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

Chapter 196 Love Rival
Princess Xinyue remained silent for a long time, feeling depressed. Seeing Su Qingwan sitting in the main seat, calm and composed, she thought of the eldest princess, who was equally gorgeous and had the same great prestige.

They were of similar age, but the Princess of Southwest was in a realm that she could not fathom, as if they were not in the same age group. Just like the older sister she looked up to as a child, she was smart, clever, and beautiful, and was the person she longed to be.

"You..." Xinyue was a little frustrated. She was clearly here to pick a fight and make Princess Southwest retreat, so why did she become the one who felt embarrassed and at a loss?
Su Qingwan is decent and sensible. She always has her own principles in dealing with people. She is also a well-traveled businessman and is very good at understanding people's hearts. A lady from a noble family like Xinyue, who has been raised in seclusion, is as innocent as a child in front of her.

"So do you like Lu Jing?"

"Is it important?" Su Qingwan asked softly.

"Of course it's important!" Xinyue County Lady said arrogantly, "I admit that you are smarter than me and have a broader vision than me. I heard that you have traveled all over the country and are highly respected in the southwest fiefdom. But I knew Lu Jing before you did, and I like Lu Jing more than you do. If I marry him, I will definitely take care of his household affairs wholeheartedly, help him have children and support him to rise to the top. If you don't like him, but still marry him and become his enemy, he will not be happy, and I will not be willing to accept it!"

Su Qingwan was startled. She didn't expect that the spoiled Xinyue County Lady was such a genuine woman and really liked Lu Jing. She couldn't help but be curious, "Why do you like Lu Jing?"

"I..." Xinyue gritted her teeth, "He is handsome."

"That's all?"

Xinyue nodded, "I am a girl from the boudoir, and I can't meet Lu Jing often. I can only listen to other people talking about him. They always say bad things about him, saying that he is cruel, cold, and a sycophant and a running dog. If he wasn't good-looking, how could I like him?"

Su Qingwan couldn't help laughing, Xinyue was angry and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

"Nothing!" Su Qingwan said with a smile, "Lord Lu does have a face that attracts bees and butterflies."

"Is that right? I've never seen a man more handsome than him." Princess Xinyue couldn't help but approach Su Qingwan and sat on the chair closest to her. "Do you like him?"

"I..." Su Qingwan looked at Xinyue's eyes, which were full of curiosity and even a little expectant. The girl's eyes were pure and lively, and could move the hardest heart wall in the world. "Yeah, I like it."

"I knew it!" Xinyue County Lady said frankly, "You are so ordinary-looking, you must prefer beautiful people."

Qingyun muttered, my girl is the most beautiful person in the world, what do you mean she looks ordinary, you are blind!

Su Qingwan smiled and looked at her as if she were looking at Lu Yunshu.

Xinyue County Lady was puzzled, "I said you have an ordinary appearance, aren't you angry?"

"not angry!"

If it was really Xiaojiu, she would probably be angry for a very long time. Xiaojiu cared the most about others saying that she was not good-looking. In fact, Xiaojiu was not ugly, she was just pretty.

"Appearance is innate, given by your parents, and getting angry won't help."

"You are so generous. If someone says that I am born ordinary, I will tear her mouth apart." Xinyue was so cute with her fangs and claws bared, and there was a bit of innocence in her arrogance.

This is the arrogance and unruliness that can only come from a royal daughter who has been pampered since childhood.

Su Qingwan chuckled, and Xinyue County Lady was dazzled. She said awkwardly, "Actually, you are not ugly. You have beautiful eyes and a beautiful, affectionate smile."

"Thank you for the compliment, my lady. I can't compare to your beauty." Su Qingwan used a little effort to achieve a great result, and also praised Xinyue, who was in a good mood. "Does Lu Jing like you?" Xinyue asked.

"You need to ask him."

An ordinary woman would be shy to hear such words, but Xinyue nodded, "Okay, I will ask. If you two are interested, I will reluctantly... accept it."

"Are you giving up on marrying Lu Jing so soon?"

"Do you know Li Xueying?"

"I know!" Su Qingwan raised her eyebrows. Li Xueying died at her hands, so how could she not know? She was too familiar with her. Xinyue and Li Xueying were both famous spoiled ladies in Kyoto, but Xinyue was much better at distinguishing right from wrong than Li Xueying, and her emotions were more stable than Li Xueying. Although she was spoiled and willful, she was not a cruel and cold-blooded person.

Xinyue said, "Li Xueying wanted to kill his sister-in-law because she liked Brother Lu Jing. I have also met his sister-in-law. Although she was born in a bad family, she was generous and generous, much better than Li Xueying. My mother always used Li Xueying to warn me that I should be careful in what I say and do, and not learn from Li Xueying to snatch someone else's husband, and not ruin my innocence and reputation for a man, otherwise it would bring disaster to the family. Although I was impatient to hear it, I kept it in mind. I didn't want to end up like her. I think..."

She looked at Su Qingwan a little unhappy, "I may not be able to snatch it from you, and you may trick me, so forget it."

Su Qingwan felt mixed emotions and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Unexpectedly, Li Xueying became a typical example for noble ladies in Beijing to warn their children.

"That's good to know!" Su Qingwan said, "There are many good-looking men in the world. You are a daughter of the royal family, and you are very favored. You can marry anyone you want. Even if your marriage is not smooth, the county lady can still keep a concubine."

"..." Xinyue's eyes flickered, and an idea came to her mind, "I know that the eldest princess keeps a lover, so the prince consort was so angry that he lived in the Lu family instead of the princess's mansion. If your relationship with Lu Jing is not going well, will you also keep a lover?"

Su Qingwan, "Maybe... yes."

Xinyue remembered it in her heart. The maid next to her wanted to remind her, "County Princess, you are here to demonstrate. Why are you talking to the Princess about keeping a lover? You pursued Lord Lu so vigorously, and everyone in the capital knows about it. If you don't marry him, who would dare to marry you!"

When Lu Jing came out of the Yangxin Palace, it was almost dusk. Li An lowered his voice and said to him, "Xinyue County Lady went to look for the Princess."

Lu Jing's heart shuddered, and he had a bad premonition. To be honest, he and Xinyue County Lady were really strangers. They had only met a few times at banquets, and he had clearly rejected Xinyue County Lady.

When the emperor asked him if he was interested in marrying Xinyue, he refused.

He had wanted to marry the Princess of Southwest from the very beginning, and he had been cautious at every step. How could he be hindered by others? He had clearly rejected both Li Xueying and Xinyue.

The news that Xinyue liked him was a hot topic, and the emperor felt ashamed for a time, so he asked him to just marry Xinyue, and even used it as a form of coercion. But Lu Jing said that he already had someone he loved, and the emperor stopped forcing him.

He also knew how overbearing and tyrannical Xinyue was in the capital. At this time, he was a foreign man and should have left the palace. If he was any later, the palace gates would be locked. However, he was worried about Su Qingwan, so he sent someone to tell the emperor and hurried to go find her.

He was afraid that Su Qingwan would suffer in front of Xinyue, and as soon as he entered the palace gate, he heard Xinyue's shrill voice, "Watch out, I'm going to beat you so hard that you'll cry for your parents!"

Lu Jing's face darkened and he walked in quickly.

(End of this chapter)