When Situ Yao heard that her second daughter-in-law was sick, she became a little worried. To be honest, the second daughter-in-law, Zhou, did not come from a high-class family. Her father was only a fifth-rank official, and he was powerless. At that time, Situ Yao looked down on this daughter-in-law's background. She was thinking about what to say. Her son was born in the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion, his mother was a princess of a country, and his father was also a first-rank Duke of Dingguo. How could he marry the daughter of a fifth-rank official? But Lu Yunhao liked her very much, and there was nothing the old mother could do. She could not beat her son.
In the end, he agreed to marry Zhou, but no one expected that Zhou was so promising. In the second year of their marriage, she gave birth to twins for Lu Yunhao, namely Lu Zhengting and Lu Zhengxuan, who were the second and third grandchildren.
Situ Yao looked at Situ Jing's belly and said.
"You are pregnant now, so you don't have to come and pay your respects to me every day. Our Lu family doesn't have so many rules. Everything is based on having children, and I, your mother, don't care about those things."
Situ Jing smiled.
"It's not my fault, mother. I'm just feeling a bit bored staying in the house and want to go out for a walk, so I asked my husband to come sit with me."
It was not until the servant came to report that the meal was ready that the family got up and went to the side hall to eat. After dinner, Lu Zifeng returned to the study to continue processing official documents.
Looking at the pile of official documents on the desk in front of him, Lu Zifeng also sighed. The emperor now is the former crown prince Situ Jin. He has been on the throne for more than 20 years and has entered the age of knowing the destiny.
Thinking of the current emperor, Lu Zifeng also thought of the empress dowager back then. No one would have thought that the late emperor would eventually die at the hands of the empress dowager. However, at the last moment, the emperor gave Lu Zifeng a secret order, asking him to sneak into the harem and kill the empress dowager. Of course, the poisoning was done silently, but Lu Zifeng did not poison her. The poisoning was too obvious, and everyone would have thought it was the emperor's doing. Lu Zifeng directly used his mental power to kill the empress dowager without anyone knowing.
When the late emperor finally died, numerous conspiracies and assassinations came to light. It turned out that from Prince Qing, Prince Rui, to Prince Li, all of their families were the Queen Mother's people. They just wanted to snatch the throne from the Emperor. However, His Royal Highness Prince Jing, who was the Queen Mother's biological son at the time, was unwilling to follow their arrangements. Coupled with the sabotage of the Emperor and Lu Zifeng and others, the Queen Mother's lineage ultimately failed to successfully dethrone the Emperor.
After the late emperor was poisoned, he only lived for three more months after being treated by the imperial physician. Finally, on his deathbed, he passed the throne to the crown prince. Less than ten days after the crown prince ascended the throne, the late emperor passed away.
Fortunately, the emperor is very safe now, and Prince Jing is old. Since he came back once when Situ Hao got married, he has gone out to travel again. Now he has returned to the capital again and lives in a farm near the capital to retire. You rarely see him at ordinary times.
King Jing has rarely appeared in public in recent years, mainly because he was injured in southern Xinjiang that year and suffered a fundamental injury. Although his life was not lost, he still asked the imperial physician to come to his house for treatment from time to time.
After getting married, Situ Yi moved out of Prince Jing's Mansion and lived in Prince Cheng's Mansion. Situ Chen also inherited the title of Prince Jing after Prince Jing wrote a letter to resign from the title. Situ Xun was named Prince Duan by the late emperor and was granted a prince's mansion to live in after getting married.
It was already the end of the evening when Lu Zifeng finished his official business. He began to rest. When he got up the next day, he heard a noise coming from outside. Lu Zifeng frowned and was about to ask when he saw a young man quickly coming to him and kneeling down.
“Brother…” After shouting, she started crying.
When Lu Zifeng heard him shouting, he realized that it was his uncle's son Lu Zilin. His heart sank suddenly and he had a bad premonition, but he still calmed himself down and quickly asked his followers to help him up.
"Brother Lin, what happened?"
Lu Zilin wiped away his tears and said, "Brother, my father passed away."
Lu Zifeng was also stunned when he heard this, and thought of his uncle, the honest and taciturn uncle Lu Mingshan.
"When did it happen?"
Lu Zilin was still crying, and Lu Zifeng frowned in annoyance.
"Don't cry first, tell me when this happened?"
Lu Zilin was frightened by Lu Zifeng's words, and then she stopped crying and said.
"Just now I received a letter from Luzhou Prefecture. My father passed away half a month ago. The journey is long, and it took half a month to deliver the letter. The letter also said that the weather in Jiangnan is too warm, so they dare not wait too long. I think my father has been buried by now."
Lu Zifeng didn't have any thoughts after hearing this. What he said in his heart was true. The weather in Jiangnan was warm, and the body couldn't be left there for long. He sighed softly.
"You are currently serving in the Hanlin Academy. Go and ask for leave first. I will take care of the rest! Your second brother is fighting the Tatars in the north and can't come back. It's difficult to be both loyal and filial. Your third brother is currently serving in another place and can't leave either. Wait for me to ask for leave, and then we brothers can go back to attend uncle's funeral!"
After sending Lu Zilin away, Lu Zifeng remembered that he seemed to have not told his father about this matter yet. However, thinking about his father's health, he was a little hesitant about whether he should tell him the news of his uncle's death. After all, they had been brothers for decades. After thinking about it, Lu Zifeng finally went to Cheng'en Marquis Mansion in person.
When Lu Mingyuan heard the news of his eldest brother's death, he was stunned for a while. When he came to his senses and saw Lu Zifeng's worried expression, he forced a smile.
"I'm fine. I've been through a lot over the years. I just can't understand why your uncle, who was only two years older than me, passed away so soon."
Lu Mingyuan turned around and said this. Lu Zifeng saw the tears in his father's eyes. He also understood his father's sadness. Although his uncle was not his father's biological brother, his father was raised by his uncle since he was a child. The relationship between the brothers was even deeper than that with Lu Minghan.
"You go and make the arrangements. I'll go back with you to attend your uncle's funeral and visit the people back home. Actually, I haven't been back since your grandparents passed away, so this is a good opportunity for me to go back and visit them."
Lu Zifeng nodded, went to see his mother again, and then went out and went directly to the palace. Emperor Situ Jin was reviewing memorials. When he heard the purpose of Lu Zifeng's visit, he nodded.
"Well, I agree, when are you going to leave?
Lu Zifeng hurried out of the palace again, returned to Duke Dingguo's Mansion, and told Situ Yao what had happened.
"I'm taking my father to Luzhou Prefecture. It will probably be Chinese New Year by the time we return, so I need you to take care of the mansion."
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