and leave

Lu Yiqing and Shen Wangshu still did not leave.Since the person has already arrived, it is better not to come if the gift is delivered before the banquet starts, as it is not so dishonoring to the host just to give the gift.

Shen Wangshu squeezed Lu Yiqing's hand, and persuaded her: "Just find a secluded place and wait, we'll leave earlier in a while."

Lu Yiqing was helpless, he had endured being poached face to face before, so naturally there was no reason why he couldn't bear it now.So holding her breath back, she still nodded in response, but she couldn't help but feel uneasy: "We came to Prince Xiang's mansion for a banquet, and we were giving gifts and congratulating, but we were treated like this...Madam, let's talk about it next time." How about not coming again?"

Shen Wangshu is actually not afraid of King Xiang coveting, after all she has already married, as long as King Xiang still cares about the reputation of his virtuous management, he will not dare to take the act of seizing a wife.Even today, it is beyond Shen Wangshu's expectation that King Xiang would suddenly show his thoughts so bare|naked|nakedly.

But thinking about it, worrying about it, Shen Wangshu obviously couldn't bear to be wronged by her little husband.He just thought about it for a while, then nodded and said: "In that case, then next time we will add three points to the gift, so we won't come."

Of course Lu Yiqing knew the weight of a palace, and also understood what her words of anger meant, so she never thought that Shen Wangshu would agree.In the end, Shen Wangshu agreed without hesitation, which made Lu Yiqing overjoyed. As for the three-point gift that will be added to the palace in the future, although she doesn't want to take advantage of the person who covets her daughter-in-law, but the reality is like this, she should take it as protection fee.

What's more, since the Lu family is so rich, she doesn't really need to worry about the "protection fee".

Thinking about it this way, Lu Yiqing felt a sigh of relief in his heart, and his whole body became lighter.In the end, she reluctantly hooked her daughter-in-law's little finger and said, "Okay then, remember to come and look for me later, so we can go back earlier."

Shen Wangshu nodded, and parted ways before Lu Yiqing said again: "Don't stay with that King Xiang, if you see him, run away from him." After speaking, he thought of the concubine Xiang who loves to vent his anger, so he added: "Still Your sister Wangfei doesn't seem to be a good person, so you'd better ignore it, so as not to listen to a few sour words, which will ruin your reputation and even worsen your mood."

Lu Yiqing said this too bluntly, and Princess Xiang is Shen Wangshu's sister after all, normally any wife would be annoyed after hearing such an exhortation.But Shen Wangshu didn't, she even responded with a slight smile: "Okay, I will listen to Ah Qing."

So Lu Yiqing was satisfied, and watched Shen Wangshu go to the side where the female relatives gathered.

For Princess Xiang's birthday banquet, most of the people who came to congratulate her were wives from various families leading their nephews, so although the male and female guests were not in the same place, they were not far apart.Lu Yiqing saw that someone from the female family had already greeted Shen Wangshu, so she turned and went to the male guest.

Not long after, King Xiang and Princess Xiang made an official appearance. Amidst the congratulations of everyone, the atmosphere in the palace gradually improved.

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To be honest, it's a bit boring to come to the banquet without acquaintance.

Lu Yiqing huddled in a corner by herself, eating snacks and drinking tea, watching everyone chatting and socializing boredly—it wasn't that she had a withdrawn personality that didn't like to make friends, but the people here were obviously not good friends .It's not that the other party is not good enough, but that the other party feels that she is too good, so she looks down on her, a business queen covered in money.

Feeling the condescending gazes of the people around him, Lu Yiqing naturally wouldn't move closer.Occasionally, two people who didn't know her wanted to make friends with her, but Lu Yiqing didn't want to embarrass herself, so she took the initiative to avoid her.

Of course, Lu Yiqing didn't want to make fun of herself, and some people didn't want to let her go, so she heard a lot of gossip.

Occasionally, someone sighed: "Second Lady Shen was also a prestigious lady in Chang'an City back then. It can be said that there are hundreds of women in her family. I really don't know what Patriarch Shen thought at the beginning, that she married her to the Lu family. Mrs. Shen is actually willing, the eldest daughter in front married into the palace to be the main concubine, but her own daughter only married a merchant. Now that the two of them are walking together again, it looks really..."

