Shengjing Noble

Chapter 225 Tit for tat

Returning to the place where she had lived for more than ten years, Su Lanyin felt no waves in her heart, and even felt a little nauseous.

For her, this place is the origin of her nightmares, and everything she experienced in her previous life is still vivid in her mind.

The existence of the Su family reminds her all the time that her great revenge has not yet been taken.

Su Yongcheng and Liu Ruyan enthusiastically arranged for each guest to take a seat, but no one entertained Lu Wanjun and her group.

I guess it's to embarrass them.

But Su Lanyin had already anticipated this situation. She gave a wink and the servants she brought took down six folding chairs from the luggage rack at the back of the carriage.

"Girl, where is this chair?"

Su Lanyin looked around and pointed to the front: "Put it there. Since you are here to watch the fun, it should be more convenient to see."

"Yes."

The servants moved the chairs over and placed them next to Li Shian and Ji Yun.

This is the place closest to the main seat, almost close to the center.

Seeing that there was still one seat left, Ji Yun couldn't help but ask, "It looks like there's one person who hasn't arrived yet?"

"My eldest brother received an imperial edict to enter the palace when he was halfway there, otherwise he wouldn't have been delayed for so long." Lu Wanjun explained in a low voice.

"I see." Ji Yun nodded with a smile.

When Mr. Lu, who was far away in Quanzhou, heard about what happened in Qiu County, he immediately sent a whole shipload of food and supplies. It must have arrived in Qiu County yesterday and had already been distributed to the people by the Lu family.

Presumably, the local news had already been sent to the emperor in an emergency over a distance of eight hundred miles. Lu Yichen was summoned at this time, obviously with a heavier reward.

Before the engagement banquet officially started, Su Yongcheng and Liu Ruyan walked in first. They saw where the Lu family was sitting and immediately became furious.

"Who allowed you to sit here?"

Lu Wanjun stood up calmly and looked at him coldly, "We received Lord Su's invitation and came to attend the engagement banquet. Not only did no one entertain us, but no one even arranged a seat for us, so we found a place to sit down by ourselves. What's wrong with that?"

"Is this the place where poor people like you can sit? Go to the back!" Su Yongcheng shouted.

Mrs. Su, who followed closely behind, was also angry when she saw this and said, "You are just as unruly as before. If you were as knowledgeable and well-mannered as Ruyan, our Su family would not have divorced you."

Lu Wanjun crossed her arms and looked at the joke: "Your Su family invited people to the banquet but refused to receive them and arrange seats. Is this your rule? If so, then your Su family's hospitality is not very good."

"Also, I'm not as well-educated as Liu Ruyan, but the son I raised is a real top scholar, while the one she raised is a loser who didn't even make it into the top three."

"Finally, I want to remind you, old woman, that it was not your Su family who divorced me. I took the initiative to divorce and draw a clear line between myself and you ungrateful wolves. Do you understand?"

"You! You bastard...how dare you talk to me like that!"

The old lady was so angry that she was shaking all over and almost couldn't stand. Fortunately, Madam Yang followed her mistake.

In the past, Lu Wanjun was very respectful to her and rarely talked back to her, so it was difficult for her to adapt to the fact that the daughter-in-law, who had always been suppressed by her, would one day turn the tables on her.

Seeing this, Liu Ruyan stood up to show her tolerance and magnanimity.

She continued to help the old lady calm down with her gentle voice, saying in a veiled tone, "Mother-in-law, calm down. Don't argue with Sister Wanjun. She is just so straightforward. No matter if you are her elder or not, she always likes to confront you and won't give in."

This is clearly an allusion to the fact that Lu Wanjun has a bad temper, is disrespectful to elders, is petty-minded, and vindictive.

If it were in the past, Lu Wanjun’s temper would have exploded, but since leaving the Su family, her emotions have become much more stable.

Yes, dealing with so many troubles every day can make even the best-tempered person become irritable and angry.

She had a calm smile on her face, sighed softly, and there was contentment in her eyes.

"Liu Ruyan, you are still the same as before, always speaking in sarcastic and ambiguous ways."

"You misunderstood me, I didn't..."

Liu Ruyan frowned and wanted to refute but was interrupted.

"Okay, I'm too lazy to talk to you. No matter how you sneer at me, it doesn't matter. After all, it's you who are being sucked blood by the Su family's ungrateful wolves, not me. How about it? It feels good to be a slave to them while paying money and working hard, right?"

"Oh, you don't look in the mirror? Don't you find that you seem to have aged ten years? And what's with that dress of yours? You are from a marquis's mansion after all, why are you wearing last year's style? Didn't you buy two sets of clothes this year?"

Those few casual words directly hit Liu Ruyan's heart, making her so angry that her face turned green. She clenched her teeth tightly, as if she was about to vomit blood in the next second.

The others were trying to hold back their laughter and pursed their lips tightly for fear of laughing out loud.

Everyone has known that Su Yongcheng is a gigolo since Lu Wanjun left the Su family.

Unfortunately, he was the only one who refused to admit it and thought that no one knew about it, and continued to pretend to be a noble person that had long been shattered.

"Well, today is a happy day, why bother with them? A bunch of beggars won't be around for many days, so don't come to our Su family to beg for food!"

The old lady changed the subject with a sinister look on her face. After all, she felt guilty about this matter.

She knew that her son was a gigolo, and she also knew that the Su family had relied entirely on Lu Wanjun in the past.

But so what?

Her son was a scholar in his youth, so why did he marry a lowly merchant girl like her? Wasn't it just for money?

If Lu Wanjun didn't have some money, her son wouldn't even look down on her!

Since she married into the Su family, it is only natural that she should contribute money and effort to the family.

They even dared to call them ungrateful. In her opinion, Lu Wanjun and her children were the ungrateful ones.

If it weren't for Su Yongcheng, would they be worthy of being associated with a sixth-rank official?

If you leave the Su family now, you will immediately become a beggar. You deserve it!

Su Yongcheng knew that the theme of today was engagement, so he ignored the Lu family and said, "Today is a happy day, and I don't want some idle people to ruin the atmosphere."

"Okay, let's get back to business. The engagement party is officially starting!"

Everyone applauded, giving Su Yongcheng enough face.

However, when they saw the food brought by the servants, the smiles on their faces disappeared.

After all, they had eaten at many banquets before, but they had never seen any dishes with half portions.

On the table in front of me, there was half a chicken, half a fish, half an elbow...even the vegetables were only half the size.

Everyone looked at each other, not knowing whether they should pick up their chopsticks.

Su Yongcheng glared at Liu Ruyan fiercely upon seeing this, but luckily for him, he was quick-witted and quickly explained with a smile.