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

Chapter 86 Giving Birth to Zhang'er's Sister
After the fan-removal ceremony, the matchmaker took a gourd, cut it in half, and poured the wedding wine into it, saying, "The newlyweds drink the nuptial wine."

Lu Jinshi took the gourd, took a sip of wine, and then saw Rong Yi hand over the gourd he had drunk from, and even take the gourd from her hand.

Lu Jinshi asked, puzzled, "Why do you want to trade gourds with me?"

The matchmaker smiled and said, "Seventh Prince's Consort, this is also a custom of the nuptial wine ceremony. The two exchange gourds to drink the wine, which represents a long and lasting relationship."

Lu Jinshi took the gourd from Rong Yi and sipped it lightly. Rong Yi chuckled and drank the wine from the gourd as well.

Rong Yi said to the matchmaker, "If there is nothing else, you may all leave."

"Yes."

The matchmaker and the palace maids and servants in the bedroom all came out of the palace gate.

As the palace doors closed, Rong Yi took a sip of wine, then pulled Lu Jinshi into his arms, kissed her red lips, and fed her the wine.

Lu Jinshi was caught off guard and was fed a mouthful of wine. She frowned slightly and slowly pushed Rong Yi away, saying, "Don't make me drink too much wine, or Zhang'er won't want me to hold him when he smells the wine."

Rong Yi held Lu Jinshi in his arms and said, "I don't want to go toast anymore, how about we..."

Lu Jinshi said, "No way! Today is your wedding day, a perfect time to toast and win people's hearts. You must go and toast properly."

Rong Yi held Lu Jinshi for a while before whispering intimately in Lu Jinshi's ear, "Wait for my return."

After Rong Yi left, Lu Jinshi immediately ordered the palace maids to bring her little Zhang'er.

Little Zhang'er, whom we haven't seen for three days, is wearing a red robe today, which is quite interesting and cute.

Lu Jinshi kissed Xiao Zhang'er on the cheek and said, "My Zhang'er, Mother misses you so much."

Xiao Zhang'er rubbed his head against Lu Jinshi's neck. Lu Jinshi smiled faintly, "Zhang'er, you seem to be having a good time in the palace these past few days."

Zhang'er's wet nurse said from the side, "Miss... Seventh Prince's Consort, the Imperial Noble Consort has been very kind to Zhang'er these past few days, and Zhang'er has not cried or made a fuss at all."

Lu Jinshi felt relieved after hearing what the wet nurse said. She had entered the palace and married Rong Yi all for Zhang'er. She looked at Zhang'er's interesting and cute little face, but her eyes were full of ambition.

Now that she had given birth to Zhang'er in the royal family, she was determined to give her child the best of everything.

After a while, Lu Jinshi heard the commotion outside. She handed Zhang'er to the wet nurse and asked her to take Zhang'er away.

But Zhang'er cried loudly as soon as the wet nurse held him, so Lu Jinshi took Zhang'er back with some heartache and told the wet nurse to leave.

When Rong Yi entered, he saw Zhang'er in Lu Jinshi's arms and said, "Your Highness, we should rest now. Have the wet nurse take Zhang'er away."

Lu Jinshi said, "Didn't you see that Zhang'er still has tears in his eyes? He hasn't seen me for three days, and he can't bear to be apart from me for even a moment now."

Rong Yi sat down next to Lu Jinshi and looked at Zhang'er in her arms, saying, "Zhang'er, but today is the day your father and mother get married. You can no longer stay by your mother's side. If you stay, your father and mother will not be able to give you a younger sister."

Lu Jinshi glared at Rong Yi playfully, "You're not allowed to talk nonsense in front of Zhang'er."

Rong Yi stared intently at Lu Jinshi with his deep eyes. "You promised me that you would give Zhang'er a little sister today. As a teacher, Mr. Lu cannot break his promise."

Lu Jinshi got up and coaxed Zhang'er, saying, "I'll put Zhang'er to sleep." Lu Jinshi held Zhang'er and gently coaxed him. Perhaps it was because he hadn't put Zhang'er to sleep in a long time, but Zhang'er's eyes were wide open and round, showing no signs of sleepiness.

