Chapter 107 Why Apologize?
Yan Mingchang remained silent for a while. Lu Wanning pursed her lips and said, "Sorry."
The apology brought his attention back and he shook his head, "Why apologize?"
It was him who must have caused her some troubles, forcing her to tell him even though she clearly wanted to separate Dr. Lu's identity from that of the Crown Prince's Consort.
From beginning to end, she did nothing.
Yan Mingchang suddenly remembered that his subordinates had reported to him yesterday that Hu Er had offended Prince Qi's wife and was imprisoned by Prince Qi.
He hadn't taken it to heart at first, but now, he frowned, "Yesterday?"
After he said this, he felt that it was not appropriate and paused.
Fortunately, Lu Wanning spoke first: "Nothing happened, I just happened to see him and wanted to teach him a lesson."
This lesson is indeed quite profound. If he can be released, not to mention whether Hu Er will learn his lesson, even the master of the Hu family will probably never dare to let his younger brother mess around outside again.
"I'm still investigating Hu Er's case. He's known for his ruthless behavior. Some of the women he bullied are already married, and due to his reputation and his power, most of them don't dare to stand up and resist. But now that Hu Er is in jail, we might as well start with him and make him confess his crimes."
What this means is interrogation.
As for how to conduct the trial, Yan Mingchang, as a person from the Ministry of Justice, was still somewhat confident and was not afraid that Hu Er would not speak.
So he said, "I'll tell Prince Qi later to take him to the Ministry of Justice."
Lu Wanning nodded, "Okay."
She saw Yan Mingchang open his mouth as if he wanted to say something, so she didn't rush to lift her foot.
"The eldest lady of the Hu Mansion is here today. She must have heard that you and Princess Qi were coming over, so she came to plead for Hu Er."
"To help plead for mercy at this time, then the master of the Hu Mansion is really confused."
If he doesn't distance himself from Hu Er at this time, his entire family will inevitably be dragged into this mess.
However, she didn't have a good impression of the Hu family. She didn't believe that none of these people knew about what Hu Er had done, but no one restrained him and just let him do whatever he wanted.
Now that something has happened, it’s not that easy to distance yourself from it.
Just after he finished talking to Yan Mingchang about the eldest lady of the Hu Mansion, he returned to the pavilion and saw a lady with a flattering smile sitting next to Princess Qi.
Judging from the man's fawning yet somewhat awkward manner, and the way he kept looking at Princess Qi's face, it seemed that she was perhaps the eldest lady of the Hu Mansion.
Lu Wanning frowned and hurried over there.
After all, Princess Qi didn't know what happened last night.
But she was still a step too slow. As soon as she reached the pavilion, she heard Princess Qi ask in a serious tone, "What did Madam Hu just say?"
Mrs. Hu thought that Princess Qi was deliberately making fun of her, but she did not dare to show any reluctance and hurriedly explained it again.
"The second brother was drunk yesterday and didn't see the person clearly, so he offended the Crown Prince's wife. However, we will punish this person as he deserves. Our Hu family will not hesitate."
She sighed, looking extremely disappointed and angry. "I've talked to my husband about him many times, but he hasn't made any progress. Now it seems like he's just a piece of useless mud that can't be helped. From now on, he will have nothing to do with our Hu family anymore."
Princess Qi ignored all her long-winded words and only heard the first sentence.
"Offended?" Her expression instantly turned ugly. "How?"
Mrs. Hu finally realized that Princess Qi had no idea what happened last night.
For a moment, she didn't know whether she should talk about what happened yesterday or just gloss over it.
After hesitating for a moment and about to speak, Lu Wanning walked over.
"Mom, the flowers over there are blooming beautifully. Do you want to go over and take a look?"
Princess Qi looked in the direction she was going, and saw not only flowers but also some rather annoying people standing there.
The two girls from the Chen Mansion and Luo Li were chatting not far away, and their eyes turned towards the small pavilion from time to time. It was obvious that Lu Wanning was among the topics they were talking about.
She had just mentioned it casually without looking over there, but now that she saw these people, she cleared her throat and said, "Actually, feeding the fish up ahead is quite interesting."
Princess Qi glared at her, then turned her head and gave Madam Hu a cold look. She didn't want to listen to any of this person's nonsense, so she asked Lu Wanning directly, "What's going on?"
Lu Wanning: "Yesterday, Hu Yan and I were passing by Erfang Lane when we happened to see Hu Er and a few others coming towards us. Perhaps they thought their daughter-in-law was just an ordinary woman from a common family, without any power or influence, so their words were not very clean and they even wanted to make a move on her."
She glanced at Mrs. Hu, who was about to speak from time to time, and continued, "Fortunately, Hu Yan was there, so nothing happened. But when my husband found out, he got angry and put Hu Er and those people in jail."
Princess Qi snorted suddenly and looked at Madam Hu. "You can just touch and humiliate a woman from an ordinary family? So, this must not be the first time Hu Er has done something like this. No wonder you were so anxious to distance yourself from her just now."
Mrs. Hu's face was pale. "My husband and I really don't know what he did outside. We usually just help him clean up the messes that are not serious. He never tells us anything else. It was only when this matter became a big deal that my husband and I found out."
Princess Qi had no interest in any of her arguments. "You don't need to tell me this. It's not up to me to decide what he did and how he should be punished."
She stood up, not wanting to continue listening to Mrs. Hu's chatter, and walked to the edge of the pond with Lu Wanning.
At this point, he glared at her and said, "If it weren't for this Madam Hu finding me here, would you two really not have told me?"
Lu Wanning touched her nose and smiled guiltily, "It's not a big deal. It's mainly because Hu Er is such a jerk. I just happened to find out about it, so I thought I'd let Hu Yan teach him a lesson."
Knowing that she was not frightened and had not suffered any harm, Princess Qi felt relieved.
Knowing that she and Qi Muchao both knew what was going on, Princess Qi didn't ask too many questions and just told them to take it easy.
Lu Wanning agreed.
In the following time, Lu Wanning sat with Princess Qi, Madam Yan and others, but did not sit at the same table with Luo Li, Chen Ruoya and others.
But even if we don't sit together, our eyes are bound to meet.
Perhaps it was Prime Minister Luo who had instructed Luo Li to be more restrained this time. In addition, she was also aware that the previous unfinished engagement between her and Yan Mingchang had caused some awkwardness between the two families, so she naturally would not act recklessly in the Yan family.
But when those eyes fell on Lu Wanning, they could not hide their pride.
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