Chapter 236 Tang Ning was trapped in his arms
Tang Ning pondered after hearing this: "Brother, do you mean to use Madam Lu to get Lu Zhao to speak?"
She paused and felt that this method was feasible. Lu Chongyuan always put the interests of the family first. If he could give up Lu Zhinian, whom he had trained for many years, and his eldest son Lu Zhao, he would probably also give up a daughter-in-law who was not from the Lu family.
If it was anyone else in the Lu family, he might not have been unwilling to take action, but if it was Madam Lu, even if Lu Chongyuan was angry about the Queen's actions and broke up with her, he would not completely tear his face off with her, expose the Queen's affair, and drag the Queen and her son to die with the Lu family.
In the end, the only one who was disgraced was Madam Lu.
Xiao Yan looked at Tang Ning, who had fallen silent after figuring out the key, and asked, "Do you think I'm cruel?"
"No." Tang Ning shook his head: "If one day the Lu family escapes from trouble, they will not care about the innocent when dealing with my brother."
In the past, she might have felt reluctant, but she knew Xiao Yan's situation very well. She knew that he was in a life-and-death battle with the aristocratic families and had no way out. The game of life and death in the court was only a matter of moments. The slightest wrong step would lead to the abyss of hell. She would not be so naive to think that anyone in the Lu family was innocent.
She had never taken her anger out on Madam Lu because of Lu Zhinian's affairs, even though she had sat on the sidelines and turned a blind eye to the Lu family's actions. But similarly, she would not blame Xiao Yan for being cruel because of an outsider.
Because she knew that if anything happened to Xiao Yan, the Lu family would not let her go, would not let her aunt go, and would not even let anyone in the Governor's Mansion and the Tang Mansion go.
Even if some of them are innocent, the Lu family will still wipe them out and leave no one alive.
"Brother, what you did was just to protect yourself. You have to play the game with the aristocratic families. You can't show any mercy."
Xiao Yan looked at the little girl with a determined look in her eyes, and a soft feeling rose in his heart.
Canglang and Jinyun looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. They both liked this mistress and were happy about the changes she brought to their master, making him more "human". However, they did not want Tang Ning to be weak and kind all the time, too upright and inflexible, because that might kill their master in the future.
Xiao Yan said to Cang Lang, "Go ahead and make the arrangements. Once Queen Lu sends us the clues, we'll go to the Lu family and get the person."
Canglang nodded: "Yes."
"You guys go down." Xiao Yan said indifferently.
Unexpectedly, Jinyun said, "Master, there is one more thing."
Xiao Yan glanced at the little girl sitting beside him. She rested her delicate hand on his lap, her fair face pensive. He was still thinking about how the little girl had "thrown herself at his arms" back at the academy, and was thinking about how he could coax her to stay a little longer. Hearing this, he casually asked, "What's the matter?"
"It's Song Jinxiu's."
Tang Ning looked up in surprise, and Xiao Yan also managed to pay some attention.
Jinyun said, "Song Jinxiu took Song Shulan to Tongyue Lake in the western suburbs this afternoon, and then returned to the city alone."
Tang Ning was surprised: "He left Song Shulan at Tongyue Lake? What for?"
Jinyun looked at Xiao Yan hesitantly.
Xiao Yan was annoyed: "What are you looking at me for?"
Jinyun coughed softly, "Today, the Seventh Young Master Luo Yunping of the Yongshun Marquis's Mansion, along with several other people from the powerful families in the capital, invited us to go boating on Tongyue Lake to admire the lotus. Luo Qilang had met Song Shulan a few times before and had saved her life. I heard that he admired her very much..."
Seeing that Tang Ning seemed to understand something, his eyes widened in surprise.
Jinyun carefully considered his words, "Song Shulan dressed in a down-and-out, feminine way that made people pity her. After she left, she pretended to be upset while drinking on a boat, then she slipped and fell into the water. Fortunately, Luo Qilang, who was also in the lake, rescued her."
