After Jin Zhi led the people away, Lu Qin kicked the stool hard: "What the hell!"
He had long said that the queen was not trustworthy at all!
"They, mother and son, took advantage of each other and caused trouble, and now they have the nerve to blame it on us?!"
If the fourth prince hadn't been greedy, if he hadn't given those things away, how could the Lu family not be as humiliated as Song Tangning's things, and their shortcomings were taken advantage of!
The rest of the Lu family also had a stern look on their faces, thinking for the first time whether they were right or wrong in supporting Queen Lu and the fourth prince. People like this who always want to push the Lu family out when they encounter trouble, if they can really protect Lu after taking office. Home?
Can the Lu family really rely on their mother and son in the future?
Lu Zhao didn't pay attention to his angry brother. He only supported Lu Chongyuan who had recovered a little and said, "Father, don't worry. I'll go to Jiuyun Lane to meet Song Tangning."
Lu Chongyuan covered his heart and shook his head: "It's useless for you to go."
"But you..."
Lu Zhao's eyes were filled with worry, fearing that something might happen to Lu Chongyuan.
Lu Chongyuan was short of breath just now, and because of the accumulation of things in the past few days, he couldn't breathe. After he calmed down, although his face was still very pale, his voice was hoarse and he calmed down.
"Song Tangning's move must have been authorized by Xiao Yan, otherwise this paper would not have been able to reach His Majesty."
"Xiao Yan suffered a big loss yesterday and almost died. He must want the Lu family to pay it back. Except for me, it is useless for any of you to go to Jiuyun Lane today."
What Xiao Yan wanted was for him to go there in person, and what he wanted was to step on the Lu family's face and humiliate him.
Lu Chongyuan took a deep breath to suppress the needle-pricking pain in his heart, and stood up slowly while holding on to the table:
"Go ask someone to prepare the car, and I'll go meet them for a while."
Lu Zhao's lips moved: "Then I'll go with you."
That Xiao Yan is a mad dog, his father is in some bad condition, and he is afraid that something will happen to Lu Chongyuan alone.
Lu Chongyuan didn't refuse when he heard the words, he just nodded: "You come with me to Jiuyun Lane, the others stay in the house, no one is allowed to do unnecessary things."
His eyes fell on his second son, "Especially you, please stay in my house safely."
Lu Qin's personality is the most irritable, and his behavior is extreme. Sometimes being too impulsive can lead to bad things.
The Lu family is in a mess right now. Lu Zhi Nian's sudden imprisonment caught them off guard and their weak spots were taken advantage of. Now the Lu family only wants stability, and the worst thing they can do is not let anything happen again.
Lu Qin frowned, feeling a little dissatisfied, but when he met Lu Chongyuan's gaze, he still said in a low voice: "Okay, I understand."
…
There was a sudden wind blowing outside at night. Hua Wu had already returned to Tang Mansion, while Song Tang Ning was sitting in Xiao Yan's study reading books. Cang Lang hurriedly came in from the outside: "Master, lady, someone is here from Fengxi Palace."
"Queen?" Song Tangning looked at Xiao Yan in surprise.
Xiao Yan said: "Let's go and meet him. He should be sending you some good things."
Song Tangning got up and went out with some doubts. Xiao Yan filled a cup of tea before he finished it, when he saw the little girl coming back holding a brocade box with a surprised look on her face.
When Song Tangning brushed her skirt and sat back at the table, her eyes were still full of disbelief: "Brother, do you know what the Queen ordered someone to bring?"
Xiao Yan glanced at the palm-sized box: "It should be something personal to her, or something that can represent her identity."
"Brother, how do you know?"
Song Tangning originally wanted to give it away, but Xiao Yan guessed it right away. She didn't hide it anymore. She just put the brocade box on the table and opened it. Inside, she saw the nine tails that can only be worn by queens. Phoenix hairpin.
The phoenix hairpin is gorgeous and exquisite, with a pearl in its mouth.
Xiao Yan glanced at it and said, "The Queen is willing to bear it."
Song Tangning couldn't help but said: "The queen probably knew that I had guessed that those things had passed through her and the fourth prince's hands. When she asked Jin Zhi to give these things to me, she just surrendered and said that as long as I was willing to stop and let the fourth prince go. Once, she personally broke off my engagement with Lu Zhinian and said she would let Lu Zhinian apologize to me and would never harm my reputation."
Xiao Yan laughed: "It seems that the Queen and the Lu family have a rift."
Song Tangning was confused: "Why?"
Xiao Yan raised her lips and said, "Although the queen is from the Lu family, she is not Lu Chongyuan's biological daughter. Her biological parents are just a branch of the Lu family. She was adopted from a branch of the Lu family in her early years because she fell in the eyes of His Majesty."
"The Lu family wants to seek power from the Queen's mother and son, and the Queen's mother and son want to take advantage of the Lu family. The two parties have their own agendas and are not close. They were fine before anything happened earlier, but now they are in trouble. She She will definitely let the Lu family take care of it first. Unless she is dissatisfied with what the Lu family has done, or knows that she can no longer rely on them, she will ask someone to send the phoenix hairpin."
This thing represents the queen. Giving it to Song Tangning is equivalent to giving someone a handle. If she didn't trust the Lu family, how could the queen take such a risk?
In other words, the Queen became suspicious of the Lu family.
This is interesting.
The aristocratic family has always valued blood. The reason why the Lu family assisted the fourth prince earlier was mostly because he had the blood of the Lu family. However, if the queen had a rift with the Lu family, and even secretly "promised" Lu Zhinian to appease Song Tangning behind the Lu family's back, then the Lu family would Does that side know? If they knew that the Queen was like this, how could the Lu family help the fourth prince wholeheartedly?
Xiao laughed in disgust and touched his chin. If the Queen and her son really had a rift with the Lu family, there would be a lot that could be done in the meantime...
He raised his eyes towards Song Tangning and said, "Get ready, it's time for the Lu family to arrive."
As soon as Xiao Yan finished speaking, a voice came from outside.
"Master Governor, the Lu family is here."
"Who's coming?"
"Lu Chongyuan, and Lu Zhao."
When Song Tangning heard this, she suddenly looked at Xiao Yan, her almond-shaped eyes widened with envy. When would she be able to predict the unknown like her brother?
Xiao Yan patted her head, stood up and said, "Why are you so stunned? Let's go."
Song Tangning quickly came to her senses, picked up her skirt and chased after her: "Brother, wait for me."
…
After dark, everything is quiet, but Xiao Mansion is brightly lit.
Lu Chongyuan and his son originally went to Tang Mansion to meet Song Tangning, but they were directly led to Xiao Mansion next door.
Lu Zhao's face had been extremely ugly since he set foot in the Xiao Mansion. At this moment, he could not help gritting his teeth when he saw that the person who went to inform him had not returned for a long time: "It is so late, but a woman named Song Tangning is in the Xiao Yan Mansion. She is simply shameless."
"Xiao Yan is a eunuch, what kind of shame does he need?"
Lu Chongyuan's words made Lu Zhao choke, and he suddenly remembered that Xiao Yan was a eunuch.
Not to mention being alone with Song Tangning late at night, even if Song Tangning really stayed at the Xiao Mansion at night, others would only call the two of them "brother and sister" if they knew about it. Otherwise, when Xiao Yan was waiting for Emperor An to enter and leave the imperial court, he would have been with those palace concubines. What is getting along with?
If he and Song Tang Ning were even discussed, the concubines in the palace would be covered in filth. I am afraid that even Queen Lu would not be clean at all.
How dare the Lu family say such words.
