Chapter 113 Lu Chongyuan Vomits Blood
As soon as Lu Chongyuan and Lu Zhao arrived outside the Xiao Mansion, they were stopped by Canglang who came out in a hurry.
"Lu Zhongshu."
Canglang stood at the front of the steps and said to Lu Chongyuan, who was being helped into the carriage by Lu Zhao, "My daughter forgot to tell me earlier that it's difficult for her to choose the books on her own. In a few days, she will find Cao Gong, Wen Xin Hou and others to go to the Lu family together. I hope Secretary Lu will not be offended then."
"Also, the Empress has agreed to cancel the engagement between the girl and the Lu family. I would like to ask Secretary Lu to prepare the girl's engagement letter and write the cancellation documents as soon as possible. I hope that they can be delivered to me as soon as Mr. Lu Sanlang is released from prison to avoid any further misunderstandings."
He said sincerely, "Secretary Lu, the Lu family is a century-old family. Sincerity is our top priority. Please don't forget to have Mr. Lu Sanlang come to the Tang Mansion to apologize. Not a single day can be missed."
"You guys!!!" Lu Zhao was furious.
"Okay."
Lu Chongyuan grabbed his eldest son's hand, stopping the angry words on his lips. He looked up and said calmly, "Tell Miss Song that the Lu family knows about this. Let her rest assured that the Lu family will never go back on their word."
Cang Lang bowed and smiled, "Secretary Lu is truly magnanimous. Goodbye, Secretary Lu. I won't see you off."
Lu Chongyuan felt a sweet and fishy taste in his throat and got into the carriage with an expressionless face.
Lu Zhao lifted the curtain and went inside. He slammed the curtain down and couldn't help but curse out loud, "Song Tangning is simply too much. And that Xiao Yan is so shameless! Father, how could you agree to such a ridiculous condition? My Lu family has accumulated hundreds of years of wealth, and now it's going to be given away to that ignorant woman for nothing?!"
"Then what do you want? Don't you know what her planning to build the academy means?"
"I……"
Lu Zhao was furious. He became even angrier because he knew it.
Song Tangning took advantage of the Lu family's weakness and forced them to hand over half of their collection of books. Once the academy was built, those books would become the academy's biggest attraction.
Everyone would praise Song Tangning for her righteousness and selflessness, but no one would remember that those books came from the Lu family. Song Tangning was clearly stepping on the Lu family to gain fame!
Lu Zhao was so angry that he wanted to kill Song Tangning: "That Song family girl is so shameless, no wonder she has such a good relationship with Xiao Yan. Why would my Lu family ever make a marriage contract with such a person in the first place!"
When talking about this, Lu Zhao thought of Queen Lu. If she hadn't interfered, how could Lu Zhinian have decided to marry Song Tangning, and how could he have encountered the disaster today?
He covered the bruise on his forehead from the Nine-tailed Phoenix Hairpin and gritted his teeth, "Father, the Queen has gone too far this time. Knowing that showing weakness to Song Tangning would give Xiao Yan a handle, she actually dared to act behind the Lu family's back. She even betrayed the Lu family to protect herself and used Sanlang to curry favor with Song Tangning and Xiao Yan. We must not let this go so easily!"
"Then what do you want? Dethrone the queen?!"
"Father……"
Lu Chongyuan's tone was a little off, and he clutched the edge of the car wall tightly, his face pale.
When Lu Zhao realized something was wrong, he was about to say something, but he saw that Lu Chongyuan seemed to be unable to hold back, his throat rolled and he opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, which splashed all over his head and face.
"Father!!!"
Lu Zhao supported the fallen Lu Chongyuan with all his strength, his face pale with fear. He supported Lu Chongyuan against the carriage wall with anxious eyes, and knocked on the carriage with his hand and said angrily:
"Go back home, go back home quickly!!!"
Please doctor!!
