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

Chapter 27: Fierce
"It's good that she has nothing to do with the remnants of Huainan. We set up a trap for three days and only caught a dead man. We didn't catch Chenfeng either. What should we do next?" Zhou Jingming had no idea. If there was no progress at all, he would not be able to report to the emperor.

"Withdraw the Jingdu Prefecture and the Jinyiwei, give them a few days to catch the big fish. As long as they are active in the capital, it is impossible not to reveal their tracks."

"Okay, I'll arrange it!" Zhou Jingming walked out after receiving the order.

Lu Jing put away the letter written by Su Qingwan and left. He happened to meet Li An who came in. Li An said, "Master, the eldest young lady has returned home."

Lu Jing nodded and said calmly, "Try to find me a copy of calligraphy written by my sister-in-law."

Li An obeyed the order without asking why, "Yes!"

Su Qingwan returned to Meilan Garden. Lu Jing had already sent someone to explain the situation to his family. He was always cold and taciturn, and never talked much about official business. When Mrs. Lin knew that Su Qingwan had returned, she sent someone to inquire. Nanny Li felt sorry for her master and retorted. Su Qingwan lay down drowsily, and the scene of Lu Jing killing the Huainan assassins kept flashing through her mind, as if it overlapped with the scene when the Jinyiwei broke into her house and killed people many years ago. She was weak and drowsy, and kept talking in her sleep while half asleep and half awake.

Sometimes he called for his father, sometimes for his mother, and sometimes for his brother... Lu Zhu was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat, feeling distressed and anxious. It would be too troublesome if someone heard his talking in his sleep, so Lu Zhu sent all the maids to the outer courtyard.

Lin was dissatisfied with Su Qingwan for avoiding her in Meilan Garden, so she sent Nanny Chen to invite her.

Nanny Li was in a panic, and Luzhu was extremely angry. She took a basin of water and poured it directly on Nanny Chen, who was arrogant and domineering outside the yard, and splashed her with water.

Lu Zhu didn't wait for Nanny Chen to get angry before she yelled at the top of her lungs, "What a bunch of black-hearted people! My daughter was having dinner when she was slashed by the third young master and almost died. The palace doctor saved her life after three days. As soon as she woke up, she was dragged to the Jinyiwei prison by the third young master, who threatened and intimidated her. She finally cleared her suspicion and returned home, but her wound is still bleeding and she is being bullied again. My daughter's mother's family is in Jiangnan, and she has no one to support her. She was bullied alive. A year ago, she fell off a cliff for unknown reason and luckily survived. Now she has been tortured to death again. Now she is lying on the bed unconscious and is forced to serve her mother-in-law. Oh, God, open your eyes and see, these rotten things are deliberately trying to kill our daughter."

Luzhu's voice was thin and sharp, and all the servants passing by heard it. Nanny Chen was Lin's loyal servant, and the masters in the mansion had to give her some face. The maids in wealthy families were all docile and steady. She had never seen such a fierce attitude. Luzhu shouted as if Lin deliberately wanted to kill Su Qingwan.

Nanny Chen thought that if this maid's indenture had been in the Lu family, she would have been sold long ago, so there was no way she could be so arrogant. However, she smiled on her face, not wanting Lin to be accused of mistreating her daughter-in-law.

"Miss Luzhu, the First Madam has always treated the First Young Madam as her own daughter and loved her as much as she did. She was also concerned about why the First Young Madam provoked the Imperial Guards. The Imperial Guards would not arrest people without reason. The First Madam did not use family law to punish the First Young Madam, which was very kind and compassionate."

Lu Zhu put her hands on her hips and said, "Go and ask the Third Young Master, he was the one who arrested the person, why did he want to kill our girl? Why are you showing off here? Our girl refused to use her dowry to fill the hole in the Lu family, and she was arrested by the Jinyiwei as soon as she ran out of money. You have such a vicious heart, you want your daughter-in-law's dowry, and you also want her life. And you pretend to treat her as your own daughter, bah, you are like a weasel paying a New Year's visit to a chicken, pretending to be a good person!" Lu Zhu cursed so harshly and quickly that Nanny Li broke out in cold sweats, and Nanny Chen was sweating even more. This crime was no joke, she hurriedly smiled a few words, and left in a hurry with a dark face.

What happened in front of Meilan Garden soon spread throughout the Lu family. The servants were talking about it in private. Lin was very upset and sent people to silence them. She was used to bullying Xie Zhaolan, and she also bullied Xie Zhaolan for being patient and not saying anything when she suffered a loss. She had never met a fierce maid like Luzhu, who exposed their ugly thoughts to the sun. Lin's face was so ugly.

The doctor came to see Su Qingwan's injury and prescribed some medicine. Lin sent someone to invite the doctor and asked about Su Qingwan's injury. The doctor told the truth that the injury was very serious. If it weren't for the imperial physician in the palace, she would most likely have died.

Lin thought viciously, why didn't Sanlang kill Xie Zhaolan with one knife? She died in Nanfeng Tower, in an important case of the Jinyiwei, and no one could blame her. With her death, the Lu family returned to peace, and Xie Zhaolan's dowry belonged to her again.

When Lu Jing returned home, Li An brought the letter that Xie Zhaolan had written to the study. There was an oil lamp lit in the study, and the light was bright. Lu Jing put the two pieces of letter together to compare the handwriting.

Li An told the story about the Green Bamboo shrew swearing in the streets in Meilan Garden. Lu Jing raised his head with a cold look, "My aunt and I deliberately set up a trap to kill my sister-in-law and take her dowry?"

"That's what's spread throughout the palace." Li An was also terrified. He repeated Lu Zhu's curses word for word. He was really bold and aggressive.

Lu Jing didn't know about the general affairs of the mansion, so Li An told him everything.

The Lu family is a family of scholars, with a scholarly character and they care most about their reputation. Lu Jing never expected that his sister-in-law, who had been in charge of the family for many years, was using her own dowry to subsidize the family. Before Xie Zhaolan married, Lu Jing was guarding the border. After joining the Jinyiwei, he was even busier and had no time to spare. Zhang never talked to Lu Jing about household affairs, and his food, clothing and expenses were not extravagant. All his salary was used to subsidize the public.

After being appointed as the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei, Lu Jing was grateful for Lu Shaoqing's kindness in raising him, so he used all his salary to subsidize the public, and only his private property would remain in Zhang's hands. His salary and rewards were very considerable, and it was not a problem to support the Lu family. Lu Jing did not expect that he would have to use his sister-in-law's dowry to subsidize him.

He frowned and asked, "Why is there such a huge expense at home?"

Li An often accompanied Lu Jing, and he had just found out, "Master, the food alone is very extravagant. Each room never stops having bird's nests, and there are poultry for all three meals. Occasionally, they will look for some rare ingredients. The girls have six new sets of clothes tailored every month, and the gold and silver jewelry are all the most popular styles. The family often holds banquets, and gifts need money. The girls' monthly salary was originally two taels of silver, but after the eldest young lady married in, it became ten taels of silver. The number of slaves in the family also doubled, and money was needed everywhere. The eldest lady also asked the shopkeepers of the Xie family's business to pay her tribute every month, and all the money was used to purchase private property."

The more Lu Jing listened, the gloomier his face became. Li An said, "After returning home, the eldest young lady ordered the business to stop paying money and refused to be the head of the family anymore. You almost killed her at this critical moment. It is indeed... misleading."