I was a queen in ancient times, no, a maid!

After Zhao Shiyan left the Lu family, he immediately sent someone to investigate what Lu Zhaowen had done in Kyoto.

Cheng Yu told him in too general terms, saying that he was a big scumbag, that the old lady was hypocritical and bullied his sister, and now the Lu family is living on his sister's dowry.

How could such a big Lu family be like this?

Zhao Shiyan happened to be in Beijing for two days, so he asked Changfeng to check on the Lu family.

In the study room.

Changfeng told Zhao Shiyan all the information he had found out.

"...The second master of the Lu family has a mistress outside. If the mistress hadn't made trouble outside the Lu family's gate some time ago and someone had seen her, I wouldn't have been able to find out. But now the mistress no longer lives in that alley. As for where she went, it will take some time to find out."

"What's the name of the outer room?"

"Her surname is Song, and her name is Song Yuwei. It seems that she is related to the Lu family."

In fact, Zhao Shiyan could only know these things clearly if he asked his sister, but his sister didn't tell him anything.

"This Lu Zhaowen."

He thought Lu Zhaowen was a gentle and kind scholar, but he didn't expect that this scholar was so fancy.

Chang Feng hesitated for a moment, then hesitantly said, "My Lord, the Second Master of the Lu Family knew the concubine before he married the eldest girl. This means that the Lu Family had previously deceived you and the Jing Palace."

Actually, it can't be considered cheating.

Because Lu Zhaowen never told Prince Jing's Mansion or Crown Prince Zhao Shiyan that his concubine had given birth to a child for him.

Zhao Shiyan was so angry that he punched the table.

"When I come back from this battle, I will definitely give Lu Zhaowen a good beating."

Zhao Shiyan has to go back to the battlefield again. He doesn't know how long he will be able to come back after this battle. He just wants to quell the war and come back soon. He believes that the emperor will trust him more when he comes back this time.

That's enough.

It is said that the emperor is old and may die at any time. Everyone in the court supports their own leader who will follow him in the future, but he is the only one who is loyal to the emperor. In recent years, he has gradually become the emperor's confidant.

It’s not impossible for him to deal with Lu Zhaowen now, but compared to fighting a war, he is more inclined to focus on the latter.

First there is a country, then there is a family.

***

That day, after Cheng Yu took back the gift that the prince had sent to the old lady, she took the initiative to admit her mistake to the lady.

The lady was stunned at first, then she helped Cheng Yu up.

Not only did he not punish her, he also praised her for her courage.

Zhao Rulan no longer cared at all whether the old lady disliked her. Her brother's coming this time was a support for her. In the short term, the old lady would not dare to do anything to her.

As for Lu Zhaowen, she no longer cared whether he was dead or alive.

At present, Zhao Rulan cannot divorce as her daughter cannot be born quietly without anyone knowing.

Zhao Rulan prepared a grand full-moon banquet for her daughter.

Zhao Rulan sent invitations to everyone who was related to the Lu family or with whom they had regular contact.

Zhao Rulan even sent a visiting invitation to the Second Prince's residence.

Speaking of the Second Prince, Zhao Rulan had some impression of him. On the day of her wedding with Lu Zhaowen, the Second Prince even sent her a special gift.

Speaking of which, Zhao Rulan and the second prince are cousins.

But her father was incompetent and the least capable among the princes.

Prince Jing Zhao Cong was originally granted a fief in Nanjing, but he trusted his close associates too easily.

The rebellion of his close associates led to the occupation of Nanjing by the Northern Qi Dynasty. He became the first foolish prince in history to lose his fiefdom, and then fled back to Kyoto with his wife and children, his tail between his legs.

The emperor felt sorry for this brother and showed him some mercy, so he granted him such a palace.

He lost his fiefdom, so naturally he had no fiefdom to pay tribute to, and could not compare with his brothers in other fiefdoms.

Prince Jing was neither good at literature nor martial arts, and the emperor looked down on him. He felt sorry for his misfortune and was angry at his lack of fighting spirit. He did not punish him, but he did not reward him either.

Prince Jing no longer has any real power.

Not demoting him to a commoner was considered a kindness from the emperor to his brother.

His Majesty has always been a benevolent ruler to the outside world, setting an example for people all over the world by being friendly and respectful to their brothers.

Fortunately, it was the title of Your Majesty that saved Prince Jing's fate.

Zhao Rulan was not aware of these things, but Zhao Shiyan was.

He knew very well that neither he nor his sister would be valued by the emperor. If he wanted to be valued and hold real power, he could only rely on himself.

Zhao Shiyan not only has to be his own supporter, but also his sister's supporter.

Zhao Rulan was glad that she had her brother to rely on, as she could not rely on her father.

Lu Zhaowen did come to Lanyuan the day after his brother-in-law came, but he just said a few hypocritical words to get the matter over with. When he heard that Zhao Rulan wanted to hold a full-month banquet for her child, he said yes and did it.

But he never said a word about going to see the child.

Just saying, busy with official duties.

How busy could he be as a book editor in the Hanlin Academy?

I just don't want to see the kids.

Zhao Rulan was angry. After all, the child was his child. How could he not even want to look at the child?

Zhao Rulan had completely given up on Lu Zhaowen.

At dinner time, Zhao Rulan continued to ask Cheng Yu to cook foods that could complement or counteract each other.

Sister Yan’s full moon banquet was a grand affair.

There were quite a few people who were invited in the name of the Lu family and came to give gifts. Zhao Rulan kindly delivered all the gifts and presents to the old lady and also sent some incense.

That was given to her by Lu Zhaowen when she was pregnant.

She changed the box and sent it over, packaging it very exquisitely.

***

Since she moved to a new courtyard and Lu Zhaowen gave her some money, Song Yuwei felt that her life had become better recently. She looked forward to Lu Lang's arrival every day.

But recently she found that Lu Zhaowen seemed to have no interest in her.

After dinner, Song Yuwei washed up thoroughly.

After today's tenderness, she was now thinking about when she could bring the child into the Lu family. As long as the child was admitted into the Lu family, she would not worry about admitting herself into the Lu family.

But when she lay on the bed, she saw that Lu Zhaowen didn't touch her.

"Lu Lang, what's wrong with you? Are you not in a good mood tonight? Or are you full at home?"

Lu Zhaowen kept it a secret very well, and Song Yuwei didn't know yet that he had a beautiful concubine named Mei Niang at home.

"No, I'm a little tired these days."

"Lu Lang..."

Thinking of having some romance, Song Yuwei stroked Lu Zhaowen's head with her hand, but unexpectedly she grabbed his hair and pulled it hard, causing a large amount of hair to fall out.

Looking at the hair in her hands, Song Yuwei was scared.

"Lu Lang, what's wrong with you? Why did your hair fall out?"

With a handful of hair in his hand, Lu Zhaowen felt unwell these days, but he could not resist Song Yuwei's seduction, and did not want to lose his masculinity, so he went to a clinic outside to get some medicine.

"What are you trying to do with all that effort?"

Looking at the hair in Song Yuwei's hand, Lu Zhaowen was also scared and was really worried that he had some disease.

He got up immediately and Song Yuwei lit the lamp.

Looking at himself in the mirror with a missing patch of hair, Lu Zhaowen left overnight.

After returning to the Lu family, he asked for sick leave and locked himself in the house, not going out for three days. When Zhao Rulan knew about this, she held the child in her arms and amused him.

"Madam, are we still going to continue with the meal?"

"Yu'er, when I leave the Lu family, I will give you freedom. From now on, you will work by my side as a free person, and I will give you a very good monthly salary."

Cheng Yu knew that this was the reward she received for helping the lady.