After marrying a powerful minister, the female partner was pampered

Chapter 389 The smell of rouge on him
"Why did the emperor send you so many medicines?" Qiao Jingjing was puzzled. "Also, why did you come back just now?"

Speaking of this matter, Lu Shuangshuang couldn't help feeling a little guilty, "The emperor said that I was weak and asked the imperial physician to prescribe tonic medicine."

"Why does the emperor suddenly care about you so much?" Qiao Jingjing was a little surprised.

"He doesn't care about me at all. I think he is deliberately making trouble for me." Lu Shuangshuang blurted out.

Qiao Jingjing asked curiously, "What's going on? Tell me quickly."

Lu Shuangshuang hesitated for a while before she told him what happened in the palace.

After hearing this, Qiao Jingjing's mouth twitched, "So, you slept in the palace for half a day?"

"I felt uncomfortable thinking about living with this kind of person in the future and didn't want to face him again, so I pretended to faint. How could I know that he would actually summon the imperial physician to see me? While waiting, I fell asleep." Lu Shuangshuang looked guilty.

Qiao Jingjing stroked her forehead, "Lu Shuangshuang, you are really amazing. You actually dared to pretend to be unconscious in front of the emperor and even slept soundly.

Aren't you afraid that the emperor will be furious and really punish you?"

"If that were the case, I wouldn't have to marry her." Lu Shuangshuang sighed.

"The emperor must have known that you were pretending to be unconscious, but he didn't expose you or punish you," said Qiao Jingjing.

"He knows?" Lu Shuangshuang was stunned.

"Do you think the emperor is so easy to fool?" Qiao Jingjing said with a smile.

Hearing this, Lu Shuangshuang drooped her head, "So that's why he asked the imperial physician to prescribe such bitter medicine for me? He's really playing a trick on me."

Qiao Jingjing couldn't help laughing, "So, the emperor is quite indulgent towards you."

Lu Shuangshuang widened her eyes and looked at her incomprehensibly, "What are you talking about? How did the emperor indulge me?"

"First, he knew you were pretending about what happened on New Year's Eve, and he didn't punish you. Second, you challenged his authority today and even pretended to be unconscious in front of him, but he didn't expose you or question you. Isn't this indulgence?" Qiao Jingjing said with a smile.

Lu Shuangshuang was unconvinced and said, "He didn't punish me because he wanted to keep me as his queen and torture me slowly in the future."

"You think too badly of the emperor." Qiao Jingjing laughed.

"He is a bad person. I have never seen a man as mean as him. If he were not the emperor, he would never be able to get married in his life." Lu Shuangshuang said.

"He may just be harsh in words, but he's actually a good person, otherwise your brother wouldn't have been loyal to him in the first place." Qiao Jingjing said.

"Let's not talk about him." Lu Shuangshuang said sullenly.

"Okay, let's not talk about him." Qiao Jingjing nodded with a smile.

"By the way, didn't big brother send someone to pick up Uncle Qiao and the others to come to the capital? Are they arriving soon?" Lu Shuangshuang talked about another thing.

Qiao Jingjing nodded, "Counting the days, it's almost time."

She was very happy when she talked about this matter.

Father Qiao and Aunt Xu finally agreed to come to the capital.

For this purpose, Lu Xingzhi also sent Chongxi back to Sifang Town to pick up people.

This joy lasted until Lu Xingzhi came back in the evening.

"Why do you smell like rouge?" Qiao Jingjing keenly smelled the rouge on Lu Xingzhi and looked at him suspiciously.

Lu Xingzhi was stunned for a moment, raised his sleeve to smell it, and the next moment, his handsome eyebrows frowned.

Seeing this, Qiao Jingjing poked his chest with her finger, "Master Lu couldn't bear it anymore and cheated on me?"

Lu Xingzhi came back to his senses, grabbed her fingers, and said jokingly: "What nonsense are you talking about?"

Qiao Jingjing pulled back her fingers, rolled her eyes at him, and stopped talking. She was less than three months pregnant, and the doctor had told her not to have sex in the first three months, so Lu Xingzhi followed the instructions strictly and was very disciplined.

She knew what kind of person he was, but the smell of rouge on his body was quite strong, so she couldn't help but think more about it.

Lu Xingzhi paused, then realized what she meant. His handsome face felt a little hot, but he flicked her forehead with his finger, "Who do you think I am?"

"Then explain to me why there is a smell of rouge on your robe? Don't tell me that you couldn't resist the invitation of your colleagues and went to the brothel." Qiao Jingjing said seriously.

"You think too much." Lu Xingzhi said helplessly, raised his hand to take off his outer robe, walked outside, and handed it to the servant, "Take it and wash it."

Looking at the man who came back, Qiao Jingjing curled her lips, sat on the couch, and waited for his explanation.

Lu Xingzhi paused and said in a gentle voice, "There is a drinking party at Guanyue Tower tonight, and they have invited dancers to perform."

"Is the dancer pretty?" Qiao Jingjing raised her eyebrows.

Although I knew that as an official in the court, he would inevitably have to attend various social events, I still felt uncomfortable when I heard about it.

"I didn't watch it." Lu Xingzhi said truthfully, "You know, I'm not interested in those."

"Not interested. Why do you have such a strong smell? Did you let those women get close to you?" Qiao Jingjing said in an aggressive tone.

"No." Lu Xingzhi frowned, "But when I was going downstairs, I bumped into someone. I guess the smell came from that girl."

When Qiao Jingjing heard this, she became even angrier, "Why are you walking so carelessly?"

Lu Xingzhi rubbed his brows and said, "It wasn't my fault. It was the other party who bumped into me by accident."

"With your skills, you couldn't dodge when someone bumped into you? Did you let yourself be bumped into on purpose?" Qiao Jingjing frowned and said unhappily.

Lu Xingzhi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "No matter what I say, it seems wrong. Besides, I am just a mortal, and sometimes I can't take care of things."

"An excuse." Qiao Jingjing was a little annoyed. "Is that girl very beautiful?"

Lu Xingzhi was stunned. "I don't know. I didn't see what that person looked like."

Qiao Jingjing felt relieved after hearing this.

This is a man's rule. He won't look at women randomly.

Just as I was thinking this, I heard Lu Xing say, "The girl's face was covered with a veil, so I couldn't see her face clearly."

Qiao Jingjing sneered, "Very disappointed?"

Lu Xingzhi was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and pinched her chin, "Jealous."

Qiao Jingjing said calmly, "If a man bumps into me someday, you probably won't care, right?"

Lu Xingzhi frowned, "Why would someone bump into you for no reason?"

"How should I know that? Didn't that girl just bump into you for no reason?" Qiao Jingjing asked back.

Lu Xingzhi choked and touched her head helplessly, "Okay, I get it. I will be more careful next time."

"It's not that you have to be careful, but you have to make sure no one touches you." Qiao Jingjing was dissatisfied, "Also, you are not allowed to go to those messy social events anymore."

"Okay." Lu Xingzhi agreed good-temperedly.

He thought that tonight's social event was just an ordinary drinking party, and the people who organized it usually behaved according to the rules, so he went along with it.

After all, being in the imperial court, it is not good to be too independent, and he still has to interact with his colleagues occasionally. However, he did not expect that the official was also two-faced.

Although I don't like him, after tonight, I have seen through his character and I will just stay away from him from now on.