Chapter 407 The Lu Family is Besieged
When the capital was in chaos at night, Lu Chongyuan had been waiting in the study. Half-written words were spread on the table. Dim light and shadow fell on the paper, which was written with sharp strokes and thick ink.
The dragon hides in the blue waves and mingle with the toad.
Waiting for the day when he will rise to prominence, shaking the mountains and rivers with thunderbolts...
"Master, I want to see you!"
A shrill cry for plea from outside made Lu Chongyuan's hands tremble, and the thick ink dripped heavily onto the paper. With a horizontal stroke of the brush, the two words "mountains and rivers" seemed to be split by the ink abyss, and the whole piece of paper was completely ruined.
Lu Chongyuan threw the pen away with an ugly expression: "Come here."
Someone hurried in from outside, and Lu Chongyuan asked coldly, "What's going on? Who's shouting outside?"
Xilin lowered his head. "It was Lu Rong, who was beside the master. He said that the Fifth Prince had a high fever last night, and the palace doctor had tampered with the medicine he was giving him. Someone wanted to kill the Fifth Prince, so he wanted to go out and get a doctor back, saying that the master should make the decision for the Fifth Prince."
Lu Chongyuan's face turned red with anger when he heard this: "Which court doctor is this? He has such a big guts!"
"It's...it's Doctor Wu..."
Lu Chongyuan paused, his face becoming even more annoyed: "Didn't I ask Doctor Zhou to see Xuan'er?!"
"Doctor Zhou had an emergency at home and left the house yesterday. Doctor Wu is the only one left at the house."
Xilin had been following Lu Jiuan on his work, so he naturally knew everything about the affairs in the mansion.
Since the death of the eldest wife Guan, the eldest master was executed and Lu Zhinian's whereabouts were unknown, leaving only the eight-year-old fifth son Lu Zhixuan.
Lu Zhixuan clearly knew nothing and was extremely pitiful after losing his parents suddenly, but the people in the mansion did not treat him kindly.
Many people in the Lu family believe that their current situation is all caused by the eldest wife. If Lu Zhinian had not been half-hearted and tried to harm Song Tangning, they would not have gotten into trouble later. If the eldest wife had not gotten into trouble, the Lu family would not have been humiliated so often. The affair between Guan and Prince Cheng brought shame to the entire Lu family.
People from the first house died or disappeared, and many people in the Lu family took out their anger on Lu Zhixuan. Especially after Lu Qin was exiled, the people from the second house regarded the fifth prince as a thorn in their side and took out all their anger on him.
Xilin had heard more than once that people in the mansion had withheld things from the eldest wife. Even the fifth young master in the school was often bullied. The young masters in the mansion called him the bastard left by Guan and Prince Cheng. The fourth young master from the second wife had even pushed someone into the lotus pond in the mansion and almost killed him.
After Lu Chongyuan learned about this, he severely punished the Fourth Young Master and beat to death those servants who neglected the First House. However, the Fourth Young Master not only did not learn his lesson, but instead hated the Fifth Young Master even more. Doctor Wu had always been close to the people of the Second House, and now he actually wanted to kill Lu Zhixuan...
Lu Rong was Lu Zhao's close confidant at the time, and he was the one who stayed in the first house to protect Lu Zhixuan.
At this time, he was kowtowed outside, and the sound of his shouting went through the door, making Lu Chongyuan angry and furious.
"It's too chaotic outside tonight to leave the house to call a doctor. Let Lu Rong go back first, and you go to the main room and tell Wu Zhongcai that if he can't cure Xuan'er and anything happens to him, I will kill everyone in the Wu family."
"Also, have someone keep an eye on the Second Madam and the Fourth Young Master. If they dare mess around again, break their legs!"
There was chaos and injustice outside, and they kept making trouble for him.
Lu Chongyuan looked up: "Have the people who went to Jiyun Lane returned?"
Xilin whispered, "Not yet, but the palace has already been in chaos. The Privy Council and the Black Armor Guards have entered the palace to protect the emperor. There aren't many people left in Jiyun Lane. Now that Yue Fengcheng has taken action, he will definitely try his best to make things worse. Luyang Bo will also lead people over there."
"Don't worry, my lord. Nothing will go wrong."
Lu Chongyuan frowned when he heard this. He had been trapped in the mansion for a while. Taking action tonight would be a risky move. He could only succeed and not fail.
Listening to Lu Rong's shouting outside, Lu Chongyuan felt a little irritated and panicked: "Go and tell Lu Rong to shut up. He's making noises in the middle of the night. Isn't he afraid that the people outside won't know? Tell him to go back and take good care of Xuan'er. Also, have someone keep an eye on the outside. Tell me immediately if there's any news."
Xilin nodded quickly and walked out.
Outside, Lu Rong was kneeling in front of the yard and kowtowed until his forehead was bruised. After hearing Lu Chongyuan's reply, the blood flowing down his forehead made his whole face look particularly creepy in the night.
"Doesn't the Lord care whether the Fifth Lord lives or dies?"
"It's not that we don't care, it's just that something happened in the mansion tonight, and it seems like there's trouble outside, so it's not convenient for people to go out."
Xilin explained seriously, "Don't worry, Master Lang asked me to go back with you, and he will also warn Doctor Wu so that he won't neglect Master Wu's illness..."
"No."
Lu Rong stood up with a cold face. What warning to Wu Zhongcai? What dare not neglect the Fifth Young Master? If Lu Chongyuan really cared about his master's child, how could he allow others to humiliate and bully him? Just like the last time, the Fourth Young Master almost killed his son, but afterwards he was only beaten with a few boards and knelt in the ancestral hall for half the night.
It was just because the eldest master died and the eldest lady took the blame for the Lu family and ruined its reputation. Everyone thought that the eldest wife would never have a chance to rise again, so no one cared about the life or death of his young master!
Don’t think he doesn’t know that Lu Yin has filed a complaint with the Jingzhao government!
Lu Rong felt a chill in his heart. His master had died to save the Lu family, his eldest lady had taken the blame for someone else and was forced to death. Now, the fifth son almost died at the hands of the second wife, but Lu Chongyuan was unwilling to even take a look. He wondered if his master would regret it if he knew about it in the afterlife.
"Since the Master is too busy to take care of the Fifth Master, I will take care of Wu Zhongcai myself. I will go and get the doctor back myself."
"Lu Rong!"
Upon hearing this, Xilin immediately tried to reach out and pull Lu Rong, but he dodged away.
Seeing Lu Rong's gloomy eyes and his face stained with resentment, he stepped forward to block Lu Rong and said hurriedly: "Don't think too much. It's not that the Lord doesn't care about the Fifth Young Master. He will definitely punish those who harmed the Fifth Young Master tonight. It's just that you can't leave the house now..."
Lu Rong raised his eyes suddenly. "Can't leave the house, just watch my young master die of a fever? The master always says he will deal with it. What can he do? Will he wait until my young master dies and then give him a few beatings like last time, or will he kill him to make up for the life of the fifth young master?"
Xilin was speechless.
Lu Rong sneered: "It's my due that I died for the Lu family, but I couldn't even get the Master to show me any mercy..."
He pushed Xilin away and wanted to leave, but Xilin quickly reached out to stop him from leaving the house.
The matter of Jiyun Lane was not settled yet, and there couldn't be any chaos in the mansion at this time. Seeing Lu Rong attacking him with murderous intent, Xilin had no choice but to fight back and wanted to capture the man first and then explain to him slowly. However, who would have thought that the two of them had only been fighting for a few moments when they heard a loud noise coming from outside.
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