After marrying a powerful minister, the female partner was pampered

Chapter 365 Are You Shy?

Lu Shuangshuang frowned, "Why? The emperor wouldn't want a stupid and rude queen, would he?"

"It's hard to say. Maybe the emperor likes people like you." Qiao Jingjing joked.

"Don't do that!" Lu Shuangshuang was terrified. Thinking of something, she held Qiao Jingjing's hand and whispered, "Sister-in-law, I ran into Prince Ning on the way to the Imperial Garden."

Lu Shuangshuang felt disgusted when she thought about Prince Ning's flirting with her.

Qiao Jingjing was startled. Seeing that she looked a little unhappy, she hurriedly asked, "What happened after you met Queen Ning?"

"He, he actually touched my hand." Lu Shuangshuang gritted her teeth and told the story.

When Qiao Jingjing heard this, her expression changed, "Are you sure?"

"It shouldn't be wrong. I passed by him at that time and felt my hand being touched. If it wasn't him, who else could it be?" Lu Shuangshuang said with a frown.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Jingjing immediately asked, "Did anyone else see this?"

"No, Eunuch Zhao was walking in front and didn't see it." Lu Shuangshuang shook her head.

"Then don't tell anyone about this. If you meet King Ning in the future, be more careful." Qiao Jingjing instructed.

Prince Ning had a rebellious heart. Just now in the palace, under the emperor's nose, he dared to flirt with Lu Shuangshuang, the future queen. It can be seen that he did not take the emperor seriously.

She felt a little relieved when she remembered that the original book said that Prince Ning started his rebellion one year later.

It will take another year. As long as Lu Xingzhi reminds the emperor and puts Prince Ning under house arrest in the capital in advance and does not let him return to his fiefdom, the war should be resolved.

"I understand." Lu Shuangshuang nodded and agreed.

After the Lu family stayed up until midnight, they went to rest.

Back in the house, Qiao Jingjing told Lu Xingzhi what Lu Shuangshuang had said to her, and reminded him, "Prince Ning is a man of deep scheming, and he is eyeing the throne covetously. The book says that he will rebel in a year. If possible, we must ask the emperor to find a reason to put him under house arrest in the capital."

Although the emperor was the male protagonist in the original book and Prince Ning's rebellion was eventually suppressed, the war left many people displaced, with rivers of blood and corpses everywhere.

Therefore, if this war can be stopped, many people can be saved.

"After the New Year, I will find an opportunity to make suggestions to the emperor." Lu Xingzhi murmured.

"Yeah." Qiao Jingjing felt relieved.

Although the emperor's attitude towards Lu Shuangshuang is incomprehensible, he is still a wise ruler and is able to listen to the advice of his subjects.

The next day was New Year’s Day.

Lu Xingzhi went to the palace early in the morning to pay his respects to the emperor.

After Qiao Jingjing received the female relatives who came to the mansion to pay New Year's greetings, she and Lu Shuangshuang went to the Princess's Mansion to pay New Year's greetings to the Princess.

Seeing the two of them coming, the eldest princess sat on the chair, folded her hands elegantly on her legs, and said, "You are here."

At first, Qiao Jingjing didn't notice the ring on her hand. After all, the eldest princess was of noble status, so what could she have?
It was just a piece of jewelry, and she didn't think much about it.

It wasn't until the eldest princess waved her finger with the ruby ​​ring in front of them whenever she did anything that she realized something was wrong.

The eldest princess is not a person who likes to show off, and this kind of jewelry is not a rare item for her, so she shouldn't show off like this.

Thinking of something, she asked tentatively, "Your Highness, the ring on your finger is so beautiful and exquisite. Who gave it to you?"

Hearing her say this, Lu Shuangshuang also noticed it and immediately praised: "Your Highness, your ring is so beautiful, it really suits your temperament."

The corner of Qiao Jingjing's mouth twitched.

She said that the gold ring with ruby ​​was a bit old-fashioned and did not match the eldest princess' temperament.

