Chapter 421: Extremely Humble and Disdainful Demotion

"Nan Yi, I'm not saying anything bad about you, but how can you be a wife like this? You've been married for ten years, but you don't have any children! Do you want to cut off Kuan'er's family line?" Liu said in Tong Nan Yi's flower hall.

Tong Nanyi, who was accused by Liu, couldn't even raise his head.

She is straightforward and frank, but she is a woman after all.

In this era, women without children are bound to be disliked by their husband's family.

Although Liu was not Lu Kuan's biological mother, she was his stepmother. Tong Nanyi never dared to raise his head in front of her.

"If it really doesn't work, you can adopt one from among Kuan'er's nephews and nephews. They all have the surname Lu. We can't give our own children to outsiders!"

"Mother."

At this time, Lu Lingyun's voice rang out.

Liu, who was scolding her daughter-in-law and was very domineering, immediately lost a lot of her arrogance when she heard her voice.

"Lingjun is here." Liu immediately stood up flatteringly and looked at Lu Lingjun with a smile.

She really can't offend Lu Lingyun.

He is now the true head of Ningyang Marquis Mansion!

The entire huge mansion was under her command. Liu Shi unconsciously felt much shorter than her!

"Mother, what did you just say?" Lu Lingyun looked at Liu and said.

"Nothing, just chatting with Nan Yi." Liu didn't dare to say that in front of Lu Lingyun.

She is such a smart person that she could definitely see what she was thinking at a glance.

I will definitely interfere when the time comes and will not let her get what she wants!

Forget it. Tong Nanyi is easy to control. I’ll come back to control her later.

"You are here for something. You two can chat first. I will come again tomorrow." Liu looked at Tong Nanyi, "I will bring them here tomorrow. You can spend more time with them."

"Yes, mother." Tong Nanyi lowered her eyebrows and said obediently.

After seeing Liu off, Tong Nanyi's face suddenly fell.

"Nan Yi, she wants you to adopt one of Kuan'er's nephews?"

Tong Nanyi nodded reluctantly, "Alas, if my husband had a few concubines and gave birth to one or two illegitimate children, it would be better than adopting children."

Tong Nanyi, who came from a wealthy family, was not that resistant to concubines.

Her father had several concubines, and her younger sister Tong Nanxia was born to the concubine Aunt Zhao.

All illegitimate sons and daughters are registered under her name and are her children as well.

In her opinion, a child born out of wedlock at least had Lu Kuan's bloodline, but a child passed down through inheritance would simply wipe out the entire family.

Unfortunately, Lu Kuan was determined not to take a concubine.

He said that his elder sister had a bad marriage because her brother-in-law had too many concubines and she suffered a lot.

So he did not take concubines.

Hearing this, Lu Lingyun comforted her, "Don't worry, no one can tell him to do anything unless Kuan'er nods."

When Tong Nanyi heard this, her eyes brightened even more. She hurriedly called the servants to bring up the medicine prepared in the kitchen. In front of Lu Lingyun, she gulped down the bitter and astringent medicine.

Seeing this, Lu Lingyun couldn't help but sigh. In this era, the requirements and missions for women are really too heavy.

She hadn't been sitting here with Tong Nanying for long when Lu Kuan came back early.

But Lu Kuan brought some people here today.

"You haven't come to save the business yet, right?" Lu Kuan said as he walked into the small flower hall.

"Yes, it's not time yet. It will take at least half an hour." Tong Nanyi replied.

After hearing this, Lu Kuan turned to his friend and said, "My nephew is a punctual person, so we can come back early."

He didn't dare to say that Li Shouye had a fixed time to go out and come back, and he was not allowed to go out too early.

When the bearded man heard this, he said cheerfully, "In that case, let's go to his house to pay him a visit."

After hearing this, Lu Lingjun looked at Tong Nanyi curiously.

Tong Nanyi explained to her, "This is the teacher my husband found for Shouye. He was the chief examiner last year."

Lu Lingyun's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Kuan'er, you're really worried. I think he's from Wang Daru's family?"

"That's right." Tong Nanyi nodded, "So Mr. Wang has to go and see the business in person before agreeing."

"This is a good thing. We can definitely keep the business going." Lu Lingyun nodded.

"Why don't we go together?" Tong Nanyi became interested.

This is a great thing, it would be great to see it with your own eyes.

"OK."

Coincidentally, Lu Lingyun, Tong Nanyi and their group had just arrived at Li's house, and Liu had also just come over.

Liu came to visit her young lady. When she saw Lu Lingyun and his group coming, she was startled at first, and then asked them what they were doing there.

Tong Nanyi hurriedly and enthusiastically told Liu that Lu Kuan had found a teacher for Li Shouye.

That was the chief examiner last year! The famous scholar Mr. Wang!

When Liu heard this, she was overjoyed. She hurriedly hugged people and went in with them.

He kept praising his wonderful grandson all the way.

"We are very smart in keeping our business going! Mr. Wang, you are right to take him as your student!"

As they were talking, everyone arrived at Lu Hanyi's yard.

The moment Liu entered the yard, she rushed to find her daughter and told her the good news.

At this time, Lu Hanyi was sitting at the door of Li Shouye's study, mending her embroidery.

She guarded the door and would not allow Li Shouye to go out before the appointed time.

"Han Yi!"

"mother?"

Lu Hanyi was surprised to see this large group of people. "What's going on?"

"Good, good!" Liu quickly told Lu Hanyi the purpose of their visit.

"Mr. Wang was the chief examiner last year. He is here to look at Shouye. If he is satisfied, he will take Shouye as his student!"

When Lu Hanyi heard this, her eyes lit up.

"Hurry up and call Shouye out!"

"Mom, it's not time yet. Keep the business and study."

"Why is there such a short delay? Go and call the person out!" Liu urged.

Lu Hanyi's eyes turned, and she walked forward directly, "Mr. Wang, right?"

"Madam is...?"

"I am the mother of the business."

"It's Mrs. Li." Mr. Wang was very polite. "Where are you keeping the business? I want to meet the child."

"No hurry," Lu Hanyi sat down with Mr. Wang, "Shouye is still studying, and won't come out before the time comes."

Lu Kuan and the others who came over together all frowned.

Is it really that short of a time to study? How can you not distinguish the priorities?

Lu Hanyi said very politely, "It's the same if I introduce you to the master first."

When Mr. Wang came over and saw Lu Hanyi saying this, he glanced at his good friend Lu Kuan and said with a smile, "Okay, it's not bad to first listen to the evaluation of Madam Li, the mother."

After receiving such high-level polite words from Mr. Wang, Lu Hanyi was even more eager to express herself.

She said with great pride, "My son is no good! He is so stupid!"

Lu Kuan and others: "!!!"

"I have had to teach him since he was little, and urged him to study. If I don't keep an eye on him, he will go wild. You have to keep an eye on him for me in the future! If you let him slack off, he will never be able to pass the imperial examination with his stupid brain!"

Everyone: “!!!”

In front of everyone, Lu Hanyi scolded her son with a very humble and contemptuous attitude.