Lu Jing acted quickly. After Pei Rushi left, Lu Yan and Lu Changchuan entered the Imperial Academy.

He has been smelling a strong smell of ointment these days, and it can be smelled wherever he goes.

Especially his group of friends, they used this to tease him, saying that he was old and even had to use plasters, and he should take good care of his health!

Lu Jing used water and ice to cover it up, but there was no way to block the overbearing smell.

So I decided not to go out and wait for the smell to dissipate.

Who knew that even staying at home would not be peaceful and he was directly called over by the old lady.

"You agreed to let Lu Yan go to the Imperial College?"

Lu Jing nodded, "Yes."

His indifferent look deeply hurt Madam Lu's heart. She pointed at Lu Jing's nose and cursed: "Is your brain filled with shit?! You say whatever Shen Ruoyan says. If she tells you to die, will you follow her?!"

After marrying into the Marquis's Mansion, Mrs. Lu's self-control has improved a lot.

However, he still failed in front of Lu Jing!

"Lu Yan is a mute. Let him stay at home so he won't go out and embarrass the Marquisate. And yet you send him to the Imperial Academy. Don't you think our Marquisate hasn't been embarrassed enough?!"

He didn't want Lu Jing to feel wronged!

"Grandson, there's nothing I can do. If Ruoyan moves Kang Ge out, I'm afraid she'll cause trouble."

"Hmph! This trick can only fool you!" Old Madam Lu snorted coldly, "She is the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion. She shares the fate of the Marquis' Mansion. Do you really think she would shoot herself in the foot?"

If Shen Ruoyan was of her previous temperament, Madam Lu would probably still believe it.

But after falling into the water, Shen Ruoyan's temperament changed drastically, and he was obviously much more scheming than before.

She was the head of the household and had her family come to visit. She hadn't thought about it before, but when Mrs. Lu thought about it carefully, she felt that all the changes in the Marquis' Mansion seemed to be closely related to Shen Ruoyan.

"Ah Jing, do you feel that all these things happening in the mansion seem to be related to Ruoyan?"

She pondered for a moment and continued, "Take the incident at Prince Shun's Mansion last time for example. If she hadn't taken Brother Kang with her, Brother Kang wouldn't have gotten into this lawsuit, right?"

is that so?

Lu Jing thought about it. Although Kang Ge would not have gotten into trouble if he had not gone to Prince Shun's mansion, if he remembered correctly, it seemed that he had asked Shen Ruoyan to take the children with him...

She was quite unhappy.

"Grandma, Ruoyan really can't be blamed for this." Lu Jing was a little embarrassed and wanted to change the subject.

But the old lady was unwilling. "If not her, who else can I blame? If she hadn't insisted on taking Kang Ge with her, would Kang Ge have offended anyone? Now he wouldn't have to hide pitifully on the farm, afraid to even see anyone!"

What made Old Lady Lu most angry was this. The grandson she had chosen could only hide miserably on the farm. Not to mention studying, even hiring a teacher was a worry that would attract attention.

But Lu Yan, the mute, and Lu Changchuan, the cheap adopted son, are sent to the Imperial College, bringing shame to the Marquis's Mansion, and enjoying the best treatment. Why?

"Grandma, Yan'er is my son after all. It won't do any harm for him to learn more." Although Lu Jing thought so too, he would not say it in front of others.

The palms and backs of the hands are all made of flesh and blood. Before Lu Yan became mute, he was also a good son that he was proud of.

Although he is now disliked for being a mute, Lu Jing does not want to appear so heartless in front of outsiders.

"You have a kind heart, but you don't even know you've been cheated!" Old Madam Lu looked at Lu Jing. This grandson was really spoiled by her. He couldn't even see such a simple truth.

However, he is not a person in the back house after all. He faces things outside every day. It is normal that he cannot see the twists and turns in it.

After all, this was the child she raised, so the anger in Mrs. Lu's heart slowly subsided when she looked at Lu Jing's face.

"You, you, are just too trusting. Why did Shen Ruoyan send her mute son to the Imperial Academy? Do you really think it's for studying?"

Lu Jing was puzzled. "If it's not for studying, then what is it for?"

Shen Ruoyan came from a scholarly family and naturally valued her children's education. So when she brought up the matter, Lu Jing didn't think much of it except that he felt it was a bit embarrassing to let Lu Yan go.

Could there be some hidden secret behind this?

Madam Lu shook her head and sighed, "Since ancient times, women have been strong when they become mothers. I didn't understand why Shen Ruoyan had changed so much before, but now I think it must be because of her mute son."

Everyone thought that since Lu Yan became mute, he would have no chance of becoming the crown prince.

She had spent her entire life for the Marquisate, so naturally she would put its interests first. And no matter how eccentric Lu Jing was, he wouldn't object to her approach.

The only one who would mind is Shen Ruoyan.

Blame her. She had trusted Shen Ruoyan's feelings for Lu Jing too much before, so she had always let her do whatever she wanted in this mansion.

But now Madam Lu discovered that Shen Ruoyan’s goal was probably far more than that!

"She has never given up on letting Lu Yan become the prince. That is her son's position, how could she give it up?" Perhaps those words before were also said to deceive them.

In Shen Ruoyan's heart, Lu Ankang was just the son of a concubine. Her biological son was the legitimate son. How could she allow the son of a concubine to be superior to her?

Even she would not accept it!

It’s just that Shen Ruoyan disguised herself so well before that even she didn’t see through it.

If she had not insisted on sending Lu Yan to the Imperial College this time, Mrs. Lu felt that she might not have even noticed her ambition.

Lu Jing was still a little hesitant. In his heart, Shen Ruoyan was not such a person.

"Grandma, are you thinking too much?"

Can Shen Ruoyan do such a complicated thing?

She is such a fragile person that she is afraid that a strong wind will blow her away. How could she have the mind to plan all these things?

Madam Lu narrowed her eyes and said, “Your grandmother has experienced so many ups and downs, so she can judge people well.”

Just because the previous Shen Ruoyan didn’t have it doesn’t mean the current Shen Ruoyan doesn’t have it.

She hides it very deeply!

"In short, the next time she asks you to do something, especially something related to Lu Yan, you must tell me!" Madam Lu made the final decision. "Without my consent, no matter what the reason, you cannot agree to it!"

Lu Jing was dissatisfied. He was no longer a child, so why did his grandmother have to make decisions for him?

However, he did not dare to refute his grandmother in person and could only lower his head and remain silent.

"You don't want to?" Madam Lu noticed his mood and was furious. "If you could distinguish right from wrong and distinguish between the important and the unimportant, why would I worry about this at my age?!"

Lu Jing touched his nose and didn't dare to act pretentiously anymore. "Don't worry, grandma. I understand."

As soon as the voice fell, a notification sounded from outside:

"My Lord, the Madam invites you!"