The legitimate daughter was reborn, and the emperor’s little Jiaojiao went crazy.

Lu Sangyu looked in the direction of the woman's sobbing and saw that her mother's hands and feet were tied, her hair was cut into several strands, a cloth was stuffed in her mouth, and she was staring with her eyes wide open and making whimpering sounds.

But his hands and feet were free, without any constraints.

He immediately stood up, ran to his mother despite feeling dizzy, and took the cloth out of her mouth. "Mom, how are you?"

Mrs. Lu was so anxious that she made a whining sound to warn her son because she saw that his son had also been caught.

Now that he saw his son was fine, Fang felt relieved and shook his head, "I'm fine."

Lu Sangyu looked at his mother from head to toe several times and confirmed that only a few strands of hair were cut and nothing else was wrong. He felt relieved, but also angry.

He looked at his mother's white jade wrists that were marked with red marks, and his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

At the same time, a man came out from the inner room with a smile, "It is really presumptuous to invite Lord Lu here in this way."

The man was in his forties, slightly plump, with a beard on his face. When he smiled, the beard trembled.

While Lu Sangyu was untying his mother, he asked without even looking up, "Kidnapped the relatives of an official appointed by the imperial court, do you think your life is too long?"

The man laughed, "You are too kind, Lord Lu." He introduced himself, "My last name is Chen, and I would like to make friends with Lord Lu and establish a relationship with him."

Lu Sangyu's whole body froze, and he looked up suddenly, incredulous, "Sir...Chen? Aren't you Lord Cen's adoptive father?"

The man was indeed Baron Chen Jikang of Fuguo. He clapped his hands and a group of people came in carrying several wooden boxes.

As they were opened box after box, gold, silver, jewellery, rare calligraphy works, silks and satins shone with an aura of wealth under the candlelight.

He said, "It's just a small token of my appreciation. Consider it Chen's apology to Lord Lu for what happened today."

Lu Sangyu's face suddenly turned cold, "What if I refuse?"

"That means Lord Lu thinks Chen's sincerity is not enough." He clapped his hands again, and the servants brought in a few more wooden boxes. They opened them one by one, and they were still filled with gold, silver and jewelry glittering with golden light.

This time, Lu Sangyu did not refuse immediately, "What do you want?"

Chen Jikang's face was full of smiles. "Master Lu, I want to be friends with you." He ordered someone to come in and "Take Madam Lu to wash up and don't scare anyone again."

Lu Sangyu's face turned cold, "No need."

"Hey!" Chen Jikang smiled wryly, "Now that people are here, if I really want to do something, why would I wait until now? Sir Lu, please be patient, it's still early, sit down and talk slowly. I've prepared some wine to express my apologies."

Lu Sangyu glanced at her mother.

Mrs. Lu knew that her son still had some work to do and didn't want to hold him back, so she nodded to her son and followed the mother-in-law out.

The servants filed in, bringing good wine and delicious food, and soon a large table was set with chicken, duck, fish, meat, and delicacies from land and sea.

Chen Jikang still greeted him with a smile, "Lord Lu, please."

Lu Sangyu’s mind was racing.

He knew that Chen Jikang was Cen Yuan's adoptive father, and that Cen Yuan had fought for him to obtain this title. Otherwise, with a businessman like Chen Jikang, he would probably never be able to cross the social class barrier in his lifetime.

But later, when Cen Yuan got married, the Chen family did not attend.

Clearly, the relationship has fallen apart.

Thinking of this, Lu Sangyu sat down in front of the table filled with feasts and flicked the corner of his robe. "Let's get straight to the point. What do you want to talk to me about?"

Chen Jikang personally picked up the dishes with chopsticks and said, "Master Lu, eat and drink first, then we can talk."

Lu Sangyu raised an eyebrow and pushed the bowl and chopsticks forward in disdain, spilling the food and wine on the table. "Do you think I dare to eat your food? If someone like you who is used to using despicable means puts some drugs in it and makes me sleep with your wife and your daughter, wouldn't I be disgusted to death?"

The words were rough, but the truth was true. Who was Lu Sangyu? He had heard all kinds of obscene words when he was a child, and when he entered the Lu family, he and his mother were often slandered with foul language, so he had already become indestructible.

He was just the runner-up in the imperial examination, and the elegance of a scholar temporarily made him look decent. He was a man who did not care about food or meat, and was free and unrestrained. At this point, how could he say anything nice?

Chen Jikang was choked by him and became angry and said, "How shameful!"

Lu Sangyu burst into laughter. "Lord Chen, others can talk to me about being polite, but you can forget about it. You are a rough man from a merchant family. Do you really think that you can cross the social class by being conferred a title?"

Chen Jikang hated it most when people talked about his merchant background, and a trace of embarrassment and viciousness flashed in his eyes.

Lu Sangyu was not going to stop talking, and he wanted to get back some of the shock his mother had suffered. "Do you know who painted the "Shocking Mountain Picture"? Do you know who wrote the "Shaohua Book"? Do you know what the six laws are? Do you know that kidnapping the relatives of an official appointed by the court should be executed?"

He slammed the table heavily, "Chen Jikang, how many dogs do you have to kill?"

Chen Jikang stood up suddenly, "Aren't you afraid that I will embarrass your mother?"

"Look, this is the method that a businessman like you would use." Lu Sangyu slowly raised his head and smiled contemptuously, "But you dare not! Just like you said, if you can make things difficult, you would have done it a long time ago. Why wait until now? Go ahead, call out the master behind you and we can talk. I don't want to waste my breath with people like you."

Mrs. Lu had come back from outside the door after washing and dressing herself. After hearing what her son said, she walked in and said, "Sang Yu, you don't have to worry about your mother. Don't be fooled by them."

Lu Sangyu then took out a bag of peanut candy from her sleeve and handed it to Mrs. Lu, "Mother, fill your stomach first."

He took this bag of candy from the table when he went out, thinking that it would be useful in case his mother was hungry.

He helped his mother sit down, then turned to Chen Jikang and said, "I'll give you half an hour to call out the master behind you. Otherwise, I will not wait for you. It's not that I look down on you, Master Chen, even if you have ten guts, you would not dare to keep me in your house."

Chen Jikang's face turned pale and he didn't want to say another word to this guy.

When literati insult people, they don't use any dirty words, but every word they say hits you right in the heart.

As soon as he left, Madam Yao came up to him and asked, "How is it? Did he agree to marry our Meng Ran?"

Chen Jikang pushed his wife and said angrily, "Don't dream."

Before we even talk about the main business or mention any additional conditions, we're already being insulted. Who can be in a good mood?

He entered the main hall and said respectfully to a man who was standing by the window with his hands behind his back admiring the moon, "Master Li, Master Lu wants to see you."

"How far have you talked with him?" The man turned around and it was none other than Li Changfeng.

Chen Jikang wiped the sweat from his forehead. Which step! He had just reached the step where he would be scolded!

But I have to say this, "I don't understand politics, and I can't talk well with Lord Lu. I'm worried that it will backfire, so I'll appease him first. For the rest, you'll have to talk to me in person, Lord Li. After all, Lord Lu is talented and a smart man."

Subordinates! That’s right, the Chen family received an olive branch from the Li family before they broke up with Cen Yuan…