The Concubine's Daughter Travels Through Time and Space and Takes the Road of Confrontation

"Where's my brother?" Lu Yun didn't see him. "Did he go out to eat with his classmates?"

Zhang nodded. "If he knew you were coming back today, he wouldn't go no matter who invited him. It's been a while, please sit for a while."

Lu Yun: "Mother, I remember Uncle San's family has an escort agency?"

Zhang nodded and said, "The goods in my shop are all transported by their escorts. Why are you asking this?" She knew that Yun Jieer had opened a shop in cooperation with a businessman named Zhou. Did they have a falling out recently?

"It's a noble in the palace who wants to transport a batch of grain to Cao State." Lu Yun said vaguely.

Zhang turned her daughter's words over in her head and guessed, "Is it Concubine Li?"

Lu Yun didn't expect her mother to guess so quickly, and she no longer tried to hide it. "That's right, Your Majesty. Princess Yongle wrote to me asking for some seeds, and Your Majesty told me about it. I just happen to have 20 shi of seeds on my farm."

Zhang frowned slightly. "Although Cao State and our dynasty have established an alliance, will selling seeds to Cao State be criticized?"

Lu Yun knew her mother was planning something for her, so she smiled and said, "Empress Li is a cautious person and would never harm her daughter. The Cao Kingdom and the Qin Dynasty have always had trade relations, so mother, don't worry. Your Majesty is magnanimous and wouldn't punish his subordinates for a few dozen stone of grain and wine."

Zhang finally relaxed her brows and said, "I will tell your third uncle's grandson about this."

Lu Yun winked at her mother. "Princess Yongle sells large quantities of wine produced in Cao State to Qin Dynasty every year, earning hundreds of thousands of taels of silver. She uses part of this money to purchase Qin Dynasty classics, historical records, seeds, and medicinal herbs. My daughter, Princess Yongle has great ambitions, and my uncle's family has great potential."

"My sister Yun is so insightful. It's true that the saying 'one should be looked at with new eyes after three days of absence' is true." Zhang exaggerated.

Lu Yun felt a little embarrassed. "My mother treats me like a child."

Everyone laughed.

Lu Hui walked into the house, wiped the sweat from his head, and handed the oil-paper bag in his hand to Yin He. "Here are the snacks I just bought. Eat them while they're hot, sister."

Lu Yun took it and it was still warm. She looked up and smiled, "Thank you, brother." She picked up a piece and put it in her mouth. It tasted just like what she remembered, soft and sweet.

Lu Hui sat aside. Seeing his flushed face, Zhang couldn't help but wonder, "Where did you come from? Look at you, you're sweating."

I personally handed a cup of hot tea to my son.

Lu Hui gulped down a few mouthfuls before saying, "It's nothing to hide. Just now, on my way back, I saw a group of people gathered around to watch the fun. I went over to take a look and found that it was actually my uncle and my eldest cousin. My uncle was so angry that his face was red and his neck was thick. He was scolding my eldest cousin. I listened for a long time but couldn't hear what he was saying. I asked the other onlookers, and they said, uh—" Lu Hui said tactfully, "They said that my eldest cousin was hanging around in the casino and was caught red-handed by my uncle."

Zhang said calmly, "I hope your uncle can keep your brother in check and stop him from hanging out with those bad friends all day. Nine out of ten gambling losses, the Marquis' Mansion has enough money for him to lose."

At the Marquis of Ping'an's residence, Master Lu threw a stack of notes to the ground and roared, "Tell me, when did this start?"

Lu Cheng knelt on the ground tremblingly, whispering with a trembling voice, "About a month ago, my son just went there to play. At first he could win a little, but later he kept losing more and more." He was so desperate to gamble that he felt dizzy as he pressed his fingerprints one by one, bringing in piles of silver, and then repeating the cycle over and over again. He had no idea how much he owed.

"You, you evil creature, I must beat you to death today!" Master Lu was so angry that he raised his hand and threw the teacup at hand, hitting Lu Cheng on the head.

Lu Cheng felt a warm current flowing down from his forehead. When he touched it with his hand, he felt that the vision in front of him turned from red to black. "Blood, bleeding!" His eyes were wide open, his speech was incoherent, and his body fell limply to the ground.

Qin rushed over and saw the scene in the house. Without saying a word, she sent for a doctor and pushed her husband hard. "What are you doing? Are you really going to beat him to death? If he dies, who will inherit our family business?"

"He wants to inherit our Lu family's fortune just like this! Just look at what he has done." Master Lu was furious and walked away, leaving Qin Shi bewildered.

Qin rolled her eyes at the roof and said, "It's just that I've divorced that girl from the Chen family, and I can just find another one." After saying that, she picked up the note on the table and took a look at it. Qin was stunned at the first glance.

"The lender, Lu Cheng, now borrows eight hundred taels of silver from Tongbao Money House at a monthly interest rate of two thousand li, to be repaid at any time upon arrival—in the scripture—"

"The lender, Lu Cheng, is now borrowing one thousand taels of silver from Tongbao Money House, with a monthly interest rate of two thousand percent—"

"The lender, Lu Cheng, is now borrowing three thousand taels of silver from Tongbao Money House, with a monthly interest rate of two thousand percent—"

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There were a total of twenty IOUs, large and small, with the longest being one month and twenty days, and the shortest being three days, totaling approximately 12,0935 taels, which would require a repayment of more than 13,000 taels in interest.

Qin's eyes were bloodshot. "These IOUs, ah!!" She screamed and fainted on the ground. Nanny Qin pinched her and poured water into her until she finally woke her up.

Nanny Qin wiped her tears and said, "Madam, you must take care of yourself."

Qin was barely breathing. When she thought of those IOUs, her blood rushed to her head and her eyes went dark. "Where's the master?"

"A group of people just came and they were looking for the master. The master went to the front." Nanny Qin said.

Qin's face was filled with despair as she muttered to herself, "This bastard, this bastard who ruined the family, should have been strangled to death back then. It would have been better than what happened now. Bastard, bastard!"

Many people saw the scene of Tongbao Money House carrying silver out of Ping'an Marquis Mansion in a swaggering manner, and rumors began to spread that the eldest son of Ping'an Marquis Mansion was addicted to gambling and had squandered the family fortune.

Finally, someone couldn't sit still anymore, and several elders of the Lu family went to find Master Lu who was staying indoors.

"Lingping, where is Brother Cheng?" asked Old Master Lu San in a deep voice.

Master Lu lowered his eyes and bowed, "My son is quietly reviewing his lessons at home. I wonder what brings you elders here?"

Seeing his expression, Old Master Lu San said directly, "I heard rumors in the capital that Cheng'er lost tens of thousands of taels of silver. Is this news true?"

"That's not true. Cheng Ge'er has always been well-behaved and sensible, and he is studious and motivated." Qin walked in from outside and signaled the maid to serve tea to the elders.

Old Master Lu San hadn't planned to ask all the questions at once. "That's good. Our Lu family finally got the title, and we can't lose it here with you." After saying that, he stood up and left. When he reached the door, he turned back to look at Old Master Lu. "Lingping, the results are about to be announced. Is Brother Cheng confident?"

Master Lu said, "Brother Cheng is stupid and still a little short of maturity. The master said he needs to wait a little longer."

"Oh, Ling Cong is now unemployed at home, why not ask him to come back and give you some advice." Old Master Lu San sighed, "I'm old, I actually forgot about Ling Cong's expulsion from the house."

The couple's faces turned pale after hearing these words. Old Master Lu San, with his hands behind his back, left in anger with several elders of the clan.