Contentment with modest wealth

Chapter 245 Once you're dead, you can't speak anymore.
When Su Zhixiao's reply reached Qixia Courtyard, Lu Jia glanced at Yin Liu and said, "You can go and tell Young Master Shen to prepare for the next step!"

Yinliu clapped her hands and went out.

Lu Jia sat down on the couch: "Have my uncle and aunt settled in?"

Qinghe came up and said, "They have already settled into the side courtyard that was prepared long ago. They will not leave until the Jiang family's matter is resolved."

"In addition, Jiang and Guo Lu have also been placed under guard, and Guard He and Guard Tang have led their men to lie in ambush in the shadows. Everything has been arranged!"

Lu Jia nodded, took the bowl and chopsticks, and began to eat.

Madam Yan is truly fortunate!

If she can come, it will save her trouble.

Otherwise, she would have to go through a lot of trouble to "invite" her over.

Jiang deserved to die long ago. What else could she be used for besides this last bit of purpose?
If she can't get evidence of the Yan family harming Madam Lu fifteen years ago, can't she produce other evidence?

Even if there is no evidence, we must fabricate evidence!
Cheng Wenhui was an imperial censor. What did an imperial censor do? He was an official who spoke out against wrongdoing and supervised all officials! How could he be absent from the following occasion?
Before she knew it, it was getting late. She drank a bowl of soup, ate a bowl of rice, washed up beforehand, and went to bed to catch up on her sleep.

……

After leaving the yamen, Shen Qingzhou also went to Shuntian Prefecture for a stroll. He witnessed Yang Bonong leading his men to take Guo Lu and the others away before returning to the Grand Commandant's residence.

As he passed the main courtyard, he glanced back and saw Shen Bo wiping his sword inside the window, while that idiot Shen Zhui was buzzing around him like a fly. He paused for a moment, then went inside.

The servants immediately stood at attention: "Young Master!"

The two people inside the house looked over when they heard the noise.

Shen Bo stopped wiping his sword, and Shen Zhui also stopped gossiping about the big news outside.

Shen Qingzhou walked in: "Father, are you not busy today?"

Shen Bo put down his sword: "I heard you've been quite busy lately. Why did you suddenly come back at this time?"

Shen Qingzhou said, "Something has happened to the Lu family."

Shen Bo looked at him upon hearing this, but did not say anything.

Shen Zhui tensed up and faced the door, looking ready to escape at any moment, but his ears didn't think so, still perking up towards the inside of the room.

"Lu Jie's second wife has repeatedly plotted to murder the fiancée that the Emperor bestowed upon me. This is not only a disrespect to the Emperor's authority, but also a matter of the Shen family's reputation. Does Father not intend to intervene?"

Shen Bo took a breath, about to speak, when Shen Qingzhou opened his mouth again: "The evidence presented is from Jiang's nephew, the evidence is conclusive, the testimony is clear, and Jiang has no way to deny it."

"But my future father-in-law has never had any bottom line in his actions. Besides, the Yan family has been lawless for a long time. Who knows if they will protect the Chiang family?"
"If that's the case, how is that any different from slapping the face of the Shen family?"

Shen Bo glanced at him: "They're not married yet, that's their family matter, why are you so concerned?"

"Even before she's married into the family, she's still the eldest young mistress of the Shen family."

Shen Bo glanced at Shen Zhui and said, "Is that so?"

Shen Qingzhou also glanced at Shen Zhui.

Shen Zhui immediately straightened up, his neck stiffening: "...That's right! Even if she's not married into the family, she's still a member of the Shen family!...The Yan family condoned Jiang's bullying of others, and the one they were bullying was the eldest daughter-in-law of the Shen family, whom the Emperor had arranged to marry. This is simply unacceptable!"

God!

Last time, he revealed their long-standing secret to his father, and who knows when it will be exposed. If Shen Qingzhou finds out, he might just stab him to death with a spear!

Right now, he has to quickly earn himself a chance to survive.
Shen Qingzhou withdrew her gaze and looked directly at Shen Bo. Shen Bo took a deep breath and said, "I'll think about it."

Shen Qingzhou then turned around, and the same steps she took to come in and walk out.

……

The sky darkened in the blink of an eye.

After the lanterns were lit, Yan Shu and his wife, accompanied by a large group of guards and servants, left the mansion in a carriage.

On the carriage, Madam Yan instructed the guards: "After we arrive at the Lu family residence, the master will hold off the Lu family members in the front hall. Once you enter the residence, you should secretly follow me."

"I will go to the backyard when the opportunity arises. You can then act accordingly."

The guard, Lin, agreed and then nimbly withdrew from the carriage.

Yan Shu, leaning against the kang table, said, "Remember, no matter what method you use, as long as she dies."

"In short, she can't speak until she's dead. As long as the matter remains unresolved, everything else is negotiable."

"Lu Jie is not easy to fool. What if he left a flaw?"

“I will handle the aftermath.” Yan Shu looked at her. “As long as this flaw doesn’t fall into the hands of outsiders, I will definitely have a way to persuade him.”

Madam Yan nodded, looking at her fingernails: "Then we must make up for the work that Qu-ge'er missed due to the postponement of his wedding."

Yan Shu took her hand and said, "We are husband and wife, and we have only had two sons. How could I possibly mistreat them?"

"We've been through thick and thin together all these years, how could you not trust me?"

"I've already made the arrangements; just have him wait."

Madam Yan gazed out the window, her expression gradually deepening.

When the Yan family's procession entered the Lu family's residence, Lu Jie, along with his second and third sons, greeted them at the gate.

"This Jiang Mingyi is absolutely audacious!" Yan Shu immediately rebuked upon meeting her. "How dare she face us? If Father finds out about this, he'll break her legs!"

Madam Yan sighed, "I wonder where she is being held now?"

Lu Jie said, "She lives in the main courtyard. Once the matter of her divorce is settled, you two can go and see her."

Yan Shu and his wife exchanged a glance, and Madam Yan said, "I wonder where Jia'er is? This child has really suffered a lot of injustice. Jiang Mingyi was once considered half a daughter of the Yan family, so I should apologize to this child on her behalf."

Lu Jie glanced at Zhou Shi from the second wife's household: "Second son's wife, take your wife over there."

Zhou nodded and then invited Madam Yan inside.

As Madam Yan stepped through the gate, she glanced at the guards standing at the entrance, then sighed and entered the hanging flower gate with Madam Zhou: "It's truly unimaginable..."

The guards brought along this time were naturally the best of the best among the warriors raised by the Yan family. At present, almost all the people of the Lu family were in the flower hall, and there were not many people under the corridor. Taking advantage of the cover of night, they quickly slipped inside, leaping over eaves and walls, following behind Madam Yan at a distance of ten steps, step by step.

As soon as Madam Yan stepped into the hanging flower gate, Lu Jia found out. After sending Yin Liu away, she immediately rubbed her eyes until they were red and her eyelashes were soaked with sweat. She lay sadly on the pillow.

At dawn, they all gathered around the bedside, their comforting words never ceasing.

After the Yan family entered the mansion, Shen Qingzhou, clutching the jade given to her by Lu Jia, sat in the carriage parked in the narrow alleyway below the west gate of the Lu mansion.

Two shadow guards exchanged a hand gesture in the darkness and silently scaled the wall.

At this moment, only one lamp was lit in the main courtyard of the Lu residence, and the trees in the courtyard were faintly visible, as if thousands of ghosts were floating around.