The evil mother-in-law does not whitewash, she only abuses her children

"A few days ago, my uncle sent the housekeeper to the Gao family, wanting me to go back to the Su family and serve the old lady for a while. He said that the old lady was not satisfied with the maids and servants in the mansion. She didn't even want to eat, so she got used to my service."

Lu Yiner laughed when she said this.

Tong Huaqiong was speechless for a while.

Su Shihang is really a stubborn person. He has been used to others giving way to him and serving him since he was young, and he still hasn't changed.

Lu Yiner is already the daughter-in-law of the Gao family, but he can still go to the house with a clear conscience and ask Lu Yiner to go back to serve Old Madam Su. He is so shameless.

Lu Yiner cursed, "My cheap uncle has been kicked in the head by a donkey. He didn't even have the attitude of asking for help, and he didn't even offer any benefits. He just ordered me to go back and take care of his mother. After eating his food for a few years, he really treats me as his maid? I don't know what's going on in his head. My mother was so angry that she scolded the Su family's housekeeper who came to visit. My father wanted to go to the Su Mansion to ask for an explanation, but I stopped him. I was afraid that the Su family would dirty my father's feet."

Lu Yiner's parents were so angry that they couldn't sleep.

It was only when they arrived in Shengjing that Lu's father and mother learned what kind of life Lu Yin'er had lived in the Su Mansion.

They always thought that Lu Yin'er lived the life of a rich lady in the Su Mansion, and every time Lu brought home news, she would recount how comfortable Lu Yin'er's life was.

It turned out that their daughter was not even as good as a maid in the Su Mansion. Lu Yiner's parents felt both angry and guilty about this.

They were angry that Lu had deceived them.

He blamed himself for believing what Lu said.

After arriving in Shengjing this time, Lu's father and mother learned that Lu had been sent back to her hometown by Su Shihang and was being taken care of by the Su family.

They didn't get any news at all back home.

One has to say that Su Shihang is ruthless and merciless.

Lu's father hated Su Shihang to death and originally wanted to go to the Su Mansion to ask Su Shihang for an explanation. After all, he only had one sister, Lu. Before his father died, he just learned that Su Shihang had divorced his wife and remarried, so he held his hand and asked him to treat Lu well.

Father Lu wanted to go to the Su Mansion to ask Su Shihang what the meaning of sending Lu back to her hometown was, and whether he wanted to divorce her or remarry like last time.

After hearing about what Lu Yiner had experienced in Shengjing in recent years, Lu's mother hated her sister-in-law's hypocrisy and tried her best to stop Lu's father from going to the Su Mansion to help Lu seek an explanation.

Mother Lu said, "When Su Shihang divorced his wife and remarried, we saw through his cruelty and took her back to the Lu family, saying we wouldn't mind supporting her for the rest of her life, or that we would support her if she wanted to remarry. She could have lived a good life in the Lu family, but she was unwilling to live as a concubine and came to Shengjing to follow Su Shihang. Later, when Su Shihang's wife died, she became the first wife. When she returned home and held a grand banquet, did she ever care about our lives? When Su Shihang came to Shengjing to take the imperial examination and squeezed out all our money, she never asked for it back. How could I have listened to you and believed such a heartless sister-in-law?"

"When she brought Yin'er to Shengjing for upbringing, I didn't want her to. It was you who said there wasn't enough food in the countryside and that Yin'er could at least live a good life with your sister, so I let Yin'er come to Shengjing. I don't ask Yin'er to live the life of a rich lady in the Su Mansion, but you can't treat Yin'er as a pawn and send her around at will."

Lu's mother has always had a prejudice against her sister-in-law.

But she never said it in front of the man.

She accepted that her sister-in-law took advantage of them, but she couldn't stand the fact that she used her daughter as a pawn.

