My reborn husband and son are thinking about how to kill me every day.

Wei Zhenfang only regretted that he had been deceived by the Dong family all these years and had not strengthened his discipline over Wei Yuqi, which led to his lawlessness and caused such a big disaster.

He buried his head deep in the ground and said, "Your subject knows his mistake. Please, Your Highness, punish this rebellious son severely according to the law."

Your Majesty, I understand that for the mistakes my unfilial son has made, even death a hundred times would not be enough. I am willing to personally go to the Lu family to apologize on behalf of my son.”

One of the main reasons why Prince Rui was so furious was that the victims were the Lu family.

Ji Yunshuang is a genius. Even if he were a prince, he would still try to recruit such a person and make her willing to serve him.

But Wei Yuqi, that blind fool, actually tried to harm someone else's child. If he doesn't make his stance clear, Ji Yunshuang might lose heart towards him.

If she were to leave out of despair, they would not only lose a fierce general and a genius, but also gain another formidable enemy.

A perfunctory apology is definitely not enough.

Besides apologizing, the Wei family must be punished more severely to demonstrate his stance. At the same time, it would be best to give the Lu family some money as a gesture of appeasement.

Prince Rui pondered, his dissatisfaction with the Wei family growing stronger. However, he didn't say anything more for the time being, only sighed and granted Wei Zhenfang's request to go to the Lu family to apologize.

The threshold of the Lu family's house has been worn down by footsteps these past few days.

Besides the villagers coming to inquire about Lu Wuzheng's merits in the army, what rewards the officials had given them, and what kind of external affairs they had asked the officials to perform for them, there were also waves of matchmakers.

The Lu family has four sons. Lu Wuzheng and Lu Xumu are both of marriageable age. Previously, because they were outsiders and Lu Wuzheng was a bit older, not many people were optimistic about their relationship.

But the situation is different now. Lu Wuzheng has distinguished himself in the army and is now a seventh-rank official. At this point, no one thinks Lu Wuzheng is old anymore.

Everyone thinks he is young and promising.

At only 21 years old, he has already been promoted to a seventh-rank official. Isn't his future limitless? Many people want to marry their daughters to Lu Wuzheng and become an official's wife.

Seeing so many matchmakers coming to propose marriage to her son, Gu Chunzhi was overjoyed. She treated each matchmaker to pastries, hoping to find a good match for her son.

Because of Hu Chunjiao's case, she is now much more cautious and doesn't easily give in.

You must thoroughly understand the girl's appearance and character, and compare her with others before you are willing to commit.

After looking at the girls, she did indeed take a liking to one.

Gu Chunzhi was satisfied and planned to finalize the marriage immediately.

Lu Xumu felt something was amiss and said to his mother, "Mother, now that the matter is resolved, I'll have Tianrui send a letter to my eldest brother and the others to tell them about the situation at home! We should also tell my second brother about the girl's situation and ask for his opinion. Now that he's an official, he might have his own thoughts."

Reminded by her son, Gu Chunzhi quickly nodded and said, "You are the most thoughtful one. We should have told Erlang first."

Hearing that she was going to write letters to her mother and father again, Lu Yuzhu was overjoyed. She quickly leaned over the table and poured out all the things she had wanted to say these past few days, urging her third and fourth uncles to write them down as soon as possible.

Just like last time, Lu Xumu wrote several pages of letters to Ji Yunshuang, recounting everything that had happened at home. Only then did he take out another sheet of paper and write letters to Lu Yinheng and Lu Xumu respectively.

Lu Xumu put the small backpack that Tianrui had worn when it returned from delivering the letter on its back on its own, then put the letter in the pocket and patted Tianrui's head, saying, "Go quickly! Deliver the letter to my elder brother and the others."

Tianrui immediately ran out happily.

*

After leaving the Prince Rui's residence, Wei Zhentian immediately sent people to inquire about the background of the Lu family.

When he learned that the eldest daughter-in-law of the Lu family was Xie Liang's newly accepted disciple, his brows furrowed even more.

While he was in the army, he couldn't possibly have been unaware of the battle in which Ji Yunshuang, with only a hundred new recruits, routed the Qi army.

Although she is a woman, how could the prince not value such a divine general?

