allonlinenovel Chapter 267 Some Things Never Have Standard Answers
Chapter 267 Some Things Never Have Standard Answers
Lu Xinran had no idea what kind of shock this news had caused in everyone's hearts.
But the veins on the side of Song Junyan's head, who was sitting below the emperor, began to throb again.
How come this guy has been so diligent these days!
Who on earth provided her with the list that made her eat the melons so frequently!
He has already seen the darkness that will befall his future.
Otherwise, the position of Shuntian Prefecture Governor can be given to someone else. He doesn't really need it now.
The empress dowager lost all interest in the excitement in the scene when she thought of the past. The empress, who had been paying attention to her expression, also vaguely knew something about the past, so she whispered a few words to the emperor.
It was a rare occasion that the emperor did not reject the queen's suggestion. Seeing that it was getting dark, he waved his hand, stood up, helped the empress dowager up, and left.
The emperor and the empress dowager left and returned to the palace. All the officials and their families also stood up and, after saying a few brief words to their colleagues and relatives, they also said goodbye and left.
Lu Xinran followed the Lu family and always felt that the looks from the families she passed by were inexplicably complicated.
Especially the people from the Wen family and the Cao family. She raised her hand and touched her cheek. Could it be that... there was sauce on her cheek when she was eating just now?
After returning to the Lu Mansion, Pei patted the two sisters on the shoulders and asked everyone to go back to their rooms to rest.
In the following days, all kinds of news were spreading in the capital. Cuizhu would go to the streets every day to find out the news and then come back to tell her.
"Girl, a big thing happened in the Wen family recently."
Cuizhu imitated the storyteller in the teahouse and recounted in vivid detail what had happened to the Wen family.
"After the first lady of the Wen family found out that the concubine had dared to swap her child, she ignored the Wen family master's objections and ordered her men to beat the concubine to death."
"Ouch!"
Lu Xinran turned sideways in shock: "Beaten to death? What about that illegitimate Wen Tian?"
After all, she has raised him for more than ten years and they have a deep relationship. What should she do with him?
When Cuizhu mentioned Wen Tian, she subconsciously glanced at her expression. Seeing that she was just curious, she spoke carefully.
"The eldest lady naturally doesn't want to wrong her. After all, she was raised by her side, and that fifth girl has always said that she really doesn't know her true identity."
Do not you know?
Lu Xinran pursed her lips. She didn't read Wen Tian's booklet that day, so she didn't know whether this was true or not.
But none of this matters to her.
"But after the spoiled Sixth Young Master learned his true identity, he cried for several hours. He hated the Fifth Young Lady who had taken his identity and threatened that she would be the last one in the family, and forced the Madam to give him an explanation."
"Did you give it then?"
Lu Xinran was curious and wanted to know whether the lady of the Wen family would do the same as Zhao and still choose the adopted daughter who had been raised by her since childhood if she had the same experience.
Cuizhu shook her head regretfully: "I don't know, but this is all I have heard. Maybe the Wen family hasn't figured out how to deal with this matter yet."
After more than ten years of misplaced life, it is not so easy to put things right and get everything back in place.
"Well, then you should find out more during this period of time, and you must tell me the results as soon as possible."
She wondered how many Zhaos there were in the world.
After watching for a few days, the Cao family finally came to cancel the engagement.
Regardless of Wen Tian's character, this marriage cannot continue.
They didn't want to follow in the footsteps of the Wen family and become the topic of conversation among people in Beijing.
The Cao family's cancellation of the engagement seemed to be the last straw that broke the camel's back for Madam Yuan. She stopped struggling and went to Madam Wen for help, asking her to find someone to marry Wen Tian off to a place far away.
Most of the dowry that she had given to Wen Tian was taken back. They were just mother and daughter, and she couldn't bear to see her having a hard time in her husband's family, so she left her some final dignity.
The final outcome made everyone in the Lu family sigh, especially the Pei family.
Some things never have standard answers, but Yuan's approach is obviously ten thousand times more rational than Zhao's.
