The next morning, Lu Ziqian woke up in shock.

In his dream, he saw the Lu family imprisoned for possessing a dragon robe, while the emperor was still investigating the truth.

Old Zhu couldn't wait to jump out and sever ties with the Lu family.

She personally revealed that Lu Jingming and the Empress were not her biological children, but rather children she had found in a mountain valley, and that her second wife was her biological son.

Later, in order to protect the second branch of the family and work for the third prince, he personally delivered irrefutable evidence to the emperor, which finally confirmed the Lu family's crimes.

His father was greatly shocked by this. Even if she wasn't his biological mother, they had been mother and son for decades. How could Old Zhu be so heartless?

In order to preserve the lineage of the second wife, they ruthlessly persecuted the first wife.

Later, Lady Zhu became a tool in Consort Jing's hands, indirectly causing the death of the Crown Prince and driving the Empress insane...

Lu Ziqian's face was extremely ugly. His mother was almost driven to death, and his father was so angry that he vomited blood while trying to protect his wife.

All of this was because of Old Madam Zhu's selfishness; she wanted to protect the second branch of the family, so she pushed the first branch to the brink of death.

Such a person is filial to his father? He is utterly foolish!

He now seems to understand what Jiaojiao meant by solving the problem at its root.

The father was very filial, and it was impossible to force the eldest son's family to sever ties with Old Zhu.

The only way is to let him know the truth.

Lu Ziqian was thinking about what happened yesterday. His father was so angry that he almost vomited blood in order to protect Old Zhu.

He felt that even if he knew the truth, it would be difficult to change his father's mind.

We must show him the true colors of Old Zhu!

Otherwise, even if his father knew he wasn't his biological son, he would still consider the decades-long bond between mother and son.

After all, he was raised by Old Zhu.

The problem is that Old Zhu only treated him as a tool to exploit, and never as a son.

Just like in the dream, at the crucial moment, Old Madam Zhu was able to personally deliver the evidence of the destruction of the main branch to the Emperor.

Where is Dad?

"Our father has already returned home."

"Is Mother awake?"

Lu Ziwei shook her head.

"Where are your two sisters-in-law?"

"She's already taken the kids back to her parents' house, and this kind of thing keeps happening every few days. Who wouldn't be afraid?" Lu Ziwei was extremely annoyed, her face full of resentment.

Lu Ziqian nodded with a gloomy expression: "Yes, I'll go back to the manor to visit too. You take good care of Mother."

As soon as Lu Ziqian arrived home, he heard Old Zhu's arrogant and domineering voice, "So what if I did it? Go ahead and kill me if you dare!"

Old Zhu was seen stubbornly bumping her head against Lu Jingming's shoulder, forcing him to retreat repeatedly.

She had calculated that Lu Jingming wouldn't dare to make a move or dodge, which is why she became increasingly lawless.

"Mother, what exactly do you want to do?"

"Why are you making a scene when you can live a perfectly good life?"

"Just say what you want, or if you have any complaints, you can say so too. Can you please stop using those dirty tricks to disgust people?"

"If those scandalous affairs were to get out, what good would it do for you or the General's Mansion?"

Old Zhu, hands on her hips, arrogantly scolded, "You still have the nerve to ask me what's going on?"

"What are you planning to do?"

"What did the second wife do to offend you? Why is her monthly allowance halved?"

Whom are you trying to manipulate?

"Now your second brother lives by your whims, will I have to live by your whims in the future?"

Lu Jingming looked helpless: "These past two years have been filled with war and plague. We can't just not plan for the future. We only have so much money saved at home. How can we manage if we don't spend it frugally?"

"During this period, not only the number of second wives has been halved, but the number of first wives has also been halved."

Old Madam Zhu rolled her triangular eyes and pursed her lips: "You're talking nonsense. The money is in your eldest son's hands. Would you really let yourselves suffer losses?"

"Besides, only you know how much wealth the General's Mansion actually has, so whatever you say goes."

Lu Jingming asked helplessly, "So what exactly do you want to do? Is it just to increase the monthly allowance for the second wife?"

"Splitting up the family!"

"Either divorce her or let Wang manage the household from now on."

"In short, we can't let the Zhou family's steward continue."

Lu Jingming asked directly, "How do you want to divide it?"

In the past, my mother absolutely refused to separate the family property, but now she's actually bringing it up herself. She must have some other scheme in mind.

"The entire main house must be moved out, and nothing of equal value is allowed to be taken away."

"Everything in this house belongs to the second wife."

"But the retirement money will have to come from your eldest son's family."

No one knows what Lu Jingming was thinking, but Lu Ziqian at the door was furious.

I've seen shameless people, but I've never seen anyone this shameless.

Good heavens, she can even make such a shameless request; Old Zhu's mental fortitude is extraordinary.

If Su Yujiao were present, she would definitely think of a word to describe Old Zhu's demands.

That shameless old man really knows how to play the "leave with nothing" game!

Lu Jingming's face turned ashen; his worldview had been completely shattered by his mother's shamelessness.

Do you think I would agree?

"Did the second branch of the family earn even a single penny of this general's mansion?"

“I’ve taken care of him for so many years, I’ve done more than enough.”

"Did he give birth to me, or did he raise me?"

"There's a reason to be filial to one's parents, but when did it become a reason to be filial to one's younger brother?"

"He's not afraid of shortening his lifespan!"

Snap!

When Old Madam Zhu heard Lu Jingming curse her son, she raised her hand and slapped him, her eyes fierce as if she wanted to kill him.

Faced with the look of Old Madam Zhu as if she were an enemy, Lu Jingming also began to doubt whether she was really his mother.

Lu Jingming's face darkened: "Fine, let's split the family. I'll take care of you in your old age. But make the second wife move out. From now on, I will no longer support her."

Old Madam Zhu said with a sinister look, "We'll see. If I don't turn the eldest son's family upside down, I'm not your mother."

"If you don't want your family to be destroyed, you'd better get the eldest son out of the General's Mansion right now."

"If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be where you are today."

"Everything here originally belonged to me, and I can give the family property to whomever I want."

"Your brother is filial to me, so I gave it to him. Do you dare to object?"

Lu Jingming looked at Old Zhu's ugly and greedy face and seemed somewhat shocked.

Is this still his mother?

Could he be possessed by an evil spirit?

"Are you my real mother?" Lu Jingming suddenly questioned Old Zhu, staring into her eyes, which startled her.

Could it be that I went too far and he became suspicious?

Old Zhu realized what was happening and grabbed her cane, hitting him while crying and cursing, "You heartless ingrate! If I'm not your mother, who is?"

"Did you crawl out of a dog's belly?"

"I gave birth to you, raised you, and toiled away my whole life, and in the end you don't even recognize me! You heartless bastard..."

Old Mrs. Zhu suddenly sat on the ground and started crying loudly, her crying was so heartbreaking.

Seeing that he had made his mother cry, Lu Jingming felt extremely guilty and thought he was very unfilial.

Lu Ziqian sneered. "You old hag, you're such a good actress. Keep acting. He won't wake up until he's driven to the brink."

So instead of stopping it, he added fuel to the fire!