Born a phoenix? The husband I picked up is the young emperor

Chapter 2183

In the Listening to the Rain Pavilion in the southwest corner, a stone table was strewn with delicate seasonal snacks. A pot of Mingqian Longjing tea sat in a celadon warming container, a faint puff of white mist emanating from the spout.

The maids served tea and retreated outside the pavilion.

Just then, a breeze blew by, gently swaying the branches of the colorful dress curtain and slightly lifting the wide white gauze sleeve on Lu's left wrist.

But there was a shallow scratch winding along the inside of the fair wrist, which had now faded to moonlight white, like a silk cloth that had been wrinkled by time and then carefully smoothed.

Only when you look closely can you discover the subtle undulations on the edge of the trace, as if on a snowy night many years ago, a thin blade had once blossomed into a blood-red plum blossom here.

Shi Anxia lowered her eyes and pretended not to see it.

Don't do anything that exposes other people's scars, just smile and chat.

Mrs. Lu was nearly fifty, but her features still retained a touch of her former charm. Time had been kind to her, and even more so to her adopted son, Lu Sangyu.

Mrs. Lu recalled the past events and expressed her gratitude. She said that if it were not for the princess's kindness, she would have been forced into a dead end by the Lu family.

"They have forged the deeds to the farmland and estates, just waiting to wipe out the entire family." Mrs. Lu still felt a lingering fear when she mentioned it.

"It's all in the past." Shi Anxia smiled faintly, "Lord Lu is now an important member of the cabinet. No one dares to bully you anymore."

"Yes." Madam Lu lowered her head slightly. "Thanks to the princess, Yu'er has this good fortune."

"It's his own hard work." Shi Anxia did not take credit for it.

Lu Sangyu used the laws of the Northern Wing to send the Lu family members to prison one after another. Everyone who had bullied them and their son was punished.

The Lu family now shuddered at the mention of Lu Sangyu. They all knew that she was a wolf, clawless and fangless, ready to bite at the throat at the first opportunity.

The two talked for a while, and Lu once again prostrated herself to Shi Anxia to express her gratitude and left.

Jiang Yan was already waiting outside the pavilion. When he saw Lu come out, he walked towards her with a warm and considerate look in his eyes.

The two of them talked in low voices and walked away together.

Shi Anxia stared at their backs in a daze, feeling a little sorry for Lord Lu, but also understanding Lu's determination to die to show her will.

Isn’t the fading scar on the wrist another kind of fulfillment?

When Mrs. Lu noticed the love growing in her adopted son's eyes, she cut her wrist with the silver scissors she brought as a dowry, and drops of blood stained Lu Sangyu's clothes.

What she saved was not only her own reputation, but also her adopted son's hard-earned future.

The etiquette and laws of this world cannot tolerate this. Even though they are not related by blood.

Later, Lu Sangyu knelt in the ancestral hall for three days and three nights, kowtowed deeply in front of the tablets of Lu's ancestors, and vowed to treat them as a mother and son in this life.

From then on, Mrs. Lu wanted to remarry.

Lu Sangyu married Lu into the Jiang family with tears in her eyes.

He suppressed the excruciating pain with extraordinary perseverance and said to Jiang Yan, "Be kind to my mother. If she suffers any injustice, I will fight her to the death."

He uttered harsh words, turned around with tears streaming down his face, his back looking desolate.

Jiang Yan is a gentle person and only thinks that Lu Sangyu cares about her mother.

His first wife passed away many years ago and he has a son.

When Lu got married, the son was only ten years old.

Later, Lu Sangyu often visited Jiang's house. On the surface, she was drinking and discussing politics with Jiang Yan, but in fact, she was secretly observing whether this man was consistent in his words and deeds.

He was like a judge, criticizing Jiang Yan with his sharp and harsh eyes.

Jiang Yanze was completely unaware of this and was always very happy to see him. During festivals, he would wait in front of the palace gate and invite him into his house for dinner.