Chapter 385 An Eye for an Eye?

Lu Yicheng simply wanted to vomit blood!

In his life, he’s had a smooth career.

Before he participated in the imperial examination, he coincidentally met Gu Shao, from then on began under the guidance of Gu Shao Rui official strategy, early to hold on to the thigh of the East Palace, no effort to do from the Dragon Minister!

Perhaps it is because there is something to be gained and something to be lost, but none of his family members are spared!

First, his wife Huang, originally relying on distant relatives with Empress Wei, when Empress Wei was still only the Crown Princess, she became a regular visitor to the East Palace, deeply trusted by the Crown Princess – the result is that God knows what madness Huang, but just for the son-in-law’s eldest daughter’s marriage to run the errand for a couple of times, and then turned back to hide the Crown Princess and also hid it from him, and insisted on that with the Lu family! The original well water does not offend the river water of Song Yixiao eradicated!

Then the downfall was that the palace sent a cup of hemlock directly to Lu’s house, sending her on her way in a dry manner.

If Song Yixiao timely dispatched Yun aunt to the Song residence, Huang’s death, afraid not to even involve Lu’s body three lives!

Even now when he thought of this matter, Lu Yicheng felt disturbed.

After all, a husband and wife, Huang has always been considered a good help, he is not all think Huang should not go to mess with Song Yixiao – the problem is, you want to pit Song Yixiao, separate pit set?

Song Yixiao to say a bad word, that is the father does not love the grandmother does not love, said the family name is Song, Song family when someone has given her back? Even though her mother, Wei Mengying, is a princess, she married into the royal family and gave birth to three children, how much energy and care can be given to the eldest daughter?

At that time, she was only married to the Duke of Yan’s residence, and her husband’s relatives were still in the stage of politeness, not to mention having any feelings.

And Wong?

Because of the relationship with the East Palace, that will be often in and out of the palace, in the harem several dignitaries are very important in front of the status.

If she were to deal with Song Yixiao alone, even if she was discovered, based on past love, there might not be no room for maneuver!

She preferred to get involved with Cui Jianren, and told Qiu Shuxia and others to catch the opportunity to expose it in the court, making a big fuss, and dragging the entire Eastern Palace into the dust – it was a time of competition for the Crown Prince ah!

In that case, how would her little love affair with the Royal Family suffice?

The Lu family was not involved, but the Eastern Palace was already mindful of the old feelings!

Besides, Lu Yicheng’s daughter Lu – although Lu Yicheng had initially agreed to marry his favored youngest daughter to Song Yuan as a sequel, or a second sequel, with the idea of giving face to Gu Shao, he was actually very satisfied with Song Yuan himself.

The son of the family, the scholar origin, although married twice, but only one original spouse of the first eldest daughter, not loved by anyone up and down the Song family.

The point is that this firstborn daughter is not yet raised in the Song family, so after the daughter marries over, what’s the difference between her usual life and the original one?

In particular, Old Lady Pang held a grudge against Wei Mengying, and after Lu’s passing, she retaliated by treating Lu especially kindly, even though Lu had only given birth to a daughter initially, she was also doted on as if she were a baby.

Things were normal up to here, but on the contrary – because of the marriage between Song YiXiao and Jian Xubai, Lu learned about the stepdaughter’s experience in the Song family in the past years, both guilty and worried that she would rely on her husband’s family’s power to retaliate against the Song family in the future, and decided to take the opposite approach from her mother, Huang’s: penitentiization!

At that time, Lu Yicheng advised her, “That is Song Yuan’s daughter, not your daughter, and did not ask you to raise, you care about their father-daughter gossip? Even if she married into the Duke of Yan’s house and became Mrs. Yan, will she be able to do anything about the Song family? You also do not think, your husband son-in-law was in the gold list of the top, but also Gu Duke of the young, he may not have the time to be a feudal lords and prime ministers, his father’s official position is not low, join forces, as long as the word is not lost, need to be afraid of the Duke of Yan’s house? That Jane’s family is not a simple family, their own can not fight to it!”

He also said, ”What’s more, Song is in the end the daughter of Song Yuan, filial piety pressed down, what can she do about it? What do you have to compensate her for? Song Yuan does not like this daughter, you just do not say in front of him, he knows that you privately a show of good to the Song’s, heart will not be happy? When the time comes, don’t fail to coax Song’s good, but instead, leave Song Yuan’s heart!”

Lu insisted, “Your husband has always favored Bao’er, that young lady is also your husband’s own daughter, listening to the Song family old man said, earlier before Princess Wei did not remarry, she is also your husband’s sweetheart. Even though over the years, her husband has been angry with her, no longer cherished, but after a long time, what if her husband changed his mind? By that time, Missy will have been estranged from the Song family for a long time, won’t that be a pity?”

