Chapter 100 Demoting Wife to Concubine
Gu Jianshen was silent for a long while, then replied slowly, "Zhang is the daughter of the governor of Jizhou. After I became famous and successful in the northwest, my mother no longer looked down on the Sun family. She threatened to die, so she canceled the marriage with the Sun family and let me marry Zhang instead."

People in the world are always pursuing profit, and there are many who sacrifice righteousness for the sake of profit.

Compared to a centurion's daughter, the governor's daughter would naturally be more helpful to the Gu family.

Since it was Gu's mother's intention, Lu Ji didn't say much. After listening to his friend's words, he fell silent again.

The past events are vivid in my mind.

I still remember that when the two brothers were trying to recapture Hexi, it was extremely difficult. They faced life-and-death tests many times and said heart-to-heart words to each other when they couldn't hold on.

The loved one waiting for you at home is the greatest motivation for you to persevere.

Gu Jianshen came from a poor family. Lu Ji remembered that what he said most was: When I become successful, I will go back and marry Li'er in a grand ceremony, and we will never be apart for the rest of our lives.

Now that he has achieved success and fame, things have changed. Lu Ji couldn't bear it and asked Gu Jianshen carefully, "Even if it's hard to disobey your mother's orders, you can only watch the daughter of the Sun family being humiliated like this."

Gu Jianshen lowered his head and sighed heavily when he heard this: "There is no other way. Zhang is my wife. If I take sides, Li'er's life will be even more miserable."

Seeing his friend looking like he had lost his parents, Lu Ji raised his hand and patted his shoulder, saying insincerely, "I don't think Zhang is such a bad person, but she is still a new bride, so it is inevitable that she is a little bit arrogant. It will be fine after a long time."

"Let's not talk about these trivial matters in the backyard today. Come, let's drink." Lu Ji raised the cup.

Gu Jianshen drank the entire cup of wine in one gulp, then forced a smile at Lu Ji.

The forced smile looks forced and awkward, uglier than crying.

He said to Lu Ji, "You are right. Zhang is a good person. Since she came into the family, she has been filial to my mother who is over 70 years old, taking care of my younger sister, managing household chores, and dealing with people. She is good at everything. She is a good wife, and she treats Li'er very well."

He paused, as if to comfort himself: "It is inevitable for women to be jealous of each other, but I believe she will figure it out slowly."

Lu Ji echoed, "Yes, yes, yes."

"Come, drink."

Gu Jianshen filled the wine cup again and drank it all in one gulp. However, the moment he put down the cup, his eyes turned red. Then, he let out a heavy sob and his tears burst out.

The tall and strong man's defense was instantly broken, and he sobbed and cried like rain.

Lu Ji and Qin Xiaoning were caught off guard.

"I'm really sorry, Li'er." He said this while choking with sobs.

Gu Jianshen tried his best to control his emotions, but it was difficult for him to control himself. A grown man, he burst into tears.

Lu Ji was most afraid of seeing women cry, and now a grown man was crying in front of him, which made him even more at a loss.

Lu Ji was surprised and turned his head to look at Qin Xiaoning beside him.

Qin Xiaoning gave Lu Ji a soothing look, then quietly left the banquet hall.

There were only two brothers left in the huge hall. Gu Jianshen's long-suppressed emotions burst out and he cried for a long time before stopping.

Lu Ji looked at him and said calmly: "If you feel depressed, just cry it out. Anyway, there are only two of us here."

Then, she teased him, "I won't tell anyone."

Gu Jianshen calmed down, blushing on his bronze face. He raised his hand, picked up the fruit on the table and threw it at Lu Ji: "Don't laugh at me."

Lu Ji wanted to say: You are a grown man, but you cry like this and you don’t even let people laugh.

After all, Lu Ji stopped teasing him out of concern for his brother's grievances. Gu Jianshen then noticed that Lu Ji's side was empty: "Where's Miss Qin?"

Lu Ji said, "She left a long time ago." Gu Jianshen didn't notice when Qin Xiaoning left. He rolled his eyes and asked Lu Ji in a low voice, "Miss Qin didn't see me just now, did I?"

He was a marquis, a seven-foot-tall man, but he was crying his heart out. If he was seen by a girl, he would no longer be a human being.

Lu Ji suppressed his laughter and replied, "No, she followed Zhang when she left just now."

As he spoke, he looked at Gu Jianshen sideways and said, "I was the only one who saw you crying."

Gu Jianshen rolled his eyes at Lu Ji and said, "Don't laugh at me. My today may be your tomorrow."

As he said this, he snorted coldly: "You are pampering your sweetheart like this now. When you get married, if your wife treats Miss Qin the same way that Zhang made things difficult for Li Er, you will understand my situation today."

Let her little girl be tortured like this by another woman?
Just thinking about it, Lu Ji wanted to kill someone.

After hearing what Gu Jianshen said, he immediately frowned and blurted out subconsciously: "Whoever dares to bully her, I don't care who she is, I will kill her first."

Seeing Lu Ji's expression, Gu Jianshen couldn't help but laugh: "Don't say such angry words. The one who can embarrass your sweetheart is your wife, who you married in a formal ceremony. You are the son of a noble family, how can you disregard the family rules of your ancestors?"

"Of course, I cannot ignore the family rules of our ancestors." Lu Ji said, "But I can choose not to marry."

The two drank until midnight.

When Lu Ji came back, Qin Xiaoning had already gone to bed. He simply washed up and went to bed.

Lu Ji didn't come back yet, and Qin Xiaoning didn't sleep well. She woke up when she heard the sound of him coming back, but she was too lazy to open her eyes. When she saw Lu Ji lying down, the little woman turned around lazily and snuggled into his arms.

Although he had been cleaned, the man still had a faint smell of alcohol on him. She didn't open her eyes and asked dazedly, "Has Lord Gu been crying until now?"

"That's not true." Lu Ji said, "I just cried for a while, and then we kept drinking."

As he spoke, he reached his big hand into her pajamas and stroked her smooth back: "You didn't have enough to eat after he made such a fuss, did you?"

The little woman snuggled into his arms and said, "I'm tired of watching these three of them."

As he spoke, he opened his eyes and looked at Lu Ji, and asked, "Sun Mengli suffered such a great injustice. After you left, didn't Lord Gu go over to comfort her?"

"How would I know that?" Lu Ji sighed, "Brother Gu is quite pitiful."

The little woman nestled in his arms and said casually, "He enjoys the blessing of having two wives, why should he feel pity? I feel pity for Sun Mengli, but she also asked for it. She was demoted to a concubine, but she still wanted to marry him. Isn't this asking for trouble?"

Hearing this, Lu Ji looked at the little person in his arms and asked solemnly, "What if it were you? If I marry someone else in the future, would you compromise for me like that Sun girl did?"

She won’t!

Love is love, but she would not be willing to be humiliated by others for Lu Ji.

You can say she is selfish, but in this respect, she is far inferior to Sun Mengli.

Although she thought so in her heart, the little woman said with full confidence: "For you, I can endure anything."

"Really?" Lu Ji's tone was full of doubt.

The little woman raised her head from his arms: "I believe that the prince is a responsible man. You will not let me suffer any injustice, nor will you allow other women to bully your beloved like Marquis Gu did."

"The prince is a man of integrity. I believe you."

Put a compliment on him.

(End of this chapter)