The fate was changed, the mistress of the Hou family was slapped in the face and made money to win

Chapter 574 Li Zheng and His Son

Li Zheng stood behind his mother and felt the disgust and anger in Lu Yan's eyes. He felt guilty and avoided her for a moment.

However, Mother Li raised her eyebrows and looked back at Lu Yan with a critical look.

"What kind of words are you talking about? Your Lu family is a family of scholars. How can a girl like you talk to your elders like this? Is this the family education of your Lu family?"

Lu Yan sneered, "My family education didn't teach me to be so shameless as to threaten others and force them to marry my son."

"What do you mean by shameless threats? We are doing mutual benefit. It's because we have the evidence against your father. As a daughter, you won't watch your father being thrown into jail. If that happens, I'm afraid everyone in the world will point fingers at you and call you unfilial!"

Li's mother looked at him with sarcasm and spoke sharply, revealing her pride at having the upper hand without any concealment.

Lu Yan looked at Li's mother in front of her. They had met before when the Prime Minister's Mansion was still in decline. At that time, she was luxurious and elegant. Now, although her appearance remained the same, she gave people the feeling of being a completely different person.

She took a deep breath, tried to suppress her unhappiness and said, "My father was deceived by Prime Minister Li before, so he made a mistake, and..."

"My husband has already been convicted, what's the point of you saying this now? It was your father who participated in the leak of the imperial examination questions. If this matter is uncovered again, your Lu family will not be able to escape unscathed."

Mother Li interrupted Lu Yan without any hesitation, as if she had nothing to worry about and was not afraid of a falling out.

"By the way, there is your grandfather, a learned man. When the civil and military officials in the court mentioned Mr. Lu, their tone was full of respect. If people knew that he had a son who helped cheat in the imperial examination, I wonder what they would think. Once this news spreads, some people might suspect that it was him who helped. At such an old age, he has ended up with a disgrace in his later years. As a granddaughter, can you really bear it?"

Li's mother's words made Lu Yan's already ugly face even darker.

Looking at the sharp face of the person in front of her, she wanted to raise her hand and slap him, but she also knew that she absolutely could not do that.

Now, for Li Zheng and his friends, those who are barefoot are not afraid of those who wear shoes.

They were willing to sacrifice their lives, but the Lu family couldn't bear it.

Lu Yan gritted her teeth fiercely, "Even so, you can put forward other conditions, I will never marry Li Zheng. It doesn't matter whether you want money or things, but the engagement has been cancelled, so there is absolutely no possibility of renewing it now!"

"Asking for money and things sounds good, but money will eventually run out, and things will eventually run out. We can't guarantee that we won't use the evidence to exchange for something else. But it will be different if you marry Zheng'er. The two families will become one, and we will share the same fate. When the time comes, we will keep the news a secret for you, and we won't leak even a little bit."

A very calculating smile appeared on Li's mother's lips, revealing her shrewdness and mercenary nature, like a poisonous snake with its head raised high, which made people feel a little chilly.

"It's better to leave a way out when doing things. If you really push the Lu family into a corner, it will not do you any good!" Lu Yan finally threatened.

Mother Li remained calm, "Miss Lu, don't worry about this. Since we dared to come to the Lu family, we must have made all the necessary preparations. If anything happens to us, someone will come with evidence to expose everything."

"you……"

Lu Yan was furious.

But seeing that the other party refused to budge and looked like he would not give up until he achieved his goal, she had no choice but to continue talking and turned away with a cold face.

Before leaving, she glanced at Li Zheng, who remained silent the entire time, and said, "I used to think that you were blind and deceived by Yang Manman, but now I realize that besides being stupid, you are also such a despicable person!"

After saying this, Lu Yan quickly withdrew her gaze, as if she would feel disgusted if she looked at him again.

Li Zheng felt even more ashamed after hearing these words. After Lu Yan left, he looked at his mother helplessly.

"Mother, we don't need to do this. Just like Lu Yan said, our actions are too despicable!"

The smile and calculation on Li's mother's face quickly disappeared like the receding tide.

She turned her head to look at her son, with helplessness in her eyes.

"Do you think I am willing to do such a thing? But now the Li family has fallen into such a state, and you two brothers are not promising. Even if you take some money, you may not be able to keep it in the future. What's more, once you open your mouth to threaten, you will become a thorn in the eyes of the Lu family. If we can't become a family, they will get rid of us sooner or later!"

"Then why bother coming here to threaten me? I have been against you doing this from the beginning."

"How ridiculous! Do you think Lu Wenshi doesn't know that we have leverage in our hands? Now that we have it out, it will be our ladder to success. But if we don't take it out and keep it hidden in our hands, it will be a death warrant!"

If she had a choice, she certainly didn't want to go to someone's house and make threats shamelessly with an ugly face.

Before she married into the Li family, she was born into a prominent family and had never done anything like this. But now the Li family has fallen on hard times, and her two sons are useless. If she doesn't stand up and find a new way out, who can she rely on?

What is shame, what is propriety, what is appropriate and what is not? These are things that need to be considered when one is rich and comfortable. In the current situation, how can they care about them!

Li Zheng looked at his mother. Although he still disagreed in his heart, he couldn't explain why.

He opened his mouth, but finally lowered his head dejectedly without saying a word.

……

After leaving the courtyard where Li Zheng and his mother lived, Lu Yan went straight to the study of her father, Lu Wenshi.

Lu Wenshi was sitting behind the desk, holding a book in his hand and pretending to be serious. He looked very uneasy.

He now holds the fifth rank, which is not low, but his father is Grand Tutor Lu after all. Taking his background into consideration, his current official position is not impressive enough.

It's just that his abilities are limited and his talent is not remarkable, so his presence in the court is not strong. He was able to climb to his current position thanks to the face and favor of Grand Tutor Lu. Speaking on an individual basis, he is not outstanding.

So even though he had been an official for many years, when people mentioned the Lu family, the first person they thought of was still Grand Tutor Lu, not him.

"Father." Lu Yan called from the door of the study.

Lu Wenshi put down the book in his hand and was about to ask Lu Yan and Li Zheng how their conversation went.

Without waiting for him to speak, Lu Yan asked directly, "How long do you plan to keep this secret from grandpa?"