Contentment with modest wealth

Chapter 312 You're out of date!

Yan Liang stood still, staring intently at Lu Ying.

Lu Ying turned to the side, pursed her lips, and said nothing more before continuing towards the third house.

Seeing Yan Liang being criticized repeatedly, the servants bowed and stepped forward, saying, "Young Master has not yet eaten. Why don't you go back to your room and rest?"

Yan Liang glanced at him with a dark expression, then turned and headed towards the eldest son's house.

Lu Ying stopped and turned around in the distance. Li Mama glanced at her and said, "The Yan family spent a lot of effort to bring the Lu family back into the camp recently. Now that the eldest young master knows that the eldest young mistress's original intention was to target you, Grandma, even if he doesn't expose this matter, he should teach the eldest young mistress a lesson in private, right?"

Lu Ying withdrew her gaze and stretched: "If he were truly a smart person, he would act accordingly!"

How the Shen family would vent their anger, and what trouble it would bring to the Yan family, were things Lu Ying didn't care about; these were not matters she could currently interfere with or control.

All she knew was that the punishment Jin Shi received was simply because she had offended Lu Jia. If it were any other woman in the court, who would dare to turn the Yan family upside down? And who would dare to teach her a lesson?

So she still has to settle the score the Jin family owes her!
The powerful Yan family had suffered such a blow today, and no matter how unwilling they were, under the orders of Yan Song and his son, no one dared to cause any more trouble.

Furthermore, the entire household quickly received orders not to receive any visitors for the next two weeks, ostensibly to reflect on their mistakes. However, in private, Shen Bo successfully filed a complaint, and who would dare to ignore it and not investigate further?

But no one knows what's going on in the Yan family mansion behind closed doors. As for the Grand Commandant's mansion, ever since Shen Qingzhou brought Shen Zhui back, there has been no peace!

Shen Qingzhou met with Yang Bonong to discuss the Yan family's commendation earlier that morning. Midway through, he received news of the turmoil Lu Jia had encountered at Baiyun Temple. He was originally planning to return home, but then he heard that Shen Zhui had gone to cause a scene at the Yan residence, so he was no longer in a hurry.

Although the Yan family is in the wrong, they are not pushovers. Their counterattack must be carefully controlled until the very last moment.

Besides, since Grand Commandant Shen went to the palace, although it was not in his style to file a complaint, there was still a 50% chance that he might do so.

If they go too far, the lawsuit won't go very smoothly.

So they let Shen Zhui fool around for a while, and arrived at the Yan family's door at just the right time.

The two brothers naturally didn't say a word the whole way.

But Shen Zhui couldn't control his gaze at all. All the way, his face kept glancing towards Shen Qingzhou, and the guards under the carriage also frequently turned their gazes toward Shen Zhui.

Lu Jia had already heard the news and came out of the door to greet them. As soon as she opened her mouth, Shen Zhui immediately stood up straight and said, "I know I was wrong. I will go back to my room now and punish myself by copying the book ten times!"

Before Lu Jia could even speak, he dashed away.

"What's wrong with him? Why is he being so obedient?"

Lu Jia was very surprised.

"Leave him."

Shen Qingzhou put his arm around her shoulder and led her back to Bibo Pavilion.

The first thing he did upon entering was to recount the whole story. Lu Jia felt relieved, but couldn't help but worry: "I still don't know how things are with Father. Could he have really gone to the palace to file a complaint?"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Tang Yu rushed into the courtyard in three strides: "Young Master, Young Madam, the Grand Commandant has filed a complaint against the Yan family father and son. The Emperor has demoted Yan Shu and suspended Yan Liang from his post!"

Lu Jia stood up after a moment of stunned silence: "What did you say?!"

Tang Yu then repeated it again with great excitement!
Lu Jia was stunned! In other words, her father-in-law, who had always looked down on her, not only went to the palace to file a complaint, but also won, directly impacting the official positions of the powerful Yan family!

You should know that when Wei's affair was exposed last time, Cheng Wenhui went to great lengths to sue the Yan family, but in the end, Yan Song only received the punishment of being confined to his home to reflect on his mistakes!

There is no doubt about Grand Commandant Shen's standing in the Emperor's eyes, but to achieve such a result, Grand Commandant Shen must have taken real action!
She turned to look at Shen Qingzhou, who walked over and asked, "Where is the Grand Commandant?"

Tang Yu pointed to the outer courtyard with his elbow: "They've already returned to the manor and just went into the study!"

Shen Qingzhou then took a step and walked towards the study.

Lu Jia quickly followed.

Grand Commandant Shen had just taken his seat in the study. Zhai Guan was placed to the side by him. He stood under the curtain, holding an incense stick in his hand, which he was lighting.

He noticed the movement of light and shadow at the doorway, turned his head and saw Shen Qingzhou. He paused for a moment, then continued lighting incense: "What is it?"

Shen Qingzhou watched his figure, paused for a moment, walked to the desk, and lifted the lid of the hot tea that the servant had just brought in for him.

The aroma of tea mingled with the rising scent of ambergris, creating a peaceful atmosphere in the room.

Grand Commandant Shen walked over slowly, glanced at Yi Zhe who was walking into the courtyard from afar, then walked around Shen Qingzhou and sat down behind the desk: "Speak your mind. I'm busy."

Shen Qingzhou paused for a moment: "Why did you choose to take action today?"

Grand Commandant Shen glanced at him: "Zhui'er did such an outrageous thing, so of course I had to strike first to prevent the Yan family from turning the tables on us."

Shen Qingzhou glanced at him: "Really?"

Grand Commandant Shen shook the scroll in his hand, his gaze falling on the pages: "Haven't you always thought I was biased towards him? Only this explanation makes the most sense."

Shen Qingzhou rolled his eyes with a straight face and turned to walk out. Halfway there, he turned back and said, "The best Longjing tea in the capital nowadays comes from Anjing Tea House. Your tea is yellowish in color, so it's obviously from Liu's Tea House. Liu's tea-making techniques are from more than ten years ago and are already outdated."

Commander Shen paused, lifting his gaze from the tea, only to find that the man had already walked away.

Yi Zhe walked in, glanced at Shen Qingzhou's back, then at Grand Commandant Shen: "Young Master seems to be in a good mood today? I even saw him smile."

Grand Commandant Shen pointed to his tea: "Liu's tea was praised by the Emperor back in the day, and he actually says it's outdated? He says I'm outdated?!"

Yi Zhe stroked his beard and smiled, "Perhaps the eldest young master has another meaning behind his words?"

Grand Commandant Shen neither agreed nor disagreed, but he was also quite annoyed.

Yi Zhe handed over the dossier he had brought: "This is a copy of Tong Yin's memorial after the autopsy, which was sent by Eunuch Li. He repeatedly instructed that the Grand Commandant must investigate the matter of the Northwest military pay thoroughly."

Shen Bo took it: "Has He Ping left the palace?"

"When the Grand Commandant first entered the mansion, Commander He left the palace and returned to the Embroidered Uniform Guard. After leaving the palace, Lord Lu went directly back to the Lu mansion and did not go to the Yan family, nor did he send anyone there."

Shen Bo stared at the threshold, his brows furrowing slightly: "A review of the Northwest military pay will inevitably require the cooperation of the Ministry of Revenue."

"The Yan family is unaware that they've been implicated by the Jin family yet, but they will find out sooner or later. And once they react, they will definitely join forces with Lu Jie to resist."