Lu Yiqing knew that these people were speaking for herself, but she didn't want to cause trouble when the situation was unclear, so she only slandered in her heart after hearing it: How do you look now?Her wife is still young and beautiful, but Princess Xiang guards a philandering prince, so is life easier?

Thinking of King Xiang's covetousness towards Shen Wangshu, Lu Yiqing felt disgusted in his heart, and his face was not very good-looking.

However, those who spoke obviously misunderstood it, and when Lu Yiqing felt ashamed after hearing this, she couldn't help but feel two points of pride——Shen Wangshu was still in her boudoir, and it is not an exaggeration to say that there are hundreds of women in a family.Men of the right age often came to ask for marriage, but unfortunately Shen Wangshu married a lowly merchant's son in the end, these days' proud sons were naturally dissatisfied.

But if you don't accept it, you can't accept it, it would be too embarrassing to make trouble in front of Shen Wangshu.These gentlemen are shameless, so they never say much in front of Shen Wangshu. If they have a chance to meet Lu Yiqing in private, they will taunt as much as they can, and rely on her to find superiority.

Lu Yiqing had a panoramic view of everyone's expressions. She didn't know what the original owner was thinking when she went through this, but she only found it ridiculous when she saw these people's behavior.Even because Shen Wangshu gave up these people and chose "myself", she was inexplicably a little proud.

Then when you are proud and proud, you will be seen by others.

The man was not angry in his heart, and when he opened his mouth, he was also a little yin and yang: "It's really strange to say, as the daughter of the first wife, since Patriarch Shen can marry the eldest daughter into the palace, no matter how you think about it, the second daughter should not be married to a merchant. Second Shen The lady is of noble character and flawless, so I don't know what kind of tricks someone used to cheat this marriage, and it has tired the second lady Shen for half her life."

As soon as this remark came out, there were quite a few people who agreed, and they all looked at Lu Yiqing as if they had witnessed her shameless behavior.

Lu Yiqing was not very annoyed when she heard this, because although she had no memory of the original owner, she could tell from Shen Wangshu's attitude towards her that the relationship between the two must be harmonious.In this way, the beginning of the marriage between the two is not to mention any low-level tricks and cheating.

Lu Yiqing didn't care about the gossip of others, but she felt that these people in front of her were also idle.In addition, she didn't hear any useful information after listening for a long time, so she lost her patience immediately, patted her clothes and stood up, and when she turned to leave, she finally dropped a sentence: "It turns out that people with dirty minds think that others are also dirty." What a waste, today is considered an experience.”

After finishing speaking, he left, running quite fast, and it was too late to chase after the mocking people came back to their senses.

Lu Yiqing received a lot of anger when he came to Prince Xiang's mansion today, and he was quite happy when he said something at the end.Look at the sky again—although she has not been able to tell the exact time, although she has just passed it on, it is still possible to simply estimate the time—thinking that the banquet is half over now, it would not be impolite to leave a little earlier , so he planned to go to the female relatives to find Shen Wangshu and go home together.

The distance between the two sides is not far, there is only a small garden in the middle, if you want to, you can have a panoramic view of the opposite side.

Lu Yiqing didn't understand the rules here, and was afraid of offending other wives or noble daughters, so he didn't go around the garden and went directly to the opposite side.She just stood in the garden and looked around, but it turned out that she didn't see anyone!

Thinking that this is Prince Xiang's Mansion, and thinking of King Xiang's undisguised covetousness before, Lu Yiqing suddenly became anxious.

At the moment, she didn't care about collisions or not, and she was about to go across the small garden to find someone on the opposite side, but she was stopped by two maids from the palace: "My lord, the opposite side is where the female relatives of each family live, you can't go there. Collided." After finishing speaking, he continued: "If you want to find your family members, just tell this servant, and this servant will find them for you."

