Chapter 652: Smashing and Destroying

But Jiao didn't know what was wrong with Yu Chong'en. As soon as she mentioned the topic of dating, Yu Chong'en showed resistance and became irritable: "Mother, I have already met many girls according to your instructions, but they either didn't work here or there. Can you please let me take it slow?"

Jiao had no choice but to lie and say that she was going shopping with Yu Mingzhu to buy some jewelry and clothes and asked Yu Chongen to accompany her.

She planned that when the appointed time came, she would take Yu Chongen to the teahouse on the pretext of taking a break and drinking tea, so that they could at least meet each other.

Jiao's plan was very good and there were no problems in its implementation.

No matter how annoyed Yu Chongen was, he did not refuse when he heard that he was going to accompany Yu Mingzhu to buy jewelry and clothes, and he agreed immediately.

Things happened just as Jiao had imagined. After they had been shopping for half an hour, they said they were tired, so it was natural for Yu Chongen to accompany Jiao and Yu Mingzhu to the teahouse to rest.

It just happened that Xing Xing and Lou Ruhui were also tired from shopping and planned to rest in this teahouse.

Jiao led Yu Mingzhu and Yu Chongjie to meet Xing Xing and Luo Ruhui on the stairs.

People on both sides were stunned.

Lou Ruhui's mother, Lady Mingguang, was the legitimate daughter of the old lady of Duke Xin. These two sides were legitimate relatives, and Lou Ruhui smiled and called Jiao "Auntie", and also called Chongen "Cousin" and Mingzhu "Cousin", showing great courtesy and consideration.

Jiao responded and looked at Xing Xing with a complicated expression.

She didn't know when these two kids started playing so well together.

Yes, Jiao remembered that during the Chinese New Year, when Mingzhu was celebrating her birthday, Lou Ruhui was playing with others on the frozen lake and accidentally fell and hit her head. It was Xingxing who saved her.

Maybe that was the fate that was formed?

After a few pleasantries, Jiao went upstairs absent-mindedly, thinking.

She discovered that Xing Xing seemed to be on good terms with many people, but for some reason, she was always indifferent to her.

But they, they are probably mother and daughter...

But it's so distant...

Yu Mingzhu suddenly cried out "Oh!", interrupting Jiao's thoughts.

Jiao came back to her senses and saw Yu Mingzhu lifting her foot as if in pain. She looked at Yu Mingzhu anxiously: "Zhuzhu, what's wrong?"

Yu Mingzhu saw that Jiao's eyes were full of her, and a glimmer of satisfaction flashed across her eyes. She said very obediently: "Mom, I'm fine, I just sprained my ankle accidentally."

"Child, you must have suffered too much from the previous meditation in the temple, and your body hasn't recovered yet..." Jiao kept nagging, and asked Yu Chongen to help Yu Mingzhu go upstairs, forgetting the complicated feelings she had towards Xingxing just now.

Because Jiao was Lou Ruhui's elder, Lou Ruhui let Jiao and the others go up the stairs first, while she and Xing Xing waited behind.

Ruo Ruhui leaned against the handrail of the stairs and whispered to Xing Xing: "Did my cousin Mingzhu glare at you just now?"

Xing Xing did see it. Yu Mingzhu glared at her obscurely.

Xingxing didn't expect that Lou Ruhui also saw it.

Lou Ruhui continued in a low voice: "It's so rare. Sometimes I feel like my cousin Mingzhu is a perfect fake person, and she can be like this sometimes."

Lou Ruhui gave Xingxing a thumbs up: "My Xingxing is awesome!"

Xingxing was helpless.

Lou Ruhui was a little curious: "But I really want to know, our Xingxing is so nice and cute, everyone who sees her can't help but pinch her little face, how did she offend my cousin Mingzhu?"

Xing Xing thought about it.

She has always had a good memory, and after thinking about it for a long time, she still couldn't remember it.

"I don't know either." Xing Xing said calmly, "Maybe some people are just not compatible with it."

The two girls chatted for a while, and then they saw a noble lady with a young lady, who walked past Xingxing and Lou Ruhui at the stairs and went straight up the stairs.

Xingxing didn't take it seriously. After a while, Lou Ruhui said "Huh" and stood up straight.

"What's the matter?" Xingxing asked.

Lou Ruhui came over with a gossipy look on her face and whispered to Xing Xing: "Just now I saw that my aunt and her friends went into the first private room! The mother and daughter who went up just now also went into my aunt and her friends' private room!"

Xing Xing said: "Maybe it's a friend your aunt invited?"

Lou Ruhui's beautiful eyes were filled with excitement. "...I have met that mother and daughter once. They are the wife and daughter of Governor Chang Huai who were just transferred to the capital! I heard that the girl is currently seeking marriage!"

Speaking of the word "marriage discussion", Xing Xing couldn't help but exclaimed "Ah", and an idea flashed through her mind.

