Chapter 486: You Can Only Bear Children

Chapter 486: You Can Only Bear Children

Madam Lu couldn't stand it anymore and said, "How can you say such things? Erya stays at home every day and hasn't spent a night elsewhere. Could it be that you doubt this child isn't yours? I had the doctor calculate it, and the second child was conceived during that time."

When they found out about the pregnancy, Lu Shen was still at home. Because of Erya's words, he consulted several doctors to verify the dates, and indeed, it was during the time he had bound Fang Jinxiu.

He must have been thinking too much.

Lu Shen's voice softened, "I didn't mean it like that. How could I doubt Jinxiu? I just think this child is too beautiful."

"What kind of logic is that?" Fang Jinxiu cried in anger and pushed him away. "If the second child is beautiful, you still find fault with it. You might be ugly, but am I ugly? Is Mother ugly? I've heard that even Grandmother was an extremely beautiful woman. Can't he inherit our beauty? Does he have to look like you to be good?"

Madam Lu also scolded him, "Exactly! You silly boy, what nonsense are you spouting? With your ugly face, tormenting Ning'er is enough; do you hope everyone looks like you? If we all looked ugly, wouldn't we be laughed at to death?"

Lu Shen was silenced by their successive scolding and could only admit, "I was wrong. I spoke out of turn. Jinxiu, Mother, please stop scolding me."

"Knowing your mistake is enough. Hurry up and give the second child a name. The child doesn't have a name yet and has been waiting for you to return."

Lu Shen looked at the pretty little face and naturally thought of a name.

After some consideration, he said, "How about naming him Lu Huan? What do you think?"

"Lu Huan?" Madam Lu hit his head. "What a terrible name, it sounds like a name from a brothel. Are you a father who would give such an improper name? Come up with a new one."

Feeling guilty, Lu Shen quickly changed his mind, "Lu Huan, no, Lu Huàn. Mother, you misheard."

"Lu Huàn?" It sounded familiar somehow.

Madam Lu said, "Jinxiu, didn't the Princess Consort recruit a consort named something similar? Wasn't it Huàn?"

"Zhou Zhihuan."

"Yes, that's right. They say the Princess Consort recruited a consort, but in reality, he's just her plaything. What kind of name is that? Lu Shen, do you even know how to name someone? Do you dislike the second child?"

"Mother, where did you get that idea? I haven't even heard about the Princess Consort's new consort. Why would I deliberately give my son such a name? The character 'Huàn' means a bright future, it's a good name. Let's settle on this name."

Madam Lu grumbled at him a bit, but she was secretly pleased, calling the second child Huàn repeatedly.

As the family was laughing and talking, Wang Fuzhen arrived.

She had just received good news from Zheng Jinyu and couldn't wait to disrupt the atmosphere.

Wang Fuzhen pushed open the door with a smile, "Oh, you're having fun. Did I come at a bad time?"

The laughter in the room abruptly stopped.

Fang Jinxiu's face darkened, "Why are you here?"

Madam Lu was also unhappy.

In the past few months, Wang Fuzhen had been in charge, and Madam Lu had suffered a lot under her.

If it were anyone else, it would be fine, but she was the mother-in-law. How could a daughter-in-law make the mother-in-law suffer?

It infuriated her.

Before, she tolerated it due to certain considerations.

Now that her son had returned, why should she continue to suffer?

Not only would she not suffer, but she would also repay Wang Fuzhen for all the suffering she had endured.

"This is not a place for you. Go back."

Wang Fuzhen smiled at them without speaking, instead looking at Lu Shen.

Lu Shen's face darkened, "I heard that you assumed I was dead, so you quickly used your family's influence to control the Lu family, demoted Jinxiu to a concubine, and made my two sons illegitimate. Is that true?"

"So what if it is?"

Wang Fuzhen showed no fear, infuriating Lu Shen.

They were from the same circle, and he had known Wang Fuzhen since he was young.

Compared to her well-mannered sister, she seemed unreasonable, and he had never liked her.

He only brought her into the household because of her family's influence.

"Wang Fuzhen, I am the head of this family, and I decide everything here. My sons cannot be illegitimate. Go and change the genealogy back."

"Huh, is it fun to change orders every day? If you want to change it, go ahead. I won't."

"You... This is your doing."

Doesn't he know that changing it back and forth will invite criticism from those old men?

Wang Fuzhen waved her sleeve and sat down, "Do as you wish, whether you change it or not."

Lu Shen and the others were so angry that their faces turned livid.

"And..." Wang Fuzhen paused and looked at Madam Lu and Fang Jinxiu, saying, "Have you two forgotten what you promised me?"

Madam Lu replied, "That was a temporary measure to protect the family assets."

"Oh, so a temporary measure means deceiving me?"

"How can it be called deception?" Madam Lu said, "You are part of this family, and it's your duty to contribute. Hmph, you're better off being demanding and forcing Jinxiu to become a concubine and removing her from the genealogy. My two legitimate grandsons were made illegitimate, and you still have the nerve to talk to us?"

"Oh, so you're planning to burn your bridges now?" Wang Fuzhen sneered.

Lu Shen glared at her and said, "Isn't what my mother said true? Shouldn't you be contributing to this family? Humph, and you still dare to set conditions? Don't push your luck."

"Laughable. Push my luck? What have I gained?"

"You're in charge now, controlling the household finances, yet you won't even pay for a wet nurse for my son."

Wang Fuzhen glanced at Fang Jinxiu, "Isn't there already a wet nurse here?"

Fang Jinxiu was furious, "Are you treating me like a wet nurse?"

"Isn't that exactly what you are?" Wang Fuzhen sneered, "Isn't that all you're good for? Besides giving birth and nursing children like a sow, what else can you do?"

"You..." Fang Jinxiu stomped her foot in anger, "How dare you humiliate me like this? Wang Fuzhen, I've been very tolerant of you, why must you be so aggressive?"

Wang Fuzhen's eyes shifted to Lady Lu Da, and she laughed casually, "Because you didn't keep your promise to me."

"What promise?" Lu Shen asked.

"Ask your mother."

Lady Lu Da felt a bit guilty.

Lu Shen turned to his mother again, "Mother, what did you promise her?"

Lady Lu Da said, "Don't listen to her nonsense; it's nothing."

Wang Fuzhen wouldn't let it go, "If you won't say it, I will. You promised to demote Fang Jinxiu from wife to concubine and also to put her son under my name so that he could be considered a legitimate heir in the family records. Do you remember now?"

Hearing these words, Fang Jinxiu felt as if she were caught in a stormy sea.

She knew Lady Lu Da must have made such a promise to Wang Fuzhen, yet she still lied to her, saying it was nothing.

And she had even said that once they got control of the family assets, they would find a reason to divorce Wang Fuzhen. Why haven't they done it yet?