The little ancestor of the family

Chapter 177 Outer Room

In the letter, Mr. Leng first expressed his concern for his daughter's health.

Both of his daughters are not in good health.

Especially the eldest child, who was obviously much stronger than his younger sister when he was young, but has become weaker over the years.

Old Master Leng told her not to take everything too seriously and that keeping healthy was more important than anything else.

Attached at the end is a record of Lu Tingen’s movements during this period.

Lu Tingen's daily life basically revolves around three points.

After returning to Beijing this time, he didn't do anything else.

Apart from attending court and doing errands in the government office, he spent most of his time at home.

Sometimes when he went out for social events, it was usually in a restaurant called Zhuangyuanlou.

Leng Qingyu noticed that according to the recorded time, Lu Tingen stayed directly in Zhuangyuan Building five times after returning to Beijing.

The frequency is a little higher than before.

Zhuangyuanlou is a time-honored restaurant in Beijing, and its guests are all dignitaries from the capital.

In order to provide better conditions for the nobles, in addition to the private rooms for dining, it also built special rooms for guests to rest.

Lu Tingen has a room there that he has booked for a long time.

Every time I got drunk, I would stay overnight in Zhuangyuan Building.

According to him, he was afraid of disturbing Leng Qingyu's rest.

Leng Qingyu was not used to it when they first got married, until one day he got drunk at home and smashed things in the bedroom for no reason.

Only then did Leng Qingyu realize that he had a very bad drinking habit and that he didn't go home because he really didn't want to disturb her.

From then on, Leng Qingyu turned a blind eye to the matter and only asked the servants around the Marquis to take good care of him.

He doesn't stay out very often.

Usually two or three times a month, but sometimes more.

There is really nothing wrong with this itinerary alone.

It is consistent with his reputation for being clean.

Leng Qingyu pondered for a moment, and then saw the old man wrote:

“As a father, I think that you and Lu Tingen have been married for more than ten years and have always been a model of loving couples. If you suddenly want to check on his movements, you must have discovered something.

I couldn't see anything wrong just by looking, so I asked Zhuangyuanlou to investigate carefully.

Now I finally found some clues."

Old Master Leng briefly mentioned the process of the investigation.

However, Leng Qingyu knew that Lu Tingen must have been very secretive as he hadn't revealed any clues for so many years.

It must have taken a lot of effort to find out the problem.

The old man then wrote:

“After asking around, I found out that although there was a place for guests to rest in the restaurant, every time Lu Tingen got drunk, he didn’t sleep in their restaurant, but went out the back door to the alley outside.

My father had someone guarding for a few days, and Lu Tingen happened to invite his colleagues to drink.

After his colleagues left, he got up and went to the backyard. ”

The word "backyard" was blurred, with a thick drop of ink on it.

It can be seen that the writer hesitated when writing this.

Leng Qingyu then looked down.

“There is a low door in the backyard. After Lu Tingen went out of the low door, someone immediately came to greet him.

The people I sent watched from a distance and only saw them enter a small courtyard.

Lu Tingen didn't come out of the courtyard until the next morning. He returned to the restaurant through the back door, got on a carriage in front of the restaurant and left."

It can be seen that Mr. Leng was a little emotional when he wrote this paragraph.

Even the handwriting on the paper became much more sloppy.

At the back, there is another ink stain, as if something was crossed out.

Mr. Leng continued to write:

"I had people stake out the outer courtyard for two days and discovered that a mother and son were living there.

That son is already thirteen or fourteen years old, and is studying at Fengming Academy in Beijing."

The letter stops here.

I think Mr. Leng has understood something.

But he didn't want to put pressure on his daughter because of his speculation.

So I just explained the matter clearly and let my daughter make her own judgment on the rest.

Leng Qingyu looked at the thick letter from home, and surprisingly she did not feel the heaviness in her heart as she had imagined.

Instead, it's a feeling of relief that this is the case.

Leng Qingyu didn't expect that in such a short period of time, she actually became indifferent to the fact that Lu Tingen had a mistress outside.

She didn't dare to imagine how sad she would be after knowing this, given her original personality.

She curled the corners of her mouth and sneered.

It's really hard for Lu Tingen to keep a mistress and treat her so carefully.

Leng Qingyu picked up the pen and wrote another letter back to his father.

In the letter, Leng Qingyu first reported that he was safe.

Then he talked about recognizing his daughter.

"Xinran is a skilled doctor. Under her care, my daughter is now fine. Please rest assured, father.

When the time is right, I will bring Xinran to visit you. You will definitely like her!"

Leng Qingyu described Ye Xinran's ten advantages in detail.

As for the matter of her daughter being swapped, she simply glossed over it and said it was a mistake and that the family who had swapped her daughter had received the punishment they deserved.

She didn't even mention a word about her poisoning.

Because she knew that if she told him, given Mr. Leng's character, he would definitely go to the Marquis' Mansion to kill her.

Although the Ye family is wealthy and powerful, they are still inferior to the Marquis' Mansion.

She didn't want her father to take risks for her.

He couldn't let Lu Tingen get hold of the Leng family's evidence and take revenge on them because of him.

"My daughter already knows about Lu Tingen's matter. Father, you don't have to worry about the rest. I will handle it myself when I return to the capital."

Over the years, the Lu family has been sucking her blood from top to bottom, and she wants them to spit out everything they have eaten.

It would be best to let them fight each other, which would make people happy.

……

During dinner, Leng Qingyu told Ye Xinran and Lu Changqing the contents of Mr. Leng’s letter.

“It has now been confirmed that Lu Tingen has a mistress.

The old man only found out that the concubine had a son, but I guess Lu Zhiyi was also born to this concubine."

"Mom, my sister was exchanged to the Ye family, and the Ye family's daughter was taken away. If Lu Zhiyi was born to a concubine, then where did the Ye family's child go?"

Lu Changqing discovered something terrible.

Although he already had a guess in his mind when he asked this question.

But he was still shocked by Lu Tingen's cruel behavior.

"That concubine has no daughters. The children of the Ye family were either sold by him or are no longer alive."

Leng Qingyu looked stern.

She also didn't expect Lu Tingen to be so scheming and to be so good at replacing one thing with another.

Now that she thought about it, perhaps Lu Tingen had planned for her to stay in Yuntong County and give birth to a child.

"Mother, why don't we go back now and destroy his concubine's nest and make Lu Tingen lose face. Let's see if he will pretend to be so in the future!"

Lu Changqing couldn't help it.