Sitting in the carriage, Shen Lansui felt uncomfortable no matter what. His mouth was spicy and a little bitter.
While he was struggling, a cup of tea suddenly appeared in front of him.
As soon as she lowered her head, she saw herself with a slightly red face inside.
Shen Lansui: "..."
Is it on her face when she drinks?
"Thank you, Lord Marquis." She took the tea cup from Lu Xingyue's hand and took two sips to suppress the smell.
"Are you not used to drinking or-" Lu Xingyue looked at her inquiringly.
"Or what?" Shen Lansui was confused.
Seeing her take another sip of tea, Lu Xingyue paused and waited for her to swallow before saying, "Is it because that's the cup I used?"
Shen Lansui: "???"
Her eyes widened suddenly, "Your cup? How could that be?"
Lu Xingyue lowered his eyes, "At that time, your and my glasses were put together, and there was no wine in your glass."
Shen Lansui: "..."
She thought about it carefully and it seemed like it was.
After a long silence, she put the tea cup back on the low table expressionlessly, then turned her head expressionlessly, and with a muffled "dong" sound, her forehead hit the car wall.
Lu Xingyue: "...What are you doing?"
Shen Lansui said sadly and angrily: "Look at the wall and think about your mistakes!"
Her ears are red from the lobe to the tip, and are more colorful than the peaches on the branches.
Lu Xingyue was silent for a long time, and the corners of his mouth were raised calmly.
Shen Lansui thought about it all the way. After the carriage stopped, Lu Xingyue got out first thoughtfully, leaving her some space.
"Madam, the Marquis has entered the mansion first, why don't you come down yet?" Guan Chun called from outside.
Shen Lansui cleaned up his shattered face, got up and went down with a sullen face.
Guan Chun felt a little nervous when he saw her expression. After she stood firm, he asked in a low voice, "Did Madam have a fight with Mr. Marquis?"
Shang Xia also looked at Shen Lansui's expression.
"How could it be? I have a good relationship with Mr. Hou, don't think too much about it." Shen Lansui walked quickly to the house.
"Really? I saw Mr. Hou's face was sullen and he didn't wait for you. I thought you two were quarreling about the uncle's house." Guanchun said worriedly: "Although Madam is happy, if there is a quarrel with the uncle's house, you won't If you have the support of your mother-in-law, will the Marquis look down on you?"
"The Marquis is not that kind of person." Shang Xia shook her head, "Since Madam said there was no quarrel, it means everything is fine. Don't scare yourself here. Besides, the fault is clearly the selfish ones in the uncle's house. Who can see that? Because of this angry lady?"
"Shang Xia is right." Shen Lansui stroked the jade bracelet on her wrist and said, "When they sold me to seek glory, they should have thought of today. They are reluctant to give me a dowry. It doesn't matter if they don't want it. Let's not talk about it. Shang Xia, go and gather everyone in the house, I have something to say."
"yes."
Shangxia hurried away.
…
The small copper beast incense burner is full of mist, and the white porcelain tea cup is warm and fragrant.
Lu Xingyue was sitting in a large huanghuali wood armchair, reading a few pages of paper.
Stand quietly on one side.
"Is everything here?" Lu Xingyue raised his eyes to look at him.
"Yes, I have found out the ins and outs of Chongxi and the life of the dead man."
Lu Xingyue stopped talking and read attentively.
He was ordered to investigate the corruption of a major official, but he was ambushed and was seriously injured and kowtowed. When he came back, he fell into a coma. The palace doctors and private doctors said that he was probably hopeless.
He was unconscious in bed for half a month, and his breath was getting weaker and weaker. The eldest lady suddenly proposed to find a girl with the same horoscope to marry him. Duke Rong Guo was also confused and agreed.
A girl from a good family definitely doesn't want to be married to someone else, so she didn't have to think about a girl from a high family, but her status couldn't be too low, so she finally chose Kang Lebo Mansion.
