My husband, who abandoned his father and kept his son, actually wants me to be his concubine.

Chapter 34 Suspecting that Rong Yi is the Seventh Prince
Lu Jinshi, filled with doubt, accepted the articles about filial piety that they had been asked to write the day before.

Lu Jinshi read through them one by one, and was most satisfied with the article written by Huang Dong, the son of the Duke of Rongguo. He started with the dilemma of loyalty and filial piety, and wrote that when his father went to war, his grandfather passed away and he was unable to return to attend the funeral. He later made up for it by observing three years of mourning to fulfill his filial duty, but he was still regretful.

Lu Jinshi said with great satisfaction: "Among today's articles, the best one is written by Huang Dong. Policy essays should not just flatter His Majesty or praise him. Huang Dong's personal experience of the dilemma of loyalty and filial piety is very appropriate in his writing. It is very good."

After speaking for about half an hour, Lu Jinshi dismissed all the students, leaving Rong Yi behind.

Lu Jinshi pulled out Rong Yi's article, walked up to Rong Yi, and frowned, saying, "I asked you to write an article on the topic of filial piety, but what kind of nonsense have you written? What do you mean by wives and concubines being for the sake of filial piety?"

Rong Yi looked up at Lu Jinshi and said, "What I wrote was about filial piety. It was not my intention to make you a concubine before, but because my father had found me a wife. I had no choice but to make you a concubine for the sake of filial piety. You said that Huang Dong wrote about the difficulty of being loyal to the country and filial to the people, but mine is about the difficulty of being a wife and filial to the people. It's the same principle."

After tearing Rong Yi's article to shreds, Lu Jinshi slowly said, "Rewrite it properly."

"besides……"

Lu Jinshi moved closer to Rong Yi and slapped him on the other side of his face.

Rong Yi was completely unprepared for Lu Jinshi to hit him again. "Why did you hit me again?"

Lu Jinshi said, "The slap you gave me just now was because you insulted me, and this slap is because you made inappropriate advances towards me in the carriage yesterday... You owe me this!"

Rong Yi reached out and grabbed Lu Jinshi's hand, pulling her into his arms and restraining her hands and feet: "This is not fair. You were the one who cursed me first, and I didn't even say anything back. You slapped me twice, so you still owe me a chance to take liberties with you."

Rong Yi lowered his head and kissed Lu Jinshi's red lips. Before Lu Jinshi could bite him, he released her lips and chuckled softly, "I've finally tasted the flavor of lotus flower pastry."

Lu Jinshi was held captive in Rong Yi's arms. Smelling the incense on his body, she didn't feel annoyed at first, but rather felt that the scent was very familiar.

Lu Jinshi recalled the wisps of smoke rising from the gauze curtains in the Jade Palace...

Xu Yang stared wide-eyed at the scene unfolding inside the school through the side window.

Jiang Yin rubbed her eyes, thinking she had misread it.

Seeing the two peeking, Yuan Fei also witnessed the scene inside. He sighed inwardly at how His Highness could do such a thing in the school. Seeing Jiang Yin's great interest, he stretched out his hands and covered Xu Yang and Jiang Yin's eyes respectively.

"See no evil."

Yuan Fei thought he was speaking softly.

Lu Jinshi, who was inside the room, heard this and her thoughts were interrupted. She struggled to say, "Rong Yi, there are people outside."

Rong Yi turned around and saw the people in the side window, saying, "It's alright, they won't go around spreading rumors."

Lu Jinshi struggled and said, "Is this something that will be talked about outside? Let me go!"

Rong Yi slowly released Lu Jinshi.

After getting up, Lu Jinshi kicked Rong Yi hard, then left angrily to find Mu Yan.

When Lu Jinshi found Mu Yan, Mu Yan was brewing medicine.

Seeing Mu Yan brewing the medicine, Lu Jinshi said, "Senior brother, why are you brewing the medicine yourself? Don't you have any maids or servants?"

Mu Yan said, "The maids and servants also cost money. Lingxiao Academy only has a few students now, and the tuition and silver collected are not much. The huge Lingxiao Academy needs to be repaired from time to time. Master's medicine is also not cheap. To be honest, after this batch of students leaves, I'm afraid Lingxiao Academy will have to be sold. Master's health is also getting worse."

Lu Jinshi said, "If you want to sell, sell it to me. I will use it to set up a girls' school."

Mu Yan looked up at Lu Jinshi and said, "If Lingxiao Academy can be given to Junior Sister, Master will surely be at ease."

