Lu Chongyuan directly interrupted Mrs. Lu: "I am the one to speak to the Queen. Song Tangning and Sanlang are not suitable."
"But……"
Mrs. Lu opened her mouth to speak.
Lu Chongyuan narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at her and said in a deep voice: "You don't want San Lang and Song Tangning to break off their engagement, is it because of the future of the fourth prince and San Lang, or do you have other concerns?"
Mrs. Lu's face instantly turned pale: "What scruples can I have..."
She wanted to force out a few words of quibble, saying that she was just looking for the overall situation, but when she saw Lu Chongyuan looking at her coldly, his sharp eyes seemed to be able to see through her, she couldn't say anything when she reached her lips. His face turned pale and he lowered his eyes to avoid it.
Lu Chongyuan frowned, turned to Lu Zhao and the others and said, "You go out first, Sanlang stays."
"Father……"
"go out!"
Lu Chongyuan has always been known to the Lu family. Although Lu Zhao and Lu Qin were suspicious of their mother's attitude, they did not dare to argue with Lu Chongyuan's cold words.
After the two of them went out, the door was closed again. After there were only three people left in the room, Lu Chongyuan said in a deep voice: "It's just me and San Lang now. Tell me, what happened to the Song family's daughter? "
Mrs. Lu's face turned pale and she wanted to make a few excuses.
Lu Chongyuan said: "The Lu family was pushed to the forefront by Song Tangning. If you hide something to cause trouble to the Lu family, even if you and I have been husband and wife for decades, don't blame me for being ruthless."
Mrs. Lu's face trembled. No one knew Lu Chongyuan's cruelty better than him. He only had family interests in his eyes. He would abandon any conflict with the clan, and the same would be true for his wife and children.
Mrs. Lu did not dare to bet on whether Lu Chongyuan would be soft-hearted towards her. She looked at him with a cold and stern look and lowered her voice: "Song Tangning's marriage cannot be canceled."
"Why?"
Mrs. Lu's lips trembled slightly and her voice was lowered: "Many of the things left behind by the Rong family were ancient books that could not be found outside. Many of the ones Song Tangning sent earlier were taken away by the fourth prince and used by him to win over the court. Some of the veterans were sent to their mansion as gifts..."
Lu Zhinian's face was full of shock: "Grandma?"
Mrs. Lu didn't dare to look at him, but just said to Lu Chongyuan: "Those things have been sent to other people's houses by the hands of the fourth prince a long time ago. How can it be possible to get back the things that the fourth prince sent out with his own hands?"
Lu Chongyuan never expected that such a thing would happen, and his face instantly turned ugly: "How much did the Fourth Prince take?"
Mrs. Lu whispered: "More than half..."
"Does the Queen know about this?"
"Probably I don't know."
Madam Lu said with a pale face: "When Song Tangning brought the things before, I only thought that she would marry Sanlang in the future. As a family member and able to help the fourth prince, I let him take the things away... …”
Some senior officials in the court did not attach much importance to external possessions. Naturally, if the fourth prince wanted to win over them, he would have to be "ingenious" and spend a lot of thought.
Rong Qianan was an official for three dynasties, and he was a great Confucian when he was still alive. The money in his hands may not be as good as the wealth of the family, but those isolated ancient books, collections of calligraphy and paintings, etc. are far more precious than gold and silver, and it is hard to find even ten thousand gold.
Song Tangning is a simple and easy-to-coax person, and has no idea that she is holding a mountain of treasures. Every time she just needs to say a few words, she will bring those precious things to her door.
She thought Lu Zhinian liked those things, so she was never stingy. At that time, Mrs. Lu was sure that Song Tangning would marry into the Lu family. As the daughter-in-law of the Lu family, she naturally had the obligation to help the Lu family win the favor of the fourth prince, so she gave those things When he handed it over to the fourth prince, he didn't even mention Song Tangning at all. He only said that it was a valuable thing accumulated by the ancestors of the Lu family.
The fourth prince gained the attachment of some courtiers through this, so he became closer and more grateful to them.
At that time, Mrs. Lu only thought that she was smart and could handle such a golden problem as Song Tangning, but she never thought that Song Tangning would suddenly fall out with them, and even made a list of the things she had given before to ask the Lu family for return...
"You are confused!!"
Lu Chongyuan stood up in anger after hearing Mrs. Lu's words. How could he maintain his previous appearance: "Then how can you give away the things from the Rong family, and actually give them to the fourth prince to give to the ministers in the court?! "
"I didn't expect that Song Tangning would suddenly fall out..."
"What does this have to do with falling out?"
Lu Chongyuan was furious: "Our Lu family is short of money, how can you be so short-sighted? Ordinary people know that a woman's dowry cannot be touched, so even if Song Tangning marries into the Lu family, you should not be calculating her things, let alone He hasn’t married Saburo yet!”
If this spreads out, what will outsiders think of the Lu family? !
Mrs. Lu's face turned pale: "I am also doing it for the Lu family, for the fourth prince to gather the courtiers as soon as possible and get the big treasure..."
When Lu Chongyuan heard this, he became even more angry and glared at his old wife who was still quibbling: "You want to kill the fourth prince and the Lu family. Then who is Rong Qian'an? How can it be that the things of the Rong family are so easy to get? Song Tangning Now it's clear that we are going to fall out with the Lu family, and everyone knows about this list."
"You said you wanted to help the fourth prince, so what should you do now? The Lu family can't get these things, and Song Tangning is also clinging to San Lang's previous affairs. Once what is written on this list is spread, people will be shocked. Knowing that the Rong family's belongings have entered those people's mansion, how do you tell the Fourth Prince to deal with it?"
If they don't ask for it, the Lu family won't be able to get anything out, and it will definitely be torn apart in an ugly way.
But if he went to beg for something he had given away and then asked for it back, those people whom the fourth prince had previously won over might have to turn against him.
The most important thing is that the gift given by the dignified prince is actually the "dowry" of an unmarried cousin's wife. The Lu family is worried about Song Tangning's greed for the Mo Rong family's relics and uses it to pave the way for the fourth prince. If this news spreads, let alone the fourth prince. If the prince's reputation is tarnished, even the Lu family will lose face.
"You, you are simply..."
Lu Chongyuan's chest heaved with anger. He pointed at Mrs. Lu and wanted to curse angrily: "You know clearly that Song Tangning is not what he used to be. He is also hanging out with that eunuch Xiao Yan. She has put everyone in the Duke of Song Dynasty in jail. Why do you do this? Didn’t you tell me earlier?!”
Mrs. Lu's face turned pale after being scolded: "I thought Sanlang could coax Song Tangning back. His relationship with Song Tangning is different..."
Who would have thought that the well-behaved little girl who had been tamed by her whipping would be so ruthless once she turned against him, striking straight into the Lu family.
Lu Zhinian's palms trembled, and he suddenly remembered the way Song Tangning looked at him with clear eyes and said to him, "You, the Lu family, can't afford it" when they were in Jiuyun Lane, and his face turned pale.
At that time, he only thought Song Tangning's words were extremely ridiculous. How could the Lu family not be able to pay back such a thing?
But now, looking at the dense handwriting on that roll of paper, he felt dizzy and realized that he was the ridiculous person.
He thought she was philistine and vulgar, but his family was greedy for her things.
Now, let alone returning them exactly as they were, it would probably be difficult to collect them all together. The Lu family really can't afford to pay back these things.
