After marrying a powerful minister, the female partner was pampered

Chapter 208: Go to your room at night
Lu Xingzhi's suffocation in his chest finally dissipated, "Yeah."

Qiao Jingjing breathed a sigh of relief and stepped back, "My husband must be dealing with official business, so I won't disturb you. I'll go and play with my mother and Shuangshuang."

Seeing that she was about to leave, Lu Xingzhi grabbed her wrist.

Qiao Jingjing turned around, "What's wrong?"

Lu Xingzhi paused, then lowered his voice and asked, "Does it still... hurt?"

Qiao Jingjing was stunned for a moment before she realized what he was pointing at. Her pretty face was instantly filled with blush.

She quickly shook her head, "No way."

"Yeah." The man responded in a low voice, and then said, "I'll come over to your place tonight."

Qiao Jingjing looked into the man's dark and deep eyes, was stunned for a moment, her face was burning, and she nodded, "Yes."

Seeing her like this, Lu Xingzhi's Adam's apple rolled.

But he was a rational person after all, and quickly restrained his restlessness.

He slowly let go of her hand and said, "Go ahead."

Qiao Jingjing nodded blankly, "Okay."

After leaving Qingsongyuan, she still felt her heart beating so fast.

Thinking of what Lu Xingzhi meant, she was ashamed and a little nervous.

After all, the experience last night was not a good one.

It hurts so much.

Thinking about it, she bit her lip and decided to go out to find some enlightening picture albums for Lu Xingzhi.

That man was stoic and had never been close to women. He really had no experience in that area.

This kind of thing must be found only in bookstores.

She took the maid and went straight to the bookstore.

But unexpectedly, before entering the bookstore, he met Lin Fangfang.

At that time, Lin Fangfang was shopping with a woman in a shop.

She didn't know what happened. When she came out of the shop, the woman scolded her, and then ordered her to carry things.

Although she looked frustrated, she did not complain. She hung all the large and small bags handed over by her servants on her arms.

That way, he would be no different from a servant.

Qiao Jingjing frowned when she saw this. She remembered what Lin Fangfang had told her before at the racecourse, and she couldn't help but feel bad for her.

That woman must be her mother-in-law, Mrs. Gu, right?

After thinking for a while, she walked over with the maid.

"Fangfang, what a coincidence."

Seeing her, Lin Fangfang's gloomy eyes lit up and she said happily: "Jingjing, when did you come back?"

"I just arrived yesterday. I haven't seen you for so long. I miss you so much. I didn't expect to meet you here just after I went out today." Qiao Jingjing hugged her shoulders affectionately, and then seemed to see the person next to her. Like a woman, she asked Lin Fangfang, "Who is this..."

Lin Fangfang suppressed her smile, "Jingjing, this is my mother-in-law. Mother, this is Mrs. Lu."

She introduced the two of them to each other.

Mrs. Gu turned around and saw Qiao Jingjing's charming face, with a look of disdain on her face. She obviously didn't want to see her, so she could only use her nostrils to look at her, "Which house are you from?"

She expected that a woman with Qiao Jingjing's appearance would rise to the top by virtue of her beauty, and her husband's family must not have much ability.

Lin Fangfang knew this mother-in-law, and when she saw her reaction like this, she became very angry.

She was not good to herself, and she didn't care what others did to her, but she couldn't stand it when she looked at her friend like this.

She couldn't help but raise her voice, "This is the Minister of Civil Affairs, Mr. Lu's wife."

When Mrs. Gu heard this, her disgusted expression froze, and she thought she had heard wrong, "Whose wife?"

Lin Fangfang was very tired of her mother-in-law's snobbery, but she had to say it again, "Of course she is the wife of the Minister of Civil Affairs."

Then Qiao Jingjing saw Mrs. Gu performing a face change. "It turns out it's Mrs. Lu." Mrs. Gu didn't seem embarrassed at all. Instead, she praised Qiao Jingjing as if nothing had happened. "When I saw Mrs. Lu just now, I thought where did the fairy come from? It turned out to be the minister of the Ministry of official affairs. Madam, this is really disrespectful."

This is the case in this era. Even if the other party is older, you must be respectful when facing someone with a higher status than yourself.