Lu Jinshi smelled the fragrance of medicine and asked, "Senior Brother Mu, is Rong Yi really the young master of the Marquis of Changping's mansion?"

Mu Yan said, "Yes, Junior Sister, did you have a grudge against Junior Brother Rong before? Actually, Junior Brother Rong is a very good person. Perhaps there was a misunderstanding between you." Lu Jinshi thought that Mu Yan would not lie to her. She thought that she was indeed overthinking things. Rong Yi was just Rong Yi. The fragrance on his body must have come from when he went to Yu Liu Palace.

She must have been so angry that she became confused to suspect that Rong Yi was the Seventh Prince.

How could Rong Yi possibly be worthy of being a prince?

Emperor Huiyuan was wise and powerful, and the Imperial Noble Consort was dignified and kind. How could they have given birth to Rong Yi?
After all, Rong Yi... he can't even be called a human being!
In late February, the weather was getting warmer and warmer, spring was in full bloom, and the grass was lush and green.

On the day of the polo match, Lu Jinshi took Xiao Zhang'er to Lingxiao Academy, thinking that after the class ended at 9:00 AM, she could take Xiao Zhang'er directly to the polo field.

Today, however, Xiao Zhang'er clung to Lu Jinshi very much. When they arrived at the academy, he refused to go to his uncle's room with his wet nurse and cried a lot.

Lu Jinshi doted on the baby and carried Xiao Zhang'er to the school.

A group of students, dressed in riding gear and waiting to go to the polo match as soon as they finished school, were all surprised to see Lu Jinshi carrying a baby inside.

Rong Yi looked up at Xiao Zhang'er, who had come in with Lu Jinshi. He had missed her terribly after not seeing her for several days.

Lu Jinshi placed Zhang'er next to Qin Ke, patted Zhang'er's head and said, "Lie in your uncle's arms, don't make a fuss, and listen carefully to your mother's lesson."

Upon hearing the word "mother," Xu Yang and Jiang Yin asked in confusion, "How come you have a child?"

Lu Jinshi laughed and said, "I'm a few years older than you. I'm already twenty-one. How could I not have children yet?"

Xu Yang looked at Rong Yi in surprise. Lu Jinshi already had a child, so why did the Seventh Prince still want to be a father to him?
While Qin Ke was writing on the paper, Xiao Zhang'er, who was in Qin Ke's arms, broke free from his embrace and crawled toward Rong Yi.

When Rong Yi saw the baby crawling over, he picked Zhang'er up and kissed Zhang'er's little face.

Lu Jinshi frowned slightly upon seeing this scene. Little Zhang'er hadn't seen Rong Yi for so many days, yet she still ran into his arms…

For a moment, Lu Jinshi felt a pang of guilt towards Zhang'er, knowing that Zhang'er was destined to have no biological father in the future.

But soon this guilt turned into hatred for Rong Yi, not because she didn't want to give Zhang'er a biological father.

If Rong Yi hadn't wanted her to be his concubine, she could have ensured that Zhang'er had both parents.

The students in the academy were all young men under the age of twenty. Nowadays, young men and women in Chang'an get married late, and none of these students, except for Rong Yi, had ever been fathers.

These young men teased the soft and cuddly little Zhang'er, each using their own skills to coax him to crawl toward them.

But little Zhang'er ignored them completely while nestled in Rong Yi's arms.

Jiang Yin was somewhat disappointed that the baby only clung to his stepfather, Rong Yi.

Lu Jinshi said, "That's all for today. I'm going to the polo match later. I see you're all wearing riding gear today, so I guess you're going to the polo match too. Well then, I wish you a great victory."

Lu Jinshi stepped forward and took Xiao Zhang'er from Rong Yi's arms. She looked down at Rong Yi and asked, "Are you going to the polo match?"

Rong Yi raised an eyebrow and looked at Lu Jinshi, saying, "Do you want me to go?"

Lu Jinshi nodded, her doubts still lingering. Although she also felt that the idea of ​​suspecting Rong Yi as the Seventh Prince was too absurd and far-fetched.

The fact that the Seventh Prince didn't care that she had given birth to Rong Yi's child was already very strange. In addition, he hid behind the gauze curtain on both occasions when she saw the Seventh Prince, and Jiang Yin said that she didn't want her head...

Lu Jinshi couldn't help but speculate, and even if the speculation was ridiculous, she still had to verify it.

Once Rong Yi goes to the polo field, her guess will be proven correct...

(End of this chapter)