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

Chapter 73 Lethargy
Lu Jinshi raised an eyebrow at Rong Yi: "You came for Lu Xiao and the others? What do you mean by that?"

Rong Yi smiled and said, "Xu's cousin, Anjing, would never have been able to marry Jiang Yin, the heir of the Marquis of Wu'an, if she hadn't come to your academy to study. With her family background, how could she have become the future Marquis's wife?"

Lu Jinshi suddenly realized and said, "You mean these girls come to the academy not to study, but to find husbands?"

Rong Yi nodded and said, "That's right. Lu Xiao, Han Dong, Xu Yang and others can be considered outstanding young men in Chang'an City."

Lu Jinshi chuckled and shook his head, saying, "I didn't expect that this would lead to the recruitment of female students, but it can still be considered as recruiting female students."

Lu Jinshi didn't care what these female students were here for; at least the academy had finally recruited some female students, and that was enough.

The two returned to East Street, where the palace maids from the Shanggong Bureau were already waiting for them.

Liu Shanggong bowed to Lu Jinshi and said, "Miss Lu, these are several wedding dresses prepared for you by the Shanggong Bureau. Please try them on and see if they fit."

Lu Jinshi nodded slightly to Liu Shanggong, went inside to change his clothes, and tried them on to see if they fit.

After putting on her bright red wedding dress, Lu Jinshi looked at herself in the mirror. It wasn't the first time she had worn a wedding dress; in fact, her first fiancé had died before their wedding was not far off.

At that time, her mother had embroidered a brocade wedding dress for her, but unfortunately, her first fiancé was unlucky.

After Lu Jinshi tried on the wedding dress and jewelry, she pointed out some minor flaws and asked the palace maid to go back and make some corrections.

Liu Shanggong hurriedly agreed, took a few steps back, and left the room.

After Liu Shanggong left, Rong Yi entered the room and pulled Lu Jinshi into his arms, saying, "I really wish time would pass faster. There are still more than half a month until our wedding."

Lu Jinshi chuckled and said, "My parents haven't come from Jiangnan yet, so it's better if time passes slowly."

Rong Yi looked down at Lu Jinshi and said, "But I want to get married as soon as possible, so that we can have a daughter sooner."

Lu Jinshi looked up at Rong Yi and said, "Although we got married during the mourning period, it is still my grandfather's mourning period, and we should observe mourning after the marriage."

"Why should a married granddaughter be required to observe mourning? Besides, the royal bloodline is of utmost importance."

Rong Yi said, "When you were pregnant with Zhang'er, I ate vegetarian food for so many days. After coming to Chang'an, I endured it for the past two months. You should understand that I am at the prime of my life..."

Lu Jinshi said, "You deserved it after coming to Chang'an. Who told you to want to be my concubine?"

“We agreed not to talk about this anymore,” Rong Yi said. “If you bring it up again, I’ll have to punish you.”

Before Lu Jinshi could react, Rong Yi pulled her into his arms and kissed her red lips.

As dusk approached outside, the room grew increasingly dark, while a warm spring breeze blew in through the slightly open window.

After a while, Lu Jinshi was slightly panting in Rong Yi's arms.

Rong Yi whispered in Lu Jinshi's ear, "Let's not wait until the wedding day..."

Rong Yi did miss two years ago, but then he thought about it, and realized that Lu Jinshi's deliberate initiative back then was all for the purpose of having a child through artificial insemination...

Fortunately, at the time he thought that Lu Jinshi was deeply in love with him and didn't want to let Lu Jinshi down.

Lu Jinshi said, "No! This is what you deserve."

Rong Yi held Lu Jinshi for a while before gradually calming down. "Just wait, on our wedding day, I will definitely not let you go."

Lu Jinshi was not afraid of Rong Yi's threats. She looked at Rong Yi's profile and vaguely remembered what happened two years ago. At that time, she was focused on having a child through artificial insemination and never thought that one day she would be able to marry Rong Yi.

As the wedding date drew closer, Lu Jinshi found herself increasingly preoccupied with her thoughts. However, she also knew very well that with Zhang'er by her side, she couldn't back out. She could only accept her fate and take the gamble of marrying Rong Yi.

In the past two days, fifteen female students have been recruited at Lingxiao Academy. Lu Jinshi was very happy because she also needed to teach Yuan Fei and the others how to write clever essays to pass the autumn and spring imperial examinations. Therefore, she specially invited Princess Yongjia to teach these female students etiquette and tea tasting and incense making.

Gradually, Lu Jinshi noticed that these female students seemed to prefer having Princess Yongjia teach them etiquette, tea tasting, and incense making.

On the contrary, the female students seemed rather uninterested when she taught.

Lu Jinshi knew that their original intention was to find a husband, so he did not ask them to write any articles at first, but instead taught them the Book of Songs.

Regardless of their original intentions, they can learn something if they come.

As we approach late spring and early summer in April, the weather is starting to get hot.

Lingxiao Academy is located in the suburbs, so it is relatively cool, but the warm spring sun still makes people feel a bit lazy.

When Princess Yongjia finished teaching etiquette to the female students, she was yawning and feeling drowsy as soon as she stepped out of the classroom.

Before she even got into the carriage, she had already yawned twice.

Princess Yongjia wondered if it was because she had been getting up early these past two days to teach the female students etiquette and manners at the academy, but she thought it best to go to bed early tonight.

Princess Yongjia had just boarded the carriage when a voice came from outside, "Young Master Lu, you can't go up... my princess is inside."

Ignoring the objections, Lu Xiao boarded the carriage. He looked at Princess Yongjia and said, "Your Highness, my carriage has broken down. Could I borrow your carriage to return to the city together?"

Princess Yongjia frowned and said, "You can ask someone else to borrow a carriage."

Lu Xiao said, "Everyone else is still studying, but Your Highness is going back at this time. I beg Your Highness to help this humble subject this time."

Princess Yongjia looked at Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao said, "This humble subject has urgent business to attend to and must return. Thank you, Princess, for giving me a ride."

Princess Yongjia said, "This will only happen once."

"Thank you, Your Highness Princess."

The carriage started moving slowly, and even though Princess Yongjia's carriage was pulled by two horses, it still swayed a bit.

As the carriage swayed back and forth, Princess Yongjia grew increasingly drowsy. However, with Lu Xiao still inside, she dared not fall asleep. She tried her best to stay awake, but she could not resist the overwhelming drowsiness.

Princess Yongjia closed her eyes and paused for a moment, only to find herself in someone's arms.

Princess Yongjia hurriedly opened her eyes and said, "Lu Xiao! You..."

Lu Xiao said in a low voice, "If Your Highness wants to sleep, please lean on my shoulder for a while."

Princess Yongjia dared not lean on her, and she sat up straight in a hurry.

But Lu Xiao placed his hand on Princess Yongjia, gently resting her head on his shoulder, and coaxed her, "Sleep."

When Princess Yongjia rested her head on Lu Xiao's shoulder, she was blushing with embarrassment on one hand, and unable to resist her sleepiness on the other...

In the end, sleepiness prevailed, and Princess Yongjia fell asleep leaning on Lu Xiao's shoulder.

(End of this chapter)