Chapter 15 Attack at the Door
Chapter 15
Zhao Wenkuan angrily returned to the Zhao residence with two other allies who had also been impeached. His face was solemn; he had never expected that provoking Lü Desheng would lead to such a strong retaliation.
"This old guy Lu Desheng has definitely been planning this for a long time." Zhao Zhi pointed out in a muffled voice.
"Yeah, who knows where he got all this evidence!" Shi Danqing was also depressed. Some of the things they had done, they had already erased the evidence, they didn't even remember, and yet it was dug up.
"He should have collected some of the evidence a long time ago." After Zhao Zhi finished speaking, he looked at Shi Danqing who was looking over. This was obvious. The eldest daughter of the Zhao family and the second daughter of the Lu family were good friends before. Even if Lu Desheng got these evidences, he kept them in the bottom of the box and did not use them to attack the Zhao family.
Even though Zhao Wenkuan didn't mention the current situation, they had eyes and could see it. On the surface, the Zhao and Lu families had fallen out over the dispute between their daughters. But in reality, it involved the Zhao family's choice of in-laws and the shifting of alliances. The Zhao family's abandonment of Qin in favor of Xie was already a clear move. It all depended on whether the Zhao family could succeed.
Zhao Wenkuan gritted his teeth and said, "No matter what, let's get through this first. The Emperor won't let him continue to mess around."
Zhao Zhi and Shi Danqing exchanged glances, each seeing the helplessness in the other's eyes. It was clear from hearing this that Lord Zhao didn't understand Lü Desheng well enough. He was an outsider, wasn't he? His ability to focus on the big picture, to let go of the small details, to advance and retreat with reason, to grasp the right balance, was what made Lü Desheng so formidable, and it was also the reason he had always enjoyed the emperor's favor since ascending to the throne.
In other words, for the next period of time, Lord Zhao didn't have to worry about his family being impeached by Lu Desheng again. He wasn't interested in those small fry.
Zhao Wenkuan chatted with Zhao Zhi and Shi Danyang for a while, calmed them down, and then sent them away. After sending them away, he thought for a moment and turned to go to the backyard.
Zhao Mansion Backyard
"Mom, is the carriage ready? Will Lu Songli really go to the Xu family today?" Zhao Yutan asked.
Luo replied, "Don't worry, mother has made all the arrangements, she will definitely go."
Zhao Yutan lowered her head and thought about what she should say and do when she met Lu Songli later.
At this moment, news reached the palace that her father had been impeached by Lü Desheng and demoted half a rank. Zhao Yutan was stunned at first. How could this be possible?! Her father was a third-rank official, a powerful official in the Imperial Censorate, while Lü Desheng was a mere fifth-rank censor in the Censorate. There were many such censors in the Censorate. Yet, it had happened. Lü Desheng impeached her father once, and he was demoted half a rank!
It was not until this moment that she truly realized how terrifying it was to offend a favored censor.
Zhao Yutan had just come to her senses when she heard her mother say with a sad face, "Besides your father, two other uncles were also impeached by him."
Zhao Yutan became anxious when he heard this, "The Lu family is really too much, I'm going to find her!"
Zhao Wenkuan, who had just arrived in the backyard, heard his daughter's words and immediately said, "Go, you must go!" The Zhao and Lu families were destined to never make peace. This time, Lu Desheng showed no mercy to the Zhao family; he was bleeding them with real weapons.
Since it has come to this, we might as well risk our lives and then survive.
Zhao Wenkuan said angrily, "The marriage with the Xie family must be completed!" Otherwise, not only would he not only fail to steal the chicken, but he would also get into trouble! What a loss.
Father and daughter exchanged glances, and Zhao Yutan nodded gravely. She'd risked everything. But she wasn't happy. To have reached this point, to resort to such tactics, leaving herself with no way out, wasn't that a failure? It also meant they'd lost the battle.
"Mom, I'm leaving right away." Actually, there was no point in going too early. They had received news that Lu Songli had gone to visit her eldest sister that afternoon and most likely hadn't left yet. But Zhao Yutan would rather wait, so he could feel better.