According to Tian Chou's report, the master whom the young master had apprenticed under was Xie Liang's newly accepted female disciple.

This is the younger son's doing, plotting against his elder son's master's family.

After scolding Wei Yuqi again, Wei Zhenfang ordered his men to open his private treasury and select a lot of antiques and paintings. He then went to the street and personally selected a lot of fabrics, books, gold and silver jewelry, etc., filling four large horse-drawn carriages to the brim, and personally brought them to Shuanghe Village.

When Wei Zhenfang's carriage arrived at Shuanghe Village, it caused a sensation once again.

"Whose house are all these carriages going?"

"Who else could they go to? It's definitely either the Lu family or the Wang family. I've never heard of their son being successful. He just went to serve in the army and already became an officer!"

"They just sent so many rewards back a few days ago, and now they're sending more. It's really good to be an official!"

"That's right, I saw it when I went to the Lu family the day before yesterday. The material was really good, the best I've ever seen before."

……

The villagers gathered together to discuss the rewards the Lu and Wang families had received, and how prosperous they had become.

In the crowd, Hu Chunjiao became increasingly suspicious as she listened. "Which Lu family are you talking about?"

The villagers then remembered her. They recalled that she had come in a carriage earlier, saying she was looking for a relative, and that the relative also seemed to be surnamed Lu. They quickly said, "Is your relative named Lu Yinheng? He has three younger brothers, his mother is a widow, and she also gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl."

Hu Chunjiao didn't want to admit that she was related to the Lu family. She came to Shuanghe Village this time to vent her anger.

But how could she vent her anger if she didn't let the Lu family see how well she was doing now?

She nodded and said, "That's right, that's why I came here to find them."

When the villagers heard that she was a relative of Lu Yinheng's family, they immediately became very enthusiastic.

People started asking her what kind of relationship she had with the Lu family. Some women even pulled Hu Chunjiao aside to speak well of their daughters, asking her to say a few good words for them when she met the Lu family.

Some people even asked her if she had come to visit because she heard that the second son of the Lu family had become an officer in the army.

They say the Lu family came from famine, and they hadn't seen many relatives or interacted with them before.

Hu Chunjiao didn't hear anything else; her mind was only focused on the repeated words: "The second son of the Lu family has become an official."

Isn't Lu Wuzheng, the second son of the Lu family? How could he become an official?

Hu Chunjiao didn't believe it.

In her opinion, the only capable member of the Lu family was Lu Yinheng. What future could Lu Wuzheng, that blockhead, possibly have? How could he possibly become an official?

But after confirming repeatedly, she only received one answer from the villagers.

That means Lu Wuzheng has really become an official. A few days ago, officials even came in person to deliver a reward, sending a lot of silk and satin to the Lu family.

These large carriages were probably also being delivered to the Lu family.

Hu Chunjiao nearly fainted.

She had finally managed to marry an older man from the city, and thinking she was living a good life, she wanted to go to Lu Wuzheng to show off and let him know that she was doing well after breaking off the engagement, wanting to prove that breaking off the engagement with him was the right thing to do.

But now they are telling her that Lu Wuzheng has become an official, and a seventh-rank official at that.

Then what's the point of all she did? Doesn't this mean her initial decision was wrong?

If she hadn't broken off the engagement back then, she would be an official's wife now, and she wouldn't have to serve that ugly and smelly old man, being tormented by him in bed every night.

It's definitely not true.

The villagers must have made a mistake.

Hu Chunjiao was trying to comfort herself, thinking that the villagers had made a mistake, when she heard a villager shout, "Sure enough, they're going to see the Lu family again. The Lu family has really prospered. Let's go and see!"

Many villagers immediately headed towards the Lu family's house, eager to see what it was like.

The villagers who had spoken to Hu Chunjiao earlier also said to her, "Aren't you a relative of the Lu family? We can go together."

"Is this your first time here? We'll show you the way."

What is your relationship with the Lu family?

……

Hu Chunjiao was feeling very conflicted. She wanted to go to the Lu family to see if it was really as rumored.

But she didn't really want to go; she was afraid that if the Lu family really became wealthy, she wouldn't want to accept it...

Before she could figure it out, the villagers had already enthusiastically pushed her towards the Lu family's house.