After rebirth, my wife just wants to be a widow

Hearing that it was someone from the palace, Shen Ruoyan quickly stood up and asked Qin'er to bring her a coat.

The weather is getting hotter, and due to her pregnancy, Shen Ruoyan feels that she is particularly prone to sweating, so she usually wears a light shirt casually when she stays in the house, with no outsiders around.

Such a casual look is certainly not suitable for going out to receive guests.

Qin'er brought a formal coat for Shen Ruoyan and asked, "Miss, why did the palace suddenly send someone here?"

Shen Ruoyan lowered her eyes and smelled an unusual smell.

In order to show the emperor's favor, the emperor would reward the important officials of the imperial court with new direct heirs. However, he had never seen any family rewarded when they were pregnant, so he couldn't guess why the palace sent someone here at this time. What.

"I'm not sure, let's go out and have a look." Shen Ruoyan shook her head and added, "Find someone to invite Lu Yan back."

As the fetus in Shen Ruoyan's belly stabilized, Lu Yan was finally persuaded to go back to work and was not in the house at the moment.

Qin'er responded, helped Shen Ruoyan get dressed, and the master and servant walked towards the front hall together.

It was sunny in summer, and she was wearing decent clothes. After walking a few steps, beads of sweat started to appear. By the time Shen Ruoyan walked to the front hall, she was covered in sweat and her inner clothes were sticky. On the skin, very uncomfortable.

There was a young woman standing in the middle of the hall, with her hands behind her back and her head raised, looking at the furnishings in the hall without hesitation. When she heard the footsteps, she turned to look at Shen Ruoyan.

Seeing that it was a woman coming, Shen Ruoyan paused for a moment.

If it was the emperor's will, he should have sent his father-in-law to announce it. Now that it was a woman, he must have been sent by the harem.

Could it be that the imperial concubine is trying to be a monster again?

After adjusting her mood, Shen Ruoyan stepped forward with a smile and said, "Girl, thank you for coming all the way from the capital. The weather in Yizhou..."

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the woman waving his hand.

She looked arrogant and asked coldly: "Are you Mr. Lu's wife?"

Pretending not to notice the other party's hostility, Shen Ruoyan maintained the smile on her face and nodded with a smile.

The girl glanced at Shen Ruoyan a few times, and then she seemed to be talking to herself: "No matter how beautiful I look, I'm not as beautiful as the rumors say."

The volume was not loud, but the two of them could hear it clearly.

Shen Ruoyan's eyebrows skipped a beat.

With such a blatant provocation, it was obvious that the other party did not want to hide his hostility towards him.

Thinking that the other party was from the palace, Shen Ruoyan endured it silently and asked: "Young lady has come all the way here, what's the important matter?"

The woman cleared her throat and corrected herself: "I am a first-class female official in the harem. Mrs. Lu would be better off calling me aunt."

There are many women in the harem. In addition to the masters in each palace, there are also many maids who serve them in food, clothing, housing and transportation. The female officials are the best ones selected from these maids to assist the empress in handling various affairs in the harem.

Being able to be a first-class female official is quite capable.

Faced with her arrogant attitude, Shen Ruoyan didn't want to cause trouble, so she just shouted to this woman of similar age to her: "Hello, aunt."

Only then was the woman satisfied, and then she took out a scroll from her sleeve and said, "The Queen Mother's decree, Madam Lu, please kneel down and listen to the decree."

Shen Ruoyan was pregnant with the child, and her movements were not as neat as before, but she still knelt down with Qin'er's support.

The woman slowly unfolded the scroll and read out the contents word for word.

It turned out that the Queen Mother heard that Shen Ruoyan, the grand-niece, had a child, and was worried that she would not be properly taken care of in Yizhou, so she specially sent this female official here.

Upon hearing that this woman wanted to stay, Shen Ruoyan's heart suddenly sank.

After the brief contact just now, she knew that this woman was not on her side, and if she wanted to stay there for a long time in the future, there would definitely be a lot of conflicts.

However, no matter how much she disliked it in her heart, this was the Queen Mother's decree after all, and Shen Ruoyan did not dare to disobey it.

She kowtowed in thanks and raised her hands above her head, Shen Ruoyan said: "Thank you, Queen Mother, for your grace."

But the other party held Yizhi firmly in his hand and had no intention of giving it to him.

This caused Shen Ruoyan to continue kneeling.

The woman stood looking down at Shen Ruoyan who was kneeling on the ground and asked, "Mrs. Lu, I will live here from today on. Which courtyard do you think is more suitable for me to live in?"

"Girl...my aunt is a distinguished guest, so she will naturally give you a nice courtyard."

"Of course that's good, but I'm following the Queen Mother's orders this time. I want to supervise your food, clothing and daily life, so it's better to live closer to you."

The woman said insignificant words, but never mentioned the matter of receiving Yi's order.

Shen Ruoyan's knees hurt when she was kneeling on the ground. She quietly moved her body and shifted her weight back to make herself more comfortable. Then she continued: "Auntie, be careful and I will definitely arrange a suitable yard for you."

The woman walked left and right, looking careless, and then changed the subject and said: "I just walked in from the gate, and the servants saw me, and no one saluted. How did Mrs. Lu discipline the servants?"

The folk customs here in Yizhou are relatively open. The servants who come to work in the mansion are all ordinary people. They have never seen much of the world and naturally do not understand the strict rules of the aristocratic families in the capital. However, the advantage is that they are friendly and energetic, and they are extremely sincere towards their bosses.

Shen Ruoyan enjoyed such a free atmosphere, so she didn't impose any restrictions.

Seeing that Shen Ruoyan didn't speak, the woman didn't feel embarrassed and continued to talk to herself.

Seeing her speaking more and more energetically, with the momentum of a long speech, Qin'er who was standing by could not stand it anymore, so she came out and said: "If you have anything to say, can you speak after the decree is issued? I didn't see my wife kneeling down. Are you here?"

"Is it your turn to speak here?" The woman raised her voice, pointed at Qin'er arrogantly, then turned to accuse Shen Ruoyan, "Is the maid trained by Mrs. Lu so rude?

It seems that today I will teach her the rules for you! "

"How dare you..." Shen Ruoyan defended herself. The provocation just now made her suffocate. When she heard that she was going to teach Qin'er a lesson, she finally didn't want to endure it anymore. She just wanted to get up, but because she had knelt for too long, her knees... Numbness, I'm about to fall down.

In the flash of lightning, Shen Ruoyan instinctively protected her stomach with both hands, not caring about protecting herself at all, and fell straight to the ground.

At this time, a pair of hands reached out from behind and dragged her whole body.

"Lu... Master Lu." Aunt Sun changed her arrogant look and looked at Lu Yan with a hint of tenderness.

But Lu Yan didn't even look at her. He picked up Shen Ruoyan and said with terrifying anger, "Ayan, who made you kneel on the ground?"