After rebirth, the Prime Minister's wife always wanted to leave her father behind and keep her

Cheng Songan asked again: "Lu Qingshan, don't you care?"

Lu Qingshan was puzzled and frowned and asked, "Why should I care?"

Cheng Songan was speechless. She didn't know how to explain. In her previous life, she never left the house and had heard that he came to ask for Cheng Wanxin's hand in marriage. Why was there no sign of this happening now?

She had no choice but to say, "I thought you would like a woman like my second sister."

Lu Qingshan crossed his arms over his chest, as if he was amused: "Why do you keep trying to match me up with your second sister? And why do you think I like her like that?"

Cheng Songan asked: "My second sister is beautiful, smart and cute..."

Lu Qingshan interrupted her: "There are so many beautiful and smart women in the world, do I have to like them all?"

Cheng Songan shut up and said unconvincedly: "If you don't like it, then don't like it. Anyway, she is going to be engaged. I'm just telling you. It's up to you whether you want to fight for it or not."

Lu Qingshan waited for her to finish speaking, then looked at her intently, without saying anything for a long time.

Cheng Songan had known him since childhood, and now that he was older, he felt a little embarrassed. He glared at him and asked, "What are you looking at?"

Lu Qingshan turned his eyes away and said nonchalantly: "Nothing, I just felt like you seemed to have forgotten a lot of things."

Cheng Songan: "What did you forget?"

Lu Qingshan said: "I forgot what I like."

Cheng Songan suddenly realized and smiled: "Ah, I understand, so that's how it is, I haven't forgotten it."

A gleam of light flashed in Lu Qingshan's eyes: "You haven't forgotten?"

Cheng Songan raised his eyebrows and said, "Of course, you like the fifth young lady of the Xue family, but later I heard that her family was raided, and no one knows where the fifth young lady went in the end."

The light in Lu Qingshan's eyes gradually dimmed, and he said calmly: "Xue Chengdong committed a serious crime and was beheaded. All male members of the Xue family who were over 15 years old were exiled, and all female members were sold into slavery."

Cheng Songan looked at him sympathetically. It turned out that he had always been thinking about the Fifth Miss Xue. Maybe in his previous life he felt that Cheng Wanxin was similar to the Fifth Miss Xue, so he was willing to offend Cui Yuanqing and snatch her away.

Perhaps it was because we had spent too little time together in this life that I didn't realize the similarities between them, and that's why I didn't take it that seriously.

Cheng Songan didn't know how to comfort him, so he just said, "If you have any news about her, you must save her from danger and settle her down secretly. If you need my help, please send a message to me. I wish you all the best."

Lu Qingshan looked at her thoughtfully, then avoided her gaze and finally chuckled.

He jumped on his horse and made way for her. When she was about to leave, he suddenly said to her, "Even if you are married, don't be so pretentious. Just stay like this. You and Cui Yuanqing are a perfect match, and I wish you success."

Cheng Songan couldn't help but whispered twice, "What did she want? Divorce Cui Yuanqing?" But after the divorce, would she feel that she had gotten what she wanted?

Probably not. If it was really for the purpose of divorce, then why did she try every means to marry Cheng Wanxin off? Was it really just for her mother? To put it bluntly, it was to stop Cui Yuanqing from thinking about her.

The fact that she followed him to Cheng's house showed that she still cared about Cui Yuanqing.

Cheng Songan hated her own weakness. She lifted the curtain of the sedan chair and suddenly found courage. She asked, "Lu Qingshan, is he good? Has he married someone he likes?"

Lu Qingshan paused, tightened the reins in his hand, and the horse turned twice on the spot before he replied, "He is very good, and married a lady from a famous family."

Cheng Songan suddenly felt that the secret that had been kept for so many years was not so shameful. Cui Yuanqing could be so blatantly worried about her half-sister, so why couldn't she silently care about another person in her heart?

She smiled and said to Lu Qingshan: "Lu Xiaojiu, thank you very much."

Lu Qingshan only felt that the smile from the bottom of her heart was particularly dazzling, so he squeezed his horse's belly and sped away.

Cheng Songan returned to the Cheng Mansion and did not eat dinner. He just took some medicine and fell asleep. Although he did not have a fever, he slept in a daze all night.

Half asleep and half awake, she felt Cui Yuanqing coming back in the middle of the night. He seemed to touch her forehead and then lay down.

Cheng Songan was very sleepy and didn't care whether it was her illusion. She actually felt like she had slept in Cui Yuanqing's arms all night.