After finishing his conversation, Zhao Wenkuan wanted to go back to the front yard. "Go ahead. The sooner you go, the sooner you'll be back." Before leaving, Zhao Wenkuan asked again, "Does the Lu family have any leverage?"
Zhao Yutan shook his head. Lu Desheng was like the stone in the toilet, smelly and hard.
"Have you had a good rest recently?"
Zhao Yutan shook her head. She knew her father was asking her whether she had had any precognitive dreams recently.
Zhao Wenkuan left with disappointment.
Zhao Yutan bit her lip. Why should her father be so worried? They only needed to find a way to pair Lu Songli and Qin Sheng together, and the Lu family would be tied to the Qin family. If the Qin family committed a crime and was imprisoned and exiled three or four months later, the Lu family would not be spared either. Ultimately, her father didn't really believe her prophetic dreams.
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At noon, Lü Desheng's carriage finally arrived at Chongwen Street, compared to Zhao Wenkuan, who had arrived home earlier. When Lü Desheng returned home, he just opened the carriage curtain and saw his wife standing at the gate to greet him. He was very happy.
As soon as she saw her father's face glowing red, Lu Songli knew she had won. She ran up to him, looking up and asked him, "Dad, did we win?"
Hearing this, Lu Desheng didn't rush to get out of the car. "Of course! Those people from the Zhao family are just chickens and dogs. They can't stand up to my strength!"
Lu Songli gave him a thumbs up and said, "Dad is awesome."
"It's just so-so." After saying this, he motioned his daughter to stand a little to the side as he was about to come down.
At this moment, the situation suddenly changed. Lu Songli had good eyesight and saw that something was wrong at a glance. She subconsciously pushed her father back into the carriage, "Dad, be careful!"
At the same time, a loud shout like thunder rang out, "Lü Desheng, you dog official who murdered loyal officials, die!"
After Lu Songli pushed her father into the carriage, she saw something attacking them from several directions. She immediately turned sideways and hid beside the carriage, while giving a cold order, "Go after them!"
As soon as she finished speaking, several male servants at the Lu family's door chased after the suspicious people.
In fact, when the accident just happened, several agile figures had already chased after him from all directions.
Bang! Lu Songli looked closely and saw that the unidentified objects were just rotten eggs, smashing into the carriage's walls and roof, emitting a pungent smell. She had dodged quickly, but the rotten eggs splashed onto her dress. Damn, not much damage, but extremely insulting!
After a wave of attacks, she waited for a while and looked around to make sure nothing was coming towards them. She walked to the carriage and lifted the curtain for her father. "Dad, it's okay now. Come down."
At this time, Jiang also rushed over, "Master, A Li, are you okay?"
Lu Songli made way for her mother and said to the coachman beside her, "Uncle Li, you've worked hard today. Go to the accounting office later to collect an extra month's salary. Tell them to pay it from my monthly allowance." Fortunately, the old man Li who was driving the carriage was an experienced coachman. When those rotten eggs were thrown at him, he was controlling the horse, and the horse was only a little frightened and raised its hoof.
"Oh, okay." Old Li hadn't expected his second daughter to remember his name and call him Uncle Li. He was still a little dazed, having just been controlling the horse subconsciously.
She nodded to Old Li and turned to Butler Chen and ordered, "When you catch him, break his hands first!"
Butler Chen was clearly a bit overwhelmed by the sudden situation. Lu Songli could understand that this wasn't his forte, so there was no need to be too harsh on him. But she had other plans in mind.
Lu Songli's cold and solemn voice instantly restored Chen Guanjia's composure, and he quickly replied, "Yes, Second Miss!"
Thinking of what had just happened, Chen Guanjia was sweating on his forehead. In the morning, the Second Miss asked him for a few agile and fast-running male servants. He didn't ask what they were for, but just picked four or five people and sent them to her. He didn't expect that the Second Miss would use them here.
Lu Songli didn't say much. She hadn't just been waiting for her father to come back this morning. Unexpectedly, the people she had casually deployed just as a precaution would actually come in handy.
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