On the way back, Situ Yao had already learned that her mother had almost fainted because of worry about her. She was extremely anxious and no longer cared about her image as a lady. She passed Situ Heng and rushed to the front hall.
Seeing his younger sister so anxious, Situ Heng couldn't help but quicken his pace.
When the two siblings entered the front hall, they saw Princess Zhong sitting there. Situ Yao was worried about her mother's health, and because of the shock she had experienced today, when she saw that the princess was safe and sound, she could no longer control her emotions and hugged Princess Zhong and cried.
Situ Yao's cry immediately made Princess Zhong feel extremely distressed. She didn't know who her daughter had offended, and she was assassinated one after another. In the assassination outside the city some time ago, if she hadn't met the eldest brother of Prince Jing's family and the prince of Duke Dingguo's mansion, her daughter would probably be dead. But today was even more excessive. Someone actually tampered with the carriage her daughter was riding in.
Situ Heng also knew that his sister was frightened, and now seeing her crying there, he felt very distressed. He hated the person behind the scenes very much, but now he was helpless, as the mastermind had not been found out yet.
Situ Yi cried for a while, and the grievance in his heart was relieved a little, and then he slowly stopped crying.
Princess Zhong waited until Situ Yao stopped crying before she took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears from her cheeks and asked about what happened today.
When Lu Zifeng returned to the Marquis' Mansion, he saw his grandparents talking to his mother. Looking at the smiles on his grandparents' faces, Lu Zifeng was very curious. What could have made the old couple so happy?
Seeing Lu Zifeng coming back, Lu Lancheng said with a smile.
"Brother Feng, I just received a letter from your aunt today, saying that your uncle has already discussed with the Lin family and will be getting married next month."
Lu Zifeng blinked. He really didn't expect that his uncle was so fast. It had only been a short time and he was about to get married again.
"Congratulations, grandpa and grandma! You'll be able to hold your grandchildren next year!"
Lu Zifeng's words were not meant to please, but to sincerely congratulate his grandparents, because Lu Zifeng knew that his grandparents had a grudge. His third uncle and fourth uncle had been expelled from the family, and his eldest uncle only had a daughter, and no one knew where she was. His father was not his grandparents' biological son, so for his grandparents, they did not have their own grandson.
Now my uncle is getting married again. If he gives birth to a son in a year, he will be a real grandson for my grandparents.
The next thing they discussed was what to send back. Originally, Lu Lancheng and Xu were planning to go back, but now the whole family was very busy and had no time to accompany the old couple back to Luzhou Prefecture. After much deliberation, Lu Lancheng finally decided to let the caravan bring back 500 taels of silver and some cloth and other things.
Lu Zifeng took over this matter. After all, he went out every day, so Lu Lancheng was relieved to leave these things to him.
The next day, Lu Zifeng went out and asked Lu Chun to go to the business established by Lei Ting in the capital to inquire when the Lu family fleet would go to Jiangnan and other places.
In the afternoon, Lu Zifeng received news that the Lu fleet would have a ship sailing to Jiangnan in three days. Lu Zifeng handed the rest of the matters to Lu Chun.
Lu Chun came back in the evening and replied.
"Master, I have already made arrangements. I had the caravan take some of the finest fabrics from the cargo, two Western ornaments, and some special products from the capital. Finally, I took out five hundred taels of silver."
Lu Zifeng nodded after hearing this.
"Well done, Lu Chun. You've also been to Luzhou Prefecture. I plan to have you take the boat there and deliver these gifts."
"Another thing is that there is a bandit stronghold just north of Luzhou Prefecture. We don't need to investigate too closely, just see if there are many people there."
Lu Chun nodded and said, "I understand. I'll go down and get ready right away."
Seeing Lu Chun leaving, Lu Zifeng finally felt relieved. As for the bandit stronghold there, he had actually planned to go there last time, but it was inconvenient to do so with Situ Yi following him, and the time was a bit short, so he had to give up. Now that his uncle was getting married, it happened that he would let Lu Chun go and take a look first.
On the third day, Lu Zifeng personally sent Lu Chun to the Lu family merchant ship at Tong County Wharf and watched the merchant ship leave in person. Then Lu Zifeng rode back to the capital.
As soon as he returned to the Marquis of Cheng'en's Mansion, he was called to the Duke of Dingguo's Mansion by the servants of the Mansion.
Lu Zifeng was very confused. What exactly did his uncle want him to do? Could it be that the emperor wanted to assign him another task?
However, despite his thoughts, he went to the Duke Dingguo's Mansion very quickly. However, just when he reached the second gate and was about to turn to go to his uncle's study in the front yard, he met the housekeeper Lu Fang.
"Oh my dear prince, where have you been? The Duke is looking for you! He's entertaining guests in the front hall now, so please hurry over!"
Lu Zifeng stopped and looked at Lu Fangdao.
"Fang Bo, who is here?"
Lu Fang smiled.
"My Lord, did you save Princess Yuyang from Prince Zhong's Mansion a while ago?"
"His Royal Highness Prince Zhong and his wife Princess Zhong have come personally to express our gratitude today."
Hearing Lu Fang say this, Lu Zifeng knew why he was so anxious to find him, so he nodded.
"Okay, I understand. I'll go in right away."
After saying that, he went straight into the front hall and saw Lu Minghan sitting there drinking tea and chatting with a middle-aged man in his forties.
"Greetings, uncle, and His Royal Highness Prince Zhong. I'm late."
Lu Minghan said with a smile.
"Get up."
Turning his head, he looked at King Zhongdao.
"Haha, Your Highness Prince Zhong, this is my nephew. You should have seen him before."
Prince Zhong stroked his short beard and nodded with a smile.
"Ah, it's fate. They say the Duke Dingguo's son and the Duke Dingguo look about 60% alike. In my opinion, they're about 70% alike. He truly lives up to the old Duke, a son of a military family!"
"I'm here today, you should know why, right?"
Lu Zifeng saluted with a smile.
"Your Majesty, you are too kind. It's just a small matter, not worth mentioning. Your Majesty, Your Majesty, has come to visit me personally. I am truly honored."
His Royal Highness Prince Zhong waved his hand. "Alas, I don't think so. This is no small matter. It concerns my life. Thank you for saving me twice. We came here today to express our gratitude and secondly...!"
As he said this, he looked at Lu Minghan and Lu Zifeng, but did not say anything.
Lu Minghan naturally understood what was going on. He knew that there were some things that needed to be said to him personally, so he said to Lu Zifeng with a smile.
"Brother Feng, go see your grandmother. I'll have a good chat with His Royal Highness Prince Zhong."
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