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Lu Chongyuan went to Jiyun Lane and was carried back to the Lu Mansion overnight. Even though the Lu family did not ask anyone from the Imperial Medical Bureau for help and sealed the mouths of the servants in the mansion in an effort to keep the news secret, the news still got out.
The next morning, Xiao Yan did not attend the court due to injuries sustained during the assassination attempt, and Lu Chongyuan also took leave due to a cold.
The court officials, who had long been accustomed to the occasional tit-for-tat exchanges between the two, felt an inexplicable sense of discomfort when they saw the sudden and eerie silence of the morning court.
It was not until Emperor An mentioned the Rong family's bloodline, that is, the little girl in Jiyun Lane who brought down the Duke of Song's Mansion, and her intention to build an academy in the name of the late Rong Taifu, that the court was in an uproar again.
In particular, Emperor An had already agreed to give royal gifts and build a monument to Wen De, and the Lu family "strongly supported" and was willing to donate half of their collection of books, which made all the court officials look at each other in surprise.
"The court has long needed more talented individuals. If this academy can cultivate useful individuals for the court, Miss Song is very kind. Now, I will specially grant her the title of Yiyang County Master, with a fief of 300 households, to reward her good deeds and encourage her."
Emperor An threw down the thunder and went back to practice Taoism and make elixirs, but the people in the court were in chaos.
Putting aside the matters of erecting the Wende Monument and planning to build the academy, the fact that Song Tangning suddenly got the position of county lord and was awarded a fiefdom was shocking enough, not to mention the "gift of books" from the Lu family.
"Is Mr. Lu crazy?"
The aristocratic families monopolized the court precisely because people from poor families had no way out, so the aristocratic families were more powerful than others in the court. But now, as the head of an aristocratic family, Lu Chongyuan actually supported the Song girl in setting up an academy and even gave her his collection of books.
If the poor students in that academy succeed in the future, it will cut off all the interests of their family. Then their family will have no place to stand!
Those court officials who came from aristocratic families were all furious.
"What's going on with the Lu family? How could they agree to such a ridiculous request?!"
"Where's Mr. Lu? Is he really suffering from a cold, or is he too embarrassed to show up after doing something so ridiculous?"
"This is absolutely ridiculous. The Lu family has gone crazy!"
"No, I'm going to ask Lu Chongyuan what they're trying to do. They're trying to cut off our family's path!"
A group of court officials from aristocratic families were filled with anger and rushed to the Lu family to question them. Unlike these people, Cao Dejiang and other upright officials were all filled with surprise.
"Is Lu Chongyuan out of his mind? How could he do such a good thing?"
"Yes, he actually gave away the Lu family's collection of books and gave it to Miss Song?"
Even the court officials were extremely envious of those collections of books.
If we really have this collection of books, and then plan to build an academy to recruit students, the blood of the court will be renewed, and they will not be suppressed by the aristocratic families and cannot move.
Qian Baokun stood aside and listened to the discussions around him. Although he was also from a noble family, the Qian family was originally from Lingnan. Although it was a big family, it did not have much relationship with the noble families in Beijing.
He tucked his hands into the sleeves of his official robe and said leisurely, "Those books may not have been given willingly by the Lu family. I heard that Secretary Lu went to Jiyun Lane last night and was later carried back to the Lu family."
hiss--
The people around them gasped in shock, and some reacted instinctively: "Did Xiao Yan use coercion or bribery?"
"What are you thinking about?"
Cao Dejiang glared at the man with a displeased look: "Is Xiao Yan so stupid that he dares to attack Lu Chongyuan directly in Jiyun Lane?"
Lu Chongyuan was not the old lady of the Song family. Xiao Yan could just beat her up. If he really dared to touch Lu Chongyuan, he would have her carried back to the Lu family.
The Lu family must have been furious at the morning court session today, so what book could they possibly give as a gift? Did they really think they were pushovers, so easy to manipulate?
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