Chapter 51 Raising a piece of barbecued pork is better than raising you
The more Lu Xinran thought about it, the happier she became. She could already recall the happy and beautiful scenery of following Pei and the others all the way south.
As she pursed her lips and smiled secretly, she looked up and met Lu Kant's sinister gaze.
She twisted her body and dodged the slap from the other party.
[How dare you hit me? A grown man hits his daughter! I said this kind of scum has no moral bottom line. ]
The more she cursed in her heart, the angrier Lu Kant became.
"You are a mess, you are a mess. You shouldn't have let anyone take you back."
If it weren't for this damn girl, my mother wouldn't have been deceived and wouldn't have left the house without caring about anything, taking her dowry with her.
Lu Xinran took two steps back, fearing that he would shamelessly slap her again.
She frowned and looked at him. "Father, why do you say that? I don't know why I have been given such a big hat."
[The faces of those with vested interests are always so ugly. They don’t look for the reasons in themselves, but only shift the blame to others. ]
The obedience she had always shown on her face was gone, and a cold and indifferent look emanated from between her brows.
Meeting Lu Kant's hateful gaze, he suddenly laughed.
"My name is not in your Lu family's genealogy yet, and there is no sufficient evidence to prove that I am a child of the Lu family. I will not climb the high branch of the Lu family."
She turned around, walked around Lu Kant and went straight into the yard.
"Grandma, are you willing to take me in and keep me with you after I leave the house?"
Pei smiled and raised her hand to tidy up her messy hair: "What nonsense are you talking about? We are like family, so naturally you should be wherever I am."
The four words "like family" made Lu Xinran smile instantly, and she knew that her grandmother understood her the best.
"Madam, the carriage is ready. Shall we carry the dowry out now?"
Amid the chaos, Aunt Xu ignored Lu Jinchuan's murderous gaze and stepped forward to ask softly.
Pei nodded: "Go ahead, and call out all the servants that I brought with me."
"Can't lift it!"
Lu Jinchuan pulled Lu Kangping over and had someone push him to Pei's side.
"Don't you care about them or Qingyi?"
[Think about them? Are you a dead father? Only mothers need to think about their children, but you don’t? ]
[What kind of disgusting words are these? I can even vomit up the leftover food. ]
While Lu Xinran was complaining in his heart, he did not forget to roll his eyes.
[Since you are unwilling to let the concubines suffer any injustice, hurry to the palace to ask for their imperial decree, and then invite guests to the banquet to promote them as concubines. Oh, no, they can become the principal wives after Grandmother leaves.]
[By then, you will be the first person in the capital to force out the wife and make the concubine your first wife. You will be so glorious and full of love and loyalty that the emperor will reward you with the rank of First Rank when he hears about it.]
Pei's smile grew wider, and she took Lu Xinran's hand and led him behind her.
"Alright, don't mention these meaningless things. If you want to take care of Qingyi, go and see her. If you are lazy, just pretend that you don't have this daughter. Anyway, if I die of anger, it will be like this. Let her think that I am angry to death."
Seeing that the two of them were refusing to agree, Lu Jinchuan turned away in anger.
"Okay, okay, I want to see if you can really give up Dingkanghou Mansion and the children!"
Pei rolled her eyes. "Where is the person? Ask the maid to come and move him out through the main entrance. I came in through the main entrance, and I left through the main entrance as well."
Nanny Xu responded and called for help to carry the boxes and baskets one by one towards the main entrance.
Lu Xinran turned around and looked into the room. He saw Lu Xinlan leaning sideways and waved to him.
"Grandma is not in good health. I don't know as much as you do. Why don't you stay by her side and show your filial piety?"
Lu Xinlan stood up and walked to Pei's side, gently holding her arm: "Grandma, Doctor Tian has always said that you should pay attention to recuperation. In recent years, your liver qi has been stagnant and you have been ill from overwork. You can't get angry or let your emotions fluctuate too much."
"So why do you have to do this, mother? Wouldn't it be better for you to take good care of your health and live out your days at home?"
When Lu Kant heard what Lu Xinlan said, he thought she was trying to smooth things over, so he strode forward and rebuked her, flicking his sleeves.
