Lengxiang Xiaoyuan is the main residence of the main courtyard of the Princess Mansion. This courtyard was originally the residence of Princess Li Jingyao of Yunchang.
After his mother and concubine He Shu moved into the princess mansion, Li Jingyao took the initiative to move out of Lengxiang Garden and moved to Jinchun Courtyard in Xiyuan in order to express her filial piety to her mother and concubine.
He Shu refused several times to no avail, and finally had to settle down here.
Being able to live and settle down in this quiet and elegant little courtyard for the rest of my life will be much better than 80% of the Li clan members in the family mansion.
Not to mention some concubines.
He Shu knew in his heart that the reason why he, the concubine of the previous dynasty, could achieve such a good result after the change of dynasties was not just because of his daughter's filial piety.
The fundamental reason is that after Liu Mingzhi rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor, he did not remove the glory and wealth that the Li family members in the family mansion deserved.
If Liu Mingzhi had been more ruthless, he and others involved with the Li clan would not be able to have a mansion or a courtyard to spend the rest of their lives, but they would be lucky to be able to find an uninhabited and remote place to survive.
They may even live a life of exile and exhaustion on the run.
In the end, it was the fate of the Li clan, himself and others to die in a foreign land and expose their bodies in the wilderness.
Therefore, even after so many years, He Shu's feelings towards this man who was treacherous, seeking power and usurping the throne but also had a kind heart were quite complicated.
Liu Mingzhi gradually replaced the remaining shadow of her husband in her heart, but she still didn't know how to accept this man wholeheartedly.
In the boudoir of Lengxiang Garden.
He Shu stood obediently behind Mr. Liu, with the lingering trace of joy still lingering on his cheeks. His slightly damp shawl hair was naturally scattered on the light plain clothes that wrapped his plump jade body.
The slender and white hands with ten fingers arranged Young Master Liu's hair in one hand, and gently combed it with a wooden comb in the other hand.
He Shu looked angrily at Young Master Liu, who was pulling on his clothes to amuse himself.
"Thankfully, because of your behavior of coming to meet you late at night from time to time, Shu'er got used to not leaving the maid arranged by Jingyao to serve you.
Otherwise, if the maids in Jingyao's house see you and I having sex in broad daylight, Shu'er will really be embarrassed to live here.
Can't you think about it for me?
If the story of my affair with you is spread out and causes an uproar in the capital, what else do you want me to do in the future..."
Liu Mingzhi gave He Shu a backhand hug, put He Shu on his lap and sat down. He looked at the beautiful lady's lingering lingering charm and smiled lightly on her dazzling and delicate cheeks.
"When my eldest brother was still alive, did you do anything to disgrace him, such as carrying a husband and stealing a man?"
He Shu Ning raised his eyebrows and glared at Young Master Liu with shame and anger: "Of course not. Liu Mingzhi, what kind of woman do you think the Ai family is? Is she the kind of woman who can't help her husband?"
"Okay Shu'er, please don't be angry, okay? I don't mean anything else by asking you this.
When the eldest brother was still alive, you were a human woman. If you had an affair with another man, you would be unchaste.
But eldest brother has been in business for many years, and now you are the widowed one.
It was encouraged by the imperial court for widows to remarry.
To be honest, I am not afraid of spreading the matter between me, Jie'er and you at all, let alone making a fuss.
If you two hadn't always been afraid of wolves and tigers, what would happen if our previous relationship was made public?
The reason why I didn't do this is to respect your wishes.
Naturally, I will not force you to do anything you don't want to do, let alone go against your will and secretly publicize it to make you lose face.
Let me tell you this, if you and Jie'er want to be with me openly, I can tell the world right away that the matchmaker is getting married and will carry you two into the gate of my Liu family in an eight-carriage sedan.
Before I touched you, you were just my two sisters-in-law, Liu Mingzhi.
But after having physical contact, Chen Jie and He Shu are the women of me, Liu Mingzhi.
Although they are not called husband and wife, they are women who are husband and wife.
