thought of becoming his concubine."

"Oh?" Lin Luoling sighed, "I originally thought that you were in love with your husband, but you are a girl, so it's not easy for you to express your feelings to your husband.

But... seeing that you are so sure, you really don't have a husband in your heart. Yes, if a woman has a lover in her heart, others will not tolerate it at all. Even if she has a child, she will always think of her lover in her heart."

"Forget it, forget it..." Lin Luoling pretended to believe Rong Shuhua and smiled.

Rong Shuhua was secretly delighted that she had dispelled Lin Luoling's suspicion. When she slowly raised her head, she saw Zhu Xianzhi's slender phoenix eyes, which were shining coldly, like the cold eyes of a poisonous snake, staring at her without blinking.

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