The Ninth Lady is a rebellious person.

Chapter 257 Uncle Lang is a master of palace intrigue.
On the carriage of the Marquis of Kaiping, Lang Zhengping watched the farce unfolding in front of the house with two small red lanterns hanging in the distance. A sneer of triumph curled at the corners of his mouth.

You wicked woman, you've finally had your day of shame and humiliation.

Lang Zhengping slid the two walnuts in his hands very quickly. In a casual glance, he noticed that the girl in the blue dress looked just like his beautiful and intelligent eldest niece.

As the woman in green drew closer, she came into full view of the old man. Oh my, it really is my niece!
The walnuts in Lang Zhengping's hand fell to the ground. When the other person lifted the curtain, he grinned and said, "Ninth Sister, what are you doing here?"

"That's what I was asking you too. What are you doing here?" Lang Jiuchuan followed his gaze, glanced at him, and then, a thought struck him. "Could it be that the farce earlier was your doing?"

Lang Zhengping sighed, "If all the children in my family were as smart as you, why would I have anything to worry about?"

"Let's get down to business." Lang Jiuchuan took a teacup, picked up the teapot on the small table, poured himself a cup of tea, drank it, and then picked up a piece of snowflake cloud cake and ate it.

Wow, it's so soft, with a rich milky flavor, sweet but not cloying, it's delicious!

Lang Zhengping watched as she ate a piece of pastry and her eyes crinkled with satisfaction, just like a child who had tasted the best flavors in the world. He then pushed another plate of pastries over to her: "Su Fang Zhai's pastries are famous in Wujing. This Cold Plum Milk Pastry is fragrant and crispy. It is made with winter plum flavoring and is only available in winter. You should try it."

Lang Jiuchuan didn't stand on ceremony. He took a piece and ate it in small bites, like a little mouse.

Lang Zhengping's heart softened. Seeing Lang Jiuchuan looking over, he coughed lightly and pretended to be serious, saying, "Ever since you mentioned that it was Madam Lu who hired someone to do the funeral of our old master, the Lu family has become the enemy of the Lang family. So I had someone investigate the Lu family. I didn't know until I investigated that some people are hypocritical, wearing a mask of actor by nature, as if it's written all over their faces, and they can't take it off at all."

He glanced at Lang Jiuchuan, slightly raising his chin, as if to say, "I have some gossip to share, come and ask me!"

Lang Jiuchuan only cared about eating and didn't care whether he talked or not.

Lang Zhengping's lips twitched slightly as he poured her a cup of tea. "Eat slowly, don't choke." He put down the teacup, looked at the farce, and said, "I had people watching the Lu family, everyone, big and small, even the servants. I don't know how many beggars in Wujing I used to keep an eye on them, before I found out that this gentle and kind-hearted Lord Lu dared to keep a beautiful concubine outside, and they even had two children."

"Lu Changxue was a good man in the court and a good father and husband at home. However, he kept a mistress and had twins who were seven years old. His salary was not enough to support his family, so he dared to accept bribes and used inferior materials when repairing the charity hall, which caused the building to collapse at the end of last year."

Lang Jiuchuan then looked up: "Someone's dead?"

Lang Zhengping nodded: "Two orphans with broken legs were crushed to death."

Lang Jiuchuan's eyes turned cold.

Seeing this, Lang Zhengping quickly said, "I've already sent all the evidence to Censor Ye Cheng. Oh, Censor Ye is a son-in-law who married into the family. His wife was originally a pig butcher, and she supported him through his studies and his passing the imperial examinations by butchering pigs, so the two had a very good relationship. However, I don't know if it's because Madam Ye slaughtered so many pigs when she was young that she lost her natural instincts and became tainted with blood, but the two had no children after many years of marriage. Madam Ye personally betrothed a woman from a respectable family as a concubine, and after many years of hard work, they finally had a daughter, who was registered under Madam Ye's name. The two of them doted on her like a precious jewel." "The key point."

"Madam Ye is most sensitive to people saying that she has killed too many pigs, offended the heavens, and is unable to have children. However, that wicked woman Lu, also known as Madam Lu, secretly stepped on Madam Ye's foot at a banquet to curry favor with Princess Cheng Le, telling her to believe in Buddhism and donate incense oil to atone for her blood sins so that she could get her wish. This means that Madam Ye has committed too many killings, which is why she can't have children. No wonder she holds a grudge."

Lang Jiuchuan, having finished his meal, patted the crumbs of pastry off his hands and said, "I had no idea you were so knowledgeable about matters of the women's quarters. And what about matters of the court? Do you know anything about them?"

Lang Zhengping choked and said, "I heard it from your aunt. Anyway, Madam Ye can't stand that fake saint, Lu Changxue, so I had someone tip her off. Do you see that little bookstore over there? It's the one next to the red lantern. Every twenty-sixth of the month, Lu Changxue comes here to buy books. Actually, he had someone open that bookstore, and it's connected to the house next door. They even opened a small door so it would be convenient for him to come and have his affairs... cough cough, to see his mistresses and children."

Madam Ye was a 'warm-hearted person'. Upon receiving this news, she insisted on having another acquaintance invite Madam Lu to this small bookstore to look for Buddhist scriptures. Meanwhile, he arranged for a shrewish woman from the streets to pretend to be the first wife and lead a few people to deliberately catch the adulterers next door, thus exposing the matter. Sure enough, the real first wife was caught red-handed.

"That wicked woman Lu is even more cautious and concerned with her reputation than Lu Changxue, and she's also vicious. Once she finds out about the existence of this mistress, she'll generously arrange for her to be quietly sent elsewhere. If she's ruthless, she'll sell her off, and we don't even know where she'll be sold. Those twins, a boy and a girl, look exactly like their mother and are very beautiful. There are some people in Wujing who specialize in raising these kinds of male prostitutes... Don't look at me like that, I'm not into that kind of thing." Lang Zhengping immediately explained when he met her gaze, saying, "That wicked woman Lu is very vicious. How could I let her quietly pretend that this didn't happen? I have to peel off her fake face."

"I can see that you're quite the expert in palace intrigue." Lang Jiuchuan said with great regret, "If you had put that kind of effort into the imperial court, the Lang family wouldn't be facing such a talent shortage."

Lang Zhengping: "..."

He said angrily, "That's not the point. Do you know why she's in such a sorry state? It's because Lu Changxue hit her. The person I arranged touched a nerve with him. Do you know what it is?"

"They're just some underworld officials."

Lang Zhengping's eyes gleamed with gossip, and he said, "It's the fourth young master of the Lu family, the one sent to the Rong family to learn martial arts. He's not Lu Changxue's son. He's been cuckolded to death, greener than any grass. In a fit of rage, he not only hit someone but also revealed that he'd been cuckolded for over ten years and had had enough. Of course, it was my people who provoked him to say that, which is why they started fighting like dogs. Guess who that wicked Lu woman's lover is?"

Lang Jiuchuan frowned, something flashing through his mind. Could it be?

"He was a monk who became a monk at Huguo Temple, and his Dharma name was Xuanming. He was also a member of the Tantai royal family."

When.

Lang Jiuchuan slammed his teacup down on the small table, his face grim, and said, "How dare they defile Buddhism?"

Every month on the first day of the month, rain or shine, Madam Lu goes to Huguo Temple to meet her lover. Does Abbot Xuan Neng know about such a scandalous affair?
Bowing in gratitude for the reward ticket