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

Chapter 45 Removal
Su Qingwan came to the princess's mansion to give gifts and to ask the princess to expel Lu Feng from the Hanlin Academy. After everything was done, she did not stay long and said goodbye to the princess and Lu Nianqing with Lu Zhu.

The carriage was waiting outside the door. Just as Su Qingwan was about to get on the carriage, Lu Jing's voice came from behind her, "Sister-in-law, please stay."

Su Qingwan raised her eyebrows slightly. Lu Jing was not wearing an official robe today. He was only wearing a dark blue cross-collared long gown with a silver belt embroidered with cloud patterns tied around his waist. The wind passing through the hall blew up his long gown, giving him a kind of upright and chivalrous air.

"My sister-in-law and brother have been married for life. They prosper together and suffer together. Why must both of them suffer?" After listening to Li An's description of what happened in the garden, Lu Jing could roughly guess what was going to happen.

"As the saying goes, only women and villains are difficult to raise. I have both. Since Lu Feng has betrayed me, what does his future have to do with me?" Su Qingwan was in a very good mood and said the coldest words in the gentlest tone.

Lu Jing knew that the affair between Lu Feng and Li Xueying was a great blow to his sister-in-law. He did not agree with his brother having an affair with someone else during the period of his wife's death and favoring his concubine over his wife.

He didn't expect his sister-in-law to be so cruel and kill people without spilling blood.

"My brother's career is ruined, what benefit can my sister-in-law get?"

"I'm happy and relieved." Su Qingwan was so angry that she wanted to kill herself. "Besides, it was Li Xueying who bumped into the eldest princess's son. Even if Lu Nianqing was really a small guard, he was also a member of the princess's mansion, but she wanted to take over the matter. She was reckless, overbearing and willful, and it was she who caused the trouble. You don't question her, but come to make things difficult for me. Are you picking on the weak?"

"Li Xueying is stupid and arrogant, and easily provoked. You dug a fire pit and lured her in. She bumped into someone, which was also expected by you. In terms of scheming, she can't even compare to a hair of yours." Lu Jing mocked, "How dare I treat my sister-in-law as a soft persimmon? One day I will be calculated by you, and I may cause a big disaster and offend people."

Su Qingwan smiled gracefully, and a little cunningly. Lu Jing could also see that she was smiling, but it was a smile that was cold to the bone. "Then you better be careful, I am the kind of person who hides a knife behind my smile."

Lu Jing was angry, but he couldn't get angry. "Sister-in-law, you won't give up and will fight them to the death?"

Su Qingwan smiled faintly, "I am just a weak woman, and a lowly merchant. How can I fight to the death with the Lu family? Isn't it you, the Lu family, who have always wanted to kill me?"

Lu Jing was silent. The sun was scorching, burning people's skin.

Su Qingwan said, "Because I blocked Lu Feng's way to get close to the Li family, he and Li Xueying conspired to kill me and sent people pretending to be bandits to kill me on the way. If it weren't for the princess's rescue, I would have died long ago. I was lucky enough to get my life back, but was almost beaten to death by Li Xueying in the wedding hall. I was lucky enough to escape again, but I didn't expect that I would be killed by you when I went to Nanfeng Tower for dinner. It was your Lu family who wanted to kill me, but my third brother is the evil one who cried out for injustice first. It's a strange story in the world."

Lu Jing took a step forward, approached Su Qingwan, leaned over slightly, and said in a cold voice, "I don't know whether my brother and Li Xueying conspired to murder you. But you were injured by me in Nanfeng Tower, so you are definitely not innocent."

He tilted his head and looked at the stunning face so close to him, "Sister-in-law, you'd better hide your fox tail well, don't get caught by me." Su Qingwan raised her eyes slightly. The two of them were very close, beyond the normal distance between uncle and sister-in-law, and seemed a little ambiguous. However, their eyes were cold and deep, containing murderous intent.

"You finally told the truth. The test in Jinyiwei prison did not dispel your suspicion of me, so you invited my father and mother to Kyoto. Unfortunately, you are disappointed. I am indeed Xie Zhaolan." Su Qingwan looked into his eyes steadily. Others avoided Lu Jing like snakes and scorpions, but Su Qingwan was not afraid. "Third brother, suspicion breeds ghosts. You have walked too much on the night road of Jinyiwei. Everyone you see is a ghost. This is a disease and you need to be cured."

After Su Qingwan finished speaking, she got on the carriage with the help of Lu Zhu. She sat in the carriage, lifted the curtain, and said lightly, "Third brother, you don't have to worry about Lu Feng's future. He came to my courtyard that day and said proudly that he was able to enter the Hanlin Academy despite his low ranking in the imperial examination. It was the support of Anping Bo who secretly operated it. Li Xueying can add icing on the cake for his career, which is not comparable to a daughter of a merchant family like me. He was implicated by Li Xueying and expelled from the Hanlin Academy. I think it was just a temporary setback. Anping Bo will help him return to the Hanlin Academy, and it will not be difficult for him to be granted a title of nobility and become a prime minister in the future."

Lu Jing, "..."

These words were full of sarcasm and ridicule. If his brother heard them, he would probably be so angry that he would vomit blood. Lu Jing just thought it was absurd. How could the Earl of Anping change the situation when the eldest princess had made the final decision?
Su Qingwan let down the curtain, and the carriage slowly left the princess's mansion. She felt extremely happy.

The news that Li Xueying had caused a disaster spread quickly throughout the Lu family. Lu Feng and Lu Jing, one a scholar and the other a warrior, were the pillars of the Lu family's prosperity for the next generation. Lu Shaoqing was proud of them. He thought that such promising descendants could continue the family's prosperity, which was a great honor for the ancestors. When Lu Feng received the transfer order, he was stunned and didn't know what he had done wrong. He panicked and went to find Lu Shaoqing. After asking around, he found out that Li Xueying had caused a disaster.

Lin was so shocked by the bad news that she fainted due to convulsions. After waking up, she beat her chest and stamped her feet and cried non-stop, "My son has studied hard for ten years, studying hard every day by lamplight at midnight, going to school rain or shine, not daring to delay for a single day. He finally passed the imperial examination and entered the Imperial Academy, with a smooth career path. How could he end up with such a brainless, stupid woman? Oh my God, isn't this going to kill me?"

Nanny Chen tried to comfort her, and Lin fainted several times from crying. After she calmed down, she ordered Nanny Chen to change her clothes. "I have devoted my entire life to him. He cannot be expelled from the Imperial Academy. I will go to the Princess's Mansion and ask the Princess to show mercy. I will go to Prime Minister Lu's house and ask the Madam to intercede for him. Prepare a generous gift. I will go now!"

She was ill and weak, and her face turned pale after all the tossing and turning. Nanny Chen took out the best treasures in the warehouse and filled a whole box with them. For the sake of her son, she ruthlessly spent all her family savings, determined to keep Lu Feng's position in the Hanlin Academy at all costs.

Just as Nanny Chen had ordered people to harness the carriage, Lu Shaoqing and Lu Feng came back. Both of them had despair on their faces. Lu Feng's face was red, as if he had been slapped in the face. He had lost all his energy and spirit.

"Where are you going?" Lu Shaoqing asked.

Lin said hurriedly, "I will bring generous gifts to the princess to plead for mercy. If she refuses, I will kneel and kowtow outside the door. Even if I die in front of the princess, I will ask her to change her mind. Brother Feng, don't be afraid. I am here. I will do my best to plead for you. I will... I will..."

She was choked with sobs and couldn't speak, and Lu Feng's eyes were red.

Lu Shaoqing was furious, "You are not allowed to go!"

(End of this chapter)