Chapter 383 Awkwardness

Everyone gathered and the maids began to prepare the meal. After the elders took their seats, Qin Xiaoning sat down next to the Duke's wife, and Lu Ji walked over and sat down next to his young wife.

Qin Xiaoning was still busy talking to the female relatives.

"Second brother, what's wrong with you today? It seems like you are angry with someone?" The Sixth Girl suddenly asked Lu Ji.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's eyes unconsciously focused on Lu Ji.

The man had a gloomy face, as if someone owed him money. It turned out that he was just angry with someone.

Lu Ji frowned when he heard this: "Who can I be angry with? It's always others who are angry with me."

The Sixth Miss glanced at Lu Ji, then turned to look at Qin Xiaoning who was smiling beside her, and muttered, "Anyway, no one at home will bother you."

After being reminded by his daughter, the Duke also noticed that his son was a little different today: "Is it because the court affairs have been too busy recently? I see that you seem to have lost some weight."

"Is that so?" After hearing his father's words, Lu Ji subconsciously touched his face, then glanced at his little wife beside him.

He cleared his throat and said, "Recently, things have been very complicated. Not only in the court, but also in the backyard, there are things that worry me."

"Is there anything at home that you need to worry about?" The Duke's wife said casually.

"That's right." Li Lanchun agreed.

Lu Ji stopped talking and just turned his head to look at his little wife beside him.

This is a veiled threat.

How could she let this man easily destroy the image of a good wife that she had worked so hard to build?

Qin Xiaoning turned her head and looked at Lu Ji, with concern on her face: "We women are in charge of the family, so you don't need to worry about it. You just need to focus on government affairs."

"Father is right. I've noticed that you've lost a lot of weight recently. Eat more to replenish your body." As she said this, she very virtuously served the man a bowl of soup.

Lu Ji took it and glanced at her with his eyes downcast: "Thank you."

The little woman looked up at him, her eyes full of tenderness: "Why are you being so polite to me, my husband?"

"My second sister-in-law is so gentle and virtuous." Lu Ning, who was standing by, couldn't help but feel envy when he said this.

The Duke's wife was happy; "A Ning has always been gentle, Ji'er is a lucky one."

Lu Ji looked at his young wife, his tone a little teasing: "Everyone praises you for being gentle to me."

Qin Xiaoning pinched the man secretly with her hand, but her face was still gentle and virtuous: "What are you talking about, husband? Taking care of you is my job."

She spoke softly, and twisted the man's flesh with her hands to warn him, and her almond-shaped eyes stared at him meaningfully and winked at him.

The man pretended not to see it.

"Actually, Aning also has a temper." Lu Ji said.

"Does someone like Second Sister-in-law have a temper?"

"Even if Ah Ning has a temper, she will never be harsh or harsh. She will always be gentle and kind."

"A Ning has always been gentle, she doesn't have a temper. You are too ungrateful, second brother." As soon as Lu Ji said this, everyone started to joke with the two of them. Qin Xiaoning responded with a gentle face. While everyone was not paying attention, she whispered to Lu Ji with her mouth: "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will deal with you when I get back."

Lu Ji still pretended not to see it.

After the banquet, everyone dispersed in groups of three or four and returned to their own courtyards.

Qin Xiaoning held Lu Ji's arm, looking like a little bird. After saying goodbye to everyone warmly, she let go of Lu Ji with a cold face, and walked back by herself with her cloak tightly around her.

The snow outside was thicker than in the evening, fluttering down, and the ground was covered with a thin layer of frost.

Qin Xiaoning walked in front and Lu Ji followed behind. The two walked in a depressed mood and neither of them wanted to talk to each other.

After returning to Qingsong Garden, Lu Ji went to the bathroom to take a bath, while Qin Xiaoning was helped by the maid to remove her makeup.

Listening to the sound of water splashing inside, Songzhi whispered, "I think if you don't comfort him, the prince will never calm down."

"Don't bother with him." Qin Xiaoning snorted; "This man is just spoiled."

As he was speaking, Lu Ji stepped out of the bathroom. The man had just finished bathing and was only wearing a snow-white undershirt. His black hair was still dripping with water. He didn't even know to wrap it with a towel and just let the water soak his undershirt.

Seeing this, Songzhi glanced at Qin Xiaoning.

Qin Xiaoning didn't even bat an eyelid, so the maid boldly asked, "My Lord, do you want someone to come in and wring out your hair?"

"No need."

The man's voice was cold, so Songzhi tactfully retreated.

Only the young couple were left in the room. Qin Xiaoning took off the remaining head jewelry and went into the bathroom to take a shower. When she came out, she saw that the man had already lay down with his eyes closed. Qin Xiaoning extinguished the candle on the bedside and got into bed.

The two of them had been covered with the same quilt. When Qin Xiaoning got into bed, the man turned over slightly, leaving only his cold back to her. Qin Xiaoning tightened the quilt herself. Perhaps she was too tired during the day. As soon as her head touched the pillow, she fell into a deep sleep.

When he woke up the next day, Lu Ji had already gone to court as usual.

Songzhi Jinlei helped Qin Xiaoning change her clothes and wash up, while he talked to Lu Ji in a murmur: "Your Highness didn't even have breakfast this morning. I saw that he looked very bad, and his eyes were dark blue. He probably didn't sleep well last night."

Qin Xiaoning stretched lazily and said to herself, "If he wants to be angry, let him be angry. You don't have to deliberately care about his mood."

"He is the master, how can we servants not care?" Songzhi sighed, "Hong'er was supposed to be on night duty yesterday, but she saw that the prince was in a bad mood in the past two days, so she was so scared that she refused to work the night shift last night and begged me to replace her."

"Hey - after you and the prince had such a fight, everyone in the courtyard is on edge."

Qin Xiaoning smiled bitterly: "It's not me who's making trouble with him, it's clearly him who's making trouble with me."

"Oh, my princess, you don't understand the prince yet. He has an unruly temper. If you are willing to coax him, his anger will subside." Songzhi said.

"I won't spoil him." Qin Xiaoning snorted, "Not only will I not spoil him now, I will never spoil him in the future."

"We must change his temper." Qin Xiaoning said.

The master and servant were talking here when Hong'er came into the room happily: "Princess, Master Wei sent someone to deliver a letter saying that Jiang Nu has arrived in the capital."

Upon hearing the news, Qin Xiaoning clapped her hands in joy: "You came so soon, I was still thinking about you."

Then he told Songzhi, "Pack up quickly. I will go to visit my benefactor today."