Moreover, “husband and wife are one, husband owes Missy, he can’t figure out not to pay attention to Missy now, as his wife, I should mediate between father and daughter on his behalf!”

Lu Yicheng could not persuade her, listening to the headache also did not care – now think about it, in the first place should be managed to the end!

If you can’t persuade your daughter, you should go to Song Yuan in person!

All because when Wei Mengying was assassinated, he saved his daughter, went to the Song residence to visit, listened to Lu said the causes and consequences – Lu Yicheng looked at the three still young grandchildren, and then look at the grieving daughter, a sentence froze and did not have the heart to say, “You earlier not in that Song’s out of the cabinet has been trying to find ways to To curry favor with her, such as if this repeatedly reminded Song Yuan Wei Wangfei’s existence, perhaps Song Yuan even if they have always hated that mother and daughter two, days and days of not seeing each other, but also fade it?!”

After all, Wei Mengying remarried are more than ten years ago, she and Song Yuan these years have long been married to each other, children have, even with Yuan Xue Pei flirtation, if not Lu’s unconscious frequent reminders of Song Yuan in these years past, Song Yuan and how would it move to kill heart?

In the end, his son was only one and young, for the sake of the future of Jiangnan Hall, even if he did not expect that he would die at the hands of Wei Mengying, he should not take this risk!

In the opinion of a career-oriented person like Lu Yicheng, Song Yuan’s son-in-law is simply a gold and jade exterior, a waste of good birth and good talent, clearly revitalize the family in front of the road, but indulge in the heart on the love of children!

I’ve dragged my daughter and grandchildren down with me!

Fortunately, Lu’s previous moves to please Song Yixiao, although it failed to make Song Yixiao and the Song family into peace, but also left a very good impression on that Yan State Lady – is to come after Lu’s assassination of Wei Mengying under the guise of Elder Lady Pang’s name in the Yuan Xue Pei’s help to cover up, but actually really muddled through!

It’s just that Lu Yicheng is so easily relieved that it’s only been a few months?

The family is in trouble again!!!

This time the problem was with his first grandson, Lu Hearing Quan.

Lu listen to the spring is when Song Yixiao and Jian Xubai went to condolences Huang, behind the curtains of filial piety outbursts, by the parents reprimanded the young man – he was raised in front of Huang since childhood, and grandmother very deep feelings, so even if you know that the grandmother’s death is in fact the blame for their own, will not be able to help but also Song Yixiao anger.

Only his parents, though they also mourned Huang’s death, were not yet confused and stopped him in time.

Whether before or after Huang’s death, Song Yixiao and the Lu family have only superficial dealings, three or two years past, such a small matter, if no one mentioned it, everyone has forgotten.

“Although Listening Spring has always disliked Mrs. Yan, it is by no means possible for her to lay such a poisonous hand.” Lu Yicheng’s eldest son, Lu Lubo, knelt on the ground to defend his son, “Besides, Listening Spring is a man, except for a few times before the age of seven when he went to the harem with his mother to meet all the ladies, he never had the chance to go to the harem at any other time, so how could he possibly bribe the palace maid in front of the Eldest Princess? Moreover, that court lady is not a fool – what is the status of Listening Spring? What is the status of Her Highness the Princess of Jade Mountain? Who is she to betray the Princess for Listening Spring? Doesn’t she want to die?”

At this time, Lu Huanquan has been escorted away, Lu family courtyard is also surrounded by the forbidden guards, although for the time being no one rushed in to search and interrogate, but think also know, if there are no accidents, this is sooner or later.

Right now, the Lu family can only count on Lu Yicheng to make up his mind.

“Although what you said makes sense, but now that palace maid has explained it all.” Lu Yicheng looked at him and was silent for a long time before he said, “Although Listening Spring is not convenient to enter the palace palace exams, that courtesan named Xi Yu is very much loved by Her Highness, the Eldest Princess of Yushan, and so she can go out of the palace to visit her family every month.”

In this way, Lu Huanquan could not enter the harem to reach her, but she could reach Lu Huanquan when she left the palace.

As for why Xiyu betrayed the Golden Princess for the sake of a man of such high rank and power as Lu Listening Spring, “Xiyu said that Listening Spring had made a private engagement with her for life, promising that after Xiyu descended with Her Highness the Princess of Jade Mountain in the future, she would beg Her Highness the Princess of Jade Mountain to reward her to listen to her, so as to stay together for a long time!”

