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

The mansion has been fully equipped with new door gods, couplets, and newly painted peach charms. The entire Lu family looks brand new.

Duke Lu brought all the male members of the Lu family to the ancestral temple to worship their ancestors.

The women were busy preparing for tonight's reunion dinner.

On this day, even the old lady rarely refrained from giving Ruan a sour look. After all, this was the most important New Year.

If you get angry and irritable at the beginning of the year, you will be unlucky for the whole year.

She chose to ignore Ruan.

It was Guangning’s first time to attend a New Year’s Eve celebration outside the palace, and everything about it was new to him.

If women were not prohibited from participating in ancestor worship, she would have wanted to go and worship their ancestors.

"Are you Third Aunt?" Guangning came in front of Ruan and looked up at her.

She had met Ruan once in the old lady's room last time, but the old lady did not introduce her. Guangning later found out that she was the wife of Mr. Lu Sanye, and now the person closest to Shen Sui'an in the family.

Ruan nodded, "Your Highness."

"I admire you very much." Guangning looked at Ruan and said something out of the blue.

The others pricked up their ears and listened, and no one interrupted Guangning.

Shen Sui'an frowned slightly, "Princess, today is New Year's Eve, the banquet will start soon, your seat is not here."

"I just want to say a few words to Third Aunt. Do you have to interfere? Are you afraid that I will say bad things about you in front of Third Aunt?" Guangning's voice was loud, even a little fierce.

"Then wait until I'm gone before you tell me. Otherwise, I'm afraid you won't say enough in front of me." Shen Sui'an had a blank expression on his face.

Ruan smiled slightly, "Princess, please say whatever you want to say."

"At least your last name is Ruan. Even though you are not from the direct line of the Ruan family, you are still a member of a noble family. How dare you marry my third uncle without a matchmaker? Aren't you afraid of being cheated?" Guangning asked.

She wanted to ask Ruan whether she eloped and married Mr. Lu Sanye, but Shen Sui'an was looking at her coldly, so Guangning restrained herself.

Ruan chuckled, "Who told the princess that there was no matchmaker between me and the Third Master?"

"Your parents also agree that you can marry..."

Shen Sui'an could no longer bear it, "Your Highness! You are a princess, but this is not the Princess's Mansion, this is the Duke's Mansion. You are a junior, so you should be careful when talking to your elders."

Guangning smiled innocently, "Oh, I'm just curious, please don't take it to heart, Aunt San."

Ruan waved her hand nonchalantly, "It's okay, the princess is young, and ignorance is not a mistake."

"The princess is straightforward and honest, please don't blame me, my third brother and his wife." Mrs. Lu said calmly.

Guangning smiled sweetly and sat obediently next to Mrs. Lu.

Shen Sui'an looked at the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, then turned his eyes away coldly.

The eldest wife is indeed good at handling things. In just a few days, she has completely conquered Guangning.

She had always known how powerful the eldest wife was, otherwise in her previous life she would not have been coaxed by her into willingly giving out her dowry to subsidize the Lu family with just a few words.

Some people can make you open your heart to them just by talking, but by the time you find out you've been deceived, it's already too late.

Mrs. Lu has this ability. She is as calm as a chrysanthemum and never gets involved in any trouble. She will only take action once it involves her interests.

I have never seen the eldest wife take the initiative to approach the princess before.

This time it should be because of Lu Heng.

Lu Heng is her entire foundation in the Lu family, and she will not allow anyone to harm Lu Heng's interests.

"Sister-in-law, you are too kind. I quite like the princess's straightforwardness." Ruan said with a smile.

Everyone can say nice things, but if you take them seriously, you are just stupid.

When Guangning heard Ruan's words, he thought that the third wife was not that annoying.

Madam Lu suddenly opened her eyes and said, "I wonder how Sister Yan is doing now. It's her first New Year's Eve away from home, so she must be sad."

"..." Mrs. Lu's heart sank. This mother-in-law really kept bringing up irrelevant issues.

Doesn’t she feel sorry for her daughter?

It was for her daughter's future that she made up her mind to send Lu Yan to the Bai family for training.

"Then why don't you bring Sister Yan back?" Ruan asked in confusion, not knowing the previous situation.

Mrs. Lu said calmly, "Sister Yan is reluctant to leave her grandparents' home, so she will spend the New Year there this year."

"It seems that Sister Yan likes her grandmother more." Ruan said with a smile.

Madam Lu: “…”

"If you can't speak, you have to speak." She scolded.

Ruan agreed with a smile.

Only Mrs. Lu was busy going in and out, fearing that something might go wrong at the reunion dinner and she would be blamed by the Duke.

As night falls, gorgeous fireworks bloom in the distance.

Duke Lu returned with his three sons and four grandsons.

He looked at the reunited family. Except for the disappointing granddaughter, all his sons and grandsons were present.

As he gets older, he likes this kind of lively and family reunion festival.

"It's getting late, let's start the meal." Duke Lu ordered.

The servants had already set the table and were waiting for the masters to take their seats.

Lord Lu held a wine glass, smiled as he reviewed the past, enjoyed the future, and encouraged the men in his family to have lofty ambitions.

After the conversation, he was moved.

"I'm so hungry." Lu Wei from the second room couldn't help but mutter.

Lord Lu's expression froze for a moment, but he quickly dealt with it with a smile.

Mrs. Lu glared at her son fiercely. He was finally released from house arrest, but he still dared to be so out of control.

“……” Lu Wei stared at the delicious food on the table.

He was released from house arrest at noon, and before he had time to have a good meal, he was taken to worship his ancestors.

He was literally starving to death.

Seeing the indifferent reaction of the crowd, Duke Lu felt a little disappointed and said, "Let's eat."

"Eat fish." Lu Yuan put the boneless fish meat into Shen Sui'an's bowl.

When Lu Heng saw this, he just sneered in his heart. Only a bastard of lowly status like Lu Yuan would praise Shen Suian so highly.

A woman with deep scheming and vicious intentions is not worthy of him at all.

Lu Heng gave the peeled shrimp meat to the princess as a marriage.

Princess Guangning smiled at him gratefully.

Uncle Lu looked at Lu Heng with satisfaction. It seemed that after talking with him, he had figured it out and knew what was most important to him.

"Mom, Yaoyao also wants to eat shrimp." Lu Yaoyao pouted.

The shrimps were almost gone.

Only then did Lu Heng realize that he was distracted and put the whole plate of shrimps into the princess's bowl.

"It's okay, it's okay. Ask the kitchen to make another plate and send it over." Duke Lu said hurriedly.

Guangning looked at the shrimps piled up like a small mountain. Although she had eaten enough, these were given to her by Lu Heng.

Would it hurt his feelings if she didn't eat it?

Forget it, just bear with it, she couldn't bear to give his feelings to others.

Shen Sui'an watched coldly and ignored the pretentious behavior between Lu Heng and Guangning.

Only now did she realize that many of Lu Heng's behaviors were childish and ridiculous.

The New Year’s Eve reunion dinner finally ended, and Lu Yuan took Shen Suian’s hand and left the upper room.

She thought he was going back to celebrate the New Year, but she didn't expect him to take her out of the house directly.

Ningshuang and Fuqiu had already prepared a cloak for her to put on.

"Husband, where are we going?" Shen Suian asked in surprise.

"I went there for New Year's Eve." Lu Yuan said.