After marrying a powerful minister, the female partner was pampered

Chapter 44 It is impossible to keep it privately

The smile on Qiao Jingjing's face froze.

But fortunately, she had already thought of her words.

Faced with Lu Xingzhi's inquiry, she quickly returned to normal and said in a natural tone: "They deceived me because I didn't read books and thought I couldn't write poetry. So at the banquet, they deliberately proposed to write poetry and wanted to make me look embarrassed. Then Mrs. Li also generously took out this golden lion as a lottery prize, saying that the person who wins the first place will get this lottery prize.

I didn't originally want to be in the limelight, but the opportunity offered by Mrs. Li was really too tempting, so I... wanted to take advantage of it.

It happened that when I went to town before, I passed by the school and heard Lin Juren reciting poetry.

That year, he seemed to have gone to Beijing to take the exam, but failed. So that day, he looked very frustrated, but the poem he recited sounded very impressive, so I wrote it down.

It came in handy at today's banquet and helped me win this golden lion.

Husband, do you think my luck is very good?
This is made of pure gold and is solid. It should be worth a lot of silver, right? "

Listening to the girl's gushing, Lu Xingzhi's original doubts about her deepened.

After a moment of silence, he raised his eyes and asked, "What poem did you compose at the banquet?"

"The poem written by Lin Juren seemed to be called Bu Di Hou Fu Ju. I can't remember the specific details, so I made my own opinion and changed the title of the poem to "The city is full of golden armor", but those few lines of the poem , I still remember clearly that I was told to wait until autumn comes on September 8th, and when the flowers bloom, hundreds of flowers will bloom. The incense array will penetrate the capital, and the city will be covered with golden armor." Qiao Jingjing said word by word, and at the end, she asked curiously , "Husband, do you know what this poem means? At the banquet, they were all silent after hearing it."

Lu Xingzhi looked a little shocked after hearing this.

No wonder she was able to win the first place.

But this poem...

Thinking of the fact that Lin Juren had indeed gone to Beijing to take the exam before, but failed to pass the exam, and combined with the title of this poem, he suddenly felt that he might have been too preoccupied.

This poem may have really been written by Lin Juren, and happened to be heard by Qiao Jingjing.

Just this poem...

"Madam, you have a good memory. After listening to it once, you will remember it." He looked deeply at Qiao Jingjing with his dark eyes.

Qiao Jingjing waved her hand, "It's not that I have forgotten my memory, it's just that Lin Juren recited it several times that day, and the poem sounded very powerful, so I remembered it. By the way, you said that I am a golden lion, Do you want to share it with Lin Juren? After all, this poem is inspired by him."

Lu Xing knew: "Let's talk about it if we see him in the future."

Qiao Jingjing thought to herself: Lin Juren probably won't come to the capital, otherwise, this matter will lead to trouble.

But then I thought about it, Lu Xingzhi had so many things to do, he probably wouldn't take such a small thing to heart.

Seeing that he had no suspicion, she finally felt relieved.

"Madam, please don't tell anyone about this poem again." Lu Xingzhi suddenly reminded her.

Qiao Jingjing, who had just let go, suddenly brought it up and asked calmly: "Why, why?"

"Although this poem refers to chrysanthemums, it is too sharp to read, so it will inevitably not be used by others." Lu Xingzhi explained.

Qiao Jingjing's heart sank.

This poem was written by Huang Chao, the leader of the peasant uprising army in the Tang Dynasty. She thought this was an imaginary dynasty and everyone had never heard of Huang Chao, so she boldly used his poem.

In addition, at today's banquet, most of the guests were female relatives and some young men, so she didn't think too much about it.

Unexpectedly, Lu Xingzhi noticed something wrong with this poem as soon as he heard it.

Suddenly, her expression changed, and she said at a loss: "I didn't think it through well, but I have already recited this poem at the banquet. Will it... bring trouble to my husband?"

Lu Xingzhi pursed his thin lips and said calmly: "No, but you should pay more attention in the future."

Hearing this, Qiao Jingjing felt a little relieved and promised: "I will pay more attention in the future."

"Yes." Lu Xingzhi agreed and did not discuss the matter further. But Qiao Jingjing felt very regretful.

Lu Xingzhi was in the imperial court and was highly valued by the emperor, so he must have many political enemies.

If the poem she recited was used to make a fuss about it, it would definitely bring disaster to Lu Xingzhi.

She was so careless today.

You still have to be more cautious in the future.

After a moment of silence, she remembered another thing. Looking at the man's handsome face, she couldn't help but ask: "Husband, that Mrs. Li seems to hate me, but have you offended her?"

"Is she making things difficult for you?" Lu Xingzhi looked sideways at her, his beautiful eyebrows frowning slightly.

Qiao Jingjing shook her head, "That's not true, but I felt that way. But when she left, her attitude towards me changed for the better. I don't know why. Are all the ladies in the capital so fickle? What? Also, I heard from Fangfang that you may be promoted to Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Is this true? "

Lu Xingzhi looked at her gleaming peach blossom eyes, paused, and said: "People in Beijing are more complicated, but you just have to be yourself. You don't have to care whether others hate it or not. As for the promotion, the emperor tomorrow should He will issue an order."

When Qiao Jingjing heard this, her face immediately showed joy, "Congratulations, husband."

Lu Xingzhi looked indifferent, "It's too early to say anything."

"Willn't the emperor issue an order tomorrow? This matter should not change. Now I finally know why Mrs. Li suddenly changed for the better. It's because her husband is going to become a high official, so won't I be the one in the future? Madam Shangshu?" Qiao Jingjing said with a happy face.

When Lu Xingzhi heard this, the corners of his lips curled up imperceptibly, and he asked, "Are you happy?"

"Of course, my husband is going to be a high official, so why don't I just go to heaven like a chicken or a dog?" Qiao Jingjing frowned at the end of her words, her tone uncertain.

"It's chickens and dogs ascending to heaven." Lu Xingzhi corrected.

"Yes, that's what I mean. In this way, those people won't dare to bully me at will in the future, right?" Qiao Jingjing said happily.

"Yeah." Lu Xingzhi nodded.

"That's great." Qiao Jingjing looked proud.

A smile flashed in Lu Xingzhi's lowered black eyes.

After returning to the Lu Mansion, as Qiao Jingjing expected, Lu Shuangshuang told everyone everything that happened at the banquet. Of course, there was no word about what happened to her when Guo Manrou and others targeted her. carry.

"Jingjing, you are really amazing." Father Lu couldn't help but praise.

Mother Lu also looked at Qiao Jingjing with admiration and said with a smile: "We were worried at first, but we didn't expect that your sister-in-law would behave so appropriately at our first banquet."

"I was nervous at first, but when I got to the place and saw people, I wasn't afraid anymore," Qiao Jingjing said.

"Why?"

"Because I found that they also have two eyes, one nose, and one mouth. There is no difference." Qiao Jingjing said seriously.

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and then they were all amused.

"Your idea is very good, we should behave like this." Father Lu praised.

"Why do you all praise her? I also performed very well. I took second place in the pot throw." Lu Shuangshuang said dissatisfied.

"You are all fine." Mother Lu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"By the way, give this golden lion to mother." Qiao Jingjing endured the pain and handed the golden lion to Mother Lu.

She desperately wanted to keep this golden lion private, but the reality was obviously impossible.

(End of this chapter)