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Yuan Cixian really didn't want to stay in there to cooperate with Jiang Birou's performance. She felt her eyes hurt even if she glanced at him more. But Lu Shiqing ignored her words, as if he had trapped her into his Lu family.
Her last name is Yuan, okay
She lowered her eyes to look at the hand on her shoulder and the dark blue crane cloak wrapped around her body, and remembered the irritation of yesterday. She raised her chin and asked, "Who allowed you to take me away?"
"Who didn't allow it?" Lu Shiqing asked back after looking at the rear where there was no smoke or enemy.
Yuan Cixian followed his gaze and looked back, saying viciously, "When my brother is done, you won't be able to laugh anymore." As she spoke, Lu Shiqing took her arm and walked out of the west courtyard. She asked curiously, "Where are you going?"
"I'll make new accommodation for you," he replied. "The room where Jiang slept needs to be cleaned thoroughly, the bed and mattress need to be burned, and the threshold needs to be repaired."
Yuan Cixian felt relieved after hearing this, and for a moment she forgot about opposing him, and gnashed her teeth and said, "And the wash basin must be smashed, the hand towel must be torn into pieces, and the teacup must be sent back to the furnace for remaking."
Lu Shiqing lowered his eyes to look at her angry expression, secretly took note of it, and then said: "If you had told me earlier that you came to me because of her, I would not have asked her to come to the mansion today to bring bad luck."
This bloody incident was indeed unlucky. Yuan Cixian felt a little embarrassed when she heard it, especially because she felt guilty towards Xuan Shi who treated her sincerely. After thinking for a while, she said, "I will go and apologize to the old lady, and then ask someone to perform a ritual to pray for the soul to be reborn..." She sighed when she said this, "Poor my unborn nephew."
Even though she couldn't save the child, she, as an aunt, still felt a little sad.
Seeing her unhappy look, Lu Shiqing asked, "Why, do you like children very much?"
Yuan Cixian nodded absentmindedly, then shook her head and said, "I like other people's children."
He choked and raised his eyebrows, "What's the logic behind this?"
"Look at my sister-in-law. Giving birth is too painful. I just play with other people's children."
It turns out that this incident has cast a shadow on her.
Lu Shiqing was even more annoyed with Jiang Birou. He was just thinking about his words and preparing to tell her how sacred giving birth was, but suddenly he heard her ask, "Are you familiar with Jiang Siqing? Is he powerful?"
The person she was asking about was Jiang Birou's second uncle, Jiang Min, the Minister of Dali Temple in the court.
"So-so." Lu Shiqing answered two questions with one word, and then asked, "Why are you asking this?"
Yuan Cixian naturally did not intend to tell him the content of the dream, and only said: "Of course it's because I 'bullied' my sister-in-law, and I was afraid of revenge from Jiang Siqing. So, can you afford to offend this person? His rank is higher than yours."
Lu Shiqing sneered: "Is there anyone in Chang'an City that I can't afford to offend?"
His arrogant attitude can be described as self-confidence if you put it nicely, or as arrogance if you put it bluntly.
But Yuan Cixian suddenly found that he was particularly charming when he was showing off. Only if he was so showing off, he would be qualified to be her backer.
She rubbed her hands and said, "Then I feel relieved."
Lu Shiqing glanced at her and said, "Why are you so relieved? I only said I can afford it, but I didn't say I would do it for you."
She was annoyed: "Why did you cause trouble for me? Everyone in the Great Zhou knows about our relationship. If he bullies me, it means he doesn't take you seriously. It's like he's asking for trouble. How can you tolerate such a thing?"
Lu Shiqing nodded: "Just be patient for a while and everything will be calm."
Yuan Cixian was so angry that she pushed his hand away and stopped walking and said, "There's a knife hanging over the word '忍'. Don't you feel heartbroken?"
The cloak on her shoulders was originally hanging loosely, and it slipped down a bit as she moved. Lu Shiqing sighed and said, "I'll think about it." Then he walked around to her and slowly helped her tie the straps properly, and nodded his chin forward, "Here we are."
Yuan Cixian secretly criticized him for a few words, raised his head, looked at the yard in front of him and said, "Isn't this a trap?" After saying that, he waved his hand to indicate that he had made a mistake and changed his words, "I mean, isn't this the East Cross Courtyard?"
Yes, this is the East Courtyard separated from Lu Shiqing by a wall, the "trap" that Xuan mentioned.
Is she finally going to win
Lu Shiqing explained: "The feng shui here is good, so you won't cause trouble for me again."
Yuan Cixian scoffed at him: "No need. My brother will pick me up and take me home later. My sister-in-law's troubles have been almost solved, so I won't..."
"No." He interrupted her.
Yuan Cixian made a "huh" sound, raised her ears, and said to him: "Say it again?"
Lu Shiqing took her arm and led her into the main house in the courtyard. He ordered the servants to bring the heater and make the bed. He sat down with her at the table and said, "Your sister-in-law's problem has not been resolved yet."
Yuan Cixian curled her lips. She knew that the situation was not completely resolved at the moment. Even though her brother had seen through Jiang Birou's true colors after this incident, he could not write a divorce letter when she was in a miscarriage and weak. A good man like him would not do such a cold and immoral thing.
In fact, although Yuan Cixian was not as soft-hearted as her brother, she had originally left some room for Jiang Birou. After all, it was Jiang Bican who came up with the idea, and her sister-in-law was a pitiful person after all. She didn't want to do anything too extreme, so she retreated to Lu's house. Even on the steps, she gave her one last chance. But Jiang Birou was really determined not to repent, and with all the reminders in the dream, she had to be cruel.
