Chapter 65 It’s over, it’s over. I’m going to die

The plaque of Lu Mansion hangs high, free from dust.

After getting off the car, Lu Xinlan looked up for the first time. The huge Lu Mansion... didn't look like a doghouse!

In Zhaoyun Courtyard, when Mrs. Pei heard the news that her granddaughters had returned home, she immediately sat up alertly.

"Old lady."

Nanny Xu hurried forward and tried to help her lie back down, but she pushed her outstretched hand away.

"I've been lying down for several days, and my bones have become soft."

When the two sisters entered the room, they saw Pei sitting on the couch in neat clothes. Although her face looked a little gloomy, she was in very good spirits.

【Hey, grandma isn't sick! 】

[The old scumbag wanted to use money to buy out Lu Kanghe, and asked my grandmother to give him the money. My grandmother refused to give him a penny, so the old scumbag left in anger. My grandmother hid the key to the storehouse and then fell ill.]

【Hahahaha, it's good that you're sick, that's how it should be. Why does this old scumbag lose his mind whenever he encounters anything related to his concubine and his illegitimate son? It's like someone is under a spell.】

[Song Junyan presided over this case and his name was in the Emperor's court. Even if he got the money, how could he get rid of the suspect?]

[No, he shouldn't be that stupid. He is obviously trying to take advantage of this opportunity to get money to support his Aunt Wang!]

[Bah, how disgusting! A man of his age is still plotting against his first wife like this. Isn't he afraid of shortening his life?]

Hearing that they had returned home, Lu Jinchuan rushed out from the study and heard the last few sentences as soon as he entered the yard.

His old face flushed with anger, and just as the words of curse came to his lips, he thought of the criticisms the emperor had given him in the past few days.

Eighty years old!

Even a grandfather like him could not live to be eighty years old, yet he still had to consider her feelings and ensure that she could live to be eighty years old!

When Lu Jinchuan thought of this unreasonable request, he was so angry that he wanted to curse, but the three people in the room looked up and there was no respect in their eyes.

[How come the old scumbag came so quickly! He didn't think that we could help him ask grandma for money after we came back. 】

[No, no, I just saw it wrong. Lu Kanghe and Ma Wenang smashed a lot of the decorations and furniture in Zuichunlou. The madam asked them to pay 5,000 taels of silver.]

[He and Wang Jianbai each contributed half of the money, but he came back asking for five thousand taels, preparing to give the rest to Aunt Wang to compensate her for the income from the public shop and farm.]

[Doesn't he have private property? There are clearly seven thousand taels of silver in the study. How can he have the nerve to ask for such a shameful sum of money from my grandmother?]

【Oh, I see. He knew that Lu Kanghe was going to be exiled, so he planned to use the money to help him along the way, and also to set up a business for him in the northwest so that he could live a more comfortable life.】

All his little thoughts were brought out and laid out in front of Pei. Facing Pei's fiery gaze, Lu Jinchuan touched his nose awkwardly.

Lu Xinlan looked at her nose with her eyes and her heart with her nose. She felt that what Lu Xinran said was very right. Their grandfather was really bewitched.

Otherwise, why would he, even though he had reached the rank of second-rank official and had many children and grandchildren, still be obsessed with snatching benefits from his concubines and illegitimate children every day?

[I can’t take it anymore. I’m going to be so pissed off. This old scumbag and that Aunt Wang are going to make me sick to death. It’s over. I’m going to end my life.]

Lu Jinchuan: “?!!”

What nonsense are you talking about!

Even if he favored his concubine, he would not allow her to interfere. It would have been fine if she did not avoid the affairs of the elders, but he actually caused her to suffer serious consequences!

After cursing in her heart, she felt a little relieved. When she moved her eyes down, she saw a line of words on the booklet, which immediately made her eyes light up.

She stood up and bowed respectfully to Lu Jinchuan: "Grandfather, grandma has qi deficiency and blood stasis. The imperial physician told grandma to rest more and work less, and it would be best if she could take more tonic medicine.

"Sea cucumbers and bird's nests are the best for grandmother because they are smooth and nourishing. When my granddaughter came home, she heard people talking about how you brought back top-quality sea cucumbers and bird's nests from Baoshan Hall the day before.

"You must be giving these to grandma. My sister and I went to the front yard to get them and cooked them for grandma ourselves. This is a way to show filial piety. I hope grandpa will agree to this."

Lu Jinchuan gritted his teeth. He had someone find these sea cucumbers and bird's nests specifically to help Aunt Wang recover.

He'er was harmed by a villain, and he was unable to protect him, but he could not protect his mother.

[It's just some bird's nests and sea cucumbers, the old scumbag is not really so reluctant to part with them, right? ]

[What kind of spell did Aunt Wang cast on him that made him lose his mind and act like an idiot whenever he thought of them?]

[No, I must find an opportunity to test Aunt Wang's background and see how she is able to control the old scumbag.]

Just as I was thinking about when to visit Aunt Wang's courtyard, I heard a few words from Lu Jinchuan.

"It's rare that you have such filial piety. I'll have someone send the supplements over shortly."

"Xinran thanks grandfather on behalf of grandmother."

Knowing that he would not gain any advantage if he stayed any longer, Lu Jinchuan glared at Pei with a cold face, refused to say another word, turned around and strode away.

As soon as he left, Lu Xinran laughed in his heart.

[The old scumbag's face just now looked so ugly that he could open a dyeing factory. He failed to steal the chicken and lost the rice. He must be so angry that he must die, right? ]

Pei and Lu Xinlan looked at each other, and both held up their handkerchiefs to cover their lips.

Knowing that Pei was not really ill, both of them felt relieved.

The three generations of grandfather and grandson talked for a while until Lu Jinchuan brought the sea cucumbers and bird's nests, and then the two sisters left Zhaoyun Courtyard.

"Sister, do you think we should find an opportunity to visit Aunt Wang, whom Grandfather particularly cherishes?"

She is now extremely curious about Aunt Wang, but unfortunately when Aunt Wang and Aunt Jin came to cause trouble a few days ago, her attention was on Lu Jinchuan and she forgot to check out the gossip about the two of them.

"No hurry, wait until grandma recovers, then we'll go visit her together."

Pei's illness was fake, but Aunt Wang's illness was real.

If a son kills someone, he will be sent to prison, or exiled if he is not beheaded.

It is said that the weak and delicate Aunt Wang fainted from fright on the spot, and cried every day thereafter, unable to get up.

"Okay, I hope that with our filial piety, grandma can recover soon."

The two sisters smiled at each other and parted at the fork in the road.

Lu Xinlan watched her figure disappear on the path, then turned around and returned to Pei's yard.

Pei had already sent tea, snacks and fruits, and was ready to eat while listening to everything that happened in the palace.

"From this perspective, Your Majesty should choose to save Miss Xinran."

"That's what my granddaughter guessed."

Lu Xinlan's heart has been like a roller coaster these days, with ups and downs, but now he can finally land safely.

"Grandfather may have been bearing the brunt of the situation today because of His Majesty's instructions."

The word "instruction" is a euphemism, to put it bluntly it means "to warn".

Mrs. Pei laughed and said, "It's time for this old man to suffer. Miss Xinran wants to go to Aunt Wang's courtyard to see what's going on, right? Let's go tomorrow!"

They will go over there when the old man goes to court!