If her daughter-in-law could be like Yuan, no, she doesn't have to be that good, as long as she doesn't have to flatter and criticize, she would be satisfied.
"Has the matter of the Wen family been told to the eldest brother's wife?"
Nanny Xu continued to massage her shoulders and responded with a low sound.
"I hope she can think clearly after this. The two children have always been so close, but she is the villain in every way."
Madam Xu spoke up again, but as a servant she couldn't speak ill of her master.
Lu Xinran's requirement for Zhao has always been that she could be as quiet as death and she would be quite satisfied as long as they did not disturb each other.
So she didn't even think that if Zhao heard about the Wen family's affairs, it would cause any change in Zhao.
She held the letter sent by Song Junyan, her big eyes filled with confusion.
What does this person mean?
What does it have to do with her if he is busy?
Moreover, in her impression, there were rarely major murder cases that needed to be dealt with in Shuntian Prefecture, and most of these cases that occurred in the capital would be directly transferred to the Dali Temple.
Doesn’t Shuntian Prefecture only deal with trivial matters?
Small things... do I need to stay up late in Shuntian Mansion every day?
Although she couldn't figure it out, she still hesitated whether to go to Shuntian Prefecture to take a look. If there was really some trouble there, she might be able to help through the system.
"girl."
Cuizhu walked in and saw her daughter staring at the letter in a daze: "Someone has come from the palace. The Queen Mother wants you and the eldest daughter to come into the palace."
Naturally, the Empress Dowager's decree could not be neglected. Lu Xinran put away the letter, put on her makeup, and hurried to Pei's courtyard to pay her respects and say goodbye.
On the carriage to the palace, she pulled Lu Xinlan's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "What do you think the Queen Mother wants us to do when she sends us to the palace?"
Lu Xinlan shook her head. They seldom saw the Empress Dowager and the Queen after returning from the border, so it was hard to tell why the Empress Dowager wanted to see them.
"After entering the palace, we will act according to circumstances and become better. If we are in trouble, the Queen will definitely help us out."
So the risk is not great. She actually thinks that the Queen Mother wants to eat melons again...
In Yongshou Palace, the Queen Mother looked at the old objects at hand and fell into reminiscence again.
Ever since she came back from the birthday party, she had been thinking about the past a lot.
Some things that she thought she had forgotten long ago suddenly became extremely clear in her dreams at midnight.
The regrets of that year turned into confusion that repeatedly haunted her, forcing her to find an answer.
When the two sisters entered the room, they found that the queen mother looked haggard, as if she had not had a good rest for many days and she looked very tired.
"Your humble servant pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen Mother."
The clear voice of the girl brought the empress dowager out of her memories. She smiled and waved her hand to signal the palace servant to find a seat for the two of them.
Some old palace maids left in a hurry outside the palace and brought back several elderly concubines soon.
"Your Highness, Concubine Xu, Concubine Wei, and Concubine Zhang are here."
Lu Xinran felt surprised. This was the first time she saw several old concubines in front of the Empress Dowager.
After greeting each other, everyone sat down again.
The Queen Mother took out a golden hairpin from behind her back and gestured towards the window again and again as if casually.
"I ordered people to tidy up the storehouse these days, and found a lot of old items. Concubine Zhang, come and take a look. Does this gold hairpin look familiar to you?"
Concubine Zhang's pupils suddenly shrank, and the blood color between her lips faded a little.
She stood up and walked forward calmly, took the golden hairpin from the empress dowager's hand and looked at it again and again as if she were real.
"This……"
"But you can't remember?"
Seeing her hesitation, the empress dowager did not make things difficult for her. She just smiled and took the hairpin back.
Concubine Zhang breathed a sigh of relief, said yes, and quickly sat back down.
Lu Xinran always felt that all of the Queen Mother's actions today were a little strange. She watched as several concubines asked the system to load all their booklets.
These are all old melons that the old people in the palace must know about, and she can eat them to her satisfaction again.