Although the world is in some chaos now, the only royal family has not yet collapsed. No matter how unfavored the King of Zhou is, his sons are still the sons and grandsons of the dragon. What if he gets implicated?
Jiang Mingda is a businessman, and he is very good at weighing the pros and cons. After taking such a big risk, Jiang Mingda is unwilling to have any further involvement with the Lu family.
Furthermore, everyone knows that the young master of the Lu family, Lu Qingyun, is a womanizer. It's hard to say whether their daughter can maintain the relationship between the Lu and Jiang families after marrying into the Lu family.
Lu Qingyan, not one to shy away from trouble, said: "Dad, it's just a marriage. Since they're not willing, why should we force it? Let's just break it off. What's the point of marrying a woman if your son doesn't like women anyway?"
Lu Qingyan felt she wasn't wrong; she was a woman, so of course she would like men.
But Lu Zhizhi's forehead throbbed: "You unfilial son, say it again."
In his view, this meant his son was a homosexual. People at the time were not very tolerant of homosexuality, and even considered it a disease that required the rituals of monks and Taoist priests to cure.
Lu Zhizhi couldn't understand how her son could also be an extraordinary person.
Jiang Mingda was terrified when he saw the prefect's face turn completely black. "Prefect, I'll take my leave now. I'll leave the jade pendant that was part of our engagement here."
As soon as the guests left, Lu Zhizhi flew into a rage, trembling with anger, and said, "Bring me a stick."
Goodness, they usually use a ruler, but now they've switched to sticks.
Lu Qingyan, of course, wouldn't wait to be beaten; she immediately took off running, and did so with ease.
Now the whole mansion knew that the eldest young master had caused trouble again, and even the master was so angry that he chased after him with a stick.
"You unfilial son."
"You bastard."
"You unfilial son, stop right there! Stop right now!"
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Lu Zhizhi was already panting heavily, but his anger had mostly subsided. When he stopped to look at his good-for-nothing son, he realized he was running quite nimbly. Lu Qingyan remarked that, in order to take care of her father, she hadn't yet resorted to the acrobatic feats of martial arts novels, like leaping across rooftops or soaring through the clouds.
In the end, although Lu Qingyan wasn't beaten, she was thrown into the ancestral hall and forced to kneel for three days.
Lu Qingyan was being punished and locked in the ancestral hall, where she was reflecting on her mistakes in front of the ancestral tablets.
Lu Qingyan arranged several futons together, turned over and lay down on them, crossed her legs, and looked at the skylight in the roof beam.
"Young Master, Young Master..." A small voice leaked from the crack in the door, and then the door was pushed open a crack, revealing Pingfu.
"Young Master, you haven't eaten anything yet, have you?" Pingfu said in a simple and honest manner.
He was absolutely right. That afternoon, apart from eating a plate of hibiscus cake in the kitchen, Lu Qingyan hadn't eaten anything else. If Pingfu hadn't mentioned it, she really wouldn't have felt hungry.
Lu Qingyan sat up, her eyes shining as she looked at Pingfu: "What's there to eat?"
Pingfu honestly took out a lunchbox from behind his back, opened it, and inside was a roast chicken and several large steamed buns.
"Hmm, that's quite a skill," Lu Qingyan thought as she ate her chicken leg. After finishing her meal, Lu Qingyan lay back down on the futon.
"Young Master, what did you do to anger the Master today?" Pingfu asked cautiously, sensing that the Master was very angry. For example, he used to punish the young master by making him kneel in the ancestral hall, instead of beating him and then making him copy books.
Lu Qingyan chuckled lightly, "As for me, I just joined in the fun. It's nothing serious. I'll definitely come out in a few days."
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