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

Shen Sui'an thought he would hear a touching story about unrequited love.

In the end, all that came out of Lu Yuan's mouth were just two dry sentences.

Three years ago, Princess Yongning reached the age for marriage, and she took the initiative to ask the Emperor to marry Lu Yuan.

The emperor did not agree and arranged a marriage for Yongning with Wu Qiaofeng from the Wu family of Yanling.

Yongning was unwilling to give in, so she went to find Lu Yuan in person, hoping that Lu Yuan would take the initiative to propose to her. She thought that Lu Yuan would definitely be willing to marry her.

At that time, Lu Yuan only replied to her that he was not interested in getting married and did not take the noble princess seriously at all.

Finally, Princess Yongning married far away with hatred, and now she returns as a widow.

She is still young, and the emperor will definitely arrange a new marriage for her.

When Yongning met Lu Yuan in the Imperial Garden just now, he wanted to ask him why he married Shen Sui'an since he said he was not interested in getting married.

Before Lu Yuan could say no, Shen Suian came back.

"My husband is quite handsome, so it's normal for him to win the favor of the princess." Shen Suian said with a smile.

"Princess Yongning and I have no personal relationship. Today should be our second conversation." Lu Yuan couldn't understand why Princess Yongning wanted to marry him in the first place.

He had just taken over the Pacification Bureau two years ago, and he was even more violent than he is now. At that time, he did not know how to restrain his edge, and his body was always covered in blood, which was left from interrogating prisoners.

The infamy of the evil ghost Shura was left at that time.

He is not keen on matters between men and women, and he is like a transparent person in the Lu family, so no elders will plan a marriage for him.

So he had no intention of getting married.

Shen Suian was the first woman he had ever had lust for in all these years.

Fortunately, she became his wife.

"Is it possible that Princess Yongning has not given up on you?" Shen Suian asked with a smile.

"It has no impact on us." Lu Yuan said, obviously unwilling to mention people who had nothing to do with them.

Shen Suian smiled and put the matter of Princess Yongning aside and didn't mention it again.

"My dear, there is one more very important thing." Shen Sui'an whispered, "Let's go to the pleasure boat and talk to you slowly."

If you need to go to the houseboat to say it, then no one in the Lu family can hear it.

Lu Yuan asked someone to prepare a pleasure boat first, and when they arrived, all kinds of snacks and drinks were already prepared.

Only the boatman was left at the helm, and everyone else stayed on shore.

Only then did Shen Sui'an feel at ease and told him everything he knew about his life.

After she finished speaking, she looked at him with heartache and worry in her eyes.

Lu Yuan was very calm, stroking the ends of Shen Suian's hair with his fingers, his eyes deep and dark. He was not surprised at all to hear that he was not of the Lu family's blood.

Shen Suian was very surprised.

"Husband, you didn't know about this a long time ago, did you?"

Lu Yuan lowered his eyes and looked at her.

"..." Shen Sui'an understood. He had indeed known it for a long time.

"I don't know as much as you do." Lu Yuan said in a low voice.

After he entered the court as an official, he became more aware of Uncle Lu's attitude towards him. At first, he only found out that his biological mother's background was not high, and he thought that Uncle Lu disliked him because of his biological mother.

After all, the child was born by a brothel girl, and Rounuan later died of an unspeakable illness, which was a shame for Mr. Lu.

However, Lu Yuan discovered that this Rou Nuan was not the same person as Nuan Niang who took care of him when he was a child.

But he had been searching for so long, but still hadn't found out who Nuanniang was.

"Husband, Third Aunt is from the Ruan family of the Southern Dynasty. Are you also related to the Ruan family?" Shen Suian whispered.

Lu Yuan said, "If that were the case, Third Aunt wouldn't be so secretive."

He guessed that there might be some secrets about his life that his Third Aunt could not reveal.

"Now that we have some clues, you should send someone to the Southern Dynasty to investigate secretly." Shen Sui'an asked.

Lu Yuan nodded slightly, "Well, keep a low profile for now and don't alarm too many people."

"Yes, you were brought to Yong Dynasty at such a young age, and your true background was concealed in this way. It's weird no matter how you think about it."

"Even Aunt San is so cautious. I think she's afraid you'll be in danger."

Lu Yuan was not afraid of any danger to himself, he just didn't want to implicate her.

"So don't worry, just take your time." Lu Yuan said.

Shen Sui'an hugged his waist and leaned into his arms, "You don't look like anyone from the Lu family. You are indeed not of the Lu family's bloodline."

It’s really good.

"I originally wanted to take advantage of my wife's incident to divide the family, but it looks like it will take some time." Lu Yuan knew what she was thinking.

She didn't want to stay in the Lu family even more than he did.

Shen Sui'an hummed. The Lu family did make her feel depressed, but with him around, it wasn't that hard to bear.

Moreover, even if they were eager to know Lu Yuan's background, it would not be possible to do it overnight.

After all, that was in the Southern Dynasty. Their people entered foreign territories, and things were certainly not as convenient as in the Yong Dynasty.

The couple spent the whole afternoon in the pleasure boat and had dinner before returning home.

Ever since the eldest wife was sent to the family temple to practice, the atmosphere in the entire Duke's Mansion has been a bit depressing. The servants are very cautious, fearing that they might do something wrong and anger their master.

The third branch, which originally had no status and presence in the Duke's Mansion, is now the most promising one.

This made Madam Lu even more unwilling to eat or drink.

She called Uncle Lu over early in the morning and asked him to pick up Lu Yan.

Uncle Lu was a filial son. He couldn't bear to see his mother miss her granddaughter, so he sent someone to the Bai family to explain the reason and planned to take Lu Yan back to the Lu family first.

Shen Sui'an originally wanted to look for Ruan, but Ruan went out with the Third Master for a social event, so she asked Mu Jin to prepare the carriage, planning to go to the Shen family to visit her grandparents first, and then go shopping in the shops.

Old Master Shen has been fond of fishing recently. As the ice and snow melt, the fish in the lake have become active.

Grandma has been very busy recently. She and Jiang are preparing a dowry for Shen Siyi. After the spring, Shen Siyi will be married off.

"Aunt Cheng still refuses to calm down. She insists on meeting Ding Zhongxuan first. She thinks we chose a poor man for her daughter and refuses to let Shen Siyi come back to get married." Jiang touched her bulging belly, her tone somewhat disdainful.

"I called a few servants to go to the farm and bring the person back. Now he is detained in the courtyard to learn the rules, so as not to embarrass himself when he goes to the Ding family in the future."

Shen Suian smiled when he heard this. His stepmother was becoming more and more decisive.

"Where is Yao Ge'er? Has he made you angry recently?" Shen Sui'an asked.

"Of course there is. Such a young child, with such a sinister look in his eyes. Last time, he deliberately hid in the corner to scare me, but I scared him instead. He fell ill the next day and went to complain to the old master." Jiang sneered.

"Now that the old man is watching him study every day, he has no time to make me angry."

Shen Sui'an frowned. Shen Mingyao was a child who was taught badly in his previous life. She felt that this was his nature and it was impossible to teach him well.

"I'll go take a look." Shen Sui'an said.