Raising a wife? The mistress of the Hou family divorced and remarried her younger uncle

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He stood up and opened the curtain, and wind and snow poured in, washing away the aroma and heat of the barbecue in the pavilion. Su Qingwan felt a little cold and couldn't help but hold her cloak tightly around her body. Lu Jing saw it out of the corner of his eye, and lowered the curtain to block the wind and snow again.

"The emperor is more afraid of the Southwest Palace than he was of the Huainan Palace back then. Princess, don't give him a chance, otherwise, the Huainan Palace will be a lesson for you."

Lu Jing's voice was particularly cold and emotionless in the wind and snow. It didn't sound like advice, but more like a warning. His tense face also revealed a bit of murderous intent.

He should have killed Master Lu tonight.

The contemporary great scholar had long ago resigned from his official position and retired. He was in frail health and was nearly seventy years old. He didn't have many years left to live. Even the emperor didn't want to let him go, let alone the Southwest Palace.

"Why?" Su Qingwan asked the consultant knowingly.

Lu Jing knew that she was pretending to be stupid, and he allowed her to do so. Su Qingwan held a different position in his mind. He was willing to be ten times more patient and to spend all his energy to protect her.

"The emperor has no adult children. Such a snowy day is not friendly to children. The eldest prince is sick again. Concubine Lu is worried and afraid that the child will die. The little prince in the cradle is not doing well either. He is sick intermittently and cries like a kitten. It is hard to say whether he can be raised. After all, the bloody case of Prince Huainan happened after the emperor ascended the throne. The people do not understand the open and secret attacks in the court, nor do they know that the emperor was coerced. They only know that the patron saint in the hearts of the people died after the emperor ascended the throne. Everything is the emperor's fault. Therefore, there are rumors that someone cursed the emperor to have no offspring. The old case of Prince Huainan and the current royal family are karma. These words are simply a death sentence for the emperor. The descendants of the royal family who have no future, the Southwest lineage, the prince is in his prime, the prince is both civil and military, and the second son is extremely talented. After the Southwest lineage became the direct royal family, the most authoritative and most likely to ascend the throne, someone bribed the Imperial Observatory and said in front of the emperor that the Southwest was the destiny, and the emperor had committed too many sins of killing, and now he had retribution, so it was difficult to have an heir. The emperor has always believed in fate. A master once predicted that the eldest princess would be the emperor's noble person in his life and would protect the emperor all his life. The emperor was very moved and has been very good to the princess over the years. "Lu Jing said lightly, "The more powerful the Southwest King is, the more afraid the emperor will be."

Su Qingwan thought to herself that only cowardly and lowly people would be afraid of the truth. What he feared was the devil in his heart, his unconcealable ambition and murderous intent. He was afraid that one day the southwest would regard them as the Huainan of the past.

He should be afraid!

"The emperor has few children. What does that have to do with us in the southwest? We are of the same clan and the emperor is my brother. How can my father and I harm him?"

She paused, "Although I have only been in Beijing for a short time and I am not very familiar with everything going on in Beijing. But the emperor's weak health and lack of offspring cannot be blamed on us, right? We are the people of the southwest who have produced talents and are envied because of our ancestors' blessing. The same ancestors only blessed the southwest and not him. He should reflect on himself. Who knows if it is because of his poor health that his children are so weak."

Lu Jing thought to himself, you really dare to say anything!

But Su Qingwan accidentally hit the mark. The princes were weak for a reason. The imperial doctors did not dare to tell the truth to the emperor, and neither did the eldest princess.

Lu Jing looked at her quietly. No wonder it was said that the Princess of Southwest had the final say in her fiefdom. She was the person in charge after the King of Southwest took his son to the battlefield. She was smart and clever. No wonder the emperor wanted to keep her in the capital.

Lu Jing said, "The capital is full of Jinyiwei spies, so the princess should be more careful with her words."

Su Qingwan tilted her head and asked, "Lord Lu is also a Jinyiwei, are you going to report me?"

Lu Jing, "..."

He rarely saw Su Qingwan smiling so lazily and comfortably, and he stared at her for a moment.

"The princess will be my wife. This is a harmless little thing. There is no need to remember it so firmly." Su Qingwan smiled. She didn't know where Lu Jing got his confidence from. "How can you be so sure that I will definitely be your wife?"

"You will definitely be my, Lu Jing's, wife." Lu Jing said firmly.

The wife he had sought with so much difficulty would definitely belong to him, and no one could stop it. He would also do his best to balance the conflict between Southwest and the Emperor.

Therefore, the moment he saw Su Qingwan at the Lu family, he knew that he could not take action, otherwise, a life would be between him and the Princess of Southwest.

Su Qingwan saw the seriousness in Lu Jing's eyes and her heart was slightly moved.

"Why did the Emperor want to marry me to you?"

Lu Jing didn't want her to have too much pressure. "I am the emperor's most skilled sword. He must treat this sword better. It can help him kill people and protect him."

This was the answer that Su Qingwan had guessed. The emperor truly trusted Lu Jing, even more than the eunuch who had served him since he was a child.

If she could win over the people whom the Emperor trusted...she could use them for her own purposes!
Su Qingwan looked at the tall and jade-like Lu Jing, and suddenly her mind became clear, as if the mountain that had been shrouded in mist had finally revealed its true face. Her hatred for the Jinyiwei had blinded her eyes and made her distance herself from and reject Lu Jing.

But think about it from another angle. The emperor trusts the Jinyiwei so much that he can entrust his life to Lu Jing. If Lu Jing loves her, trusts her, and is subservient to her, wouldn't she have an extra helper? Why should she push Lu Jing away?
Su Qingwan stared at Lu Jing, with a fanatical look in her eyes. She was complacent.

"It's getting late. I'll go back first. Lord Lu, have a good rest." Su Qingwan was afraid that her overly exposed gaze would reveal her thoughts, so she found an excuse and left in a hurry.

She walked quickly in the snow and wind and didn't notice the smile on Lu Jing's face as he looked at her back.

Su Qingwan hurried back to her boudoir. Qingyun brought her a cup of ginger tea. Su Qingwan held the ginger tea and asked excitedly, "Qingyun, what do you think of Lu Jing's attitude towards me?"

Qingyun and Qingyi looked at each other. Although they didn't know why Su Qingwan was so excited, they said truthfully, "Lord Lu takes good care of the young lady and often accompanies her to play. Although he is cold and taciturn, the way he looks at her...how can I describe it?"

Qing Yi raised her hand, "I know, I know, just like when our prince just married the prince's wife, Lu Zhu said that the newlyweds were as sweet as honey and they couldn't wait to stick together every day."

"Yes, yes, yes. The prince loved to practice martial arts and never missed a day. During that period, he either did not practice martial arts and accompanied the prince's wife, or the prince's wife accompanied him. His silver spear was no longer his favorite treasure. He was always staring at the prince's wife."

Su Qingwan raised her eyebrows. Is that so?

She didn't notice it, but she felt that Lu Jing became very gentle and considerate when he was with her. He never said a harsh word, as if he had liked her for a long, long time.