My stepmother is here, all the rebellious sons and evildoers should kneel down!

"What? The Empress Dowager... Dad, what am I going to do in the palace with the Empress Dowager?"

Lu Xingcheng looked confused.

The Empress Dowager lived in the Cining Palace. Besides eunuchs, she was surrounded by palace maids, aunts and the like!

"Oh, I see! Dad wants his son to be a guard in the Empress Dowager's palace, right? That's good. My son's career is difficult now. If I can become a guard in the Empress Dowager's palace, I can at least get official salary! In the future, if there is a chance, my son will definitely find a way to attract the Empress Dowager's attention!"

Lu Xingcheng seemed to see a glimmer of hope. No matter what, he had to leave this hellish place where even rabbits wouldn't shit.

Lu Zhanyao looked at Lu Xingcheng and said nothing!

This quiet atmosphere made Aunt Mei very uneasy.

"Xingcheng, don't just be happy... Listen to what your father has to say... Zhanyao, is Xingcheng going to be a guard in the palace? That's too dangerous! He doesn't have much martial arts skills, and if he encounters an assassin, won't he have to stand in front of the Empress Dowager?"

As soon as Aunt Mei finished speaking, Lu Xingcheng said in annoyance: "Mother, what do you know? If I really encounter an assassin, I will risk my life to make the Empress Dowager pay attention to my son! Wasn't that how Lord Yu became a favorite around the Empress Dowager? If he can do it, why can't my son!"

"it is good!"

Lu Zhanyao immediately clapped twice loudly!

Xing Cheng was overjoyed: "Dad, what I said is right, right? Didn't Lord Yu become so rich and prosperous because he moved the Empress Dowager? If it weren't for Wen Qiqi's interference, Lord Yu would have been buried in a blessed pit! I was very envious a long time ago. It would be great if our Lu Mansion could be like Lord Yu's!"

Madam Lu and Lu Shengshi nodded, "That's right! Zhan Yao, if the Cining Palace is short of guards, let Xingcheng go!"

To be honest, if it were in the past, Madam Lu would never be willing to let Lu Xingcheng be a guard!

In her eyes, Lu Xingcheng was like Lu Zhanyao, wearing a robe and jade, and becoming a rare talent among men.

Your eldest grandson should bring honor to the family!

How can a mere guard show off his status in front of others?

"Right now, there is no better choice. At least one of our family members needs to return to the capital and enter the palace, so that we can hold our heads up high in our hometown!"

Mother Lu no longer cares about the hope of returning to Kyoto. She just wants to stay in the Lu family's old house and not be criticized by others!

"Yes! If Xingcheng becomes a guard of the Cining Palace, maybe one day he will really get a decent opportunity! In the future, if he becomes a first-class guard of the Cining Palace, he will get a lot of official silver!"

Thinking of the huge sum of money, Lu Shengshi subconsciously raised the corners of her mouth: "Aunt Mei, should you be thankful that you returned to our Lu family in time? If it weren't for my brother, Xingcheng would have no hope in this life."

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Seeing his family members talking at once and becoming increasingly excited, Lu Zhanyao felt somewhat embarrassed to speak.

But later, when he heard Lu Shengshi talking about Aunt Mei bringing Xingcheng back for refuge, his eyes suddenly became firm and cold.

"Not as a guard!"

He looked at Lu Xingcheng: "Didn't you say that you envied Lord Yu? This time, you will enter the palace to serve the Queen Mother!"

"what!"

Lu Xingcheng's mind raced, and he shouted, "Dad, are you crazy? You want your son to be a eunuch in the Cining Palace?"

As soon as these words came out, Madam Lu and Lu Shengshi were stunned, their mouths opened wide and they couldn't say a word.

Aunt Mei would never allow this to happen. She protected Lu Xingcheng and said, "He is my life! Even if I die, I will never let him go to the Cining Palace to be a eunuch... Lu Zhanyao, you are so cruel! You must be deliberately making trouble for us because I brought him back to my mother's home!"

"no!"

Lu Zhanyao got angry and pushed Aunt Mei away: "If you are reluctant now, you will completely destroy him! Xing Ben is already ill. Last time, because of Qin Yu's matter, everyone knows about it! Now that he has such a good job, maybe he can be like Lord Yu in the future... If a man has a lot of money, what can't he do?"

"Besides, I already have someone to back me up and make concessions. Xingcheng should be more cautious after entering the palace...others don't know that he hasn't been castrated!"

"There is such a thing? Lu Zhanyao, stop lying to me! How can there be room for an unclean man in this harem?"

Aunt Mei panted and stared at Lu Xingcheng with wide eyes: "Son! You are not allowed to go! It seems that the Lu family will not treat us well. Let's go! Let's go now!"

"I do not go!"

At the critical moment, Lu Xingcheng pushed Aunt Mei away!

"I listen to my father!"

"what?"

Aunt Mei was immediately shocked: "Xingcheng, have you thought it through?"

"Rather than living a life worse than death in this hellhole, my son might as well give it a try! If I can be like Lord Yu and be favored by the Empress Dowager, I will surely be clothed in fine clothes and fed with delicious food, with mountains of gold and silver piled up at home! If not... it's better than living in that doghouse with you!"

He thought of Qin Yu and was so angry that he trembled all over!

"Wen Qiqi made me a laughing stock in the capital, and I can no longer hide my hidden illness! Even if the Lu Mansion is still the same as before, those prestigious ladies will not marry me!"

Lu Xingcheng clenched his fists and looked at Aunt Mei fiercely: "If I don't enter the palace, is there any way out? Not to mention that I don't have to be castrated, even if I really have to be castrated, I will still work in the Cining Palace!"

These words made Aunt Mei so angry that she almost choked to death.

Madam Lu and Lu Shengshi didn't know what to say, they could only look at Lu Zhanyao eagerly: "Is this okay?"

"It's natural and appropriate."

Lu Zhanyao took out a bundle from his arms. The bundle was thin, but when he opened it, it was filled with a thick stack of silver bills.

These silver notes are worth at least five thousand taels!

"Mother, Sheng Shi, with this money in hand, how can it be fake? I need to spend some of it to take care of things in the palace for Xingcheng. We can also use the rest... The most important thing is that I must find Wen Qiqi as soon as possible!"

"What? You still want to find Wen Qiqi?"

Lu Shengshi frowned fiercely: "Brother, you must be crazy! If Wen Qiqi knew that you escaped from the prison, she would kill you with one knife! You are courting death!"

"Yes, son! I understand that you want revenge, but you can't just hit a stone with an egg!"

Madam Lu was worried that her son would be upset: "As long as there is green, there will be no shortage of firewood! When your son enters the palace, if you have the chance, go to the Empress Dowager and complain to her..."

"It's not that easy."

Lu Zhanyao sneered: "Xingcheng entered the palace only to serve the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager has long since stopped participating in government affairs. The Emperor trusts the Wen family very much! Expecting Xingcheng to take revenge is like an ant trying to shake a tree!"

"What should we do? Dad! Even if you find that bastard Wen Qiqi, what can you do to her?"

Lu Xingcheng was so angry that his teeth itched: "After she divorced her father, she must have lived in the Wen Mansion! She will be the daughter of a rich family again!"