mtl008 Chapter 357 Old Lady Lu is making a scene again.
Chapter 357 Old Lady Lu is making a scene again.
As dusk settled, the vermilion gates of the Marquis of Zhongyong's residence slowly opened, and the steward of the mansion had already led the servants to wait at the gate.
Lu Jiangnian turned around and reached out to help Yuan Wan out of the car.
She took his wrist, her skirt swaying gently, and landed steadily on the footstool. She looked up at the gate of the mansion, a smile unconsciously appearing on her lips.
She said softly, "You're finally back."
Lu Jiangnian squeezed her hand, his eyes softening. "Let's go, Mother must be getting impatient."
Inside Wangchun Hall, Wang Min grabbed Yuan Wanru's hand and looked her up and down. "You look thinner. Didn't the servants in the other courtyard take good care of you?"
Yuan Wanru shook her head with a smile: "I think I've gained weight. Back at the villa, I just ate and slept all day; my chin has gotten rounder."
Wang Min was amused by her, and after laughing, she turned to look at Lu Jiangnian: "And you? Is your injury fully healed?"
Lu Jiangnian smiled helplessly: "Mother, I'm fine now."
Wang Min finally breathed a sigh of relief, then rambled on about trivial matters: "You said you'd be back today, I didn't expect you to arrive so late. But it's alright, it's too hot to travel at noon, a little later is fine."
Yuan Wanru affectionately took Wang Min's hand: "Mother, I specially brought you some local products from the other courtyard, as well as fish from the lake. We'll eat fish later, okay?"
Wang Min felt a warmth in her heart. "You silly child, you always think of me whenever you go out. Okay, we'll have fish tonight."
Lu Jiangnian chuckled from the side, "Mother, I think she's thinking about eating fish, not you. She's said several times along the way that she wants fish soup when we get home."
Wang Min glared at him: "I raised this child, how could I not know him? Humph, you don't care, but my daughter-in-law isn't allowed to?"
"Raising a son is not caring at all."
At this moment, the warm laughter and cheerful conversation made people temporarily forget all the conspiracies and schemes.
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Meanwhile, next door to the Marquis of Zhongyong's residence, Liang Yusong sat quietly in her boudoir, her fingertips tightly gripping a secret letter, her knuckles turning white from the force.
This is a letter from the Second Prince's residence.
Liang Yusong knew about and approved of the Second Prince's assassination attempt on Lu Jiangnian.
Moreover, it was she who suggested that the Second Prince have his assassins coat the blades with poison. Unexpectedly, even with the Second Prince's elite forces deployed, they still failed.
Lu Jiangnian was like an unyielding mountain; no matter what methods they used, they could not budge him in the slightest.
Liang Yusong felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave.
No, there must be a way. We'll kill Lu Jiangnian.
Liang Yusong's face was extremely pale and ashen, like a female ghost.
Ever since Liang Zhi died, she has often dreamed of her second brother.
In her dream, her second brother asked her, "Little sister, do you regret it? If our family hadn't gotten involved in these royal affairs, would I be in this situation?"
She would wake up at this time every time.
She did nothing wrong. She just wanted her family to rise to the top and become the most prestigious family in the capital. What did she do wrong?
The ones who are in the wrong are Lu Jiangnian and Yuan Wanru!
"waste!"
She crumpled the letter into pieces, her eyes blazing with hatred.
After a while, a thought suddenly popped into her head: if they couldn't kill Lu Jiangnian, they could kill Yuan Wanru first.
Didn't Lu Jiangnian pride himself on being deeply affectionate?
If Yuan Wanru were to die, he would surely be devastated!
Thinking of this, her eyes lit up with a terrifying light. She picked up a pen and quickly wrote a letter.
"Green Calyx, give it to my cousin right away."
“Lu Jiangnian, Yuan Wanru…” she murmured, “You owe the Liang family what you owe them.”
A cold wind blew past the window, and the flickering candlelight illuminated her sinister face.
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The Imperial Palace, Huayang Palace.
Consort Liang leaned against the soft couch, her face pale, and looked at the people kneeling below with uncontrollable rage.
If Lady Zhaohua hadn't sent her a message, she wouldn't have known that Murong Xiao was impotent!
Everyone around her kept it a secret from her.
