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

"Enough!" Duke Lu finally couldn't bear it anymore.

When he came back and heard his wife and granddaughter crying and complaining that they were being plotted against by Shen Suian, he felt that something was fishy.

Such a clumsy method, and it happened at Old Madam Yao’s birthday party. She would not only offend the Lu family, but also the Yao family.

Now that he heard the confrontation between Lu Yan and Shen Suian, he had already figured out that it was Lu Yan who wanted to put the blame on Shen Suian.

It's just... stupid.

"Father, even if Sister Yan was wrong, Shen, as the eldest sister-in-law, was present at the banquet and she did not take good care of Sister Yan." Uncle Lu said with a cold face.

Lu Yuan glanced at him and said, "When both parents are gone, the eldest sister-in-law is regarded as the mother. At today's birthday banquet, the old lady and the wife are all here. It is not Sui An's turn to stop his sister-in-law from having an affair."

"You are a traitor!" Uncle Lu was furious.

"I'm just stating the facts, you don't have to be angry." Lu Yuan said calmly.

"There were so many people coming and going at the Yao family's birthday party. How did He Rongbai get into the backyard? Are all those servants dead?"

"It's so obvious that someone set up this trap, but my father turned a blind eye to it. He thought that Sui An, a weak woman, could accomplish such a big thing. Do you think people outside would believe it?"

"By then, everyone will think that the Lu family forced their granddaughter-in-law to admit this dirty deed in order to protect the reputation of their legitimate daughter."

"Enough!" Mrs. Lu couldn't stand it anymore and scolded Lu Yuan angrily.

She looked at Lu Yan coldly, "Tomorrow, you will go back to the Bai family's old house immediately. Come back when you have learned the rules well."

Lu Yan burst into tears in the old lady's arms.

"Why send her to the Bai family's old house? It would be better to find a nanny to teach her..." Uncle Lu finally softened his heart when he saw his daughter crying like this.

Mrs. Lu's face was frosty and she stared at him silently.

He had no choice but to take back his plea and sighed helplessly to Lu Yan.

Lord Lu looked at Shen Sui'an deeply. He realized that Shen Sui'an had long seen through Lu Yan's setup. She fought back without bloodshed and no one could find any fault with her.

"Where is Her Royal Highness the Princess? Hasn't she always been with Sister Yan?" Shen Sui'an suddenly asked in confusion.

Without Princess Guangning's arrangements in the Yao family, it would not be easy for them to harm her.

Now that Lu Yan is in trouble, she doesn’t even come to the Duke’s Mansion.

Everyone in the Lu family remained silent.

Especially Mrs. Lu, who knew clearly that what happened today was caused by Princess Guangning and that her daughter was at most an accomplice. But could she still force Princess Guangning to come out and confess her guilt?

This is a dumb loss.

The veins on the back of Duke Lu’s hands bulged. This was the fate of Princess Shang!

If Shen Suian could marry Lu Heng, there wouldn't be so many things happening today.

With an unexpressible rage accumulating in his heart, Duke Lu's face looked extremely ugly.

"Where is Lu Heng?" he asked in a deep voice.

There was another moment of silence.

Everyone then realized that they hadn't seen Lu Heng for several days.

Lu Yuan curled his lips sarcastically and left the upper room with Shen Suian.

"What a misfortune for our family!" Duke Lu glanced at Lu Yan and uttered a sad sigh.

I don't know whether the one who is sighing is Princess Guangning, the granddaughter-in-law forced upon him by the emperor, or Lu Yan, the extremely stupid granddaughter.

"Shen Sui'an is the greatest misfortune of the Lu family." Mrs. Lu said softly.

……

……

When he returned to Danbo Courtyard, Lu Yuan's deputy Guan Jin was already waiting for him in the study.

He came to deliver today's prisoners' confessions to Lu Yuan, and also told him the news about Princess Guangning.

"Princess Guangning was punished by Concubine Yao to kneel in the side hall of Zhaoxi Palace. She should have knelt for two hours. When I left the palace, the emperor was rushing over after hearing the news."

"I heard that because of what happened in the Yao family today, Concubine Yao got so angry for the first time and even had Princess Guangning beaten with a stick."

Lu Yuan flipped through the confession, and when he heard this he simply asked, "Shouldn't he be beaten?"

Guan Jin grinned, "Sister-in-law is still smart."

"After investigation, it was found out that the Yao family had servants bribed by Princess Guangning, who facilitated the relationship between her and Miss Lu San." Guan Jin said.

Lu Yuan nodded gently, "Send a copy of this confession to the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple. There is nothing else to do, you can leave now."

"At least let me have some tea. If you tell me to, I will get to the bottom of the matter for you." Guan Jin shouted.

"Let's go after drinking." Lu Yuan stood up and left.

He went back to the room and told Shen Sui'an that Guangning was punished by Concubine Yao.

Shen Sui'an was surprised, "When did you ask someone to check?"

"When I learned that the Yao family had a fire." Lu Yuan held her in his arms and kissed the back of her fair neck.

"I have something else to tell you." Shen Sui'an trembled at his hot breath.

Lu Yuan said in a hoarse voice: "There's no need to talk about other people's affairs."

She saved herself intact, so it didn't matter whether others were dead or alive.

"It's about Madam Deng." Shen Suian said quickly as he reached for his belt.

Lu Yuan frowned: "What's wrong with her?"

"That Guan Jin...is he also related to Aunt Guan?" Shen Sui'an asked. He just heard him mention Guan Jin's name.

"It has nothing to do with it. It's just that Guan Jin and Guan Hai are from the same village." Lu Yuan said.

Shen Sui'an told him about Madam Deng's current situation, including that she had never received the silver sent by Madam Guan.

Lu Yuan's face was covered with a layer of ice.

"...I asked Shi Qing to buy a new yard, and we will be able to move in in two days. By then, I will introduce a job to Madam Deng. It will be easier for her to accept it than for you to give her money directly, and she won't be afraid of other people's gossip." Shen Suian said softly.

"Thank you." Lu Yuan hugged her. If Shen Suian hadn't gone to find Madam Deng in person, he wouldn't have known their situation.

He thought that giving Guan Yue ten taels of silver every month was his compensation to Guan Hai, but he didn't expect that it would harm Mrs. Deng and her daughter instead.

"Mrs. Deng's remarried husband is very good to them and their daughter," said Shen Sui'an.

Lu Yuan said coldly: "I will let Guan Yue leave the Lu family and send her out of Shangjing."

Shen Sui'an didn't have much opinion on how he should deal with Aunt Guan. She believed that with Lu Yuan's notorious methods, if Aunt Guan was not Guan Hai's sister, she would not even have a chance to escape alive.

After the couple had dinner, Lu Yuan asked Yu Bai to deal with Aunt Guan's matter.

Shen Sui'an heard a sharp cry in the room, which was quickly suppressed.

Lu Yuan never went to see Aunt Guan again.

The next day, when the sky was bright, Lu Yuan had already gone to court.

Shen Sui'an has to go back to the Shen family today. She wants to see how Shen Jianglin is going to deal with Shen Siyi.

"Madam, Aunt Guan said she wants to see you." Banjian came in and said.

"No need, I have nothing to say to her." Shen Sui'an no longer had the last bit of patience left for Aunt Guan.

Ban Jian said, "She was clamoring, saying that Madam Deng had remarried, so why should she use the money earned by her brother's hard work? This person must be evil-hearted. Not to mention that Madam Deng was her former sister-in-law, but she also had a niece."

Shen Sui'an frowned and said, "Shut her mouth."