In the future, whether you agree or not, after the construction of Liu Mingzhi's imperial mausoleum is completed, and a hundred years from now, you will be my wife, Liu Mingzhi, who was born in the same quilt and died in the same mausoleum."
He Shufeng's eyes flickered, and she stared blankly at Liu Mingzhi, who was holding her with a serious look on his face. He instinctively raised his palms to caress Liu Mingzhi's sparsely stubbled cheeks.
His eyes were full of happiness and confusion, indescribably complicated and confused, but they also contained a tenderness and tenderness.
He Shu sighed quietly and murmured softly.
"We were born in the same quilt, and we died in the same hole?"
"Yeah! We were born in the same quilt, and we died in the same hole."
"You are the king now. Once the relationship between the Ai family, eldest sister, and you is made public, are you really not afraid of being called a bastard?"
"My young master has a better life than Cao Cao, so why can't I get Cao Cao's disease? What do I have to fear?"
He Shu's emotional expression was stunned, and he looked at Young Master Liu without knowing why and asked: "Huh?"
"Haha! It's just a joke.
It's just a name-calling. What name-calling could be more serious than seeking power and usurping the throne?
I, Liu Mingzhi, don’t even care about the reputation of rebelling and usurping the throne, and I don’t care even less about accepting the reputation of you two Mrs. Qingcheng.”
He Shuying's lips trembled slightly, and she looked at Young Master Liu helplessly: "Now the Ai family finally understands where your reputation in the capital came from when Liu Mingzhi was still a lord."
"Ah? What kind of reputation?"
He Shu pursed her seductive red lips and snickered a few times, then said in a low voice: "Don't criticize Liu Mingzhi.
As expected, some of the rumors about people's famous trees are not groundless, and the Ai family has seen it today."
Young Master Liu suddenly had a black line on his face and curled his lips angrily.
"Jealousy, when my young master had this reputation, it was all because of those old foxes in the court now. They were jealous and slandered when they saw that my young master was so favored by his father.
What a good person this young master was back then?
To say that I don't want to criticize is completely slander.
Outright slander.”
He Shu looked at Young Master Liu's angry look, covered his lips and chuckled: "Sorry... Shu'er, it seems that he is completely worthy of his name."
Liu Mingzhi nodded slightly and pecked the beauty's red lips, staring softly at He Shu's somewhat evasive phoenix eyes, and slowly moved his palms over the beauty's body.
"Shu'er, give birth to a big fat boy or a little cotton-padded baby for me?
Among my many wives and concubines, all of them have given birth to me, even Jie'er has a girl called Lian Niang. So far, you are the only one who has not given birth to a new generation of incense for me.
If the two of us have blood, you will have someone to rely on when I am not with you in the future, right?"
He Shu looked stunned, his fingers silently entwined the black hair hanging down his chest, his eyes were evasive and he lowered his head.
"I...I...if I get pregnant, after the child is born, Jingyao and Chengzhi's identities and relationships will be all messed up.
We had a great night together so many times, and every time after you left, I would secretly drink a bowl of saffron, just because I was afraid that I might accidentally become pregnant with your blood.
The marriage of Jingyao and Chengzhi has always been a thorn in my heart, making me afraid to get pregnant with you..."
There were a few snapping sounds, and Young Master Liu slapped He Shu's buttocks hard several times. He glared angrily at He Shu, who was rubbing his buttocks and not daring to look at him.
"Who told you to drink that soup? Why have you never mentioned it to me?"
"I...I don't know how to tell you. The marriage of the two children is getting closer. If I have another child of yours, how do you want them to get along with each other in the future?"
“We can get along with each other as we should, and we can just discuss our own affairs, right?
Shan'er is still my aunt in name! The actual relationship is beyond our reach.
Are we living in peace and harmony now?
Good guy, I always thought it was because of my own incompetence. Is this the reason why your stomach has not responded for a long time?
You can't get pregnant if I don't work hard, and you can't get pregnant even if I try hard.
If you drink saffron secretly behind my back, won’t my damn young master’s hard work be in vain?”