Tang Ning pondered after hearing this: "Brother, do you mean to use Madam Lu to get Lu Zhao to speak?"
She paused and felt that this method was feasible. Lu Chongyuan always put the interests of the family first. If he could give up Lu Zhinian, whom he had trained for many years, and his eldest son Lu Zhao, he might also be able to give up a daughter-in-law who was not from the Lu family.
If it was anyone else in the Lu family, he might not have been unwilling to take action, but if it was Madam Lu, even if Lu Chongyuan was angry at the Queen's actions and broke up with her, he would not completely tear his face off with her, expose the Queen's affair, and drag the Queen and her son to die along with the Lu family.
The only one who ended up in disgrace was Madam Lu.
Xiao Yan looked at Tang Ning, who had become silent after figuring out the key, and asked, "Do you think I'm cruel?"
"No." Tang Ning shook his head: "If one day, the Lu family escapes from trouble, they will not care about the innocent when dealing with my brother."
In the past, she might have felt reluctant, but she knew Xiao Yan's situation very well, and knew that he was in a life-and-death battle with the aristocratic families and had no way out. The game of life and death in the court was only a matter of moments, and the slightest mistake would lead to the abyss of hell. She would not be so naive to think that anyone in the Lu family was innocent.
She never took her anger out on Madam Lu because of Lu Zhinian's matter, even though she had sat on the sidelines and watched the Lu family do nothing, but she would not blame Xiao Yan for being cruel because of an outsider.
Because she knew that once something happened to Xiao Yan, the Lu family would not let her go, would not let her aunt go, and would not even let anyone in the Governor's Mansion and the Tang Mansion go.
Even if some of them are innocent, the Lu family will still wipe them out completely and leave no one alive.
"Brother, what you did was just to protect yourself. You have to play a game with the noble families, so you won't show any mercy."
Xiao Yan looked at the little girl with a determined look in her eyes, and his heart softened.
Canglang and Jinyun looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief. They both liked this mistress and were happy about the changes she had brought to their master, making him more human. However, they did not want Tang Ning to be simply weak and kind, too upright and inflexible, because that might kill their master in the future.
Xiao Yan said to Cang Lang, "Let's make the arrangements. When Queen Lu sends us the clues, we will go to the Lu family to get the person."
Cang Lang nodded: "Yes."
"You guys go down." Xiao Yan said indifferently.
Unexpectedly, Jinyun said, "Master, there is one more thing."
Xiao Yan glanced at the little girl sitting next to him. She rested her soft hands on his knees, her fair face looking thoughtful. He was still thinking about how the little girl had thrown herself into his arms at the academy, and was thinking about how he could coax her to stay a little longer. Hearing this, he casually asked, "What's the matter?"
"It belongs to Song Jinxiu."
Tang Ning looked up in surprise, and Xiao Yan also managed to pay some attention.
Jinyun said: "Song Jinxiu took Song Shulan to Tongyue Lake in the western suburbs this afternoon, and then returned to the city alone."
Tang Ning was surprised: "He left Song Shulan in Tongyue Lake? What for?"
Jinyun looked at Xiao Yan hesitantly.
Xiao Yan was annoyed: "What are you looking at me for?"
Jinyun coughed softly, "Today, the Seventh Young Master Luo Yunping of Yongshun Marquis's Mansion and several other people from the powerful and noble families in Beijing invited us to go boating on Tongyue Lake to appreciate the lotus. The Seventh Young Master Luo had met Song Shulan several times before and saved her life. I heard that he admired her very much..."
Seeing that Tang Ning seemed to understand something, his eyes widened in surprise.
Jinyun considered his words carefully: "Song Shulan dressed in a shabby and beautiful way, which made people feel pity for her. After she left, she pretended to be upset while drinking on the boat, and then she fell into the water and was saved by Luo Qilang who was also in the lake."
