If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

Lu Heng was not in a hurry to meet those officials.

In the study, besides the confidant he sent to the capital, there was also someone he didn't expect.

"Why did you come to Huainan when you are not serving your mother?" Lu Heng stared sharply at the maid kneeling in front of him.

This maid was none other than Mrs. Lu’s personal maid, Hong Xing.

Hong Xing kowtowed to Lu Heng, "Second Young Master, when the Madam was still conscious, she asked me to come to Huainan to find you. She was afraid that she would be silenced and would not be able to tell you the truth."

"What's the truth?" Lu Heng asked coldly.

Hong Xing bit her lip and said, "Second Young Master, please ask the attendants to leave."

Lu Heng lowered his eyes and looked at her coldly, signaling everyone in the study to leave, and asked Liu Mo to stay outside and not let anyone approach.

"explain."

Hong Xing crawled on the ground and spoke slowly, "Second Young Master, the reason why Madam is insane is that she was persecuted by Concubine Yao and the eldest young master."

Lu Heng's expression changed slightly, "Why did Concubine Yao persecute my mother?"

He guessed that Lu Yuan might have been behind this, but he didn't expect it to be related to Concubine Yao.

"If the eldest young master hadn't sent that dead girl Lu Ya to the family temple, she wouldn't have set fire to the woodshed and frightened Madam Song into premature birth. Otherwise, the little boy wouldn't have died just after being born." Hong Xing said crying.

A strong hatred burst out from Lu Heng's eyes.

"As for the assassin who stabbed the second young master, Madam concluded that he was related to the eldest young master, because the eldest young master had discovered that Madam had added a sterilizing drug to his medicine when he was sick as a child, so he wanted to take revenge on Madam." Hong Xing said.

Lu Heng thought that he still had a daughter, and Lu Yuan was really going to be without descendants.

He felt a sense of relief after being angry.

"Lü Ya was arranged by the Madam to stay in Danbo Courtyard. She was originally supposed to give the eldest young lady contraceptive soup, but she was unexpectedly discovered." Hong Xing said.

"Lu Yuan has already died without an heir, why did mother still give Shen Sui'an medicine?" Lu Heng didn't understand.

Hong Xing: "Madam is just in case."

However, Lu Heng felt that his mother was doing something unnecessary. If not for this, Lu Yuan might not have discovered that he had been drugged. He would blame Shen Sui'an for not being able to come out in the future.

Then the couple began to feel a rift, and they took concubines into the house one after another, until they finally became tired of each other.

He felt relieved when he thought that Lu Yuan and Shen Sui'an would have such an ending.

"What does this have to do with Concubine Yao?" Lu Heng asked again.

He believed that Concubine Yao would be his supporter in the future. After all, he was Concubine Yao's son-in-law. If Concubine Yao knew that it was Lu Yuan who wanted to assassinate her, she would definitely not trust Lu Yuan anymore.

"Madam said that it is impossible for Madam Song to leave the child behind and run away on her own. The most likely possibility is that Concubine Yao captured her." Hong Xing said in a low voice.

Lu Heng frowned, "Empress Yao knows that Song Xiuzhi is mine, so it's possible that she will leave the son behind and the mother behind."

Hong Xing raised her eyes to look at the Second Young Master and whispered, "Second Young Master, things are not that simple. Imperial Concubine Yao has captured Madam Song. If she is tortured severely, Madam Song will tell the truth about how Princess Guangning was abducted that day..."

"What's the truth?" Lu Heng's pupils shrank and his heart sank.

He felt inexplicably panicked.

"Those refugees...are Madam and Miss Song..." Hong Xing was frightened by Lu Heng's eyes and stammered out the truth.

Originally, the wife wanted to keep this matter hidden in her heart, but after several nights of nightmares and Song Xiuzhi's disappearance, she keenly realized that something was wrong.

That's why Hong Xing came to find Lu Heng and told him the truth.

He had to be mentally prepared. Concubine Yao might have known that the matter was related to her, and she might kill Lu Heng at any time.

When Lu Heng heard Hong Xing's words, a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.

The broken look on Guangning's face when he found him that day appeared in his mind.

"Second Young Master, Imperial Concubine Yao will definitely do everything she can to deal with the Lu and Bai families. Madam hopes that you can be on guard and not end up being harmed." Hong Xing said.

"..." Lu Heng's lips moved, but he couldn't utter a word.

Could it be that his mother, who was always elegant, dignified, noble and simple, was actually so cruel and merciless behind the scenes?

"There is another secret. Madam asked me to tell the Second Young Master that those refugees... were covered up by people in the palace for Madam, so they escaped the thorough investigation of the Pacification Bureau."

"Madam told the Second Young Master to choose a wise leader to be loyal to, so that he can protect the lives of hundreds of people from the Lu and Bai families in the future."

"What?" Lu Heng was stunned again.

Hong Xing wrote a word on the ground, and Lu Heng's eyes widened slightly.

"Ah!"

Lu Heng couldn't help but sneer.

What Hong Xing said today completely overturned his understanding over the years.

He knew that his grandfather had been secretly trying to win over court officials for the Fifth Prince. He believed that the Fifth Prince, born to the Queen, was the legitimate son, while Lu Yuan was close to the Second Prince.

One Duke's Mansion was divided into three factions.

Ridiculous, so ridiculous.

"Second Young Master..." Hong Xing looked at Lu Heng in horror, not knowing why he was laughing.

Lu Heng closed his eyes and asked, "Is my mother's illness real or fake?"

Hong Xing whispered, "At first, I was really scared by the severed arm that Lu Yuan sent me in the middle of the night. I had nightmares for several days. Later, the wife realized something was wrong. She said that Madam Song was kidnapped. If she wasn't crazy, she would definitely die."

Therefore, my mother's sick leave was just to avoid Concubine Yao's conspiracy.

"Lu Yuan colluded with Concubine Yao to frame my mother. Are my grandfather and father going to just ignore it?" Lu Heng asked coldly.

"The Duke and the Master have long since stopped caring about the Madam's life or death. Second Young Master, if they knew what the Madam had done, I'm afraid..." How could they tolerate the Madam?

Lu Heng let out a long breath, "I understand."

"Since mother has sent you here, you should stay here first and try not to appear in front of the princess."

Hong Xing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "Yes, Second Young Master."

Lu Heng waved his hand to let her go, and sat alone in the study room to slowly digest what he had just heard.

He also wanted to make political achievements in Huainan, so that he could return to make Concubine Yao and the Second Prince look at him with admiration. Only then would the Second Prince continue to use him when he inherited the throne in the future.

Now this idea has been completely overturned.

He saw with his own eyes how Guangning was humiliated, and Concubine Yao would not let Song Xiuzhi and her mother go.

Will you let him go?

The words that the senior maidservant beside Concubine Yao said that day are still fresh in my mind, saying that he is just a dog beside Guangning, just for Guangning's amusement.

Perhaps Concubine Yao already knew the truth at that time, but now Guangning had lost his memory and was very dependent on him, so Concubine Yao did not deal with him.

"Second Young Master, several officials from the yamen and the salt merchants are here to ask when you can go over to discuss matters." Liu Mo's voice came from outside.

Lu Heng slowly raised his head, and a ray of setting sun shone through the diamond-shaped window lattice, falling on half of his handsome face.

He stood up and walked out of the darkness.

"Let's go." He had more important things to do and no time to be sentimental.

"Master, I have inquired about it. The place where the salt merchant wants to discuss business with you this time is Huailou, which is the number one brothel in Huainan. Do you want to go? The princess's place..." Liu Mo said in a low voice.

Lu Hengjun's face was cold and calm, "Why not go?"