Chapter 317 It is not against the law for me to stay with my concubine
Qin Xiaoning replied angrily, "It wasn't all perfunctory, it was just that I was living under someone else's roof at the time, so it was inevitable that I had to fawn on you as my husband."

Before she could finish, Lu Ji said, "So now that you can support yourself, you want to kick me out, right?"

Facing Lu Ji's questioning, Qin Xiaoning remained silent. After a while, she still stubbornly handed the "letter of release" to Lu Ji.

Lu Ji still didn't answer, and insisted, "Qin Xiaoning, I just want to know whether you have ever been sincere to me."

Qin Xiaoning raised her eyes to look at him and asked, "In your heart, do you think I have been pretending to be nice to you?"

The man didn't respond, but his expression showed suspicion.

I suspect that she never gave her true love in their relationship.

I have determined in my heart that she is a complete "ungrateful person"

Qin Xiaoning smiled bitterly: "What's the point of dwelling on this right now? It would be better to just part ways."

Lu Ji's brows gradually knitted together. He tried to calm down and asked Qin Xiaoning, "Why do we want to part ways? Qin Xiaoning, you are pregnant with my child."

"I can give you the child." She replied without thinking: "Didn't I tell you long ago that after the child is born, I will give him to you to raise."

Lu Ji was amused, and said helplessly: "If I hadn't become the regent, or if I, Lu Ji, was just a commoner, would you still be willing to return my flesh and blood to me?"

He stared at her and laughed at himself: "If that's the case, let alone returning the child to me, I'm afraid you won't even let him recognize me as his father."

To be fair, Qin Xiaoning was willing to let Lu Ji raise the child, naturally because she valued the Lu family's reputation.

Lu Ji can give the child a better future.

This is indeed the reason why Qin Xiaoning made up her mind.

Facing Lu Ji's questioning, she did not hide anything and answered frankly: "I do care whether you can give the child a better future. If you can't do that, I will naturally not let you raise the child."

She paused, then continued, "As for not letting the child recognize you as his father, you are wrongly accusing me. No matter what, you are the child's biological father, and no one can change that."

"Although I hate you, I will not stop my child from recognizing you."

She glanced at Lu Ji and said to him seriously: "We are all adults. I hope our affairs will not affect the children."

At first Lu Ji's face was dark, until she said the last sentence, the man's expression eased slightly.

After all, he cared about the baby in her belly.

At this point, Qin Xiaoning no longer expected anything else. She could feel more at ease knowing that Lu Ji cared about her child.

In the future, he and Wang Fengyi will have children, and maybe he will take concubines, and his harem will be filled with wives and concubines and countless children.

Qin Xiaoning was worried that Lu Ji would neglect her child.

After all, the child does not have the protection of her as a mother, so if he wants to win favor from his biological father, it all depends on the conscience of his biological father.

She had to find a way to make Lu Ji fulfill his promise and pass the throne to her son.

That is the throne, which is much more honorable than the position of the prince of a duke's mansion.

As a mother, who doesn’t want her child to be a superior person?

"I feel relieved that you still care about the child." These words came from Lu Ji's mouth, and they coincided with what she thought.

Qin Xiaoning sneered in her heart: As a mother, I naturally have to think about my children.

So she smiled faintly and said to Lu Ji: "I only hope that the prince will have many wives and concubines in the future, and if he has other children, please don't neglect our children."

As soon as these words came out, Lu Ji's face darkened again.

Qin Xiaoning handed over the "letter of release" again. Lu Ji looked up at Qin Xiaoning and asked coldly, "Are you still so impatient to leave?"

Qin Xiaoning nodded and said, "I will not be anyone's concubine."

This time, Lu Ji finally reached out and took the thin paper, but he did not rush to sign on it. Instead, he said, "My Lu family has strict family traditions. Even if I want to take a concubine or let her go, I cannot make the decision on my own. I need to report to the clan first."

He didn't just give her a perfunctory answer. Qin Xiaoning grew up in a mansion, so she naturally understood all this.

When Lu Ji took her as his concubine, although he was in a hurry to go to the battlefield, it was the clan that stepped in, and it went through a series of cumbersome procedures with the approval of Duke Ningguo and the Duke's wife.

Although it is not as complicated as getting married, the necessary formalities are still there.

"Okay then." Qin Xiaoning said, "Go report back to the clan as soon as possible and get it done as soon as possible."

After saying that, she ignored Lu Ji who had a cold face, twisted her waist, and went to bed.

The little woman is not the type to dwell on trivial matters. She was still full of resentment because Lu Ji went to see Wang Fengyi just now. Now that she has talked it out and he agrees to let go of the concubine, she will no longer be bothered by it.

Since you don’t love me anymore, just let it go.

No big deal.

Feeling at ease, Qin Xiaoning felt sleepy. As soon as she closed her eyes, she felt the bed beside her sink. She opened her eyes immediately.

Lu Ji actually followed her onto the bed.

He was about to lie down beside her.

The little woman's sharp eyes swept over him, and the man stopped moving halfway. He was neither lying nor sitting, so he asked in confusion, "What's wrong?"

Seems quite innocent.

Qin Xiaoning was so angry that she laughed and replied, "You still want to sleep with me?"

They are about to part ways, so why are they still sleeping together?

She didn't want him to take advantage.

After she reminded him, Lu Ji finally understood. He sat up and replied, "This is my bedroom. If you don't let me sleep here, where are you going to send me to?"

The palace was so big that Qin Xiaoning didn’t believe that there was no other place for him to sleep except here.

She said coldly: "Just ask the housekeeper to prepare another place for you to stay."

Lu Ji frowned: "I'm used to sleeping here."

He glanced at the little woman lying on the pillow and said with his thin lips: "How about I ask them to choose another place for you to live?"

It's the middle of the night, why should she move out?

She is pregnant.

Qin Xiaoning glared at Lu Ji fiercely and snorted in response, "You were the one who asked them to place me here, and now you want to chase me away, Lu Ji, do you have the nerve to do that?"

"Then I won't leave." He said, "Since you are reluctant to leave, just sleep here with me."

Having said that, the man ate a lot and lay down.

Right next to her.

Qin Xiaoning quickly moved inside, putting a large distance between him and him, and said angrily, "We are all going to separate, Lu Ji, it's not good for you to continue like this."

Hearing this, Lu Ji turned over, looked at her, and replied expressionlessly, "The release order has not been processed yet. As long as it is not processed, you will still be my concubine. It is reasonable and legal for me to sleep in my concubine's bed."