Chapter 16: Ex-fiancé is shocked

Feng family.

"Sister-in-law, have you found out everything?"

"What does the new daughter of the Lu family mean? I just saw Brother Xie Yan heading towards the Lu family from a distance."

Aunt Feng, who was bending over to feed the chickens, froze and looked evasive with guilt. But when she thought of the Lu family's reaction, she couldn't help getting angry and suddenly became more confident.

He poured all the chicken feed in, put his hands on his hips, and shouted in a hoarse voice, "Why didn't I ask?"

"As soon as I heard that Lu Chunsheng had returned the donkey cart to the village chief yesterday, I immediately went there in the snow and wind."

"That girl is really a vixen. She has bewitched everyone in the Lu family. Even Lu Yao protects her, fearing that she will suffer any injustice."

"The marriage with Xie Yan was also vague, but I think the girl is willing to be someone's stepmother."

She had not forgotten what the girl had said to her in such a sharp tone.

"Jin Yu, don't think your sister-in-law's words are unpleasant. If you were as reckless as Lu Miao and clung to Xie Yan, forcing Xie Yan to take responsibility for you, would I, as your sister-in-law, have to rush around and get slapped in the face and looked down upon?"

"You don't know how those idiots from the Lu family pointed at me and scolded me."

"Now, Lu Miao is gone, and here comes Lu Mingchao. Let's see what you can do!"

"Tsk, what's the use of a girl having skin and dignity? Can it be used as money or eaten as meat?"

When she thought about the fact that Xie Yan's betrothal gift was only a hundred taels, she couldn't help but feel pained.

As she spoke, Aunt Feng couldn't help but compare Lu Mingchao with her own sister-in-law.

The more the comparison, the more I beat my chest and stamp my feet.

My sister-in-law is the daughter of my father-in-law who married into the family. The old couple spoiled her like the apple of their eye. She was rude and unreasonable, with nostrils on the top of her head. Ordinary farmers looked down on her. They only wanted to be a lady in a wealthy family in the city and live a good life. After a lot of pickyness, their marriage was delayed.

According to her, she is just ugly and has lustful thoughts.

Only a young master from a wealthy family would be so desperate as to support a peasant girl who is big and strong, has a bad temper and can't even read as her ancestor.

But she dared only mutter a few words of this in her heart and never said them out loud, otherwise, who knows how that old mother-in-law would torture her.

Compared with the biological daughter of the Lu family, there is nothing left.

Feng Jinyu's face changed from blue to red to white. She looked embarrassed, ashamed and angry, very complicated.

When she heard that the biological daughter of the Lu family was willing to continue her marriage and be someone's stepmother, she didn't care about the unpleasant words her eldest sister-in-law said and was so anxious that she broke out in a sweat.

At her age, no one would want her to be a young lady in a wealthy family, let alone an aunt.

Among those who can get it, Xie Yan is the one who can get it the most.

"How can the Lu family be so shameless as to rely on Xie Yan?"

"The one who has a tangled relationship with Brother Xie Yan is Lu Miao, not Lu Mingchao."

"No, I have to protect Brother Xie Yan and not let those greedy Lu family members bully him."

"I'll go find Brother Xie Yan right now."

Feng Jinyu was so righteous and confident that he was about to run out while speaking.

Aunt Feng grabbed her sister-in-law and clicked her tongue secretly.

Her sister-in-law isn't as desperate as Lu Miao, but she's just as good at confusing right and wrong.

"You're going to look for Xie Yan like this?" Aunt Feng's thick black eyebrows were tightly wrinkled together, and her tone was a little dissatisfied, which made her look fierce and mean. "You should at least clean yourself up. Which man in the world doesn't like a pretty girl?"

It wasn't that she had to be kind and meddle in other people's business, but she was mainly thinking that if she could really get Xie Yan back, she would also be able to have a share of the soup.

When Feng Jinyu heard this, he also thought it made sense.

…

Shangjing City, Yongning Marquis’ Mansion.

After repeated instructions from the Duke of Zhenguo and his wife, he reluctantly condescended to pay a visit to the Marquis of Yongning's mansion.

In the past few days, the matter of the real and fake daughter of Yongning Marquis Mansion has been a hot topic.

In particular, the scandal of Lu Mingchao threatening to commit suicide was even more rampant.

The marriage contract of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion was known to everyone in the huge circle of nobles, and he was inevitably caught up in the rumors, which spread like wildfire and became a story of two women competing for one man.

He really hated the shame and deliberately didn't want anything from the Yongning Marquis' Mansion to reach his ears.

If the ears do not listen, the heart will not be troubled.

Today, there is no place to hide or push, so I have to come.

When he saw the strange girl, Gu Huai couldn't help but frown.

No matter how much he hated Lu Mingchao, he had to admit that Lu Mingchao's beauty was unmatched.

If Lu Mingchao was dressed like this, even if he was just standing quietly under the eaves, he would be like a peony in full bloom, bright, noble and arrogant, rather than vulgar and calculating.

"Madam Hou, Miss Lu." Apart from a slightly frowned brow, Gu Huai's words and actions were not impolite at all. "I was busy at home a few days ago and didn't have time to visit you. I am deeply sorry. I hope Madam Hou will forgive me."

The wife of Marquis Yongning knew the truth, but she didn't show it on her face. She said sympathetically, "What are you talking about, my nephew?"

"Why call her Madam Hou? Call her Aunt."

"This is Minghui, the real daughter of the Marquisate."

Lu Minghui blushed for a moment, and the joy and pride in her heart surged like a tide.

Her life took a sudden turn for the better.

Compared with the prince of the Zhenguo Mansion, Xie Yan is nothing.

After some pleasantries and two or three cups of tea, there was still no sign of Lu Mingchao. Gu Huai's brows furrowed even more tightly, and his hidden unhappiness quickly grew like a vine.

Since childhood, Lu Mingchao liked to stick to him, always regarded herself as his fiancée, and was not afraid of death for him.

He came, but she avoided him. Was she playing it safe and waiting for him to coax her?

After drinking another cup of tea, Gu Huai could no longer suppress his unhappiness. He cleared his throat and said casually, "Aunt, why don't you meet me tomorrow?"

The chrysanthemum-like bright smile on the face of the wife of the Marquis of Yongning froze, and her expression became a little unnatural.

Lu Minghui tightened the handkerchief in her hand, her lowered brows filled with jealousy.

She is the real daughter of a marquis and a noble lady from a famous family. Lu Mingchao is a thief who stole her birth!

"Your virtuous nephew didn't know?" The wife of Marquis Yongning was just right in her surprise.

Gu Huai was startled. “What?”

The wife of the Marquis of Yongning sighed deeply and said, "The Ming Dynasty is gone."

"Ming Chao has been raised by me and the Marquis for more than ten years. How could I not feel sorry for her? So I discussed letting Ming Chao stay as the second daughter of the Marquis's mansion, but she is stubborn and is determined to go back to the countryside to recognize her relatives."

"We tried everything we could to persuade her, but she still left."

"I have discussed this matter with the Duke's wife."

Gu Huai was stunned. He only felt his ears buzzing, but he could no longer hear clearly what the wife of Marquis Yongning said next.

Lu Mingchao is gone?

Lu Mingchao, who followed him for ten years, is gone?

Like a fishbone stuck in the throat