My husband, who abandoned his father and kept his son, actually wants me to be his concubine.

Chapter 116 Never Forgave Rong Yi

Inside the Jade Palace's sleeping quarters.

Rong Yi placed the drunk Lu Jinshi on a small couch.

Lu Jinshi grasped Rong Yi's wrist and said, "Rong Yi... don't go, I feel so bad."

Rong Yi sat down next to Lu Jinshi and said, "I was going to get you some hangover tea."

Lu Jinshi leaned against Rong Yi's chest and said, "I'm not drunk. I know why Prince Jin used Sun Xian's boots to frame you..."

"Why?" Rong Yi asked, seeing Lu Jinshi's appearance, he didn't understand whether she was drunk or not.

Lu Jinshi said, "It's because Princess Consort of Jin wants Sun Xian to be Prince Jin's concubine, but Prince Jin doesn't want to be a concubine at all. In this respect, Prince Jin is much better than you. I heard from Sixth Sister-in-law that Prince Jin not only doesn't have a concubine, but he also never goes to the concubines' quarters..."

Rong Yi said, "How are you so much better off than me? I don't have any concubines or secondary wives either."

“You are different from Prince Jin. Prince Jin did it willingly. He knew that marrying Sun Xian as a concubine would make his position in the court more secure, but he did not marry Sun Xian as a concubine…”

“And you were forced to swear by me…” Lu Jinshi said in a low voice, “You just wanted the power of the Prince An’s Mansion and Tianzhang Academy behind me to help you ascend to the position of Crown Prince, so you had no choice but to compromise with me.”

"You wanted to take a concubine from the very beginning, you bastard, you wanted me to be your concubine from the start... You never had the same devotion to me as the Prince of Jin had to his Princess Consort..."

Rong Yi was now certain that Lu Jinshi was drunk: "Lu Jinshi, I admit that I was wrong before, but if Father hadn't bestowed marriage upon me, I really couldn't have refused his decree. I also wanted to give you the position of principal wife."

Jinshi, you shouldn't doubt my feelings for you. When I swore this oath, I already knew your identity. I only made this solemn vow because I knew you were my rightful wife…

Lu Jinshi looked at Rong Yi and said, "I don't believe your nonsense. No man is any good, and my father is no exception!"

Rong Yi smiled and said, "Zhang'er is also a boy, does that mean Zhang'er isn't a good person either?"

Lu Jinshi said, "Zhang'er is my precious baby."

Rong Yi asked, "Jinshi, do you love me?"

"Ha...to love a scumbag who made me his concubine, to love a beast who tried to steal my child?" Lu Jinshi said coldly, "I'm not that stupid."

When Rong Yi reached out and touched Lu Jinshi's face, he knew that Lu Jinshi had not completely resolved this matter in his heart.

If things had truly ended, she wouldn't have recently expressed regret or similar sentiments.

Lu Jinshi said, "Besides, where does the royal family get love? Loving you is less desirable than loving the position of Crown Princess..."

Rong Yi grew increasingly angry as he listened. He gripped Lu Jinshi's wrist tightly and lowered his head to bite her lips.

The candlelight inside the hall flickered gently in the wind.

After an unknown amount of time, Lu Jinshi said weakly, "Rong Yi..."

"Call me brother."

Lu Jinshi said softly, "Brother..."

"Call me good brother..."

"Good brother..." Lu Jinshi called out, his voice slurred with drunkenness.

After Rong Yi released Lu Jinshi, Lu Jinshi frowned and looked at Rong Yi, saying, "Clearly you are the male concubine, I should be on top of you..."

Rong Yi was still basking in the joy of Lu Jinshi calling him "brother" earlier. Normally, Lu Jinshi would never call him "brother" or "good brother."

Upon hearing Lu Jinshi's words, Rong Yi was even more delighted. If he had known this would happen, he should have given Lu Jinshi more fruit wine long ago.
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Lu Jinshi thought he had a good alcohol tolerance, after all, the wine from Shanyin was a famous and fine wine.

Lu Jinshi was eating bayberry wine in the summer. She could eat several bayberries in a row without getting drunk, but she never expected to get drunk from the fruit wine.

When she regained consciousness, she felt a terrible headache.

