My concubine is pregnant, I tear up the marriage certificate and marry another powerful official

Su He was slightly stunned, and felt something vague in his ears, as if he heard unrealistic words.

But there was a gentle light in the dark eyes of Lu Huaihe in front of him, and he was looking at him intently.

Su He quickly pulled her hand away, turned her body to the side and didn't look at him, and said hastily: "Sir Lu, you are of noble status, and there is a huge difference between you and me, how can you..."

She was a divorced woman, and Lu Huaihe had never had any in-laws or concubines. In comparison, Su He felt ashamed of herself.

Lu Huaihe bowed and spoke in a calm tone.

"After you marry me, you will live in a separate mansion and be free to do whatever you want. No matter what worldly rumors you hear, I will protect you. Even if the sky falls, no dust will stain your skirt. I will not touch your mistress or concubines. Stay by my side and I will always protect you."

He bowed again to gesture to heaven and earth, his eyes were pious and his voice was clear and firm.

"The gods are here to testify to my sincere words."

Su He looked at Lu Huaihe, who was tall and slender, standing with his hands behind his back, his gaze fixed on her, making her feel a little hot.

Fireworks from the moat streaked across the sky, suddenly lighting up the night sky.

Su He's fair face turned slightly red. She lowered her eyes and did not dare to look at Lu Huaihe's expression, let alone think of any words to reply him.

When she was in the Lu Mansion, she only knew that Lu Huaihe was an elder and Lu Yanxiu's uncle. Although Su He had met him only a few times, she admired him very much.

Hearing his undisguised confession of love at this moment, Su He's heart was like surging waves, unable to calm down.

The moment the fireworks went out, the surroundings became dark.

Su He raised her clear eyes slightly and saw that he was still staring at her. She felt confused and took a step back and said, "I..."

"Ah He, think about it carefully before answering me."

Lu Huaihe lowered his eyes, his long eyelashes casting a shadow.

For many years, the princess had been arranging marriages for him, and had talked to all the girls in the capital, but she still couldn't get him to agree to get married. Those young ladies were delicate and beautiful, but they were not to his liking.

Lu Huaihe even felt at one point that he was not destined to get married, so much so that he was almost thirty years old and still had no one to accompany him.

When the princess hosted a banquet, she met Su He in the cold guest room. When she was in Su's house, she heard her resolute statement about divorce. When she was in Shangqing Temple, she heard her addressing the princess...

Lu Huaihe appears to be calm and composed on the surface, but his heart is filled with excitement like the beating of drums and gongs.

Fortunately, she got divorced.

Su He was silent for a few seconds, then said in a gentle voice: "Okay."

Looking from the direction of Pei Xia and Qing Yun, the two of them looked at each other from time to time, and their cheeks turned red as their temperatures rose. Something particularly sweet must have happened.

Pei Xia crossed her arms and thought carefully for a while: "Your son admires my daughter?"

Qingyun nodded: "I didn't see it before, but I can see it now."

Pei Xia felt that it was not that simple. While he was still thinking about it, he saw Su He walking towards him.

"Pei Xia, go back to the Su residence."

"Yes."

The atmosphere in the carriage was quiet.

Su He sat in a trance, not even coming back to her senses when the carriage bumped on the road. Pei Xia carefully observed the young lady's actions, and finally couldn't help but ask, "Young lady, what did Lord Lu say to you?"

Su He's eyes moved, and she pursed her lips and said, "He wants to marry me."

Pei Xia said, "Miss, please don't blame me for being nosy. I have thought deeply about this matter and I feel it is not that simple! What a good family background does Lord Lu have? What woman can he not get? But I heard that he has not married yet and does not even have a concubine. How can a normal man have that?"

The last sentence made Su He couldn't help but think more.

She bit her lip and asked, "What do you mean..."

"Perhaps Lord Lu himself is ill!" Pei Xia lowered his voice.

Su He's pupils slightly widened, and he immediately said, "I saw that he was... in good health."

"Miss, you don't understand! He probably thinks that you and that guy Lu Yanxiu haven't gotten pregnant for three years, and he thinks that he has defects, so he wants to use this to make a couple! Healthy? Lu Yanxiu looks like he is healthy, but he still can't have children? I just feel sorry for you. Even the imperial physician has checked that there is nothing wrong with your body, but you still have to bear those insults..."

As soon as Lu Yanxiu was mentioned, Su He lost interest.

There was nothing wrong with her body, and her infertility was most likely Lu Yanxiu's fault. However, he had a pair of children with Liu Qiuqiu in the other courtyard... Su He had always suspected that those children were not Lu Yanxiu's biological children, but there was no evidence yet.

Pei Xia leaned against the inner wall with a sad expression. She looked at Su He with a distressed face and said, "I just pity you, young lady. If you can't even find a normal man for your second marriage, how can you prove your innocence?"

A normal man...

Whenever Su He heard these words, she would think of Lu Huaihe, and those words expressing love made her heart soften.

But what Pei Xia said was right. Lu Huaihe was a few years older than her. After so many years, how could he not have a wife, let alone a concubine?

Is it really...

"We can only talk about these things in private. Don't mention it again in the future." Su He instructed.

Pei Xia quickly agreed and asked her what she thought of Lu Huaihe's proposal of marriage?

Su He stared and thought for a while, then said calmly, "Let it be."

How could she remarry with a clear conscience when she had not yet brought retribution to the Lu family and Liu Qiuqiu?

After knowing Su He's thoughts, Pei Xia didn't say anything more.

Next to the moat.

Qingyun glanced at Lu Huaihe's red ears and couldn't help but laugh.

Lu Mansion.

Lu Yanxiu checked the remaining two shops in the mansion, called for housekeeper Zhu, and reluctantly asked him to find someone to sell them at a low price.

The family couldn't survive without money, and Qiqi didn't want to make a living under her grandmother's watchful eye. She was pregnant now, and Lu Yanxiu didn't dare to offend her, so he had to sell the shop and keep some spare money.

Hearing that he was going to sell the shop, Lu Zhili came to the study with a stack of banknotes.

Seeing the pile of banknotes as high as a small mountain, Lu Yanxiu's eyes lit up and he asked happily, "Where did you get so much money?"

He studied in the Imperial College all day, and even his daily life depended on Su He. Even if he did some shady business secretly, it was just to earn some pocket money. How could he come up with so much money at once?

Lu Zhili said, "When Su He was in the mansion, there was a shop that made good profits. My grandmother used some tricks to put my name on it. In name, I was the boss, and the money went into my pocket."

Is this another arrangement by my grandmother?

Lu Yanxiu didn't know whether his grandmother considered him her own grandson or not. Why didn't she put his name on such a great event?

"Su He has already noticed it. She went to the restaurant to check it out, and the fake name has been exposed."

In other words, you can no longer sit at home and collect money for nothing.

Lu Yanxiu remembered that he still owed Su He several thousand taels of silver, and he felt upset. He counted the banknotes and said, "The court is not paying us salaries, which is equivalent to cutting off our livelihood. We don't know what to do in the future."