The Marquis' Wife

Family relationship

Seeing the reaction of the guests who were surprised because they did not suspect that in Fucheng there are relatives, Adelia's eyebrows throbbed uncomfortably. Until when he can break off ties with the Miao family without damaging the reputation his family has.

"It's nice to meet you, too, sister-in-law. Sorry for not being able to come to your wedding in Cheng city because I am happy to be pregnant and Lu Xiang also attended the Prefect's call for the completion of the embankment project". 

Li Yaoyao smiled happily but her eyes flashed with a long explanation that Adelia gave, her eyes glancing at the guests who were curious about her relationship with the Adelia family, it seemed like she could take advantage of this situation.

"It's okay Brother Adel, Miao Sheng and I understand because the long journey does not allow you and brother Xiang to return to Miao village. Can I offer you tea and Brother Xiang?".

Adelia and Lu Xiang were stunned, the pulses of the lips and eyebrows both getting firmer. heh~ forced them to admit you were part of the Lu family hm? the way is genius yet it should require permission from both of us.

"Why hurry up sister-in-law, this is not the right place to offer tea.Tomorrow come home, I will be happy to welcome you both".

Lu Xiang stood up and introduced Miao Sheng and Li Yaoyao to the guests. "This is my wife's cousin, Miao Sheng and his wife Li Yaoyao. They got married early in August but because of our busy schedule, they just came to visit".

Everyone was aware that Miao Sheng was not the Lu family but rather the Adelia maternal family so the influence that could be exerted was not as strong as a part of the Lu family directly.

Li Yaoyao's eyes flashed coldly, she did not expect that Lu Xiang would introduce them so clearly to the people, she said, the man certainly did not want him to take advantage of the family relationship because people did not know how close or far the rope of their brotherhood was. But that's fine, because the purpose of coming here is to tie the knot of brotherhood that the Miao family and the Li family have a familial relationship with Lu Xiang.

The guests greeted and became acquainted with Miao Sheng and Li Yaoyao for wanting to establish a deeper connection with Lu Xiang, they were not sure how close the young couple was to Xiao Xieyuan but at least their relationship was not bad, perhaps they could utilize the young couple to their advantage.

Both the guests and Miao and Li Yaoyao had the goal of each getting acquainted with each other at Lu Xiang and Adelia's birthday party.

Adelia's eyes shone sharply when she remembered something and turned to Miao Sheng. "Miao Sheng, what about your exam, did you pass? You never came home after school so I didn't know about you in Fucheng".

Both Miao Sheng and Li Yaoyao were stunned by Adelia's unexpected question, the smiles of the two slightly cracked and tried hard to keep their friendly smiles.

"That's.cousin".

"Hm?"

"My husband can't answer the maximum because he doesn't feel well during the exam and will take the next exam. I'm sorry if Miao Sheng made you disappointed and embarrassed, this party event got awkward by our answer". 

Adelia's eyebrows shot up, Li Yaoyao tried to blame her for asking so out of place that it made the party awkward as well as trying to make the impression that she didn't like her cousin and trying to make her cousin ashamed?. The apology contained complaints and complaints that Adelia had not received for a long time because she was always at home and did not socialize.

"Why are you apologizing, I asked thinking that Miao Sheng passed the exam, Miao Lan's grandmother always said that Miao Sheng was a genius child, if Miao Sheng passed then he could continue the examination in the capital together with Lu Xiang. Sorry, I didn't know that Miao Sheng didn't graduate. Don't despair my cousin, you still have another chance three years later".

Miao Sheng could barely maintain his smile due to Adelia's innuendo, having long since not met his timid and submissive cousin growing more adept at wordplay.

Li Yaoyao's lips throbbed due to Adelia's intelligent reply, she wanted to open her mouth and refute but Lu Xiang's entourage of friends who had come late for entering the academy class invited a lot of attention, especially when Wang Jiayou and some Juren teachers also came with them.

