Chapter 30 - s of Family Discipline
In the southern part of Yizhou City, the Lu Mansion was lit up brightly.
A woman dressed in luxurious attire, with a harsh face and lips as thin as if cut by a knife, was seated in the main hall of the Lu Mansion. She held a plate with a bowl of snow swallow and winter melon soup, eating leisurely with a porcelain spoon trimmed in gold, served by a maid.
Lady Tian, Lu Wenlin’s second wife, and the current matriarch of the Lu family.
"Mother, can we go to sleep now? It’s almost 1 a.m."
Lady Tian’s teenage sons sat next to her, yawning incessantly, struggling to keep their eyes open.
Glancing at them, Lady Tian snorted coldly. "Sleep? First, we need to deal with that wretched Xi Hui. I thought throwing her in that small courtyard in East City would make her rot away there. Who would have expected that cheap woman would still find a way to seduce your father and get pregnant. Today, while your father is drunk, we must make sure Xi Hui meets her end. If by chance she gives birth to a son, who knows what complications might arise in a decade or so..."
THUD THUD THUD.
A servant, forehead slick with cold sweat, rushed into the hall, his lips trembling.
Without looking up, Lady Tian asked, "Where is Xi Hui? Bring her in."
"Madam, we did not bring Xi Hui, but Doctor Li, who helped her give birth, has come."
"Giving birth? Doctor Li?"
Lady Tian was momentarily stunned. The gossip she had heard during the day flashed through her mind like lightning. "Is it the one who received the recommendation letter from the Academic Palace this year?"