Happy Spring Every Year

Ningxiang Courtyard was in chaos at this time.

Mother Zhao had just brought a group of burly maids into the yard without saying a word and tied up Aunt Zhou, Mother Lin and others.

After all, Lu Yunyao was the master, so the servants didn't dare to take action and just stopped her aside.

In order to vent Mrs. Lu's anger, Mother Zhao used many cruel methods.

She was an experienced woman. She didn't touch Aunt Zhou's face, but secretly held a thin needle in her hand and pricked Aunt Zhou with it, making her face turn pale and almost pass out from the pain.

General Lu was furious and rushed all the way to Ningxiang Courtyard. In his haste, he kicked the gate, making a loud noise.

boom!

The people in the yard were startled and looked over together.

"Auntie!"

Lu Yunyao cried out in sorrow, took the opportunity to break away from the servants' obstruction, and ran to Aunt Zhou's side.

Seeing Aunt Zhou's frail and miserable appearance, Lu Yunyao burst into tears. She immediately looked towards General Lu and cried out:

"Dad, please save my aunt quickly. My wife's men suddenly broke in for some reason and tied her up."

"Mother Zhao has a needle in her hand and has been plotting against Auntie!"

Concubine Zhou collapsed to the side, her forehead covered in cold sweat from the pain. She weakly called out, "General."

Upon hearing this, Mother Zhao denied it repeatedly and even spread out her hands with an innocent look on her face.

"Master, this is unjust! How dare I!"

General Lu walked over quickly, and seeing Aunt Zhou's appearance, he couldn't help but feel distressed, and immediately shouted angrily:

"Who told you—"

But at this moment, Mrs. Lu, who had been working hard all the way, also rushed over. Seeing this, she hurriedly reminded him, "Master, don't forget the purpose of this trip!"

General Lu paused slightly as he leaned over to support her.

"Everyone else, get out!"

Even though he was furious at the moment, General Lu still did not forget to protect Lu Yunyao's reputation and coldly ordered all the servants to leave.

The next moment, he threw the two letters at Aunt Zhou and her daughter.

When the voice came out of his mouth, it was filled with burning anger, "Yun Yao, did you write this?"

General Lu has only one daughter, Lu Yunyao, and because he likes Aunt Zhou, he always protects Lu Yunyao like a pearl and speaks to her in a warm and gentle voice.

At this moment, his brows were hard and cold. Lu Yunyao had never seen such a father before, and her face turned pale with fright.

Her eyes were red, and she lowered her eyes to look at the two crumpled letters on the ground, and saw her own handwriting at a glance.

Feeling her aunt gently touching her from behind, Lu Yunyao tried hard to suppress her fear and nodded with difficulty.

Mrs. Lu was prepared for Lu Yunyao to deny it to the death, but she didn't expect Lu Yunyao to be so stupid as to admit it so easily.

Mrs. Lu was instantly overjoyed and said:

"Master, look, Yao'er has admitted it!"

When General Lu saw Lu Yunyao nodded, the last glimmer of hope in his eyes disappeared. Then he heard Mrs. Lu's scream and felt dizzy.

He closed his eyes, a look of deep disappointment on his face.

Deep love and deep responsibility.

When he looked at Lu Yunyao again, anger instantly took over and General Lu raised his hands in anger.

When Mrs. Lu saw this scene, her eyes lit up with anticipation.

"General!"

At this time, Aunt Zhou cried out in a hurry, her face full of fear.

"General, why are you like this? How could Yao'er withstand such a slap from you?"

Seeing that General Lu had really stopped at Aunt Zhou's call, Mrs. Lu felt very regretful. She hurried forward in three or two steps and criticized him:

"Zhou Fu, do you know how immoral and shameless Yao'er's actions are? As her concubine, you cannot escape the blame!"

Aunt Zhou looked confused when she heard this.

Looking at General Lu's extremely disappointed gaze, she seemed to realize that the problem lay with the two letters on the ground.

So she bent down and tried hard to read the letter on the ground.

Madam Lu didn't forget to fan the flames at this time, "Zhou Fu, you saw it all, didn't you? Yao'er and the young master of the Shen family were secretly giving each other things. No, maybe it was Yao'er who seduced the young master Shen by any means."