Lu Jinshi shifted, his whole body aching terribly, his back ached, his legs ached, everything hurt… “You’re awake. Drink some hangover soup. Be more careful next time you drink outside; you can even get drunk in front of your own uncle…”

Rong Yi chuckled and brought over some warm tea to help with the hangover.

Lu Jinshi took a sip of warm tea to help her sober up, then looked at Rong Yi with a smile and said, "I was drunk yesterday. Did I do anything I shouldn't have done or say anything I shouldn't have said?"

Rong Yi's smile clearly showed ill intentions.

Rong Yi smiled and said, "Jinshi, you are so cute when you're drunk."

"You have no manners, why are you calling me 'little sister'?" Lu Jinshi frowned slightly.

Rong Yi said, "You called me 'brother' yesterday, 'good brother,' so naturally I'll accept you as my sister..."

Lu Jinshi couldn't remember what she had said while drunk yesterday; she only knew that being drunk had misled people.

Rong Yi looked completely satisfied; he had no idea what Rong Yi had done to him yesterday.

Lu Jinshi stood up and said, "It's already past 9 AM, I have to go see my parents off... I'm really reluctant to part with them..."

My parents are setting off back to Jiangnan this evening. If it weren't for Zhang'er, Lu Jinshi would have loved to go back to Shanyin City with them.

Rong Yi smiled and said, "Mother arrived a long time ago. She's in the main hall with my mother and the Empress Dowager, playing with Zhang'er."

Lu Jinshi hurriedly got off the bed and said, "Why didn't you wake me up sooner? If your mother knew, she would think I sleep in every day. And how could you make the Empress Dowager wait for me?"

Lu Jinshi hurriedly invited the palace maids and Caiyun and Fengyun to come in and help her wash and dress.

Rong Yi said from the side, "It was the Empress Dowager who told me not to wake you."

After quickly dressing up, Lu Jinshi went to the main hall.

The Empress Dowager has already returned to Shou Kang Palace, and only Lu Mingzhu and Consort Rong are still playing with Zhang'er in the main hall.

"Mother, dear Mother."

Lu Mingzhu said, "When you were in Shanyin City, you would get up before dawn. How come you were kept up until 9 am by the Seventh Prince in the palace?"

Consort Rong said, "Young people need to sleep more. She drank too much yesterday, so it's fine for her to sleep a little longer."

Lu Jinshi picked up Xiao Zhang'er and looked at Lu Mingzhu, saying, "Mother, I'll go to the dock to see you off later."

Lu Mingzhu nodded slightly and said, "Okay."

Lu Mingzhu said to Consort Rong, "Sister Rong, Jinshi has been spoiled by me, and her temper is just like mine. If she has offended anyone, I hope you will be lenient with her. That's just how she is."

Consort Rong chuckled and said, "Jinshi is filial and sensible, so don't worry, I won't make things difficult for her."

Lu Mingzhu said, "Sister Rong, I'll go and say goodbye to His Majesty now."

Rong Shuang smiled faintly and said, "Alright, I'll play with Zhang'er a little longer. Zhang'er is becoming more and more well-behaved."

Lu Jinshi gave Zhang'er to Rong Shuang. She didn't intend to take Zhang'er out of the palace. In such hot weather, Zhang'er was afraid of the heat, so it was better to let Zhang'er stay in the ice room.

Lu Jinshi bowed to Rong Shuang and said, "Mother, I'll stay with my mother for now..."

Rong Shuang nodded and said, "Go ahead."

After leaving the Jade Palace, Lu Mingzhu said to Lu Jinshi, "Jinshi, although you are newlyweds, you can't be so excessive. Fortunately, you have met a good mother-in-law. My previous mother-in-law would make sure that any news about me from 9 am to 1 pm was known throughout Chang'an."

"I was drunk yesterday," Lu Jinshi said in a low voice. "I won't do it again."

Lu Mingzhu grasped Lu Jinshi's hand and said, "Your Majesty is really something. Your mother-in-law has been with him for almost twenty years, why hasn't he given her the title of Empress?"

Lu Jinshi said, "I had mentioned giving it to her before, but it happened to coincide with my wedding to Rong Yi. I was afraid that something might happen before the wedding, so it was delayed. Then my elder sister got married to my younger brother Lu Xiao, so the matter of her being crowned empress was delayed again..."