After marrying a powerful minister, the female partner was pampered

Chapter 271 What exactly happened to her during her lifetime?

Finally, Qin Xuan got on the carriage.

However, there was no Qiao Jingjing to adjust the atmosphere on the way back, so the atmosphere in the carriage became a little weird.

The two stared at each other for a moment, then the eldest princess suddenly took out the playing cards and said, "Playing cards?"

Qin Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded, "Okay. But how are we going to play?"

"Catch the turtle." The eldest princess spat out three words from her red lips.

Qin Xuan didn't ask any more questions. He had just come into contact with poker today and had only learned one game of Landlord. However, Qiao Jingjing had previously introduced that there were many ways to play poker, and catching turtles here was one of them.

After the eldest princess finished speaking, she waited for him to ask herself.

Compared to the first time Qin Xuan came into contact with poker, she was already able to play a variety of ways.

Thinking about it, she felt quite accomplished.

However, after waiting and waiting, he didn't wait until the other party asked, so he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed, and looked at him sideways, "Do you know this method?"

Qin Xuan shook his head honestly, "I don't know."

The eldest princess frowned, wondering why she wasn't curious at all?
But she was very interested and curious every time she came across a game. She always pulled Qiao Jingjing and asked again and again.

Qin Xuan noticed the unkindness in the other person's eyes and paused, a little confused.

How did he offend her?

Qin Xuan thought about it for a long time, but couldn't think of anything that offended her.

However, the eldest princess kept her face so sullen, and the already depressing atmosphere in the carriage became even more unbearable.

Thinking about it, he broke the silence and said, "How to catch turtles...?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the eldest princess's complexion visibly improved.

"Catching turtles is also called playing ghost cards..."

Outside the carriage, Qiao Jingjing raised her eyebrows when she heard the voices coming from inside. She was originally worried that Qin Xuan would be in trouble if he faced the eldest princess alone. After all, the eldest princess was quite prejudiced against him.

Now that I heard that the eldest princess invited Qin Xuan to play cards, I think the grudge in the eldest princess's heart was gone.

Qiao Jingjing felt relieved.

Soon, Lu Jing drove a carriage and left the Lu Mansion.

After watching the carriage go away, Qiao Jingjing looked at Lu Xingzhi with a relaxed expression, "Let's go in too."

"Yeah." Lu Xingzhi nodded and held her hand.

Qiao Jingjing was happy and hummed a tune.

Lu Xingzhi listened silently for a while and then asked, "Very happy?"

Qiao Jingjing nodded, "Well, I'm very happy."

"Then next time, invite the eldest princess and Qin Xuan to play in the house." Lu Xing knew.

Qiao Jingjing paused and turned to look at him, "What do you want to say?"

Lu Xingzhi looked at her with dark eyes, "You really hope that Qin Xuan is your brother, right?"

When Qiao Jingjing heard this, she was a little embarrassed and stammered: "Yeah, no."

"You don't have to hide your inner thoughts in front of me." Lu Xingzhi raised his hand to tuck the messy hair behind her ears.

Seeing the man's gentle actions, Qiao Jingjing felt warm in her heart, put her head on his chest, and whispered: "To tell you the truth, I do hope that Qin Xuan is my brother, or my brother, but Nothing has been found yet, and I don’t want to say it, because if it is found out, Qin Xuan actually has nothing to do with me, which would be so embarrassing. "

Lu Xingzhi listened quietly and suddenly said, "It's not like nothing was found."

Qiao Jingjing was stunned and raised her head to look at him, "You mean, what did you find out?"

"Yes." Lu Xingzhi nodded, "Lin Jiu found out that Mr. Yu has no other women except Mrs. Yu."

Qiao Jingjing was surprised, "No? Then what happened to the concubine that Duke Qin mentioned?" Lu Xingzhi lowered his eyes and looked at her, "So, this is the strange thing."

Qiao Jingjing frowned, "Yes, this is unreasonable, unless the concubine is also fabricated, but why do you want to fabricate a concubine?"

"Perhaps, the so-called concubine is just a cover to divert other people's attention." Lu Xing knew.

"A cover?" Qiao Jingjing was puzzled.

"In order to cover up the truth, I deliberately brought out the existence of the concubine and disguised it." Lu Xingzhi said calmly.

Qiao Jingjing understood after hearing this, "Does that mean that concubines don't actually exist?"

"No, there should be such a person, but she is not a concubine." Lu Xing knew.

Qiao Jingjing paused, "I'm not a concubine, but there is such a person?"

Lu Xingzhi held her hand with one hand and put the other behind his back, and responded in a low voice, "Yes."

Qiao Jingjing pinched her palm hard with her fingertips, her voice trembling a little, "You mean, that 'concubine' might actually be born to the old lady?"

Lu Xingzhi paused for a moment, then lowered his head and pried open her fingers one by one.

Seeing that the palm of my hand was pinched red by the fingertips, I felt extremely distressed.

He gently rubbed her palm with his thumb and said warmly: "These are just my guesses, don't think too much about it."

Qiao Jingjing was in a very confused mood at this time.

How could she not think more about it?

The two of them had speculated before that the concubine was probably her biological mother.

But if she is not a concubine, but a legitimate daughter of the Yu family, then why would the Yu family make up the identity of a concubine for her?

Moreover, this person existed, at least he died after giving birth to her.

But when she grew so big, no one even knew she existed, and she only showed herself as a concubine.

So what happened to her during her lifetime?
Why did the Yu family treat her like that?
Was her death man-made or an accident?
Just thinking of these, Qiao Jingjing felt suffocating in her heart.

Lu Xingzhi saw her discomfort in his eyes and changed the subject: "Tell Qin Xuan that you have a younger brother who was abducted by a kidnapper?"

Qiao Jingjing was stunned for a moment, and when she met the man's smiling eyes, she said uncomfortably: "I just said it casually."

"But just because you said it casually, people took it seriously." Lu Xingzhi said with a smile.

When Qiao Jingjing heard this, she thought of Qin Xuan's hopeful eyes on the carriage, paused, and suddenly felt a little guilty.

"But it doesn't matter. He is probably really your brother." Lu Xingzhi said with relief.

Qiao Jingjing should have been happy, but thinking about that "concubine" made her feel a little heavier.

She felt suddenly frightened.

The fear of the truth being revealed is so bloody.

"Don't be afraid, I'm here." Lu Xingzhi held her hand tightly.

Feeling the man's warm and broad palm, Qiao Jingjing's heart felt at ease, "Yes."

As soon as the couple returned to the yard, Aunt Rong suddenly came over and said, "Madam, the old lady said that she is going to Guanyin Temple tomorrow and will leave early in the morning. Let the old slave come and tell the madam."

"Going to Guanyin Temple?" Qiao Jingjing was stunned.

A smile appeared on Aunt Rong's face, "There is a Guanyin Temple thirty miles outside the city. It is said to be very efficacious. The old lady has long wanted to take my wife to worship."

Hearing this, Qiao Jingjing understood something and quickly glanced at Lu Xingzhi.

Lu Xingzhi calmly picked up the tea cup and took a sip.

"Madam, please remember to prepare and leave early tomorrow morning." Aunt Rong warned again before leaving.