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 Favoring Concubines and Destroying Wives? I Refuse to be the Mistress of this Marquis' Mansion

 Chapter 254: 

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"She is Yunwan! How could she not be Yunwan? Why hasn't Yunwan come back? Why isn't she coming home?" Old Madam Lu returned to the Marquis of Wu Ding's residence and had been waiting for Lin Yunwan to come back. 

However, Lu Zhengliu told her that Lin Yunwan would not be coming back. 

Old Madam Lu couldn't understand, "But I recognized her, she... she..." 

Lu Zhengliu was extremely agitated. He pushed the old lady away and pressed her onto the bed, "Grandmother, everyone says she's not Yunwan!" 

"She is!" Old Madam Lu cried. "I know she is!" 

Lu Zhengliu roared. He understood better than anyone, but now everyone believed she wasn't. 

He grew more and more agitated. 

Suddenly, he smelled a strange smell, getting stronger and stronger.

The grandmother and grandson fell silent. Old Madam Lu waved her hand, "Leave, just leave!"

"Grandmother, I take my leave."

Lu Zhengliu left in disarray, while Yan Mama, with a grim expression, attended to the old lady's needs.

Leaving the Yu Shou Tang, he went to find Zhuqing.

Lu Chang Gong was also present. Lu Zhengliu's voice turned cold, "Why do you all say she's not Yunwan? She is Yunwan!" He stared intensely at his concubine and his eldest legitimate son.

At first, Zhuqing was a bit afraid, but when she saw Lu Chang Gong, who was already nearly as tall as Lu Zhengliu and fearlessly meeting his gaze, she felt reassured. She wasn't afraid anymore.

"Muer, go out and play."

Zhuqing had a servant carry her daughter away, then sighed and said to Lu Zhengliu, "Master, you're confused. Big Madam is already dead, so that person is not our Big Madam. She's the Princess Huan."

She sounded bitter, "If we falsely accuse Princess Huan, our Lu family will be in deep trouble. Don't forget, there are so many mouths to feed in the mansion, waiting for food and drink."

Lu Zhengliu suddenly woke up to reality. He was the eldest son of the Marquis of Wu Ding.

What on earth had he done!

But he still couldn't accept it.

"Chang Gong, why can't you recognize Yunwan? She's your mother!"

If only one of them could prove that it was Lin Yunwan, maybe things would be different.

Lu Chang Gong looked at him expressionlessly and said softly, "I've told you before, my mother is already dead."

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Lu Zhengliu looked at the two of them, feeling desolate inside. "You... You..."

They were all lying through their teeth!

Lu Changgong paused and reminded him, "You should think about it. Offending both the royal family and the public will put the Marquis of Wuding's mansion in jeopardy."

Of course, it wouldn't hold up.

But there were also two kinds of dangers. This matter had not yet been concluded by Emperor Jingshun, so the Marquis of Wu Ding's mansion was temporarily safe from destruction. 

On the other hand, that might not be the case in the Xingguo Duke's mansion.

"Master, master, there's chaos outside!"

The steward from the front yard ran in.

Lu Zhengliu went out and stared at him, "Who let you into the inner yard?"

The steward turned pale with shock, "You'll know once you see outside!"

Lu Zhengliu went to the front yard to see. People from the Xingguo Duke's mansion had come to take things away. Everything that Madam Chen had subsidized for Ge Bao'er, money, items, and even the maid who served her, all had to be taken back!

They want money, they want people. The Mansion of Wu Ding can't withstand such an impact anymore, especially not in front of everyone.

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Hearing the commotion from the inner yard, Zhuqing also panicked.

She asked Lu Changgong, "Young Master, what should we do in the future?"

Lu Chang Gong smiled faintly, "Aunt, don't worry. You, me, and Muer, we'll find a way to get by."

Zhuqing pressed her lips together and said, "I'm not afraid of having no money. After all, those were things from the public fund, and I didn't use them! I'm worried about the entire Lu family suffering calamity."

