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

Shen Sui'an's impression of the third master of the Lu family was already very vague.

At this time in the previous life, he did not come back.

Old Madam Lu hated this illegitimate son so much that the Duke asked him to stay in Subei and secretly take care of Mr. Lu San without telling anyone else in the Duke's Mansion.

Shen Sui'an had only met Mr. Lu San at the Duke's funeral.

At that time, he was already the General of Cavalry in Subei.

"Greetings, father and mother." Mr. Lu San has stepped forward to pay his respects.

"I'm glad you're back. Did you have a smooth journey?" Duke Lu said in a gentle voice, his eyes lingering on the face of Master Lu San.

It's like I'm missing someone through him.

Mr. Lu was respectful and polite, but also distant, "Father, everything went well."

"This is..." Lord Lu looked at the woman holding the child beside him.

He didn't mind his son's polite distance. It was normal for him to be distant after not seeing each other for so many years.

"This is my wife Ruan, and my daughter Lu Yaoyao." said Mr. Lu San.

Ruan knelt and saluted, "Greetings, old master, old lady."

Madam Lu frowned and glanced at her. Her surname was Ruan? There was no family with the surname Ruan in Yong Dynasty. This woman must not be of high birth.

There was a flash of surprise in Duke Lu's eyes, and he looked at Ruan inquiringly.

"Who are you?" asked Lord Lu in a deep voice.

"Father, although she is from the Southern Dynasty, she has nothing to do with the Ruan family of the Southern Dynasty." Master Lu stepped forward and protected his wife behind him.

Except for Madam Lu, everyone else present straightened their backs unconsciously and looked at Ruan.

Ruan held her daughter tightly in her arms and stood side by side with Master Lu San, her eyes open and without any fear.

"Come, bring Yaoyao here for me to see." Duke Lu did not ask about Ruan's origins, but looked at his granddaughter with joy.

When the youngest son got married, he allowed him to marry freely, and the Lu family had to accept whoever he married.

Mrs. Lu: "Old Master, this is the first time my third sister-in-law has come home. She is also a new daughter-in-law. I haven't offered you two tea yet."

Mrs. Lu smiled calmly, as if she didn't care about anything.

"Well, let's serve tea first. The ancestral hall will be opened in two days, and we need to pray to our ancestors." Duke Lu nodded.

Old Madam Lu didn't say anything the whole time. She didn't even want to drink the tea served to this bastard's wife.

She glared at the second son's wife unhappily, wondering why she was joining in the fun.

Mrs. Lu was confused and didn't know how she had made her mother-in-law unhappy.

"Anyone with an unknown origin can be married into the family. It really is a family tradition." Madam Lu took the tea from Ruan, rolled her eyes upwards, and spoke with contempt.

"Just drink tea, why are you talking so much?" Duke Lu scolded her unhappily.

Madam Lu didn't even drink the tea and put it down heavily.

"What did I say wrong? I have never heard of this door lintel, and I still despise it."

Lord Lu suppressed his anger and said, "Today is the third son's first day back, and the family is reunited. Don't make trouble for no reason."

"Sister Yan is still suffering somewhere else, how come you are reunited now? In your heart, the one born by a bitch is indeed the closest to you." Old Lady Lu spoke without restraint, and she only wanted to vent her resentment.

Although Aunt Li has died, she died at the most beautiful moment of her life, and became a cinnabar mole in Duke Lu's heart that he will never forget. Her son also became Duke Lu's favorite child.

Thinking back to when Aunt Li was in favor, Old Madam Lu lived in fear every day, fearing that she would be demoted to a concubine the moment she opened her eyes.

Later she found out that it was impossible for the Duke to demote his wife to a concubine, and it was Aunt Li who deliberately misled her, causing her to quarrel with the Duke all day long, causing the couple to lose all their love.

Compared with her madness, Aunt Li is well-educated, considerate, and easily wins the Duke's heart.

How could Mrs. Lu not hate Aunt Li and her son?

