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

Chapter 163 Losing control
Su Qingwan stretched out her hand, and her fingertips accidentally touched Lu Jing's hand, and both of them froze. Su Qingwan took the plum blossom and said tentatively, "Thank you, Third Young Master, but I'm afraid it's inappropriate for an uncle and a sister-in-law to give flowers like this."

Lu Jing took his hand back and looked at her deeply, "Sister-in-law, you are too suspicious. It's just a branch of plum blossoms."

The two stood under the plum tree, staring into each other's eyes, and the air around them seemed to become sticky. After a long time, Su Qingwan turned her head away and said softly, "It's late, I'll go back to my room first."

Lu Jing looked at her back for a long time without moving.

The next day, before the dawn of New Year's Eve completely dispelled the chill of the night, the courtyard of the Lu family was already decorated with lights. The big red lanterns hung high, against the white snow, exuding a festive and solemn atmosphere.

At daybreak, the whole family had already gotten up to prepare for the ancestor worship ceremony. Lin, dressed in plain clothes and looking solemn, was doing the household chores in an orderly manner. The offerings for the ancestor worship had already been prepared, and the fresh cakes were neatly arranged.

Lu Feng and Lu Jing, wearing dark robes and top hats, headed for the ancestral hall with solemn expressions. The door of the ancestral hall was closed, and the stone lions in front of the door stood majestically in the morning light. When everything was ready, the door of the ancestral hall slowly opened, and a solemn atmosphere came over.

The Lu brothers walked into the ancestral hall, where incense was curling and tablets of the ancestors of the Lu family were enshrined. They stood in front of the incense table first, Lu Feng picked up the incense and candle, lit it gently, and handed it to Lu Jing. The two held the incense in both hands and bowed deeply to the ancestral tablets.

They knelt on the mat and performed the ritual of three kowtows and nine bows. Lu Feng's movements were steady and powerful, and his eyes revealed determination; Lu Jing's face was solemn, and he completed every movement meticulously. In the entire ancestral hall, there were only the sounds of their kowtows and the slight sounds of burning incense and candles.

The women were not allowed to enter the ancestral hall and could only wait outside. Su Qingwan, wrapped in a thick fox fur coat, stood in the snow, looking towards the direction of the ancestral hall. Snowflakes fluttered down and landed on her shoulders. Her thoughts drifted back to the last time the three of them knelt in the ancestral hall. The scene at that time was still vivid in her mind. Now, watching the brothers respectfully worship their ancestors, she felt a lot of emotion in her heart.

She sighed slightly, hugged the fox fur tightly, and a complicated look flashed in her eyes. In this solemn ceremony of ancestor worship, everyone has their own thoughts, and she, in this family's red tape, tried hard to hide her secrets, waiting for the upcoming New Year's Eve palace banquet.

On New Year's Eve, incense smoke curled up in the Lu family ancestral hall, and the solemn ancestor worship ceremony had just ended. The Lu family members filed out and headed to the banquet hall to enjoy a sumptuous lunch.

Su Qingwan was wearing plain clothes and looked a little pale. She did not participate in the ancestor worship ceremony because she was not feeling well. Lin took care of everything in an orderly manner. She followed everyone quietly, and her eyes accidentally swept across Lu Feng beside her. The two of them met briefly, but then quickly looked away, as if they were strangers, without any communication.

In the lunch room, the dishes had been served and the maids were extremely quiet.

Lu Feng walked straight to the main table, pulled a chair over and sat down, poured himself a glass of wine roughly, and drank it all in one gulp. His eyes were a little blurry, and when he looked at Lu Jing, a mocking arc appeared at the corner of his mouth, "Zi Yu, I heard that you are about to get married, and you are about to marry the princess. In the future, you will be a royal relative, and your future is limitless!"

Lu Jing's face was calm. He gently put down the wine glass in his hand, and his voice was gentle but forceful: "Brother, today is New Year's Eve, and everyone wants to celebrate. Don't say these things anymore." He knew that his brother had been depressed and drinking to drown his sorrows after being dismissed from his official position. These sarcastic words were just his way of venting his emotions, and he didn't care.

