Spring is warm and fragrant

Chapter 13

Lu Zhan walked fast, and Nanny Lan had to trot to keep a distance of ten steps from him.

The wind was blowing, the wind on the night of the first lunar month was icy cold, but looking at the back of the man in front of him as stern as a Cangshan Mountain, Sister Lan felt even colder on her body.Ever since she became Zhu Shi's most trusted maid Lan, the master never asked her to come to the front yard again. This time, is there something important to tell you, or...

Thinking that the master might have heard what she said to Mrs. Zhu, Sister Lan felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave.

She tried her best to stay calm and followed Lu Zhan into the main room.

Lu Zhan turned around and sat on the red sandalwood chair.

Sister Lan didn't dare to look around, she lowered her head and stood still, waiting for the master to speak first.

Lu Zhan raised his eyes and looked at the big maid whom he once trusted very much.

He is an official of the imperial court, he leaves early and returns late, and he has only a handful of words to the maids every day.But he is confident that he understands these women, and Lu Zhan sold all those who behaved frivolously and intended to seduce him. Only the old aunt Zhou and Nanny Lan behaved properly from the beginning, so after Lu Zhan lost his wife, he adopted one as his aunt and the other. He continued to be a maid, and later when Mrs. Zhu came in, Lu Zhan worried that the new maid was not considerate enough, so he allocated his trusted mother Lan to his wife.

Lu Zhan still remembered that when he found out that Mrs. Zhu deliberately imitated those noble ladies who could not be favored at home and could only rely on extravagant makeup to save face, he persuaded Mrs.After the exhortation, Mrs. Zhu did live peacefully for a while, but then she reverted to her old ways. He questioned Mrs. Zhu, but Mrs. Zhu could only cry and said that she didn’t want to be laughed at. Lu Zhan thought it was his wife’s paranoia, and Nanny Lan could only obey his wife’s orders. .

But today, Lu Zhan found out that Nanny Lan was totally obedient and obedient, she promised well in front of him, but secretly encouraged his wife to put on a vain makeup that didn't suit her temperament.How could his wife's temper like slime resist Lan Nanny's persuasion?Sister Lan dared to mislead his wife and daughter-in-law's identity, so what about the concubine, the daughter-in-law is the only daughter of Prince Zhuang, the emperor's serious cousin, and a true royal bloodline, except for the late old concubine, the capital official Which of the wives dares to despise the daughter-in-law?Not to mention these things, the daughter-in-law is both educated, sensible, talented and beautiful, if she really can't make it to the stage, how could he come to propose marriage for the third son whom he loves the most?
His wife was born in the countryside, so if she doesn't understand these things, how could Nanny Lan not understand?

This diabolical slave deliberately wanted to provoke the relationship between their husband and wife.

What I hate the most is that he doesn't know people clearly, and wrongly blamed his wife for 20 years!
"Knowing that I don't like my wife's heavy makeup, why do you persuade her to insist if she wants to change? How dare you arrange the third wife?"

The man's voice was calm, and Nanny Lan's legs softened, and she really knelt down this time.She knew better than anyone that the calmer the master was when he was angry, the worse it would be for the person who provoked him.

When her forehead touched the ground, Sister Lan panicked and said the emergency excuse she had thought up on the way, "Master, you misunderstood, the servant did not persuade the wife to wear heavy makeup, the fourth girl is right, the wife looks better with light makeup, but after all, the wife is an imperial wife. The makeup should not be too light, this servant wants to persuade Madam to put on a little more makeup when going out, so that you can do whatever you want in the mansion."

Diao Nu's glib tongue, Lu Zhan suddenly didn't want to waste time with her, and called out: "Zhao Wu."

As soon as the voice fell, a burly man turned around outside the door, it was Zhao Wu, Lu Zhan's personal bodyguard.Zhao Wu came to Lu's house when he was seven years old, and served as an accompanying student for Lu Zhan. The master and servant studied together and practiced martial arts together. Refuse to resign, just want to stay in the Lu family.

"master."

It stopped beside Nanny Lan like a mountain, and Zhao Wu asked for instructions in a deep voice.

Lu Zhan glanced at Nanny Lan expressionlessly, "She has been secretly instigating the relationship between me and my wife, take it down and torture me, and give me an answer within half an hour." Ask the bottom line, pull out all kinds of tortures, and see if Mother Lan dares to open her eyes and tell nonsense.

"Master, don't worry, my subordinates will try it out as soon as possible." Zhao Wu hated people who betrayed his master the most in his life, and he knew the past of the master and his wife best. Nanny Xiang Lan's gaze was sharper than a knife, she bent down, grabbed Nanny Lan's left arm, and with a strong tug, she pulled people up like a chicken.

