Chapter 293 Despicable Means

In the chaos, Xiao Yan also came.

"Abandoned Mother, what's wrong?" He asked in shock, "Are you okay?"

"Where have you been?" Lu Qiniang asked him.

"I'm home." Xiao Yan said, "A child just came to tell me that you fainted at Doctor Hu's house..."

He smelled faintly of alcohol and must have taken a shower, as his hair was still wet.

No matter how dumb Lu Qinniang was, she could probably piece together the truth of the matter by now, although she still couldn't figure out their motives.

"Those two," Lu Qiniang pointed at Xin Ji'an and Du Juan, "tricked me in and tried to knock me out. Inside, Old Hu is already drunk and fast asleep. If I had fallen for their trick, Old Hu and I would be sleeping on the same kang right now."

Xiao Yan's aura changed instantly, and he was like a sharp sword drawn from its sheath. The invisible hostility made everyone around him take two steps back.

He walked towards Xin Jian and Du Juan.

His aura was so frightening that almost everyone thought he was going to kill someone.

Lu Qiniang also thought so.

She hugged Xiao Yan tightly, "Don't go, don't move. Wait until Old Hu wakes up! Aunt Xu, Uncle Gao, go in and help, splash Old Hu with cold water to wake him up. Then, who can help go to Du Juanniang's parents' home?"

Lin's parents' home is not far away.

When Lin lost her husband, her parents didn't care about her, so she had to raise Dujuan, and her life was very difficult.

Doctor Hu took her in.

Later, when life got better, Lin started visiting her parents' home again.

Doctor Hu had no objection to this.

Let your wife decide on her own matters regarding her parents' home. Even if she visits, it's just to give them gifts during the holidays, and it won't cost much money.

As long as my wife is happy.

So now think about it, Dujuan's uncle coming to pick up Lin might also be part of Xin Ji'an and Dujuan's plan.

What good things can come out of a family like that!

Whenever Lu Qiniang thought about it, she gritted her teeth, feeling scared and regretful.

——She really was too unsuspecting towards Dujuan.

"I'll go. I know where it is. It's not far away." Someone offered.

After all, Lu Qinniang's popularity is obvious to all, and many people are willing to help her.

"Abandoned Mother, let go. I won't touch them." Xiao Yan said.

Lu Qiniang didn't dare to let go. "Xiao Yan, I'm fine. Nothing happened to me. Don't get excited. Wait until Lao Hu and Du Juanniang come back. I have something to explain to them."

She wanted to understand why Dujuan was like this.

She also wants an explanation.

Friendship is friendship, but the nature of this matter is too bad.

To be precise, this incident hit one of Lu Qinniang's few sore spots.

She looked at Du Juan and spoke slowly, "I've watched you grow up, and I've always thought you were a good kid. If you feel I've wronged you in any way, you can tell me. Even if you secretly put a sack on me and beat me up, I won't be able to say anything. But—"

"As a woman about to get married, you already know that reputation is more important than anything else. Yet you resort to such despicable means to destroy my reputation and frame your stepfather, who has raised you for ten years and treated you like his own daughter. Dujuan, you have no heart!"

Why do women make things difficult for other women?

How despicable it is to make a fuss about the relationship between men and women!

"He treats me like his own daughter?" These words seemed to hit Du Juan in the back. "If I were his biological daughter, would he have given me such a small dowry? Would he have passed on his medical skills to my brother instead of me? The little he gave me is the reward my mother deserves for serving him for so many years! His heart is already broken, and you all keep saying how good he is to me!"

"Don't say you are not my biological daughter. Even if you are, ask yourself, how many girls around you have as much dowry as you? Dujuan, don't be greedy." Lu Qinniang scolded loudly.

"Not your biological daughter, I'm not your biological daughter. Then are Daya and Erya your biological daughters? Why did you give each of them two thousand taels of dowry? I only have a few hundred taels? You found a Black Armor Army commander as a husband for Daya, but what about me? He obviously treated the emperor's illness, so he can ask the emperor for a good husband for me. It's just a matter of asking, but do you think he did it?"

Lu Qiniang took a deep breath.

Good, good, it turns out that Doctor Hu has already guessed the emperor’s identity.

Xiao Yan seemed to know what she was thinking and whispered in her ear, "Later, the reward was guessed by Old Hu."

Doctor Hu went to Xiao Yan to verify.

Xiao Yan did not hide it from him and confirmed his guess.

Doctor Hu cursed.

"I'm going to be killed by your bitch sooner or later! Do you know that? My ancestor was convicted of a crime as a royal physician and died... and then, with great difficulty, only my branch is left. Now, I'm the only one in the line for three generations—"

"But Qi Niang said that you have a nephew."

"We're a bit distant from each other, but I just feel sorry for him. Just like Lu Qin's mother, she was soft-hearted and got struck by lightning, and ended up raising an ungrateful person." Old Hu said depressedly, "Our ancestors said that I would rather die of poverty and starvation than become an imperial physician. Lu Qin's mother, on the other hand, was so lucky that she provoked the emperor to come out for me even though I didn't enter the palace. She's really good at it."

"This matter is mainly my fault." Xiao Yan took the responsibility on himself.

"Stop talking! If it weren't for her blind enthusiasm, there wouldn't be so many problems later. She's so powerful now that she's meddling in the emperor's affairs. Fortunately, the emperor is a wise ruler and doesn't bother with me."

But Lao Hu still felt a chill on his neck.

If the emperor was a little petty, his head would have moved away long ago.

Doctor Hu knew about it, but he probably wouldn't tell his family. I guess Dujuan overheard it.

Now that she is so outspoken, everyone around her knows about it.

OK, OK.

Lu Qiniang no longer dared to provoke Du Juan, because she didn't know what she might say in a hurry.

Doctor Hu was helped out, already dressed in a crooked manner, his face wet.

I've already sobered up from the drunkenness.

He looked at Dujuan, feeling distraught. His lips moved as if he wanted to speak, but no words came out. In the end, he could only force out a smile that was uglier than crying - it was a self-deprecating smile.

It turns out that the father-daughter relationship they had had for so many years was just his wishful thinking.

It turns out that when people are speechless, they really can't say a word.

"Please find me a chair. Sorry for the inconvenience." Doctor Hu said with difficulty after a long pause, "I've drunk too much and I can't stand steadily."

Someone helped him bring out a chair from the house and asked him to sit down.

"Abandoned Mother, Xiao Yan, I, Old Hu, am sorry for you today." Doctor Hu smiled bleakly.

"What does it have to do with you?" Lu Qiniang said, "Old Hu, just think of it as you've raised an ungrateful wolf over the years. Getting angry at a beast will only make you worse."

"How can I face you in the future? How can I, Old Hu, face you two?" Doctor Hu said sadly, with tears in his eyes.