The Kanglebo Mansion is hereditary and has no future. The previous generation and this generation have no future. Seeing that it is about to decline, they rely on selling their daughters to survive.
The eldest lady intended to release the news to the uncle's house. After Shen Sanqing found out, she immediately sent a greeting card, saying that she had two daughters of the right age. Although they were concubines, they were outstanding in talent and beauty.
The eldest lady did not reply immediately, but only asked for the birth dates of the two people, namely the Fourth Miss Shen Hanfang and the Fifth Miss Shen Lansui.
Lu Xingyue's eyes moved slightly, no wonder the fourth lady was acting strangely today.
However, was Shen Lansui chosen really because her horoscopes were compatible?
Looking down, the expression on his face suddenly became subtle.
"The fourth lady's aunt secretly exchanged the two people's birthdays, but the one chosen in the end was still Shen Lan's birthday?"
Zhou Quan slapped his forehead and said, "Yes! I forgot to mention that the eldest lady didn't seem to consider the fourth lady at all when she made the selection. The people below said that only one person's horoscope was included from beginning to end."
"She went there just for Shen Lansui."
Lu Xingyue stared at the incense burner thoughtfully.
With the horoscopes in this way, the marriage was agreed, and Duke Rong Guo gave the uncle's house a large sum of money. Shen Sanqing married his daughter over without even preparing a dowry. He just packed up some things and brought them over. No one was watching anyway. .
Maybe they thought he was going to die sooner or later, and Shen Lan would be a widow if he got married, so there was no use asking for a dowry.
They knew it, but they still sent their daughter into the pit of fire.
Lu Xingyue looked slightly cold and turned to the next page.
There is no difference between Sun Zong's identity and what Shen Lansui said, except for two points. During his lifetime, he suddenly gained a large sum of money and quit his job in the uncle's house, saying that he was going to strive for a future.
"Ah--"
The opponent's strategy of killing two birds with one stone was really good.
After Shen Lansui gets married, he will send someone to lure Zhou Quan and the others away so that Sun Zong can enter the new house smoothly. He will take Shen Lansui away and kill him on the way to make it look like he is eloping. Then he can be cuckolded. To live up to his reputation as a wife-killer, it would be better if he died, but if he didn't die, he would be disgusted for the rest of his life.
However, they did not expect that Shen Lansui refused to leave, so Sun Zong had no choice but to kill people in his new house in desperation, but he did not expect that Shen Lansui would take advantage of him.
Lu Xingyue put the paper on the table with his backhand, and said coldly for a while: "The guards on duty that night checked again. If there is any problem, none will be kept."
"Yes." Zhou Quan agreed, with a chill running down his back, and asked hesitantly, "Master, have you guessed who the person behind the scenes is?"
Lu Xingyue chuckled, "Who else but her could take such great pains to ruin my reputation?"
Zhou Zhou's expression was complicated, "Then why did you choose Madam? My subordinates still feel that something is wrong."
Lu Xingyue lowered his eyes and said nothing. He also felt that there was something wrong here.
"Where's Madam?"
Zhou Quan said: "I just asked when I was pouring tea. The maid said that Madam called everyone to the front hall."
"Go and have a look." Lu Xingyue threw the letter into the incense burner and walked away.
…
There were people standing outside the front hall. Shen Lansui didn't speak. They started talking quietly.
"What is Madam going to do?"
"I don't know, maybe you want to hit us?"
"We must establish our authority as soon as we pass the door. She won't be able to control us unless we get in front of her. Don't worry."
The whole yard was chattering, but Shen Lansui pretended not to hear it and ate snacks leisurely, until someone couldn't hold it in any longer and raised his voice and asked: "What do you want me to do when Madam calls me here? If nothing happens, I have to go back to work." live."
Shen Lansui finished a piece of pastry slowly, wiped his hands with a handkerchief, and then looked at the speaker.
