Chapter 29
"Is there anything else going on in Zhao Mansion?" Lu Songli asked casually.
"Mrs. Zhao went to the Chang'an Yamen in a rage. The Chang'an Order sent people to arrest many people who gossiped."
When Lu Songli heard this, she was surprised. Why did the Zhao family take such a step? Didn't Zhao Yutan tell Zhao Wenkuan that he had anticipated their follow-up plan yesterday?
Lu Songli looked at her father, and the father and daughter looked at each other. Lu Desheng understood her surprise. At this moment, he was a little confused about what the Zhao family was doing. There must be something going on that they didn't know about.
However, he listened to his daughter's suggestion last night and evacuated all their people. After the Zhao family did this, you will know who they caught. There's something good to watch now, haha.
Lu Songli didn't know that Zhao Yutan was so upset after seeing her that he didn't tell her father the details of her conversation with him. As for Guo Yan, she didn't enter Zhao's house, but went home directly. She didn't see Zhao Wenkuan, her uncle, so naturally she couldn't tell him.
Therefore, Zhao Wenkuan only thought that his daughter's meeting with Lu Songli was just a formality. He had no idea that Lu Songli had become a prophet and had anticipated their subsequent plans.
At this time, as Lu Desheng and Lu Songli expected, Zhao Wenkuan was indeed confused.
Everything was going according to plan. Today, it was part of the plan to ask my wife to go to the Chang'an Yamen. She wanted to take the opportunity to deal with the people Lu Desheng was raising. The group of people in his hands also came to an end when the Zhao family was guiding public opinion, fishing in troubled waters, and the noise they made was quite disgusting to the Zhao family.
He operated as fiercely as a tiger, thinking that he could catch the most cheerful gossips under Lu Desheng's hands and teach him a little lesson.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the Chang'an Yamen put the captured people into prison, the people below sent a message to the Zhao Mansion, saying that the Yamen had arrested one of their people. He had to arrange for someone to make a trip. When his people arrived at the Yamen, they took a closer look and saw that all the people they caught were mouths supported by their Zhao family! When the news came back, he was absolutely furious. Each one of them failed to achieve anything but failed. Didn't he tell them to keep a low profile these days and stop taking the lead? Wouldn't it be better to let Lu Desheng's people take care of what happened? !
The people below also had troubles that they couldn't tell. They really tried their best to keep a low profile, but the Lu family's gang just disappeared. Didn't this still expose themselves?
On the Lu family's side, discussions about Zhao Yutan's suicide are still continuing, and they are speculating on the next development.
"Zhao Yutan is threatening her with death. Will the Zhao family or the Xie family come to us directly to talk about breaking off the engagement?" Mrs. Jiang was very upset when she thought of this.
Lu Desheng snorted coldly, "Does the Zhao family dare to come to the door? Does he have the face?" The Xie family didn't have the shame to mention this matter directly. Before, they only dared to mention it tactfully. Both families were too shameless.
The Lu family is not the one who is anxious now. The Lu family is sitting firmly on the Diaoyutai and will not take the initiative to push forward this matter. Doesn't the matter come to a standstill here?
Lu Songli said nothing. The situation is actually very clear, just as her parents discussed. After the Zhao family used Zhao Yutan's reputation and her suicide to occupy the position of innocence, the whole situation froze. Because the Zhao family will never take the initiative openly. The Xie family can't move either. In this matter, the Xie family can only passively accept it. They can move it secretly, but they can't move it openly. The Lu family didn't want to move. The Qin family, which has already terminated its engagement with the Zhao family, has been marginalized in this matter and has little impact at all times.
In this stalemate, if the Zhao family still wants to achieve their goal, they must join a third party, that is, the referee. This referee must be biased towards the Zhao family, and can give them Zhao Xielu and even the Qin family someone to make the decision.
There are only a handful of people who can make decisions for the four families of Zhao, Xie, Lu and Qin. Lu Songli calculated it over and over again, but it was only three people. They were the emperor, the queen mother and the empress. It shouldn't be possible with the Emperor. The Emperor favors her father, and Zhao Wenkuan is shameless with the Emperor. So this judgment can only happen between the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother.
Lu Songli personally preferred that the Zhao family would choose the Queen Mother. Firstly, the Queen Mother did not like her father, and secondly, in comparison, the Queen Mother was the emperor's biological mother, occupying a high position of filial piety, and could compete with the emperor better than the queen. It is easier for the Emperor to compromise on some small matters with the Queen Mother.
In addition, the Empress would not want to get involved in this muddy water. After all, she has a son. As long as she has some ideas about the throne, then her father, a neutral faction who is only loyal to the emperor, even if she cannot win over, she does not want to offend him to death. .
After thinking about this, Lu Songli also had concerns in her heart.
Zhao Yutan is still in a coma. When she wakes up, there should be a breakthrough in this matter. Moreover, she had a hunch that the decision would be almost final by then.
Then Lu Songli should eat and drink. As for her inference, she didn't say it out loud so as not to upset the two elders. Her father should be able to guess a little bit, not to mention that the father and daughter have a tacit understanding.
"Mom and dad, let's not talk about these troublesome things. No matter what, we, the Lu family, are the ones who take the right measures and cannot bear the loss." Immediately afterwards, Lu Songli mentioned an interesting thing that happened in the Xu family yesterday. Because her eldest sister complained to her that all three of her children were boys, she casually comforted her that her son was fine. Her little nephew heard this and thought she liked her son. The cute little nephew wanted to secretly give her his brother. This aunt.
When Jiang heard this, she laughed so much that Lu Desheng couldn't help laughing.
Speaking of her eldest sister, Lu Songli asked about her eldest brother Lu Zhiyuan, "Mom, it's been some time since my eldest brother accompanied my eldest sister-in-law back to her parents' home, right?"
Ms. Jiang counted the days and said, "Well, it's been a decade since I was younger. It's said that your eldest sister-in-law fell down, and her father took her eldest brother to go out to look at medicinal materials. The younger brothers and sisters at home are not very old, so if something happens to them, I don’t know how to deal with it, so your sister-in-law brought your eldest brother with her, which will come in handy.”
"He just heard about your matter and asked Tian An to come back. Your father and I wanted Tian An to go back and tell him so that he could feel at ease and settle the matter at his mother-in-law's house. Come back. Your father and I will take care of your affairs, there is no need for him."
Lu Songli nodded, Tian An was her elder brother's long-term follower, equivalent to her right and left hand.
"Did my mother-in-law fall seriously?"
"I heard from Tian An that it's quite serious."
"Mom, how about I go to Ping'an Town to see my eldest brother and sister-in-law?" Lu Songli was thinking about it. Her eldest sister-in-law's family is a medicine dealer. She wanted to go there to see if there were any opportunities to make money. Firstly, she wanted to make some money for her family. Secondly, I also want to enrich my own little treasury. The Lu family had a poor financial background. Although her father often received rewards from the emperor, the expenses were also high, and unlike other official and aristocratic families, there were elders in the family to provide supplements. The specific method of operation has not yet been decided. Let’s first check out the scale of Shen’s medicinal material store.
Ms. Jiang thought for a while and said, "That's okay. It's time to go out and relax. But you have to wait and see if the weather is good before you go out."
"Okay, listen to me mother."