Lu Yiqing calmed down quite a bit when he was caught by this column, and said: "My surname is Lu, and my wife is just across the street. Please trouble me to invite my wife here." After speaking, afraid that the two maids might not know each other, he added: "My wife is the younger sister of your princess."

The two servant girls understood immediately, and after saluting Lu Yiqing, one left to look for her, while the other stayed where she was and guarded her.

Seeing this, Lu Yiqing naturally didn't trespass, and just waited patiently—how can there be so many ladies and noble daughters on the opposite side, even if King Xiang wanted to do something, he would not be unscrupulous.She was also in a hurry before, but now she wants to let the servant girl find someone for her, it is much better than rushing there without thinking.

However, after waiting for a while, the servant girl who was looking for someone came back, but Shen Wangshu was nowhere to be seen behind her.She bowed apologetically at Lu Yiqing, and said, "Mr. Lu, I have already gone to the other side to look for the maidservant, but Mrs. Zun is not there. She may have returned home, you can ask someone to ask the coachman first. Or go back home and take a look."

How can Lu Yiqing believe what he heard?She and Shen Wangshu made an appointment to leave early together, and no one went looking for her before, how could the other party leave first?Unless someone is obstructing it!

She was about to question her, but she saw another servant girl coming in a hurry.

The later servant girl seemed to glance at her, but whispered a few words in the ear of the missing servant girl, and surprise flashed across the latter's face.When the other party left in a hurry like when she came, she just apologized to Lu Yiqing: "Mr. Lu, the servants were negligent before, and Mrs. Zun has already found it. It's just that Mrs. Lu is not in the garden opposite, but in the water pavilion to the east. .”

She said, pointing to a road, and then asked Lu Yiqing: "Go straight along this road and you will find the waterside pavilion. Do you want your servants to lead the way?"

The servant girl obviously has a duty to stay here, and it is easy to go straight. Lu Yiqing didn't think much about finding someone, so he waved his hand and said, "Thank you, girl, no need. You still have a duty." , I’ll go find someone myself.”

After finishing speaking, she hurriedly walked out a few steps, then turned her head: "I don't know if there are female relatives in that waterside pavilion, so I won't bump into it if I go directly?"

The servant girl shook her head and said affirmatively: "No more, madam and noble daughter are in the opposite garden."

Lu Yiqing was full of worries, he just wanted to find Shen Wangshu quickly, so he left without thinking about what the maid said.

The waterside pavilion is actually not far from the garden, Lu Yiqing hurried along the road for two or three hundred steps, and saw the waterside pavilion from a distance.Then she took a closer look, and found that the familiar figure leaning on the railing in the water pavilion was Shen Wangshu.

Seeing the person, Lu Yiqing let go of his heart a lot, and walked towards the water pavilion briskly.

But after walking a few steps, the pillars of the waterside pavilion that blocked the view moved away, revealing another tall and straight figure in the waterside pavilion—a black-clothed golden crown, full of arrogance, who is not King Xiang who covets her daughter-in-law?

Lu Yiqing's heart that had just been let go suddenly lifted again, only to feel that his previous worries had become true.She hurried towards the waterside pavilion, and even started to trot regardless of her manners, fearing that the two of them would get along in private, and that her daughter-in-law would be taken advantage of by that lustful brother-in-law!

However, when he ran to the front, Lu Yiqing's footsteps slowed down again, and in the end he simply stopped.

As they get closer, the behavior of the two people in the water pavilion can be clearly seen.There was no teasing and coercion that Lu Yiqing thought, the two just stood facing each other, seeming to be talking about something, and they were quite involved, no one even noticed her running all the way.

This atmosphere is... a bit strange, isn't it?

Lu Yiqing didn't know what he was thinking at the moment, so his pace of progress slowed down.Then it became slower and slower, and finally stopped directly behind a rockery, looking at the opposite side from a distance, as if peeping.

Bah, she wasn't peeping, she just wanted to see what the two of them were doing hiding in the waterside pavilion.And she had clearly told Shen Wangshu not to be with King Xiang before, and she promised well.How long has it been since then?Not only did the two get together, but they were still alone in the water pavilion. Shen Wangshu obviously broke her promise!

