Chapter 29 Introducing the Referee

Chapter 29

"Is there any more movement in the Zhao Mansion?" Lv Songli asked casually.

"Mrs. Zhao went to the Chang'an government office in anger, and the Chang'an magistrate sent people to arrest many gossipers."

Lv Songli was surprised when she heard this. Why did the Zhao family take such a step? Didn't Zhao Yutan tell Zhao Wenkuan that he had anticipated their follow-up plan yesterday?

Lv Songli looked at her father, and the father and daughter looked at each other. Lv Desheng understood her surprise. Now he was a little confused about the Zhao family's actions. There must be something they didn't know about.

However, last night he listened to his daughter's advice and withdrew their people. After the Zhao family did this, you can imagine who they caught. This is going to be a good show, haha.

Lv Songli didn't know that after seeing her come back, Zhao Yutan was in a mess and didn't tell her father the details of her conversation with him. Guo Yan didn't enter the Zhao Mansion, but went home directly. She didn't see Zhao Wenkuan, her uncle, so naturally she couldn't tell him.

Therefore, Zhao Wenkuan only thought that his daughter's visit to Lv Songli was just a formality, and he didn't know that Lv Songli had played the role of a prophet and had anticipated their subsequent plans.

At this time, as Lv Desheng and Lv Songli expected, Zhao Wenkuan was indeed confused.

Originally, everything went according to plan. Letting his wife go to Chang'an Yamen today was also part of the plan. He wanted to take the opportunity to clean up the people supported by Lv Desheng. When the Zhao family was guiding public opinion, the gang of people under his hands also ended up, taking advantage of the situation and making a lot of noise that disgusted the Zhao family.

He was as fierce as a tiger, and thought he could catch the most popular chatterboxes under Lv Desheng and teach him a little lesson.

Who knew that the Chang'an Yamen had just put the captured people in jail, and the people below passed the message to the Zhao Mansion, saying that the Yamen had arrested their people. He had to arrange someone to make a trip. When his people arrived at the Yamen, they took a closer look and found that all the people they caught were chatterboxes supported by their Zhao Mansion! When the news came back, he was so angry that he almost died. They were more likely to cause trouble than to accomplish anything. Didn't they tell them to keep a low profile recently and not show up? Wouldn't it be better to let Lu Desheng's people show up? !

The people below were also suffering. They did try to keep a low profile, but the Lu family's gang disappeared directly. Didn't this still reveal themselves?

On the Lu family side, the discussion about Zhao Yutan's suicide was still going on, and they speculated on the next development.

"Zhao Yutan threatened to die. Will the Zhao family or the Xie family come directly to us to discuss the cancellation of the engagement?" Jiang was very upset when she thought of this.

Lu Desheng snorted coldly, "Does the Zhao family dare to come to our door? Does he have the face to do so?" The Xie family was also ashamed to mention this matter directly. Before, they only dared to mention it euphemistically. Both families were ashamed.

It's not their Lu family that is anxious now. Their Lu family is sitting on the Diaoyutai and will not take the initiative to promote this matter. Wouldn't the matter be deadlocked here?

Lu Songli didn't say anything. The situation is actually very clear, just as her parents discussed. After the Zhao family used Zhao Yutan's reputation and her suicide to occupy the innocent and pure position, the whole situation was stagnant. Because the Zhao family will never take the initiative to attack in public next time. The Xie family can't move either. In this matter, the Xie family can only passively accept it. They can move secretly, but they can't move in public. Their Lu family doesn't want to move. The Qin family, which has already broken off the engagement with the Zhao family, has been marginalized in this matter, and it won't have much impact.

In this stalemate, if the Zhao family still wants to achieve their goals, they must join a third party, that is, a referee. This referee must be biased towards the Zhao family and can make decisions for them, Zhao, Xie, Lu, and even the Qin family.

There are only a handful of people who can make decisions for the four families of Zhao, Xie, Lu, and Qin. After all Lu Songli counted, there are only three of them, namely the emperor, the queen mother, and the queen. It should be impossible for the emperor to do so. The emperor favors her father, and Zhao Wenkuan is not worthy of the emperor. Therefore, the judge can only be between the Empress Dowager and the Empress.

Lu Songli herself tends to think that the Zhao family will choose the Empress Dowager. First, the Empress Dowager does not like her father. Second, in comparison, the Empress Dowager is the biological mother of the emperor, and she occupies a high position of filial piety, and can compete with the emperor better than the Empress. For some small matters, the emperor is more likely to compromise with the Empress Dowager.

In addition, the Empress Dowager should not want to wade into this muddy water. After all, she has a son. If she has some ideas about the throne, then her father, a neutral faction who is only loyal to the emperor, will not be offended to death even if she cannot win him over.

After thinking about this, Lu Songli also had a plan in her mind.

At present, Zhao Yutan is still in a coma. When she wakes up, there should be a breakthrough in this matter. Moreover, she has a hunch that the coffin will be almost finalized by then.

Then Lu Songli should eat and drink. As for her inference, she didn't say it out loud to upset the two elders. Her father should be able to guess a little bit, and the father and daughter tacitly didn't mention it.

"Mom and Dad, let's not talk about these bad things. No matter what, our Lu family is the one who is right and will not suffer any loss." Then, Lu Songli mentioned the interesting things that happened in the Xu family yesterday. Because her eldest sister complained to her that she had three boys in a row, she casually comforted her that it was also good to have a son. This was heard by the little nephew, who thought that she liked sons, and the cute little nephew wanted to secretly give his brother to her, the aunt.

Jiang heard this and laughed so hard that she fell forward and backward, and Lu Desheng couldn't help laughing.

Speaking of her eldest sister, Lu Songli asked about her eldest brother Lu Zhiyuan, "Mom, my eldest brother has been accompanying my eldest sister-in-law back to her mother's house for some time, right?"

Jiang counted the days and said, "Well, it's been a decade since I was younger. It's said that your eldest sister-in-law fell down. Her father took her eldest brother to the field to look at medicinal materials. The younger brothers and sisters at home are not very old. They are in trouble. I don’t know how to deal with it, so your sister-in-law brings your eldest brother with you, which will come in handy. "

"He just heard about your matter, and he asked Tian An to come back. Your father and I wanted Tian An to go back and tell him, so that he could feel at ease and settle the matter at his mother-in-law's house. Come back. Let me and your father take care of your affairs, there is no need for him."

Lu Songli nodded, Tian An was her elder brother's long-term follower, equivalent to her right and left hand.

"Did my mother-in-law fall seriously?"

"I heard from Tian An that it's quite serious."

"Mom, why don't I go to Ping'an Town to see my eldest brother and sister-in-law?" Lu Songli thought. Her eldest sister-in-law's family is a medicine merchant. She wanted to go there to see if there were any opportunities to make money. Firstly, she wanted to make some money for her family. Secondly, I also want to enrich my own little treasury. The Lu family had a small financial background. Although her father often received rewards from the emperor, the expenses were also high, and unlike other official families, there were elders in the family to provide supplements. The specific method of operation has not yet been decided. Let’s first check out the scale of Shen’s medicinal material store.

Ms. Jiang thought for a while and said, "That's okay. It's time to go out and relax. But you have to wait and see if the weather is good before you go out."

"Okay, listen to me mother."