Prejudice and hatred are accumulated over time. Even if Lu Zheng speaks dryly, Kang Xintong will not immediately understand her mother's painstaking efforts, but she is willing to think about this matter from her mother's point of view with a just attitude. It's also a huge improvement.
The mother's affairs can be left to think later, Kang Xintong is more concerned about the present, such as
"Do you want the slave family to be your concubine too?"
Children are different from adults. When adults mention these things, most of them will cover it up implicitly, because they know that these things should not be publicized, and even talking loudly is shameful, but children do not have so many concerns and are more frank and straightforward.
Lu Zheng patted her forehead with the palm of his hand and clicked his tongue, "Yellow-haired girl, she is not as tall as a human, do you really think that she looks like a fairy? Not every man in this world is as careless as your stepfather. If you are 18 or 19 years old, and you ask this question, I'd be willing to think about it. Now you are eight or nine years old, and even normal men don't look down on it."
Kang Xintong blushed and said, "The slave family is already twelve."
Lu Zheng rubbed the top of her hair.
"It's windy, let's go home."
"… No."
Kang Xintong couldn't help burying his thin and flushed cheeks in the cloak, and a little red silk appeared at the corners of his eyes.
Lu Zheng's mansion is much bigger than Kang Xintong's stepfather's, but it is also much simpler. There are no decorations on the door or the main hall for entertaining guests. It is very simple. There are only a few carvings on the walls. with elegance. On the other hand, Kang Xintong's stepfather could not wait to put all the gold and silver utensils won in the war outside, so that outsiders could see how rich his trophies were.
Thinking of this, Kang Xintong couldn't help but think wildly.
Mr. Lu said that his mother was also a trophy, so his stepfather always liked to make her dress up beautifully, and let her participate in the small gatherings of those rude ladies. Is it also a kind of show off? Showing off her trophies is a noble lady from a noble family. She must have good looks, be self-disciplined, and have no bad body. On the other hand, those ladies are always one head shorter than their mothers...
"From tomorrow onwards, you will live in the mansion as my righteous daughter." Lu Zheng took the hand stove handed over by the servant, and a burst of warmth dispelled the coldness of his fingertips with a strong gesture, he said, "The mansion Apart from me and you, there is no third master. If there is any shortage on weekdays, go to the housekeeper directly. Except for Mrs. Sasao, most of the people in the house are men. You are a daughter's family, and there should always be a few maids around to take care of the daily life. , I'll ask the housekeeper to pick a few from the toothbrush tomorrow, and you can choose two to keep by your side..."
Kang Xintong stood on the spot, his little hands covered with red and purple frostbite were skinny, and tightly grasped the hem of his clothes.
"Why did you treat the slave family so well, sir?"
She didn't doubt that Lu Zheng had any bad thoughts, but she was very puzzled, why did Lu Zheng treat her so well? It needs to be known that people in this world, even if they are parents raising their children, their original intention is to continue the bloodline and inherit the lineage, and there are very few people who are truly selfless.
Lu Zhengdao, "There's no special reason, I really have to say, it's probably because I've been bored recently."
Kang Xintong was stunned, what is the reason for this
Even if she didn't know what Lu Zheng's identity was, even the stepfather who was so violent and who couldn't persuade anyone after being drunk treated Lu Zheng respectfully, it could be seen that Lu Zheng should be a big man. A big man shouldn't have to deal with all kinds of problems every day, and have no leisure time
Lu Zheng said again, "Why do you do so much? After all, it's not a bad thing for you, and you don't have anything to conspire against."
Kang Xintong said in embarrassment, "The slave family is beyond their own power, which makes the master laugh."
Lu Zheng asked the housekeeper to clean up the guest house and let Kang Xintong stay there for the time being.
Seeing that he hadn't left, Kang Xintong couldn't help being curious and asked a few more questions.
"Sir said earlier that you already have a family?"
Lu Zheng slowly blew the freshly brewed tea and poured her a cup by the way.
Kang Xintong has had a hard time these years, but in the early years, he was pampered. When he sat down at one end, his temperament could not be faked, and at a glance, he knew that he had received an excellent education. Lu Zheng said casually, "Yes, but they are not here, it's too messy here, don't worry."
Kang Xintong put down his guard and looked very quiet, but this mouth likes to talk, let's not stop.
Lu Zheng couldn't help but think of a person.
Kang Xintong knew the proportions and did not inquire too much about Lu Zheng's situation, but turned the topic to Jiang Ji.
She grabbed the tea bowl tightly with both hands, and said in a low voice, "Sir, can you tell me more about that Liu Xi?"
Lu Zheng was not surprised.
"She was my classmate."
Kang Xintong's eyes were already big, but now they were even more rounded out of shock.
"Classmate? But isn't she a woman? How can she be in the same class as Mr.?"
Lu Zhengdao, "She was dressed up as a boy by his father since she was a child, and it was not until many years ago that she was exposed to the sun."
"Is it possible that other people are blind, and they didn't see that she is the daughter's family..." Kang Xintong just finished speaking, seeing Lu Zheng's indescribable eyes, he suddenly realized that he had said something wrong, and panicked to remedy, "...Sir, it's not the Nujia family. saying you… "
"It's normal not to recognize, after all... there is no other woman like her..."
At that time, women were still popular among men, and Jiang Ji mixed in harmoniously.
As everyone knows, she is still the dream of many young and ignorant noble girls.
Lu Zheng seemed to think of something, his expression distorted for a moment.
Although he and Jiang Ji didn't get along for a long time, she managed to leave a nightmarish shadow on Lu Zheng in this relationship.
Loss to loss, Lu Zheng did not deny everything about Jiang Ji.
"Liu Xi was not well-known when he was young. He went to Hejian County to inquire about it. Most people only vaguely knew that there was such a gentleman who lived in the house for a long time. Mr. Xi Xi was a famous scholar in Dongqing, Wei Yuan, and more. I can't find out." Lu Zhengdao, "At the beginning of the twelve-year-old, he became a head-turner, training the part, clearing the bandits, and apprenticing to Yuanjing. After three years, there were frequent civil strife in Dongqing, and the three tribes in the northern Xinjiang were aggressive. Liu Xi's concubine gave marriage. Wumajun, the fourth prince of Dongqing, who replaced her father Liu She to marry her concubine. Soon after, she was placed under house arrest in Beijing."
"House arrest?"
Kang Xintong exclaimed.
Lu Zhengdao said, "This involves the struggle between the two factions within the Dongqing Dynasty, and the reasons are more complicated... In order to stabilize his power, the Dongqing Emperor ordered the gentry to send their children to the capital as a hostage. It is possible to study and study…”
"Then how does she get out of trouble?"
Lu Zhengdao, "I don't know what way she thought of getting out of the trap, because before she could see any movement, there was an earthquake in Shangjing."
The Beijing earthquake moved, the royal family moved the capital, abandoned the abandoned capital and moved the capital to Chenzhou, and even abandoned the people on that land.
In the past, it was all petty troubles, and the Beijing earthquake was the starting point of her world-famous reputation.