Lu Sanlang's sudden visit was indeed a surprise to the Zhu family.
Although Zhu Er used to regard himself as the pillar of the Zhu family and decided to marry his sister to Lu Sanlang, a seemingly reliable friend, Lu Sanlang had been a guest of honor here, but after Zhang Shou and Zhu Ying's marriage was almost a done deal, he always tried to avoid coming here if there was nothing to do, so as not to arouse resentment in others' hearts.
So, at this moment, the lady looked at Lu Sanlang who had not come to visit for a long time, and a smile gradually appeared on her lips: "Sanlang, you are rarely seen. What brings you here today?"
What wind... evil wind! Lu Sanlang sighed in his heart, and then said honestly: "Madam, please forgive me. I don't come here for no reason. I dare not come here to offend people easily, but today is really urgent."
He did not dare to delay and repeated Zhu Ying's words to him in a few words. He did not hide the fact that Zhu Ying advised him to change the place where his old friends gathered into the Jiuzhangtang Academy. As for Jiu Niang's scrutiny, he could only selectively ignore it and kept telling himself in his heart that I am not her son-in-law anyway, not her son-in-law...
Fortunately, the scene he imagined of the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law being furious did not happen. The old lady just sat there quietly, with a look of trance on her face, as if Zhu Ying was provoking not a dignified elder, but an insignificant person. And Jiu Niang was still looking him up and down, as if she was more interested in him as a person, rather than the action Zhu Ying was about to take.
After holding it in for a long time, Lu Sanlang could only cough dryly and said very sincerely: "Madam, Madam, it's not too late to stop the young lady now, before she comes..."
"Why should we stop her?" The lady smiled and said calmly, "The tiger has no intention of hurting people, but people want to hurt the tiger. We, the Zhu family, have never provoked Jiang, but he has repeatedly provoked us, even the future son-in-law. What's wrong with Yingying going out and scolding him now?"
Lu Sanlang was dumbfounded. This... This meant that not only was he not trying to stop it, but he was actually happy to see it happen
When he looked at Jiu Niang, he saw that she sneered contemptuously: "According to Yingying's temper, she has already restrained herself by not breaking into the Jiang family's door, not to mention saying a few wrong words in public! Even if her father comes back and finds out, he won't blame her. If the emperor blames us in the future, we will admit it, but as for others, they are not qualified to blame her!"
Lu Sanlang couldn't help but wipe the sweat from his forehead, not knowing whether it was caused by the heat or fear. But he thought about how he was not liked by his father at the beginning, but when the time came, his father still protected him, so it was not surprising that the Zhu family had such an attitude now. But the more he thought about it, the more he couldn't suppress another thought, and finally couldn't help asking.
"You two know the eldest lady's temper. I know that many people outside know it, but... but the emperor has thrown a son into the Zongzheng Temple after all. Even if the emperor didn't like the eldest prince in the past, wouldn't he still feel that he had no choice? In this way, he will inevitably vent his anger on others..."