If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

Lu Yuan did not notice that his maid looked tearful and pitiful.

He looked at Ban Jian taking out a few dishes that were not fresh from the lunch box, and his face suddenly darkened.

"Where did you get this from?" Lu Yuan asked coldly.

Ban Jian was frightened by his cold tone and turned pale. "Master, this... this is what I got from the kitchen. Madam Li said that this is how Madam prepares her meals every day."

Although Lu Yuan and Shen Sui'an had only been married for a few days, he knew that she was very particular about her meals. Vegetables like this that weren't even oily would definitely not appeal to her.

"They bully you like this when I'm not at home?" Lu Yuan's face looked extremely ugly.

Shen Sui'an looked at the five dishes on the table.

A dish of pickles, a dish of duck breast, a dish of almond tofu, a dish of green vegetables, and a bowl of some unknown soup.

The duck breast looked old and had no luster at all. The tofu had fallen apart, and there was a layer of white oil floating on the soup. It was obvious that the soup had also gotten cold.

"This is not considered bullying." Shen Sui'an said in a low voice. She thought that today's difficulties were a test from someone.

Test the attitude of the Lu family towards her, the eldest lady.

After all, she has a special status. If she didn't want to cancel the engagement, the person she would marry would be Lu Heng.

Most servants act according to the situation, and some of them may gain the appreciation of their masters by making things difficult for them.

Ban Jian couldn't help but say, "Madam, it was because the young master was dining with you yesterday that those servants didn't dare to fool you."

She looked at Lu Yuan again, "Master, the Madam wanted to order a few dishes for dinner today, but Madam Li in the kitchen refused to make them. I didn't expect that when I went to pick up the food just now, I was given such dishes. It's all my fault for not checking carefully."

Hongxiu had been pitying herself for a long time but hadn't gotten any idea from Lu Yuan. Instead, she heard Banjian mention her mother, which made her even more upset.

"Nonsense, don't blame my mother. She is the most loyal to the eldest young master. How could she send such a meal?" Hongxiu shouted.

Ban Jian sneered, "Yes, you mother and daughter are loyal to the eldest young master, and you only bully the eldest young mistress."

"It turns out that the eldest young lady came to the study today to frame us mother and daughter." Hongxiu looked at Shen Sui'an with red eyes.

"If you can't tolerate me, just chase me away. Why resort to such means?"

Shen Sui'an never thought that Lu Yuan would bring him to the study today.

I never expected that Mrs. Li could bully her master to this extent.

"You mean, I asked Mother Li to deliberately send me such food to frame you and your daughter?" Shen Suian looked at Hongxiu indifferently.

"Shi Qing!" Lu Yuan shouted angrily.

Shi Qing, who was outside the study, came in immediately and asked, "Master?"

Lu Yuan glanced at Shen Sui'an, "What do you want to eat?"

Shen Sui'an repeated the dishes that he had asked Ban Jian to order in the kitchen today.

Shi Qing immediately said, "I will go and arrange it right away."

"Call Madam Li to kneel outside." Lu Yuan had a blank expression on his face. He looked at Hong Xiu again, "You also go out. Wait until the eldest young lady has finished her meal before dealing with this matter."

Two lines of tears flowed down Hongxiu's beautiful cheeks, "Young Master..."

Lu Yuan had a cold expression and heavy eyes. Hong Xiu had served him for many years and knew that he was angry.

She felt extremely aggrieved. The love they had for many years was not as good as that of Shen Sui'an, who had just been married to him for a few days.

"I wanted to complain to you later." Shen Sui'an sighed, "Now you don't have to ask me."

"You waited for me in front tonight just to complain?" Lu Yuan looked at her and asked.

Shen Sui'an couldn't tell whether he was happy or angry, so of course even if he was angry, she wouldn't take it to heart.

"That's not the case. I had lunch at Princess Guangning's today, and then I fell asleep in the afternoon, so I wanted to go out for a walk. I didn't know when you would come back, so it was just a coincidence." Shen Sui'an said.

"Did the princess make things difficult for you?" Lu Yuan asked in a deep voice.

Shen Sui'an smiled and said, "No, the princess is straightforward. I won't confront her head-on. I'll just go along with what she says."

Lu Yuan hummed, feeling a little uncomfortable in his heart. He thought that his wife was eagerly waiting for him to come home because she had feelings for him.

It's he who thinks too much.

Of course he saw that Shen Suian had some plan for the dinner, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

If you don't have any plans to survive in the Lu family, you will be easily eaten alive like a rabbit.

He hoped that Shen Sui'an was able to protect herself, at least when he was not at home, she would be able to withstand other people's schemes.

"Let's set up a small kitchen in the future, and ask the cook to cook whatever you want to eat." Lu Yuan said.

"Should I tell the old lady?" Shen Suian asked in a low voice.

The small kitchen is what she wanted. As for Hongxiu, she doesn't care about her at all.

In his previous life, Lu Yuan never promoted Hongxiu to be his concubine, not even his concubine, until his death, which proved that Lu Yuan had no such idea about her at all.

Lu Yuan glanced at her and said, "Don't I have the final say over a small kitchen?"

"Of course not, my husband is wise and brave, the most amazing." Shen Suian immediately flattered him.

Hearing her perfunctory compliment, Lu Yuan's anger dissipated.

Shen Sui'an ate his meal happily, clapped his hands and was about to go back to the main house.

"Husband, I'll go back first." Shen Suian blinked and looked at him.

Lu Yuan was so angry that he almost laughed when he saw her look full and satisfied, like a lazy cat.

After she had enough to eat and drink, she would just ignore him?

"Mother Li is still kneeling outside. You are the eldest lady. How do you want to punish her?" Lu Yuan asked.

Shen Sui'an just didn't want to care about how he dealt with Mother Li and her daughter, and he didn't want to interfere.

Lu Yuan seemed to see through her thoughts, took her hand and walked out of the study.

Mother Li and Hongxiu were kneeling on the steps. Their faces were pale. When they saw Lu Yuan appear, they both begged for mercy.

"Young Master, it's all because of me being blinded by greed. It has nothing to do with Hongxiu. If you want to punish someone, punish me. Don't blame Hongxiu." Mother Li was plump and round, but her eyes and eyebrows revealed a shrewd and mean look.

Shen Sui'an just glanced at her indifferently, vaguely remembering that there was indeed such a person in the Lu family, but because he was used to flattering the powerful and looking down on the weak, she did not value him.

Hong Xiu knelt in front of Lu Yuan and reached out to grab his clothes. "Master, please forgive my mother. She...she didn't mean it."

"A servant in charge of purchasing for the kitchen can bully his master at will. Do you think that with my status in the Lu family, I am not worthy of having a fresh dinner from you?" Lu Yuan asked calmly.

Mother Li was almost frightened when she heard her daughter crying and complaining that the eldest young master was monopolized by the eldest young mistress and even she could not see him.

She knew very well that the old lady and the first wife disliked Shen, so they dared to make things difficult for her on purpose.

Who knew that the eldest young master really valued the eldest young mistress so much.

Does the eldest young master really not mind that Shen was once the second young master's fiancée?

"Take the man to find the second wife and tell her that if she doesn't know how to deal with servants who bully their master, then she shouldn't occupy the position of being in charge of the household." Lu Yuan ordered Shi Qing coldly.