Shengjing Noble

"No need for that. My husband should spend more time with the Madam. I am full of money and I am afraid that I will tarnish your noble character."

She was being sarcastic, but to Su Yongcheng it sounded like a sign of her inferiority.

So he smiled suddenly, his eyes full of pride and pity: "You don't have to belittle yourself. In comparison, you also have your own strengths."

At this point, Lu Wanjun became curious: "What do you think are my strengths, husband?"

Su Yongcheng was speechless for a moment, looking Lu Wanjun up and down, unable to explain what was going on.

When she was young, she had outstanding looks and a graceful figure. Now she is nearly 40 years old, with wrinkles on her face and a slightly bloated figure.

Compared with Liu Ruyan, who lived a life of luxury and maintained herself very well, her haggardness was obvious.

In addition, Lu Wanjun was not good at poetry and had no culture. She was always studying ways to make money and had no common interests with him.

Therefore, in his eyes, she had long lost her beauty and became dull and useless.

Su Yongcheng pondered for a moment, thought of Lu Wanjun's usefulness, and had no choice but to bite the bullet and make up a few of her advantages.

"You are smart and sociable. Aren't these your strengths?"

Lu Wanjun sneered. How could she remember that these advantages of hers were once considered shortcomings in his eyes?

When she is useful, she is smart and sociable; when she is useless, she is cunning and fickle.

These were all the insulting words he had used before, but now he has forgotten them?

Whatever, this man had no gratitude towards her, let alone any affection.

Fortunately, Lan Yin made her wake up and she no longer had any hope in this man.

"Su Yongcheng."

It was the first time in so many years that she called him by his name, and her eyes were as calm as dead water.

"What did you call me?" The man looked slightly angry and unhappy.

"I'll say it one last time. I won't take this key again, and the Su family won't care about it anymore. Please take it."

After saying that, Lu Wanjun turned and walked towards the dormitory, her back looking particularly cold.

Su Yongcheng had never seen her like this before, and he was confused. Then he suddenly thought of something and shouted, "Wait!"

"What? Don't you understand what I say?" Lu Wanjun turned around and glared at him with cold eyes.

"Aren't you just having a bad temper?"

Su Yongcheng sighed and impatiently put on a look of compromise.

"It's not that I don't care about your brother's matter, it's just that I can't do anything about it. This time he plotted to murder the emperor, and there is solid evidence. As long as you agree to continue to be the housekeeper, I will reluctantly take the risk to help you find out the news about the Heavenly Prison."

"But I can't control anything else. The Lu family has committed a heinous crime this time, and the entire clan is bound to be exterminated. Fortunately, you married me and severed ties with the Lu family, otherwise you would have died too. You'd better be grateful and stop asking for more!"

Listening to his words, Lu Wanjun just found it ridiculous.

This is the person she has loved wholeheartedly for twenty years!

Now that her family is in trouble, he is actually taking advantage of the situation to rob them. He doesn't even care about her elder brother as much as the Shangshu.

It's really chilling to the core!

Lu Wanjun sneered and threw the abacus on the table directly at him, her tone full of uncontrollable anger.

"Get out! Get out! Who wants you to get information? The honor or disgrace of my Lu family has nothing to do with you. Get out!"

When Su Yongcheng saw her thing, he immediately raised his hand to protect his head, but he was still hit and his forehead became red and swollen.

"You crazy woman, you are totally unreasonable. I'm trying to persuade you with good intentions, but you are so ungrateful. Do you believe me..."

Before he could finish his words, Cuizhu walked in with a few men dressed as guards.

"This is my concubine Lu." Cuizhu introduced.

The leading guard first bowed, and then said in a cold tone: "The emperor has ordered that Concubine Lu of the Su family and Su Lanyin come to the palace to meet the emperor!"

After saying that, he took out a token. On the golden flag token was a deep "Sheng" character engraved on it. Even if you haven't seen it, you would know that this is the emperor's seal.

Lu Wanjun and Su Lanyin immediately knelt on the ground to receive the order, then stood up and walked out with the guards.

Seeing this, Su Yongcheng showed a sinister look on his face. He picked up the key on the table and smiled with satisfaction.

"I'm afraid I won't come back alive after entering the palace this time!"

……

When they entered the palace again, the mother and daughter no longer had the same anticipation as the first time, but were instead filled with uneasiness.

After arriving at Huaqing Palace, he followed an old eunuch dressed like a steward into the bedroom.

The place where the emperor lived was completely different from other palaces. It was magnificent with carved dragons and pillars and was full of gold and jade. It was full of majesty and oppression. People dared not look up and even had to breathe carefully.

Lu Wanjun and Su Lanyin knelt on the ground cautiously.

"I, your humble servant, pay my respects to His Majesty. Long live the Emperor!"

The two of them kowtowed and waited for a while before finally hearing a few coughs coming from behind the heavy golden bed curtains.

Perhaps because he had just woken up, the emperor's voice sounded very weak.

He spoke in a deep and hoarse voice, but it contained a chilling sense of intimidation.

"Which of you wrote this letter?"

After saying that, the chief eunuch took a piece of paper and passed it outside, where it landed in front of the mother and daughter.

Lu Wanjun glanced at the words on the letter. She couldn't recognize all of them, but she knew that she didn't write them.

Since it’s not her, it must be Lan Yin!

Thinking of this, her first reaction was to quickly plead guilty for her daughter.

Just as he was about to speak, he heard Su Lanyin's powerful words!

"This is written by the subject to my uncle!"

Although she was kneeling on the ground, her back was straight and she didn't show any cowardice. She had the uprightness of a newborn calf that is not afraid of death.

Behind the bed curtain, the emperor's tone became even colder: "You wrote this? Then tell me why you wrote this and sent it to Quanzhou!"

"Your Majesty, I am here to improve the formula of Lu's spices."

Hearing her say this, Lu Wanjun was even more confused.

That’s right, Su Lanyin modified the original formula of ambergris and added a few nourishing spices into it, but the smell was very light and only people who were well versed in spices could smell it.

It is precisely because of these ingredients that the Lu family’s innocence is confirmed!

That day, after the emperor used the newly arrived ambergris, he immediately developed symptoms of dryness and itching all over his body, headache and dizziness. The symptoms became more serious and he even fainted in the court.

This alarmed the entire court, and it had to be investigated thoroughly.

The result was that a large amount of wild bacteria was found in ambergris!

Everyone in this prosperous dynasty knew that the emperor could not smell the scent of wild visitors. In the huge imperial palace, there was not even a single plant of the Rosaceae family, and even the wild ones would be uprooted.

Therefore, it is obvious that someone is plotting to murder the emperor!

This is a capital crime punishable by the death of nine generations of the clan, and the first person to be suspected will definitely be the merchant who supplies ambergris.

Lu Yichen was imprisoned in the Tianlao, but fortunately, Doctor Xue and Minister Li both vouched for him, thus saving him from being tortured.