Chapter 337 His little girl is scared
Li Lanchun slowly said, "Mother, why bother with all this? If we let An Ning become our legitimate daughter-in-law, then these two children will be our legitimate eldest grandchildren."

Even after Li Lanchun said so, the Duke's wife still didn't come to her senses.

"I will take care of the child's identity." After revealing this, the Duke's wife asked Li Lanchun again, "You haven't told me yet, who is Ji'er going to marry? Is there something wrong in the court? Otherwise, Ji'er wouldn't be so eager to get married before we come back."

Marriage is a big matter. If it weren't for the urgent situation, my son wouldn't be so anxious to get engaged.

The Duke's wife never imagined that her son would go beyond his parents' authority and marry an orphan.

The noble families have strict rules, and Lu Ji is the eldest son, so this matter is of great importance. Although Li Lanchun has made it very clear, the Duke and his wife still did not think about it.

Facing her mother-in-law's questioning, Li Lanchun first glanced at the Duke sitting beside her, and then hesitantly said to the Duke's wife: "My mother also knows this man, you might as well guess."

"How could I guess that?" The Duke's wife said without even thinking.

The Duke's wife is slow-witted, but the Duke is smart. He really didn't expect that the person would be Qin Xiaoning after hearing what his eldest daughter-in-law said just now. It was only after savoring the meaningful look from his daughter-in-law that the Duke finally realized it.

While the Duke's wife was still asking questions in confusion, the Duke asked in astonishment, "Chun'er, tell me the truth, is Ji'er going to make Ah Ning his wife?"

He cleared his throat. "The wife he mentioned in the letter is Ning, right?"

As soon as the Duke said this, without waiting for Li Lanchun to respond, the Duke's wife asked anxiously, "Is that true? Chun'er, what's going on?"

Seeing Li Lanchun nod, the Duke's wife almost jumped up in anger: "What is this? This Ji'er actually secretly decided to spend his life with me without telling his father. This rebellious son, is he really trying to piss me off to death?"

In the Regent's Palace.

The news that the Duke and his wife had returned today had reached Lu Ji's ears immediately. He was accompanying Qin Xiaoning in trying on a dress in the main hall. After hearing the butler's report, Lu Ji asked, "How did father and mother react when they learned the truth?"

Fu Lai made a bitter face and answered truthfully: "I heard from the people who reported that the Duke's wife was so angry that she smashed the cups and scolded you, but the Duke was relatively calm."

Lu Ji had expected his parents' reaction. He said calmly, "I understand. You can go back and prepare as you need to. The wedding will remain unchanged."

After Fu Lai took the order and left, Qin Xiaoning sighed and said, "Since ancient times, marriages have been decided by parents and matchmakers. You can't blame the Duke's wife for being angry when you act on your own."

Lu Ji looked at the little woman and opened his thin lips slightly: "What can I do? If I don't marry you, you will have to part ways with me. Since I can't have both my wife and my mother, I can only do it first and ask for your permission later. This is the last resort."

When Qin Xiaoning heard this, she didn't even bother to try on the dress, and hurried over to explain, "Now that things have come to this, why are you putting all the blame on me?"

Lu Ji raised his eyes and looked at her, and asked back: "Aren't you the one who has been forcing me to get married? Who was the one who was making trouble with me a while ago?"

She did make a scene.

But the purpose is to marry him and become his wife in a legitimate way.

Which woman doesn't want to be an equal to the man she loves? But there has to be a way. No one wants to be a concubine and be subservient to others.

Seeing the man's attitude, Qin Xiaoning pouted and asked, "Do you regret it?" Even though Lu Ji was in a high position and had great power, he could force the clan, but he might not be able to get past his biological parents.

If the Duke and his wife refuse to agree to this marriage, then their marriage will not be possible.

"Why should I regret anything?" Lu Ji sat steadily on the chair, looking indifferent. He looked at Qin Xiaoning and asked, "Do you regret it?"

The little woman lowered her eyes, looking depressed. She was silent for a long while. She replied hesitantly, "It's not that I regret it, but I feel really sorry for your parents. I was taken in and raised by your family since I was young, but in the end, I made them so angry."

Before she could finish, Lu Ji said with a half smile: "In the eyes of my parents, you have always been gentle and sensible. If they knew that you had been forcing me in every way for the position of my legal wife a while ago..."

Before Lu Ji could finish, Qin Xiaoning interrupted him and said, "Who forced you? Although I wanted to marry you, I didn't force you. It was you who wanted to marry me. When we were still in Shuwang, didn't you send people back to start preparing for the wedding? This was all your idea. It has nothing to do with me."

Lu Ji knew that this little thing would definitely retreat when faced with difficulties.

Knowing his little girl's temper, the man did not argue with her. He just pretended to be serious and said, "Let's not argue about this for now. Tell me, what should we do now?"

"What do you mean?"

The little woman raised her eyes when she heard that, and said to him with a worried look on her face: "Of course you have come up with a solution."

Then he lowered his head again, tugging at the corner of his clothes and stammering, "I have no one to rely on. If you are unwilling to take the lead, I naturally have no idea what to do."

Seeing that Lu Ji was silent, she slowly looked at him again and asked tentatively, "You didn't tell the Duke's wife about what happened a while ago in the letter, right?"

Lu Ji asked knowingly, "What do you mean?"

The little woman frowned, hesitated for a long time, and replied hesitantly: "It's just that I said I can't be your concubine. If you marry a wife, we will part ways. And..."

She was a little embarrassed, and hesitated for a long time, and said angrily: "Anyway, it's about me forcing you to marry me."

Seeing her like this, Lu Ji couldn't help but laugh out loud. The little woman was so angry that she punched him with her fist: "It's already this hour, and you still have the heart to laugh."

The little woman was very angry, but the man couldn't help laughing. It wasn't until the little woman was completely annoyed and turned to leave that Lu Ji barely stopped laughing and raised his hand to pull the man into his arms: "Look at you, you are really a rat. You retreat when you encounter difficulties."

Hearing the Duke's wife so angry, the little woman was really scared.

She leaned in Lu Ji's arms and said, "Lu Ji, I am different from you. You are a child of destiny, born to have everything you want. Naturally, you are not afraid of anything."

The little woman sniffed and said in a muffled voice, "As for me, I have nothing. In such a high-ranking family, any disturbance could cost me my life."

"You always call me an ungrateful person, saying that I was born in the Year of the Rat and would retreat when faced with difficulties. That's because we come from different backgrounds. I am destined not to be as brave and strong as you."

"Lu Ji, I'm scared." Finally, she almost cried.

After hearing this, the man gradually stopped joking, stretched out his arms and hugged his little woman tightly, and replied firmly: "A Ning, don't be afraid, I will take care of everything."