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

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Not wanting to listen to his nonsense anymore, Lou Xiao stood up and chased him away, "If you are really capable, just erase my title of Duke of Zhenguo. I really don't care whether my daughter is illegitimate or not.

Don’t come and cause trouble for me in the future.

His Majesty was almost assassinated on his birthday. All the guards inside and outside the palace who were negligent were punished. Even King Jin was imprisoned. This shows how angry His Majesty is. "

She ignored the middle-aged man's surprise and said, "You didn't help me before I came to Beijing. Now you come to me to act like an elder. Weigh yourself first. Jiubai, show the guests away."

"You..." The man felt a little regretful. He thought he was a commoner who had never seen the world. How could someone not value his reputation?

Now that your reputation is ruined, aren’t you afraid that it will be difficult for you to live in Beijing in the future?

Jiubai extended his hand to see the guest off, "Let's go, Master Ou."

"Lou Xiao," the middle-aged man said in a low voice, "even if you are the Duke of Zhenguo now, your mother will never be included in the Lou family tree. Your name will always be a bastard, and you will never be able to hold your head up high."

It's so funny. Lou Xiao's mother, whom she has never met, has never even told her about her family background. I guess she doesn't care about these things.

She didn't care even more.

"No matter how heavy the hair crown is, I can still hold my head up." Lou Xiao said in annoyance, "Who will know me after a hundred years? You can write whatever you want. If I write that you are a deity, can you be resurrected?"

The middle-aged man who was rejected was shaking with anger. Among all the families in Beijing, who doesn't value the word "respect" the most?

For the sake of a legitimate reputation, many people fight openly and secretly within the family, and pretend to be so good that no one can find fault with them, just to have a good reputation as an official.

Just because she has won a little favor from His Majesty, doesn't she think she can ignore the rules?

If she made a mistake one day, no one in the court would speak up for her, her reputation would be so bad that she might even lose her title.

Ever since Madam Ou passed away, the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion has had no connection with the Ou family. The reason why he hid away and did not help was because there were no more Ou family descendants alive in the Duke of Zhenguo Mansion.

This illegitimate daughter Lou Xiao, and Lou Hong who was divorced and returned home, are not as good as the children born to his Ou family. It's a pity that -

Shaking his head, the middle-aged man thought, if Madam Ou were still alive and her children inherited the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, these things would not have happened.

People who grow up outside have no vision and don't know how to do things.

After Jiubai sent the people away, Lou Xiao adhered to the principle of not wasting anything and ate all the remaining snacks on the stone table in the pavilion one by one.

After Jiubai came back, she asked about her nominal father's family.

"That Madam Ou, is she the former wife of the Duke of Zhenguo?"

Jiubai learned a lot in the mansion, but Lou Xiao didn't learn about it, so he wasn't very clear.

"Yes, the former Duke of Zhenguo was a man. All the children he had after marrying Miss Ou died suddenly with him, and Madam Ou also..."

All the children in the Zhenguo Mansion, including her, were born to her father and other women.

No wonder Lou Hong was out of favor and was directly married off for an alliance.

"Lou Hong didn't dare to refuse because his name was written under Madam Ou's. In name, he and the Ou family were also relatives."

Lou Hong was born in Beijing and also cares a lot about his reputation.

It was not a pleasant thing to go home after divorce, and because Lou Xiao suddenly snatched away his title, Lou Hong was the one who was ridiculed the most compared to Lou Xiao's identity as an illegitimate daughter.

As a result, he seldom left his house and was extremely low-key.

Lou Xiao sighed, "Is reputation really that important?"

Jiubai couldn't answer.

Perhaps paying attention to reputation is the same as what Lu Huan said, and it is the survival rule in the capital environment.

Will Lou Xiao get into trouble for not following their rules?

She couldn't know, but her senior sister was her confidence, and Lou Xiao was not afraid of what others said.

In the final analysis, whoever has the highest position and the strongest fist has the truth. As it happens, she has both.

"Miss Lou! Where are you?" A voice called her from far away.

Lou Xiao recognized that it was Yu Jing and called out in his direction, "I'm here!"

Yu Jing, who had finally escaped, found her and ran over with a smile on his face. "Miss Lou, it was so hard for me to find you. The Rose Pavilion is hidden among the rockery. If you hadn't said anything, you would have thought there was no one here!"

"Doesn't Mr. Yu often come to the Rose Pavilion?" This is the garden of the Yu Mansion. Yu Jing should be very familiar with it.

"When I was young, I hid here after making mistakes. Every time, I was caught and punished by my sister. The past is too painful to recall." Yu Jing frowned and said shyly.

"I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Miss Lou."

Lou Xiao shook her head. "Everyone made mistakes when they were young. As for me—"

She paused, "When I was young, I didn't like to study and write. I was stared at with a bamboo board and forced to write before I could sleep. Even so, I couldn't learn well."

Of course, the one holding the bamboo board is her senior sister, the current queen.

"But I heard that you presented a calligraphy piece to His Majesty for his birthday, and everyone said it was very well written." Yu Jing couldn't help but praise, "Even His Majesty praised it, and you still say that I didn't learn it well, then what are we!"

He didn't know that every word written by Lou Xiao had the flavor of Li Huaiqing, otherwise he would definitely not have praised it.

"My sister said that my handwriting is good, but it lacks character. But what is character? I don't understand.

She gave me a Juzhou inkstone, which is said to be the best inkstone. I suspect she was just trying to trick me. Do you know Miss Lou? Can you help me take a look at it?"

If Yu Qianhua heard this, he would definitely suspect that this was his own brother. He would come up with an excuse to be alone and look at Lou Xiao, fearing that she would not agree.

Lou Xiao didn't know anything about inkstones. She wrote in Li Huaiqing's Fengbo Pavilion and never cared about what expensive tools she used.

Anyway, Li Huaiqing's things must be good, so if he doesn't mention it, she will just pretend she doesn't know.

Lou Xiao wanted to refuse, but Yu Jing said as if he had expected it, "I'm afraid Miss Lou won't like what I wrote. I know I'm not talented enough, so I'm really embarrassing myself."

Anyway, just give some praise when the time comes, Lou Xiao will prepare herself mentally.

But before she could say "OK", she saw Yu Qianhua walking towards her with a palace servant. Lou Xiao recognized him as soon as he saw him. He was the servant of Xiao Zhengze.

What's up with him?

She let go of Yu Jing and walked out of the Rose Pavilion. She looked at Yu Qianhua and nodded. She asked bluntly, "What happened to King Hanhai?!"

The palace servant was a little flattered, but quickly calmed down and said, "His Highness said that he was feeling a little uncomfortable, but the imperial physician couldn't tell what was wrong, so..." He wanted her to go to the palace.

Lou Xiao thought of the possible danger of Qiansi Haoyu, and decisively said goodbye to Yu Qianhua and left.

Only Jing was left with a sad face, complaining to his sister, "It's all your fault... Why did you bring him here..."

"How dare I ignore someone from the palace?" Yu Qianyu glanced at his brother's expression and asked him again, "Ajing, can't you really give up on her? That person from the palace..."

Yu Jing immediately interrupted her sister and said, "I know."

He was a little more mature than usual at this moment, "Sister, just let me try - otherwise I won't be willing. If it doesn't work, I will choose to let go."

In life, you should always do things that you will not regret.