It is said that a man’s delay is still talkable, but a woman’s delay is not.

Originally, Xiyu would listen to Lu listen to the words of the grandson of a common minister, very suspicious, but with the addition of male and female personal feelings in it, it makes perfect sense – especially Xiyu’s master, the eldest princess of Yushan, herself is a for the sake of the sweetheart of almost anything to do out of the Lord!

Close to Zhu is red and close to ink is black, Xiyu learns from her example, in order to please her lover, she falsely passes on the order of the eldest princess of Yushan and instigates the young princess of Yiwang, Lu Ningyue, to poison Jane Qingyue, what’s so strange about that?

And the Jade Mountain Princess and Yi Wang Xiao County as a group of people everywhere waiting for the noblewoman, how to hide from everyone’s eyes and ears, to get the smallpox powder, as well as in time to find out the whereabouts of the mother and daughter of Song Yixiao, there is a reasonable explanation: in the hands of the Empress Wei recognized that the two Xiyu given to the Huang’s in the past years before the object, who will notice Lu listen to the spring?

As the eldest grandson of the Lu family, even though his status, qualifications, and talents do not yet meet the eyes of the nobles, there are always some people under his hand who can be called upon, so what’s so difficult about getting a little smallpox powder and keeping a close eye on the people of the Duke of Yan’s residence?

What’s more, before Huang’s death, she had divided her trousseau with her children and grandchildren, and since Lu Hearing Spring was the eldest grandson and was raised by her, she got the most – the two pieces given to Xiyu, were among them!

“Father you also know, since mother went, listen to the spring has been depressed!” Lu Lubo heard his father’s words and knew that there was little hope, but out of love for his son, he still continued to beg, “He was afraid of seeing the objects, so he put them all on the shelf, and if not for this time the Empress recognizing the objects from Xiyu’s place, he wouldn’t have known that those two things were missing – it must be that someone is setting him up, father! Someone is setting him up, Father! He’s the eldest grandson of our family! If you don’t help him, not only will he not survive, but so will our family. …”

“How could I not want to help my own grandson?!” Lu Yicheng, who was pondering, laughed back in anger, slapped the case heavily, and drank, “This matter is planted evidence, is there any need to say? A few months ago, your sister played the same trick – now it seems that your mother’s concerns before she died were not unreasonable! If I had known, I would have helped to eliminate the root of the problem!!!”

Lu Yicheng’s eyes were filled with anger as he looked morosely in the direction of the Duke of Yan’s residence’s other courtyard: he suspected that this was all a plot by Song Yixiao!

The reason is very simple, a few months ago, Lu is not the arrangement of the old lady Pang’s left and right of the mother-in-law, in the name of the old lady Pang, repeatedly taught the young Song Yijiao that the words to Wei Mengying, Song Yixiao full of hatred, in front of the face of the people who went to condole with the old lady Pang, shouted all over the city, so that after Wei Mengying’s death, even public opinion is one-sided, Pang old lady is the main culprit?

How similar is Lu Hearingquan’s role now to Song Yijiao’s at the time?

Only Lu listen to the spring’s anger and hatred is from the heart, Song Yijiao is ignorant and coaxed – the same is planted, the same is to take advantage of the younger generation in the hearth inappropriate behavior, Lu Yicheng think, it must be Song Yixiao already know the truth of Wei Mengying’s death, hated Lu and the Lu family, but their own seniority and rank, are not her a state lady easily can move. It is not something that she, a State Lady, can easily move.

It so happens that her daughter has contracted smallpox, and her husband has spread the word that the entire Cuihua Mountain is in fear, so Song Yixiao will be the plan, an eye for an eye, wanting to avenge the birth mother!

Otherwise, Lu Yicheng, as a direct descendant of Emperor Duanhua, has a great future, and usually does not make a show of doing things, and has never made any enemies, so who would plant such a charge of plagiarizing and exterminating a family on the head of the Lu family?

“Do you really think my Lu family is so easy to bully?” Originally, although Huang was secretly given to death, his daughter has become a widow, Lu Yicheng Song Yixiao have resentment and anger, but not much killing heart, mainly his kind of future-oriented people, idle will not be rashly with people fighting for their lives. This is also the reason why he was not in favor of Huang’s first move to eliminate Song Yixiao.

But now, even the Duanhua Emperor’s second prince has contracted smallpox, if the Lu family sits on this charge, how can a family fall into good hands?

Lu Yicheng again reluctant to rashly provoke a strong enemy, how could this not be a fight to the death?

He flicked his long beard, and in his eagle eyes, a cold light flickered as his mind raced.