"The eldest son of the Lu family thought that Miss Lu the Seventh was seducing you, so he beat her up."
"After returning to Kunshan, Madam Lu was furious upon hearing the news and reprimanded Miss Lu the Seventh, scolding her for being shameless. It is said that she even kicked Miss Lu the Seventh, causing her serious injury on the spot. Then, Miss Lu the Seventh was imprisoned in the water dungeon." Qingli said that when she heard this, she could hardly believe it. Was this really her own sister, her own daughter?
Is this against an enemy?
"Are they crazy?!" Xu Fengzhi said incredulously. What kind of people are these? Just saying a word to him is considered seduction. How can a brother talk to his own sister like that? And what about Madam Lu? Isn't she her own daughter?
Xu Fengzhi paced back and forth in the room, his arms crossed. Qingli knew that, given the young master's chivalrous nature, he would probably feel responsible as well. If Miss Lu Qi hadn't thanked him, this wouldn't have happened.
Xu Fengzhi felt pity for A Yao; in his eyes, the thin girl was too pitiful. However, helping her wasn't so easy. If she were just a disciple of the Lu family, he could take her away immediately and have her join the Shenmeng Sect. The Kunshan Lu family wouldn't risk conflict with the Shenmeng Sect over a low-ranking disciple. But she was, after all, the daughter of the Lu family head and Madam Lu, their own daughter. Even if she wasn't favored, she was still the seventh young lady of the Lu family, and taking her away was impossible.
Xu Fengzhi only felt pity and sympathy for A Yao. He didn't have any improper thoughts about her, nor did he fall in love with her. If he really fell in love with someone, he wouldn't care about those messy things and would just take her away.
"Qingli, you're here," Xu Fengzhi said.
As Qingli approached, Xu Fengzhi whispered a few words to her.
After hearing this, Qingli laughed and said, "Young Master, your method is a bit underhanded."
Although it's quite insidious, I think it's very suitable.
What did Xu Feng ask Qing Li to do? He asked Qing Li to go out and spread rumors. In less than two days, everyone outside was talking about the same thing:
Lu Xueyao, the seventh young lady of the Lu family in Kunshan, has been found, but she is ostracized and abused at every turn in the Lu family. She is whipped at the drop of a hat and thrown into a water dungeon at the slightest provocation, treated worse than a pig or a dog.
Why do the Lu family torment her so much? Is it because she is not actually the biological daughter of the Lu family patriarch, but rather the child born from an affair between Madam Lu and another man? If not, why would Madam Lu and the Lu family's sons resent her so much?
When she disappeared, they were frantic with worry, but now that she's been found, they're treating her terribly. Because finally, the truth has come out; Madam Lu's affair has been discovered. The Lu family head is furious with Madam Lu, but he loves her dearly, so he tries to cover her mouth. Madam Lu feels deeply guilty, so she vents all her anger on Seventh Miss Lu. The other young masters of the Lu family also wish they could kill their sister.
Everyone burst into laughter.
Oh my, Madam Lu looks so pure and innocent, but she's actually this kind of person?
Who exactly did she have an affair with and with whom did she give birth to Lu Xueyao? People made all sorts of wild guesses, and the rumors became increasingly outrageous, suddenly giving Xu Lianxin countless candidates to be the adulterous wife.
Rumors spread everywhere, and when they reached the Lu family, Xu Lianxin was furious:
"Who is it? Who is talking nonsense?"
Xu Lianxin wished she could tear the person spreading the rumors to pieces and rip their soul out, but the rumors had spread too widely and were difficult to investigate. Lu Yunli and the others were also furious. Who was slandering their Lu family? They actually said their mother had cheated on them, and that Lu Xueyao wasn't their biological daughter…
But they felt guilty again, as if a voice in their hearts was saying, "If she is your biological daughter, why are you all torturing her?"
Lu Yunxing's face was very grim, because he had just returned from outside and gotten into a fight with a core disciple of the Tianshui Palace. That same disciple had been excitedly saying in the teahouse, "The Lu family patriarch is truly magnanimous! He can actually tolerate his wife cheating on him! Hahahaha..."
Lu Yunxing got into a fight with a core disciple of Tianshui Palace, who shouted:
"If Lu Xueyao is your biological daughter, why did you hide her away and mistreat her after finding her? If she is your real sister, it must be because she is a bastard."
Lu Yunxing wanted to refute it, but he found himself unable to say a word.
A female disciple from Tianshui Palace said, "At the Tianshui Palace banquet that day, I saw that Lu Xueyao's arms were covered in injuries. It must have been you who beat her. If she weren't a bastard, how could she have been beaten so badly?"
Thinking of all the injuries A Yao had suffered over the years, Lu Yunxing felt a surge of anger welling up inside him, a feeling that was incredibly difficult to bear. A sense of guilt welled up within him, while a surge of anger remained trapped in his heart, causing him great discomfort.
Lu Yunshen said, "Mother, you should release Xiaoqi as soon as possible."
Lu Yun Shen felt even more guilty at this moment. Among the Lu family, he was arguably the one who treated A Yao the best. That rumor made him, as the older brother, feel utterly ashamed. Like Lu Yun Xing, he didn't know how to refute it. Why? Why did they treat their own sister like this?
Would anyone lock their own sister in a water dungeon at the drop of a hat? Or beat her until she's covered in bruises?
Xu Lianxin gritted her teeth, thinking that if A Yao really died in the water dungeon, she would be unable to explain herself no matter how hard she tried. Her husband was still in seclusion; if he came out and heard such rumors, who knew how he would react? Her own daughter, inexplicably becoming an illegitimate child? And everyone was spreading rumors that she had been cuckolded…
Xu Lianxin grew angrier the more she thought about it, and she felt even more that it was A Yao's fault. This wretched child, it was all this wretched child's fault. If she were a little more obedient, like Xiao Ba, why would she lock her in the water dungeon so often?
We can't let this wretched creature die.
"Go and release her!" Xu Lianxin ordered.
For high-level cultivators, verifying whether someone is of their own bloodline is actually quite easy. However, rumors never think before they spread; when many people echo each other's opinions, the rumors become increasingly outrageous and illogical.
Are you going to go around explaining to everyone you meet that I didn't cheat on my husband? We members of the Lu family can tell at a glance whether someone is of the Lu family bloodline or not through testing.
If Ayao really is dead, then who knows how this matter will be spread?
So Ayao was released from the water dungeon. She was surprised that she was released so quickly this time.
Emerging from the water dungeon, she learned what had happened. It turned out that she had been constantly abused, and rumors were circulating that she wasn't the Lu family's daughter, but rather the child of her mother's adultery. Her father had kept her alive because he loved her mother dearly, and her guilty mother used her as a punching bag. Her brothers also disliked her.
After thinking about it, Ayao felt it made perfect sense.
Oh, so she's a bastard. No wonder, no wonder her mother hated her so much and wanted her brothers.
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