"I heard that the two of them were soaked, and Song Shulan's gauze dress fell into the lake. She was almost carried into the Luo family's cabin by Luo Qilang, and she didn't come out until dark."
Tang Ning was shocked: "Song Jinxiu just left?!"
Jinyun nodded: "He returned to the capital alone, and was found by Song Wenli from the Song family. Although the Song family had previously crossed out Song Hong's name, they kept Song Jinxiu's. They probably saw that he still had a future, but this time they not only expelled him from the clan register, but also had people beat him up severely."
Tang Ning's eyes were full of disbelief. That was Song Jinxiu, who always claimed to love Song Shulan. In his previous life, he gave everything to Song Shulan, and in this life, he caused his own sister's family to be broken up because of her.
He actually sent Song Shulan to another man's bed with his own hands? !
What a gentleman, what a young master Yutai!
Thinking of what Song Jinxiu had said before to accuse her and A'ru, Tang Ning said coldly with a dark face: "Why wasn't he beaten to death!"
Jinyun paused after hearing this: "He's almost dead."
"Ah?" Tang Ning raised his eyes.
Jinyun said, "The Song family took back the things they had given him, and even stripped him of his clothes. After they left, Song Jinxiu didn't know what bad luck had befallen him. The owner of the house he rented on credit suddenly didn't want him to live there anymore. When he was kicked out, the wheel hub of his carriage broke. He finally found a place to stay, but as soon as he entered the house, he ran into a local thug looking for trouble. He was hit on the head by a stick by mistake, and fainted on the spot."
With his head full of blood, he'll be skinned alive even if he doesn't die.
Tang Ning sneered: "That's really God's will."
Xiao Yan raised his eyebrows when he heard this. He didn't know whether God had eyes or not, but he was so unlucky that it seemed like someone was doing justice for him.
He was not interested in Song Jinxiu's affairs. He was no longer needed in the Lu family's affairs. The Song family had already hired someone to make them "fake their deaths". Song Jinxiu was no longer useful. He still had to deal with their affairs with his little girl, so he had no time to care about the life and death of an irrelevant person.
Xiao Yan said, "Okay, we know about this. If Song Jinxiu dies, we can come back. As for Song Shulan, have someone watch over the Yongshun Marquis's Mansion to see what she wants to do."
"yes."
"Go down."
Only then did Jinyun and Canglang retreat.
Tang Ning knelt beside the table and couldn't help but say, "Song Jinxiu has lost all his dignity. Song Shulan is his biological sister no matter what. He was willing to do anything for her and treated her like a treasure. But now he actually sends her to do something like this."
She was full of disbelief and kept chattering with contempt.
"Luo Qilang is from the Yongshun Marquis's Mansion. Song Shulan gave herself to him so directly. Doesn't Song Jinxiu know what it means?"
"The one who was engaged was a wife and the one who ran away was a concubine. She can't even be a concubine from now on. She had sex with someone in private and lost her innocence. She also seduced Luo Qilang in public. If that person has a conscience, he can keep her as a concubine. If he meets a cruel person, he can just play with her. But is Song Jinxiu crazy..."
Tang Ning was talking in a low voice when he suddenly felt his hand getting hot.
Xiao Yan held her hand and said, "Song Jinxiu is a madman with nowhere to go. It's not surprising that he does anything. But Xiao Haitang, tell me about us."
Tang Ning was stunned for a moment, and faced his suddenly sticky eyes, and quickly pulled her hand away: "We, what? We are just like this..."
She couldn't stand his gaze, her cheeks flushed, and she muttered softly: "It's getting late, I should go back, otherwise my aunt will be worried..."
The little girl stood up and wanted to leave, but was gently pulled back by the wrist. She stumbled and bumped into Xiao Yan, and couldn't help but scream out in surprise.
Before she could struggle, he stretched out his long arms and trapped her in his arms.
"How are we, huh?"
Xiao Yan's tone was hazy, with a seductive smile: "Xiao Haitang, tell me."