Chapter 95 - Lu Chen Admitted It
Chapter 95 – Lu Chen Admitted It
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With that, Qiao Ruoshui went straight to Prince Mediocre who had just come back from the imperial palace.
Seeing Prince Mediocre, Qiao Ruoshui blushed and said, “Your Highness, this is my aunt. She had a dispute with the concubine of Earl Cheng‘en’s eldest son over mooncake yesterday.
“That concubine was really rude, and she is just a mere concubine! ”
Prince Mediocre frowned and asked, “Are you talking about Concubine Li?”
Qiao Ruoshui nodded. “Exactly, Your Highness, Mrs. Zheng is my aunt but was bullied by a concubine…”
Prince Mediocre said coldly, “Concubine Li’s father is very important to the Empress Dowager.
“The Empress Dowager is very picky about food, and only the food made by Chef Li is to her taste.
“Mrs. Zheng? How can she compare with the Empress Dowager’s favorite chef?”
Qiao Ruoshui no longer dared to say anything about that concubine and began to complain about Qiao Jinniang.
“Even so, my aunt just said a few words about Qiao Jinniang’s adoptive father, but Qiao Jinniang ordered her servants to torture my aunt. Please uphold justice for my aunt, Your Highness!”
Prince Mediocre snapped, “Stay away from the Zheng family from now on!
“My father has already granted Qiao Jinniang’s adoptive father the posthumous title of Earl Lin’an, which is already greater than the title of Earl Zheng.
“You have to be careful with your words and deeds in the future. As for your uncle and aunt, don’t have any more dealings with them.”
Zheng Bo was disliked by his father because he was involved in the illicit salt dealings, so his father punished him without regard for his great-grandfather’s face.
Thus, the Zheng family was useless for his great cause, and such relatives would only become his burden.
Qiao Ruoshui returned to her courtyard alone.
Seeing her back, Mrs. Zheng asked Qiao Ruoshui happily, “Has the prince promised to punish that little bitch Qiao Jinniang?”
Qiao Ruoshui said, “Mrs. Zheng, let’s not meet again in the future.”
When Mrs. Zheng heard Qiao Ruoshui’s words, her heart shivered. “What do you mean?”
Qiao Ruoshui said arrogantly, “My mother has been helping your Zheng family for all these years, and I don’t think it’s right.
“Now that the prince doesn’t like you, I don’t think you should come here anymore!”
Mrs. Zheng was annoyed by her words. “Ruoshui, I am your… your aunt. I’ve been very kind to you since you were a chil
Qiao Ruoshui sneered. “So what? You’re just my aunt.”
The imperial decree that granted Qiao Yu a posthumous title was issued in two copies.
Qiao Jinniang snorted. “Although you got my father a title of nobility and I should thank you, you fooled me. Are you secretly laughing how stupid I am?”
“Why did you say that?” Lu Chen put his hand on her lower abdomen.
Qiao Jinniang said, “You don’t know why? Okay, let me ask you, do you have anything to do with the matter of Ruyu?”
Lu Chen said, “No.”
“But the two maids you gave to Li Yun instigated Ruyu to come to me!”
Lu Chen was just gently warming her belly and said, “I didn’t tell them to do that. They wanted to do it themselves.”
Qiao Jinniang: “Would they have done it if you hadn’t hinted at it?
“Regardless of the matter of Ruyu, who said that I wasn’t that stunningly beautiful enough to make you manipulate the Imperial Examination? But Li Yun said that he could only rank tenth at best, so why did you make him first place?”
Lu Chen: “I just liked his article.
“The gap between the top ten is small in the first place. Was it a mistake for me to give him the first position?”
Qiao Jinniang said, “Do you dare to swear that you didn’t trick me? You know that I will definitely misunderstand you, so you had already planned everything in advance, didn’t you?”
Lu Chen admitted it, “Yes, I did it.”
Qiao Jinniang glared at Lu Chen. “You actually admitted it?”
Lu Chen clenched Qiao Jinniang’s hand and said, “Yes, I admit it. It was also a show for the Duke that I was mad at you that day.
“But you refused to listen to my explanation and refused to give me time to get you the position of crown princess and insisted on marrying another man!”
Qiao Jinniang sensed a trace of grievance in Lu Chen’s words, but she was even more aggrieved.
“Tm more aggrieved than you, okay? I will never ever be a concubine. I had been separated from my biological parents for 18 years because of a concubine!
“You could take concubines, and I could marry a man who won’t take any concubines. Was I wrong?”
Lu Chen tried to pacify her. “Alright, alright, since this matter is already over, neither of us shall mention it again. Let’s forget about the matter about Li Yun, okay?”
Qiao Jinniang said, “You have to promise that you won’t trick me again.”
Lu Chen readily promised and asked, “Can I accompany you to take a nap?”
Qiao Jinniang hummed and lay down.
Seeing that she was about to fall asleep, Lu Chen suddenly remembered something and said,
“Lremember your period is normally at the end of the month, right? Now it’s in the middle of the month. Shall I have an imperial doctor examine you?”
Sleepy, Qiao Jinniang said with the last hint of sobriety, “You tricked me. Why can’t I trick you? I won’t sleep with you this year. Just endure it, humph..”