After marrying a powerful minister, the female partner was pampered

Chapter 176 Lu Xingzhi: Madam wants to punish me

Lu Xingzhijun's face was livid, he glanced at the three of them coldly, and his voice was cold to the bone, "Shut up! Who told you to speak?"

The three of them shrank their necks in fear and did not dare to say anything anymore.

Seeing this, Qiao Jingjing sneered: "Lu Xingzhi, you dare not admit it if you dare to do it, right?"

Lu Xingzhi's handsome brows furrowed tightly, "They are talking nonsense, don't believe them."

"Sir, you should admit it now." Lin Jiu couldn't help but said, "You can't hide this matter."

Lu Xingzhi laughed angrily, "Okay, if you say it's true, then tell me, where did I raise that woman? What is her name? What does she look like?"

Lin Jiu frowned, "I haven't seen it before, so how would I know?"

After Lu Xingzhi heard this, he calmed down and said calmly: "Since you have never seen her, why are you so sure that I have a woman outside?"

Lin Jiu was stunned for a moment, "My subordinate, Ting Dong said this."

"Coming from the East?" Lu Xingzhi said with a grim look on his face, "What did he say?"

"That day he told his subordinates that you and your wife had a quarrel, and you vaguely heard your wife accusing you of raising a woman outside." Lin Jiu said truthfully.

Lu Xingzhi was stunned for a moment and looked at Qiao Jingjing.

Qiao Jingjing was also stunned, remembering the quarrel with him that day in Heyuan, and suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart, "You mean, Dong Lai heard the quarrel between me and the adults?"

"That's what Dong Lai said." Lin Jiu nodded.

Lu Xingzhi ordered: "Go and call Dong Lai over."

Lin Jiu went immediately.

Not long after, Dong Lai came over.

"Sir, Madam, are you looking for a younger one?" Dong Lai said respectfully.

Lu Xingzhi glanced at him, and then ordered: "Tell me exactly what you said in the Lotus Garden that day."

"What day was the conversation?" Dong Lai was still a little confused.

Lin Jiu immediately said: "It was the day the master and his wife had a quarrel."

Dong Lai finally understood, scratched his head and looked at him, "What did we say that day?"

Lin Jiu glanced at Lu Xingzhi and Qiao Jingjing, coughed slightly, and said casually what he said that day, "Sir, are you really playing with women outside? Which girl is she from? Is she more beautiful than Madam?"

When Dong Lai heard this, he immediately remembered it, clapped his legs and said excitedly: "I remember."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at his master who was looking at him coldly. He shrank his neck and said cautiously: "Are you really going to say it?"

"Speak!" Lu Xingzhi ordered in a deep voice.

So Lin Jiu and Dong Lai said something to you, and I recounted the conversation that day word by word.

After finishing speaking, seeing Lu Xingzhi's face darkening, Lin Jiu quickly excused himself and said, "Sir, this subordinate came from Ting Donglai."

Dong Lai stammered: "Little, little, I also listened to Madam's words."

Qiao Jingjing: "..."

By now, it is obvious what the truth is.

She had been so confident just now, but now she felt guilty.

She never expected that the cause of this incident was the words coming from her mouth.

But she said that that day because of the scroll. She thought that Lu Xingzhi liked the woman in the painting, so she was frustrated and said such decisive words.

By coincidence, that sentence was actually heard by Dong Lai. He misunderstood it and instead said it to Lin Jiu.

Therefore, the servants in Heyuan were discussing this matter privately, probably because they heard the conversation between the two.

Thinking of this, Qiao Jingjing was embarrassed and annoyed.

Seeing the girl's lowered head, the gloom in Lu Xingzhi's heart disappeared instantly.

He raised his hand and pinched her chin, looking at her with a half-smile, "Do you believe me now?"

Qiao Jingjing nodded like a chicken pecking rice, but did not dare to look at him, "Well..."

Lu Xingzhi paused and put his arm around her shoulders, "It's cold, let's go in."

"Oh." Qiao Jingjing responded and followed him into the house obediently.

Lin Jiu and Dong Lai breathed a sigh of relief and were about to leave, but at this moment, Lu Xingzhi said in a cold voice: "Lin Jiu, Dong Lai, you two are talking nonsense, and you arranged for the master to deduct half a year's salary. In addition, today You will be on guard duty in the courtyard at night, and you are not allowed to return to the house without my order."

Lin Jiu and Dong Lai: "..."

Qingyuan and Jinkui relieved themselves and said, "You two deserve it. If it weren't for your big mouths, Madam wouldn't have misunderstood you for so long."

Both looked remorseful.

But those words were obviously the first to come out of Madam's mouth. Why didn't you punish her, but punished them?

Even if their salary is deducted, they are not allowed to enter the house in such a cold weather.

Your Majesty, this is so unfair!
After returning to the house, Qiao Jingjing felt awkward and awkward when facing Lu Xingzhi.

But thinking about how I had said so many decisive words when I misunderstood him, I couldn't help but feel guilty, and I mustered up the courage to say: "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you... That's fine, you can punish me too."

"Penalize you?" Lu Xingzhi looked surprised.

"Yes, just like Xu Donglai and Lin Jiu." Qiao Jingjing looked sincere.

Although Lu Xingzhi didn't say he would punish her, if he did something wrong, he did something wrong, and she should not evade responsibility.

