Chapter 87: Joining the Lu Family
At the gate of the Wang family, facing the aggressive Luo and the servants she had thrown out, the evidence of guilt was irrefutable. What could Mrs. Wang do? She glanced at her unfortunate son and could only hold her nose and invite him in.
As soon as Mrs. Luo sat down, she cursed Wang Shancun for being vicious. Her son Zhao Bin was already in such a miserable state, yet she bribed her servants to rub salt into her son's wounds and sow discord between him and his relatives...
What can the Wang family do? Just apologize.
So, the unlucky child Wang Shancun was forced to apologize by his mother by pressing his head.
"Madam Zhao, it's my fault. I've let Zhao Bin down. I shouldn't have let the servants say that he was abused by so many servants, I shouldn't have said that he was dirtier than even a young waiter, I shouldn't have said that his fate was caused by his eldest sister, I shouldn't have said that his becoming a waste was the result of his parents' bad upbringing..."
"That's enough!" Hearing such an apology, Luo was so angry that her eyes were dizzy. She pointed at Wang Shancun and said in a trembling voice, "Is this an apology?"
Seeing her like this, Mrs. Wang was unhappy. Why didn't her son apologize? When her son apologized, he pointed out his mistakes one by one. It couldn't be more sincere!
"This is our Wang family's apology. There's nothing you can do if you don't accept it!" Mrs. Wang continued, "But our Wang family is apologizing sincerely. We have also prepared two hundred taels of silver as an apology gift to the fourth young master of your family. Mrs. Zhao, you can take it back later." What do you think, Mrs. Zhao, does this way of handling things sound familiar to you?
Two hundred taels? Sending away beggars! Luo Shi hadn't been so angry before she said this, but now, she stood up and walked out, "Okay, okay, your Wang family is very good!"
Mrs. Wang didn't stop her from walking, so she could walk as she pleased.
Even after Luo walked out of the Wang family's gate, the Wang family did not try to keep her or apologize. The Wang family's perfunctory attitude made Luo so angry that her heart ached and she held a deep grudge against the Wang family.
"Mom——" Wang Shancun called cautiously.
"What are you shouting about? There are so many people who would kick someone when he's down, but you're the only one who's stupid enough to get caught." Mrs. Wang had no idea what to do with her son. He ran too slowly. Look at how smart people like Yao Zining and Sheng Huaian were. They could sweep their tails quickly and well.
"Mom, you know everything?" Wait, no, what do you mean by "there are so many people who take advantage of others' misfortunes"? Could it be that... Before he could figure it out, his mother's next words interrupted his thoughts.
Mrs. Wang took a sip of tea. Of course she knew it. It was because she knew it that she let her youngest son do whatever he wanted. It was just a way for her to vent her anger.
In the past, the Zhao siblings often played along, bullying each other like this. Whenever Zhao Yutan was wronged, Zhao Bin would find trouble with someone else. Zhao Bin was incredibly ruthless, often causing severe pain to other children. Sometimes, before the parents and elders could even ask for an explanation, Zhao Yutan, the older sister, would step in and apologize. The siblings did this so often that if they took it personally, they'd seem petty, but if they didn't, it would be unbearable. It was truly disgusting!
When they were angry, they went to the Zhao family, but the Zhao family also treated them perfunctorily.
This time, when the children saw the second daughter of the Lu family attack Zhao Bin, they seemed to have opened up their Ren and Du meridians and all attacked to add insult to injury. However, these children were secretive and didn't know about it.
The adults of the families met briefly and decided not to stop them. They just wanted to let them do it and see how far they could go.
In fact, all of them were quite grateful to the Second Miss Lu. Children born in official families like theirs couldn't be too kind, but the timing and measure of action were also important. The Second Miss Lu had taught these children step by step.
"Okay, put away your nervous look. What are you worried about? We have apologized and compensated. We have done it all." They all pressed their children's heads to apologize and prepared compensation, a full two hundred taels. What else do they want from the Wang family?
Actually, they're all just learning this from the Zhao family. You Zhao family used to do this all the time, and now it's your turn to be bullied. We're just brushing it off, and you can't stand it? Are you allowed to bully others, but not others to retaliate?
"Aren't I worried about causing trouble for my family?"
Madam Wang was unconcerned. "What kind of trouble could it possibly cause?" With so many people attacking at once, how could the Zhao family possibly handle it? The current Supreme Court Justice was Lord Yao Songwen, not Ji Yongqing from the Xie faction. If the Xie family truly helped the Zhao family deal with the Wang family, she would have her master surrender directly to the Yao or Lu families if pressed to do so! Her master's official position wasn't high, but it was a real one!
Luo returned with a lot of anger.
Although Mrs. Wang did not blame her son, Wang Shancun was forbidden to go out.
He couldn't go out, but his friends came to see him together, and Lu Mingzhi was inexplicably invited.
The person who invited him was Sheng Huaian. The Lu family and the Sheng family had no intersection in Beijing. Sheng Huaian invited him in the name of being a student of Bailu Academy, but they were just acquaintances in the academy.
"Go ahead," Lu Songli encouraged him. "Tell me who's going." The enemy of my enemy is my friend. If we all have a common enemy and have fought together before, there's a basis for cooperation.
Wang Family
Lu Mingzhi was the person Sheng Huaian personally picked up at the Lu family, and the two went to the Wang family together.
When they were almost at Wang's house, Lu Mingzhi discovered that in addition to the two of them, there were also Yao Zining and Sun Congyi. The two groups of people met not far from the gate of Wang's house. After greeting each other, they went to the gate of Wang's house together.
Lu Mingzhi felt quite comfortable getting along with them.
Sheng Huaian was a classmate and also the inviter, and he treated Lu Mingzhi very friendly.
Yao Zining was a member of the Yao family, and Yao Songwen was his great-uncle. A while ago, with Lü Desheng's help, the Yao family had secured the position of Supreme Court Justice. Currently, the Yao clan was extremely favorable toward the Lü family. He was naturally very friendly toward Lü Mingzhi, Lü Desheng's second-born son.
Like the Qin family, the Sun family had military service for generations, but the Sun family guarded the southern border, while the Qin family guarded the northwestern border. For the Qin family's sake, Sun Congyi was also very friendly to him.
The four of them first went to pay their respects to the elders of the Wang family, which was a courtesy.
Mrs. Wang looked at the four young men, spoke a few words to them kindly, and then asked the servants to lead them to Wang Shancun's yard.
Wang Shancun, who was forbidden to go out, was very happy to see them, "Why are you here?" When he saw Lu Mingzhi, he kept wondering in his heart, who invited him here too?
Sun Congyi teased him as soon as he saw him, "You kid, you're so awesome! How dare you reach out to the Zhao family's backyard?"
Wang Shancun glanced at Lu Mingzhi and said in self-deprecation, "I just stretched it out, so what?"
Sun Congyi put his hand on his shoulder and said, "Actually, I also..."
"You what?"
Sun Congyi gave him a look that said 'you know what I mean'.
Wang Shancun immediately realized what was happening. "Okay, so you took action too?"
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