Forcing me to raise a concubine? The mistress of the Marquisate has gone mad

With Qin Shaobei taking the lead, Lu Jing made friends with literati in Beijing, which brought him a lot of benefits.

Not only did the emperor look at him differently, but even those military officers who had dared to scold him in front of him before now kept their mouths shut.

It's just that the circle that I couldn't fit into before, I have to fit in now. It's okay to have real talent and knowledge, but Lu Jing looks gentle but lacks knowledge inside. If you ask him to be picky about words, I'm afraid he will chew the words to pieces and won't be able to say a single word.

He only went to those parties with Qin Shaobei a few times, and later he made excuses not to go.

After hearing this, Shen Ruoyan did not force him.

Only when Qin Shaobei came to ask, he replied: "A hopeless person."

"Those scholars always talk nonsense and compose impromptu poems after just a few drinks! I have never read any books and I don't even know what words to use to praise them. I can only applaud every time. What else can I do?"

When people are depressed, they just want to find a warm harbor to confide their grievances.

Fang Rou is exactly like this to Lu Jing.

No matter how many turns he took, in the end, at this moment, he still chose to come here.

"They thought I didn't understand, and used those flowery words to laugh at me for being uneducated. Although I didn't read, I had heard of it before, so how could I not understand? I just didn't argue with them for my cousin's sake!"

In fact, it was not because of Qin Shaobei's face, but because those people, according to Qin Shaobei, had extraordinary identities.

Although he was just a candidate, his family was well-off and his brother was in the Hanlin Academy, so he just didn't want to make things awkward.

Fang Rou felt that Lu Jing was a typical example of someone who wanted to curry favor with others but couldn't let go of his face.

He boasted of his noble birth and the status of a marquis, and looked down on others. Although he wanted to make friends with scholars, he looked down on them from the bottom of his heart.

Qin Shaobei comes from a merchant family. He moves among those people, speaking differently to different people and feeling very comfortable.

And what about Lu Jing?

He doesn't speak to people, and he can't say a word to ghosts. He's almost suffocating to death!

"My Lord, you will always be the best in my heart. Those people are blind, so there is no need to bother with them." Fang Rou has learned to be smart now and will no longer say things that Lu Jing doesn't like to hear.

In the past, she regarded Lu Jing as her beloved and wanted to be with him for the rest of her life.

But now, whether Lu Jing is right or wrong has nothing to do with her.

All she had to do was to make Lu Jing happy, that's all.

"Rou'er, I knew that you understand me the best." Lu Jing didn't dare to say these words in front of Shen Ruoyan, otherwise, he would know how Shen Ruoyan would react without even thinking about it.

It's just that as a marquis, he has to bear the responsibilities of a marquis.

This is a good opportunity to make friends with literati. It doesn't matter if you suffer a little grievance, as it is all for the future development of the Marquis' Mansion.

I don’t know when it started, but Shen Ruoyan is increasingly looking like her grandmother.

Every time he saw her, no matter how beautiful Shen Ruoyan was, Lu Jing could hardly think of anything else. He always felt that it was an offense...

Even, I feel a little scared.

She was still the same person, but when Lu Jing wanted to vent his anger in front of her, he always felt a lack of confidence.

"My Lord, Madam did this for the good of the Marquisate. But Madam doesn't understand you as well as I do, and I don't know why you are so unhappy." Fang Rou pinched Lu Jing's forehead and comforted him, "My Lord, don't worry about those irrelevant people. They are just jealous of you."

"Jealous of me?" Lu Jing was a little confused. It was normal for those people to look down on him, so why would they be jealous?

If you are jealous, why would you have this attitude?

But Fang Rou was very confident. She squatted beside him and lay on his knees, as if she was a soft and boneless kitten.

"The Marquis is of noble birth and a descendant of meritorious service. He even pays for accommodation for the examinees. They may not be able to earn something even after ten years of hard study, but the Marquis has it since birth. How can we not be jealous?"

Fang Rou smiled softly, her words full of innocence, "If they can't eat the grapes, they will say they are sour. They can only show off those useless poems in front of the Marquis to regain some self-esteem."

Lu Jing laughed loudly, and finally there was a hint of joy in his eyes. He pulled Fang Rou up and said, "Rou'er is indeed my confidant!"

Fang Rou regained favor.

Upon hearing this, Madam Lu's eyes were calm, as if she had expected it.

Liu Lu's reaction was quite strong, but she also knew that Lu Jing and Fang Rou were very close right now. If she rushed up at this moment, she would probably only leave a jealous image in Lu Jing's mind.

So she endured it.

No one expected that Zhu Hong would take action at this time.

Even Shen Ruoyan almost forgot that there was such a person in the mansion.

"Oh? You mean, Aunt Zhu went to see the Marquis?" Shen Ruoyan had just come back from outside and was unable to react when he heard about this.

She took off her outer garment and dressed up as a woman in the inner house again, and was served by the maid next to her. "What did she do?"

During the time Chunxi stayed in the yard, she asked for a lot of information.

Although she had to pretend to be Shen Ruoyan and could not go out, the spies they had placed in various places did not neglect for a moment.

"Aunt Zhu just gave the Marquis a lucky charm, wishing him all the best."

She only did this one thing, but Shen Ruoyan smelled something different.

Sure enough, Chun Xi said the next second: "This amulet is from the Baifu Temple outside the city. You need to kowtow three times and kneel nine times, and worship devoutly on a thousand steps to get one."

As soon as Zhu Hong got the amulet, she hurried back to give it to Lu Jing. She was weak to begin with, and climbing these thousand steps with kowtow and kneeling was almost exhausting!

After giving it to the Marquis, she fainted as soon as she turned around!

"She is really cruel." Shen Ruoyan sighed.

Everyone said the amulet from Baifu Temple was the most effective, but because it was so difficult to obtain, few people could get it.

The last time she saw this amulet was next to the late emperor’s jade pendant. Zhuang Mi had heard that the late emperor had been restless at night, so she went to Baifu Temple to ask for it.

Her knees were sore from kneeling and her forehead was covered in blood, but the amulet was as clean as new.

The late emperor was deeply moved and immediately promoted her position. Even her inconspicuous son finally came before the late emperor.

This trick was taught to me by her!

"People who are cruel to others may not necessarily succeed. But people who are cruel to themselves will definitely achieve great things!"

Shen Ruoyan's words came true. No matter whether it was Zhuang Mi back then or Zhu Hong now, since they dared to be so cruel to themselves, how could they just pray for men?