The little ancestor of the family

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Madam Lu's words were too pointed, so Lu Tingen didn't dare to respond. He just said, "When you come back, our mansion will definitely be a completely different place."

The time was almost up, and the officials urged us to set off.

Lu Tingen had no choice but to say goodbye to his mother again, and with tears in his eyes, he watched Old Madam Lu being carried away.

"Mother just said that after she comes back, the people in the mansion are the ones she wants to see. What does that mean?"

Watching the crowd walk away, Leng Qingyu suddenly asked.

"Mom is confused. Did you just say something to upset her?"

Leng Qingyu looked at Lu Tingen with a reproachful look on his face, "My Lord, why do you think so? We came here this time just to let our mother pass away in peace, so how could I make her unhappy?

It was my mother who didn’t know the truth and refused to accept the cotton-padded clothes I made for her.”

Leng Qingyu said as he took the cotton coat from the maid and unfolded it. Inside were more than a dozen silver bills.

"Look, I was worried that my mother wouldn't have enough money to spend on the trip, so I went to the bank to exchange some silver notes, but she just threw them on the ground and scolded me for not being worthy of being your wife."

She became angrier and angrier as she spoke, and she simply put the banknote away. "Forget it, I won't be so kind again. Mother won't like me anyway!"

Looking at the stack of banknotes in Leng Qingyu's hand, Lu Tingen was extremely envious.

The money he gave to the officials this time was from the old lady's private stash.

If he had known that Leng Qingyu was so generous and would take out so many banknotes at once, he would have let his mother accept them no matter what.

"Mother doesn't know that you are giving her money. She may not like the appearance of this cotton-padded jacket, so she is a little unhappy."

Lu Tingen tried to make amends.

"With so many officials here, I can't say there's money in the clothes. If I do, can I still keep the banknotes?"

Leng Qingyu said, "Besides, Mom is going into exile, not going on a trip. This kind of thick and warm cotton-padded clothes can help her cope with the freezing cold weather in Ningguta."

Lu Tingen didn't expect Leng Qingyu to be so thoughtful.

He looked at Leng Qingyu's expression and saw that she didn't seem to be pretending. He couldn't help but doubt his judgment some time ago.

Could it be that he misunderstood her?

Qingyu is still the same Qingyu as before. Is he like this now just because he is dissatisfied with himself?

impossible!

Lu Tingen immediately denied himself.

Even if Leng Qingyu hadn't changed, his plan couldn't be delayed any longer.

We cannot let a moment of leniency delay important matters.

Thinking of this, he showed a warm smile on his face, looked at Leng Qingyu and said: "I have kept all these things in mind for my mother. When my mother comes back one day, I will let her know your good intentions!"

"Forget it. I can't say that I have good intentions. I just want to show my filial piety."

The two returned to the mansion.

Leng Qingyu went back to the bedroom to find Ye Xinran.

Lu Tingen came to the backyard where the old lady lived and took out the medicine he had brought back from Shunyitang from the cabinet.

"Madame Sun."

Lu Tingen ordered.

"Make a medicinal soup tonight and add this herb into it."

Nanny Sun took the bottle and saw the black powder inside. She couldn't help but ask, "My Lord, what kind of medicine is this?"

Lu Tingen's expression changed immediately. "Madame Sun, you have been with the old lady for so many years. Don't you know not to ask questions that you shouldn't ask?"

Nanny Sun trembled with fear and said quickly, "Yes, yes, I know."

Dinner is a rare reunion dinner in recent times.

Lu Tingen, Leng Qingyu, Ye Xinran, Lu Zhiyi and others were all there.

But Ye Xinran doesn't like this kind of dinner.

She prefers to eat alone with her mother.

The kitchen prepared four dishes and one soup.

As soon as the dishes were served, Lu Zhiyi took the initiative to stand up and serve soup to everyone.

"Mom, you've worked hard these days. This bowl of soup is for you first."

Lu Zhiyi said in a flattering tone.

Leng Qingyu raised his eyes and said, "Put it here."

Lu Zhiyi quickly put down the bowl and went to get other ones.

This soup is cooked with duck and other medicinal herbs such as wolfberry, angelica, longan, and atractylodes.

The duck meat was cooked till soft, but the soup tasted very delicious.

Ye Xinran finished the whole bowl without realizing it.

Seeing that she liked it, Leng Qingyu asked the maid to help her serve another bowl.

When he looked up, he saw Lu Tingen staring at him, as if he was distracted.

"My Lord, why are you looking at me?"

Leng Qingyu asked.