Under such dire circumstances, how could there be any hope for survival?

Lu Chang Gong remained calm and composed. "Aunt, you don't believe in Mother."

At the mention of this taboo topic, Zhuqing was momentarily stunned. She sat down relievedly and smiled, "Yes, how could I not believe... in your mother."

Zhuqing held back her emotions for a long time, unable to contain her tears of joy any longer. "I never expected to see her again. The fact that she's alive, it's just too wonderful!"

"Young Master, you... you knew all along?" It was only now that she realized.

"If you didn't know in advance, how could you have brought Pingye and Taoye, the two maids, to collude with your mother?" Zhu Qing grew more and more excited as she spoke.

Lu Chang Gong nodded. "I've been waiting for this day."

"After Mother came back, I might be able to help her in some way." Even if it's just a drop in the ocean, he wants to be his mother's support.

Zhuqing covered her face and cried, "Young Master, you deceived me so well!"

Lu Chang Gong smiled lightly. "If I had told you, you wouldn't have acted so convincingly."

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After finishing crying, Zhuqing began to worry about Lin Yunwan: "I wonder if the Princess can pass the emperor's test."

The crown prince may speak logically, and the three departments and six ministries may require evidence. But in front of the emperor, likes and dislikes always come first.

Lu Chang Gong's hand trembled as he held the teacup. "I trust Mother's judgment. Since she married Prince Huán and decided to come back, she must be confident."

Zhuqing smiled. "That's true..."

~

"It's just a family banquet, no need to be restrained."

In the palace, Emperor Jingshin summoned his two sons and Qi Zaijun. But they all knew in their hearts what this sudden family banquet was about.

At the banquet, no one spoke.

After the banquet, Emperor Jingshun casually asked, "I heard there's been a strange rumor spreading in the capital recently. Crown Prince, Seventh Prince, what are your thoughts?"

The Crown Prince, frail and thin, had just bowed when Emperor Jingshun interrupted, "That's enough. Just say a little."

"Yes."

The Crown Prince replied, "The matter has already been concluded, just some groundless rumors."

Qi Lingheng casually remarked, "Whatever the Crown Prince says is what it is."

Emperor Jingshun remained silent.

Recent reports coming in were varied, all regarding the identity of his daughter-in-law. Since both his sons had reached a consensus, he didn't want to bring it up openly anymore.

Emperor Jingshun said to Qi Lingheng, "You and Juner stay behind. Accompany me for some crab tonight."

He then said to the Crown Prince, "You can't eat crab. The weather is getting colder now, so you should go back early to keep warm."

The Crown Prince replied, "...Yes."

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The Crown Prince's arms were weak, always trembling.

A eunuch came to assist him, and the Crown Prince reluctantly bowed to the Empress before leaving the palace.

Emperor Jingshun took Qi Lingheng to the study.

He placed the letter regarding superstitions in front of Qi Lingheng, and asked sternly, "Are you still not going to tell me the truth?"

The letter had been opened long ago. After glancing at it, Qi Lingheng saw that the troops sent to Jiangqian had returned, with all the details of their investigation.

Qi Lingheng was not afraid. He placed the letter back and said softly, "Father, the contents of the letter are more or less accurate."

"Ridiculous!"

Emperor Jingshun was furious. He remembered a few years ago when his son promised to marry in Jiang Qian, but after the marriage, he refused to return. He claimed it was because he had done something ridiculous and couldn't let the Lin family's legitimate daughter endure the long journey. 

... He had thought his son had impregnated an unmarried girl, so he hastily ordered him to marry her on the spot in Jiang Qian, missing their wedding as a result. 

While he hadn't done anything ridiculous himself, what Qi Lingheng did was even more ridiculous!

"Father, this is the debt the Crown Prince owes to me."

Qi Lingheng raised his head and said coldly.

Emperor Jingshun fell silent immediately.

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