Female martial arts fanatics only love to fight, while men fight for their lives.

As soon as Lou Xiao returned home, Li Fu sent her her favorite snacks and some ancient books of poetry.

When the servant brought it to Lou Hong, he waved and let Yu Shengju deliver it. When he asked where it came from, the other party only replied, "My son gave it to Miss."

There were many people who wanted to give her things, and I stopped many of them for her, for fear that she would be careless and get into trouble.

The Li family only has one relative, Mr. Li Huaiqing, and the gifts he gave her were worthless but expressed his love. It seems that this number one young master in the capital is interested in her.

With her face and this seat, it's no wonder.

Lou Hong had a lot of thoughts in his mind and his expression was uncertain.

He thought about how she trusted him to continue to manage the household affairs. Yu Sheng didn't like to be served in her residence, and ignored the people he arranged to stay by her side when she went out.

She was too alienated from them─she had no intention of integrating into the mansion at all.

A few days ago, whenever she entered the palace to accompany the emperor, when I sent her out of the palace, I would whisper about the affairs of the palace.

Lou Xiao always waved her hands and said, "Just handle it yourself. No need to tell me. I don't care."

He was originally happy because he could still control the mansion.

However, the owner of the Duke's Mansion, who is already supporting the Duke's Mansion, is estranged from him. How should he deal with the servants in the mansion?

And I heard that she was very willful in Li’s Mansion today. Fortunately, she did not lose face for the Duke’s Mansion, but what about next time?

He felt that he had to talk to her.

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At night, Lou Hong came to Yu Sheng Ju alone and found that she had already prepared wine and snacks for him, and he smiled immediately.

"You knew I was coming."

"Of course." Although Lou Xiao poured two cups, she didn't touch her lips. She propped up her head and motioned him to sit down, "Let's talk."

Lifting his coat and sitting down, Lou Hong spoke first, "You are already the master of the mansion, but you are still very unfamiliar with everyone."

"Isn't this human nature? I've only been here a few days." She didn't feel the need to act intimate since they were all unfamiliar with each other.

"But if you do this, people will be in a panic, and Old Taishan will also be uneasy..."

Lou Xiao stared at him, "Is it Old Taishan who is worried, or are you worried?"

"You think I don't consider you as my family. Before this, who knew of my existence?"

She said in a cold tone, "We are just strangers who have only known each other for a few days. Now we are all in a comfortable mode of getting along with each other."

"That's not the case," he said anxiously, "You are now the master of the mansion, everyone relies on you, everyone respects and loves you, you can't let everyone down."

This sentence failed to stir up Lou Xiao's emotions. She looked at him with her big eyes for a long time, letting his emotions float in the air with nowhere to land.

She asked him out of the blue, "Do you think I believe it?" Without waiting for his answer, she stroked her chin and said, "As for admiration, at least you don't!"

Regardless of his sudden change of expression, Lou Xiao picked up two glasses of wine and stood up.

"I heard that your parents and siblings died, and you divorced and returned home. What a coincidence."

"My wife's family abandoned me because they were afraid of being implicated." He lowered his eyes as if he was sad. "If you don't like me..."

Walking behind him, Lou Xiao leaned against the table, placed a glass of wine in front of him, and leaned close to his face.

"After returning home, there is only an old man and a baby in the mansion. Who should the title of Duke be given to?

The position that was about to be acquired was taken by an illegitimate girl from nowhere. Do you hate it?"

After she revealed his secret thoughts, Lou Hong stared at the half-full glass of wine in front of him for a while before whispering, "I am also from the Lou family, why can't you give it to me?"

He took off the mask and revealed his ambition, "If my brothers and sisters were still here, I wouldn't have thought about it, but they are gone! Should I give it to Lou Sheng, the baby who is still drinking milk?"

He let out the suppressed heart that had been in his heart for so long. "Of course I don't like you. You have never lived in the mansion and you don't care about the family at all. But -"

But the emperor gave her the title of Duke, and she won his heart.

If it were him, could he do it? Lou Hong sighed.

He can't.

"At this point, we are all in the same boat," Lou Xiao drank the glass of wine in his hand, "It's useless for you to be unwilling."

He wanted to say that he had already accepted his fate since the moment he learned of the imperial edict.

He didn't know what his parents and siblings had done to lose their love, but the day he divorced, he was ready to never look back.

Regardless of whether she is reliable or not, he has to support this family.

"Will you go find your ex-wife?"

"No," it was a marriage of arrangement, and neither of them had any feelings for each other, so the divorce was very smooth.

"That's great. You can take charge of this mansion—since you value the Duke's Mansion so much." Lou Xiao made the decision.

Aren’t you afraid... Although he didn't say anything, she could see the meaning in his eyes.

"I might as well tell you that even without me, you wouldn't have gotten this position." She said half seriously and half jokingly, "You should be glad it's me, because I have someone above me."

"You must not be too presumptuous and ruin the Duke's Mansion's century-old reputation." He made the request, as a way of reaching a reconciliation with her.

She probably can't make the decision on this request.

The positioning given to her by her senior sister was to disrupt the capital city, and it was impossible for her to just sit quietly and be a subject.

Lou Xiao frowned: "Change your request."

"You," the man propped himself up on the table and stood up. The two men were almost the same height, but because Lou Xiao was wearing a hair crown, she looked taller than him.

He lowered his voice, "The people in the palace are afraid of angering the emperor. Even though you are favored by the emperor these days, shouldn't you keep a low profile?"

"How can I be low-key?" She held the crown with one hand and stroked the hair on her temples. "Tell me, am I low-key?"

Lou Hong really wanted to scold her for being too narcissistic, but looking at her hair like clouds, a beauty that could not be suppressed even by such formal clothes, he thought about how many messages he had sent to find out her preferences.

He had to admit that his half-sister had long attracted attention from many parties and was now the most talked-about person in the capital.

She couldn't keep a low profile.

She brought endless attention, saved the Duke's Mansion's reputation which was almost being taken advantage of, gained face in front of the Emperor, and saved the shaky reputation of "Duke's Mansion".

"Don't go too far," he said a little depressed, knowing that he had no right to control her.

Lou Hong picked up the wine glass and drank it in one gulp. She filled it up again for him, "You just take good care of the mansion, and don't worry about the rest."

"Don't worry, no matter how presumptuous I am, I will not take you with me to be buried."

She looked up at the night sky, thinking that in the small village of Luzhou, she would definitely be able to see the Milky Way and stars at this moment.

And here, the sky is nothing but darkness.

"You are the one who has to guard the reputation of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, brother." She drank the wine in the glass, her mind in a trance.

Lou Hong said dissatisfiedly, "I am only a few days younger than you."

She seemed a little drunk, her eyes were slightly red, her eyes were hazy, her lips were bright red and moist, but the words she uttered made him unable to refute.

"One moment, one second younger, you are also a younger brother."

Don't even think about turning over.