Chapter 298 Lu Chongyuan vomited blood again
When Lu Qin was arrested, no one in the Lu family dared to stop him. Even Lu Chongyuan just stood there quietly, allowing the imperial guards to break into the backyard and take Lu Qin away.
When Yu Yanfeng was leading his men to retreat, Lu Chongyuan stopped him.
"Commander Yu, I have no knowledge of what that evil creature did. I wonder if His Majesty is doing well now?"
Yu Yanfeng was quite satisfied with Lu Chongyuan's tact. If he had stopped him today, there would probably have been a big fight at the Lu family, so his attitude towards Lu Chongyuan was quite acceptable: "Your Majesty was injured. Fortunately, Governor Xiao risked his life to save His Majesty's life, but Governor Xiao was seriously injured."
"I know it wasn't an accident but a deliberate act. Your Majesty was extremely furious and ordered me to come and arrest him. As for the rest, I don't know."
Lu Chongyuan knew that it was not easy for Yu Yanfeng to say so much: "Thank you, Commander Yu."
Yu Yanfeng took his men away, and the imperial guards also withdrew immediately. Lu Jia Silang, who had been pressed back with his mouth covered by a Lu family servant, kept struggling and took advantage of the opportunity to bite his hand. The servant felt pain immediately and Lu Jia Silang took the opportunity to break free. He ran to Lu Chongyuan with red eyes.
"Grandfather, why didn't you save father? You couldn't let them take him away. He was wrongly accused. He couldn't have attempted to assassinate the emperor. He couldn't have murdered the emperor."
"Fourth brother, my great-uncle has his own concerns." The eldest son of the Lu family advised in a low voice.
"What are you worried about? Those imperial guards are clearly helping Xiao Yan. Father must have been tricked by him. Your Majesty is foolish and trusts eunuchs. Grandfather asked them to take Father away, but they will definitely kill him!" Lu Jia Silang was young and naive, his eyes red from crying. "Grandfather, Grandfather, I beg you to save Father, I beg you."
"Fourth brother." Lu Jiuan saw that Lu Chongyuan looked unhappy, and said to the Lu family's fourth son, "Father did something wrong and was caught. Since His Majesty has ordered people to arrest him, no one can stop him. Grandfather has to think about the Lu family and the clan..."
Snap——
Before he could finish his words, he was slapped in the face by Lu Jia Silang.
"You're not the one to speak here? Lu Jiuan, your father has never treated you unfairly over the years just because you're a bastard, but you watched him being taken away. You're an unfilial, ungrateful, bastard..."
"Okay, have you had enough of the trouble?"
Lu Chongyuan slapped the table beside him suddenly, making a loud noise.
The curses from Lu Jia Silang were interrupted. He looked at his grandfather with an indifferent expression and at the eyes of the people in the room, young and old, who were either frightened or retreating.
The boy's eyes gradually turned red with resentment: "I make a fuss? If I don't, will my grandfather have to watch my father die?"
"Just like how we treated my third brother and my eldest uncle, no matter how much we valued them at first, once they were no longer useful and might even bring trouble to the clan, grandfather abandoned them without hesitation. Even my eldest aunt, who clearly wasn't having an affair with Prince Cheng, was forced to give up by you..."
Bang!!
A teacup flew towards Lu Jia Silang's face, causing him to feel severe pain. The tea in the cup mixed with the blood oozing from his broken skin splashed all over his head and face.
When Lu Jia Silang looked up, he met Lu Chongyuan's frosty eyes. He froze in place, his lips trembling with fear: "Grandfather..."
"Take Silangjun away and keep him under guard. Don't let him out without my order."
"Father!"
Madam Lu rushed out. Her husband was suddenly taken away and was involved in the murder of the emperor. She had no idea what had happened. She originally wanted her son to make a fuss and pester the mansion to rescue her husband, but she never expected that her father-in-law would be so indifferent. Not only did he not save her husband, but he also locked her son up.
"Father, Jing'er was just anxious and worried that something might happen to his father. He didn't mean to contradict you. Please forgive him." She begged in tears.
Lu Chongyuan, however, showed no mercy: "As a descendant of the Lu family, you disregard the overall situation, do not know the limits, speak without restraint, and offend your elders."
"If you want to plead for him, go with him and send the Second Madam and the Fourth Young Master back to Xiang'an Courtyard and put them under house arrest for a month!"
"Father?!"
Mrs. Lu Er's face was filled with shock.
The other members of the Lu family were also shocked. No one had expected that Lu Chongyuan would actually lock up the second wife as well.
Seeing the servants taking away the crying Madam Lu and the dazed Mr. Fourth Prince, the hall became extremely quiet and no one dared to speak.
Lu Chongyuan said coldly, "You should all be aware of the Lu family's current situation. You should have thought clearly about what to say and what not to say, and think carefully before doing anything. If anyone dares to implicate the family in the mansion, don't blame me for being merciless!"
Everyone shuddered. No one dared to doubt the old man's cruelty. The old lady had just done something wrong, so she had been "sick" and recuperating until now and had never come out. The eldest master was executed for the mistake in the grain tax, and the first wife was left with only a dull child who seemed to have lost all emotion. Now even the second master was like this...
If they really did something wrong, the Lu family would definitely abandon them without hesitation.
Lu Chongyuan said coldly: "Did you hear everything I said?"
"I heard it clearly."
Everyone responded in unison.
Lu Chongyuan then said, "Everyone go down and behave yourself."
Everyone in the hall dispersed. When the eldest son of the Lu family walked out of the door, he stopped and saw that his great-uncle, who had been so powerful just now, suddenly turned pale. Lu Jiuan, the illegitimate son of the second wife, quickly stepped forward to support the man. He could vaguely see that his great-uncle seemed to have vomited blood.
This is not the first time.
Last time, my great-uncle vomited blood and fainted, and he became seriously ill. Now...
Looking at Lu Chongyuan's suddenly hunched figure, and thinking about the recent series of misfortunes that had befallen the Lu family, the eldest son of the Lu family couldn't help but feel a darkening of his gaze. He felt uneasy. He always felt that the Lu family was becoming increasingly decadent...
On this side, Lu Jiuan saw Lu Chongyuan vomiting blood again and his face became unsteady.
"Grandfather, I'll go get the doctor..."
"Don't go."
Lu Chongyuan's lips were covered in blood, and his face was pale. "The Lu family is already in chaos, and your father was just taken away by the imperial guards. If people knew that I was not well, it would only make things worse..."
He was a little breathless when he spoke, no longer having the dominance that everyone in the court could see, and the wheezing sound in his throat was like an old bellows that would fall apart at any time.
Seeing that Lu Chongyuan was unwilling to see a doctor, Lu Jiuan could only help him sit on a chair and reached out to help him breathe. After seeing that he had felt better, he got some water and helped him drink some. After Lu Chongyuan suppressed the pain in his heart, he held Lu Jiuan's hand.
"Okay, I'm better."
Lu Jiuan finally stopped and said, "Grandfather, don't worry. I will find a way to deal with Father's problem..."
"Don't even think about it. He's been tricked. If you want to protect him, you'll have to pay the Lu family back."
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