Chapter 119
"Ah!" Lin Qiao'er exclaimed in alarm as she retreated back into the house.
"Madam, you see, don't you? I'm not making this up. This Concubine Lin really is here with a man..." Concubine Zhen said, looking gloatingly into the room.
Madam Lan's face darkened. She hadn't expected that Concubine Lin would actually bring a man back to the mansion.
Moreover, she chose this unused courtyard. If Aunt Zhen hadn't led her here today, she might have actually succeeded.
Thinking of this, Lan turned back to look at the trembling man beside her.
It would have been better if I hadn't looked. But when I did, I realized that this person was none other than Xiao Guozhi.
"Lord Xiao?" Madam Lan frowned. Xiao Guozhi, a vice minister of the Ministry of Revenue, would deliberately go to the home of the Minister of Justice to steal a concubine?
The Lan family and the Xiao family used to live next door to each other and were acquainted. Although the Lan family father was later promoted and moved his residence.
However, Lan felt that she knew a thing or two about Xiao Guozhi's character.
However, Madam Lan was completely baffled as to why he was suddenly in her own residence.
"Sister Lan?" Xiao Guozhi recognized the voice and saw that it was Lan Shi. He immediately blushed with embarrassment. What was going on?
"Why are you here?" Lan asked, frowning.
"Madam, do you know this person?" Aunt Zhen thought to herself, "This is bad."
This man actually knows the lady. Could it be that the lady is going to cover this up?
"Shut up!" Looking at Aunt Zhen, who seemed to enjoy making things worse, Madam Lan knew what she was up to.
"Madam, please save me! It's all because of this man! He tried to force himself on me!" Lin Qiao'er, who had just finished dressing, pointed at Xiao Guozhi with a heartbroken expression.
"Hey, what nonsense are you talking about? I don't even know you, how could I force you? You're the one who dragged me along for no reason!" Xiao Guozhi was displeased when he heard this.
He started cursing at Lin Qiao'er directly.
Lady Lan knew that with a man from outside the household present, it would be difficult for her, a woman confined to the inner quarters, to handle this matter.
"Go find the master and bring him back!" Madam Lan ordered the steward beside her with a dark face.
The group was led to the hall.
Lin Qiao'er just cried on the side, while Xiao Guozhi had a dark face!
Even if he were a blockhead, he would realize at this moment that he had probably been tricked.
Liu Bozheng returned quickly.
"Madam, what is it that you are in such a hurry to call me back to the manor?" Liu Bozheng asked Lan Shi, who was sitting at the head of the table, as soon as he entered the room.
Lan didn't speak, but just gestured with her lips to Xiao Guozhi, who was standing to the side.
"Lord Xiao? Is there something you need from me?" When Liu Bozheng saw Xiao Guozhi, his first thought was that the Emperor was currently inspecting the Ministry of Revenue's accounts, so why did Lord Xiao have the leisure to come to his residence?
"Minister Liu!" Xiao Guozhi, who had been looking displeased, felt a chill run down his spine when he saw Liu Bozheng.
He had just figured it out; that woman was Lord Liu's concubine.
He was really unlucky. He only wanted to come here to check on the situation in the mansion, but he never expected to be taken to another courtyard by Liu Bozheng's mistress who was having an affair.
"Master, you must stand up for me! This scoundrel actually tried to take liberties with me!" Lin Qiao'er quickly accused Liu Bozheng as soon as she saw him return.
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