Lu Tingen quickly came back to his senses, "Oh, I see you are only thinking about Xinran, you haven't even had the soup yet. The soup tonight tastes good, you should try it."

Leng Qingyu didn't think much about it and picked up the bowl and took a sip.

The taste is indeed ok.

Slowly, she drank her own bowl as well.

Seeing her finish the soup, Lu Tingen's lips curled up unconsciously.

Then he tilted his head back and drank up all the soup in his bowl.

This medicine is actually made from the wings of the forget-me-not.

In the medicine that Leng Qingyu originally took, the proportions of the body and wings of the forget-me-not insect were the same, so a balance could be maintained.

But once the medicine is taken, the wings of a large number of forget-me-nots disrupt this balance, causing the toxins buried in the body to explode.

But for other people, this medicine actually has no effect.

He just wanted Leng Qingyu to take the entire medicine in her daily diet. In this way, others would think that it was her own problem, and even if they wanted to check, they would have no idea where to start.

Lu Tingen felt refreshed after this meal.

The stone that has been weighing on me for so many years has finally come to the point where it can be released.

He couldn't help but feel a little excited.

As long as Leng Qingyu dies, all the things in her warehouse will belong to her.

Be it the Leng family or Ye Xinran, he has a way to make them obedient.

As for the treasure of the Leng family, he had spent so many years trying to get it but still couldn't get it. So he might as well take a hard approach and just go and rob it directly.

The more Lu Tingen thought about it, the happier he felt, to the point that Lu Zhiyi realized that something was wrong with him.

When the two of them walked out of the front yard and headed for the backyard, Lu Zhiyi couldn't help but ask, "Dad, what good news have you got that makes you so happy?"

Lu Tingen was walking forward with his hands behind his back, humming a little tune. When he heard Lu Zhiyi's words, he immediately paused, "What did you say? Can you tell that I'm happy?"

"It's too obvious!" Lu Zhiyi said, "Just now at the dinner table, I actually noticed it a little bit.

Grandmother just had an accident, you shouldn't have this expression, is there something good going on?"

The only good thing Lu Zhiyi could think of was her marriage to the third prince.

She asked Lu Tingen because she actually wanted to know whether there was any progress on this matter.

Unexpectedly, Lu Tingen was not thinking about this matter at all.

Compared to why he was happy, Lu Tingen was more concerned about whether Leng Qingyu had noticed his happiness just now.

"Was I really that obvious just now?" Lu Tingen asked.

Seeing that he was a little irritated, Lu Zhiyi began to hesitate: "Maybe, it's not obvious. It's because I was looking at my father just now, so I could feel it."

Lu Tingen thought about his performance just now, and then remembered that Leng Qingyu had already finished the bowl of soup, and he finally let go of his worry.

I don’t care whether she can see it or not.

Anyway, the overall situation has been decided. Even if she noticed something, it was too late.

……

At the same time, in Leng Qingyu's bedroom.

Ye Xinran lit up the Yunhuanxiang that she had just prepared and asked Leng Qingyu to help her smell it to see if there was anything that needed to be adjusted.

Leng Qingyu tasted it carefully and said:

"The scent of peach blossoms overwhelms the scent of wood leaf flowers, making the taste a bit scattered. I'll try using less peach blossoms next time."

"it is good!"

Ye Xinran took a pen and wrote it down.

After recording it, Ye Xinran said to Leng Qingyu: "Mom, did you notice anything wrong today?"

Leng Qingyu combed her hair slowly with a comb and said, "You mean, the Marquis's mood."

"Correct!"

Ye Xinran said, "He looks so happy. He doesn't look sad at all. Was his previous filial piety just an act?"

"That's not true."

Leng Qingyu said, "He has always been respectful and filial to the old lady, otherwise, he wouldn't have run around begging for mercy this time."

"That means he has another good thing going, and the benefits brought by this good thing are far greater than the blow he has suffered from the old man's accident."

"Yes!"

Leng Qingyu sighed.

"Lu Tingen still has some influence in the court, and he has the support of the Third Prince behind him. Who knows, maybe he has gained some benefits!"

"The Third Prince, is he the Crown Prince?"

This was the first time Ye Xinran asked about matters concerning the imperial court.

"Not the prince."

Leng Qingyu said, "The original prince was the eldest son of the current emperor. A few years ago, he went to war on behalf of his father and was injured in the northern border.

While I was recuperating in the capital, I suddenly received a secret report from Northern Frontier, saying that the crown prince was colluding with people from Northern Frontier and was trying to usurp the throne.”