At this time, Lu Yiqing didn't suspect Shen Wangshu anything, she just subconsciously made a choice that was beneficial to herself - peeping at the other party and discovering the truth, she was obviously more willing to believe what she saw with her own eyes than someone's one-sided words .

Fortunately, the two of them in Shuixie didn't do anything out of the ordinary, most of the time it seemed that King Xiang was talking, and Shen Wangshu just listened.Occasionally giving a response seems to be mostly perfunctory, as if helplessly being blocked in this water pavilion.

Lu Yiqing observed for a while and heaved a sigh of relief, annoyed that he had thought too much about conspiracy theories, and as a result, he saw that the opposite King Xiang moved in a daze.He took two steps forward abruptly, and when Shen Wangshu subconsciously retreated, he put one hand on the pillar of the water pavilion behind her.The distance between the two was drawn very close in an instant, King Xiang even leaned into Shen Wangshu's ear and said, "Be good, be obedient, help me do this, and I will welcome you into the mansion."

Naturally, Lu Yiqing in the distance couldn't hear King Xiang's words, she only saw her daughter-in-law being slapped by the wall, and King Xiang leaned on her daughter-in-law's neck in a very ambiguous way!In an instant, her blood surged, and before she could run out, Shen Wangshu had already pushed the person away.

King Xiang was not annoyed, he looked at Shen Wangshu with a look of certainty, but also with a bit of fun.

Shen Wangshu finally couldn't bear it anymore, she took a few steps away from King Dexiang, her face was full of frost: "Your Highness, please respect yourself, if you act like this, my sister will be sad when she finds out."

King Xiang raised his eyebrows when he heard this, thinking of his princess being jealous and crazy, and looking at his wife and sister who pretended to be indifferent, he was even a little complacent in his heart—why the princess is jealous is naturally because she loves him, but he is so jealous. How could an outstanding person belong to her alone?There are many women who admire him in this world, this one is not bad, and it can also contribute to his great cause by the way.

Full of confidence, King Xiang was like a peacock spreading its tail, not thinking that the little girl in front of him could escape his charm.He raised the corners of his lips and smiled, his good-looking appearance is indeed full of charm: "What do you think of her, isn't E Huang Nv Ying a good story?"

Shen Wangshu was disgusted by these words, took a deep breath and turned to leave.

It's not that she didn't see how King Xiang hinted at her earlier, but that was just a hint.The two had no contact in private, and King Xiang knew how to restrain himself in front of others, so it was fine for her to whitewash the peace.But today I really don't know what's going on, he didn't mention it when he acted ambiguously in front of Lu Yiqing before, and now he has someone trick her into this waterside pavilion and say some inexplicable things, is it really out of his mind? !

But regardless of whether King Xiang's mind is broken or not, Shen Wangshu has no patience to deal with it anymore.She turned around and was about to leave, but as soon as she took a step, King Xiang grabbed her hand, and at the same time, a small medicine bottle was stuffed in her hand.

Shen Wangshu's face turned dark immediately, just as he was about to throw the medicine bottle back, he saw Yiqing trotting towards Shuixiewailu.

Surprised and flustered for a moment, Shen Wangshu missed the chance to return the medicine bottle.

Lu Yiqing quickly ran to the water pavilion, and the first move was to protect Shen Wangshu behind him.Then she looked up at King Xiang on the steps of the waterside pavilion, the vigilance and unkindness in her eyes could no longer be concealed.

King Xiang also looked at her, condescending, with contempt in his eyes.

The atmosphere was almost on the verge of breaking out, but Shen Wangshu tugged at Lu Yiqing's sleeve at this moment: "Ah Qing, let's go home."

After the words fell, the puffed up breath seemed to be pierced by a needle, and it blew out thousands of miles in an instant.

Lu Yiqing looked at King Xiang, then looked back at Shen Wangshu, hesitant to speak.But in the end, under Shen Wangshu's gaze, she swallowed all the words back, only took Shen Wangshu's hand and said: "Well, let's go home."

After the two finished talking, they ignored King Xiang, turned around and left, but they didn't see King Xiang's gloomy face behind him for a moment.