Shuangshuang is really good at telling lies with open eyes.

But the eldest princess was very pleased to hear it, but she said, "Is it beautiful? I think it's okay."

Seeing her amorous look, Qiao Jingjing's heart moved, and she blurted out: "Your Highness, was the ring given to you by my brother?"

The smile in the eldest princess' eyes was about to overflow, but she managed to hold it in. "Well, it was given by your brother. He said it was a New Year's present for me, so I accepted it with reluctance."

The corners of Qiao Jingjing's mouth twitched even more. And she accepted it reluctantly?
My heart was clearly blossoming with joy.

But she would not expose her, but said with envy: "My brother is so considerate that he even knows how to give you a New Year's gift, but Lu Xingzhi gave me nothing."

Hearing this, Lu Shuangshuang looked at her in surprise.

A few days ago, didn't the eldest brother specially pick out a pair of beautiful and exquisite earrings for her as a New Year's gift? She even wore them to show her, but now she said that the eldest brother didn't give them to her.

Is sister-in-law real or fake?

She came to a conclusion.

Hearing this, the smile in the eldest princess' eyes became even brighter.

Seeing this, Qiao Jingjing added more fuel to the fire, "When a man gives a woman a ring, it's a token of love. My brother's feelings for Your Highness are really obvious."

When the princess heard this, she looked a little uncomfortable. "It's not what you think. He just happened to see it and bought it for me."

Looking at the eldest princess' rare shy look, Qiao Jingjing sighed in her heart.

It seems that her brother is quite capable.

When she and Lu Shuangshuang left, the eldest princess stuffed something into her hand and said expressionlessly, "This is for your brother."

Qiao Jingjing was stunned, then reacted and reminded: "Your Highness, when giving gifts to people, wouldn't it be better to deliver them in person?"

"Stop nagging. Just send it off when I told you to. I'm busy." The eldest princess said in a stern tone.

Qiao Jingjing blinked. Is Your Highness shy?
After thinking for a while, she accepted the item and said, "Okay, I'll send it to you later."

The eldest princess secretly breathed a sigh of relief and escorted the two of them to the carriage.

Away from the eldest princess' sight, Qiao Jingjing was really curious, so she opened the box and saw a ring inside.

But this ring is very simple and you can tell at first glance that it is for a man.

"Your Highness is really thoughtful." Lu Shuangshuang saw it and praised.

"Yes." Qiao Jingjing happily put the box away. Her brother would definitely be very happy to receive the gift from His Highness.

……

In a blink of an eye, it was the fifth day of the New Year in Zhaojia Village.

After Zhao Dali and Xiao Cui discussed it, they decided to go to the capital to find out the whereabouts of Duke Qin and his son.

For this purpose, Zhao Dali set out early in the morning.

Arriving at the Duke's Mansion, he thought for a moment and then walked straight over.

The Duke of Qin is of noble status and is not an ordinary citizen who can be seen whenever he wants.

So he planned to test the guard to see if he could get him to help him pass on the message.

However, as soon as he approached, the guards raised their spears and halberds, "Who are you?"

Zhao Dali hurriedly said, "Sir, I am from Zhaojia Village. I came here because I have something important to report to Duke Qin. Please inform me."

Upon hearing this, the guard frowned and looked at him. He looked like an ordinary citizen, but what if he really had something important to discuss with the Duke?

The guard hesitated.

"Sir, I really have something important to discuss with the Duke. Please help me inform him." Seeing that he did not chase him away, Zhao Dali hurriedly said.

The guard was still hesitating.

After all, the Duke is very busy with affairs of state, and not everyone can see him. If officials of the same dynasty want to see him, they have to write a letter and wait for the Duke to summon them, not to mention that the person in front of him is just an ordinary citizen.

Just when the stalemate was going on, the door of the Duke's Mansion opened and Qin Yue'er walked out.

Seeing a shabby-dressed man standing in front of the door, she immediately frowned in disgust and said to the guard, "Since when did even beggars get close to our Duke's Mansion?"