Chapter 3 Provoking a Treacherous Official
"Madam, Manager Liu wants to see you."
A maid's voice was heard outside the house.
The Lu family is very strict about rules, and unless there is something urgent, they will not easily disturb the masters from having a meal.
Mother Lu said to the two of them, "Qianqian, you and Lingxiao eat first. I'm going to do something."
After Lu's mother took Chuntao away, only Meng Qianqian and Lu Lingxiao were left at the dinner table.
Neither of them spoke, and the room was eerily quiet.
"What if I care?"
Meng Qianqian suddenly spoke.
Lu Lingxiao realized that she was answering the question he had just asked.
He frowned and said, "You are the eldest lady of the Lu family. You live a life of luxury and luxury in your mansion. Do you want to eat as much sweet-scented osmanthus cake as you want? Wan'er grew up in the border. Do you know how much hardship she has endured over the years?"
Meng Qianqian looked at him and asked in confusion, "Is it me who caused her to suffer? If not, why should I give in to her?"
Lu Lingxiao's face darkened, he put down his chopsticks and said, "It's just a portion of osmanthus cake, eat yours and ask the kitchen to make another one, why are you so persistent?"
Meng Qianqian said: "She can steal my sweet-scented osmanthus cake today, and she can steal my water chestnut cake tomorrow. If this continues every day, does that mean that from now on, whatever I want to eat, I have to pick up what she leaves behind?"
Lu Lingxiao said: "I have already given you the position of wife. Wan'er just wants to eat a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake. Does that mean she has to depend on your mood?"
Meng Qianqian said: "Thank you, husband, for remembering that I am the principal wife. Since ancient times, concubines have been working under the principal wife to make a living. Who doesn't have to look at the principal wife's face?"
Lu Lingxiao frowned even more tightly: "Don't say such harsh words..."
Meng Qianqian looked at him seriously: "Which one is offensive? Is she a concubine, or does she have to make a living under me?"
"Wan'er is not a concubine!"
"Then what is she? A concubine? A maid?"
Lu Lingxiao slammed his chopsticks on the table: "Meng!"
Chun Tao suddenly came in through the curtain and said in a panic, "Master! Madam! Stop arguing! Madam has fallen down!"
The two of them hurried to the outer hall where Lu's mother usually handled miscellaneous affairs.
Mother Lu was helped to a chair by the servants.
Lu Lingxiao asked worriedly, "Mom, what happened?"
Mother Lu held back the pain and said, "Didn't your great-grandmother, your grandmother, and your second uncle's family go to the temple to burn incense? They were supposed to stay for a few days. I asked Manager Liu to go to the temple and tell them about you. They rushed home early in the morning, and your great-grandmother fell ill on the way. I was in a hurry to pick her up and tripped."
Meng Qianqian squatted down and pinched Mother Lu's foot: "It's sprained, but the bone is fine."
Lu Lingxiao also pressed it and found it was true.
"Mom, what's wrong with my great-grandmother?"
Mother Lu said to him, "You've been gone for five years, but you don't know that your great-grandmother didn't recognize anyone three years ago."
Lu Lingxiao understood and said to Mother Lu: "Mom, I'll go pick up my great-grandmother."
Mother Lu looked at her painful feet and sighed, "This is the only way. Wait, take Qianqian with you."
Lu Lingxiao glanced at Meng Qianqian, hesitated for a moment, and finally agreed.
After leaving the courtyard, Meng Qianqian said to Lu Lingxiao, "Wait for me at the door first. I'll go back to Haitang Courtyard to get something."
Lu Lingxiao was a little dissatisfied: "Great-grandmother is ill, and you are still in the mood to get things?"
Meng Qianqian took a bag.
Lu Lingxiao was too lazy to ask what was in the bag and ordered the driver to speed up.
After half an hour, the carriage stopped on the busy street.
Lu Lingxiao lifted the curtain and got off the carriage. After thinking for a while, he reached out to help Meng Qianqian, but he saw Meng Qianqian grabbing the bag and jumping down from the other side.
Meng Qianqian went upstairs like a meteor chasing the moon.
