His father is only a long history official, and only a long history official in the county. There is no hope of promotion in recent years.

Although he has been studying for several years, his homework is not good, and there is basically no hope of gaining fame on his own.

Therefore, he has always wanted to find a woman from a good family to marry. His father was of little help to him in his career, so he could only focus on his father-in-law.

So over the years, he has been paying attention to managing his image so that those noble ladies can like him and save him a lot of trouble.

Even attracting Liu Yuexiang's attention in the first place was his intention. After all, Liu Yuexiang is the only daughter of the Linxian County Magistrate. It would be a good choice for him to become the County Magistrate's son-in-law.

But now there is Lianhua, who is more beautiful than those women. Although she is only the niece of the second wife of the Lu family, her treatment is that of a legitimate daughter, especially what Jia Rui just said, it is simply refreshing. This improved his understanding of the Lu family.

If a niece from the second wife's mother's family can be cultivated in this way, then if he becomes the son-in-law of the Lu family, wouldn't those resources be taken advantage of?

Not to mention that Lian Hua is so good-looking, with such a family background, even if Lian Hua is ugly, he is still very attracted to her.

“Mr. Li, are you listening to me?”

After Jia Rui finished speaking, she found that Li Rong seemed to be in a daze and called her several times but ignored her. , the anger suddenly rose again.

It doesn’t matter if the people inside laugh at her. Who would have thought that Li Rong can’t find a sense of honor here. Even though she said so much, they don’t listen.

"Yes."

Li Rong reacted and responded with a smile, looking gentle and elegant.

"Don't be sad, Miss Jia. Maybe Miss Lianhua really means well, but the way of expressing it is not very good."

Now that he wants to please Lianhua, he naturally wants to He helped Lianhua speak, but he didn't want to offend Jia Rui. After all, she was the daughter of the county captain, so she still had some status.

After hearing him comforting her, Jia Rui's face looked much better, but when he said that Lian Hua probably didn't mean it, she felt angry again.

Looking at Li Rong’s sincere look, it seemed as if he really didn’t think Lianhua had done anything wrong.

Jia Rui felt a little tired. Why couldn't these men see such an obvious target?

"Mr. Li also wants to cling to the Lu family, so he protects the lotus like this?"

She was angry and had no scruples when speaking, her tone was very mocking, There was no way he could stop the contempt on his lips.

Li Rong suddenly understood her smile, and the gentle smile on his face could not be maintained for a moment.

She was mocking him and belittling his family background.

"Miss Jia's words are serious. A gentle lady and a gentleman are so jealous. Why shouldn't I appreciate Miss Lotus's talent?"

When he said this, Li Rong's face was full of seriousness. After being poked into the dirty side, he became quite angry.

But he also admitted his feelings for Lotus. Jia Rui was so angry that he gritted his teeth. Sure enough, the world was as black as crows.

Li Rong, who has always prided himself on being noble, is like this, let alone other people. He knows what is going on with the male guest, and he must be trying his best to get close to that bitch.

The Lu family spent so much time cultivating a cousin, surely they wanted to use it to gain access to the higher dignitaries in the capital, so how could they let a son of a low-ranking official like Li Rong succeed?

She felt that these people were just talking nonsense, but looking at Li Rong opposite, she couldn't help but said: "Master Li, don't forget, that Lotus's surname is Qin, not Lu, don't make any schemes. It’s just a show, but it’s a waste of joy.”

After saying that, regardless of Li Rong’s ugly face, he turned around and left.

After venting to Li Rong, she is in a much better mood now.

After a while, she also figured out that no matter how good Lotus was, she was still just a pawn for the Lu family to cling to the powerful.

Li Rong stood there for a long time, with what Jia Rui said echoing in his mind. Lianhua’s surname was Qin, not Lu. She was always just a subsidiary. If something happened to the Lu family one day, there might be something wrong. If a girl with a foreign surname like Lianhua was pushed out to block the knife, wouldn't he also be implicated?

He sought out Lotus because he wanted to use Lotus's power to pursue an official career and live the life of a master, sharing joys and sorrows but not suffering.

So, he really started to hesitate.

If a family like the Lu family climbs too fast, it will definitely attract a lot of forces. Once it is dealt with, it will fall faster than anyone else.

The Lu family may not be the most suitable choice.

After thinking about it, he went in with ease. Originally, he came out just to find a chance to inquire about Lotus and get closer. But now that he knew about it, he no longer had such thoughts.

The lotus flower was very beautiful and moved him very much, but he didn’t want to be implicated.

It seems that Liu Yuexiang is more suitable for her, and she can get in touch with her later.

When he returned to the living room on the male guest's side, everyone was discussing how to play hut. These are things that scholars like to play, and all the children of the Lu family were there.Reading, they took it for granted that the Lu family should have it, but when they asked, they said they didn't.

Everyone in the Lu family looked embarrassed. They really didn’t expect this thing and didn’t prepare it in advance. It was really careless.

"It's okay, those things are pretty much the same, just let someone prepare them and I'll arrange them!"

Lu Xiaoyang felt that these scholars who talked so much were really boring. Take the initiative to do things.

Old man Lu waved his hand and let him go. Lu Baichuan and others didn't say anything, they just acquiesced. Everyone could see that Lu Xiaoyang was uncomfortable, so it was okay to let him out.

As for others, they felt that the Lu family was only superficially grand and did not even have such elegant items. Li Rong was also glad at this time that he had just thought about it and did not even have such elegant items. I think this family won't be prosperous for long, so letting go early is the right choice.

Looking at the changes in these people, the Lu family remained calm, drinking when it was time to drink, and joking when it was time to joke.

Lu Xiaoyang came back after a while, carrying a vase and a few arrow feathers, very simple equipment.

Everyone looked a little excited, but they wanted to please the Lu family, so they all had forced smiles on their faces.

Lu Xiaoyang placed the equipment in the middle of the hall and said to the young master who first mentioned that he wanted to throw the pot: "Master Qin, please."

Everyone's eyes were on him They all gathered on Qin Shouzhong, who did not refuse, and said with a smile: "Then it is better to be respectful than to obey."

Mr. Lu Xiaoyang prepared ten arrows, and each person shot ten in a row. , see how much you can get in.

Five is the limit. If you hit five or more, you will win. If you hit less than five, you will be fined. If you can't drink, you can perform your talents, or compose poems or articles. Of course, if your literary talents are really not good, you can also show off other talents, just for fun.

Qin Shouzhong was able to come up with this method because he was somewhat confident in his ability. He found a position to stand, took out an arrow and took a look, and then realized something was wrong.