Sister Lan was terrified, and there was no trace of blood on her face.She has been with Lu Zhan for so long, and she has heard some rumors about Zhao Wu's methods of judging people. If she stays here, she can still hope that the master will take pity on her and trust her for the love she has served for many years. She will be taken away by Zhao Wu. To tell the truth, he would lose half his life.

"My lord, my servant said, I have confessed everything, please spare me!" Zhao Wu had already pulled her body far away, and Nanny Lan was not as strong as Zhao Wu, so she tried her best to fall down, hoping to delay Zhao Wu with her body weight. Footsteps, tears streaming down her face, begging Lu Zhan to give her another chance.

Zhao Wu turned his head and met the man's indifferent face. Zhao Wu understood, held Nanny Lan with one hand and covered Nanny Lan's mouth with the other, and strode away.There is a special place for punishing people in the Shangshu Mansion, Zhao Wujian walked like flying, kicked open a door in a short time, and went straight to the wooden shelf beside the north wall with Nanny Lan in his arms.

He wanted to tie Nanny Lan to the wooden frame, so he had to free his hands. Nanny Lan trembled tremblingly, and begged him with a glimmer of hope, "Brother Zhao, for the sake of serving the master for so many years, you take me Can I go see the master? I didn't provoke Madam, the master really misunderstood me..."

Zhao Wu sneered, and tied the hemp rope tightly, then grabbed a piece of gag cloth next to it, and stuffed it directly into Nanny Lan's mouth, "Is there a misunderstanding, I'll find out in a while." The iron whip hit Sister Lan hard on the immobilized left leg.

Sister Lan's hands and feet were bound, and only her waist could be twisted. She felt an indescribable pain, and she twitched in pain.Zhao Wu swung his whip for the second time, Nanny Lan's legs shook like chaff, and the two blood marks were like ravines.Like a thousand needles piercing the bone, she gritted her teeth hard, hoping to divert the pain in her leg, but she lost the energy to control other places, and only heard a crash, and she was beaten into incontinence...

Zhao Wu was not surprised, and continued beating. In the dark cell-like room, except for the sound of the iron whip breaking the wind, there was only the wailing of Sister Lan.

After beating for a quarter of an hour, interrogating for a quarter of an hour, beating for another quarter of an hour until the person could bear it, and interrogating again, the answer matched the previous one. Zhao Wucai threw the iron whip, and took a last look at the dying Lan Nanny who was covered in blood. , he went to the corner to wash his hands, and went to the main room to answer.

Lu Zhan still maintained his original sitting posture. When he saw Zhao Wu approaching, he finally moved, "What do you say?"

Zhao Wu looked at him strangely, looked at him, bowed his head much lower than when he was answering before, "Master, she, she said that she served you with my aunt back then, obviously she was prettier than my aunt, but the master chose my aunt. She felt uncomfortable, and later, after the master married his wife, she, she felt that the wife was not as good as her, and she was not good enough for you, so she tried every means to persuade the wife to dress up against the master's wishes... The subordinate asked her what benefits she could get by doing this ,she says……"

Lu Zhan's livid face darkened even more, "Say!"

Zhao Wu plopped down on his knees, gave up, bowed his head and said: "She said that she was out of sight and out of mind, that she was happy not seeing the master doting on his wife, and also happy seeing her being sad and wronged, and she also said that she didn't want to take advantage of Aunt Zhou, As soon as the master went to the aunt's side, she persuaded the wife to change back, just to reduce your suspicion, lest you think she didn't persuade the wife, and then encourage the wife to put on heavy makeup after a while."

Lu Zhan clenched his iron fist tightly, crackling.

What does Sister Lan think she is, playing them like monkeys?
She can't understand the love between him and the Zhu family, why should she?How dare a servant girl imagine him?

Having been missed by a seemingly honest maid for so many years, Lu Zhan only felt disgusted, but what he was most angry with was not Nanny Lan. If you're vain, you won't let Nanny Lan play tricks for so many years!

But Lu Zhan was not so angry that he lost his mind. He stared at his subordinate and asked, "Are you sure she is not the same as Aunt Zhou?"

He alienated his wife, but in fact, Aunt Zhou benefited the most, although Aunt Zhou didn't really get much favor.

Zhao Wu shook his head, and said seriously: "This subordinate has confirmed again and again, just mentioned that my aunt wanted to drag my aunt into the water, and I found out the clue, so Mother Lan dared not lie, and honestly confessed her dirty thoughts. "

Lu Zhan nodded, outsiders thought he doted on Aunt Zhou, and Aunt Zhou knew well that there was no need to collude with Nanny Lan.

"Let's deal with it, remember to let her live a few more hours."

With a wave of his hand, Lu Zhan signaled his subordinates to leave, and he didn't want to hear anything related to Nanny Lan.

After Zhao Wu left, Lu Zhan closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair, his chest felt as if a ball of sand had been blocked, feeling stuffy and worn out.