"I heard that the two of them were soaked, and Song Shulan's gauze dress fell into the lake. She was almost carried into the Luo family's cabin by Luo Qilang, and she didn't come out until dark."
Tang Ning was shocked: "Song Jinxiu just left?!"
Jinyun nodded. "He returned to the capital alone, and was approached by Song Wenli, a member of the Song family. Although the Song family had previously crossed out Song Hong's name, they kept Song Jinxiu's. They probably saw that he still had a future, but this time, not only did they expel him from the clan register, they also had him severely beaten."
Tang Ning's eyes were full of disbelief. That was Song Jinxiu, who always claimed to love Song Shulan. In the previous life, he gave everything to Song Shulan, and in this life, he caused his own sister's family to be broken up because of her.
He actually sent Song Shulan to another man's bed with his own hands?!
What a gentleman, what a young master Yutai!
Thinking of what Song Jinxiu had said before accusing her and A'ru, Tang Ning said with a dark face, "Why wasn't he beaten to death?"
Jinyun paused after hearing this: "I'm almost dead."
"Ah?" Tang Ning raised his eyes.
Jinyun said, "The Song family took back the things they had given him and even stripped him of his clothes. After they left, Song Jinxiu didn't know what bad luck had befallen him. The owner of the house he'd rented on credit suddenly didn't want him to stay there anymore. When he was being kicked out, the wheel hub of his carriage broke. He finally found a place to stay, but as soon as he walked in, he ran into some thugs looking for trouble. He was hit on the head with a stick by someone and fainted on the spot."
With his head full of blood, he would at least lose some skin if he didn't die.
Tang Ning sneered: "That's really God's will."
Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He didn't know whether God had eyes or not, but he was so unlucky that it seemed like someone was doing justice for him.
He was not interested in Song Jinxiu's affairs. The Lu family had no use for him now, and the Song family had already hired someone to make them "fake their deaths". Song Jinxiu was no longer useful, and he had to deal with his little girl's affairs, so he had no time to care about the life and death of an irrelevant person.
Xiao Yan said, "Alright, we know about this. If Song Jinxiu dies, we can come back later. As for Song Shulan, have someone watch over the Yongshun Marquis's Mansion and see what she wants to do."
"yes."
"Go down."
Only then did Jinyun and Canglang retreat.
Tang Ning knelt at the table and couldn't help but say, "Song Jinxiu has completely lost all his dignity. Song Shulan is his biological sister no matter what. He was willing to do anything for her in the past and treated her like a treasure. Now he actually sends her to do this kind of thing."
She was full of disbelief and kept chattering with contempt.
"Luo Qilang is from the Yongshun Marquis's Mansion. Song Shulan committed herself to him so directly. Doesn't Song Jinxiu know what this means?"
"The one who was betrothed was a wife, but she can't even be a concubine from now on. She secretly had sex with someone and lost her innocence. She also seduced Luo Qilang in public. If that person has a conscience, he can keep her as a concubine. If he meets a cruel person, he can just play with her. But is Song Jinxiu crazy..."
Tang Ning was talking in a low voice when he suddenly felt his hand getting hot.
Xiao Yan took her hand and said, "Song Jinxiu is a madman with nowhere to go. It's not surprising that he does anything. But Xiao Haitang, tell me about us."
Tang Ning was stunned for a moment, and facing his suddenly sticky eyes, she quickly pulled her hand away: "We, what? Isn't this how we are..."
She couldn't stand his gaze, her cheeks flushed, and she muttered softly: "It's getting late, I should go back, otherwise my aunt will worry..."
The little girl stood up and wanted to leave, but was gently pulled back by her wrist. She stumbled and bumped into Xiao Yan, and couldn't help but scream.
Without giving her time to struggle, he stretched out his long arms and trapped her in his embrace.
"How are we, huh?"
Xiao Yan's tone was hazy, with a seductive smile: "Xiao Haitang, tell me."
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