The old lady was moved back into the house with blood on her head, and what was originally a good banquet ended in absurdity.
One is the brothel madam who claims to be the wife of the second wife, and the other is the first wife of the second wife who went crazy and hurt her mother-in-law. No matter which one of them is enough to become the topic of discussion for the ladies present after dinner.
Everyone couldn't help but bring up the banquet held by Mrs. Lu a few months ago. In the end, everyone was forced to leave early because of the ridiculous things Li Xutang did.
No matter how long it has been, a historical scene has happened again.
When they left the Ning'an Marquis' Mansion, everyone didn't talk much about it. As soon as they stepped out of the door, they started talking about it one after another.
The Marquis of Jing'an and the British Princess fell one step behind everyone, and the British Princess said in relief.
"You really deserve it. Does this count as shooting yourself in the foot?"
"That Li Xutang is really full of evil. An Ning is really unlucky for eight lifetimes to have such a sister-in-law."
Mrs. Jing'an Hou remained silent and looked towards the door.
I always feel uneasy when I haven't seen Si Ning for a long time.
The British princess noticed her hesitation and comforted her in a low voice.
"Aning is so smart, nothing will happen to him. Didn't you see that General Lu didn't show up? With him here, nothing will happen to Aning."
After everyone left, the doctor hurried to the house.
First, he stopped the bleeding from the old lady's wound, then took her pulse, and finally wrote a prescription for the maid to cook the medicine.
He called Lu Zhiyuan to the outer room and whispered.
"Second Master, the old lady's condition is not very good. She is already weak. You must be prepared for such a fall."
Lu Zhiyuan's heart skipped a beat and he frowned and asked.
"what do you mean?"
The doctor didn't hide anything, he told everything exactly.
"I look at the old lady's pulse and it looks like the light has burned out."
"impossible!"
Lu Zhiyuan excitedly grabbed the doctor's arm, and the doctor looked at the person in front of him with an embarrassed look.
"Second Master, don't get excited, I will do my best."
Lu Zhiyuan pulled the person closer to him and said in a low voice.
"It's not about trying your best, it's about doing it for sure!"
The doctor was a little embarrassed, "Second Master, I can understand your mood, but this kind of thing..."
He wanted to persuade Lu Zhiyuan to be more open-minded. Birth, aging, illness and death were common occurrences. If the Lord of Hell wanted to recruit people, no one could stop him.
But before he finished speaking, Lu Zhiyuan spoke first.
"Even if you are going to die, it's not now. You must delay it for a while. No matter what method you use, I will thank you very much afterwards."
The doctor didn't understand the deep meaning of Lu Zhiyuan's words. He just thought he felt sorry for the old lady and thought of him as a filial piety, and nodded.
"I will try my best."
Lu Zhiyuan let go of him, stretched out his hand and flicked the gray tone on him, and warned again.
"You know what happened today and I know it. If others find out about my mother... Doctor Yang, I heard that you have a son in Lingnan, right?"
The doctor looked at Lu Zhiyuan with a shocked face, then lowered his head and said yes.
Lu Zhiyuan smiled and patted his shoulder before letting him leave.
After the doctor left, Lu Zhiyuan did not go back to see the old lady, but went to the front hall.
Li Xutang and Hong Lian sat face to face in the front hall, with murderous intent in their eyes.
It wasn't until Lu Zhiyuan walked in that the confrontation stopped for a while.
Lu Zhiyuan first looked at Honglian with a stiff tone.
"Who asked you to come?"
Guren was aggrieved by what he said, so she stood up, walked to him, held his arm, and cried.
"I was beaten like this by her, why did you question me first?"
She opened her sleeves, and there were some red marks on her arms, which she had pinched during the tug-of-war with Li Xutang.
Which girl in Honglian's business doesn't have delicate skin and tender meat?
Even though Honglian is now a woman in her forties, she still takes good care of herself and looks like she is in her early thirties at most.
Guren started to cry as she spoke. The look of pear blossoms with rain made people feel heartbroken.
But Lu Zhiyuan didn't show any pity at all. He grabbed her wrist and raised his voice a little higher.
"Tell me, who asked you to come?"
Guren seemed to be frightened by her, stopped crying, and replied sadly.
"A man came to pick me up and said you asked me to come here."
After hearing this, Lu Zhiyuan threw her away and turned to Li Xutang to attack.
"What's going on? It's a nice party. What are you doing? What's going on with your mother?"
Compared with Honglian's tenderness, Li Xutang is more like a lion with explosive hair, ready to bite his enemies with sharp fangs at any time.
She stared coldly at the doggy man and woman opposite and roared angrily.
"What's going on? Shouldn't I ask you this? What's going on with her? Why did she say that you promised her to be the second house's mother and take my place?"
"Lu Zhiyuan, do you have any conscience? I am the one you are marrying!"
"That's enough, now is not the time to talk about this. There are so many people here today, and we have to give everyone an explanation!"
Otherwise, the Ning'an Marquis Mansion will really become a joke in the capital, and it will affect Lu Zhiyuan's future career.
He has recently found a good future, and as long as the time comes, he will be able to take office.
In a few years, when the imperial court changes, he will look for an opportunity to return to the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the bright road will be waiting for him in the future.
Lu Zhiyuan has been planning for a long time, but he doesn't want to ruin it today.
He looked at Li Xutang and said, "Wait until tomorrow when you visit each house and say that today was a misunderstanding and blame everything on Si Ning. They didn't show up today anyway. You don't need to be too clear. Just be vague." Well, let them guess for themselves..."
"Guess what?"
Lu Zhiyuan was startled and turned around to see three people standing at the door of the front hall.
Li Xutang and Honglian also saw it. Li Xutang's eyes were sharp and he wanted to punch a hole in Si Ning's body.
Si Ning turned a blind eye and followed Lu Hanxiao to stand in the center of the hall.
"What did the second brother just ask them to guess?"
"I heard that my second sister-in-law almost killed my mother. What happened?"
Lu Zhiyuan's heart sank and he explained expressionlessly.
"It's all a misunderstanding, mother is fine."
"Really, but why did the doctor say that mother's life is not long?"
Lu Hanxiao had no feelings for this adoptive mother. Ever since he came to the Lu family, Mrs. Lu had hated him in every possible way, and she had left him to fend for himself in the small yard.
If it weren't for the secret guards around him and the favoritism of the old marquis, he might not have survived until the age of twelve or thirteen.
So when he heard what happened, he didn't have much emotional change, but instead acted a little numb.
Lu Zhiyuan was not as calm as him and said angrily.
"I said no, mother is fine, how many times have I said that!"
It's like whoever has the loudest voice speaks the right words.
Lu Hanxiao did not argue with him about these meaningless things. He winked at the secret guard standing aside, and soon the secret guard brought a little maid up.
After Li Xutang saw the maid, his face turned pale with panic. Before he could react, Lu Hanxiao said coldly. .
"Let's put the other things aside for now. There is something that needs my second brother to give me and my wife an explanation!"
