The abstinent and powerful minister is cold and aloof during the day, but he adores her in his dream

Chapter 30 There is no precedent for someone becoming a concubine.

When Fu Hongyi heard that Lu Zhan had invited him, he was surprised and somewhat flattered.

He dared not delay, so he put down what he was doing and rushed to Tingyu Tower.

Upon entering the private room, one could see Lu Zhan standing by the window with his hands behind his back.

"Lord Lu." Fu Hongyi bowed.

Lu Zhan turned his head, his dark eyes glancing at him with a scrutinizing look.

Fu Hongyi was taken aback. He felt a sense of pressure from Fu Hongyi's cold gaze, and at the same time, a sense of unease swept through his heart.

The initial flattery quickly turned into cold indifference.

He quickly searched his mind for any recent offenses he might have committed against the Minister of Justice.

However, no matter how hard he racked his brains, he couldn't find the problem.

Just as Fu Hongyi was feeling uneasy, Lu Zhan finally withdrew his gaze and said calmly, "Sit down."

After saying that, he turned around and sat down at the coffee table.

"Yes." Fu Hongyi breathed a sigh of relief, but thought to himself: This Minister of the Court of Judicial Review is indeed as rumored, cold and aloof, making him difficult to approach.

Lu Zhan picked up the teapot, poured two cups of tea, and gave one to Fu Hongyi.

"Thank you very much, Lord Lu." Fu Hongyi quickly accepted the gift with both hands.

Lu Zhan took a leisurely sip of tea before saying calmly, "Just now, on my way back to the manor, I encountered your mother."

Fu Hongyi was taken aback. "My mother went to your residence?"

"You don't know?" Lu Zhan asked back.

Fu Hongyi looked somewhat bewildered. "My mother didn't mention anything about going to your residence."

Lu Zhan glanced at his expression and, seeing that he wasn't lying, paused, already understanding.

It seems that Lin's visit to the Duke of Dingguo's mansion to ask for her cousin Zhiwan as a concubine was kept secret from Fu Hongyi.

Fu Hongyi became anxious when he saw that he was not speaking.

His mother had secretly visited the Duke of Dingguo's mansion, and now Lu Zhan had suddenly come to see him. He had a feeling that something bad must have happened.

He couldn't contain himself any longer and asked, "Lord Lu, may I ask what brings my mother to your residence?"

"Young Master Fu can go back and ask your mother." Lu Zhan said, putting down his cup. His handsome face turned cold and ruthless, his tone as icy as ice. "There is no precedent for any young lady in my Lu family to become a concubine, and there never will be. If I hear even a single word of this again, I will show no mercy. To protect the dignity of the young ladies of my Lu family, I will not hesitate to take ruthless measures if necessary. Young Master Fu, you'd better think carefully!"

Fu Hongyi's mind was buzzing; he thought he had misheard.

Lu Zhan glanced at his ashen face, said nothing more, and got up to leave the private room.

It wasn't until long after Lu Zhan left that Fu Hongyi came to his senses, his face extremely grim.

His mother actually went to the Duke of Dingguo's mansion to ask for Zhiwan to be his concubine.
When did he ever say he wanted to take Zhiwan as a concubine?

Thinking about how his mother had been so accommodating to him these past two days, he suddenly realized that this was just a temporary measure by his mother.

His mother never intended to marry Zhiwan to him; she only wanted to bring Zhiwan into the family.

How heartbroken and humiliated must Zhiwan, such a good girl, have been tormented like this?

Fu Hongyi was both anxious and furious, and could no longer sit still. He rushed back to the Xuanping Marquis's residence in one breath.

At that moment, Lin was sitting in the room, applying ice to the slap mark on her face. She was furious that Wei had been so cruel. Her face was still not completely swollen.

So when her son suddenly rushed in without her notifying her, her face immediately darkened.

"Hongyi, how can you be so rude?"

Fu Hongyi laughed self-deprecatingly, "That's something I learned from you, Mother."

"What?" Madam Lin looked at him in disbelief, thinking she had misheard. "If Mother knew proper etiquette, how could she go to someone else's house and ask for a perfectly good girl to become her concubine? What kind of etiquette is this?" Fu Hongyi questioned angrily.

Upon hearing this, Madam Lin's face darkened. "Who's gossiping in front of you?" she asked, her gaze sweeping coldly over Chen Mama and the maids in the room.

The group quickly shook their heads, saying that it wasn't what they said.

"Since Mother dares to do it, why should I be afraid of her finding out?" Fu Hongyi sneered.

Lin slammed the ice wrapped in a handkerchief onto the table with a loud bang.

“Fu Hongyi, I am your mother. How dare you speak to me like that?”

"Yes, you are my mother, so you can do anything without regard for my wishes!" Fu Hongyi said indignantly.

Lin's face darkened as she said, "Don't you like Zhiwan? I did all that to fulfill your wishes, didn't I? I humbled myself to plead for you, and in the end, instead of being grateful, you resent me!"

"I do like Miss Zhiwan, but I have never thought of taking her as a concubine. What you are doing is not helping me at all, but putting me in an unjust position."

"And what right did you have to humiliate such a wonderful girl like that?" Fu Hongyi clenched his fists, growing angrier as he spoke.

Madam Lin was furious. "Have you lost your mind? That woman surnamed Zhi is just an orphan. How can she be worth so much from you? Our Fu family is willing to take her as a concubine, which is already an honor for her. It's only that Wei who is so clueless that she values ​​an orphan so much!"

Upon hearing this, Fu Hongyi looked at her with unfamiliar eyes.

For the first time, he realized that his mother was so foolish and narrow-minded.

"Although she is an orphan, do you know that the entire Duke of Dingguo's mansion cherishes her? What you did was not to flatter her, but to humiliate her. The Duke of Dingguo's mansion has probably already held a grudge against our Fu family. Our Fu family had better not make any mistakes, or we'll be doomed!" Fu Hongyi was utterly disappointed. He roared, kicked over a chair, and stormed out of the room.

Lin stood there, stunned, staring at the overturned chair and the door that had been slammed shut.

After realizing what had happened, she couldn't help but feel a little flustered.

She wasn't afraid of upsetting her son, but rather the last thing he said.

Could it be that the Duke of Dingguo's mansion would really hold a grudge against the Fu family because of this, and wait to find fault with the Fu family?
That shouldn't be the case, right?

Besides, Wei even laid a hand on her today, and she didn't pursue the matter further.

She didn't think she had done anything wrong.

She went to ask Zhiwan to be her son's concubine, but she didn't force her or insist that she agree.

On the contrary, that Wei woman, she only said one sentence, but she acted like she had swallowed a bomb, she was a complete shrew.

Despite thinking this way, Lin felt a sense of unease.

Her son, who had always respected her since childhood, actually turned against her!

……

Hongshi Town, Xuzhou.

The town was incredibly quiet at night.

That night, Ouyang Lei and his companions once again went up to the roof of the inn to keep watch.

Just when everyone thought they would get nothing again tonight, they saw a sneaky figure walking in the night and then going to the back door of the inn.

The person looked around to make sure no one was there before raising their hand to knock on the door.

The sound was distinctive, consisting of three short and two rapid notes, like a code.

A moment later, the back door opened, and the figure slipped inside.

Ouyang Lei and his two companions exchanged glances, and in each other's eyes they saw excitement.

As expected, that person was the real culprit who murdered the shop owner, Guo Yong!

(End of this chapter)