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

Shen Sui'an was not distraught, nor was he frightened and crying, which made Guangning extremely disappointed.

Guangning thought to herself that Yongning had better work harder. If she could really marry Lu Yuan and have Shen Suian demoted to a concubine, her disgust for Yongning would be reduced a little.

But Shen Sui'an's calmness and peace cannot bring stability to the people around her.

When Banjian and Mujin heard the news, they were so heartbroken that they cried.

"How could this happen? So what if she's a princess? Can she steal someone else's husband?" Banjian cried and cursed.

Shen Sui'an chuckled helplessly, "Why are you crying? In your mind, does my son-in-law want to demote his wife to a concubine?"

Ban Jian shook her head vigorously. They certainly trusted their son-in-law, but... the other party was a princess.

If an imperial edict comes down, even if the son-in-law is unwilling, he has to agree, otherwise he would be disobeying the order.

"The emperor is not a tyrant and will not agree to Princess Yongning's unreasonable request." Shen Sui'an was not angry when he heard Guangning's gloating sarcasm.

The emperor will not agree to Princess Yongning's request. He is not a tyrant.

What is the difference between the crime of robbing someone's husband and the crime of robbing someone's woman?

If he really agrees, the scholars all over the world will not let the emperor off.

But Princess Yongning is a widow now, and the emperor feels sorry for her. He may compensate her in other ways, but I don’t know what those ways will be.

Shen Sui'an didn't want to waste her time with wild thoughts. She picked up the snacks she brought back from Yipinlou and said, "Let's go to Third Aunt's place."

Mr. Lu Sanye was assigned the task two days ago and is the commander of the Shenji Camp.

The imperial guards of the Yong Dynasty were divided into the Five Army Camp, the Three Thousand Camp, and the Shenji Camp, collectively known as the three major camps of the capital. The three camps were independent of each other and were all directly under the command of the emperor.

From now on, Mr. Lu Sanye will stay in Shangjing to work and will not have to return to the border.

Ruan has been very busy recently. In addition to preventing the Second Wife from making trouble for her, she also has to deal with the businesses she and the Third Master had previously established on the border. After all, they may not go back for a long time.

Ever since the accident of Madam Lu, the Duke has placed all his hopes on the third wife.

Even if the old lady had complaints, she understood that her eldest son was now disliked by the emperor and could no longer have any hope in the court.

Her second son was even more of a hopeless person, who spent his days either fighting crickets or spending money on cockfighting and dog walking. Even the Duke didn't want to mention him.

"If you still want to live a life of luxury, then be kind to the third wife. Otherwise, if the family really separates in the future, you will see whether you can still live a good life."

This was the Duke's warning to her.

Of course the old lady was reluctant to give up her current life, so she endured it.

The younger generations didn't know all this. They just thought that the old lady was irritated by the first wife's incident, so she settled down and stopped making trouble.

"Third Aunt, Yaoyao." As soon as Shen Suian entered the door, he saw Lu Yaoyao playing in the courtyard.

Ruan set up a table under the wisteria trellis and counted the account books.

As soon as she saw Shen Suian coming, she smiled and handed the account book to the maid.

"You bring cakes and pastries to feed this little greedy cat every few days. You're really going to raise her into a little fat pig." Ruan said with a smile.

When Lu Yaoyao heard her mother call her a little fat pig, she puffed out her cheeks and hummed, "Yaoyao is not a little fat pig, I'm a cute little white rabbit."

When Shen Sui'an heard her soft and sweet voice, she felt only love in her heart. She hugged Lu Yaoyao in her arms and said, "That's right, our Yaoyao is a cute little white rabbit. She can never get fat no matter how much she eats."

Lu Yaoyao's eyes sparkled, "What delicious food did sister-in-law bring today?"

"Yipinlou's honey red cake and pine nut candy." Shen Sui'an said in a low voice.

"!" They are all her favorites!

Lu Yaoyao couldn't help but drool at the corners of her mouth.

Ruan couldn't bear to watch it anymore.

"This girl has never been short of food since she was little, why is she still so greedy?"

Shen Sui'an covered his mouth and chuckled, "All children are like this, and the cakes in Shangjing and the border are different, so it's normal for Yaoyao to like to eat them."

"You can only eat one piece and save it for later consumption, otherwise you will have indigestion." Ruan warned her daughter.

Lu Yaoyao nodded vigorously, holding the pastry and biting it carefully.

Ruan's eyes were full of doting, and she sighed helplessly, "Just dote on her."

"Children need to be pampered." Shen Sui'an said.

"Let's go inside for tea." Ruan took Shen Suian into the flower hall.

The serving maids put down the tea and snacks and then filed out.

"Have you told Lu Yuan about this?" Ruan lowered her voice.

Shen Sui'an nodded gently, "Aunt San, I know you know his background, why can't you tell us?"

Nguyen said, “I was afraid it would bring him danger.”

"Is it that his biological parents don't want to acknowledge him?" Shen Sui'an said.

"His biological mother misses him day and night, how could she not want to recognize him?" Ruan immediately retorted.

Shen Sui'an was very insightful and understood instantly, "That means his biological father doesn't want to acknowledge him."

Ruan: “…”

Seeing Ruan's reaction, Shen Sui'an was furious, and felt more for Lu Yuan.

Since his biological parents brought him into this world, why did they abandon him? What did Lu Yuan do wrong?

He did nothing wrong and became a successful person through his own efforts.

He doesn't have what others have. In such a love-deprived environment, it is rare for him not to develop a gloomy and paranoid personality.

Shen Sui'an was so angry that his eyes turned red.

"Lu Yuan's life experience is not as simple as you think." Ruan sighed softly.

"If you are not careful, it will bring disaster upon him."

"I have already written to his biological mother. How to bring Lu Yuan back to recognize his ancestors needs further consideration."

Shen Sui'an knew that he shouldn't vent his anger on Ruan.

"Third Aunt, Lu Yuan does not need to beg for so-called family affection. He has never relied on the grace of his parents to get to where he is today. No matter how noble his biological parents are, Lu Yuan will not care."

Admit it or not!

Shen Sui'an didn't want Lu Yuan to be looked down upon by the Lu family and then be hurt by his biological parents.

"That's not the case." Ruan explained hurriedly, "Her mother sent him away not because she didn't want him, but because she loved him so much that she risked her life to leave him a glimmer of hope."

"Year after year, the love of parents is far-reaching. There is no mother who does not love her own children."

Nguyen choked up, "I want to tell you all the truth, but I'm afraid of hurting him, so I need his mother's consent before I can tell you everything."

"You must trust me again. Don't ask around and don't alert the enemy."

"His mother worked so hard and did everything she could to stay alive and to have an unshakable position in the Southern Dynasty. It was all for him. You don't know how she lived these years..."

Seeing Ruan unable to hold back her tears, Shen Sui'an felt extremely heartbroken.

"Aunt San, I promise you that I won't let anyone investigate his background." Shen Sui'an said in a low voice.

She was also afraid that Lu Yuan would die early like he did in his previous life.

Lu Yuan shouldn't have died so young.

He is so nice.