Family Division
Logically speaking, after the old duke passed away, the eldest and second branches of the family could have divided up the family property. However, since He Nanfeng had no parents to take care of him, it was the second branch's responsibility to look after him. Naturally, the family couldn't be divided.
Lu Wanning originally thought that when she brought it up, the princess would get angry and forbid her from talking nonsense. Unexpectedly, the princess just lowered her head and pondered, looking rather willing.
The Wei family sized up her younger sister - in - law. She sighed inwardly. She didn't know what her younger sister - in - law was up to. She just had to stir things up. Well, the mother - in - law always doted on Young Master He the Third and would surely not ignore him. All she could do was make more arrangements. It would be great if it worked out. If not, she would try her best to prevent the Lu family from getting into trouble.
That night, Jiyue sent the other servants away and served Lu Wanning alone. She whispered, "Your Highness, this servant doesn't quite understand. Why do you insist on having Young Master He the Third divide the family? Clearly, dividing the family is not beneficial to him. Without the support of the He family, how can he manage on his own? He's not even twenty yet, and he has no official position."
Lu Wanning's eyes sparkled. She only said, "The people in the He family, the farther away the better."
Jiyue didn't understand. "Why? The He family is a relative of the emperor, the maternal family of the Crown Prince. Why should we stay away from them?"
Lu Wanning didn't explain it to her. She just patted her head and said, "You don't need to worry about these things. But in these days, you must be more careful. Don't let Shi Aohan take advantage of any loopholes."
Jiyue was even more confused. "What loopholes can Miss Shi take advantage of? We haven't offended her. What can she do?"
Lu Wanning shook her head. "She's a very shrewd person. During the day, I deliberately threw out some red herrings. She might not have figured it out right away, but when she goes back and thinks about it slowly, she'll surely realize that I did it on purpose. She already has a grudge against me. It's impossible for her not to take revenge on me."
Jiyue said blankly, "But you clearly helped her. If it weren't for your explanation in front of the Heir of the Marquis Fu, the Heir of the Marquis Fu would have wronged her."
Explanation? Lu Wanning gave a soft laugh. How could it be an explanation? She just wanted to tie those two people tightly together. She was afraid that at this moment, Fu Rongxuan and Shi Aohan were already making love.
That's exactly what she wanted.
Shi Aohan, as an ancient woman, valued her chastity very much. Although she had liked Fu Rongxuan before, she must have had a knot in her heart because Fu Rongxuan had delayed marrying her. That's why she had set her sights on other people. Now, because of the incident of catching someone in adultery, Fu Rongxuan felt guilty. Just like in the book, he would secretly go to Shi Aohan's place to apologize. As the apology went on, the two of them would end up in bed.
Without her chastity, let's see if you, Shi Aohan, still have any other thoughts of flirting.
Jiyue didn't understand Lu Wanning's meaning. Seeing that she didn't say anything, she didn't dig deeper. She just said, "If that's the case, when Your Highness goes out these days, this servant will arrange for more guards to follow."
Lu Wanning gently shook her head. "No, this is not interesting. Now, it's my turn."
"What?"
Lu Wanning squinted her eyes. Fu Rongxuan had a half - brother who resembled him about five or six out of ten. Since the mistress didn't like him, he had been away from home for a long time. In the book, this half - brother came back during Fu Rongxuan's wedding. Compared with his gentle and talented elder brother Fu Rongxuan, this half - brother had nothing commendable except his appearance.
After returning to the capital, he was naturally one of the playboys.
Two months after Lu Wanning's wedding to Fu Rongxuan, during a family banquet one day, she got drunk and was in the same room with this half - brother. Although their clothes were intact, Lu Wanning was still labeled as a promiscuous woman.
The book said that after her marriage, Lu Wanning didn't get Fu Rongxuan's love, so she transferred her affection to his half - brother and took the initiative to seduce him. The half - brother was extremely reluctant, but Lu Wanning took advantage of being drunk to flirt with him.
Regardless of the truth, now Lu Wanning was no longer the original character and wouldn't marry Fu Rongxuan. But she didn't know if she would still be involved with this half - brother.
"Fu Rongxuan has a younger brother named Fu Rongli. Isn't it time for him to return to the capital?"
Jiyue stared blankly at her. "Your Highness, Second Young Master Fu returned to the capital yesterday."
Lu Wanning didn't mind. She didn't remember the specific timeline in the book very clearly. Since Fu Rongli had returned to the capital, it would be easier. Shi Aohan, I've always been on the defensive. Now, it's time for a change. Let you taste the feeling of being framed.
Back at the Supreme Court of Judicature, Lu Wanning was already very familiar with the paperwork. The clerk sighed at her quick - wittedness.
"Among all the students I've taught, you're the first one who can understand things at once. The method you came up with for copying and organizing these documents is almost the same as what His Highness, the King of Yu, meant before."
Lu Wanning's handwriting was not good. After she came up with the method, the clerk and several junior clerks started to reorganize the documents. After they were organized into volumes, it would be more convenient to find any case.
While they were copying, Lu Wanning had nothing to do for the moment, so she walked around.
She walked into the adjacent room where the closed - case files were stored. After thinking for a while, she found the cases from fifteen years ago and randomly took one out to look through, mainly focusing on the cases in the capital.
It seemed that there had been a lot of things happening that year. The two most famous cases were that a nunnery in the suburbs of the capital was found to be a brothel in disguise, and there was a spy from an enemy country in the most famous brothel in the capital.
Both of these two cases had been solved in the end, and the masterminds of the two cases were all involved with some prominent families in the capital. Lu Wanning knew several of these families.
Something was wrong. If the cases were solved like this, why were those families still there and still among the noble families in the capital?
Lu Wanning flipped through the files again and found that there was still something written at the end. It turned out that these two cases were both unjust ones. In the end, it was found that those families had nothing to do with them. But from here on, the records were rather vague. They couldn't even find out who the mastermind behind the scenes was.
It was really strange.
Lu Wanning checked the files for several years before and after. She found that besides these two major cases, there were also several other cases that had been overturned in the end. Similarly, the records were vague and not clear at all.
The clerk walked in and asked, "Your Highness, what are you looking at?"
Lu Wanning put down the file. Seeing the clerk's nervous look, she smiled and said, "Just looking around casually. When I saw this case about the nunnery, I thought of the case we had last time. By the way, the case of the missing girls a while ago has been closed, right?"
The clerk glanced at the file in Lu Wanning's hand without thinking much. He just shook his head and said, "Although the criminals have been found, the case involves too many people and hasn't been closed yet. So it hasn't been sent here."
Lu Wanning asked, "Why hasn't the case been closed?"
The clerk shook his head. "I don't know. It's not my business to take care of."
Lu Wanning thought for a while, got up, and walked out. "I'll go and ask."
The clerk quickly stopped her. "Your Highness, you should stay here now and organize the files well. The matter of the case shouldn't trouble Your Highness."
Lu Wanning waved her hand. "I'm just a worrying person. Don't try to persuade me. You go and do your work. I'll be back soon."
Naturally, she went to the office area at the back to look for Lord Fang.