Lu Xinran was really speechless. [What's the tone of his voice? Talking to his biological mother like this, isn't he afraid that Yu Shi will accuse him of being unfilial? Is he too naive?]
[And whether he really didn't understand or was just pretending not to understand, Lu Xinlan's words clearly meant that his grandmother was not feeling well. If he had any filial piety, he should have sympathized with his mother and stopped talking nonsense.]
[Oh, I feel so sorry for my grandmother. It would be better to raise a piece of barbecued pork than to raise him. ]
"Grandma, I know a recipe for nourishing the body. When we are settled, I will honor you with my kindness."
Pei smiled and patted the back of her hand. She didn't look at the father and son who were angry to the point of going crazy, and walked out of the yard with the two sisters.
"I have a villa outside the city. Let's stay there for a month or so. When the weather cools down, we can take a bus to the south. I heard that the winter scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is also very beautiful. Let's go and take a look."
The three of them walked further and further away, and the steward ran in in a panic.
"Master, there are quite a few people gathered outside our house, all asking what happened in the house."
Lu Jinchuan looked at the dowry that was still being carried out in boxes, and his proud gaze finally fell on the two concubines who were sitting paralyzed on the ground and sobbing.
He just wanted to give them some money so that they and their children and grandchildren could live a decent life a hundred years later.
Why can't she tolerate them!
As a woman, she doesn't observe the virtues of a woman and yet she wants to force him to divorce!
"Father!"
Seeing that he could not persuade Pei to change her mind, Lu Kangde could only stride forward and look at Lu Jinchuan pleadingly.
They are just a few servants, why make such a fuss?
Lu Jinchuan gave him a disdainful look, what a useless thing!
His stomach ached and he rubbed it again and again. The more he rubbed, the more he felt uncomfortable.
But he had to admit that if Pei really wanted to burn his boats, all he could do was compromise.
He...can't bear the shame of asking for a divorce at his age.
Having made up his mind, he strode after him.
"Stop! You can count the people in the mansion."
The tone of almsgiving almost made Pei laugh. She turned around and looked at him with a caring look for the mentally retarded.
“This was the price before, now it has changed!”
"Pei Mingyue, don't go too far!"
"Too much? You've been doing it for decades, but you can't stand me just because I've been doing it for a while? I'm just angry at you for being shameless. As long as you're not afraid of the history of the memorial, you'll be invincible."
Pei imitated Lu Xinran's tone and felt extremely happy after she finished speaking.
Lu Xinran was giving her thumbs up crazily in her heart. This is how it should be. She shouldn’t give the scumbag face. It’s not like she can’t support herself without a dowry. Why should she suffer this injustice?
Lu Jinchuan stared at her. It would be better to send this evildoer to the palace!
Wait until he stabilizes Pei before dealing with her!
"What else do you want?"
"All the shops, lands, and farms in the palace must be returned to me without any loss."
"Pei Mingyue!"
"Don't yell at me. It makes you look so petty. The servants in the mansion are watching. It will probably spread all over the capital in a day."
Pei looked at him slowly and with a smile, waiting leisurely for him to compromise.
Lu Jinchuan's eyes went dark: "Okay!"
He also has private property, so at worst he can use it to support his two concubines and children.
Pei nodded with satisfaction: "Sign a written agreement and put your fingerprints on it. If you go back on your word, I will have to reorganize my dowry, which is very troublesome."
"Come with me to the study!"
After squeezing out these few words from between his teeth, he immediately turned and walked towards the study in the front yard, fearing that Pei would make other requests.
Before he had taken a few steps, the butler came running over in panic.
"Master, something bad has happened. Third Master, he is fighting with the young master of the Duke Zhongqin's residence in Zuichunlou."
The third master, Lu Kanghe, was the illegitimate son of Aunt Wang.
Lu Xinran flipped through the booklet quickly and discovered that Lu Kanghe was Lu Jinchuan's most beloved son.
[Tsk tsk tsk, the retribution for favoring a concubine and killing a wife has come. It's like the pot calling the kettle black. Let's see if you still have the nerve to use the matter of Dingkang Marquis's Mansion to threaten Grandmother.]