The abstinent and powerful minister is cold and aloof during the day, but he adores her in his dream

Chapter 209 Trapped in the house by the Wei family
Upon hearing the sound, Lu Zhan paused, and a vein throbbed on his forehead.

It's my mother!
Before he could react, he met his cousin's suddenly opened eyes.

Zhiwan also heard her aunt's voice, but thought she was dreaming and had misheard. Unexpectedly, when she opened her eyes, she saw her cousin's handsome face magnified in front of her.

Startled, she was about to cry out when the man's large hand covered her mouth.

The next moment, her body was lifted into the air, and her cousin actually picked her up horizontally.

Zhiwan stared at him in astonishment, "Cousin..."

"Don't make a sound, your aunt is here," Lu Zhan whispered a reminder.

Upon hearing this, Zhiwan immediately fell silent.

So she didn't mishear, it really was her aunt's voice?

But why did my aunt suddenly come to Jiangning?
Judging from my aunt's voice just now, she seemed very angry.

Could it be that her aunt came for her?
Realizing this, she turned pale with fright.

It seems that her worst fears have come true.

What she least wanted was to be misunderstood by her aunt and to disappoint her.

Seeing the tears welling up in the little girl's eyes, Lu Zhan felt a pang of anxiety and comforted her, "Don't worry, things aren't as bad as you think. Trust me, I'll handle it."

After saying this, he picked up Zhiwan and hurriedly entered the inner room.

After glancing around, he finally placed Zhiwan on the bed.

"Please stay here and don't make a sound, cousin!"

Zhiwan quickly forced back her tears, nodded, and pulled the blanket over herself.

Seeing this, Lu Zhan stood by the bed for a moment before turning around and leaving the inner room.

He had just stepped outside when he saw his mother storming in angrily.

"Why is Mother here?" Lu Zhan asked calmly.

"You unfilial son, kneel down!" Whether from anger or seasickness, Madam Wei's face was pale as she pointed at her son's nose and shouted angrily.

Lu Zhan paused and looked at Duan Ling, who followed her in.

Duan Ling raised an eyebrow at him, his schadenfreude undisguised.

Tsk tsk tsk, who would have thought that the proud son of heaven, Lord Lu, who is always polite and meticulous in his actions, would one day be scolded by his mother.

How could he miss such a wonderful spectacle?
He pretended not to see the warning look his friend gave him, stepped forward, and patted Wei's back solicitously, "Auntie, please calm down. Did Jinzhi do something to anger you and make you travel all the way to Jiangning? Just give the order, and I'll deal with him!"

In his view, it must be because Lao Lu's return to the capital this time ruined the marriage that his aunt had painstakingly arranged for him, which is why his aunt was so angry that she rushed to Jiangning to scold him.

Just as he was straining his ears to listen, Madam Wei grabbed his hand and said kindly, "Lingzi, I have some private matters to ask Lu Zhan. Please excuse me for a moment."

Duan Ling immediately said with a wronged expression, "Auntie, I'm not an outsider..."

Madam Wei's lips twitched slightly. "I don't consider you an outsider, but what Lu Zhan did this time is truly shameful. Family scandals shouldn't be aired in public. Lingzi, you have to understand your aunt's good intentions."

Duan Ling was extremely disappointed and walked out with a hundred percent reluctance.

His elders had already chased him away, but he shamelessly stayed, knowing he probably wouldn't hear anything anyway, so he had no choice but to leave dejectedly.

Once she was sure he was really gone, Madam Wei had someone close the door.

A loud crash made Lu Zhan's eyelids twitch.

He frowned and said, "Mother, why are you making such a fuss?" "Lu Zhan, are you still pretending with me?" Madam Wei was furious and said to Granny Fang standing to the side, "Bring out the family discipline!"

Fang Mama hesitated for a moment, then took out a rattan cane from behind her back and advised, "Madam, the young master has always been very proper and disciplined. This matter is probably a misunderstanding, you..."

Wei snatched the rattan cane from her hand and then waved it in the air.

The sound of something tearing through the air startled Granny Fang, who shrank back and gave her young master a look that seemed to say, "Good luck to you," before retreating to a corner.

Madam Wei gripped the rattan cane, pointed it at her son, and shouted, "Kneel down!"

Lu Zhan's handsome brows furrowed tightly. "Mother, even a criminal has the right to know what mistake he has made. Besides, I believe I have not done anything wrong."

He should have kept quiet, because his words only fueled Wei's anger.

She lashed her son's shoulder with a rattan cane.

"You scoundrel! I thought you were truly pure and abstinent, not interested in women. I never expected that you would have taken a fancy to Wan'er and even cruelly extended your evil hand to her. Poor Wan'er, so obedient and well-behaved, was forced by you, this beast in human form, and even abducted to Jiangning."

"Hand over Wan'er right now! She'd better be alright, or I'll cripple you, you unfilial son, today!"

Lu Zhan didn't dodge, taking the blow squarely from the cane. But when he heard his mother's words, his eyelids twitched, and he couldn't help but say, "Things aren't what Mother thinks..."

"It's not what I think, then what is it? Wan'er ran away from home for no reason, she must have been forced by you. You even intercepted her and brought her to Jiangning. What is this if not abduction?" Madam Wei said angrily.

Lu Zhan paused for a moment, then said to Granny Fang in the corner, "You go out first, I need to talk to my mother alone."

Granny Fang quickly and tactfully withdrew.

After closing the door again, Lu Zhan looked at Madam Wei and said seriously, "Mother, I do favor my cousin, but she is not as bad as you say."

When Wei saw how frank he was, she was taken aback.

She didn't expect her son to admit it so readily.

She couldn't help but reflect on herself, wondering if she had acted too impulsively.

But in the blink of an eye, she saw the fruit plate on the table, and her suspicions returned.

My son has never liked fruits and snacks, so why are there these in the house today?

And that round fan on the table...

Ignoring her son, Madam Wei walked straight to the table, picked up a fan from the table, and examined it.

This round fan is clearly for women...

When Lu Zhan saw his mother looking at the fruits on the table, his heart sank. Then, when he saw her pick up the fan on the table, his brow twitched, and he couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

"Ah Zhan, whose fan is this?" Madam Wei asked, holding the round fan and looking at her son with a half-smile.

"Perhaps... my cousin left here. She only arrived at the inn with me today, and the courtyard hasn't been tidied up yet, so I let her rest here for a while. I'll take her back in a bit," Lu Zhan said calmly.

His face was calm, but his palms were sweaty.

"So it really is Wan'er's." Madam Wei nodded, then suddenly her face darkened, and she angrily rebuked, "Lu Zhan, you have truly disappointed me." With that, she suddenly rushed into the inner room.

Lu Zhan's temple throbbed, and he quickly stopped her, his voice deepening, "Mother, that's my inner room. It's inconvenient for you to go in! Please be careful!"

"Get out of the way!" Madam Wei's face darkened as she angrily rebuked.

Lu Zhan frowned, but did not step aside. "Please forgive me for not being able to obey my mother."

Enraged, Madam Wei raised her hand and lashed the rattan cane across his body, yelling, "You unfilial son!"

(End of this chapter)