The second wife was wandering in the corridor in a panic. When she saw Meng Qianqian coming over, she immediately felt as if she had been pardoned. She hugged her right arm and complained: "Why did you come so late? Look at how your grandmother scratched me! What a crazy woman!"
Meng Qianqian glanced at her coldly: "Second Aunt, where is great-grandmother?"
The Second Madam pointed to the east and said impatiently, "The room with the closed door! Ouch - it hurts so much! Did you come here alone? Where's my sister-in-law? Where's Ling Xiao? Didn't they say he's back in Beijing?"
"Second Aunt."
Lu Lingxiao also went upstairs.
"Ling Xiao!"
"Second Aunt, what happened to my great-grandmother?"
"On the way, your great-grandmother suddenly asked for Zhou Ji's sweet-scented osmanthus cake. Your grandfather and second uncle were afraid that she would have a relapse, so they brought her here. There was only one pound left, and the other party had even paid for it. Your great-grandmother was stupid and didn't understand the reason. She snatched the sweet-scented osmanthus cake and beat the other party! If it was an ordinary family...even an official family would have given my Lu family a little face, but that person is the manager of the Governor's Mansion! He is the man of the great Governor Lu, and our Lu family can't afford to offend him!"
Upon hearing the word "Governor's Mansion", Lu Lingxiao's expression became serious.
He had been at the border for five years, but he had heard a lot about the great commander-in-chief of the capital.
This is a treacherous minister who deserves to be punished by everyone. He has been controlling the government, excluding dissidents, bringing disaster to the country and the people, and his crimes are too numerous to list!
Although both families have the surname Lu, they are actually not related.
If it were him, it wouldn't be a question of whether or not one could afford to provoke him.
This person is cruel and ruthless, and his subordinates are all arrogant and lawless.
...This is a bit troublesome.
"Ling Xiao, think of a solution quickly!"
"Don't worry, Second Aunt, I'll go see my great-grandmother first."
After Lu Lingxiao finished speaking, he quickly caught up with Meng Qianqian.
The two came to the door.
Lu Lingxiao raised his hand and knocked on the door.
"Great-grandmother, it's me, Ling Xiao. Your Xiao'er is back. Please open the door!"
"Great-grandmother, please open the door."
"It's me. I'm really back."
No matter how Lu Lingxiao knocked on the door and shouted, there was no response.
"Did something happen?"
Lu Lingxiao frowned and was about to break in.
Meng Qianqian spoke softly: "Great-grandmother."
The door creaked and opened a little.
The old lady lay on the crack of the door and looked out furtively.
After seeing Meng Qianqian, she dragged Meng Qianqian in and slammed the door without any hesitation!
Lu Lingxiao: "..."
The old lady hung her head, like a child who had done something wrong: "Qianqian, I wet my pants again."
Meng Qianqian opened the bundle: "I'll change it for you."
After a while, the old lady came out refreshed.
Lu Lingxiao looked at the old lady who had changed her clothes, and then looked at Meng Qianqian who was calmly packing her luggage, and realized that he had wronged her just now.
"Who is this kid?"
The old lady frowned and looked at Lu Lingxiao.
Lu Lingxiao hurriedly said: "Great-grandmother, I am your great-grandson, Lingxiao."
The old lady asked, "Aren't you dead?"
Lu Lingxiao was very happy that his great-grandmother still remembered him: "It's a long story."
The old lady made a gesture of refusal: "Then don't say anything! Qianqian, let's go!"
The old lady took Meng Qianqian's hand and walked forward.
Just as Lu Lingxiao was about to catch up, the old lady, accompanied by Mr. Lu, came out from the farthest wing at the west end.
The old lady didn't even look at the old lady and Meng Qianqian who passed by her. She hurried over to Lu Lingxiao, hugged him tightly, and burst into tears:
"Xiao Ge'er - my grandson - you are finally back -"
The old lady shuddered, stuck out her tongue, and retched: "Hey——"
After getting on the carriage, the old lady took out the wrinkled snacks that had been hidden for the whole morning from her arms and handed them to Meng Qianqian, her eyes as clear as a child's.
Manager Liu said that the bad boy brought back a bad woman.
"Eat osmanthus cake, Qianqian won't be sad."
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(End of this chapter)
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