Contentment with modest wealth

Could there be a trap in Chapter 302?

Today, the Jin family came for Lu Ying. It is true that Lu Jia was accidentally injured, but because of her viciousness, if Lu Jia hadn't had those guards with her, wouldn't she have suffered the same fate?

Does that mean Jin will atone with her death by then?
Or what if the woman in that room today wasn't the young mistress of the Shen family with a large retinue, but some other commoner? Wouldn't she have been bullied for nothing?

So no matter who it's aimed at, there will inevitably be a victim. Since the Jin family did it, they must pay the price.

Yan Shu and his wife were still forcing her to become an informant, while Grand Commandant Shen had been eating the meals he had carefully prepared for many days, yet he still showed no sign of wanting to change his opinion of his daughter-in-law. Of course, Lu Jia would not confront Yan Liang face to face at this time.

If the Jin family has someone to save the day, does that mean the Shen family has no one to help them?

Even if Shen Qingzhou isn't here, isn't there still her father-in-law who's the Grand Commandant?

When Lu Jia entered the family, she knelt and paid homage to the ancestors of the Shen family!
Even if the Grand Commandant dislikes this daughter-in-law, he can't just ignore this public humiliation, can he?
She got herself and Fuxiao covered in filth, and after passing through the hanging flower gate, she deliberately chose the main road back to Bibo Pavilion.

The so-called right path means that there are many people along the way.

As expected, as soon as they arrived at the gate of Bibo Pavilion, Qinghe and the others in the courtyard came to greet them.

Just as everyone was asking questions, two people came running up from behind, their gruff voices ringing out from a distance: "Big Sister Jia!"

There weren't many people in the Grand Commandant's mansion with such a loud voice and the ability to shout like that. With the repeated cries of "Second Young Master," Shen Zhui leaped up and down to him in a few bounds.

The barking of dogs from the corner of the wall was deafening, and Shen Zhui, who hadn't even regained his footing, immediately retreated.

But that didn't stop him from peering at Lu Jia with a shocked look as he clung to the threshold: "Father wants you to come over—what's wrong with you? Why are you like this?!"

Lu Jia stepped out the door: "Where is Father?"

"study!……"

Lu Jia waved to Fuxiao behind her and strode towards the study in the main courtyard with the agile steps she had honed in Shawan!

She walked so fast that she almost left Shen Zhui behind. When she reached the door of the study, she slowed down, rubbed her eyes until they were red, and then stepped into the courtyard.

"The young lady is here."

The servant at the door turned and reported to Shen Bo inside the house.

Shen Bo looked up and his eyebrows twitched the moment he saw Lu Jia walk in. He watched her until she was right in front of him, noticing the mud on her skirt, her loose hair, and her red eyes after she finished her bow. His usually stern face crumbled, and he swallowed back the questions he was about to ask.

"What's going on with you?"

"Father, your daughter-in-law is incompetent. Today, she has allowed someone to publicly humiliate the Shen family!"

After saying this, Lu Jia lowered her head, rubbed her eyes, and choked up.

Shen Zhui, who followed in, couldn't help but ask before Shen Bo could, "Who dares to do this? You are the young mistress of our Shen family, the wife of the Duke of Yingguo!"

"It's the eldest daughter-in-law of the Yan family!" Lu Jia blurted out, then said with tears in her eyes, "Those two old women who serve the eldest daughter-in-law of the Yan family, while I was resting alone in the tea room of the Taoist temple, secretly instigated the third son of the Xie family, the Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial, to break in and offend me. Fortunately, Fuxiao and the guards I brought were there and prevented him from succeeding. They even caught him in time, which allowed me to expose the mastermind behind it all!"

"My God!"

Shen Zhui stared wide-eyed in disbelief, then quickly turned to look at Shen Bo.

Shen Bo stood up: "The eldest daughter-in-law of the Yan family? Yan Liang's wife?!"

"Exactly!"

Shen Bo still couldn't hide his shock and suspicion: "How could she do such a thing to you? Wasn't your marriage with Yu'er only arranged because the Yan family proposed it to the Emperor?"

After returning from the Northwest, Shen Bo tried his best to avoid clashing with the Yan family. Little did he know that Yan Song would still manage to scheme against his only son's marriage. This matter undoubtedly became a thorn in his heart. Even though he had secretly approved of the girl when he first met her during the tea ceremony, the marriage relationship between the Lu family and the Yan family still made him unable to let go of his resentment.

Lately, Lu Jia has been managing her affairs very well, and the servants in the mansion are increasingly convinced of her worth. Shen Bo is well aware of this.

Even the three meals a day recently have been exactly what he wanted. They are far better than the meals arranged when Yu'er was in charge of the household. He knows that this is his daughter-in-law's idea.

But he felt that the biggest concession he could make was to let her and Shen Qingzhou live a good life together. After all, putting aside her status as a young lady of the Lu family, she had already won Shen Qingzhou's heart. As long as his son was satisfied, he would turn a blind eye.

The guard who came to report earlier did not explain things very clearly, only saying that the young mistress who went to Baiyun Temple to offer incense returned crying.

This shouldn't have been something he cared about.

She suffered a loss; Yu'er should go and inquire about it.

But she had finally become a member of the Shen family. Yu'er wasn't home right now, and if she really ignored him, she would most likely be blamed by that boy later. So she called her over.

Little did she know that she would encounter the Yan family!

He had already shown great courtesy by avoiding the Yan family at every turn, yet the Yan family still dared to be so arrogant? Even if it were just his young mistress who was injured, or even if it were just one of his servants, shouldn't they at least have some reason to talk to him?!
But this is very illogical. The Lu and Yan families are in cahoots, and Yan Song was the one who strongly promoted their marriage. Logically speaking, the girl's relationship with the Yan family shouldn't be that bad. So why did the Yan family bully her in public?
Could this be some kind of scam?
Thinking about it this way, his anger subsided, and his gaze became somewhat suspicious: "Is there any witness to this?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Jia pointed his elbow towards the door and said, "There are four guards who accompanied my daughter-in-law. Father, just summon them and ask them!"

Shen Bo stroked his beard and glanced at her, then dismissed the servant at the door: "Go to Baiyun Temple."

The guards of Bibo Pavilion were all trained by Shen Qingzhou. Since they were assigned to this girl, they would naturally follow her lead and her words could not be trusted.

The servants received the order and immediately left.

Lu Jia glanced at them, then lowered her head to wipe her eyes, and then sniffed.

Shen Zhui couldn't hold back any longer. In his eyes, Lu Jia had never been so cowardly. He remembered the first time he saw her, she was about to smash him with a brick. How courageous she was!

The fact that the Yan family has bullied us like this shows just how despicable and shameless they are!
He strode over: "Father! Please take me to the Yan family to seek justice for Sister Jia!"