Mo Rongzhan, dressed in a dark blue brocade robe, stood majestically in the mourning hall. The young women had long noticed him and were guessing his identity in their hearts. They did not expect him to be the emperor.
How could the emperor be with Lu Yaoyao? Didn't … didn't they say that Lu Yaoyao's background was not good, and the emperor would certainly not make her empress again?
"This common woman pays respect to the emperor. Long live the emperor!" Pei Shi had seen the emperor before, but she couldn't believe that the emperor would come back with her daughter. She thought she had recognized the wrong person and was the first to react.
The others hurriedly knelt down.
Mo Rongzhan nodded faintly, "All rise."
Lu Yaoyao's second wife looked up in surprise. She had already determined that Lu Yaoyao could not be the empress. Why … why did the emperor still want to make her the empress? She was the descendant of the Ye family!
"Yao Yao, do you want to go back to the palace with me, or stay here?" Mo Rongzhan didn't expect such a change in the Lu family. Now that he couldn't coax Ye Zhen to follow him into the palace, he couldn't stay here either. After all, there was a funeral, and he must be uncomfortable.
Ye Zhen whispered, "Stay."
Mo Rongzhan nodded gently. "Then I will go back to the palace first. You … don't be too sad."
He watched her shed tears and his heart tightened.
"Your Majesty, this subject will send you out." Lu Shiming bowed his head and said. The emperor's incense had already made him very frightened. Looking at the emperor's attitude towards his daughter, Lu Shiming felt even more frightened.
Mo Rongzhan took a deep look at Ye Zhen and turned to leave the Lu family.
Ye Zhen knelt on the futon, still very sad.
Pei Shi came to her side and helped her up. "Come and burn some paper money for the old madam."
"Mother, I came back late …" Ye Zhen regretted it. If she had known earlier, she would not have stayed with Mo Rongzhan in Hamu City. If she had come back two days earlier, she might have been able to see the old madam for the last time.
"This is fate." Pei Shi whispered, wiping the tears from the corners of her eyes. "The old madam didn't blame you. She knows your life experience and still treats you as a granddaughter."
Old Madam Lu didn't blame her and treated her as a granddaughter, which made Ye Zhen feel even more uncomfortable.
"Since you've left, don't come back. Haven't you caused enough harm to the Lu family?" Second Madam Lu glanced at Ye Zhen and snorted sarcastically, "Maybe one day she will kill the rest of us."
Ye Rou looked at her coldly.
"Am I wrong? Ever since you came to the capital, nothing good has happened to the Lu family." The second wife of the Lu family scoffed.
When Lu Jing saw Lu Yaoyao reappear and the emperor personally sent her back, she was so jealous that her mind went blank. She thought that Tang Zhen was the most handsome person she had ever seen. Who would have thought that the emperor was also so unparalleled? Where did Lu Yaoyao get such good luck? Why did she get the emperor's care?
"Mother, it's not like there's nothing good in our family. Didn't Yao Yao get conferred the title of Empress?" Lu Jing said in a low voice.
Second Madam Lu sneered. "That's right. The whole family is down on their luck. She's the only one who's doing well."
Hong Ling, who was standing behind Ye Zhen, saw that Second Madam Lu was simply a shrew, no, a stupid woman! "Second Madam, if our miss is unlucky, I think your Lu family will be even more unlucky!"
"Oh, people who want to be Empress are different. Even the maids around her are particularly imposing." Second Madam Lu mocked in a shrill voice.
Ye Zhen said faintly, "Second Madam, you are right. The maids around me are better at talking than you."
"Yao Yao, you are still wearing mourning clothes. Are you going to be disrespectful to me, an elder, in front of the old madam's mourning hall?" Second Madam Lu wailed, "Mother, look, this is the white-eyed wolf raised by our family. She even dares to be so presumptuous to me, the second aunt. How good can we expect her to be to the Lu family in the future …"
Pei Shi trembled with anger. "Wang Shi, don't push your luck. Do you think that our third branch is easy to bully?"
"Oh, who dares to bully your third branch? The old madam has handed over the power of the Lu family to you. In the future, our second branch will have to live under the watchful eyes of your third branch." Wang Shi sneered.
"If you have any dissatisfaction with the old madam's decision, go to her and make it clear. Don't be a shrew here." Pei Shi said coldly.
Wang Shi burst into tears. "Mother, did you see that? Pei Shi, she actually cursed me to die like this! "
Lu Jing looked at the farcical scene with gloating eyes. Madam Wang was indeed a shrew. After the trouble she had caused, there would definitely be bad rumors about Lu Yaoyao in the capital. It would be best if her reputation was completely ruined. Let's see if the emperor still liked her.
Ye Zhen felt guilty towards Old Madam Lu and respected Lu Shiming and his wife very much. But for the rest of the Lu family, she did not have extra kindness to treat them, let alone allow them to invert black and white and step on her head.
"Since you like to complain to grandmother so much, it's better to let you accompany her and talk to her every day." Ye Zhen looked at Wang Shi's eyes as cold as ice. Not to mention respect for the elders, there was no emotion at all.
Wang Shi's howl was choked in her throat as she stared at Ye Zhen.
Lu Jing frowned and said, "Yao Yao, my mother is your elder. How can you talk like this?"
"I'm just fulfilling her wish, am I wrong?" Ye Zhen looked at Lu Jing innocently with a pair of bright and beautiful eyes.
"Have you all forgotten what the old madam said before her death? If you want to be an elder in front of Yao Yao, then you have to act like one." Pei Shi looked at Wang Shi with a sullen face. She didn't like this sister-in-law at all. Today, seeing her treat her daughter like this, she was even more displeased. She only felt that living with such a person was really tiring.
Wang Shi snorted coldly, "The old madam was confused before her death. You can't listen to all her words at all."
"For example, what can't you listen to all her words?" Pei Shi asked with a sneer. "Don't you just want the power of the Lu family?"
"You are a country bumpkin who has lived in the Border Town for more than ten years. Can you still manage so many people in the Lu family?" Wang Shi didn't shed all pretenses of cordiality and said that what she wanted was the power of the Lu family. The Lu family's business was gone and it was in decline. But for so many years, the old madam had hidden many treasures. She must not let the third branch swallow them all.
Ye Zhen understood that Wang Shi had been making trouble for so long because she wanted the power of the Lu family.
"I also grew up in the Border Town. Who are you calling a country bumpkin?" Ye Zhen looked at Wang Shi coldly. Did she think that a shrew with no family background was really so noble?
"I'm talking about you!" Wang Shi shouted.
Ye Zhen gave Hong Ling a wink. Hong Ling stepped forward and slapped Wang Shi's face.
The mourning hall quieted down in an instant.
(Nine-headed Bird Academy)
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