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

Chapter 54 Don't mention the matter of male concubines again.

Qin Ke walked up to Lu Xiao and said, "Cousin, my sister is engaged to the Seventh Prince, and the wedding will be at the end of April."

Lu Xiao looked at Lu Jinshi, who nodded lightly and said, "Yes, I will marry the Seventh Prince in April."

Rong Yi smiled and looked at Lu Xiao, saying, "What brings you to Lingxiao Academy?"

Lu Xiao said, "When I heard that my cousin had come to Chang'an, I specially took leave from the academy and rushed back overnight to see her."

Lu Jinshi said, "I'm currently teaching at Lingxiao Academy. Would you like to come and study there too?"

Lu Xiao said, "That would be the best, then I could return to the Prince's Mansion every day."

As Lu Jinshi tidied up the books, he said to Lu Xiao, "Come to my house, I'll treat you to a meal?"

Lu Xiao said, "Alright, I also want to see my little nephew. I just heard from Yiran when I returned home that he is very cute and interesting."

"Zhang'er is indeed very cute."

After Lu Jinshi got into the carriage, she saw Rong Yi also get into her carriage.

Rong Yi, his face full of jealousy, pulled Lu Jinshi into his arms. "Your relationship with Lu Xiao seems to be better than your relationship with Qin Ke."

Lu Jinshi said helplessly, "Why are you being jealous for no reason? Lu Xiao came to Tianzhang Academy for a year. We are cousins, so naturally we have a better relationship. If you keep being jealous for no reason, I'm going to get angry."

Rong Yi tucked a stray hair behind Lu Jinshi's ear and said, "I've never heard Lu Xiao mention you before. Luckily, we have a very good relationship, and he never mentioned that he has a cousin at Tianzhang Academy. If he had mentioned it earlier, I would have recognized you sooner. There would have been no such thing as you being a concubine."

Lu Jinshi said, "You're blaming Lu Xiao now? It's clearly your fault. It was clearly your fault that I became your concubine."

Rong Yi was secretly annoyed that he had brought this up again, and quickly changed the subject, saying, "Lu Xiao was born on the same day, month, and year as me, only two hours older than me, but he refused to call me Brother Rong like Yuan Fei, Jiang Yin, and Xu Yang. Jiang Yin and Yuan Fei are also older than me, but they are willing to call me that. In the past, he would rather go to study in another place than study at Lingxiao Academy in order not to be called Brother Rong."

"Now it's not up to him whether he wants to call me 'brother' or not, since I've become his brother-in-law."

Lu Jinshi was speechless. Rong Yi, the seventh prince, was so childish in this matter. "You agreed to marry the eldest daughter of the He family before you knew my identity. Could it be that you just wanted to become Lu Xiao's brother-in-law?"

“How could I be so naive and silly?” Rong Yi couldn’t help but laugh. “Back then, I was willing to marry the eldest daughter of the He family because I couldn’t disobey the imperial decree, and I also knew that the eldest daughter of the He family had a child before marriage. I thought that if I could accept her child, she could also adopt Zhang’er as her son and make him my legitimate son.”

Upon hearing Rong Yi's words, Lu Jinshi's anger, which had not yet subsided, surged up again. "How could you let Zhang'er recognize another woman as his mother?"

Rong Yi said slowly, "Isn't the eldest daughter of the He family also you?"

Lu Jinshi said coldly, "But you didn't know back then that you not only wanted to make me your concubine, but you also wanted to take my Zhang'er away..."

Rong Yi said, "It's all in the past, let's not bring it up again. Didn't you also want to take my Zhang'er away and make him the Seventh Prince's son?"

Lu Jinshi said, "Zhang'er was born from my ten months of pregnancy, so I have the right to take Zhang'er away."

Rong Yi said helplessly, "Fine, fine, I can't argue with you. Let's not bring this up again."

Lu Jinshi said, "If you want me to stop dwelling on the past, you have to grant me one request: after we get married, even if I enter the Eastern Palace, you are not allowed to stop me from teaching at Lingxiao Academy. Also, I don't have to abide by the rule that the inner palace cannot interfere in politics; you have to give me the right to do so."

