Quick Wear: I am a good female supporting role

Chapter 336 The Legal Wife in the Concubine's Story 17

The turmoil in the Marquis' Mansion did not affect her. Instead, it gave her a reputation for being gentle and filial. In addition, with Zhai Lingruo's family background and good relations with the Chen Guogong Mansion, others did not dare to give her a hard time.

The princess also sent flower-viewing invitations to all the talented young men and unmarried ladies in various families, and also sent invitations to some married ladies. This flower-viewing banquet was ostensibly for flower viewing, but in reality it was for the princess and a group of young ladies to meet the young man.

Zhai Lingruo didn't want to go at first. As a prince's wife, she would just sit there and wait for the banquet to be over.

But Bai Fu also went there. She came to the mansion to look for her a few days ago, "Lingruo, the princess is hosting a flower-viewing banquet in two days. Come with me."

"Go ahead, go ahead." Bai Fu, who was already capable of taking charge of the Duke's Mansion, acted like a child in front of her.

Bai Fu heard some rumors about the Marquis' Mansion in the capital, and was afraid that her good friend would be bullied, so she would come to find her every now and then, or send her invitations.

"Okay." Zhai Lingruo had no choice but to agree to her.

The detached courtyard of the princess's mansion, which was specially used for banquets, was full of colorful flowers, and the fragrance of flowers was wafting in the air. The sunlight shone through the carved window panes on the white walls, falling on the ladies in the garden, creating a gentle and peaceful atmosphere.

Zhai Lingruo felt a little bored, so she went for a walk. She walked through the path and came to a bamboo forest beside a pond. There was no one there.

There was a small pavilion beside the pond. Zhai Lingruo walked forward and sat on the stone bench in the pavilion. She supported her chin with her hand and looked at the pink lotus in the pond with boredom.

He was wearing a moon-white robe and had a handsome face. He appeared in front of her like a young man who walked out of a book.

When Zhai Lingruo looked up, she met a pair of warm eyes.

"Miss Zhai... no, perhaps I should call you Madam." Lin Xiao's smile was as warm as a spring breeze, but it also had a hint of bitterness.

"Lin Zhuangyuan."

Zhai Lingruo dug through the original owner's memory and found that there was indeed such a person. This person was a poor student in the Zhai family school.

The noble clans all have clan schools for their children to study, and some will even allow scholars with good qualifications but ordinary family conditions to come and study.

The original owner had seen him several times when he went to the clan school to visit his younger brother. At that time, Lin Xiao was just a down-and-out scholar. The Zhai children in the clan school were naughty and always teased these students.

The original owner couldn't stand it, so he stopped these things and said to his father, "Father, our clan school accepts these poor children who are not from our Zhai family. The original intention is to cultivate people who can become talents, not to be bullied. Is this making enemies or doing a favor?"

Therefore, Zhai's father ordered the clan school to be reorganized, and those spoiled children of the Cui family no longer dared to bully these children from poor families.

Lin Xiao studied at the Cui clan school for several years, and then followed his father to leave Cangzhou, took the imperial examination, and won the top spot.

"Long time no see, ma'am." A breeze blew by, and the lotus flowers in the pond swayed gently, emitting the fragrance of flowers.

Lin Xiao sat down on the stone bench opposite her, "I haven't thanked Madam for taking care of us students when we were at the Zhai Family School."

"You are now in officialdom and you should do practical things to benefit the people. I am not responsible for anything I have done." This was the original owner's true thought. She had never taken these little efforts to heart, nor had she ever thought about repaying the favor.

"Is Madam doing well in the Marquis' Mansion? Prince, are you treating Madam well?" Lin Xiao asked casually.

"Ah."

"In another month, I will go to Huaizhou to take up my post. If Madam needs me one day, I will definitely help you with all my strength."

Lin Xiao suppressed the surging thoughts in his heart. After he passed the imperial examination and became the top scholar, he went to Cangzhou. He originally wanted to marry the woman in front of him, but he learned that she was already married.

After meeting with Zhai's father, her brother stopped him and said, "Brother Lin, do you like my sister? What a pity, it would have been better if you had come earlier."

This almost became his obsession. A newly crowned top scholar and a prince's wife, they originally had no intersection at all, but Lin Xiao came just because he heard that she would be at the princess's flower-viewing banquet.

He wanted to see her again.

Zhai Lingruo stood up and looked at the new lotus in the pond. "The road to Huaizhou is long and there are many bandits. It is better for the champion to take the official road all the way."

If she remembered correctly, in the original plot, this newly crowned top scholar died on the way to his new post, killed by bandits in Huaizhou.

She was just suggesting that if the new number one scholar didn't listen, it meant that he was destined to have this disaster.

"it is good."

A dragonfly circled and flew, then landed on the woman's hair. Lin Xiao reached out to grab the dragonfly, but Zhai Lingruo subconsciously grabbed his wrist.

She was not used to strange men approaching her.

"Ma'am, Dragonfly."

After realizing it was a misunderstanding, Zhai Lingruo quickly let go of Lin Xiao's wrist. For some reason, she seemed to feel a chill on her back, as if she was being stared at by something dangerous.

"Oh, sorry." Zhai Lingruo smiled at him apologetically.

Lin Xiao shook his head. He felt pain on his wrist, which had a red mark on it.

"Mr. Lin has been away for too long. It's time for him to go back, ma'am." His words were filled with imperceptible tenderness.

"See you again if we're lucky." Lin Xiao's voice was so soft that it couldn't be heard clearly.

After Lin Xiao left, Zhai Lingruo looked at the new lotus in the pond again. Suddenly, she heard a noise behind her. She thought Lin Xiao had forgotten something, so she turned around and said, "Lin..."

The man was wearing a tight black gown and a black belt tied around his narrow waist, revealing his tight and firm muscle curves.

The person in front of him was not Lin Xiao, but Yan Heng.

Zhai Lingruo took a step back unconsciously: "Master Yan, why are you here too?"

Yan Heng's eyes were cold, and he seemed to be on the verge of exploding: "Why can't I be here? Who do you want to see? The new champion?"

Well, it turned out that Yan Heng saw me being alone just now.

"Well, we're just old acquaintances, don't think too much about it." Zhai Lingruo hurriedly explained.

Old acquaintance? Yan Heng sneered, "You are really amazing. You have one in the mansion, one outside the mansion, and now you want a third one. Madam is really philanthropic."

It smells very strong of vinegar.

Where did so many come from? She only has him, and she can’t handle him all, okay?

I don’t know what made Yan Heng crazy a few days ago. He would turn his face coldly when she blew the whistle, and get angry when she called him Lord Yan. Only in bed, when she called him husband, would he let her go.

"He is not my new lover." Zhai Lingruo quickly added: "You are my only lover."

But the words of explanation seemed even stranger.

Yan Heng's expression became even more sinister. What did she think of herself as? A third party who could be summoned and dismissed at will, used to avenge her husband?

"Lord Yan, please don't be angry." Zhai Lingruo wanted to grab his sleeve and act coquettishly, but then she remembered that this was the princess's mansion and she couldn't be too presumptuous. She had to change her way and comfort him with words.

"I'm really not familiar with that Lin Xiao."

“All the names have been called.”