Chapter 3 He has two homes
Xu was stunned and couldn't recover.
Juexia smiled and said, "Madam, our young master has grown up. The master will be very happy if he knows this."
The love between the lady and the master is as deep as the sea. The only drawback is that their three children are useless.
There was a hint of bitterness at the corner of Xu's mouth.
Yingxue glared at Juexia. The lady had been sitting there for the whole day but the master didn't come yet. She was feeling very upset.
Just as he was about to say something, he heard a report from outside the door.
"Madam, Miss Dengzhi is back."
Xu sat up straight.
Dengzhi's face looked gloomy and ugly: "You go out and guard the door." The two second-class maids then retreated.
As soon as the door closed, Xu's face looked a little gloomy.
Dengzhi fell to his knees with a clang.
Her eyes were red, her whole body was shaking, and she said almost gritting her teeth: "Madam is as predictable as a god. In Qingyu Lane..." Dengzhi's eyes were red. She almost went crazy when she saw that scene.
"When I went there, the master was helping a tightly wrapped woman into the carriage. She was holding a newborn baby in her arms."
Dengzhi was almost crying.
[Oh, it seems that I was not strangled to death. The two women were captured, and they were afraid of accidents, so they moved their positions...]
She heard this sentence carefully.
Xu took a deep breath and suppressed the shock in her heart.
"Did you see it clearly? Is it really... the Marquis?" She almost gritted her teeth, her face as pale as paper.
Dengzhi wiped her tears and said, "I heard her call Lu Lang."
"I pretended to rent a house and heard from the neighbors that they have lived here for many years. They have always called each other husband and wife. The two of them..." Dengzhi wiped away her tears.
"The two are extremely affectionate. Lord Lu is worried that she has been wronged, so he personally bought gifts and went to each family's house, asking everyone to take good care of her." Every family had a very good impression of them.
It felt as if Xu's heart was being cut open.
"Madam..." Dengzhi couldn't help but look at the madam. She felt like she was struck by lightning, let alone the madam?
[My beautiful mother, let’s not cry. We won’t shed tears for that scumbag. I feel so sorry for my mother...] The little guy smacked his lips. The scumbag must be blind to see such a beautiful mother.
"What's the last name of that girl?" After a long while, Xu asked quietly.
There was a hint of despair in the tone.
"I only heard that her last name was Pei. The Marquis usually called her Jiaojiao. Maybe that was her nickname."
The last glimmer of hope in Xu's eyes also collapsed.
Beautiful?
A few years ago during the Mid-Autumn Festival, the family had a reunion and drank one more glass. At night, Lu Yuanze called out "Jiaojiao" in his dream.
Xu only felt a fishy sweetness in her mouth, and all her years of love and trust collapsed.
Mrs. Xu leaned against the head of the bed, tears falling from her eyes.
Before I could feel the nostalgia, I heard that soft and tender baby voice again.
[Mother, please stop crying.] Under the crooked tree at your mother's home, the horoscope of the current emperor is hidden...】
Lu Chaochao only hated herself for not being able to speak. The Xu family was searched and some extremely treasonous things were found under the crooked tree. Her uncle took the blame alone and was beheaded in public.
This was also the beginning of the Xu family's decline.
When Xu heard those words, her heart felt numb.
When Lu Yuanze proposed to marry Xu, his father and brother disagreed, but she insisted on marrying him, and that's how the marriage came about.
Over the years, because Lu Yuanze disliked her, she deliberately distanced herself from her natal family.
Afraid of displeasing Lu Yuanze.
But she doesn't want anything to happen to her parents' family!
She sat up straight instantly, wanting to listen more, but the little guy didn't say a word for a long time.
The current emperor hates witchcraft the most. If the Xu family were to find any...
Xu didn't have time to think about it.
He waved to Dengzhi to come forward and whispered in his ear.
"Just say that I want to eat the ginseng soup made by my mother during my confinement. You go and dig it out secretly, and don't let anyone see." After Xu said this, there was a flash of struggle in her eyes.
"No, wait a minute." Xu struggled to get up from the bed.
It was early spring and she was already drenched in cold sweat.
She took out a Buddhist scripture from the highest cabinet. She had copied it herself, originally intended to celebrate her mother-in-law's birthday.
At this moment, she bit her finger and continued to write something on it despite the pain.
After the writing was dried, he said, "Take out the thing under the tree and put this blood letter inside. Don't let anyone find out. Take out the thing and return home immediately!"
Xu's face was solemn, and Dengzhi did not dare to be careless, and hurried out the door immediately.
That night, Xu couldn't sleep all night.
Until the next morning.
Lord Lu returned home in a hurry, looking exhausted.
"Yunniang, it's all my fault. There was an important matter in the court last night, and I was busy all night and couldn't get back in time. I'm sorry, Yunniang." Lu Yuanze apologized as soon as he entered the room. Such things were so familiar to him.
In the past, every time he admitted his mistakes like this, Xu would comfort him very considerately, saying that government affairs were more important.
But now...
She looked at Lu Yuanze carefully. Lu Yuanze was thirty-four years old this year, but he was still handsome. He looked more elegant and more charming than before.
The guilt and look in his eyes seemed to overwhelm her.
[My cheap scumbag dad looks like a decent human being. No wonder he made people wait for him for more than ten years. 】Lu Chaochao couldn't help but complain.
"This is our little daughter, right? Oh, come quickly and let daddy hug her. This is our Wei..." Lu Yuanze paused.
There was a chill in Xu's eyes. Her only daughter?
"Yes, she is the only daughter of our Lu family." Xu said with a frown.
"The eyebrows and eyes look like you, and the mouth looks like me." A hint of displeasure flashed in Lu Yuanze's eyes.
But I have to say, this child is really good-looking.
"You haven't hugged the first three, but you are willing to hug this one." Xu chuckled.
"You can't spoil your son. It's the same with your daughter." Lu Yuanze has been in the officialdom for more than ten years. His colleagues have become fat men with big bellies, but he is still thin, with a bit of elegance and the aura of a superior.
In the capital, there have always been many women who like him.
Everyone praised him for being clean and self-disciplined, and he enjoyed a good reputation in the capital.
[My beautiful mother, he lied to you again.] He said to his brothers...] She muttered to herself, and Mrs. Xu didn't understand a word she said.
When it came to her three sons, she instantly felt worried.
What did he do to his son?
Her scalp tingled.
Xu's mind suddenly became clear.
She just thought that Lu Yuanze had changed his mind. Could there be some other secret?
Lu Yuanze, who had always been careful, did not notice anything unusual about her. After so many years of deception, he no longer needed to think of another excuse.
She believed it so much just because of a random remark of nonsense.
"Have you chosen a name for the child?" Xu looked at him.
Lu Yuanze was stunned.
While he was in a daze, he heard the servant behind Lu Yuanze say, "The master is very concerned about the madam's pregnancy. He has been thinking of a name for the child in the study all night before it was born."
"The master has read the Book of Songs thoroughly."
"Stop talking too much!" Lu Yuanze's face darkened and he shouted suddenly.
When the servant raised his eyes, he saw that the master had an extremely gloomy face, as if a storm was about to come. The servant was puzzled. The master had clearly been looking for the name for three days.
Seeing that Xu was frightened, Lu Yuanze shook his head and said, "I wanted to give you a surprise, but this idiot exposed it."
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