My wife has a secret

Chapter 23 Confession Bureau
"Ji Xia."

Seeing that his young lady had made up her mind, Ji Xia didn't say anything more. He could only take out the handbag from the lining of his clothes and distribute the money to these Lu family members.

Lu Wanhe continued, "If you have children under the age of sixteen, you can let them stay and study. I will invite special teachers to teach them... When they grow up, they can choose to take the imperial examinations or do what they want."

There was a commotion among the crowd and no one could believe their ears.

They are unwilling to travel long distances to return to their ancestral homeland because the journey is too long and they are very likely to get sick.

But Lu Wanhe could do so much for their children, she was no different from the living Bodhisattva worshipped in the temple.

"We were wrong."

"I came here for Grandpa Xiaohe's property, but I didn't expect that in the end, I would end up like this."

"Thank you Xiaohe."

After Lu Wanhe explained all this, she turned around and knelt down to greet Hai Dafu who was waiting beside her.

"Master Hai, I'll have to trouble you to take care of the rest... Although they were wrong before, they are all related to me by blood. Master Hai, please be careful about what you do."

Chief Steward Hai had a faint smile on his face and nodded, "Don't worry, Miss. I have worked for the Xu family all my life, so I still have some good eyesight."

"Well, I'm going to go to the backyard to meet my husband."

Lu Wanhe finished speaking in a soft voice, then left the front yard and went in the direction Xu Qing had gone before.

After a while, she saw him in the yard where she had rested yesterday. Xu Qing was lying in a rocking chair basking in the sun.

The warm autumn sun was like a golden thread, penetrating the clouds and shining on Xu Qing.

Lu Wanhe stopped and looked at this gentle and peaceful scene.

She leaned forward slightly, bowed and said, "Thank you for your teachings, my husband. I will keep this in mind and learn from it."

Xu Qing opened his half-closed eyes, and after seeing that the person coming was Lu Wanhe, he raised his eyebrows and asked, "Madam, what are you talking about? I am a layman, I have read few books, how can I have that ability."

"My husband, please don't be so modest... I understand that this scene was performed by my husband specifically for Wan He to watch, because my husband wanted to teach me the truth that a gentleman is concerned with righteousness, while a villain is concerned with profit."

Lu Wanhe lowered her eyes, recalling what happened today, and said softly: "The Lu family has neglected their studies for many years, and I am the only one who has gotten stuck in this book frame and can't get out, so my husband wants to tell me that studying hard and having compassion are useless."

Xu Qing stopped rocking the chair and looked at Lu Wanhe with a playful look.

"Then can you tell me what this sentence means?"

"Gentlemen and villains focus on different moral principles and values, which leads to different things they pursue. For example, what happened in my Lu Mansion is that those clan members were blinded by interests and what they did went beyond basic moral ethics, so they became real villains."

Seeing that Xu Qing did not reply after Lu Wanhe finished speaking, she continued, "My husband used the cricket fighting competition as a pretext yesterday, and used the head of the Lu family and those valuable gifts as prizes, just waiting for them to lose their composure and be blinded by the benefits. And my husband has also taken great pains for me. I am afraid that Ji Xia disappeared these two days because she was assigned by my husband to take care of this matter, and wanted to vent his anger for me today."

"Then do you know why I kept it from you?"

"I understand that you are worried that Wan He will not be able to bear the consequences and will delay your plans."

Xu Qing sat up from the rocking chair and looked at his wife with some surprise.

He knew that Lu Wanhe, as a disciple of a great scholar of the time, was very intelligent and sharp-minded, but he didn't expect that she could actually guess this.

"Wanhe also understands that my husband played the villain in front of the people in the Lu Mansion today just to give me a chance to play the good guy. After my husband's actions, everyone in the Lu family will be afraid of the young master of the Xu family and be grateful to Wanhe. Over time, Wanhe will become the true head of the Lu family who is convinced by them." When Xu Qing was belittling the Lu family, Chief Steward Hai quietly moved to Lu Wanhe's side and reminded her that there was still Puyuan.

Everyone in Suzhou knew that Marquis Jingdong lost his own Pu Garden to her at the poetry meeting two days ago, and this became the best place for Lu Wanhe to arrange those children.

The title deed to Puyuan is with Xu Qing, and Chief Administrator Hai’s reminder must have been ordered by Xu Qing.

This shows that when Xu Qing was planning, he had already thought of a way out for those children.

Lu Wanhe bit her rosy lips and said slowly, "Husband, everything you do is for Wanhe, right? The Lu Mansion is the family business left by my grandfather, and it is also what Wanhe cares about the most. I have no way to repay such a great favor..."

Xu Qing sat up straight and asked seriously, "You don't really need to do anything. The reason I'm helping you with your family affairs is that I have a few questions for you."

Hearing this, Lu Wanhe felt a little disappointed.

She didn't know why she had such emotions, but she still forced herself to cheer up and replied in a calm tone: "If my husband wants to know something, Wan He will tell you the truth."

"Okay, then you look up and we can talk frankly."

Lu Wanhe raised her head slightly, revealing a delicate and refined face, like an exquisite painting, breathtakingly beautiful.

"Please speak, my husband."

“Have you ever heard of Mandragora?”

When asking this question, Xu Qing carefully observed the other party's expressions and movements.

If there was any slight change in Lu Wanhe's facial expression, it would not escape his eyes.

But to his disappointment, there was only some obvious confusion in the other person's clear pupils.

"Datura? I've never heard of it... Is it a kind of flower?"

Xu Qing frowned. Given the character of the Third House Lu, she would never deceive him in this conversation.

It seems that she is not the one who poisoned the woman, so the biggest suspect in the mansion falls on Qin from the fourth house.

"It's poison. The poison in my body comes from it."

"Wha...what?"

Lu Wanhe was stunned by Xu Qing's words and couldn't recover for a long time.

It took her a long time to recover from the blow. When she looked at Xu Qing again, her eyes were filled with deep worry.

"Husband, this poison..."

"The person who poisoned you should be in the backyard of the Xu Mansion. I have confirmed that this matter has nothing to do with you. Don't worry... After returning to the Xu Mansion, your life will be normal. I won't bother you again."

Lu Wanhe's breathing became rapid unconsciously. She looked away and remained silent.

"I hope you can keep your mouth shut about what happened today. After all, I'm still investigating the real culprit behind this incident, and I don't want the news to leak out."

(End of this chapter)