After marrying a powerful minister, the female partner was pampered

Chapter 197 Shocked
As soon as he left, the eldest princess asked the maid to get some fruit snacks to entertain Qiao Jingjing.

After she finished her fruit snack, Lu Jing came back with playing cards.

The eldest princess took the playing cards, played with them for a while, and looked at Qiao Jingjing, "Besides fighting the landlords, are there any other ways to play?"

Qiao Jingjing nodded, "Yes." After thinking for a while, she added, "The two of us can come and go fishing."

"Fishing?" The eldest princess was very interested, "How to play?"

At the moment, Qiao Jingjing introduced her to how to fish.

The eldest princess listened carefully.

Seeing that she understood, Qiao Jingjing divided the shuffled playing cards into two parts, each person took one part and started playing fishing.

It wasn't until after dark that the two of them stopped.

"Princess, it's getting late. Let's stop playing here today. I'll go back first." Qiao Jingjing said.

The eldest princess glanced at the sky outside and said, "Come back after finishing your meal with me."

Qiao Jingjing thought for a while, but did not refuse, "Okay."

"Lu Jing, let someone pass the meal around." The eldest princess turned around and ordered.

"Yes." Lu Jing responded and went out.

After Qiao Jingjing finished eating at the eldest princess' place, she went out to go back, but saw Lu Xingzhi standing outside.

I didn't feel cold inside the house, but as soon as I came out, the cold wind immediately hurt my face.

Lu Xingzhi stood in the wind for who knows how long.

She frowned and hurried over, "Why are you here? How long have you been here?"

Lu Xingzhi glanced at her and said, "Someone is too happy to miss Shu. I'm here to take a look."

Qiao Jingjing blinked, deliberately moved closer, and joked: "Why do I smell vinegar?"

Lu Xingzhi was stunned, pursed his thin lips, and raised his hand to gently pinch the soft flesh on her face, "Then you must have smelled it wrong."

"I smelled it right. The vinegar smell came from my husband. Did you knock over the vinegar bottle?" Qiao Jingjing said seriously.

Lu Xingzhi couldn't help but smile, "Don't talk nonsense."

"Hey, you finally smiled." Qiao Jingjing looked relieved.

Lu Xingzhi was startled and then fell silent.

After a while, he whispered: "You have been wronged today."

Qiao Jingjing was stunned for a moment and shook her head, "I'm not wronged. Don't think too much about it."

Lu Xingzhi said no more, put his arms around her, and walked out of the eldest princess's yard.

It was quite cold at night, and Qiao Jingjing couldn't help but shrink into his arms, "It's so cold. Are you cold?" As she spoke, she reached out and touched the man's hand.

"I'm not cold." Lu Xingzhi held her hand.

"Hey, it's true." Qiao Jingjing was so surprised.

She thought he must be very cold after standing in the wind for so long, but unexpectedly, his hands were actually warm.

This man's physique is also very good.

Lu Xingzhi smiled, pulled the cloak and wrapped her in it.

Qiao Jingjing suddenly felt warm.

At this moment, she only felt that there was no safer and warmer place in the world than his arms.

When she returned to the house where they lived, looking at the bed covered with soft quilts, Qiao Jingjing kicked off her shoes and jumped on it impatiently.

"It's so comfortable."

She sighed.

I'm so tired today.

After riding in a carriage for a day, I still had to brace myself to face the Queen Mother's attack.

Thinking about it now, she still found it a bit thrilling.

If it hadn't been for the help of the eldest princess, she didn't know how the situation would have developed.

It was impossible for her to ask herself to leave the court.

But the Queen Mother is so strong.

If the Empress Dowager issued an edict, Lu Xingzhi would not be able to do anything about it.

Thinking of this, she sat up again.

"Lu Xingzhi, if, I mean if."

Lu Xingzhi was leaning over to put her shaken shoes in place. Hearing this, he straightened up and looked at her gently, "Say."

"If there is no help from the eldest princess, and the Queen Mother insists that you divorce me, will you do it?" Qiao Jingjing looked serious.

Lu Xingzhi shook his head without hesitation, "No."

Qiao Jingjing was very happy to get this answer, but she had to face the reality, "But you can't disobey the Queen Mother's decree, otherwise you will be charged with disobeying the decree."

"Then the worst I can do is not be this official." Lu Xingzhiyun said lightly.

When he said this, it was as simple and easy as talking about the weather.

Qiao Jingjing was greatly shocked, "You don't even want to be an official because of me? Are you willing?"

In the original book, this man has great ambitions and is devoted to government affairs, and has no interest in the love of his children. But now, he easily said that it was a big deal that he wouldn't be able to serve as an official.

Qiao Jingjing couldn't believe it.

"If you can't even protect your own wife, what's the point of being an official?" Lu Xingzhi said solemnly.

