He said, "If he cared about you, he should have chased after you himself instead of having his attendants send a carriage over. He clearly meant for me to take you away quickly. He's probably currently all lovey-dovey with that Mr. Lu, and feeling sorry for the guy I punched."
Zhu Yu: "..."
"Alright, Xiaoyun, stop talking and rest. I'm worried about you no matter what. I'll have Elder Hong take a look at you when we get back to the manor."
Zhu Yu had a headache; how come he never knew Lu Yucheng was so stubborn?
Half an hour later, the carriage came to a steady stop in front of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.
Zhu Yu wanted to get off the carriage himself, but Lu Yucheng stretched out his arms and said, "Look at your injuries, they haven't fully healed yet. If we go all the way to the backyard, your injuries will probably reopen."
Zhu Yu could only silently nestle in Lu Yucheng's arms.
Just now at Prince An's residence, he told the old women to hurry up, because they had aggravated the injury on his back, and he guessed that some parts had reopened.
He had promised Lu Xiaoyun that he would recover as soon as possible.
If it weren't for him, this body wouldn't be in such a battered state.
The main reason was that he had never been to the backyard of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion before, and he really didn't know the way.
Lu Yucheng carried Zhu Yu down from the carriage and said to Luo Wang, "Immediately invite Elder Hong to Xiao Yun's Tongjia Courtyard and tell him that my sister is seriously injured and ask him to come over immediately."
Zhu Yu: "..."
If this old man Hong is really as powerful as Lu Yucheng said, he can tell what kind of injuries he has suffered just by looking at him.
Headache.
And, Tongjia Courtyard?
Zhu Yu's eyes flickered.
"Your Highness, what's going on? Why did you bring Xiaoyun back? Why didn't His Highness Prince An come along?"
Ever since Lu Yucheng went to the Prince An's mansion, Fang Shi had been feeling uneasy. She silently prayed that the damned girl would tell Lu Yucheng that she was willing to entrust her deceased mother's dowry to her for management.
Looking up, he was surprised to see Lu Yucheng carrying the brat as he got off the carriage.
They've returned to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.
What kind of nonsense is this!
Fang Shi didn't care about dowry anymore and hurriedly stepped forward to stop Lu Yucheng from carrying this wretched girl into the gate of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.
"Oh dear, it's the first time a married woman returns to her parents' home, and her husband should accompany her. It's not right for her own brother to take her back to the mansion. You still have two unmarried sisters. Don't you want to get married?"
Zhu Yu gave Fang a cold look.
Fang was focused on Lu Yucheng, wanting him to send the person back to the Prince An's residence as soon as possible, and didn't notice the cold look in his eyes.
“Your second sister is already engaged to the grandson of the Duke of Ying. If they find out, how will they agree? They'll think our Duke Zhenguo’s mansion is some kind of unruly family.”
Isn't this deliberately delaying her two daughters' marriages?
An hour ago, she went to see the Duke of Zhenguo and mentioned that Lu Yucheng was getting on in years and it was time for him to get married.
The Duke of Zhenguo also indicated that he did indeed intend to return to Shengjing this time, and asked her to keep an eye out for any girls with virtuous character. He didn't care about their family background, but rather the girl herself.
Fang readily agreed. In fact, after dinner the previous night, she and Wei Mama had already reviewed all the eligible young ladies who were of marriageable age and not yet engaged.
After finishing this story, she couldn't help but bring up Lu Xiaoyun's marriage, and then, in front of the Duke of Zhenguo, she embellished the events of the palace banquet.
This was also a reminder to the Duke of Zhenguo that Lu Xiaoyun probably wasn't having a good time in the backyard of the Prince of An's mansion.
She overheard it too: the Duke of Zhenguo told Lu Yucheng not to act impulsively, but look what happened! How could this person do such a thing!
They even brought the person back to their residence!
Lu Yucheng's arms were strong and powerful, and he held Zhu Yu firmly in his arms: "Mother, my sister is going back to her own home. How can that affect the marriage of my second and third sisters? If the grandson of the Duke of Yingguo is unwilling to marry my second sister because of this, in my opinion, it's better if she doesn't marry him."
Upon hearing this, Madam Fang became anxious. She had gone to great lengths to secure such a wonderful marriage.
"What kind of talk is that? What do you mean 'it's fine if I don't marry him'? Do you know how many noble ladies in the capital want to marry the grandson of the Duke of Ying?
Lu Yucheng frowned in disgust, but Fang was, after all, an elder, and he couldn't embarrass her in public at the entrance of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.
Seeing that she couldn't persuade Lu Yucheng, Fang turned to Zhu Yu, who was nestled in Lu Yucheng's arms, and said, "Xiao Yun, your mother knows that you like Prince An very much, but how can you let your brother bring him back to your mother's home like this today?"
“Now that you’ve married Prince An, you should return to the Prince An’s residence with him for the sake of your future life there. You haven’t returned to your parents’ home yet after your wedding. Now that your father and brothers have returned, it’s a good time to go to the Prince An’s residence and bring Prince An back for the return visit.”
She was certain that Prince An would not return to her parents' home with her, but it didn't matter, as long as she didn't enter the gates of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion like that.
"Xiao Yun, hurry up and get down from your brother's arms. If your brother carries you into the manor like this, it won't be so easy for you to return to the Prince An's manor in the future. Wouldn't all the things you did before have been for nothing? Xiao Yun, don't let your brother ruin your life."
"Hurry up and take the carriage back to Prince An's mansion. Listen to your mother, Xiao Yun. Your mother is doing this for your own good."
Lu Yucheng stopped in his tracks, looking coldly at Fang Shi: "What did Mother say? What do you mean by 'those things Xiaoyun did before'? What did Xiaoyun do?"
Madam Fang scoffed lightly: "What else could it be? It's nothing more than Xiao Yun spreading rumors before the palace banquet that she admired Prince An, and then plotting to marry him at the banquet. Isn't that common knowledge throughout Shengjing City?"
Zhu Yu turned to look at Fang Shi, blinking his innocent big eyes, and said in a daze, "What did you say? I don't understand. Didn't you spread the word that I admired His Highness Prince An? I only met His Highness Prince An once when he returned to Shengjing. He said he was handsome, but he didn't say anything else."
"But you, because of these words, have been asking people everywhere to act as matchmakers, saying that you want me to marry Prince An and become his concubine. All the ladies in the Shengjing imperial concubine circle know about this."
"And what happened at the palace banquet—everyone in the capital already knows that Ren Yong'an from the Left Prime Minister's residence framed me. You don't know that yet, do you?"
Fang choked. How could she not know? A few days ago, the guard at the gate of Prince An's mansion had performed that scene so vividly that it had become a hot topic and even the nobles in the palace probably knew about it.
She grabbed Zhu Yu from Lu Yucheng's arms: "Xiao Yun, you can't be so selfish. You can't just ignore your second and third sisters' lives because of yourself. How will they face people and get married after you come back like this?"
As Fang spoke, tears streamed down her face.
Zhu Yu tugged at his sleeve in disgust: "Madam, don't blame me for whether their marriage goes smoothly or not."
Fang's face was quite unpleasant. She used to call her "Mother" so happily, but now she was calling her "Step-Madam".
She remembered that the last time she went to Prince An's mansion, that brat looked at her with the same cold, indifferent gaze.
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