Raising a wife? The mistress of the Hou family divorced and remarried her younger uncle

Chapter 12: Divorce plan

Lu Feng looked like he was doing a favor. "It's difficult for you to have children, and Xueying is willing to adopt a child. A hundred years later, you will have incense to offer to her. You should be grateful to her and be kind to her in the future."

Su Qingwan's face turned cold, "Then I sincerely hope that she will give me a son soon."

Lu Feng heard her mockery and felt a little dissatisfied, but he claimed to be a scholar and didn't want to argue with a woman, so he left in anger. Lu Zhu was so angry that her face turned red. If it weren't for Nanny Li who stopped her, she would have rushed in and hit Lu Feng.

"I've never seen such a shameless person. The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, and the son he gave birth to is also a beast!" Luzhu put her hands on her hips, and was so angry that she almost spoke in the southwestern dialect.

Nanny Li asked, "Miss, what are your plans next?"

"Lu Feng claims to be a scholar, and is aloof and arrogant. Lu Shaoqing and Lin think that merchants are not worthy of being in the upper class, and their words are all contemptuous. Then take back the dowry and cut off the money and food. I want to see how the Lu family can maintain their splendid and wealthy life without the support of the Xie family. Bring the dowry list and we will count it."

Nanny Li quickly brought the list, and Su Qingwan was shocked when she saw the dowry list. The silver alone was 50,000 taels. Not to mention other property, the head of the Xie family was originally a guard beside the old King of Huainan. After setting up his own family, he still treated the blood of the old master as his own flesh and blood.

Nanny Li said, "The girl has no children, so it stands to reason that the dowry should be returned to her parents' home after her death. The Xie family is a big family with a lot of wealth, so they don't mind the dowry. When the master went to Beijing to deal with this matter, he made an agreement with the Lu family that when Lu Feng got married and had children in the future, he only needed to adopt a child under your name to inherit the dowry, and the Lu family agreed. After the master left, Lin used the excuse to take away the girl's dowry and sent away all the maids in Meilan Garden. I knew Lin's plan, so I kept the agreement and promised to personally hand over the dowry when there is a little master in the future. Even so, Lin has taken a lot of money in the past year, and I... I feel really guilty."

In addition to the money in the warehouse, more than a dozen shops owned by Xie Zhaolan in Beijing were taken away by Lin under various excuses. Su Qingwan looked at the missing parts sorted out by Nanny Li and became increasingly angry.

"What a shameless family, actually reaching out to the dowry of their dead daughter-in-law."

"When the young lady was alive, she was in charge of the household affairs. It sounds good to be a housekeeper, but it is actually tiring. Lord Lu's salary is not much, and the expenses of the first house are huge. When the old lady was recuperating, she needed money every day to survive. Lin also likes to go out and socialize, and socializing costs money. The fourth young lady's food and clothing are even more extravagant. The young lady can only use her dowry to supplement it. She really has no way to express her suffering. If the Lu family wants to maintain their expenses, they can only rely on the young lady's dowry, and Lin is watching every day."

Lv Zhu was indignant when she heard this. "Such a big Lu family, is it all supported by the girl alone?"

The wet nurse and Lu Zhu were afraid that there might be eavesdroppers, so from now on they would treat Su Qingwan as the real Xie Zhaolan and address her by the same name.

"The expenses of the second house are smaller. The third son has a higher salary, which is all used to subsidize the public treasury." Although the Lu family is a scholarly family, Lu Jing was a military man. After returning to Beijing from the border, he joined the Jinyiwei. Later, because of his great achievements in accompanying the emperor on tours, he was highly appreciated and promoted three levels in a row. Now he is the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei, and his official position is far higher than Lu Shaoqing.

Su Qingwan had not met him since he went to the southwest on business a month ago.

As the emperor's close guards, they had high salaries and many rewards. They also made friends with many powerful people in the capital and received tributes from them frequently. Therefore, the second wife was wealthier than the first wife.

Nanny Li said with emotion, "After the second master passed away, Zhang lived with the first wife, bringing her orphan and widow. Now things have changed. The third young master is trying to make a name for himself, and the entire Lu family is trying to curry favor with him. Zhang has also become much more assertive in front of Lin. During the three years since the girl married into the Lu family, Zhang has said many good things to her, and she also remembers Zhang's kindness."

Su Qingwan raised her lips sarcastically. Her sister was sincere to everyone in the Lu family, but Lu Yunxiu still scolded her for being from a merchant family and despised her background. If there hadn't been that false accusation, her sister would have been the Princess of Huainan, and Lu Feng couldn't even touch a corner of her clothes. How could he have suffered such an injustice? She died so tragically, but no one in the Lu family said a word for her and happily prepared Lu Feng's wedding.

A maid in the courtyard came to report that Lu Yunshu had brought her maid Xuedan with her. Xuedan was holding a dressing box in her hand.

Luzhu served tea and retreated to Su Qingwan's side to wait.

"Sister-in-law, this is a box of jewels that my mother sent to my room a few months ago. I have seen sister-in-law wearing these jewels. Sister-in-law is very kind to us sisters. I originally wanted to keep them as a souvenir and never wore them. Now that sister-in-law is back, these jewels will be returned to her." Lu Yunshu smiled gently.

Xuedan put the box on the table. Su Qingwan opened it and saw some gold and silver items inside, which were not particularly valuable.

Lin favored her own daughter and left all the good jewelry to Lu Yunxiu.

Su Qingwan said, "Second sister, a lot of things happened this year, and I feel bad. I don't care about these mundane things, I just want to vent my anger. If you really come to return it, it will make me look stingy."

She turned around and told Nanny Li, "Nanny, go to the storehouse and get the set of ruby ​​hairpins and pearl flowers. Give them to my second sister as a token of my love."

"Yes!" Nanny Li went to open the warehouse to get something.

Lu Yunshu blushed, feeling extremely ashamed, "Sister-in-law, I...I shouldn't have accepted your favor, I...I'm sorry for you."

"Why do you say that, second sister?"

Lu Yunshu wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said with a sigh, "My mother asked me to put the plate of reed cake in front of you just now to test you. I am a nobody and can only rely on my mother to live. I hope my sister-in-law will not blame me."

Aunt Zhou was beautiful and gentle, and was quite loved by Lu Shaoqing. She had one son and two daughters, and the Lu family treated their children equally in their upbringing. Aunt Zhou was not competitive, and since Lin was strong, she lived in a corner and lived her own life. After all, she was an aunt, and could not go out to socialize. The marriages of the children were all in the hands of Lin, and Lu Yunshu could not resist Lin.

Su Qingwan also understood and smiled faintly, "Don't take it to heart, second sister. I am upright and I am not afraid of mother's temptation."

Lu Yunshu held Su Qingwan's hand and said, "Yes, I'm really happy that you can come back."

Su Qingwan calmly broke free from her hand, not wanting to have too much contact with the Lu family for fear of exposing her flaws. After Nanny Li brought the jewelry, Lu Yunshu saw that she was a little tired, so she didn't stay long and said goodbye with Xuedan.

Nanny Li said, "Except for the fourth girl, you and the other girls in your family are all very nice, including the eldest girl who is married. The eldest girl is steady and quiet, the second girl is smart, and the third girl is innocent and lively. They are all easy to get along with."

(End of this chapter)