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

Shen Sui'an couldn't help but exclaimed after leaving the upper courtyard. "I thought my husband's words were very irritating, but I didn't expect that there are others, and Third Uncle is the most powerful one."

Lu Yuan: “…”

Shen Sui'an thought that she was still too filial and cared too much about her reputation. When dealing with people from the Lu family, whoever was more willing to sacrifice his reputation would win.

Like Uncle Lu, he was not afraid of the reputation of being unfilial. He made his stepmother so angry that she fainted.

She was full of awe for Uncle Lu.

Lu Yuan tied her cloak with amusement and put a hand warmer in her hand. "Uncle San has suffered a lot. He survived his time in Subei with blood."

"I thought you had a hard time in the Lu family, but I didn't expect the old lady to be so...hateful towards Third Uncle." It was as if he had met his enemy, and he didn't care about his decent manners at all.

"The old lady's hatred for Aunt Li and Third Uncle cannot be reconciled. If she makes things difficult for Third Aunt in the future, we will help her if we can." Lu Yuan said in a low voice.

When he was a child and suffered from abuse in the Lu family, his third uncle also lent him a helping hand.

Although Uncle San was not having a good time at that time, the two poor guys supported each other and struggled to survive.

Shen Sui'an looked at Lu Yuan's handsome profile that looked like a jade carving. They were uncle and nephew and had the same fate. If it weren't for his own efforts, how could Lu Yuan have reached the position of commander today in such an isolated and helpless Lu family.

She suddenly felt sorry for him, wondering what he had been through in the past to be able to compete with those people today.

"How did you become the commander?" she asked, feeling a little nervous.

They had not been married for long, and Lu Yuan might not be willing to tell her about his past.

Lu Yuan put his long arms around her slender waist and slowly walked towards Danbo Courtyard.

"When I was a child, I studied in the clan school, but the teachers didn't pay much attention to me. They didn't care whether I studied well or not. All men in the Lu family had to learn martial arts, so I learned horse riding and archery from a coach who had come back from the battlefield."

"Once, the emperor wanted to test the martial arts of the children of noble families at the hunting ground, and my grandfather asked Lu Heng to participate. Lu Heng had a stomachache that day, so he had to let me take his place. That time, I happened to save the fourth prince who was almost injured by a wild boar."

"The Emperor allowed me to join the Imperial Guards, and a few years later I was assigned to work in the Pacification Department."

Lu Yuan described his life as light and easy in just a few words, but Shen Sui'an knew very well how many heavy setbacks he had endured behind these light words.

He is where he is today thanks to his own hard work.

"If it were someone else, they might not be able to achieve as much as you have." Perhaps when he was bullied and ignored, he had already given up.

Lu Yuan raised his lips, a hint of sneer flashed across his eyes, "Maybe I'm just a little luckier."

Shen Sui'an rarely heard him make fun of himself. She looked at him in surprise, and then understood.

Someone must have said that he was lucky to gain the emperor's attention.

"Even if Lu Heng hadn't been unable to go that day due to abdominal pain, with your abilities, you would still have a day to succeed. Over the years, Lu Heng has participated in many hunting trips with the emperor. If he had outstanding abilities, he would have already been valued by the emperor." Shen Sui'an said seriously.

Lu Yuan lowered his eyes to look at her, "Do you think he is not as good as me?"

Shen Sui'an said without hesitation, "Of course, if we have the same opportunities and status, he can't compare with you."

No one has ever said that he is better than Lu Heng.

In everyone's eyes, even the opportunity to gain the emperor's attention was given to him by Lu Heng.

Lu Yuan's eyes were bright and he held her tightly in his arms.

"Husband..." Shen Suian exclaimed and hurriedly looked at the servants behind him.

The maids stopped walking and turned their heads away tactfully.

Lu Yuan lowered his head and kissed her forehead, "Sui Sui, Sui Sui..."

Shen Sui'an didn't know where his sudden excitement came from. She tugged at his sleeve and said, "It's cold outside. Let's go back inside."

"it is good."

Lu Yuan held her hand, turning his head to look at her from time to time, with a bright smile in his eyes.

There was a warm atmosphere between the two.

After they walked further away, Lu Heng's figure finally emerged from behind the rockery.

His eyes were gloomy and cold as he stared at the two figures.

He heard everything Shen Sui'an said just now.

Why does a person change so quickly?

Not long ago, she made sweet-scented osmanthus cake for him, and the look in her eyes when she looked at him was tender and full of admiration.

Just because he helped Song Xiuzhi, she wanted to break off the engagement.

He always thought that she was playing hard to get and wanted to force him to promise to compromise. He never thought about breaking off the engagement with her.

Since childhood, he knew that the person he was going to marry was Shen Sui'an.

Until this moment, he still felt that even if she married Lu Yuan, she still loved him in her heart.

What she said last time must have been said in anger.

But today, when he saw how she was getting along with Lu Yuan, Lu Heng felt angrier than ever before.

There was also a feeling of jealousy that he had never felt before.

ridiculous!

How could he be jealous of Lu Yuan?

"Second Young Master, I finally found you. The master was looking for you, you..." The maid was panting. After searching for a long time, she finally found the Second Young Master.

"Got it." Lu Heng concealed the gloom in his eyes.

……

……

"Tsk tsk, the third brother's temper is worse than a dog." Mrs. Lu smiled as she held the tea.

She was still worried that the return of the third brother and his wife would have an impact on her, but after what happened today, she was not worried at all.

Master Lu was fighting crickets. When he heard her words, he frowned and looked up, "Don't wrongly accuse the dog. I think the dog's temper is more docile than yours."

“……”Mrs. Lu glared at her husband fiercely.

"Tell me, does the third son's wife have any relationship with the Ruan family of the Southern Dynasty?" Mrs. Lu asked in a low voice.

Master Lu: "No matter how powerful the Ruan family is, they are still from the Southern Dynasty."

"Don't mess with the third brother. He's a rough man and will hit anyone if he wants to."

"As long as they don't think about things they shouldn't think about, why should I bother him?" Mrs. Lu snorted.

Master Lu continued to fight the crickets, "Don't worry, it's useless even if you think about it. This Duke's Mansion will never fall into your hands in the future. It belongs to my eldest brother."

She loved to hear every word.

Mrs. Lu rolled her eyes and said, "Can you be more ambitious?"

"Yes, I do. My ambition is to divide the family business in the future so that my father can love me more and give me more money, and we can live a better life." Master Lu chuckled.

Mrs. Lu stood up suddenly and threw his cricket to the ground. "You only care about money. It's fine if you don't have a future, but what about the future of our two sons?"

"Do you think they are as cowardly as you are? Even Lu Yuan is the commander of the Pacification Division. How can our two sons be inferior to him?"

Master Lu cried out and hurried to see if his cricket was injured. "My precious one."

He shouted angrily, "Are you crazy? How can you compare with Lu Yuan? Even Lu Heng is not as good as him."

"I have nothing to say to you!" Mrs. Lu said angrily.

This family still depends on her to survive.