They greeted Wang Jiayou and the other Jurents with a respectful greeting, Li Yaoyao who failed to make a bad impression of Adelia in the public eye was silent for a moment and then smiled back.

"Happy birthday Lu Xiang, brother-in-law. May you live a long life to become grandparents" Wang Tianjiang and Zhang Yunlei said.

"Happy birthday Lu Xiang, happy birthday lady Lu. Congratulations also on the honorary scholar degree that the Emperor bestowed, it was a great honor to be able to obtain that title from the Emperor directly" Wang Jiayou also congratulated and patted his colleague proudly on the shoulder.

"Yes. Lu Xiang, we are very proud to have a colleague like you".

"If you succeed in the capital don't forget us" joked another Juren teacher.

Lu Xiang simply laughed and thanked me. Zhang Yunlei was stunned to see Miao Sheng and nodded as a greeting, although they had gotten close to Shao Yunan but the avoidance that Miao Sheng had made him just think of the man as an ordinary friend.

Lu Xiang's natural treatment did not make people suspect that his relationship with Miao Sheng and Li Yaoyao was not so good but for the head of the family who had a lot of experience, the indirect treatment made them re-weight whether establishing a relationship with Miao Sheng could bring them benefits but Li Yaoyao's maternal family made them hesitate a little.

The Lu couple's birthday party event did not last long, the afternoon people began to leave one by one until the evening of the event was finished. Lu Xiang, Adelia and her sisters went home and handed the garden cleanup to the servants.

Lu Xiang lifted Adelia's body from the bathtub and wrapped it in a towel then laid her on the bed.

Adelia enjoyed the service given by Lu Xiang, at first she felt ashamed of being treated like a princess but over time she was used to and addictive to the preferential treatment. He himself did not know if he could live if there was no Lu Xiang in the future.

"Lu Xiang, what do you think of Li Yaoyao?"

"Hm? Why are you asking that woman?".

Adelia tapped her cheek thinking seriously. "I think it was Li Yaoyao who encouraged Miao Sheng to go to the party". 

He knew that Miao Sheng's ego was very high, he would not waste his pride to come to their party because it was not invited.

Lu Xiang laid down his body beside Adelia and hugged the woman from the side while gently stroking his wife's large belly.

"Looks like that, he must have gotten orders from mayor Li to establish a good relationship with us".

"To be exact with you" Adelia smiled proudly.

Lu Xiang chuckled softly and peeked at his wife's cheek. "They're on the wrong foot, if they manage to build a good relationship with you then they'll get me".

Adelia was stunned and laughed funny. Yes, it is true that her husband said they were wrongly targeted in a good relationship, a moment later he let out a long sigh. 

"I don't want to build a good relationship with them. Grandma Miao will definitely go to Fucheng to stay together with Miao Sheng, if Miao Sheng is close to our family then Grandma Miao will definitely look for trouble and profit back from our family".

Lu Xiang was stunned. "You mean that Miao Lan's grandmother will be staying at Miao Sheng and Li Yaoyao's house?"

"Yes. Miao Sheng was the favorite grandson of Miao's grandmother and he had also spent a lot of money to finance Miao Sheng's school so how could he possibly let Miao Sheng off just like that away from him?".

Lu Xiang thought and nodded sensibly, given the nature of Grandma Miao who always took advantage at every opportunity, Adelia thought there was a point.

"Do you think Grandma Miao has reached Fucheng?".

Adelia shook her head unsure. "It seems not yet, if it had been then he would definitely come to the house or party to ruin the event we made".

"Is it because of Li Yaoyao?"

"Yes. Most likely because of that".

Lu Xiang again kissed his wife's cheek. "Here, don't think about it. Grandma Miao Lan will not be looking for any trouble with us even though she has arrived in Fucheng because Li Yaoyao will definitely not let her".

Adelia's eyes slightly enlarged and shone. "You're right".

Hehehe, perhaps Li Yaoyao would be useful to resist the arrogance of her grandmother.