In vain for him to call himself a hero, he was fooled by a maid for 20 years!
There seemed to be something jumping in his forehead, Lu Zhan frowned deeply, and pressed it hard, trying to relieve the recurring headache.When I was old, I couldn't accept it. When I was young, I fought everywhere and wore armor with high spirits. However, the roots of the war injuries and diseases that fell at that time, all appeared when I was older, like the dead souls of my subordinates, using this method to collect debts.

"master?"

A familiar voice came from the door, Lu Zhan opened his eyes, and in the soft light, Mrs. Zhu ran in with small steps wearing a cloak embroidered with plum blossoms, "Do you have a headache?"

She stopped in front of him, her eyes were worried, and her face was flushed with just waking up, beautiful and gentle.

Strange to say, Lu Zhan's headache gradually eased.

He held Zhu's hand, hugged his wife on his lap contentedly, and lied skillfully to coax her, "No, it's just a little annoying. When you were asleep, someone came to Lan's house, and her natal nephew had a business accident." Dacai, I want to take her back to take care of her life. Nanny Lan is the most important person by your side. I don’t want to let her go. Nanny Lan kowtowed and begged me, but her forehead was broken. I saw it as an eyesore, so I sent her straight away. , how can I explain to you that I only have a headache."

The wife is too kind, if she knows that Lanma is dead, even if Lan is to blame, she will probably feel uneasy.

Mrs. Zhu was taken aback, she just fell asleep, and Nanny Lan left?

"Can't bear her?" Lu Zhan smiled, "How about I send someone to catch her and continue to serve you?"

Mrs. Zhu shook her head quickly, looked at the door, and sighed softly, "Forget it, her nephew is filial, and it is a good thing to take her home to enjoy the blessings. I can't keep her by my side just because I don't want to. It's just that after so many years, she After she left, I couldn't see her for the last time, so I feel a little uncomfortable." The relationship between master and servant for more than twenty years.

Lu Zhan patted her hand, "It's okay, just promote another one from the people around you, Nanny Lan has gone to enjoy the blessings, you should be happy for her."

Mrs. Zhu nodded, just about to express her dismay for Nanny Lan, when her stomach suddenly gurgled.

Facing the man's playful gaze, Zhu blushed, and complained to him in a low voice, "It's all your fault, you insist on messing around." It caused her to sleep past dinner.

"Blame me, blame me, let's go, I'll accompany you to dinner." His wife was shy and lovely, Lu Zhan's mood completely improved, and he couldn't help kissing her.

He was powerless to change the past, but luckily he still has the opportunity to make up for it. For the next 20 years or even longer, he will spend time with his wife.

After just one day of rest and bathing, before dawn the next day, Lu Zhan went to the palace early to go to court.

Second Master Lu is going too, Lu Rong is blind and has no errands, so he can sleep in comfortably, and wake up with Xiao Shi at dawn.

Lu Mingyu anxiously went to her grandmother's place to inquire about the situation, so she got up two quarters of an hour earlier than usual, dressed up and came to her parents' place to say hello.

Mrs. Xiao was still dressing up, when she saw her daughter coming in, she asked amusedly, "Ah Nuan, why didn't you sleep a little longer?"

"I miss my mother." Lu Mingyu said coquettishly, walked to the dressing table, and looked at her mother's outfit with great interest, "Mother is going out today?"

Whether a woman goes out or not, it can be seen from the makeup and jewelry of the day.

Mrs. Xiao nodded and dressed up. She turned to her daughter, supported her little shoulders and said with emotion: "When you were in a coma, my mother went to Anguo Temple to offer incense. I prayed for the blessing of the Bodhisattva. Now that Ah Nuan has recovered from illness, my mother will take you to fulfill your wish." .”

It was freezing cold, Lu Mingyu didn't really want to go, but she was resurrected from the dead, and there should be Buddha's blessing, and she really deserved to worship, so she showed a very happy look.

Xiao raised his chin toward the bed, winking at his daughter.

Mother and daughter are connected, Lu Mingyu understood, left her mother, ran to the bedside with a smile, and asked the man who was sitting there listening to a play, "Daddy, can you go with us too? The three of us haven't gone out together for a long time. "Because of his eyes, his father doesn't like to go out easily, but Lu Mingyu thinks that if he goes out for a walk, even if he can't see the scenery, his mood will be different.She was depressed a lot in her previous life, and she feels deeply about it.

Lu Rong looked embarrassed, no matter where he went, he had to use a blind stick, which would definitely attract attention.

"Father, the Bodhisattva blesses me to be safe and sound, and my mother has reconciled with you. Isn't it worth offering incense to thank you?" Lu Mingyu looked back at her mother and said with a playful smile.

Xiao Shi stared at her daughter.

On Lu Rong's fair and handsome face, there was a warm smile, and he unconsciously looked towards his wife, "Okay, let's go together."

(End of this chapter)