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When Lu Zan found out that he was going to see the empress, he knew that Yaoyao didn't want to catch up with him. There must be something else she wanted to do. But after thinking for a long time, he still didn't know what Yaoyao would ask him.
"Niang niang, please ask." Lu Zan said in a low voice.
Ye Zhen asked him to sit down first. She had a lot of things she didn't know and was still thinking about how to ask.
"Third Brother, you know that I've been living in the border town since I was born. If I hadn't heard from Mother, I wouldn't have known that the Lu Family was in the capital. Although I found out later, I didn't know much about the Lu Family, especially … about Lu Lingzhi." Ye Zhen wanted to know when the Lu family made their fortune, how did they get rich, when did they arrive in the capital, and what was Lu Lingzhi doing before coming to the capital?
When Lu Zan heard Ye Zhen's question, a trace of confusion flashed across his face. "Your Highness, Third Uncle should know all these."
"My father has lived in the border town for more than ten years. There are some things he should not know as well as you." Ye Zhen said with a smile.
"Does Your Ladyship wish to know about the Lu Family or Lu Lingzhi?" Lu Zan asked. He knew very well that Lu Lingzhi was the main reason why the Lu Family was in this state. The big brother that he once worshipped was no longer the same big brother in his heart.
Ye Zhen picked up the teacup and took a sip. "I want to know."
"The Lu family started to prosper from my grandfather. When he was young, he was a traveling merchant, barely able to make ends meet. Later on, I heard that when he went out as a merchant, he saved someone on the road. That person gave my grandfather a large sum of money as a reward. The Lu family's business started to flourish at that time, and was then taken over by my uncle. As for my eldest brother …" Lu Zan frowned as he recalled, "Eldest brother was sent away from home by my uncle when he was very young. I didn't see him often, but one day I heard my grandmother and uncle quarreling. They seemed to be saying that uncle shouldn't have been so heartless to send my eldest brother to that kind of cannibalistic place. Eldest brother wasn't at home from the age of three or four, and only came back when he was fifteen or sixteen. Not long after that, he went to the army camp and stayed by the emperor's side. Everyone knows what happened next.
"Lu Lingzhi was sent away when he was young? Where will he be sent? "Ye Zhen didn't care how the Lu family got rich. She was puzzled by the fact that Lu Lingzhi was sent away when he was a child.
Where would he be sent?
Lu Zan gently shook his head, "I don't know. My grandmother never mentioned it and my father doesn't know either."
In that case, Lu Lingzhi's biggest problem was the ten years when he was young.
"Your Majesty, why are you asking about this?" Lu Zanzhi could not help but ask. Was Yaoyao still unwilling to let the Lu clan off? Moreover, his eldest brother's life and death were already unknown, so why was he still unwilling to let him go?
Ye Zhen said faintly, "I'm just curious."
Lu Zanzhi was silent for a while. "Your Highness, do you still doubt Lu Lingzhi?"
"There are indeed many things about him that I don't understand." Ye Rou said softly, "How did he save Lu Wushuang from the Jin Kingdom and make her the Imperial Concubine of the Qi Kingdom? Third Brother, don't you think he is too capable?"
"What?" Lu Zan looked at Ye Zhen in shock.
"Third Brother, help me with something." Ye Zhen whispered.
Lu Zan's heart shivered. What did Yaoyao mean? What did she want him to do?
Ye Zhen's fingertips twirled gently on the rim of the cup. She didn't make her words too clear. She hoped that Lu Zan himself could understand what she meant. She didn't know much about Lu Lingzhi. Only during her two years in Prince Qin's Mansion, what he showed was not necessarily the real him. Using the Lu family to deal with him would at least give her a little more understanding.
She vaguely felt that Lu Lingzhi must still be alive. No matter where he was, she must find him.
Lu Lingzhi's existence was an invisible threat to her. She must remove this threat.
"Your Highness …" Lu Zan was bewildered. What did this mean? Was it what he thought it meant?
In the past few years, he had been looking for opportunities to make the Lu family make a comeback. But everyone knew that although they were cousins of the Empress, the Empress did not like them. No one was willing to make things convenient for them in any way. Just like his father who cooperated with others in business and was cheated, he didn't know who to look for.
If Yaoyao was willing to support their family and treat them as family …
Then everything would be different!
After two years of hardship, Lu Zanzhi had seen through a lot and knew what was most important.
The only thing he couldn't figure out was what the Empress wanted him to do.
"Third brother, the second and third branches of the Lu family did have some grievances before. If you want, you can let these grievances be in the past. You are already a person who can take charge of the family. I believe you are different from Lu Shixun." Ye Zhen asked faintly.
The Empress called him third brother but did not call his father second uncle. It seemed that the Empress still hadn't forgiven his father for driving the third branch away.
"Your Highness, what do you need me to do?" Lu Zan asked in a low voice. If he was still useful to the Empress, why not use him? This was his chance to make a name for himself. He didn't want to miss it.
Ye Zhen intended to use Lu Zan, but she wasn't sure if he was worthy of her trust.
"Go to the hometown of the Lu family and find out for me where Lu Lingzhi was sent. Find out everything about him." Ye Zhen whispered.
Lu Zan clenched his fists. "Your Highness, you … do you want me to deal with my eldest brother?"
"If Lu Lingzhi thought about the rest of the Lu family, he would not have done such a thing. When he and Lu Wushuang enjoyed glory and wealth in the Qi Kingdom, did he ever think about what you were living in the capital?" Ye Zhen asked faintly. "This Empress will not let him go. I used to give him a little face for the sake of the Old Madam. Unfortunately, he never changed. When I was in Western Liang, he almost killed me."
"Wasn't my eldest brother crippled?" Lu Zan asked in shock.
Ye Zhen said coldly, "He lives better than any of you."
Lu Zan's face changed. It's not that he didn't complain in his heart. If it weren't for Lu Lingzhi, the Lu family wouldn't have ended up like this. But when he thought that his martial arts and legs had been crippled, he felt that he was a pitiful person. All these years, he never hated Lu Lingzhi.
If Lu Lingzhi was really like what Yaoyao said …
Sorrow appeared in Lu Zan's eyes. Perhaps the rest of the Lu family was not important at all in his eldest brother's mind.
No wonder First Aunt would take Lu Zan to the Wilderness. It was Big Brother who sent people to pick them up. He was such a fool. He was worried that First Aunt and Lu Zan would have a hard time in the Wilderness. In the past two years, he had been constantly asking for help.
"Third Brother, it's better to rely on yourself than others. The Lu family used to rely on Lu Lingzhi to bring glory. Do you still want to rely on others now?" Ye Zhen looked at Lu Zan and asked.
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