amaotonovel Chapter 576 Father, Are You Crazy?
Chapter 576 Father, Are You Crazy?
"you dare!"
Lu Wenshi was shocked and angry. He had never expected that his daughter, who usually looked weak and gentle, would suddenly become so tough.
"It seems that you are really overwhelmed by your status as a female official. Do you really think you are so great? To put it nicely, you are a female official. To put it bluntly, you are just a slave with a certain rank in the harem. You haven't even grown your wings yet!"
However, Lu Yan just looked at him deeply and said, "Father, you can give it a try. If you don't tell grandfather about this within an hour, I will tell him for you."
"You bastard!" Lu Wenshi raised his hand high and was about to hit Lu Yan.
Lu Yan did not hide or evade, but just looked at Lu Wenshi quietly, without even a trace of panic in her eyes.
Seeing this scene, Lu Wenshi couldn't help but be stunned, and his palm stopped in mid-air.
"If you want to hit me, then go ahead. I'll feel better after you slap me. I'll just regard it as... my filial piety to you!"
Lu Wenshi, who was still hesitating, was enraged again and continued to slap.
But this time it still didn't fall on Lu Yan's face and was stopped.
"Stop it!"
Grand Tutor Lu appeared at the door of the study room at some point in time. His cold, angry, and majestic tone made Lu Wenshi shudder, and a sense of awe from the bottom of his heart instantly surged up in him.
He quickly withdrew his hand, "Father, why are you here?"
Master Lu walked forward with a cold face, "If I don't come, do I have to let you beat Yan'er and force her to marry Li Zheng?"
Lu Wenshi was stunned, met the gaze of Grand Tutor Lu, and said quickly with a guilty conscience.
"Father, what are you talking about? I don't understand. Li Zheng and his mother are just staying at home temporarily. How could they get married with Yan'er?"
Master Lu ignored his son and first checked on Lu Yan to make sure she was not beaten. Then he looked coldly at Lu Wenshi again.
"Don't try to cover up here. Do you think I'm really old and confused and can be easily fooled by you? What's more, the Li family is now a family of criminals. Given your personality, how could you be so generous as to let them live in your home? I don't believe a single word of the reasons you gave me before."
The reason why he didn't expose it immediately was that he just wanted to find out what his son was hiding!
Lu Wenshi's face turned pale, "Father, son, son..."
"You have always been a loser, with no apparent talent and insufficient ability. Your father did have high hopes for you, but later gave up after realizing this. I no longer expected you to rise to prominence and bring honor to our family. But I never thought that you would be so bold as to participate in cheating in the imperial examinations!" Grand Tutor Lu's tone was filled with disappointment.
Realizing that his father really knew everything, Lu Wenshi's nervous body swayed, and the next moment he gritted his teeth and knelt down in front of Master Lu.
"Father, I was confused for a moment, so I did something wrong. Please forgive me!"
"You've done more than just this one thing! First, you participated in cheating in the imperial examination, and then you forced Yan'er to cover up for you and marry Li Zheng..."
"Father, I don't have any! I want to make a marriage contract first, mainly to stabilize the situation..."
"Shut up, I haven't finished what I was saying." Grand Tutor Lu looked coldly at Lu Wenshi who was kneeling on the ground.
Lu Wenshi's body trembled again. He could only swallow the words of explanation and continued to listen with his head down.
"Your father understands your fear. After all, the court has been in turmoil recently, and the emperor is furious. Any minor mistake at this time will probably be severely punished. Your fear is understandable, but since you have done something wrong, you should admit it. You cannot make the same mistake over and over again, and you must not push your own daughter into the fire pit in order to cover up your mistakes!"
"Grandfather..." Grand Tutor Lu's words made Lu Yan's heart tremble, and tears fell down.
"Yan'er, don't cry." Grand Tutor Lu patted Lu Yan's hand lovingly, "Grandfather heard everything you said just now. You are a good child, you have your own ideas and opinions, and you have lived up to your grandfather's careful teachings over the years."
Hearing this, Lu Yan couldn't hold back her tears any more, "Grandfather, I hope you don't blame me for being unfilial."
"How could Grandfather blame you? Moreover, filial piety is not just about blindly obeying your parents. If you know that your elders are doing something wrong but do not stop them, that is not filial piety, it is just foolish filial piety. You did the right thing. If you really listened to your father and covered up for him today, Grandfather would really blame you."
Grand Tutor Lu looked at Lu Yan with satisfaction, his eyes full of admiration.
However, when his gaze shifted to Lu Wenshi who was kneeling on the ground, his expression suddenly turned into disappointment.
"As Yan'er's father, you don't care about your daughter. As my son, you concealed and deceived your father. As a court official, you don't think about fulfilling your duties, but instead take crooked paths. You are an unkind father, an unfilial son, and an unrighteous official. If you don't reflect on your mistakes and repent in time, how will you face the ancestors of the Lu family in the future!"
Grand Tutor Lu's rebukes weighed heavily on Lu Wenshi, making him unable to raise his head. He could only respond.
"I was wrong, please forgive me, I promise to turn over a new leaf and never do it again."
"Do you really know you are wrong?"
"Yes, I really know I was wrong!" Lu Wenshi raised his head, "Father, I was just confused for a moment and said that to Yan'er. After all, she is my biological daughter, how could I bear to see her suffer any injustice? As for hiding it from you, it was because I really didn't know how to tell you about it and was worried about making you angry. Now that you know, I feel relieved. I really know I was wrong."
Hearing Lu Wenshi's repeated apologies, Grand Tutor Lu's expression eased a little.
"Okay, since you know you are wrong, I will forgive you."
Lu Wenshi originally thought that he would be severely punished this time, but he did not expect his father to relent so quickly. He was delighted and quickly said, "Thank you, father!"
"I haven't finished speaking yet." Grand Tutor Lu looked at Lu Wenshi dimly, paused for a moment and continued, "Since you already know your mistakes, then tomorrow in the court, you will state your crimes in public, accept the punishment, and take responsibility for your mistakes."
The corners of Lu Wenshi's mouth froze before he could even raise them. He looked at Master Lu in disbelief, even wondering if he had heard it wrong.
When he met the stern gaze of Grand Tutor Lu, Lu Wenshi realized that he had not heard wrong, and a surge of anger suddenly surged in his heart.
"Father, are you crazy?"