Rong Yi took Zhang'er from Lu Jinshi's arms and tried to coax Zhang'er to sleep, but Zhang'er didn't want to sleep at all.

Rong Yi carried Zhang'er to the door and handed Zhang'er to the wet nurse. Zhang'er cried her heart out when she couldn't see Lu Jin. Rong Yi had no choice but to take Zhang'er back and close the palace door.

Seeing Rong Yi's helpless expression, Lu Jinshi chuckled and said, "No wonder people always get married before having children..."

Rong Yi looked at Lu Jinshi's smile and said, "Actually, Zhang'er doesn't understand anything either!"

"Don't even think about it!" Lu Jinshi said, blushing. "You'd better think of a way to lull Zhang'er to sleep."
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Inside the prison cell of Dali Temple.

Hearing Madam He cursing Lu Jinshi, Liu Xiuxiu sighed and said, "Mother, save your breath. No matter how viciously you curse her, she is already the Seventh Prince's Consort."

He Jinlan clenched her hands and said, "Lu Jinshi is two years older than His Highness. How could the Seventh Prince be interested in her? And her child, it must not be the Seventh Prince's, it must not be."

Liu Xiuxiu stared directly at He Tan, who was smiling in the opposite cell. "Did you know this would happen? He Tan, you let us scheme to marry Lu Jinshi to Huang Teng. You watched Lu Jinshi being pushed into the fire without any regard for her safety, and even fueled the flames. Was it all for the He family to be imprisoned today?"

"He Tan, what benefit do you get from the imprisonment of the Yongxing Marquis's family for defying the imperial decree?"

He Tan glared viciously at Liu Xiuxiu and said, "This is all your own doing. I'm going to watch as the wealth and power of the Yongxing Marquis's mansion that you schemed for turns into nothing, and the riches you were about to gain vanish into thin air..."

“You are the heir of the Yongxing Marquis’s mansion,” Liu Xiuxiu said. “The Yongxing Marquis’s mansion has committed the crime of disobeying the imperial edict. You can no longer be the heir, and you will lose your life.”

He Tan said, "My life? My life was lost eighteen years ago when my father and mother forced me to take you as a concubine by threatening to kill me out of filial piety. All these years, I've been waiting to see your retribution and your end!"

Liu Xiuxiu couldn't help but close her eyes and smile bitterly, "We've been husband and wife for so many years, and I've given you a son and a daughter..."

"Do you know how disgusted I was when they called me 'father'?" He Tan said coldly. "I hate He Tan and He Jinlan more than anyone else. I've even wanted to kill them countless times... But that's not enough to vent my anger. Now that He Jinlan's reputation is ruined and she's in jail, all the wealth and fortune you've schemed for eighteen years and the beautiful dreams you've had for eighteen years have vanished like a bubble, that's what I'm truly happy about!"

Liu Xiuxiu angrily cursed, "He Tan, you heartless bastard! You beast who doesn't recognize his own family!"

When He Tan saw Liu Xiuxiu tear off her usual pretense, he just chuckled coldly.

He Jinlan said to Liu Xiuxiu, "Mother, Mother, is Father possessed by something? Father... how could you do this to me?"

He Tan said, "Don't call me father, it disgusts me!"

He Jinlan looked helplessly at Liu Xiuxiu, "Mother, how could this happen? How could this happen? Will we die? I'm only seventeen years old, I don't want to die, Mother, I don't want to die."

Liu Xiuxiu hugged He Jinlan and said, "It's alright. The He family are meritorious officials. His Majesty will not sentence us to death for such a mistake. You will not die."

He Jinlan hugged Liu Xiuxiu tightly and said, "Mother."

"Oh no, there's a mouse!"

He Jinlan was so frightened that she burst into tears, crying, "Waaah, Mother!"

Liu Xiuxiu stroked He Jinlan's head and smiled bitterly. She held He Jinlan tightly in her arms and said, "Don't be afraid, your mother is here."