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

Ruan prayed for a very good fortune in front of the Goddess of Childbirth, and she asked Shen Sui'an to pray for a child sincerely as well.

Shen Sui'an got a good fortune from the lottery, and he has nothing to worry about as God has blessed him.

"This is a good fortune, which means your good luck is still to come." Ruan said with a smile.

"Having children also depends on fate." Shen Sui'an's cheeks felt slightly hot. Ever since the trap, Lu Yuan had become unscrupulous, and it was not easy for her to get pregnant.

Ruan smiled and said yes.

Lu Rong and Lu Yin rarely came out. They both drew good fortunes for marriage and made wishes under the wishing tree. Their cheeks were flushed with joy.

Shen Sui'an was in a good mood seeing their bright smiles.

Even if the match with the Gao family fails today, she will find a good marriage for them.

Don’t suffer the pain of being used as a pawn in your previous life again in this life.

"Sister Yan, have you drawn the fortune?" Shen Suian looked at Lu Yan.

I didn't see her just now and I don't know what she was doing.

Lu Yan had something to hide. When Shen Sui'an called out to her, her expression changed. "Please, please!"

"That's good. I hope you can both find a good marriage." Shen Sui'an looked at her deeply.

"It's getting late, let's go back," said Ruan.

Lu Yan walked slowly behind, with a weird smile unconsciously appearing on the corners of her mouth, and a sense of gloating pleasure in her eyes.

Shen Sui'an was helped by Ban Jian into the carriage, and Ruan followed suit.

After a while, everyone looked at Lu Yan, who was standing still, in confusion.

"Sister Yan, why haven't you gotten in the car yet?" Ruan asked puzzledly.

Lu Yan stared at their carriage, and the panic that she imagined Shen Sui'an would suffer did not happen.

what happened?

"Have you let him go?" Lu Yan turned and glared at Bingyue.

Bingyue's face was a little pale at this time. She had clearly put the snake into the carriage, so how could nothing happen?

It's so hot outside, there's no way those snakes could get out of the carriage.

Lu Yan stamped her feet in annoyance, "Not enough to help, but more likely to cause trouble."

Not seeing what she wanted to see, Lu Yan's mood instantly plummeted.

Bingyue looked back at Shen Suihao's carriage from time to time.

The journey was safe and sound, and she even heard the laughter of Shen Sui'an and Ruan coming from the carriage.

What went wrong.

After returning to the Duke's Mansion, Lu Yan got off the carriage with a gloomy face. Seeing Shen Sui'an standing in front of her with his beard intact, she became even more depressed.

Old Madam Lu couldn't wait to know the result of the interview. She was a little disappointed to hear that Young Master Gao only showed up for a while and didn't express whether he was interested in Lu Yan or not.

"Go and tell Madam Gao that if you get engaged to Sister Yan, our Lu family can give you a concubine as a dowry." Madam Lu said.

"It depends on whether Young Master Gao likes Sister Rong or Sister Yin."

Lu Rong and Lu Yin turned pale instantly and looked at Old Madam Lu with tears in their eyes.

Knowing that they were of low social status, they never dared to dream of marrying up. They only hoped to have a clean marriage and become the wife, so that they could live a smooth life.

But becoming a concubine is like jumping into a fire pit.

How could Lu Yan let them have an easy time?

Shen Sui'an said calmly, "No respectable and wealthy family would rush to send their daughters to be concubines, and their illegitimate daughters would also be surnamed Lu."

"Sui Sui, you can't say that. After all, the old lady is not from a prominent family, and she doesn't know that doing this will make her be ridiculed by other families in Shangjing City." Ruan took over.

Madam Lu was indeed not of high birth, but no one in the Lu family had ever dared to bring this up and ridicule her in person.

It was the first time, and it was with the two people she hated the most.

He immediately became so angry that his face turned red.

"You...you..." She pointed at Shen Suian and Ruan, too angry to speak.

Auntie Cheng hurried forward to calm her down, "Old Madam, please don't get angry."

"Madam, didn't you say that an elder sister-in-law is like a mother? Then leave the marriage of Rong Jie'er and Yin Jie'er to me. I will definitely find a good marriage for them."

"Madam, you've made the old lady so angry, you'd better say less." Aunt Cheng advised in a low voice.

Shen Sui'an glanced at her coldly, "Auntie Cheng, I hope you will remember your identity."

"They are all girls from my Lu family. I can arrange them however I want. There is no need for you to interfere." Old Madam Lu is stubborn. The more others oppose something, the more she will do it to the end.

The two illegitimate girls meant nothing to her, so what if she sent them both away as concubines?

"Grandma, my granddaughter doesn't want to be a concubine." With tears in her eyes, Lu Rong knelt down and kowtowed in front of the old lady.

Her and Yin Jie'er's biological mothers were both concubines, and they died inexplicably after giving birth to them.

The power over life and death of a concubine is in the hands of the mistress. She would rather live a hard life than be a concubine.

Madam Lu slapped him, "You bastard, you also crawled out of a concubine's belly, and now you are bullying me? Who do you think you are?"

This is a veiled criticism.

Shen Sui'an and Ruan both knew that Madam Lu was venting her anger.

However, they didn't take the old lady's words to heart at all.

"Madam, since Sister Rong doesn't want to be a concubine, then forget it." Shen Suian stood in front of Lu Rong.

"You still have to take care of the Duke's health, so you don't have to worry about Rong Jie'er and Yin Jie'er's marriage."

"You are a rebellious person. Don't think that just because your marriage to Lu Yuan is granted, our Lu family cannot divorce you." Old Madam Lu threatened.

What women fear most is being divorced by their husband's family.

Shen Sui'an chuckled, "Your Lu family really can't divorce me. Not only is Lu Yuan and I married by the Emperor, I am also the Princess of Le'an County."

“…” Madam Lu’s mouth twitched.

Before, there was a princess in the family, so what was a mere county lady? No one looked down upon her.

Now that the princess is in Huainan, Shen Sui'an's title of county lord will naturally suppress the rest of the Lu family.

Madam Lu was about to get angry.

"Old Madam, Third Madam, Eldest Young Madam, the old master has something to say." Gao came in at some point and stood at the door, her voice neither too loud nor too low.

Upon seeing this old vixen, Mrs. Lu's expression became even uglier.

"The old master has heard everything you said just now. Please ask the eldest young lady to take full charge of the marriages of the girls in the family. As for the old lady, you are old and you should take good care of yourself. You don't need to worry about other trivial matters."

Madam Lu almost exploded when she heard this.

"Can't I be the one who decides the marriage of my own granddaughter?" Old Madam Lu was furious. The old thing must have been bewitched by the vixen and his mind was not clear anymore.

Gao said, "A woman from the Lu family will never be a concubine. That's what the old master said."

Shen Sui'an stood up and said, "Thank you, Madam Gao, for the message. Please report back to the old master. I will definitely live up to your trust."

"Yes, Madam." After saying this, Gao bowed to everyone and went back to the inner room with her back straight.

Ever since Duke Lu fell ill, it was Gao who took care of him, and he even refused to see the old lady.

I was afraid that the old lady would really make me have a stroke.