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

Uncle Lu looked at his son with a gloomy face and felt disappointed and distressed.

"Does Princess Shang make you so miserable?" Mr. Lu asked in a deep voice.

"My father is not me, so he doesn't know my bitterness." Lu Heng whispered.

Uncle Lu: "Then don't regret it, find a new way out, the past can't be changed."

Lu Heng closed his eyes in pain.

He won't regret it. If anyone should regret, it should be Shen Suian. What does he have to regret?

"I am your father. It is hard to trust the relationship between you and the princess. However, Ah Heng, the princess is the princess. Even if she made a mistake, it cannot change her status as a princess. The emperor's punishment is just for show."

"The girl with the surname Song, just treat it as a romantic affair."

Lu Heng's eyes flashed with sarcasm, "Father, did you think the same way when you treated Lu Yuan's biological mother?"

As if mentioning the most shameful thing in Mr. Lu's heart, a look of extreme disgust flashed across his face.

"I have no feelings for his biological mother... I never wanted to keep him at all. Ah Heng, he can't be compared with you."

Lu Heng once thought so too. He was more noble than Lu Yuan, and Lu Yuan could only look up to him.

"Father, I am a princess now. I will never be able to make a name for myself in this life. Even my grandfather has begun to support Lu Yuan. If I had known this, why would I have bothered to take the exam to become the top scholar?"

Uncle Lu felt heartbroken, distressed and anxious when he saw his once high-spirited son saying such discouraging words.

"You must not think like that. Although you are now a consort and cannot hold an important position, the emperor still keeps you in the Ministry of Rites, proving that he still trusts you. You only need to wait for the right time, and you will naturally have a chance to turn things around."

Lu Heng looked at his father in confusion.

"Your grandfather is determined to support the fifth prince. I observe the current situation and the emperor prefers the second prince. You have married Princess Guangning, so you have a natural close relationship with the second prince. As long as you seize the opportunity to gain the second prince's trust, you will also be able to serve the emperor in the future." Uncle Lu lowered his voice.

"If my grandfather knew about this, he would definitely not agree." Lu Heng frowned.

He used to be a Palace Attendant and was well aware of the Emperor's attitude towards the Second Prince. He had advised his grandfather not to get involved in the fight for the crown prince, but his grandfather did not listen.

What's more, what the second prince needs is the influence of the Lu family in the army. What's the use of him joining the second prince?

"Your grandfather is old." Uncle Lu said in a low voice.

Lu Heng frowned and said nothing.

"Talk to the princess nicely. It's the New Year and you have to bring the princess back. Otherwise, how will the palace look at you? Do you really want to stay in the Ministry of Rites forever?" said Uncle Lu.

"Yes, father." Lu Heng felt that the gloom in his heart seemed to brighten up a little.

Just thinking about what Shen Sui'an and Lu Yuan had just said, he still felt like something was stabbing his heart.

……

……

Shen Sui'an lay limply on the edge of the bathtub, exhausted.

I feel sorry for the man who works himself to death.

She shouldn't have allowed Lu Yuan to take out the fire avoidance map.

While he was asleep, she would throw the fire avoidance map into the charcoal stove and burn it clean.

Lu Yuan didn't feel any tiredness at all. He had just enjoyed the ecstasy and felt relaxed both physically and mentally.

He held Shen Suian's cheek and kissed her, then carried her back to the bed.

Shen Suian wrapped himself in the quilt and stayed away from him.

"Sui Sui, I think..."

"Don't even think about it." Shen Suian shouted in a muffled voice.

Lu Yuan was stunned for a moment, "I want to go for a walk with you tomorrow. We need to prepare some New Year gifts."

"..." Shen Suian covered his face, too embarrassed to speak.

"Hahaha." Lu Yuan laughed out loud and hugged her and the quilt into his arms.

He held her face and kissed her lips.

Shen Sui'an's pupils shrank slightly, and she only felt his hot breath. She thought she would hate him kissing her lips.

In her previous life, she saw Lu Heng kissing Song Xiuzhi with her own eyes, and after that, whenever he wanted to kiss her, she would feel so nauseous that she would dry heave.

Lu Yuan's kiss was gentle, affectionate and passionate.

However, people who are in love will appreciate the beauty of supporting each other.

She just...didn't hate him now.

"Can you ride a horse?" Lu Yuan asked in a hoarse voice.

Shen Sui'an bit his chin hard and said, "I want to sleep."

Lu Yuan chuckled, "There will be a spring hunt after the New Year. I wanted to take you with me. Where are you thinking about going?"

This man is really bad.

Shen Sui'an didn't want to talk to him anymore.

Lu Yuan finally stopped teasing her and hugged her and had a good sleep together.

The next day, when Shen Sui'an woke up, Lu Yuan had already gone to court.

Shen Sui'an, "I'm going to visit the old lady. She was so angry yesterday, I have to go and show some concern today."

There were many people taking care of the sick in the upper room. Lu Yin and Lu Rong were serving the old lady, one feeding her medicine while the other massaging her legs.

Mrs. Lu was comforting Old Madam Lu.

"Don't bother with that unfilial son. It will only make you sick and hurt the Second Master."

"After returning home yesterday, the Second Master couldn't eat or sleep well, and he kept talking about you."

The old lady favored her youngest son the most, and she felt relieved to hear that Mr. Lu cared about her so much.

Madam Lu: "Humph, you want to piss me off to death? Dream on."

"Grandma, the medicine is getting cold." Lu Yin reminded in a low voice.

Mrs. Lu was disgusted, "You can't even feed medicine, it's useless."

"Yes, Sister Yin, if you don't know how to feed the medicine, let Second Aunt come. Otherwise, the medicine will be cold and ineffective." Shen Suian came over and took the medicine bowl from Lu Yin.

"Second Aunt, when it comes to serving the old lady, no one in the whole mansion is better than you. Otherwise, why would the old lady like you so much." Shen Sui'an put the medicine bowl in Mrs. Lu's hands.

Mrs. Lu glared at her and asked, "What are you doing here?"

Shen Sui'an turned to look at the old lady, "Old lady, you look much better today."

"Since you have nothing to do, why don't you go and set some rules with your mother-in-law?" Old Madam Lu frowned and said.

"It is said that the Shen family is a family of scholars, and the girls they teach should be the most knowledgeable about etiquette. Were you pretending to be so well behaved in front of me before?"

Shen Sui'an, "The old lady used to be very kind to me, always holding my hand and saying that she loved girls like me the most. Now that I have entered the family and become your granddaughter-in-law, the old lady doesn't seem to like me as much."

Mrs. Lu looked at Shen Sui'an in disbelief.

How can you say that?

Why doesn't the old lady like her anymore? Doesn't she know it?

"That's why I thought you would marry..." The old lady was so angry that she sat up and started to scold Shen Sui'an.

She was interrupted by the maid outside before she could finish her curse.

"Madam, the Third…Third Madam is here."

Mrs. Lu straightened her back unconsciously and turned her head to look outside the door.

"Why is she here? Who asked her to come? Let her go." Old Madam Lu said with disgust.

"Madam, there is only the Third Wife. Why don't we try and see if she has any relationship with the Ruan family of the Southern Dynasty?" Second Wife Lu said in a low voice.

Old Madam Lu had already figured out the origins of the Southern Dynasty Ruan family yesterday.

"How could that bastard have the ability to marry a girl from the Southern Dynasty Ruan family?"