Lu Xingzhi paused, lowered his head and untied his belt, and said casually: "How do you want me to punish you?"

When Qiao Jingjing saw his actions, her heart trembled, and her mind couldn't help but think of some perverted news she had read online...

This man shouldn't be so perverted and want to punish her in that way, right?
Thinking of this, she trembled excitedly, couldn't help but take a step back, and said quickly: "I declare in advance that you cannot punish me corporally. I, I am most afraid of pain." "Corporal punishment?" Lu Xingzhi made a move He paused, "What do you mean?"

Facing the man's confused eyes, Qiao Jingjing blinked and said vaguely: "It's just, it's just physical harm..."

"You think I'm going to hit you?" Lu Xingzhi looked at her in disbelief.

Qiao Jingjing's eyes flickered, and she asked deliberately: "Then can you?"

"Who do you think I am?" Lu Xingzhi looked unhappy, "No matter how unbearable I am, I will never hit a woman."

Qiao Jingjing saw that what he understood was completely different from what she thought. Could it be that she understood it wrong?

Then he is so good, why should he take off his belt?
"Then how do you want to punish me? Also, you are such a good person, why should you take off your belt?"

"I never thought about punishing you." Lu Xingzhi frowned, looked at her defensive look, paused, raised his hand to rub his eyebrows, and explained, "I want to take a bath."

"Oh." Qiao Jingjing breathed a sigh of relief and looked at him with bright eyes, "You said it yourself, don't punish me."

Lu Xingzhi looked at her sparkling little face under the light, and his Adam's apple rolled. After a long time, he said "hmm" in a hoarse voice.

"Then you go take a shower." Qiao Jingjing turned around and gave him his change of clothes.

Lu Xingzhi reached out and took it. Just when he was about to say something else, the girl diligently took out a quilt from the cabinet and said, "I will help you spread the quilt. After you wash it, you can go to sleep directly."

Lu Xingzhi's expression froze instantly.

Seeing the girl busy on the floor, he went to the clean room with a heavy heart.

When he came out after washing, the bedding had been neatly laid out on the floor beside the bed.

Qiao Jingjing, who was combing her hair, saw him coming out, put down her comb, stood up and said, "I've laid out the bedding for you, then I'll go to bed first."

Lu Xingzhi turned to her and said in a solemn voice, "Madam, you haven't calmed down yet?"

"What?" Qiao Jingjing was confused.

Lu Xingzhi frowned and pointed at the quilt on the ground, "Madam, you want to punish me?"

Qiao Jingjing was surprised, "What are you punishing for?"

Lu Xingzhi paused and said in a low voice: "It's cold and the ground is freezing. It's very cold to sleep on the ground."

"It's okay. I laid out several layers of quilts." After Qiao Jingjing said that, she took out another quilt from the cabinet. "If you are worried about being cold, I will add another quilt for you."

Lu Xingzhi: "..."

Looking at the struggling girl, he coughed lightly and reminded: "The bed is actually quite big."

Qiao Jingjing was stunned for a moment, glanced at the bed, and nodded, "It's very big."

Seeing that she didn't respond, Lu Xingzhi paused and spoke again, "Actually, we can..."

"It's done, you can sleep." Qiao Jingjing smoothed the quilt and stood up.

Looking into the girl's clear eyes, Lu Xingzhi had to swallow back what he had not finished speaking.

He said "Yeah" in a heavy voice.

"Then go to sleep." Qiao Jingjing yawned and climbed onto the bed decisively and lay down.

"...Okay." Lu Xingzhi responded, walked over, put down the tent, and blew out the extra candles in the room, leaving only one in front of the bed.

So he didn't notice the cunning flashing in Qiao Jingjing's eyes.

She lay on the warm bed, looking at the figure of the man outside the tent.

Seeing him finally lying down on the quilt on the floor, he swallowed back what he wanted to say.

Forget it, let him continue to sleep on the ground tonight.

Who told him to sleep on the ground so many times before?

The misunderstanding was resolved, she felt happy and relaxed, and fell asleep after a while.

The next day.

She was still sleeping when she was suddenly woken up by Lu Xingzhi.

"What are you doing?" She rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked at the man sitting beside the bed with a dissatisfied look on her face.

Lu Xingzhi looked at her with soft eyes and said warmly, "I will leave for Chuzhou City in a while."

"Oh, then go ahead..." Qiao Jingjing said, turned over and continued to sleep.

Lu Xingzhi: "..."

After a moment, he sighed helplessly, got up and went out.

When Qiao Jingjing woke up, it was already noon.

Seeing that the weather outside was gloomy and windy, she thought that there was nothing else to do, so she simply hid under the quilt and didn't want to get up.

Seeing that she was so lazy, Mallow said with laughter and tears: "Madam is still unwilling to get up. I'm afraid you've already arrived in Chuzhou City by now."

Qiao Jingjing was stunned, "He went to Chuzhou City?"

"Yes, my lord set out early in the morning." Mallow replied.

Qiao Jingjing was stunned, "Then why didn't I know?"

Mallow shook her head, "Maybe it's because you saw your wife sleeping soundly and didn't want to wake her up."

Qiao Jingjing: "..."

She vaguely remembered that in the morning, Lu Xingzhi seemed to have woken her up and told her about going to Chuzhou City.

She was really sleepy at the time, so she turned over and fell asleep again...