The next morning, there was no sign that Cui Yuanqing had slept on the bed. Haitang was called over to ask about it, and only then did she learn that he had come back once before dawn, but he did not sleep for even an hour before he hurriedly got up to go to the government office again.

Cheng Songan only then realized that his leave was over and he went to the Hanlin Academy again.

Haitang asked, "Miss, are you going to pay respects to Cixian Hall and Chunhui Garden today?"

Cheng Songan leaned lazily on the bed: "If I don't want to go, I'll say I'm still coughing. I'm afraid I'll pass the disease on to my mother-in-law and grandmother. I'll go in two days."

In her previous life, as soon as she fell ill, Zhang was worried that she would pass on her illness to her son, so she forced Cui Yuanqing to move out of Yunxiang Pavilion. In this life, she followed her wishes and told her to rest well when she was sick and not pass on her illness to her son.

Haitang agreed and told Yulan to go over there and ask for leave.

After hearing this, Mrs. Yu felt very distressed and told him not to come up for a while and just focus on recuperating.

When she got to Zhang's place, she was not as good-tempered as Old Lady Yu. After hearing Yulan's request for leave, she said to her maid Xiuhe in a sarcastic tone, "Ask around the capital, which mother-in-law is as good as me? I got married less than ten days ago, and I've already asked for my greetings three times. Not to mention asking her to wait on me, she hasn't even come to eat with me once. I've always heard that the eldest daughter of the Cheng family is devoted to cultivating virtues and has noble character. She is a role model for girls in the boudoir. Humph! But I don't see that at all."

Xiuhe had no choice but to agree reluctantly.

After five days, Cheng Songan finally recovered from his illness and took advantage of a sunny day to come to Cixian Hall.

Zhang asked with a fake smile: "Is my wife okay? If you still feel uncomfortable, you can go back and rest."

Cheng Songan just smiled as if she was sincere and said, "Thank you for your concern, mother. It was not a serious illness. I am well now."

Zhang curled her lips inadvertently: "Yes, I heard that he went to Hongyanlou for tea a few days ago. I guess it's nothing serious."

Zhang's personality is such that even if she has a hundred thoughts in her mind, ninety-nine of them are written on her face. Her words at this moment are ambiguous and too obvious. She is far worse than her own concubine Shen.

Cheng Songan smiled slightly and looked back at Haitang.

Haitang understood and immediately took a jewelry box from the little maid behind her, opened it and presented it to Zhang, smiling and saying, "Madam, take a look at this kingfisher hairpin."

Envy immediately appeared in Zhang's eyes. She was not greedy for jewelry, but she loved accessories with kingfisher feather craftsmanship. The silver-plated fine jade tail on Haitang's hand was of exquisite craftsmanship, and it was obvious that it was made by a famous artist.

Cheng Songan compared the tail of the dandelion to Zhang's head and praised: "Only mother is worthy of it."

Zhang was a little surprised: "Why did you give me such a valuable thing?"

Haitang said, "A few days ago, the young lady went out despite the cold. She didn't go out for fun, but because she heard that Wanbao Pavilion had a few pieces of kingfisher jewellery. She thought the lady would like them, and was afraid that if she went too late, someone else would grab them first."

Zhang was a simple-minded person. She was really angry and moved. She said apologetically, "Child, don't joke about your body next time. If you lose a piece of jewelry this time, you can buy another one next time."

Cheng Songan smiled and said, "It's not a serious illness. The jewelry in Wanbao Pavilion has always been limited. If you miss this one, you won't be able to get another one. I think the emperor is about to let my husband serve in the six ministries, so he will have to go to the palace to express his gratitude. This piece of Dianwei is the most suitable."

Zhang Shi heard this and immediately felt that it made sense. The slight grudges in the past few days disappeared immediately. She pulled Cheng Songan aside, dismissed the people around him, and whispered, "I heard that Yuan'er has been coming back late at night these days and leaving before dawn. If he makes trouble for you, you should bear with it. You don't have to come in the morning."

Cheng Songan blushed. Zhang thought Cui Yuanqing came back late at night for that matter. In fact, she had never seen Cui Yuanqing at all. Even if he came back, they would sleep separately.

She forced a smile, feeling very embarrassed.

Seeing her expression, Zhang felt more and more that she had guessed it right. She had hope of having a grandson. She said nonchalantly, "Well, you young people are shy. You are blushing here, and Yuan'er asked me to transfer all his salary to you. Even if he didn't say anything, how could I not know?"

Cheng Songan was completely confused. Cui Yuanqing wanted to give all his salary to her?