Concubine in power

No matter who it is, it will always be happy to see the free money.After Chu Hansheng and Lu Zhiyao were polite, they put away the money.However, the impression of Lu Zhiyao in his heart also changed slightly.

In the room, Lu Yuanzheng listened to Ye Lianrong's understatement that when she wanted to borrow some money, a stern look appeared between Lu Yuanzheng's brows.

"How much?" Lu Yuanzheng asked in a low voice.

Ye Lianrong clenched her right hand, nervously scratching her palm with her fingernails.Lu Yuanzheng's question made Ye Lianrong feel hopeful.With a flattering smile, she stammered out the number "1 taels", which caused Lu Yuanzheng's face to change when he was sitting in the chair.

"Ten thousand?" Lu Yuanzheng frowned, he didn't expect Ye Lianrong to ask for so much. "What are you going to do?"

Ye Lianrong knew that Lu Yuanzheng would ask why, so she thought of many excuses before coming.Ye Lianrong walked behind Lu Yuanzheng, put her hands on Lu Yuanzheng's shoulders and gently massaged them.It's a pity that her flattery did not soften Lu Yuanzheng's heart.

"Master, I wouldn't beg you if it wasn't a last resort. Let me tell you the truth, this money is not for me, but for my elder brother."

"Why does he need so much?!" Ye Lianrong didn't mention Ye Chengnan, but when Ye Chengnan was mentioned, Lu Yuanzheng became even more unhappy.Lu Yuanzheng knew who Ye Shengnan was.Ye Chengnan, who usually idles around, is still able to serve in the Ministry of Officials because of Ye Zhihua and the prince.If the money was in his hands, it would basically be a waste of money and he would not be able to get it back.

Lu Yuanzheng's suddenly amplified voice made Ye Lianrong, who was standing behind him, tremble.With courage, Ye Lianrong continued to talk to Lu Yuanzheng: "He made a partnership with others and lost money, and owed them money. He really has no choice but to find me."

It stands to reason that this is the first time Ye Lianrong asks for money from herself, so Lu Yuanzheng shouldn't refuse to give it.However, the amount was too large, and Ye Chengnan was involved, so Lu Yuanzheng really didn't want to give it to them.Lu Yuanzheng didn't want to hear Ye Lianrong's reasons anymore, so he raised his hand to stop her from speaking. "Let me think about it, you go back first."

Seeing hope, Ye Lianrong immediately nodded and walked out of the study with a smile on her face.Lu Yuanzheng looked at Ye Lianrong's back, pondered for a long time, and then stood up with a livid face and left the room.

Lu Yuanzheng originally came back to take a breath because he thought the room was a bit boring. He walked slowly in the mansion alone, and Lu Yuanzheng walked forward with his head down.

"father."

A familiar voice sounded, and Lu Yuanzheng looked up.When Lu Zhiyao walked in front of him, Lu Yuanzheng nodded slightly.

"Father, why is your complexion so bad? Are you feeling unwell?" Lu Zhiyao's appearance here was not a coincidence. She had been hiding in the dark and followed Lu Yuanzheng after she saw him go out.Knowing that Lu Yuanzheng was in a bad mood because of something, Lu Zhiyao asked Lu Yuanzheng with concern, and finally had a reason to ease Lu Yuanzheng's uncomfortable heart.

"It's nothing, don't worry." Lu Yuanzheng raised his hand and patted Lu Zhiyao's head, and asked, "Are you free? Walk with Dad?"

"My daughter has a lot of time!" Lu Zhiyao took Lu Yuanzheng's arm and stayed by his side.After hearing Lu Yuanzheng's side-by-side question about her and Lin Yinan, Lu Zhiyao smiled shyly and said in a low voice, "Father, what do you call your daughter about this matter. If you're really in a hurry, why don't we go and see my sister, sister?" The wedding date with the Seventh Prince is getting closer and closer, and I have already stepped into the royal family, which is different from my daughter."

"Hey, it's okay if you don't say Qing'er, once you mention her..." Lu Yuanzheng looked at Lu Zhiyao with a worried face, and hesitantly expressed his worries. "The Seventh Prince has a high position and authority. I'm really afraid that your sister's appearance is no longer what it used to be."

"Father, my sister is not as beautiful as before, but I think the Seventh Prince still dare not do anything to my sister. After all, she is my daughter." Lu Zhiyao flattered Lu Yuanzheng without any trace, and Lu Yuanzheng listened. Feel at ease. "Furthermore, Erniang's side is not an ordinary family. My sister has such parents, who would dare to bully her?"

"I hope so." Lu Yuanzheng didn't want to talk more about Ye Lianrong and Lu Zhiqing, but Lu Zhiyao saw it and took pleasure in it.

Lu Zhiyao gradually slowed down his pace, looked sideways at Lu Yuanzheng's gloomy face, Lu Zhiyao thought for a while, and said: "Father, there is something I have been holding back in my heart and dare not say it, but now I am really holding back It’s uncomfortable, so I want to tell my father.”

"Oh? What's the matter, let's hear it." Lu Yuanzheng became interested, and led Lu Zhiyao to the garden and sat down.

