Lu Xiuyuan looked at the back door that was so close to him. He was about to go to the battlefield and might die on the battlefield. Before he died, he wanted to be a sensible person.
He saw that Dan Ruo was so anxious that sweat broke out on his forehead because he didn't leave. He hesitated and didn't knock on the door, and the situation was at a stalemate.
Lu Xiuyuan pretended to agree to go back home, but actually pressed Dan Ruo's mute point when she was not paying attention.
Then he held her in his arms and used the tree next to him for support, jumped up, climbed over the wall, and landed quietly in the yard under the cover of night.
Wang Po, who was guarding the back door, drank the wine given by the girl and leaned against the door, drowsy, and was not aware of any movement outside.
Following Dan Ruo's thoughts, Lu Xiuyuan went to find Wang Po's room, and sure enough, he saw two maids guarding outside the door. Upon closer inspection, they were Gu Wanru's two head maids.
She always brought those two maids with her when she visited the Lu Mansion, and Lu Xiuyuan had seen them before.
Lu Xiuyuan left Dan Ruo there and went to another yard to make some noise, then came back here and went straight to the door.
The moment Zi Qiang and Hong Shao screamed, Lu Xiuyuan broke in.
The two people entangled naked in the room were his fiancée Gu Wanru and another familiar man.
He thought carefully and realized that it was this year's top martial arts student, Qiao Guangzhi, who came from a grassroots background and worked his way up from a small yamen runner to where he is today. He had tried to make friends with him at banquets many times, but he was impatient with official socializing and turned them down.
Qiao Guangzhi and Gu Wanru saw that the truth was revealed.
Gu Wanru kept crying out of fear. Qiao Guangzhi changed his mind. Being discovered today disrupted his plan, but his ultimate goal was to destroy Lu Xiuyuan.
Why is he a major general with great honors, while he is a concubine whose father doesn't even dare to acknowledge him openly?
If Lu Xiuyuan was not around, what reason would the jealous Princess Yanyang have to not let her and her son in?
Before Qiao Guangzhi could figure out how to kill Lu Xiuyuan, Lu Xiuyuan was well prepared and had already controlled him before him, tying him up tightly with the hemp rope he had just taken from Gu's house.
The guards of the Gu Mansion came over when they heard the maid's screams. Zi Qiang and Hong Shao tried their best to stop them from entering the house.
At this time, Lord Gu heard that a thief had broken in and rushed over wearing his outer robe.
Seeing Lu Xiuyuan standing at the door and hearing the faint sound of his daughter crying in the room, he immediately said angrily:
"Lu Xiuyuan, you are so presumptuous! Although you and Wanru are engaged, you haven't gotten married yet. How dare you break into my house late at night and humiliate my daughter?
My Gu family has a long tradition of poetry and literature, so how can we accept such an insult? I must go to Princess Yanyang tomorrow to ask for an explanation."
Lu Xiuyuan's face turned grim. He stepped aside and pulled Mr. Gu in.
"Master Gu, open your eyes and take a good look. It is your Gu family that has wronged my Lu family. Poetry and literature are passed down in our family, but what kind of books are they? I, the Lu family, would not dare to accept the daughter you have raised."
Lord Gu saw his daughter curled up in a corner of the bed, wrapped in a quilt and crying. Her clothes were scattered on the floor, and another man was tied up and thrown naked on the floor.
Lord Gu was so frightened that he collapsed to the ground. He wanted to scold his daughter but was concerned that Lu Xiuyuan was still beside him.
Just then, Mrs. Gu heard the noise and came over. He immediately stood up and slapped Mrs. Gu, spitting all over her face: "Look at how well you've taught your daughter."
Mrs. Gu was stunned by the beating. She looked around and saw that there was nothing she didn't understand. She was so anxious that she burst into tears. She couldn't think of a good solution. Why was her daughter so confused?
Seeing that everyone had arrived, Lu Xiuyuan said with a dark face, "Cancel the engagement. I'll have the servants deliver the engagement token later."
Mrs. Gu really couldn't bear to let go of such a good marriage. She had put a lot of effort into planning this good marriage for her daughter.
Princess Yanyang was of noble status and the only daughter of Prince Jin's Mansion. She was raised by the Empress Dowager since childhood. When she married General Lu, her dowry took three days to carry.
Princess Yanyang has only one son, so her dowry will be left to her daughter-in-law in the future.
She still wanted to fight for it again and looked at Lu Xiuyuan pleadingly.
"Xiuyuan, Wanru and you grew up together. She has been deceived. I advise her to change. Auntie kneels down for you. You can get married tomorrow, okay? Then you can go to the battlefield with peace of mind."
Looking at Madam Gu kneeling in front of him, Lu Xiuyuan frowned. Before he could say anything, he heard the hurried voice of Princess Yanyang.
Seeing that the servants of the Gu Mansion dared to stop her, Princess Yanyang brandished a whip and attacked them directly. The servants wailed and screamed, and made way for her.
Lu Xiuyuan and Dan Ruo rode out of the house on horseback, and the maid in the courtyard reported the matter to Princess Yanyang.
Princess Yanyang knew her son's character and had already prepared the medicine, but she just gave him a chance to try it himself first.
Unexpectedly, when they heard that he had run away with the maid he had seen today, they immediately brought a large group of people to chase him. Even if Lu Xiuyuan was tied up and drugged today, he had to leave a descendant for the Lu family.
Princess Yanyang had already learned about the situation from the spies she had sent earlier. When she heard Gu's shameless words as soon as she entered the room, she immediately threw away her years of self-cultivation and couldn't help but curse:
"Stop trying to befriend my son by pretending to be pitiful. You've grown up together, Xiuyuan has been with his grandfather in the military camp since he was a child, so how could he have met Gu Wanru?
My Lu family cannot afford a woman who is fickle before marriage. If she gets married, I am afraid that even the coffins of countless heroes in my Lu family will not be able to hold her down.
If she were to become the headmistress of our Lu family, the ancestral hall would collapse out of shame.
This marriage must be cancelled today. The Gu family has such bad personal conduct. I will report this to the Emperor tomorrow."
After saying this, looking at Gu Wanru lying on the bed with a face full of grievance and pity, Princess Yanyang felt unlucky. She had also watched Gu Wanru grow up, but she didn't expect that she had misjudged her.
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