My husband, who abandoned his father and kept his son, actually wants me to be his concubine.

Chapter 80 Tell He Tan to get out here and see me

On the carriage back to the princess's residence.

Lu Mingzhu and her daughter Lu Jinshi rode in a horse-drawn carriage.

Lu Mingzhu held Xiao Zhang'er and said, "It's only been a few months, but Zhang'er has grown so much."

Lu Jinshi smiled and said, "Yes, Zhang'er can crawl now, and he can call me Dad and Mom. The one he calls Auntie best is her."

Lu Mingzhu smiled and touched Zhang'er's little face, saying, "I never thought that His Majesty and I would become in-laws, and that you would give birth to a member of the royal family."

Lu Jinshi said, "If Rong Yi hadn't concealed his identity, I would never have considered the idea of ​​abandoning the father and keeping the son for the son of the imperial family."

Lu Mingzhu said, "Perhaps this is your destiny with the Seventh Prince. After you returned to Chang'an, did he go to see you...?"

Lu Mingzhu took a deep breath and asked, "How has He Tan treated you?"

Lu Jinshi shook his head and said, "It's very bad. You don't know, as soon as I arrived in Chang'an, the He family wanted me to marry Huang Teng, the second son of the Marquis of Anping. Huang Teng has a bad reputation. Everyone in Chang'an knows that he is fond of women. Ordinary families are unwilling to marry their daughters to him, but the He family forced their daughter to marry Huang Teng to bring good luck to the old Marquis. When the good luck didn't work, they used filial piety to force me to get married!"

"What?!" Lu Mingzhu exclaimed angrily, "How could He Tan treat you like this? I will never forgive him!"

Lu Jinshi said, "If they hadn't learned about my son Zhang'er from Hui Niang, they would have used filial piety to force me to marry Huang Teng long ago. If I hadn't wanted to marry Huang Teng, I would have been labeled as unfilial long ago."

Lu Mingzhu took a deep breath and said, "That He Tan! How dare he bully my daughter like this! I must settle all scores with him, old and new."

Lu Mingzhu instructed the coachman, "Go to the Yongxing Marquis's residence!"

Lu Jinshi smiled faintly at Lu Mingzhu and said, "Mother, you don't need to be so angry. The Yongxing Marquis's mansion forced me to marry the infamous Huang Teng just so that I wouldn't be able to marry the Seventh Prince, and so that He Jinlan could marry the Seventh Prince..."

"Who is He Jinlan?"

Lu Jinshi said, "My younger sister is Liu's daughter."

"She dares to use 'Jin' in her name?" Lu Mingzhu was furious. "His Majesty and the Empress Dowager named you Jinshi because when you were born, the long-parched city of Chang'an was blessed with rain, which relieved the drought on the crops. The sunset after the rain that day was as colorful as brocade. That's why there are the two characters 'Jinshi'. Your birth was a 'Jinshi' that was worth celebrating. That's why it's called He Jinshi. What right does Liu's daughter have to use 'Jin' in her name? The daughters of the He family in this generation should use 'Jia'!"

Lu Jinshi then learned the origin of his name.

Lu Mingzhu said, "You just said that the He family wants He Jinlan to marry the Seventh Prince?"

"Ah."

Lu Mingzhu: "Has He Tan lost his mind? He bullied me, and he thinks he and Liu's precious second daughter can become the Seventh Prince's consort? What kind of pipe dream is he having?"

Lu Jinshi said, "His Majesty wrote in the imperial decree that the Seventh Prince's consort was the eldest daughter of the He family, so the He family assumed that He Jinlan was the Seventh Prince's consort."

Lu Mingzhu scoffed, "The He family doesn't even acknowledge you anymore? You are the legitimate eldest daughter of the He family. When did the eldest daughter of the He family change?"

Lu Jinshi said, "Mother, please don't be too angry. The He family still believes that He Jinlan is going to be the Seventh Prince's consort... Let's just wait and see how the He family deceives the emperor in a few days..."

