Chapter 53: Fighting in front of the door

Another woman chimed in, saying, "Lord Lu's original wife was such a good person, kind and generous, but he ended up pushing her away and marrying this stingy woman. Oh, each generation is truly worse than the last."

The more people gathered, the louder the discussion became.

The servants of the Marquis' Mansion had no choice but to report to the old lady and ask her to make a decision.

Madam Hou had no choice but to ask for the gate to be opened and come out to greet them in person.

Just at this time, Lu Yu came back.

As usual, he went out to drink after leaving court, and now he came back drunk.

There were a bunch of people gathered in front of his house, as if someone had died in his family.

"What do you do? What do you all do?"

Lu Yu usually pretends to be polite to the people, but he is arrogant in his heart.

Now I am burning with alcohol and have forgotten to pretend.

When the common people saw his ferocious face, they all looked at him sideways.

The next moment, Fu Xiaoshan rushed over and said, "You bastard, I'll beat you to death!"

After saying that, he grabbed Lu Yuyi's collar and slapped him in the face.

Lu Yu was too drunk to fight back, but he kept cursing: "How dare you hit me, you bastard?"

Fu Xiaoshan pushed him out, and after he stumbled and fell, he saw clearly that the person in front of him was actually Fu Xiaoshan.

The crowd all stood on Fu Xiaoshan's side: "Good, good, good fight!"

Lu Yu was somewhat afraid of Fu Xiaoshan, and when he knelt down in front of his father-in-law, Fu Xiaoshan saw him.

To put it bluntly, Fu Xiaoshan knew best how much he weighed.

However, with so many people watching, I have to save face.

So he rushed over to fight back, but the old lady who was walking over shouted at him, "Stop it! Why don't you invite your brother-in-law in?"

In the living room, Madam Hou called for hot tea: "Mr. Fu, please have some."

Fu Xiaoshan took a sip with a sullen face and said, "Old Madam, I didn't come here today to pick on you, nor do I want to embarrass an old lady like you."

The words implicitly pointed the finger at Lu Yu, who sat there with a calm demeanor: "Isn't it all for your sister? She and I divorced amicably, and I gave her all the dowry. She didn't suffer any loss. Why are you still looking for trouble?"

Fu Xiaoshan slammed the table and stood up, angrily scolding, "Are you talking like a human being? What did you promise my father when you asked to marry my sister?"

Lu Yu's chest heaved with anger: "What happened in the past is in the past, why keep haunting it?"

Fu Xiaoshan frowned and asked angrily, "You are in the past, but as the eldest brother, I won't let it go so easily. Didn't you have an affair with the daughter of a thousand-household marquis without a matchmaker, gave birth to three children, and then came back to bully my sister?"

Lu Yu knew that Fu Xiaoshan's eloquence was no less than Fu Danjun's.

He had no hope of winning, so he could only roll his eyes: "Anyway, you listen to your sister. You believe whatever she says."

Fu Xiaoshan sneered: "You made the mistake first, and you still want to make excuses?"

Seeing her son was no match for her, the old lady took over the conversation: "No matter who was right or wrong, it's all in the past. Does Master Fu really want us to die as an apology?"

Fu Xiaoshan suppressed his temper and said, "Old Madam, what you said is too serious. How could I let you die to atone for your sins? I just feel sorry for my sister. Back then, our Fu family trusted you and married my sister to us. We let her live alone in the Marquis' Mansion without any relatives. Who would have thought that she would stay alone for seven years and then be forced to abdicate by a concubine? I can't believe that such a thing was done by your Guanyang Marquis' Mansion."

Seeing that he was talking endlessly, the old lady of the Marquisate also found fault with him: "Since Master Fu is a noble man, he shouldn't be causing trouble at the gate of the Marquisate. Just now, he attracted the crowd to watch and point fingers at us. Is this appropriate?"

Seeing that the old lady was getting angry, Fu Xiaoshan had to stop the attack.

He was not stupid. He knew that if he made the old lady sick due to anger, he would be at a disadvantage even if he was right.

So, he served the tea in silence.

On the other side, Pei was asking Cang Tao to change her clothes. When she heard that Fu Xiaoshan had come to the Marquis' Mansion to cause trouble, she decided to step forward to rescue her mother-in-law and husband.

She knew that even if she did not succeed, her act of standing up would move her mother-in-law and husband.

"Damn it! That Fu family just walked away with the dowry. Isn't that enough for her? Our lives are so tight! And she still has the nerve to order her brother from her natal family to cause trouble?"

While changing her clothes, Cang Tao complained, "That's right. I heard that after the Fu family divorced, they kept opening shops and making a fortune. If we hadn't shown mercy and allowed her to take her dowry with her, how could she have gotten rich?"

When Pei heard that the family was making a fortune, she became even more jealous: "Go, call Wu'er and the others, and go and judge the case together."

Lu Yu was distressed that Fu Xiaoshan refused to leave, but now he was leisurely drinking tea.

Pei rushed in with her three children, threw herself on the ground and cried, "Master Fu, this is all my fault. Don't make things difficult for your mother-in-law and husband. If you want to hit or scold me, come to me!"

After hearing this, Madam Hou felt that Pei was sensible and said, "Good daughter-in-law, get up quickly. If there is anything, let me, your mother-in-law, handle it."

Lu Yu's manly spirit was aroused, and he jumped up with his chest puffed out: "I am the head of the family, and I will take the responsibility for anything that happens!"

Fu Xiaoshan couldn't help but recall what his sister had said, that everyone in their family had a histrionic personality.

"I came here today to see Lord Lu, it has nothing to do with anyone else."

Fu Xiaoshan emphasized this again to avoid being accused of bullying women and children.

But Pei had already kowtowed to him, and Lu Yu was already yelling at him: "As a man, you force women, children, and old ladies? Do you still have any shame?"

Fu Xiaoshan felt Lu Yu's scapegoating and Pei's hypocrisy and weakness, and he lamented even more how his sister had managed to get through it.

"I have only one request, Lord Lu, you must go and apologize to my sister."

Fu Xiaoshan turned his attention back to Lu Yu: "It doesn't matter to others, but you must go and apologize!"

Lu Yu was so angry that he could only laugh awkwardly: "Haha, haha!"

Pei and her three children were still kneeling on the ground crying and begging, but Fu Xiaoshan didn't even look at them.

Madam Hou completely collapsed: "No! This is simply outrageous!"

She banged her cane on the ground and scolded, "How dare you, a merchant's son, order a fourth-rank official around? I think you're tired of living."

Fu Xiaoshan smiled calmly and said, "I will not give up until I achieve my goal. If the Marquis refuses to take the blame, then don't blame me. Let all the people in the capital know how your Marquis' Mansion bullied my sister."

Madam Hou snorted and laughed: "Do you think we have no way out? Do you know the shameful thing your sister did?"

Fu Xiaoshan sneered: "My sister would never do anything shameful, you are just throwing dirty water on her."

Seeing that things had come to this, Pei Shi simply spoke out: "Master Fu, it is absolutely true that your sister is having an affair with someone else."

Fu Xiaoshan was furious and slammed the table and stood up: "If you were not a woman, I would never forgive you."