"Mrs. Gu is too complimentary." Although Qiao Jingjing didn't like the other party in her heart, she didn't show any disagreement on her face.

"Mrs. Lu is so lucky. I heard that the emperor issued an imperial edict yesterday, and Mrs. Lu is now destined to be conferred." Mrs. Gu stared at her with burning eyes.

Qiao Jingjing paused and nodded, "Thanks to the emperor's grace, I have been granted a second-grade imperial edict."

Mrs. Gu looked envious when she heard this, "Mrs. Lu is lucky." When her eyes turned to Lin Fangfang, she frowned, obviously disgusted.

Lin Fangfang saw it and had no reaction.

She's used to it.

Qiao Jingjing frowned and couldn't help but said: "Old Madam Gu is ridiculous, but I can get the imperial conferment thanks to my husband. I believe that in the near future, Mr. Gu will also be able to obtain the imperial conferment for our Fangfang. "

The only thing she didn't say directly was that whether a female concubine would be granted a royal title or not would depend on the ability of the man in the family.

If a female family member cannot be granted a title, it is because the men in the family are not capable.

Mrs. Gu obviously understood, her expression was stagnant for a moment, and she was a little annoyed. However, facing Qiao Jingjing's smiling face, it was hard to get angry, so she said with an unnatural expression: "Then let's borrow Mrs. Lu's good words."

Qiao Jingjing didn't want to talk to her anymore, so she said, "Mrs. Gu, Fangfang and I haven't seen each other for a long time. If you have nothing to do, I would like to invite her to have a cup of tea and talk."

Mrs. Gu originally didn't want to agree.

She brought Lin Fangfang out today just to tease her.

But thinking that Lu Xingzhi's current status in the court was not comparable to that of his son, if Lin Fangfang could build a good relationship with Qiao Jingjing, it would definitely help his son's career, so he nodded and agreed.

"Go, it's rare that Mrs. Lu thinks highly of you, so you have to stay with Mrs. Lu well." She turned around and ordered Lin Fangfang.

That tone didn't sound like he was treating his daughter-in-law at all, but more like he was instructing a servant.

Qiao Jingjing was unhappy, but she didn't say anything more. She just said, "Then we won't disturb Mrs. Gu's enjoyment. Let's go to the teahouse."

"Go ahead, go ahead." Mrs. Gu said with a pleasant expression.

"Then..." Qiao Jingjing took down the things hanging from Lin Fangfang's arms one by one.

"What are you doing for food? Why don't you take the things from Madam's hand?" Old Man Gu scolded his servants.

The servants quickly stepped forward and took away all the items hanging and holding in Lin Fangfang's hands.

Lin Fangfang's hands relaxed.

"Let's go." Qiao Jingjing said, took Lin Fangfang's hand, turned and walked towards the teahouse not far away.

Mrs. Gu had been standing outside the shop, watching the two of them.

Seeing the two holding hands and having a close relationship, I thought to myself: Lin Fangfang, a hen that can't lay eggs, has only this one redeeming feature.

After staying away from Mrs. Gu's sight, Lin Fangfang shook Qiao Jingjing's hand and said sincerely: "Jingjing, thank you."

Qiao Jingjing laughed, "Why are you thanking me? If you really want to thank me, then I have to thank you. Didn't you defend me in front of your mother-in-law just now?"

Lin Fangfang looked at each other and smiled.

Although Qiao Jingjing didn't admit it, she knew that Qiao Jingjing had just appeared to help her out.

If it weren't for Qiao Jingjing, she wouldn't have had an easy time today.

Her mother-in-law is the best at teasing others.

There were so many servants at his disposal, but she had to be asked to help carry things.

That's all, her mother-in-law didn't give her any face at all. She yelled at her in front of the servants and didn't treat her as a daughter-in-law at all.

Thinking of this, she sighed inwardly, rubbed her sore arms, and changed the subject: "How were you and Mr. Lu's time away from Beijing? Was it fun?"

Qiao Jingjing thought of her trip to Chuzhou, nodded with a smile, and said truthfully: "It was quite fun."

Lin Fangfang looked envious, "That's great."

I'm quite busy at this time. I will update more when I finish. Thank you for your support~