"If the Shen family knew about this, how could the master have a foothold in front of General Shen? I really don't know where Yao'er got the courage to actually--"

Mrs. Lu wanted to use words to guide Aunt Zhou to admit her guilt, but before she could finish her words, Aunt Zhou raised her head and said with a pale face:

"General, this...this letter was written by me, Yao'er. Is there anything wrong with it?"

When Aunt Zhou said this, Madam Lu widened her eyes in disbelief, and the next moment she was surprised and happy.

She never expected that today would be so smooth and Zhou Fu would accept it immediately!

"Master, please see, I have already said that Yao'er is not so bold. It was Zhou Fu who instigated her to use this to—"

"enough!"

General Lu shouted angrily, interrupting Madam Lu's words, his eyes bloodshot as he stared at Aunt Zhou.

He just couldn't understand why Afu, who had always been smart and sensible, would make such a stupid move, and why she would be willing to push their Yao'er into an irretrievable situation.

Moreover, Afu knew that the person he respected the most was General Shen, so why did he still take action against the Shen family!

General Lu felt extremely tormented at this moment. Anger, grief, and despair all surged into his heart, making his eyes red.

"Afu, why..."

Lu Yunyao couldn't hold back her anger. Seeing that her father had really misunderstood her aunt, she stood up hurriedly and said:

"Dad, that's not the case!"

Mrs. Lu was not willing to let Aunt Zhou turn over, so she immediately interrupted her loudly. At this time, she even glanced outside the courtyard, wishing that Lu Yunzheng would arrive at this moment.

"Yao'er, stop making excuses for your aunt. In order to climb up the Shen family and become the mistress, she actually pushed you into the fire pit. Are you still unaware of it?"

"If today's events were to get out, not only would you be able to survive, I'm afraid I'd be impeached by the imperial censors again. If this were to continue, my Zhaoyong General's Mansion would truly lose the emperor's favor."

"General, Zhou Fu has already admitted it, why are you still hesitating? Could it be that the General's vast estate is not as valuable as one Zhou Fu?"

"If you can't bear it, just give her to me. I'll sell her far away."

"I wonder if Sheng'er was involved in this matter. Even if not, I'm afraid that child has also been led astray by Zhou Fu!"

Mrs. Lu spoke a long string of words in rapid succession.

She had been fighting with Zhou Fu for nearly twenty years, and now that success was about to come, how could she remain calm?

General Lu felt an unbearable dull pain in his heart and was about to say something harsh when Aunt Zhou raised her head.

She had sweated a lot, her hair was stuck to her forehead, her face was pale, and she looked very embarrassed.

"Madam, is this why you sent people to torture me today without any reason? Then let me ask you, where did you get this letter?"

Seeing that Aunt Zhou was still trying to resist, Madam Lu sneered, "As the mistress of the house, how could Yao'er's little tricks escape my eyes? I stopped her when she handed it over."

Upon hearing this, Aunt Zhou smiled bitterly and looked at Madam Lu and asked weakly, "Madam, you only stopped these two letters, right?"

When Madam Lu heard this, she felt something was wrong, but the situation was very good now. She hesitated for a moment and said coldly:

"It seems that you are indeed a habitual offender! Zhou Fu, you are so shameless that you actually—"

"I have no shame?"

Aunt Zhou could no longer hold back her tears. She looked at General Lu with a feeling of grievance, her voice choked with sobs.

"General, based solely on these two polite letters, Madam, without first asking me about it, and without wanting to find out the truth, rushed to you and distorted the facts. Furthermore, she used such sinister intentions to speculate about me and Yao'er."

"If the general had not pitied me, I would have come to ask a question. If I were in another family, I would have been sold out and beaten to death."

"This time when the general came to question her, Madam pressed on, her words sharp and insinuating, adding insult to injury."

"Is it that I covet the position of the head mistress, or is it that Madam can no longer tolerate the three of us, mother and daughter, and is eager to put us to death and get rid of us as soon as possible?"

At this point, Aunt Zhou burst into tears, and her whole body swayed weakly, almost unable to sit still.

Lu Yunyao couldn't stop crying and hurried to help Aunt Zhou, but she heard Aunt Zhou sobbing:

"Yao'er, go get all the letters."

"My life is insignificant, but I cannot allow Madam to ruin your reputation and ruin your life!"