My husband is pure and has few desires, but I gave birth to three children in a row

Ningping Marquis Mansion.

That day, Lu Zhenzhen completely severed ties with the Lu family and returned to the Marquis' Mansion. No matter what everyone thought in their hearts, they all said a few words of comfort.

Zhao, in particular, looked at Lu Zhenzhen with eyes full of sympathy. When no one else was around, she even muttered to Lu Zhenzhen, "You're really confused. Even though you acknowledged Lord Lan as your adoptive father, you can't really sever ties with your mother's family, can you?"

"Let's take a step back. Even if you really want to break up, you don't have to advertise it widely, like you want everyone in the world to know, right? You can just break up quietly and stop having any contact between the two families, right?"

"You may feel good now if you break up your relationship, but it will ruin your reputation and make things difficult in the future—"

Zhao's words were barely well-intentioned. If she hadn't looked so obviously amused, Lu Zhenzhen would probably have thanked her a few more times.

But Lu Zhenzhen saw it clearly, so there was no need for such hypocritical kindness.

But he was too lazy to argue with Zhao, and just smiled: "It's too late to talk about this now."

Zhao snorted coldly, "You didn't tell me about such a big thing in advance. If you had, I would have warned you long ago! Who told you to only hang out with your eldest and second sisters-in-law and leave me, your third sister-in-law, aside? You seem so sincere, but who among them warned you? Who cared about you?"

"People are so selfish. The eldest sister-in-law is obsessed with her pregnancy, and the second sister-in-law is in charge of most of the household affairs. How can they look down on us? And you were so foolish that you invited the second wife and her husband to spend a day at Wangyue Tower! And now, you got into such a big trouble. Do you think they even said a word for you?"

It seems like he is standing up for justice, but in fact he is trying to sow discord.

Lu Zhenzhen simply refused to accept such obvious provocation.

He just found an excuse and escaped.

She fled to Lan's yard. Lan smiled when she saw her: "What's wrong? Why did you come back so angry after talking to the third son's wife?"

Lu Zhenzhen pursed her lips and told Lan about Zhao's provocation. Then she couldn't help but complain, "Third sister-in-law really underestimates me. Am I that stupid in her eyes?"

Lan couldn't help laughing and patted Lu Zhenzhen's hand: "Alright, let's just stay out of their business. You came at the perfect time. Word just came in that someone from the Prince of Shu's Mansion is here. I guess they're here to thank you for sending them two massage girls. Please accompany me to meet them."

Lu Zhenzhen just sat down and waited.

Not long after, someone from the Prince of Shu's Mansion arrived. She was a somewhat unfamiliar nanny, and was dressed very decently, not much worse than the mistress of an ordinary official's family.

Lan smiled as soon as she saw him. "Sister Yaxin? Why did I bother you today?"

At the same time, he introduced her to Lu Zhenzhen: "This is Aunt Wu who works for your aunt, the Princess of Shu. You can just call her Aunt Wu."

Lu Zhenzhen stood up and called out "Mom Wu".

Nanny Wu was all smiles as she greeted Lan and Lu Zhenzhen. Lu Zhenzhen didn't dare to accept the full greeting, so she leaned sideways and gave a half-bow.

Then ask Madam Wu to sit down.

Nanny Wu sat down sideways and said with a smile, "Last time, on the Crown Prince's wife's birthday, I happened to be recuperating at the farm, so I didn't get to see Third Uncle's wife. Today, I had an errand to go to the Marquis' Mansion, so I rushed over to pay my respects to the old lady and Third Uncle's wife."

Lan asked, "Have you seen the old lady?"

Nanny Wu smiled and said, "Of course I went to see the old lady first, and then came here."

Chunhua and Qiuyue brought in tea. Nanny Wu half stood up to take the tea and then sat down again.

After a few small talk, we got to the point.

After clapping their hands, five or six maids came in from behind, holding boxes and trays in their hands and standing in two rows.

Nanny Wu then turned to Lu Zhenzhen and said, "Yesterday, our princess received two massage girls sent by Fourth Madam. She was so happy! She praised Fourth Madam's filial piety to everyone she met. It was just a mention, but Fourth Madam took it to heart."

"When the prince came back in the evening, he asked the two maids to serve him. The prince also praised them and said that he had been feeling unwell for the past few days, but after being massaged by the two maids, he felt much better."

"I heard that it was presented by the Fourth Mistress and the Fourth Master, and I was very happy. Look, this morning, they asked me to bring a thank-you gift."

Lan's face was full of smiles, but she still modestly declined, "Your Highness and Princess, you're being too formal, aren't you? We're family, and it's the younger generation's duty to honor their elders when they see something nice! It's good enough that Your Highness and Princess don't find our Zhenzhen offensive! Why should we give them a thank-you gift?"

Naturally, Nanny Wu was full of praise.

The two of them flattered each other for a long time before Lan half-heartedly jokingly said, "Never mind, never mind. These are just the Prince of Shu and your aunt's loving care for the younger generation. Just keep your love! Even if it's just for the sake of these thank-you gifts, if you get anything good in the future, don't forget to honor the prince and your aunt!"

Lu Zhenzhen then signaled Haitang and Dingxiang to go get the things, not forgetting to smile and say, "I'll listen to my wife. If I have any good things in the future, I'll first present them to my elders. Before anything else, let's set a small goal: empty my aunt's private room, then my wife's, the old lady's, and my adoptive father and mother's -"

This one sentence amused Mrs. Lan and Aunt Wu.

Nanny Wu looked at Lu Zhenzhen for a long time before she smiled and said, "No wonder our princess and the crown prince's wife are full of praise for Fourth Madam. I think Fourth Madam's appearance and demeanor are somewhat similar to that of Third Uncle's wife when she was young."

This conversation brought back memories for Lan. "Come to think of it, when I was their age, I was also like this—"

After some banter, Nanny Wu finally explained her true purpose: "This time, besides thanking Fourth Madam, I also want to apologize to Third Uncle's wife and Fourth Madam on behalf of our princess!"

Speaking of this, Lan's smile faded and she said sternly, "Logically, I shouldn't be saying this, but because of my relationship with your princess, I have to say something! The princess and the fourth princess are both from wealthy families, so they couldn't be more noble! Fortunately, nothing happened the day before yesterday, and everything is fine."

"If something goes wrong, all three families will be implicated. That's a small matter, but the princess and the fourth princess will be wronged. That's a big deal."

Nanny Wu nodded repeatedly, "That's not the case! That's why when we returned the day before yesterday, our princess immediately sent the Fourth Princess back to the palace and took the initiative to apologize to the Imperial Concubine. Fortunately, the Imperial Concubine was very sensible and comforted our princess with a few words."

"In the end, she even apologized to our princess, saying that it was all her fault for spoiling the princess and the fourth princess too much, which made them so bold."

"Our princess took the opportunity to propose that the princess be locked up at home to teach her the rules, and the imperial concubine relented."

"Now the princess has been put in solitary confinement. She has to copy books every day and accompany the princess to pick up Buddha beans to temper her temper!"

This is the explanation given to Lan and Lu Zhenzhen.

I'm afraid that part of the so-called thank-you gift was also an apology.