I just wanted to kill them myself.

"It's been so many years, why does mother still humiliate her own son like this? I feel sorry for your two brothers." Master Lu curled his lips into a sarcastic smile.

Madam Lu glared at him, "What did you say?"

"Don't you think that I am the most important in father's heart? That is to say, none of your children can compare to me. My aunt is the descendant of a criminal, but five years ago, the emperor cleared the name of my aunt's Li family."

"The Li family is a century-old noble family. I wonder what kind of family did your mother come from to be considered lowly?"

Uncle Lu shouted angrily: "Lu Chuyi, don't be so presumptuous!"

"Third brother, if word gets out about you talking about our stepmother like that, you'll be branded as an unfilial person." Master Lu frowned.

"Whether someone is filial or unfilial depends on the person." Mr. Lu snorted coldly.

Uncle Lu took a step forward and reached out to grab Uncle Lu San by the collar.

Mr. Lu Sanye easily grabbed her wrist and pushed her back a few steps.

"Brother, I am no longer a child you can hit or scold at will. Do you think you can beat me now?" asked Mr. Lu San.

He is ten years younger than Uncle Lu. When he was a child, he was either beaten or scolded because he was too young to win.

Now that he has been trained on the battlefield for many years, he is strong and healthy, and has great martial arts skills. Even if Mr. Lu and Mr. Lu come together, he can break their legs.

Madam Lu was so angry that her face turned purple.

"You're so rebellious, you dare to hit your brother."

Mr. Lu San protected his wife and children behind him and said to Lord Lu, "Since I can't pretend to be a loving mother and a filial son, or a friendly brother and a respectful younger brother, why bother calling me back? Why not take this opportunity to separate the family? I will never set foot here again."

"Enough!" Duke Lu shouted.

He pointed at the old lady and said coldly, "The third son is my son. If you think he is lowly, then how noble can your son be? Before you humiliate others, think about yourself first."

When Old Madam Lu heard the Duke's rude words, she was heartbroken. He actually spoke of her child like that.

"And you, Big Boss, you want to beat the Third Boss, but can you beat him? Don't humiliate yourself."

Uncle Lu felt embarrassed, ashamed and angry, and glared at Uncle Lu San.

"Third brother, you must be tired from the journey. Take your wife and daughter back to rest first, and then come back here for dinner."

Mr. Lu San bowed, picked up his daughter, took Ruan's hand and strode out.

When Ruan raised her eyes, she saw Lu Yuan and his wife standing at the back. Her gaze stayed on Lu Yuan's face for a moment.

It turned away in an instant.

Shen Sui'an, who had been observing her, noticed that she was absent-minded for a moment.

Has this Third Aunt ever met Lu Yuan before?

"You are not young anymore, why are you getting more and more stupid? What nonsense are you talking about in front of the third son's wife!" Duke Lu vented his rage at the old lady.

"What did I say wrong? His wife is not from a humble family..."

Uncle Lu winked at his mother.

"The Nguyen family of the Southern Dynasty is the number one family. All their queens were from the Nguyen family. Even if they are just a side branch, no one dares to say that the Nguyen family is a small family." Mrs. Lu said softly.

"..." Old Madam Lu's face turned pale and blue.

She only thought that there was no such noble family as the Ruan family in the Yong Dynasty, and did not consider that the Ruan family was from the Southern Dynasty.

"You...you let the third son marry someone from the Southern Dynasty. Isn't that an enemy country?" Old Madam Lu's eyes flickered, and she didn't dare to look at Duke Lu.

Lord Lu sneered, "You are so great that you even know that the Southern Dynasty is an enemy country. But do you know that the Yong Dynasty and the Southern Dynasty had already formed an alliance three years ago?"

"That's my son. If you humiliate him, you are humiliating me."

"If you can't bear to see him living in the Duke's Mansion, you can move out."

After saying this, Duke Lu turned away.

"He...he wants to drive me away for a bastard..." Old Madam Lu rolled her eyes and fainted.