Qiao Jingjing was shocked and moved at the same time, but felt that this was a bit unrealistic, "But you have studied hard for so many years, and if you really want to give up this official position, your parents will not agree."

"My parents always respect my decisions." Lu Xingzhi said firmly.

Qiao Jingjing's heart moved and she blurted out: "Same as before, are you going to marry me?"

Although Lu Xingzhi never said it, she knew that because of the incident caused by the original owner, there were already rumors in the village, and the Lu family was also very dissatisfied with her.

But Lu Xingzhi still married her.

Lu Xingzhi paused and nodded, "Yes."

"You were under a lot of pressure at that time, right?" Qiao Jingjing said softly.

"No, my parents never say anything about what I decide." Lu Xing knew.

"What about yourself? What were you thinking at that time?" Qiao Jingjing couldn't help but be curious.

Lu Xingzhi looked at her and said, "I respect your decision."

Qiao Jingjing was surprised.

What he meant was that if she wanted to break off the engagement, then she would break off the engagement, and if she wanted to marry him, then he would marry her. Is that what he meant?

Just like the original book, the original wanted to break off the engagement, so Lu Xingzhi broke off the engagement with her.

If she hadn't crossed over and changed her decision, she and Lu Xingzhi would have become strangers long ago.

"Actually, nothing happened between me and Shen Tingzhi." Finally, she explained.

Although the original owner wanted to marry Shen Tingzhi at the time, the original owner had not yet let Shen Tingzhi succeed.

"It's all over. There's no need to mention it again." Lu Xing knew.

"Yeah." Qiao Jingjing nodded.

Lu Xingzhi touched her head.

Qiao Jingjing changed the topic and said, "For today's matter, I'm lucky to have the eldest princess."

But it was lucky that the eldest princess helped them out, otherwise Lu Xingzhi would have felt guilty if he had abandoned his official position for her.

Lu Xingzhi seemed to know what she was thinking, and suddenly said: "The Emperor is not stupid."

"Ah?" Qiao Jingjing didn't understand why he suddenly mentioned the emperor.

"The Queen Mother wants me to abandon you, and the Emperor will not agree." Lu Xing knew.

Qiao Jingjing was stunned for a moment, but then she understood.

The emperor was indeed not stupid. On the contrary, he was thirsty for talents. Lu Xingzhi was so talented, how could he be willing to let him abandon his official position and leave?
Therefore, if it really comes to that point, the emperor will definitely step in to stop the queen mother.

"So, the emperor is really a wise king." Qiao Jingjing said with emotion.

"Yeah." Lu Xingzhi agreed.

Looking at the man's handsome face, Qiao Jingjing thought of something and asked: "By the way, why does the eldest princess dare to disobey the queen mother?"

In the Queen Mother's room at that time, she clearly saw that the Queen Mother was extremely angry, but in the end, she actually let the eldest princess take her away without saying anything.

"Does the Queen Mother love the eldest princess very much?"

Lu Xingzhi paused for a moment and then said: "The eldest princess has some of the soldiers and horses given to her by the late emperor."

"Soldiers and horses?" Qiao Jingjing looked surprised.

"Well, the late emperor is the one who loves the eldest princess the most." Lu Xingzhi explained her confusion.

Qiao Jingjing was so surprised.

Unexpectedly, the eldest princess actually had soldiers and horses in her hands.

No wonder she dared to contradict the Queen Mother.

From this point of view, the eldest princess does not have a title for nothing.

"Fortunately, the eldest princess stepped back from the brink and came to her senses." She said with some fear.

But if the eldest princess is the same as Qin Yue'er, she will have no bones left long ago.

Thinking about it this way, she really felt that the eldest princess was a kind-hearted person.

Lu Xingzhi frowned, "Why do you say that?"

Qiao Jingjing looked at him with a complicated expression, "If it weren't for that, you would have been hers long ago and would have nothing to do with me."

Lu Xingzhi paused for a moment, "Although the eldest princess has troops and horses, she has never used them except when she helped the emperor ascend the throne."

"So, we all have to be lucky." Qiao Jingjing said, but she was thinking in her heart that she would have to build a good relationship with the eldest princess in the future.

Lu Xingzhi saw through her inner thoughts at a glance and said helplessly: "Don't think too much! Are you full at the eldest princess's place just now? Do you want to eat more?"

Qiao Jingjing shook her head, "I'm full, I want to sleep."

"Yes." Lu Xingzhi took the wet wipes from Qingyuan and wiped her face himself.

After wiping her face, Qiao Jingjing touched her tense face and said, "The weather in winter is too dry. My face feels so uncomfortable. Please put some facial oil on me." After that, she raised her face. .

Looking at the girl's clear and fair face, Lu Xingzhi paused and said good-naturedly: "Where is the facial fat?"

"Sir, the facial fat is here." Qingyuan handed over the facial fat at the right time.