"Father, my mother has been dead for so long, have you ever thought of her in these years?"

Lu Zhiyao mentioned Yang Xinyuan without any warning, which darkened Lu Yuanzheng's face which had just recovered. "This is what you want to say?"

"Father, mother died shortly after I was born. I don't even have an impression of what she looks like. Every day when I see my younger sister and Erniang together, I always think that it would be great if my mother didn't die." Lu The more Zhiyao spoke, the lower his voice, and the tears appeared in his eyes, making Lu Yuanzheng's heart sink. "Everyone is saying that my mother's death is all because of me. But dad, it's been so many years, don't you still think so?"

"What do you mean by that?" Lu Yuanzheng heard some disbelief, his eyes flickered, he stared at Lu Zhiyao intently, and motioned for her to finish speaking.

"Mother was the eldest lady back then. After giving birth to me, my father must have sent many maids to take care of her. Didn't you doubt her death?"

"Did you hear something?" How could Lu Zhiyao say these words so well?When Lu Yuanzheng remembered the scene when Yang Xinyuan died, his heart was still aching.

"I won't talk nonsense without any evidence. Dad, my daughter will give you the answer in two days."

Lu Zhiyao half-spoken, Lu Yuanzheng didn't know what she was going to say next, and felt very uncomfortable.After scanning Lu Zhiyao's body for a while, Lu Yuanzheng thought for a while, and his gaze gradually became sharper.

"You don't suspect your second mother, do you?" Lu Yuanzheng asked coldly, seeing Lu Zhiyao's silence, he became more certain about his guess.With a bit of displeasure, Lu Yuanzheng stood up and said, "Although your second mother doesn't treat you well, you can't use this kind of thing to wrong her!"

"Father, have you been wronged? My daughter will prove it to you with facts." Lu Zhiyao faced the somewhat angry Lu Yuanzheng without fear or fear.She stood there motionless and watched Lu Yuanzheng, with confidence in her words. "No matter how bad Er Niang is, she is also my elder and a member of our Lu family. I will not suspect her for no reason, and it is impossible to wrong her. Believe it?"

"It's good to know!" Lu Yuanzheng snorted coldly and waved his sleeves away. Lu Zhiyao saw that he had annoyed Lu Yuanzheng, so he wisely didn't catch up.

Lu Yuanzheng kept thinking about Lu Zhiyao's words, and the more he thought about it, the more upset he became.The relationship between Ye Lianrong and Yang Xinyuan was like fire and water back then, if Lu Zhiyao hadn't discovered something, he wouldn't have dared to say those words to himself boldly.But if it's really what Lu Zhiyao said, then...

The moonlight is cold and the air is slightly cool.In the barren and inhabited cemetery, the dark wind blew, making the officers and soldiers hiding here who were in charge of monitoring and guarding Yang Xinyuan's grave mutter in dissatisfaction.

"What nonsense, dare to say one more word and I'll take care of you!" Lan Ruoling glanced sideways at the men, and said in a low voice, "Give me some energy. It's late at night, and it's time for the rats to come out."

Several people waited in the cold wind for more than an hour, and seeing that everyone was starting to feel sleepy, and they couldn't stand it anymore, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps in the distance.

Lan Ruoling's eyes lit up because of the change of things, it seems that Lu Zhiyao's guess was right!

"Hurry up! What are you dawdling about!" Ye Chengnan kicked the ass of the person in front of him and cursed, "Go back to sleep after work!"

"I said, young master, what are we doing here in the middle of the night? This place is gloomy and scary to look at." The kicked man rubbed his butt with a lantern in one hand and turned to Ye Chengnan.

"Stop talking nonsense!" Ye Chengnan looked around for Yang Xinyuan's grave, and when he found it, he stood aside and directed the few people he brought with him to start digging the grave.Although those people were unwilling in their hearts, they did not dare to resist Ye Chengnan.He could only say in his heart whether the owner of the grave was with him, and then follow Ye Chengnan's instructions.

After working for a while, they finally saw the coffin.Ye Chengnan approached with a lantern in his hand. After the coffin lid was opened, Ye Chengnan endured the stench, endured the discomfort in his stomach, and squinted at Yang Xinyuan's corpse.

Just as Ye Lianrong was worried, after observing carefully for a while, Ye Chengnan discovered that something was wrong with Yang Xinyuan's bones.After spitting on the ground, Ye Chengnan waved his hand and said to the servants: "Go, dig up the grave next to me too!"

"Master, are you still here?!" Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay. This digging of graves is disrespectful to the dead. What if I offend the owners of these two graves and come to seek revenge from them? What should I do?

"Just go if you're told! How can there be so much nonsense!"

When Ye Chengnan got angry, several people didn't dare to speak out.Muttering to themselves, they begged the Bodhisattva to worship the Buddha, and when they dug up the grave next to them, they heard Ye Chengnan's voice again.

"Exchange the bones in these two coffins for me, and then go back to my house to get the money!"

As soon as they heard that there was money to take, several people regained the strength to work.But just as they were about to make a move, they suddenly heard a strange sound.