"Don't even mention that Yin'er ate at the Su Mansion for a few years. Before Su Shihang passed the imperial examination, your father almost gave the whole family to him. He owes us. Your sister and Su Shihang sleep in the same bed. You come to their house? If you go to their house to seek justice for your sister, your sister will not be grateful to you. Instead, she will accuse you of meddling. She is now in her hometown, thinking about how to please the Su family and how to return to Shengjing. If she knew that you went to find Su Shihang, she would put all the reasons for not being able to return to Beijing on your head."

Mother Lu did not allow Father Lu to go to the Su residence to ask for an explanation from his sister-in-law.

My sister-in-law can't tell good from evil. She has been controlled by Su Shihang for half her life and doesn't care about anyone else.

Going to their house to ask for an explanation will get you nothing but a dirty body.

Father Lu felt embarrassed after hearing these words.

What the lady said is right, his sister is just that kind of person.

But he only has this one sister, so he can't just leave her alone.

Father Lu decided to find an excuse to visit his nephew Su Chengji after some time to ask about the situation. After all, his sister gave birth to a son for the Su family, and the Su family should not treat her like this.

Just as Lu Yiner was saying that her father was going to the Su residence to ask for justice and her mother was stopping them from going, Su Chengmin walked into the house with his long legs, holding two large boxes in his hands and shaking off the snow on his body.

Su Chengmin saw that Lu Yiner's smile had completely faded.

Seeing that Su Chengmin was still very scared, Lu Yiner couldn't help but move closer to Tong Huaqiong.

Gu Taohua then came into the house and untied her shawl.

The two men came from nowhere, with a cold air around them.

Tong Huaqiong quickly asked Gu Taohua to move closer to the stove to warm herself up, and asked the maid to pour hot tea for the two of them.

"Aunt Tong, there's honeydew melon in here."

Su Chengmin didn't rush to drink tea. He placed two large wooden boxes on the open space in front of Tong Huaqiong, then opened the lids. Inside were five white melons with patterns.

The ripe honeydew melon is smoked by charcoal fire, which stimulates its sweet aroma.

The smell makes people's mouth water.

Tong Huaqiong asked curiously, "Where did the honeydew melon come from?"

In those days, preservation technology was backward, and most fruits were seasonal. In the middle of winter, honeydew melons were not easily available to the rich except in the palace.

Su Chengmin said, "The Prince of Jingnan came to Shengjing to attend his brother's wedding and brought two carts of melons as a tribute to His Majesty. Each palace received two, but the Crown Prince received an extra portion. He gave one to Master Su, and I will use the rest of my life to honor you."

Tong Huaqiong smiled so hard that her teeth were showing, and the prince was not raised in vain.

Transportation was difficult in that era, and fresh fruits from Yunnan could hardly reach Shengjing unless a huge amount of manpower and material resources were spent.

As long as the rulers have no holes in their brains, they will not do anything that wastes people's money and time.

It was only when the son of King Jingnan came to Shengjing that he was able to pay tribute of two carts of melons.

Just thinking about eating honeydew melon around the fire in the middle of winter is a beautiful thought.

Tong Huaqiong shouted for someone to invite Hong, Zhao, Gu Baishuang and Tong Pandi, so that she could cut the melon and eat it.

Gu Taohua said, "Mom, why are you in such a hurry? Big brother hasn't arrived yet. Let's eat together when he arrives."

Tong Huaqiong thought about it and decided that this was not the right time to eat melons.

There were five melons in total. Tong Huaqiong ordered people to send one to Lu Zhaoyang and Huang Jingshan, and one to Aunt Tang and Lian Hengruo.

There were three left. When Su Chengmin was hesitating whether to give one to Lu Yin'er, he said to her, "You should go back quickly. The emperor has rewarded Gao Ming with a melon."

Tong Huaqiong thought that Su Chengmin's excuse for chasing people away was quite unique.

Lu Yiner stood up suddenly and asked, "Cousin, what happened to Gao Ming?"

Su Chengmin glanced at Lu Yin'er in surprise and said, "Gao Ming was injured while rescuing the emperor today."