Forcing me to raise a concubine? The mistress of the Marquisate has gone mad

Lu Jing acted quickly. After Pei Rushi left, Lu Yan and Lu Changchuan entered the Imperial Academy.

He has a strong smell of ointment on his body these days, and it can be smelled wherever he goes.

Especially his group of bad friends, they used this to tease him, saying that he was old and even had to use plasters, and he should take good care of his health!

Lu Jing used water, ice, and even other spices to cover it up, but there was no way to block the overbearing smell.

So I simply decided not to go out and wait for the smell to dissipate.

Who would have thought that even staying at home would not be peaceful and he would be called over by the old lady.

"Did you agree to let Lu Yan go to the Imperial College?"

Lu Jing nodded, "Yes."

His indifferent look deeply hurt Madam Lu's heart. She pointed at Lu Jing's nose and cursed: "Is your brain filled with shit?! You just say whatever Shen Ruoyan says. If she tells you to die, will you follow her?!"

After marrying into the Marquis's Mansion, Madam Lu's self-control has improved a lot.

However, he still failed in front of Lu Jing!

"Lu Yan is a mute. Let him stay at home so that he won't go out and embarrass the Marquisate. But you sent him to the Imperial Academy. Don't you think our Marquisate has been embarrassed enough?!"

Lu Jing felt wronged, but he didn’t want to!

"My grandson has no other choice. If Ruoyan moves Brother Kang out, I'm afraid she'll cause trouble."

"Humph! This trick can only fool you!" Madam Lu snorted coldly, "She is the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion. She will rise and fall with the Marquis' Mansion. Do you really think she will shoot herself in the foot?"

If Shen Ruoyan was still her old self, Madam Lu would probably still believe it.

But after falling into the water, Shen Ruoyan's temperament changed drastically, and he was obviously much more scheming than before.

She was the head of the household and had her family members come to visit. She hadn't thought about it before, but when Mrs. Lu thought about it carefully, she felt that all the changes in the Marquis' Mansion seemed to be closely related to Shen Ruoyan.

"Ah Jing, do you feel that all these things in the mansion seem to be related to Ruoyan?"

She pondered for a moment and continued, "Take the incident at Prince Shun's Mansion last time. If she hadn't taken Brother Kang with her, Brother Kang wouldn't have gotten into this lawsuit, right?"

Is that right?

Lu Jing thought about it. Although Kang Ge would not have gotten into trouble if he had not gone to Prince Shun's mansion, if he remembered correctly, it seemed that he had asked Shen Ruoyan to take the children with him...

She was quite unhappy.

"Grandma, this really can't be blamed on Ruoyan." Lu Jing was a little embarrassed and wanted to change the subject.

But the old lady didn't want to, "If not her, who should I blame? If she hadn't insisted on taking Kang Ge with her, would Kang Ge have offended anyone? Now he doesn't have to hide in the manor pitifully, not even daring to see anyone!"

This is what makes Old Madam Lu most angry. The grandson she has chosen can only hide miserably on the farm. Not to mention studying, even hiring a teacher is worrying about attracting attention.

But Lu Yan, the mute, and Lu Changchuan, the cheap adopted son, are sent to the Imperial College, bringing shame to the Marquis' Mansion, and enjoying the best treatment. Why?

"Grandma, Yan'er is my son after all. It won't do any harm for him to learn more." Although Lu Jing thought so himself, he would not say so in front of others.

The palms and backs of the hands are all made of flesh and blood. Before Lu Yan became mute, he was also a good son that he was proud of.

Although he is now disliked for being a mute, Lu Jing does not want to appear so heartless in front of outsiders.

"You have a kind heart, but you don't even know you've been cheated!" Old Madam Lu looked at Lu Jing. This grandson was really spoiled by her. He couldn't even see such a simple truth.

However, after all, he is not a person in the back house. He faces things outside every day. It is normal that he cannot see the twists and turns in it.

After all, this was the child she raised, so the anger in Mrs. Lu's heart slowly subsided when she looked at Lu Jing's face.

"You, you are just too trusting. Why did Shen Ruoyan send her mute son to the Imperial Academy? Do you really think it was for his studies?"

Lu Jing was puzzled, "If it's not for studying, then what is it for?"

Shen Ruoyan was born in a scholarly family, so she naturally valued her children's education. So when she brought up this matter, Lu Jing didn't think much about it except that he felt it was a bit embarrassing to let Lu Yan go.

Could there be some hidden story behind this?

Madam Lu shook her head and sighed, "Since ancient times, women have been strong when they become mothers. I didn't understand why Shen Ruoyan changed so much before, but now I think it must be because of her mute son."

Everyone thought that since Lu Yan became mute, he would have no chance of becoming the crown prince.

She had spent her entire life for the Marquis' Mansion, so she would naturally put the interests of the Marquis' Mansion first. And no matter how unreasonable Lu Jing was, he would not object to her approach.

The only one who would mind is Shen Ruoyan.

It was her fault. She had trusted Shen Ruoyan's feelings for Lu Jing too much, so she had always allowed her to do whatever she wanted in this mansion.

But now Madam Lu realized that Shen Ruoyan’s goal was probably far more than that!

"She has never given up on letting Lu Yan become the crown prince. That is her son's position, how could she give it up?" Perhaps those words before were also said to deceive them.

In Shen Ruoyan's heart, Lu Ankang was just the son of a concubine. Her biological son was born of a legitimate wife. How could she allow the son of a concubine to be superior to her?

Even she would not accept this!

It’s just that Shen Ruoyan disguised herself so well before that even she couldn’t see through her.

If she had not insisted on sending Lu Yan to the Imperial College this time, Old Madam Lu felt that she might not have even noticed her ambition.

Lu Jing was still a little hesitant. In his heart, Shen Ruoyan was not that kind of person.

"Grandma, are you thinking too much?"

Is it possible for Shen Ruoyan to accomplish such a complicated task?

She is such a fragile person that she might be blown away by a strong wind. How could she have the mind to plan all these things?

Madam Lu narrowed her eyes and said, “Your grandmother has been through so many ups and downs, so she can judge people well.”

Just because the Shen Ruoyan in the past didn’t have it doesn’t mean that the Shen Ruoyan now doesn’t have it.

She hides it very deeply!

"Anyway, next time she asks you to do something, especially something related to Lu Yan, you must tell me!" Old Madam Lu made the final decision, "Without my consent, no matter what the reason, you can't agree to it!"

Lu Jing was dissatisfied. He was no longer a child, so why did his grandmother have to make decisions for him?

However, he did not dare to refute his grandmother to her face and could only lower his head and remain silent.

"You don't want to?" Madam Lu noticed his mood and was furious. "If you can distinguish right from wrong and distinguish the importance, why would I worry about this at my age?!"

Lu Jing rubbed his nose and didn't dare to act pretentiously anymore, "Don't worry, grandma, I understand."

As soon as the voice fell, a notification came from outside:

"My Lord, the Madam invites you!"