After giving way to my husband's sweetheart

Sima Chao returned to the mansion and strode towards the living room.

Concubine Guo Gui and Princess Shuangchi were indeed there, and Sima Zhengde and Mrs. Tai were accompanying them.Sima Chao greeted the imperial concubine and princess, bowed his head and stood by his father's side.

Concubine Guo Guifei glanced at Sima Chao, then said to Sima Zhengde: "The general's beloved son really has the demeanor of being a father. Among these gentlemen in Beijing, I only see that the young general can catch my eye."

Anyone can hear the deep meaning of these words.

Shuang Chi sat under Concubine Guo Gui, quietly glanced at Sima Chao with a smile on his face.

When Sima Zhengde heard this, he stroked his beard, laughed dryly twice, and did not answer. The Tai Furen smiled and said respectfully to Concubine Guo: "Thank you, Concubine Gui, for being in love with her wrongly. It's just that this child has been fighting with her father since childhood, and has a very rough temper."

Concubine Guo Gui smiled, and replied: "In this world, only a man can survive if he has some wildness." As she spoke, she looked at Sima Zhengde, and said with a smile, "General, don't you think so?"

Sima Zhengde frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "What the imperial concubine said is true."

Seeing her daughter staring at Sima Chao, Concubine Guo glanced secretly at her daughter, and said to Mrs. Dowager, "I heard that the garden in your mansion is very well built. My daughter is the most restless. I will discuss some things with the general here. Please ask Madam to order someone to take Shuangchi out for a walk."

Mrs. Tai replied: "The autumn chrysanthemums in the garden are blooming just right now." Then she called the steward and ordered them to take Shuangchi out to visit the garden.

After the princess left, Mrs. Tai also found an excuse to leave, leaving space for Concubine Guo Gui to discuss business with her children and grandchildren.

Shuangchi followed the steward into the garden, she was bored, Wang Jia walked towards Shuangchi.

"My daughter has met Her Royal Highness the Princess."

Shuang Chi looked Wang Jia up and down, and asked, "Who are you?"

Wang Jia replied: "The courtier's daughter is the daughter of Wang Jue, the minister of the Ministry of War, the major general is my uncle, and the minor general Sima Chao is my cousin."

Shuang Chi was only thinking about Sima Chao. This time she followed the imperial concubine to find out about Sima Chao. After hearing Wang Jia's self-report, she replied: "I am worried that no one will accompany me to the garden, so you can go with me."

Wang Jia thanked her, and followed behind Shuangchi step by step.

Shuangchi asked her: "Have you betrothed to someone else?"

Wang Jia rolled his eyes and replied: "My daughter is already old and engaged, and she can still be free before she gets married, so she came to Sima's mansion to accompany my aunt for a few days."

Seeing that she was betrothed to someone else, Shuangchi explained that this woman had no intention of spying on Sima Chao. She put down her guard against Wang Jia, smiled at her, and asked, "Does your cousin have any hobbies?"

Wang Jia replied: "I don't know the details about the fact that courtiers should be taboo against men and women. I only heard that my cousin has a concubine, which he likes very much. Because of this concubine, my cousin once disobeyed my aunt. I also heard my aunt mention this, so I know a thing or two."

When Shuangchi heard this, his heart sank.

She asked anxiously: "What is the origin of this concubine's room?"

Wang Jia replied: "Her name is Luo Fu. She used to be the daughter of the former Grand Tutor. She was very beautiful. My cousin was so bewitched by him that he wandered around her all day long."

Shuangchi's face darkened, and he snorted coldly and said, "A daughter of a guilty minister has such abilities. This princess wants to see her."

Qiuying, the female official who followed Shuangchi, hurriedly replied: "I have seen this girl and princess before. When I went to Qinghe Spring Hunting, she even pretended to be a ghost to scare you. Do you still have any memories of the princess?"

After the female officer mentioned this, Shuangchi suddenly remembered, and she said bitterly: "It turned out to be her."

As she said that, she said to Wang Jia: "Go and call her over, just say that the princess has something to ask her, and let her come to see her."

When Wang Jia saw Shuangchi speaking, a sly smile appeared on the corner of her mouth, and she stepped forward and said: "The princess doesn't know something, but the Luo family relied on my cousin's favor to gossip again and again in this mansion, which made the two mistresses very tired of her. In order to protect her, my cousin has already moved her outside to live."

Shuangchi frowned and asked, "Where did the Major General move her?"

Wang Jia then told Shuangchi about Luo Fu's residence.

The next day, Sima Chao entered the palace as a errand. As soon as he entered the inner palace, he was gambled by Shuangchi.

Shuangchi looked at Sima Chao, with raging anger in his eyes, and asked, "I heard from my concubine mother that you don't want to marry me, do you?"

It turned out that Sima Zhengde rejected this marriage in front of Concubine Guo yesterday. After all, Sima Zhengde loved his eldest son and couldn't bear to make him unhappy. He rejected Concubine Guo's intention to marry his daughter to Sima Chao, but he did not give up the alliance with Concubine Guo with in-laws. Sima Zhengde proposed to marry his daughter Sima Chuqing to King Qi.

Sima Chao naturally knew about this matter.

He didn't even look at Shuangchi, and only replied in a cold voice: "Father has decided to marry the third sister to King Qi. From now on, the Sima Mansion will definitely serve the noble concubine and King Qi."

After finishing speaking, he was about to leave, but was stopped by Shuangchi. He stared at Sima Chao and asked, "Don't talk about such things, I just ask you, why don't you want to marry me?"

Sima Chao was grateful for his father's painstaking efforts. He didn't want to offend Shuangchi, so he just said perfunctorily: "As a general, I have been fighting everywhere all the year round, and there are risks at times. I don't want to involve the princess, and I have no plans to get married right now."

"You liar!" Shuangchi was so angry that he heaved his shoulders, pointed at Sima Chao, and said, "Don't think that I don't know what's on your mind. Since you are unkind, don't blame me for being unrighteous. I can't get it, hmph! Others can't even imagine it."

Shuangchi returned to the bedroom angrily. He summoned his confidant and healthy maidservant, and ordered: "You go and find some reliable people, and I will make that sinful woman surnamed Luo disappear forever."

The moon was dark and the wind was high, with no stars and no moon. It was already midnight when Love finished embroidering a pair of embroidery. She stood up, stretched her waist long, blew out the candles, turned and went to bed.

She was very tired, and when she closed her eyes, she fell into a deep sleep.

Love was in a deep sleep, and was suddenly awakened by the thick smoke. When she opened her eyes, she saw flames bursting into the sky from all sides, and the whole house was surrounded by raging fire at some point.

Love was shocked, she quickly pulled the towel on the pillow to cover her mouth and nose, looking for a way out in a panic.

The window was burning, it was impossible for her to escape, the door was shrouded in thick smoke, and for some reason, seeing the flames rushing to the roof, Love didn't think much of it, and ran towards the door wearing a quilt.

She pushed the door through the quilt, but the door was locked from the outside, and she couldn't open it no matter what.

She was about to turn around to find another way out when a section of the beam collapsed. Fortunately, Love dodged in time and survived.

It's just that surrounded by fire on all sides, it's hard for her to escape.