Lu Mingzhu said, "Does the He family still dare to try to marry He Jinlan to the Seventh Prince as his concubine?"

Lu Jinshi smiled and said, "The He family doesn't know that Zhang'er is the Seventh Prince's bloodline. I'm afraid He Jinlan thinks that I have a child before marriage and it's impossible for me to be the Seventh Prince's wife."

Lu Mingzhu sneered, "What a He family." Lu Jinshi said, "Right now, the Yongxing Marquis's Mansion is sending out invitations to invite relatives and friends to the Yongxing Marquis's Mansion for He Jinlan's wedding banquet... When that day comes, as long as the He family dares to openly admit that He Jinlan is getting married to the Seventh Prince, then His Majesty can punish their Marquis's Mansion for deceiving the emperor, and the Yongxing Marquis's title can naturally be revoked."

Lu Mingzhu said, "Would the He family be so stupid?"

Lu Jinshi nodded.

Lu Mingzhu still instructed the coachman to head towards the Yongxing Marquis's residence.

White lanterns still hang at the entrance of the Yongxing Marquis's Mansion, white couplets are pasted on the walls, and the white silk on the plaque has not been taken down.

Lu Mingzhu stepped down from the carriage and said, "I wonder how the brocade garden I built for you is doing?"

Lu Jinshi said, "Speaking of Jinyuan, it's even more infuriating. We haven't been back to Chang'an for eighteen years, and Liu Xiuxiu and her daughter have taken over Jinyuan for themselves. Fortunately, I've already smashed Jinyuan."

Lu Mingzhu chuckled and said, "Well done."

Lu Mingzhu gestured to the maid beside her to go and knock on the door.

The servant of the He family came out from the side door and was startled when he saw Lu Jinshi. He stammered, "Young Miss."

Lu Jinshi said, "Open the main gate."

The gatekeeper dared not delay and quickly opened the bright red gate of the Marquis's mansion.

When the door was opened, the white silk was no longer there; instead, red silk was hung everywhere, and the character for "double happiness" was pasted all over the place. The maids were also busy preparing for He Jinlan's marriage.

Lu Mingzhu looked at the familiar courtyard, and saw that the cypress trees in the courtyard were now lush and green. Eighteen years... it really has been too long.

"Lu Jinshi actually dares to come back? She tricked me so badly at the clothing shop last time, how dare she come back?"

He Jinlan's voice came from inside the room.

With her wedding approaching, He Jinlan knew that her position as the Seventh Prince's consort was a foregone conclusion, so she was no longer afraid of Lu Jinshi.

He Jinlan walked into the courtyard and saw the woman next to Lu Jinshi. She couldn't help but feel a sense of fear and took two steps back. "You, Lu Jinshi, who is this person next to you? Why do you bring just any Tom, Dick, or Harry into your home?"

No sooner had He Jinlan finished speaking than Lu Mingzhu's maid stepped forward and slapped He Jinlan across the face, saying, "How dare you! How dare you insult Princess Mingzhu like this?"

He Jinlan slapped the maid back, "You lowly servant! How dare you hit me? In six days I will be married as the Seventh Prince's consort. If you leave a red mark on my face, you won't have enough lives to live!"

Lu Mingzhu pulled her maid over, looked at her bruised cheek with heartache, and said, "Poor thing, go back and apply the medicine properly."

He Jinlan glared angrily at Lu Jinshi and said, "Lu Jinshi, your mother is no longer the lady of this Marquis's mansion. What are you doing bringing your mother to my mansion? The current Lady of Yongxing Marquis is my mother, Liu Xiuxiu."

Lu Mingzhu said slowly, "Oh? When did Liu Xiuxiu marry your grandfather?"

He Jinlan said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Don't think that just because you're a princess you can do whatever you want. In a few days I'll be the Seventh Prince's consort."

Lu Mingzhu said, "Since Liu Xiuxiu never married your grandfather, how could she be the Lady of Yongxing Marquis? When did He Tan become the Marquis of Yongxing?"

Lu Mingzhu glanced at the servants beside her and said, "Tell He Tan to come out and see me!"