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

Aunt Guan stared out the door, expecting such a tall figure to appear.

She waited and waited, until she was tired of waiting.

Seeing the figure swaying, she stood up excitedly, only to see her maid coming back with a look of wanting to say something but stopping herself.

"Where is my husband?" Aunt Guan asked, grabbing the maid's hand.

The maid whispered, "Aunt, the eldest master said that if you are sick, go and ask for a doctor, but he is not a doctor..."

Aunt Guan's face turned pale. "Won't he come to see me?"

"Aunt, the eldest young master and the eldest young mistress have only been married for a few days. He must have not come to save face for the eldest young mistress." The maid hurriedly advised.

"Yes, before when I said I was not feeling well, my husband came to see me immediately. Today he must have been stopped by the eldest young lady." Aunt Guan's eyes were red. It was not that he didn't want to come to see her.

"Aunt, the eldest young master will definitely come tomorrow." The maid advised.

Aunt Guan was helped back to the room by her maid. She hadn't seen Lu Yuan for a long time.

Aunt Lin, who lived in the east wing, came over gracefully with a heater in her hands. Seeing the undried tears on Aunt Guan's face, she sneered.

"Sister, why are you so arrogant and even ask someone to go to the young mistress' room to snatch the man away? But you didn't snatch him away?"

When Aunt Guan saw Aunt Lin's overly seductive face, she felt annoyed, "Aunt Lin, what are you doing here?"

"Of course I'm here to visit you, sister." Aunt Lin walked into the room with a smile and looked at Aunt Guan's pale face. "What's wrong with you, sister?"

"It has nothing to do with you. Aunt Lin, please go back." Aunt Guan frowned and made an attitude to see the guest off.

Aunt Lin covered her mouth and chuckled, "Sister, you used to be jealous of me and tried every means to stop the young master from going to my room. Now if you use the same method on the young mistress, you will be in trouble sooner or later."

Aunt Guan's face flushed when she heard what was on her mind. "When have I ever done that?"

She was really feeling unwell, so she wanted to see Lu Yuan.

Aunt Lin sneered in her heart, thinking that Aunt Guan was just a smart-ass and treated everyone else as fools.

In the past, she relied on the fact that her brother had saved Lu Yuan, and always found ways to call Lu Yuan to her room. She also liked to complain about nothing and mentioned her brother from time to time.

Isn't it just that she wants Lu Yuan to pity her?

Unfortunately, Aunt Guan didn’t understand one thing: if you use the same excuse too many times, people will get tired of it.

"Sister, I am willing to let go of the past grudges with you. Only by joining forces can we win my husband's heart again. The eldest young lady is of noble birth, which is not comparable to us. If you want to gain a firm foothold, it is best to have a child by your side, don't you think?" Aunt Lin said with a smile.

Aunt Guan's expression changed slightly, but she cautiously did not answer Aunt Lin's words.

Aunt Lin smiled and said, "I just mentioned it by the way, sister, please think about it carefully."

She knew that Aunt Guan would definitely be tempted. She was given to her husband by Concubine Yao and had a backer, but Aunt Guan's only brother was already dead.

She is an orphan and has no one to rely on.

Aunt Lin left with a smile on her face, leaving Aunt Guan, who was even more sad and self-pitying, crying for another whole night.

Shen Sui'an didn't know what the two concubines were doing. She only had one thought in her mind.

Lu Yuan is crazy today!

She suspected that her waist was about to be pinched purple by him.

Damn it! He was punishing her for what happened today.

If I had known this earlier, I wouldn’t have pretended to be virtuous and magnanimous and let him go find Aunt Guan.

It's hard on her small body.

Shen Sui'an's body was wet and dry with sweat, and he was so tired that he didn't even have the strength to wash up. He was dazed and vaguely realized that he was being carried into the water.

When I woke up, the sun was already high in the sky.

Lu Yuan next to him had left long ago, and even the seat was a little cold.

"The eldest master went to attend the morning court early in the morning and told the servants not to wake you up." Mu Jin helped Shen Sui'an get up.

Seeing the red marks on Shen Suian's snow-white skin, she couldn't help but blush.

"Aunt Guan came here just now. She went back after hearing that you were not awake yet." Mu Jin said.

Shen Sui'an hummed, "Isn't she feeling unwell? Has she called a doctor?"

"His complexion looked a little worse, but I didn't hear that he had called a doctor," said Mu Jin.

"Let's invite her and Aunt Lin over later." Shen Sui'an rubbed his eyebrows.

She had already mentioned it once to Lu Yuan yesterday. He himself didn't want to go to the concubine's room, so she wouldn't mention it a second time.

After she had finished her breakfast, before the two concubines arrived, Old Madam Lu sent a maid to call her upstairs.

Shen Sui'an rubbed her sore waist, thinking that nothing good would be waiting for her in the upper room.

It’s probably related to how Mother Li was driven away yesterday.

Go up to the room.

Madam Lu had her gray hair combed meticulously. She wore a dark red satin coat with gold jacquard, a red gold ruyi necklace around her neck, and two red gold rings with three-color gemstones on her hands.

The whole body is full of style, but it is quite vulgar.

In fact, the Lu family is not a century-old family with a real heritage in Shangjing. It was only after Duke Lu assisted the previous emperor to ascend the throne and was conferred the title that the Lu family began to come to prominence.

Madam Lu was not of high birth. She was only the daughter of a seventh-rank county magistrate at the time. Only after she became the wife of a duke did she start to learn the ways of the ladies from an aristocratic family.

If Lord Lu had not been well aware of the shallowness of his family and had not invited a great scholar to educate his son, he probably would not have been able to raise Lu Heng to become the top scholar at such a young age.

Of course there are exceptions. Lu Yan, who was raised by the old lady, is almost the second old lady Lu.

If Mrs. Lu could spare a little time from her romantic pursuits and devote herself to teaching her daughter, Lu Yan probably would not have been raised in the wrong way.

Shen Suian came over slowly, with a straight and dignified posture, and she saluted Mrs. Lu calmly.

"Greetings, old lady."

Lu Yan next to her looked at her with a gloating expression and a malicious smile on her lips.

Mrs. Lu's face was gloomy.

"Ms. Shen, do you know why I asked you to come here today?" Old Madam Lu asked in a deep voice with a dark face.

Shen Sui'an looked at a loss, "My granddaughter-in-law is ignorant, please give me some advice, old lady."

"Hmph." Old Madam Lu snorted coldly.

"You've only been here for a few days, why did you drive away two servants? I know you're narrow-minded and arrogant and can't tolerate servants. It's ok to beat and scold the servants when they do something wrong, but why did you drive them out of the house? If this gets out, how will others view the Lu family?" Old Madam Lu scolded.

Shen Sui'an was surprised. "Madam, this...how did you get this from? I have never driven away any servants."

Mrs. Lu sneered, "Second Young Madam is really good at lying. She just chased Madam Li away last night. Have you forgotten?"

"Second Aunt, it was clearly you who kicked that person out, how could it be me?" Shen Sui'an said in surprise.

"Mother, look at what she said. She even dares to put the blame on our elders in front of you." Mrs. Lu said angrily.

Shen Sui'an said innocently, "But yesterday my husband had someone chase Mama Li away and look for Second Aunt. I don't know how Second Aunt dealt with Mama Li."

"I never said a word from the beginning to the end that I wanted to drive Mother Li away. Second Aunt, I swear to heaven, whoever drives Mother Li away will..."

"Shut up!" Mrs. Lu screamed, interrupting her curse.