He learned yesterday that the Yun and Li families had exchanged marriage certificates, and he has been waiting for nightfall.
After work, he went home and had dinner. Because he was feeling depressed, he drank some wine. After finishing a jar of wine, it got dark, so he left the Marquis's residence in the dark.
He often climbed over the wall to leave the mansion, and heaven knows how his father discovered him this time. Not only did he discover him, but he also sent people to follow him, which was unprecedented.
He first went to the residence of the Minister of the Court of State Ceremonies, then went straight to the ancestral hall. When he saw the eight characters on the offering table, Lu Cheng was furious. He picked two tablets from among the many tablets, knocked them down, and then climbed over the wall out of the Li family's house, scaling the eaves and walls to go to the Yun family's house.
Fearing that his actions would be too obvious and that he might disturb the ancestors of the Yun family, thus hindering his marriage to Yun Rui, Lu Cheng didn't dare enter the Yun family ancestral hall. He messed with a few horses, opened the chicken coop, and then drove off to go home and sleep soundly, waiting to hear the news that the marriage between the Yun and Li families had fallen through.
Who would have thought that his father's men saw everything he was doing?
Because Lu Cheng had been copying Buddhist scriptures these past few days, and also said that he had a sweetheart, someone they would never agree to, he sneaked out of the manor late at night. Marquis Xuanping wanted to know where his son had been fooling around in the middle of the night, so he wasn't sleepy at all and waited in his study for the people he had sent to return.
They waited for half a day.
The secret guards followed Lu Cheng out of the mansion and back, telling Marquis Xuanping about Lu Cheng's visit to the Li family ancestral hall and the horse and chickens that had harmed the Yun family.
Black lines were dripping down the Marquis of Xuanping's forehead.
He thought his son couldn't stand the loneliness of the long night and went to meet his sweetheart, but this is what happened?
Marquis Xuanping was unaware of the proposed marriage between the Yun and Li families. He was also puzzled as to why Lu Cheng, who had a good relationship with the eldest son of the Yun family, was out at night causing trouble for the Yun family's horses...
Not knowing what Lu Cheng was up to, and with the night growing late, Marquis Xuanping decided not to ask his son and to wait until tomorrow.
He waited for the guards in his study and didn't go back to sleep for a long time. Lady Xuanping came to the study to find him and said, "Master, it's late. Why haven't you gone to bed yet?"
Marquis Xuanping said, "Cheng'er climbed over the wall and left the manor last night. I'll send someone to follow him and see what he's doing. We'll wait for the guards to return..."
Before he could finish speaking, Lady Xuanping became anxious.
She had already imagined her son climbing over the wall into the Elephant Maiden's Pavilion. If the Marquis found out, he would beat Lu Cheng to death.
Although she wished she could beat her son to death, having given birth to such a disgraceful son, she had no face to face the ancestors of the Lu family, but her son was still her flesh and blood, and the Lady of Xuanping Marquis did not want to bury her son.
Lady Xuanping tried her best to plead for her son, saying, "He was ill and couldn't control himself, which is why he did such a thing. He knows he was wrong and has been copying Buddhist scriptures to repent every day. He even had the idea of becoming a monk. Please don't be angry, Your Highness..."
...Is Cheng'er sick?
He had no idea.
However, doing something like this late at night isn't quite right to call it petty theft, but it's not entirely unreasonable either.
What kind of disease is this?
Is it a disease that makes you feel uncomfortable all over if you don't cause trouble for others?
Marquis Xuanping said, "Although it's a bit immoral, it's not enough to make someone become a monk over something like this, is it?"
Lady Xuanping, "...???"
Unethical?
Even if his son is gay, such a big thing is just considered immoral in the eyes of the Marquis?
When did the Marquis become so easy to talk to?
Lady Xuanping sensed that something was amiss.
Marquis Xuanping stood up and said, "Go back to sleep."
Lady Xuanping asked, "Aren't we waiting for the secret guards to return?"
Marquis Xuanping said, "Cheng'er has already returned to the manor."
Lady Xuanping has been married to Marquis Xuanping for twenty years. I don't believe he could remain so calm knowing that his son is a frequent visitor to the Xianggu Pavilion, unless his son didn't go tonight and the secret guards didn't notice.
But it's unethical...
Lady Xuanping asked, "What immoral thing has our son done?"
Marquis Xuanping then told his wife about Lu Cheng's actions of turning over the Li family's memorial tablet and poisoning the Yun family's horse.
Lady Xuanping, "..."
Did her son take the wrong medicine?
What did the Li family ancestors do to offend him, that he would do such a despicable thing so late at night?
Luckily, she had just heard that he had gotten into trouble climbing over the wall, and thought...
My heart is still pounding with fear.
I'm definitely going to give him a good scolding tomorrow.
As a result, the night passed, and when Lady Xuanping wanted to find Lu Cheng in the morning, he had already left the mansion.
Even though they live under the same roof, it's not easy for parents to see their son.
Lady Xuanping was furious that she couldn't see her son. She patiently waited for him to return, but Lu Cheng didn't come back. The Yun and Li families intended to arrange a marriage, but news of strange things happening during the matching of their birth dates came.
Lady Xuanping, "..."
If I hadn't known it was my own son who did this.
Hearing this, she would most likely think that Young Master Li and Miss Yun were incompatible.
They say it's better to tear down a temple than to break up a marriage, but her son, instead of sleeping late at night, went and ruined the marriage between the Yun and Li families.
This isn't even considered immoral.
This is absolutely outrageous!
How could she have given birth to such a rebellious son?
Lady Xuanping pondered why her son would do such a despicable thing. After thinking about it for a long time, she suspected that her son had taken a fancy to the third young master of the Li family.
Lu Cheng, "..."
When Lu Cheng returned to his residence, he was preparing to change into a brocade robe before going to the Ling Prince's residence for a drink. Upon learning that his mother was looking for him, he went to see his mother first.
As soon as he entered the room, Zhao Mama dismissed the maids.
Lu Cheng found it strange, and then Lady Xuanping Marquis scolded, "Kneel down!"
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