Rong Yi frowned slightly and said, "Your request is excessive."

Lu Jinshi said, "I don't think it's excessive. Since you promised me you would never take a concubine in this life, then this Great Sheng Empire will belong to you and me as husband and wife in the future. My involvement in politics is only to consolidate Zhang'er's position. If you're afraid I'll interfere in politics, then you must not trust Zhang'er and me." Rong Yi looked into Lu Jinshi's eyes and smiled faintly, "I really don't trust you. If I allowed you to have power in the court, would you assassinate me and let little Zhang'er ascend the throne early?"

Lu Jinshi said, "You are Zhang'er's father, how could I possibly kill you to seize power? Besides, do you think your Qi family relatives are just sitting around doing nothing? If I kill you, won't your brothers come and try to seize power from Zhang'er?"

Rong Yi said in a low voice, "We'll discuss this matter of interfering in politics later."

Back in the villa.

As soon as Lu Jinshi stepped off the carriage, she saw the rain falling like strings of silk. She opened her umbrella and went into the main room, where she saw Princess Yongjia holding her little Zhang'er and playing with him. Princess Yongjia's eyes were full of tenderness.

"Sister," Lu Jinshi said with a smile, looking at Princess Yongjia, "Zhang'er didn't bother you, did he?"

Yongjia said softly, "No, Zhang'er is very well-behaved. He can even call her 'Auntie' now."

"Ah-gu-gu," Little Zhang'er said to Princess Yongjia in a childish voice.

Lu Jinshi chuckled and said, "Zhang'er can't even call you 'Mother' yet, but he can already call you 'Auntie'. It seems that Zhang'er is destined to be with you, Sister."

Princess Yongjia held Zhang'er in her arms, her eyes filled with endless envy and affection.

Lu Jinshi didn't know how to persuade her, but fortunately her Zhang'er was well-behaved and sensible, and knew how to coax Princess Yongjia to be happy, calling her "Auntie, Auntie" repeatedly.

Rong Yi and Lu Xiao then entered. Lu Xiao entered the main hall and saw Princess Yongjia holding the child. His ears turned red. "Princess."

When Princess Yongjia saw Lu Xiao enter with Rong Yi, she lowered her head guiltily and said, "Young Master Lu, there's no need for such formalities."

Rong Yi took Zhang'er back from Princess Yongjia's arms, "Little Zhang'er, this is your cousin."

Lu Xiao reached out and touched Xiao Zhang'er's face, smiling as he said, "This child resembles Consort Rong."

Rong Yi said, "She looks more like my mother."

Seeing Princess Yongjia's strange expression, Lu Jinshi asked, "Your Highness, did you return from Wan Niang's place?"

Princess Yongjia shook her head and said, "I have already sent Yuan Jie a letter of divorce. I don't know how to mention this to my father. My father has always doted on my seventh brother. I want to ask my seventh brother to accompany me to the palace to inform my father that I have divorced my husband."

Rong Yi said, "Let's have lunch together before going to the palace."

Rong Yi ordered the maids in the separate courtyard to set out the meal in the dining hall.

Princess Yongjia glanced at Lu Xiao, then quickly looked away and said, "I'm not hungry..."

Rong Yi frowned and said, "Royal sister, you can't let that scumbag surnamed Yuan stop you from eating. Since you've decided to divorce him, I'll find you a few handsome male concubines to keep you happy. Then you won't have any more thoughts about that Yuan."

"Don't bring up the matter of male concubines again!"

Princess Yongjia was both ashamed and angry, but her eyes involuntarily glanced at Lu Xiao.

Lu Xiao then looked at Rong Yi and said, "I rushed to Chang'an to find my cousin because I heard rumors at the academy that she had a male lover and had a child with him. I rushed back to Chang'an to find out who was spreading these rumors, but now Zhang'er looks like Consort Rong... Could it be that Your Highness, you are my cousin's male lover?"