After all, this is someone who might stab the Yuan family at any time.
But Lu Shiqing was right, the situation was not hot enough at the moment. Yuan Cixian couldn't produce any evidence to prove that she faked the fall. Yuan Yu would believe her as a sister, but outsiders might not. Besides, the "victim" would always win sympathy. If the news got out, the Yuan family might not have the upper hand, and the Jiang family might even use it to exaggerate and discredit my brother in the court.
Yuan Cixian sat opposite him and propped up his chin, saying, "I know, that's why I have to go back home to avoid any more trouble."
Lu Shiqing pulled the corner of his mouth: "Aren't you tired of watching her every day? If you scheme against others, others will scheme against you. If she can frame you, why can't you frame her?"
Yuan Cixian's eyes flashed, she kind of liked this idea.
Lu Shiqing pulled out a letter from his sleeve and said, "Give this to your brother later and tell him to put it where Jiang can find it. You two don't have to worry about the rest."
Yuan Cixian immediately understood the purpose of the letter—Lu Shiqing wanted Jiang Birou to get some false news that would affect the entire family. If she had a bottom line, she would not have secretly reported this news to the Jiang family. Otherwise, she would have brought disaster upon herself.
Indeed, if one wants to completely eradicate Jiang Birou and even the Jiang family without leaving any future troubles, the battlefield is not in the inner house, but in the court.
After understanding all this, Yuan Cixian was moved and said, "You have been ready to help me deal with the Jiang family for a long time, right?"
Lu Shiqing had met Zheng Zhuo this morning and knew that Yuan Cixian had asked him to pay attention to the Jiang family. That was why he rushed back home so nervously when he received the news from Cao An, fearing that Jiang Birou would harm her. He had prepared this letter on his way back home.
But he didn't admit it, saying, "It's true that it's targeting the Jiang family, but Jiang Siqing is the one I want to deal with, and helping you is just a side job. I just happened to not think about how to use this letter, so it's thanks to your Yuan family."
Yuan Cixian curled her lips: "Oh, I heard that Jiang Siqing has a good relationship with the Saint, so are you competing for his favor?"
"… "
Yuan Cixian smiled and said, "In that case, I'll tell you a secret, and that will be considered as helping you."
Lu Shiqing raised his eyebrows slightly, motioning for her to speak.
"You might as well check. Jiang Siqing may have some hidden connection with Lingnan."
"Lingnan?" Lu Shiqing asked back.
She avoided the content of the dream and explained, "You know, I like to eavesdrop. I once heard my sister-in-law tell someone that the Jiang family seemed to have some relationship with Lingnan."
Lu Shiqing frowned for a while, then suddenly, as if the clouds and fog had dissipated, he suddenly understood: "So that's how it is."
"Is there really something hidden?"
He said, "Yuan Cixian, you have figured out what is going on by eavesdropping. I thank you on behalf of the court."
"… "
*
That day, after Yuan Yu came out of the west courtyard, he heard Yuan Cihan talk about the letter, and then he and her acted out a shocking "brother and sister breakup" drama in front of Jiang Birou.
Afterwards, her brother and sister-in-law went back home, but she stayed because Lu Shiqing said that the letter would take three to five days at the earliest, or ten days at the latest to take effect.
As such a wicked person with a dark heart and evil mind, his schemes and tricks did not work immediately. Yuan Cixian felt that he did it on purpose.
In the blink of an eye, several days passed, and there was still no movement in the court. She had become familiar with the Lu Mansion and got along better with her future mother-in-law. However, her future sister-in-law still had some grudges against her.
Yuan Cihan didn't care about Lu Shuangyu at first. After all, she would be coming of age next year and would be thrown out sooner or later. But Lu Shiqing was away from home most of the time recently, and she had nothing to do, so she tried to build up a relationship with her.
One day near the winter solstice, the two gathered together to pick vegetables.
Originally, it was not the turn of delicate young ladies like them to pick vegetables, but people in Luoyang had some special customs for celebrating the winter solstice. For example, one of them was that young ladies who were about to be married would wash their hands and cook soup to show their virtue and pray to marry into a good family in the future.
Lu Shuangyu was old enough to be married, so Xuan asked her to practice a few days early and gave her three large baskets of vegetables.
Yuan Cixian was bored, so he worked with her. When picking vegetables became boring, he started chatting with her: "Sister Shuangyu, I have a question that I have been curious about for a long time. Why is your brother so afraid of dogs?"
She was just trying to get a word in. After all, Lu Shiqing was tight-lipped and never spoke.
Of course Lu Shuangyu also heard it, and raised her chin and said, "This is our family secret. If I tell you, my brother will scold me."
"You are being so distant with me. Look, I have moved to your house for a while now. I am probably not far from becoming your sister-in-law. Why are you being so distant with me? Sooner or later, I will also have the surname Lu!"
"Then let's talk about it after your last name changes to Lu." Lu Shuangyu snorted and continued to pick vegetables with her head down in boredom.
Seeing her bored look, Yuan Cixian tempted her, "At this rate, it will be dark by the time you finish picking all these vegetables. Tell me this secret and I will help you pick a basket."
She shook her head and said firmly: "No!"
Yuan Cixian held up two fingers: "Two baskets."
Her expression relaxed a little, but she still said unyieldingly: "No way!"
Yuan Cixian sighed, gritted his teeth, held up three fingers and said, "Three baskets!"
Lu Shuangyu was silent for a long time, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "Okay, deal!"
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