Ye Xinran frowned, "He is the crown prince. The throne will be his sooner or later. Why is he so eager to usurp the throne? This is another power struggle."

Leng Qingyu shook his head. "I don't know the details. I just remember that people were in a panic during that period, and Lu Tingen went out early and came back late every day. However,"

Leng Qingyu recalled something and said, "Later, we did find some letters between the Crown Prince and Northern Xinjiang in the Crown Prince's Mansion. The letters also contained evidence of an attempt to assassinate the Emperor."

"What then?"

Ye Xinran became nervous.

This kind of thing has been seen frequently in books before. People in the royal family would not believe it simply by reading a letter, right?

Leng Qingyu said with some regret, "The emperor was furious and imprisoned the prince in his palace. He also ordered the execution of General Xiao's family in the Northern Frontier at that time."

General Xiao?

Ye Xinran's heart moved.

Could this General Xiao be Xiao Huaian’s family member?

Leng Qingyu did not notice the change in Ye Xinran's expression, and continued, "I heard that the emperor is kind and, considering General Xiao's family's meritorious service in defending the northern border, he issued an order to leave an heir to his family.

But the situation of that descendant is not optimistic either. No one knows where he was exiled to. No one knows whether he is still alive now."

Leng Qingyu said this with a sigh.

"A year later, the northern border tribes attacked again. The defending officers and soldiers were inexperienced and retreated step by step. They lost a total of five cities before they managed to stabilize the situation.

The emperor was filled with remorse and wanted to thoroughly investigate the prince's collusion with Northern Frontier, but by then the Xiao family had been defeated and the prince had committed suicide in his mansion, so the matter was left unresolved."

Ye Xinran was annoyed, "Didn't the Xiao family say there was someone else? Why doesn't the emperor want to redress their grievances?"

"I don't know about that. I got the news from chatting with other ladies. Your father never talks about these things."

Leng Qingyu said.

The more Ye Xinran thought about it, the more she felt sorry for Xiao Huaian: He was clearly the one being framed, so why should he work hard for the court again?

It would be better to let them all die.

But this is just an angry thought. How can the eggs remain intact when the nest is overturned?

If something really happens to the imperial court, the common people will suffer.

Thinking of this, Ye Xinran finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But the feeling of heartache in my chest still lingers for a long time.

The mother and daughter slept well all night.

Lu Tingen, who lived in another courtyard, couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

He has been keeping an eye on what's going on here.

Wait to hear screams and shouts.

But to his disappointment, there was nothing.

He waited until the candle burned out, and the front yard was still quiet.

Lu Tingen was restless.

Is it that there is no effect?

impossible!

He dismissed the idea out of hand.

It has been verified before that as long as a little bit of medicinal guide is put into the medicine, Leng Qingyu will have a constant headache.

I’ve put so much in today, how could it not have any effect?

But if it is effective, why is there no movement until now?

Did she just faint?

Lu Tingen waited until dawn with this hope.

The next day, as soon as he finished washing up, he came to the front yard.

As soon as I walked into the yard, I saw Leng Qingyu playing with the birds in the yard.

"My Lord, so early?"

Leng Qingyu greeted him when he came in.

Lu Tingen's mind was still in a mess, and he only responded confusedly: "Well, you're here early too."

After saying that, Leng Qingyu ignored him.

After feeding the parrot, he got up and went back into the house.

Seeing that she was normal, Lu Tingen couldn't help but said, "Qingyu, the weather is getting colder, you should wear more clothes, otherwise you will feel uncomfortable."

Leng Qingyu smiled and said, "Thank you for your concern, Lord. I think this is pretty good now."

"Remember to put on that headband as soon as possible. Have you had any symptoms of insomnia and headaches recently? I remember that you tend to get headaches when you get cold."

"I've been feeling much better lately."

Leng Qingyu was a little surprised, "How come the Marquis cares about others so much!"

Lu Tingen smiled awkwardly, "We have been married for so many years, haven't I always been like this?"

Leng Qingyu nodded and said nothing.

After breakfast, when Lu Tingen left, Leng Qingyu immediately said to Ye Xinran: "I think something is wrong with Lu Tingen!"

Ye Xinran: "Yes, I noticed it too."

Lu Tingen paid too much attention to Leng Qingyu.

Although we used to pretend to be in love, it was not like this now.

Combined with Lu Tingen's attitude last night, Ye Xinran suddenly had a very bad intuition.

"Mom, I need to take some blood from you for examination. I suspect that Lu Tingen has done something to you!"

Leng Qingyu couldn't believe it: "But I don't feel anything!"