Translator – Xiao He Lian
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Chapter 16.2
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Early the next morning, Yang Zong hurriedly whispered a few words to Lu Yan.
Soon after, he returned to the Zhenguo Duke Mansion.
As soon as he entered the house, the housekeeper quickly whispered: “Heir Apparent, the old lady is waiting for you inside.”
Lu Yan nodded slightly, said “hmm”, and strode toward Old Lady Lu’s courtyard.
In the room, the Meng family daughter was sitting next to the old lady, reading scriptures. The woman’s voice was sweet, and the old lady had a smile on her face, which gave off a very pleasant feeling.
“This grandson greets my grandmother.” Lu Yan’s cold voice hit Meng Suxi’s heart. But when she thought about him not returning home for many days and going to that kind of place everyday, she couldn’t help biting her lower lip.
The old lady smiled and waved to Lu Yan, motioning for him to come over, but as soon as he walked in, the corners of the old lady’s mouth froze.
Why are there nail marks on his sweet grandson’s neck?
She knew at a glance that these were scratches from the woman’s fingernails, and when she thought about the recent gossip, she couldn’t help but grimace.
The third daughter-in-law’s biological sister, Meng Suxi’s mother, is here as a guest today. How could he meet his future mother-in-law like this? Even though the Duke of Zhenguo’s family was from an honorable family, once they got married, they were a family and they must not bully other people’s daughters by using rhetoric.
How would Madam Meng’s family feel about their future son-in-law lingering in a place like that?
The old lady’s expression changed suddenly, and Meng Suxi also could not help but turn around to look, and when she saw it her body stiffened without any hint of surprise.
The three undisguised red marks on his neck told her that he was really having physical contact with those women in the streets and alleys, and it was not an ordinary social interaction at all.
Meng Suxi’s eyes became wet as soon as such an idea came to her mind.
Seeing this, Old Lady Lu quickly patted Meng Suxi on the shoulder and said, “Good girl, you go back first. Grandma has something to tell your cousin.”
Meng Suxi suppressed the embarrassment in her heart, lowered her head and choked up: “Suxi understands.”
When Meng Suxi walked past him, sure enough, she smelled the faint fragrance again.
As soon as she left, the old lady said: “Yan’er! Did you know that the eldest lady of the Meng family has arrived at our house today? How can you meet people like this?” Visiting relatives was just a cover, but who doesn’t know that Madam Meng came specifically to see Lu Yan.
If it wasn’t the old lady who said this today, according to Lu Yan’s temperament, he would have replied – Why can’t I meet people?
But this is his biological grandmother, who is already old and cannot be challenged.
Lu Yan took a long breath and said, “Grandma, I really don’t like that daughter of the Meng family.”
Old Lady Lu’s face turned slightly red with anger at his words, “Then tell me, who do you like? If you can’t tell me, don’t think about leaving today.”
As soon as these words came out, Lu Yan immediately turned around and closed the door. He took a round stool and sat in front of Old lady Lu. “It’s been a long time since I read the scriptures to my grandmother.” After that, he picked up the scriptures that Meng Suxi had just left there.
The old lady took the book away from his hand, looked into his eyes, and said to him word for word: “Although their Meng family does not have a noble title and their foundation is not deep, they are the new nobles in the court who had won the hearts of the Emperor and you are also related to our family, so it is not disadvantages by you, right? Moreover, can ordinary people tolerate your temper? The Meng family’s daughter is gentle and considerate, filial to her elders, and her appearance is also excellent. What is so bad about her that you are so disrespectful to her?”
Lu Yan rubbed the jade pendant in his hand and said with a smile: “Grandma, my second brother has given birth to a great-grandson for you, why are you concerned about me?” Now that my grandmother is getting older, she prefers sweet-mouthed girls. If he told her about how two faced Meng Suxi is, he didn’t know how upset she would be.
As soon as Old lady Lu saw him like this, she knew that he had made up his mind. She knew that it was useless to persuade him. After a while, she pushed him with her hand and said, “Get out, get out.”
After Lu Yan went out, he said to the housekeeper, “Go to the second brother’s room and give Yun’er to the old lady, and tell her that I was the one who said it.” Lu Yunzhi was the apple of everyone’s heart in the family and when he laughed, everyone would laugh with him, he was no match to Lu Yunzhi.
Lu Yan returned to Suning Hall. Not long after, the eldest princess opened his door aggressively. As soon as she entered the room, she stared at his neck before she said a word.
The eldest princess always had a bad temper. She slapped the table and said, “That daughter of the Meng family is crying in your third aunt’s arms right now. It’s all because of you! Even if you don’t like her, you can’t hit your third aunt’s face like this. Look at what you have done!”
Just after being reprimanded once, Lu Yan had no patience left after another encounter.
Seeing that he remained silent, the eldest princess added: “Yes, the atmosphere in the officialdom of Chang’an is not right. People like to go to the red light district for anything and everything. I originally thought that you should keep yourself clean and take care of yourself… “
Lu Yan interrupted her directly, “The one who emerged from the mud and remained unstained is a white lotus, not me.” This is his own style of doing things and has nothing to do with Chang’an’s officialdom.
The eldest princess choked at his words and became angry, “Well, let’s put aside the marriage for now. Lu Yan tell me, what’s so good about the woman in the brothel?”
Lu Yan touched the tip of his nose, pretending to think deeply, then said, “Sincere, and passionate.”
