Tang Ning stayed in the academy for a long time, and then went to the library to get a few books. By the time she left the academy, it was already dark.
When leaving the academy and taking the bus back to Jiuyun Lane, Tang Ning asked Hang Li to drive to Xijue Tower and buy some soft and easy-to-melt snacks. The last time he went to visit the Empress Dowager in Biezhuang, he saw that she liked it. Although I can’t eat too much sweets due to my poor health, I should be able to have a sweet mouth.
Tang Ning couldn't leave the city by herself, for fear that bringing her tail would reveal the whereabouts of the Empress Dowager, but she could ask Tian Qing to go there secretly later.
When getting off the carriage with snacks, Tang Ning turned to Yue Jian and asked, "Is Ling Yin okay there?"
Yue Jian naturally understood that she was not asking about Ling Yin. He hesitated and whispered: "Everything is fine. I drank the medicine that Mrs. Qin gave me earlier and drank it on time. The old lady's health has improved a lot."
"Will there be people from the palace visiting the Imperial Mansion?"
Yue Jian suddenly raised his head: "Girl..."
In the academy, Tang Ning didn't ask before, and she thought she hadn't guessed it. But when she mentioned Huangzhuang, Yue Jian understood that Tang Ning already knew the identity of the governor.
Otherwise, she would not know that the person in the villa on the outskirts of the city was the Empress Dowager who was supposed to be in the Imperial Villa.
Seeing Tang Ning looking at her quietly, Yue Jian hesitated for a moment and then said: "The Governor has left someone at the Imperial Manor. Even if someone comes to visit, they won't notice it. Besides, no one paid attention to the old lady when she was in the palace. Now that she is out, There will be no visitors from the palace."
Tang Ning whispered: "That's good."
Tang Ning walked towards the mansion, and Yue Jian quickly followed. She had just called out "girl" and was about to speak, but suddenly a dark figure rushed out from a distance.
The black shadow rushed straight towards the door here, but before it could get close to Tang Ning, Yue Jian quickly kicked him out.
Yue Jian turned around and protected Tang Ning behind him: "Who dares to rush into my county master?!"
Hang Li, who had just stopped the carriage over there, noticed something was wrong and walked over quickly. He went directly to the man and stretched out his hand to grab him.
"Don't hit!" The man yelled urgently, holding his head.
Tang Ning was stunned for a moment: "Wait a minute."
Only then did Hang Li stop his hand, and Tang Ning took a few steps toward the man curled up on the ground, frowned and said, "Xie Yin?"
"cousin……"
The man who fell on the ground curled up in pain. Hearing Tang Ning's voice, he let go of his hand and revealed a face covered in bruises.
Not as high-spirited as in the past, the young man's crown and hair were messy, and his washed white clothes were also covered in bloodstains. The uppers of his shoes were stained with dried mud, and he subconsciously huddled under the hem of his clothes.
He didn't know who had beaten him, but his face, which was quite handsome at first, was swollen and his complexion looked dull and gray.
"Is it really you?"
Tang Ning had not heard about Xie Yin for a long time. She only knew that he was sent back to the Lu family, and she never paid attention to his news again. Suddenly seeing Xie Yin here, no, it should be Lu Yin, in her heart Quite unexpected.
"Lu Yin, what are you doing here?"
"I……"
He was still happy when Tang Ning called him Xie Yin. Now that his last name had changed, Lu Yin looked embarrassed and couldn't help but wince in his eyes.
"I, I want to meet my mother-in-law..."
When Tang Ning heard about Lu Yin's intention, her face became cold: "Mother concubine? Did Lu Langjun remember it wrong? Your mother should be in the Lu family, and this is the Tang Mansion."
"Tang Ning!!"
Seeing Tang Ning's indifference, Lu Yin quickly stood up from the ground and tried to grab her sleeves, but was pushed directly by Yue Jian and fell outward.
He staggered and before he could stand still, he hurriedly said to her: "I know my mother-in-law lives here with you. She loves me the most in the past. I beg you to let me see her."
Lu Yin knelt on the ground with a pop.
"Everything in the past was all my fault. It was my unfilial piety that hurt my mother and concubine. But I really realized my mistake. I heard that my concubine was ill. I was worried about her health. Please let me see my mother. "
Seeing that Tang Ning just lowered her eyes and looked at him unmoved, Lu Yin knelt down in front of her.
"cousin……"
"enough!"
Tang Ning took half a step back: "My surname is Rong, your surname is Lu, who is your cousin? Also, there is no mother-in-law of yours here."
"Why not? I know my mother-in-law is in your house. I just want to see her..."
"What do you want to see her for?"
Tang Ning originally didn't want to argue with Lu Yin, nor did she want to talk to him, but she couldn't help but get angry when she saw him stalking her.
"Don't forget, you no longer want her as your mother-in-law. Why are you still pestering her now? Do you want your aunt to remember how ungrateful you were in the past, or do you want her to remember how you helped King Cheng plot her life?"
"I...I'm not..."
Lu Yin's lips turned white, and he whispered tremblingly: "I don't, I just miss my mother and concubine..."
Tang Ning was almost amused by his words. Seeing how he didn't even dare to look at her when he spoke, she couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Do you miss your aunt? What do you miss about her?"
"Do you miss her obedience when she loved you before, or do you miss the glory and honor of the prince of your city? When you abandoned your aunt, you didn't miss the mother-son relationship between her and you for many years. When you helped Prince Cheng calculate her life, I didn’t remember that she was sick and now she has become a homeless dog, but I did think of her.”
"Lu Yin, don't you think you're ridiculous?"
Tang Ning looked at the embarrassed young man who had encountered a catastrophe. The once noble prince of the palace had now become someone who could be bullied. Without the halo and aura, he was just an ordinary person.
He should have understood that after that night, the "mother-son" relationship between him and Rong Yue would never go back.
What gave him the illusion that he dared to find Jiuyun Lane and call him "Mother Concubine"?
Tang Ning was too lazy to talk to him. She just felt disgusted by saying another word: "Send him back to the Lu family so that they can take good care of their own people."
Upon hearing "Lu family", Lu Yin's expression suddenly changed.
"I won't go back, I won't go back to the Lu family, I don't want to go back..."
He was shaking all over and felt pain all over his body.
Ever since King Cheng was executed and he was sent back to the Lu family and changed his surname to Lu, the people of the Lu family regarded him as a thorn in their side and never regarded him as a member of the Lu family.
The day he first entered the Lu family, he was thrown into the most remote courtyard. Everyone looked at him with ridicule and contempt. Everyone called him a bastard and said that he had soiled the Lu family's bloodline.
King Cheng executed him, and the Lu family lost face. Rumors continued, ridiculing the Lu family for being cuckolded without knowing it, so the Lu family began to torture him in various ways.
They deprived him of food and clothing, ridiculed and cursed him, and later beat him and kicked him. All the shame brought by King Cheng and the Guan family to the Lu family fell on him.
Since returning to the Lu family, Lu Yin has not had a good piece of meat on his body.
They teased him, humiliated him, and beat him to death every time. Last night, he was almost pushed into a well and lost his life.
He can't go back to the Lu family... He can't go back...
