After the news spread, how could the Lu family's hostile forces not take the opportunity to bite off a large piece of Lu family's meat?
As for Lu Yu, he not only brought shame to the family, but also seriously damaged the family's interests. How could his elders not severely punish such a stupid, bad, and embarrassing waste?
If he were punished or made to suffer, would his mother, who doted on him excessively, still have the rationality to not vent her anger on his lackeys?
Since someone will eventually take action to deal with these guys on her behalf, why should she continue to be stubborn and do nothing?
You know, ruining the reputation of a few people and ruining the reputation of the other party's entire family are two completely different things.
She made moderate concessions and gave the other party a last layer of fig leaf, not because she was generous, but because she didn't want to completely anger the families headed by the Lu family.
Everything in this world, including human life, emotions, and face, actually has a price.
Her status was special, and they wouldn't do anything to her just for one or two stupid and bad children and grandchildren. But if she intended to shake their foundation, they would definitely fight back fiercely.
Instead of forcing the other party to fight to the death with her, she might as well take a step back on the surface and earn herself a reputation for being magnanimous.
After all, she is just a weak, pitiful and helpless child (???), how can she not think more carefully about herself?
When Yu Zizhen was possessed by the spirit of acting and acting out how "weak, pitiful and helpless" he was, Chen Hushan gave Yu Zizhen a deep look without leaving any trace.
In their circle, the most widely circulated thing is Yu Zizhen's roughness. However, Chen Hushan, who has had close contact with Yu Zizhen, feels that Yu Zizhen's roughness is actually just like his smile, a layer of camouflage they use to protect themselves.
If he is a truly reckless man, would he think that he cannot continue to expand his influence relentlessly, and cannot drag the families and in-laws behind those people into it, so that they can lose face as well?
He won't.
But Yu Zizhen will.
After everyone returned to their tents, Chen Hushan's guard captain, Fan Bing, asked him in a low voice, "Young Master, do you disagree with the actions of the Zhenbei Prince?"
Chen Hushan shook his head. "I think he's too smart and too calm. On the one hand, he's well aware that the price he'll pay for ripping off an obstructing leaf is vastly different from the price he'll pay for swinging an axe directly at the root of a tree. On the other hand, even after being provoked and insulted like that, he was still able to stop when the situation turned against him. This is actually very, very difficult for young men of our age."
It is easy to say that one should know when to stop, but it is very difficult to get it just right, especially when they are still young and energetic.
Fan Bing was puzzled, "But don't people say..."
Chen Hushan looked back at him speechlessly, "Everyone still says that I, Chen Hushan, am a heartless second-generation rich kid!" Is he? He is obviously very thoughtful.
Fan Bing fell silent upon hearing this. His young master was a heartless, second-generation rich kid? Anyone who said that was a complete fool, right?
Chen Hushan took a deep breath, paced back and forth, and kept thinking.
"He's bolder than me and Fang Huaiying. As a newcomer, he's already telling the powerful in the capital that he's not someone to be trifled with."
"He disguises his recklessness, first boldly testing everyone he interacts with, testing their boundaries and character, then treading on their boundaries, daring them to do things their way. He strives to gain a higher position and a better life for himself, within a range that makes them angry but not willing to turn the table against him."
“This guy…”
The more Chen Hushan thought about it, the more he felt that even his grandfather, whom he admired the most, would find it difficult to reach the level of Yu Zizhen in terms of testing each other and pushing and pulling to the limit.
After much thought, he could only attribute Yu Zizhen's specialty to his extraordinary talent.
The next night, the matter of tigers and bears entering the hunting grounds was concluded. The small leader of the imperial guards, who had helped Lu Yu let his guards and the wild animals in to curry favor with the Lu family, took all the blame alone due to the power of the Lu family. He left a confession and committed suicide.
He did not give a reason for doing so. His intention was to settle the debt once the person died, but those forces hostile to the Lu family would not allow him to cover up for Lu Yu.
Soon, someone found Lu Yu's jade pendant from his family's carriage. The person who searched also brought a silver note with a face value of two thousand taels, as well as the favorite concubine of the small leader of the imperial guards who was responsible for collecting the jade pendant and the silver note.
The wife of the small leader of the imperial guards died early. Because his mother and his mother-in-law had major disagreements on the choice of his successor and could not reach a consensus, he never remarried.
The woman in charge of his household at present is his mother, and his private money is given to his favorite concubine for safekeeping.
Officials from Fan's party accidentally discovered that his concubine was trying to abscond with the money after learning of the death of a small leader of the imperial guards. So they captured her and her belongings on her way out of the city and sent her to the hunting ground for strict interrogation.
With the concubine's confession and the jade pendant and silver bills as evidence, Lu Yu's identity as the "mastermind" was confirmed.
Doing such a thing when the emperor was leading his men on the autumn hunt, Lu Yu could be charged with the crime of intending to regicide and rebel, and his entire clan could be executed.
But the officials of Lu Tong's faction obviously would not sit idly by. They argued in front of the emperor for three consecutive days and finally reached a consensus.
As the mastermind behind the incident, Lu Yu would undoubtedly be sentenced to immediate execution according to the laws of the Great Qi Dynasty. However, since the Empress Dowager personally sent someone to plead for mercy, how could the Emperor dare to actually order Lu Yu's execution?
But he did not kill Lu Yu, and the Fan Party and the Qingliu officials refused to give up.
In the end, the overwhelmed emperor was forced to copy Yu Zizhen's solution to his problems.
He first fined the Lu family 100,000 taels of silver and asked them to hand over the money to the national treasury as a punishment, and then ordered Lu Yu to be exiled to the southwest border.
The place of exile was chosen by Lu Tong for Lu Yu. The reason why he chose the southwestern border was very simple - it was not under the jurisdiction of the King of Zhenbei, the Duke of Weiguo, and the Duke of Jingguo.
Lu Tong was thinking about Lu Yu. After all, the idiot in their family let the tiger and the blind bear in in order to murder the heirs of these three families.
If he attacks someone else's heir, then once he falls into their hands, they will make him suffer a fate worse than death.
It’s a pity that the idiot in their family really lived up to his name. He didn’t care how big a mess he had made or how much trouble he had caused to the Lu family. He only knew that his uncle, who was so powerful in the court, actually suggested to the emperor to exile him!
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