Su Qingwan sat aside, playing with a wine glass in her hand, with a faint smile on her lips, watching everything quietly, as if this farce had nothing to do with her. The girls in the hall all lowered their heads, not daring to breathe, and only the occasional slight friction of fabrics showed their uneasiness.

Lin cleared her throat, with a look of concern that only elders have, and looked at Lu Feng and Su Qingwan: "Feng'er, you are now at home, and the matter of Li Xueying has been over for a long time, and Zhaolan should have no grudges in her heart. You two are not young anymore, so you should have a child as soon as possible, which can also bring happiness to the Lu family."

These words were like a bomb that exploded in the banquet hall. Su Qingwan and Lu Feng were both stunned, and their expressions froze instantly. Lu Feng's hand clenched the wine glass tightly, and his knuckles turned white because of the force. After a moment, he suddenly stood up and smashed the wine glass to the ground with a "snap", and the wine glass instantly broke into pieces.

"Have a baby? Her heart is not with me at all, why should she have a baby! She can have the baby with whoever she wants, she is the blood of the Lu family anyway!" Lu Feng's voice trembled with anger, his eyes were full of pain and unwillingness, staring straight at Su Qingwan.

The entire banquet hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and everyone was stunned by Lu Feng's actions. Su Qingwan's face changed slightly, and she subconsciously looked at Lu Jing. Their eyes met in the air, and they both saw surprise and a hint of indescribable absurdity in each other's eyes.

How dare Lu Feng publicly say that his wife and his brother were having an affair? Is he really crazy?
Lu Shaoqing was so angry that his face turned blue. He slammed the table so hard that the dishes and chopsticks on the table shook. "It's New Year's Day, what nonsense are you talking about! How disgraceful!"

Lin was also shocked, especially since Lu Jing was about to marry the princess. Spreading such rumors would do no good to the Lu family at all.

Just when everyone thought that the storm was about to subside, Lu Feng seemed to have gone crazy. He suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed at Su Qingwan and Lu Jing with trembling hands. His eyes were red due to congestion and he shouted loudly: "Am I wrong? Who was giving red plums in the courtyard in the middle of the night? Ziyu, that's your sister-in-law. What do you mean by giving her red plums? And you, Xie Zhaolan, you said you like Ziyu, do you dare to admit it? On the surface, one of you pretends to be self-disciplined and polite, and the other pretends to be pure and innocent, but you confessed your love to each other in the snow in the middle of the night. Do you think everyone in the mansion is dead? I'm not dead yet!"

Su Qingwan and Lu Jing's faces turned pale in an instant. They had never imagined that their every move in the courtyard late that night was seen by Lu Feng. Facing Lu Feng's questioning at this moment, the two were speechless and unable to refute.

Lu Feng seemed to have completely lost his mind. He pushed hard with both hands and almost overturned the whole table. The depression and pain from drinking these days completely broke out at this moment. He could no longer hold it in. He sat on the ground, holding his head with both hands, crying bitterly, and kept muttering: "I'm just useless, not dead yet, you dare to have an affair in front of me..."

Lu Shaoqing's chest was heaving violently, and veins popped out on his forehead, and he was obviously extremely angry. Seeing this, Lin hurriedly waved her hand to drive out the maids around, and ordered her confidants to guard the courtyard to prevent the matter from spreading.

The three girls gathered together, their eyes red with fear, their bodies shaking uncontrollably, not knowing what had happened. Lu Yuntang mustered up the courage and whispered, "Brother, did you misunderstand? We saw the princess and the third brother when we were shopping that day, and they had a very good relationship."

But her voice seemed so weak amidst Lu Feng's cries and Lu Shaoqing's roars that no one paid any attention. The entire banquet hall was in chaos, and this New Year's Eve luncheon had completely changed.