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

The young girl standing behind Old Madam Lu grumbled unhappily, "Grandma, look, she didn't even come to greet you. She really doesn't take you seriously."

"She is angry with your second brother. I never realized she was so brave before." Madam Lu said in a low voice.

Lu Yan curled her lips. She felt that it was a great blessing for Shen Sui'an to be engaged to her second brother. Looking at the entire Shangjing City, any woman who wanted to marry her second brother could go around the city wall.

He actually showed disrespect to the Lu family over such a small matter.

"Grandma, if she's like this, she'll be even more pretentious when she comes home in the future," Lu Yan said.

She has never liked Shen Sui'an.

"You are of similar age to her and are easy to talk to. Go and persuade her. The Lu family naturally looks down on the Song family. Tell her not to take it to heart and to stop it. Don't embarrass the two families." said Old Madam Lu.

Today's attitude of only flattering Madam Qu but ignoring her really made Madam Lu feel embarrassed.

Lu Yan's eyes lit up. She liked the seven-gold jade hairpin with silver tassels on Shen Suian's head.

Like before, as long as she asked, Shen Suian would definitely give it to her.

"Yes, grandmother."

As soon as she left the hall, she asked the servants about the whereabouts of Qu Qingli and Shen Suian.

Shen Sui'an was brought by Qu Qingli to the garden to play pitch pot with other noble ladies.

However, Shen Sui'an was absent-minded. She knew that Song Xiuzhi would also be here. It was Qu Qingli who deliberately asked her to bring the wine. She wanted Song Xiuzhi to see the gap between their prominent family and her as a commoner.

He wanted to warn Song Xiuzhi not to approach Lu Heng with the hope of getting lucky.

Song Xiuzhi was a proud and arrogant person. She felt insulted at the Qu family's birthday party and refused to see Lu Heng again, vowing to sever all ties with him.

Although Lu Heng did not immediately come forward to defend Song Xiuzhi, he resented Qu Qingli because of this incident.

Later, they found various charges to impeach the Qu family, which led to their complete collapse. Old Madam Qu died on the spot due to the trauma, and the other members of the Qu family were exiled to Nanling.

Qu Qingli, a spoiled girl, was forced to marry a widower. She was tortured by the widower until she was no longer a human being and finally committed suicide by hanging.

This matter was the knot that Shen Sui'an could not untie in her previous life, and she was depressed all day long because of Qu Qingli's matter.

She couldn't let Qu Qingli continue to stand in front of her.

"Miss, the wine you ordered has been delivered." At this time, the maid came in and replied to Qu Qingli.

Qu Qingli played with the arrow in her hand, with a sweet smile on her lips, "Then send it here, I'll treat everyone to a drink."

"Qingli, I know that your Qu family has hidden a lot of good wine, but you are reluctant to take it out for us to taste, and you even buy some cheap stuff from outside. If it doesn't taste good, we will not forgive you."

The one who was speaking was Princess Yongjia, she and Qu Qingli were cousins.

Qu Qingli glanced at the entrance of the garden with her starry eyes and said with a smile, "Cousin, don't misunderstand me. I picked the most famous Chun Bu Wan in Shangjing recently. I think the wine is good."

"Tsk." Princess Yongjia sneered disdainfully.

"A shop that was opened by despicable means, is the wine worthy of our taste?"

Shen Sui'an looked up and saw Song Xiuzhi standing at the entrance, and he heard all their mocking and contemptuous words.

That pretty face was now extremely pale.

"Hurry up, our girl is waiting for your wine." The maid saw Song Xiuzhi stop and scolded unhappily.

Song Xiuzhi didn't expect to meet Shen Sui'an here.

She was wondering why such a prominent family would be interested in the wine from her small wine shop.

It turned out that Shen Suian wanted to humiliate her on purpose.

"Is this the one Lu Heng likes? She's not that good-looking, not even as pretty as the third-class maid in our family." Princess Yongjia glanced at her without even looking at her. She didn't give Song Xiuzhi any face at all and started to mock her.

Song Xiuzhi was holding the jar of wine, her little face turning red and white.

She straightened her back hard, trying to maintain her dignity in front of these noble ladies.

"Miss Qu, I have delivered the wine you requested." Song Xiuzhi put down the wine jar. "My wine is indeed not very expensive, but it is brewed by me."

"My background is indeed not as good as yours, but I support myself with my own hands. There is nothing shameful about it. You don't have to humiliate me. I don't think I am much worse than you."

They can be so arrogant because of their good family background. If they were commoners like her, like Shen Suian, they would live worse than her.

Qu Qingli raised her eyebrows and chuckled, "Xiuzhi, try her wine."

When Song Xiuzhi heard Qu Qingli calling out a maid with the same name as her, her eyes suddenly turned red.

The little maid walked forward, opened the wine jar, poured a glass of wine, took a sip, then frowned and spit it on the silk handkerchief.

"Girls, this wine tastes rough and astringent, it's not suitable for you ladies."

"Did you hear that? If you hadn't been selling wine outside under Lu Heng's name, who would buy your wine?" Qu Qingli said, "A few words of truth would be humiliating to you. Your dignity is really worth a lot."

Song Xiuzhi's eyes were filled with mist as she cast her gaze towards Shen Sui'an, "Miss Shen, I have already explained to you that day that Mr. Lu and I are innocent. Why do you have to test me again?"

This scene was exactly the same as in her previous life. Everyone disliked her wine, so she thought Shen Suian was humiliating and testing her.

At that time, in order to show his tolerance and magnanimity and for Lu Heng's face, Shen Sui'an defended Song Xiuzhi in front of his friends.

Looking back now, it seemed like she was stabbing Qu Qingli in the back.

Even if Qu Qingli did a bad job, it was for her sake.

"Whether there is innocence between you and Lu Heng has nothing to do with me." Shen Sui'an said calmly.

"We paid for your wine today, but it's your wine that's not good. Can't we let others criticize it?"

Song Xiuzhi smiled bitterly, "Miss Shen, what do you want me to do in order to let me go?"

Qu Qingli said angrily, "Don't you understand what people are saying?"

Shen Sui'an held Qu Qingli's hand. This was a grudge between her and Song Xiuzhi, and Qu Qingli shouldn't be asked to stand up for her.

"Do you know that Lu Heng has a fiancée?" Shen Suian asked Song Xiuzhi coldly.

Song Xiuzhi's expression changed slightly, "I... I don't know..."

"Miss Shen, I heard that you want to break off the engagement with Mr. Lu. Please don't misunderstand him because of me. I will let you beat me or kill me if you want."

Song Xiuzhi knelt down in front of her and kowtowed heavily.

"I admit my mistake to you. I will return Chun Bu Wan to you, Miss Shen. I am willing to leave Shangjing City."

"Second Master Lu is really a good man. He just wants to help me."

Shen Sui'an stared at Song Xiuzhi with a clear gaze, "So, you are really just her student as Lu Heng said?"

"Second Master Lu did teach me how to read, but..."

"In that case, we should hold a banquet for you to become your apprentices. This way, no one in Shangjing will misunderstand you, and no one will talk about you behind your back."

Shen Sui'an raised his head and looked not far away, "Is that right, Second Young Master Lu?"