"Who gave you the audacity to keep this from me? I've been too good-tempered lately, and you've all dared to ride roughshod over me!"
"This servant wouldn't dare. It was the Second Prince who ordered me not to trouble Your Highness."
"His Highness said that the Emperor is still angry, so the Empress can only be confined to her quarters. A month will pass quickly."
"Moreover, the rumors are untrue; His Highness's health is not in any serious condition."
Consort Liang, however, did not believe it.
Lady Zhaohua wouldn't have passed on this message to her for no reason. That woman is always good at pretending, but she never makes a move easily.
Her son, a prince, was actually assassinated like this?
"Guards!" She sat bolt upright, her voice icy. "Summon Gao Peng to the palace. Tell him I have suddenly fallen ill with a heart ailment and require his immediate treatment!"
Before long, Gao Peng hurriedly entered the palace.
Consort Liang dismissed her attendants, leaving only her trusted maid beside her, and asked in a cold voice, "Imperial Physician Gao, how is the Second Prince's health?"
Gao Peng broke out in a cold sweat and whispered, "Your Majesty, His Highness was indeed poisoned. This poison is strange; it doesn't kill, but it damages...damages his Yang energy."
A cold glint flashed in Consort Liang's eyes: "Is there a solution?"
Gao Peng shook his head: "This poison is rare; this old minister will temporarily..."
Who is it!
Consort Liang slammed her hand on the table, causing the teacup to overturn and spill tea onto the brocade, creating a dark stain.
Gao Peng didn't hide anything and told Consort Liang about the Second Prince's speculation: "It should be Lu Jiangnian's doing."
Lu Jiangnian!
Upon hearing this name, Consort Liang felt a surge of murderous intent.
If I had known, I should have killed that damned Lu Jiangnian long ago!
She took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down. Suddenly, as if remembering something, she said coldly, "Lu Jiangnian was poisoned before, yet he remained unharmed. Yu Song was also inexplicably poisoned, and now Xiao'er is too..."
She slowly raised her eyes, a chilling killing intent flashing within them: "There must be a master of poison and Gu poison by Lu Jiangnian's side."
Gao Peng's heart skipped a beat: "Your Majesty means..."
Consort Liang sneered, "Such a person must not be allowed to live."
"Order my men to find him, no matter the cost, and kill him!"
Gao Peng knew that Consort Liang had planted many spies outside the palace, intending to save them for a crucial moment. He never expected that this time, she would send them all out for someone whose background he didn't know.
However, this is for the best, as Gao Peng also wants to kill this person who has repeatedly frustrated him.
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Lu Song went to the northern frontier, and as in previous years, he would write a letter home every month.
This month, another letter from him arrived home.
Wang Min opened the letter, intending to read it aloud as usual, but she suddenly froze after reading its contents.
Madam Lu urged her, "What are you daydreaming about? If you don't want to read, bring it over and let Aunt Shen read it to me."
Before that, she secretly had someone write a letter to Lu Song, specifically accusing Wang Min and Lu Jiangnian, a married couple.
In the letter, she described herself as extremely miserable, saying that Wang Min and the child had disobeyed her, and she was so angry that she couldn't even get out of bed.
Madam Lu believed that Lu Song must have written a letter to reprimand Wang Min, which was why Wang Min was too ashamed to read it aloud.
snort!
Wait a minute, she wants Aunt Shen to read it out loud, so that Wang Min will lose all face.
To everyone's surprise, Wang Min folded the letter and stuffed it into her bosom.
"This letter was written to me separately by the Marquis, so I won't read it."
Lu Jiangnian sensed that something was wrong.
"In that case, Mother, you can keep it yourself."
Old Madam Lu was unwilling to agree.
“No, you say it was written for you, so it was written for you. I am his mother, and I don’t believe it. There wasn’t a single mention of me in the letter he wrote.”
Wang Min really annoyed Madam Lu.
I always felt that the older she got, the more annoying she became.
"Ms. Wang, bring it to me."
Wang Min, of course, refused.
"You're getting more and more outrageous, showing no filial piety whatsoever. Are you taking advantage of the fact that I don't have a son by my side?"
"Go to the yamen and call the Second Master back to me. Tell him I'm so angry I could die!"