Chapter 9: It’s so annoying
"Manager Du has returned from Hua'an Temple, why don't you go to the front yard and take a look." Aunt Yao couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Although I'm not that angry, I really dislike it.
The position was clearly within reach, but Liu let the opportunity slip away. If this isn't stupid, then what is it?
"What happened?" Liu finally realized that there was something wrong with Aunt Yao's words and asked.
Aunt Yao said, "I don't know what happened, but looking at the expression on Manager Du's face, I have a feeling it's not a good thing." If she could easily find out what was going on around the master, why would she need Liu.
Liu's heart skipped a beat and she stopped talking nonsense with Aunt Yao and hurriedly took Lu Mingzhu to the front yard.
The old lady is in Hua'an Temple, so it is impossible for Manager Du to just go there to burn incense and worship Buddha.
Damn old woman, what is she doing again?
Aunt Yao looked in the direction where Liu left, took a deep breath, and her eyes were gloomy.
"Don't worry, Auntie. Liu's stupidity is a good thing for you." Mother Zhou comforted her, "People who are too smart are hard to control."
Aunt Yao nodded: "I understand the truth, but I just don't want to accept it."
Mother Zhou understood Aunt Yao's reluctance. Liu's status, talent, and strategies were not as good as Aunt Yao's, but she was just a little clever, yet she received the love that Aunt Yao could never ask for.
"If there is no Liu, there will be someone else. Rather than someone of noble status, it is better to choose Liu. At least she and the aunt are on the same boat. The eldest young master's biological mother died early, and now you are the only aunt in the mansion who has a son. Let's plan slowly, and there is no fear that there will be no day for us to succeed."
After all, the master is willing to make a concubine his principal wife, so there is still hope for the concubine.
"To put it another way, even if Liu Shi can't become the head lady, given the master's love for her, he won't marry another concubine to suppress her."
Aunt Yao glanced at Mother Zhou, and the haze in her eyes slowly dissipated: "You are right, I was impatient."
She was eager to make Liu the mistress of the Lu family, as if this would make her feel that Mrs. Lu's position was completely within her grasp. But she was unwilling to let Liu really become the mistress. Recently, she was struggling with this contradiction and became more and more anxious.
When Liu arrived at the study, Manager Du just came out.
"Butler Du, does the old lady have any instructions?" asked Liu.
Manager Du bowed and said with embarrassment: "This...it's hard for me to say."
"Mingzhu, wait for me outside." Liu didn't expect to get any information out of Manager Du, so she turned around and went into the study.
As Lu Youping's favorite woman, Liu was not prohibited from entering the study. She knocked on the door and pushed it open without waiting for Lu Youping to speak.
"master……"
Lu Youping looked at the beloved woman in front of him, and a deep sense of guilt flashed across his handsome face: "He'er, I'm sorry for you."
When Liu saw this, she thought to herself that something was wrong.
"Master, what happened?"
Lu Youping stood up from behind the table, walked to Liu, and gently took her hand: "Mother sent someone to tell me that if I insist on making you my wife, she will not return home."
The old lady hadn't come back for so many days, which had never happened before, so he asked Butler Du to bring her back home. Little did he know that this was a trap set by his mother a long time ago.
"Go back and tell that wicked boy that if he continues to go against me, then I will no longer have him as my son. Let him live with his true love forever."
"He's had too many good days and his brain has gone dark. He feels tired of being a prefect, so he wants to experience the feeling of being dismissed from office. He's afraid that others won't be able to find any evidence against him, right?"
"He's already courting death before he even enters the capital. I'll go back when he gives up the idea of making Liu his principal wife. Otherwise, I'll become a monk at Hua'an Temple. Let him decide for himself."
"If he agrees, Liu will be the concubine of the Lu family, and Lu Mingzhu will be the fourth daughter of the Lu family. Otherwise, hum... without my consent, they will never be able to enter the Lu family tree in this lifetime."
These were the old lady's exact words. Lu Youping was so angry after hearing them.
If he really didn't care, not to mention that he would be unable to get over it, I'm afraid that this matter would become known to everyone in a few days.
A prefect forced his own mother to become a nun. What a bastard he must be.
How can a person with such bad character and bad behavior be qualified to be an official?
Lu Youping could almost see what was written in the memorial impeaching him. After being so severely provoked by the old lady, he finally realized that the consequences seemed to be quite serious.
Although he loved Liu deeply, it was impossible for him to give up his future for a woman, right?
Moreover, he would be able to enter the capital soon, and promotion to a higher position was just around the corner. There was no way he could possibly ruin his wealth and glory at this time.
When Liu heard Lu Youping's words of compromise, she was so angry that she felt suffocated. She almost blurted out "If the old lady doesn't want to reply, then don't reply." She gritted her teeth and suppressed her anger.
What the master likes is that she is gentle and sensible, strong and unyielding. She cannot become the mistress of the Lu family, and she must not do anything that would dislike the master.
"As long as I can always be with you, Master, I will be content. Master, please don't argue with the old lady for me. If I hurt your mother-son relationship, I would rather leave the Lu Mansion."
This damn old woman...
Liu's eyes turned red with hatred, and even her breathing felt like a knife slicing her.
But in Lu Youping's eyes, she looked aggrieved and pretending to be strong, so touching and pitiful.
Lu Youping was so distressed that his guilt towards Liu was about to drown him like a flood: "I am sorry for you and your daughter. I have wronged you. The old lady is my biological mother, and I cannot ignore her. Don't worry, even if you are not the mistress, you are the master of this family."
The old lady's move was really cruel.
However, he had already compromised in terms of status. If he proposed to the old lady to let Liu take charge of the family, she would agree even if she was reluctant.
"I understand. I will not feel wronged as I have the master's love for me." Liu leaned on Lu Youping's chest. Her voice was gentle and seductive, but her eyes were sinister and ferocious.
What if she disagrees? She has finally entered the Lu family and she will not leave.
Although a concubine is free, she is still of low status, and her daughter cannot marry into a wealthy family.
Now that Bai is dead, the Lu family has no mistress and no Madam Lu, so she must keep the power of the family firmly in her hands.
Lotus Garden
As soon as Lu Mingzhu entered the house, she sent all the servants away, got angry, and threw everything she could.
"The old woman did it on purpose. She couldn't even bring it back home to pressure father. She just can't bear to see us have an easy life."
"And that Lu Xiang, what a useless thing, she didn't even know how to stop the old woman. I wasted so much effort trying to please her."
"I could have been a legitimate daughter, but now I can only be a concubine's daughter. Why, why?"
Lu Mingzhu cursed and threw things, while Liu sat beside her sulking and did not stop her.
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