"Is he looking for a successor for my eldest cousin?" Lou Ruhui guessed, but quickly denied it. "No, no, no, she is the governor's legitimate daughter after all, so it would be a bit unfair for her to be the successor... Then, it should be my cousin Chong'en? Yes, yes, it should be my cousin Chong'en. It seems that they have already reached the stage of meeting each other!"

Lou Ruhui clapped her hands, very sure of her guess.

Xing Xing smiled helplessly and reminded Lou Ruhui: "Sister Lou, are you still going upstairs to rest?"

Lou Ruhui smiled brightly: "Yes, come on, let's go, no matter what they do, let's go have some tea."

The two little girls went upstairs hand in hand and asked for a private room, which happened to be next to Jiao's room.

Lou Ruhui ordered a pot of jasmine silver buds, and Xingxing ordered some snacks.

Ruohui couldn't help but whisper to Xingxing about the divorce of her eldest cousin's wife and eldest cousin: "...I have long felt that my eldest cousin was so confused that my eldest cousin's wife couldn't stand him...Who would stay around their sister every day after getting married? My cousin Mingzhu is the same, she doesn't know how to avoid suspicion at all. Even a grown-up girl has to avoid her father, so her brother has to avoid him too. I feel sorry for my eldest cousin's wife, such a good girl! These four years have been wasted!"

Xingxing thought to herself that Yu Mingzhu might not be unaware of the need to avoid suspicion.

Judging from all the things Yu Mingzhu had done before, she might be deliberately trying not to avoid suspicion.

As for why Yu Mingzhu doesn't want to avoid suspicion, that depends on one's own opinion.

When Lou Ruhui thought of Yu Mingzhu who lived next door, she became more excited to talk to Xingxing: "...You have a brother too, and I have a brother too. Our brothers love us too, but who is like cousin Mingzhu, who caused the couple to divorce!...That's because people outside don't know the inside story and think it's a relationship problem. I also heard an outrageous rumor recently, and I don't know where it came from, but it's too vicious. It said that the reason why my eldest cousin and his wife divorced was that the baby in his wife's belly was not my cousin's, and my cousin was so angry that he beat his wife and caused her to have a miscarriage, so..."

Xing Xing clenched her fists and said, "Where did this rumor come from? It's too vicious! The person who said this is deliberately trying to kill your cousin's wife!"

Lou Ruhui said: "That's right!"

The two were talking righteously and angrily when suddenly the door of their private room was kicked open by someone.

Xing Xing and Lou Ruhui were so frightened that they both exclaimed "Ah!", and their maids quickly came to protect them.

The people who kicked the door were two burly old women, followed by a graceful and angry lady.

They were originally in high spirits, but when they saw that there were only Xing Xing and Lou Ruhui with eyes wide open in shock in the room, they were stunned.

The two burly old women subconsciously looked at the noble lady behind them.

The noble lady recognized Xing Xing and Lou Ruhui and came over to apologize: "So you are Princess Fusui and the daughter of the Marquis of Mingguang. We have come to the wrong place."

Another maid pointed to the elegant room next door. The noble lady nodded and said to Xing Xing and Ru Hui in a hurry, "Please forgive me, young ladies. I will apologize to you later for disturbing your elegance today."

After saying that, the noble lady turned around in a hurry, pointed to the elegant room next door, and said with her red lips: "Smash it for me!"

Lou Ruhui and Xing Xing's eyes widened again.

It’s nothing, that’s Jiao’s elegant room!

Xingxing didn't recognize this noble lady, but Lou Ruhui did. She whispered to Xingxing: "This is the wife of the general who protects the country. She is the elder sister of my eldest cousin's wife..."

Before he could finish his words, the two burly women went to kick the door of the private room next door.

Bang!

Jiao's angry voice came over: "You are——"

"It's you!"

"Oh, it's me! Madam Jiao, I hope you are well!"

Lou Ruhui quickly pulled Xingxing to the scene to eat melons.

Jiao said angrily: "How can you be so rude!"

At this moment, she was taking her stubborn second son to meet the legitimate daughter of Governor Chang Huai, and this rude woman came to ruin the party!

The impetuous noble lady, the wife of the general who defended the country, Madam Mao, held her hands on her waist and sneered, "I'm rude? I came here to settle accounts with Madam Jiao. Do I have to bow to you and say I'm polite while I'm here to settle accounts with you?"

Seeing that quite a few tea drinkers were coming over, Jiao was filled with shame, embarrassment and anger: "You——"

Yu Mingzhu clutched the handkerchief: "Madam Mao, are you here to pick a fight with my mother because of your sister? Your sister has already divorced my eldest brother..."

Madam Mao said coldly: "Shut up!"

Yu Mingzhu's face turned red!

In front of everyone, Madam Mao didn't give Yu Mingzhu any face at all, and just scolded: "My sister and your elder brother are getting divorced, which is a great thing in my opinion! I am also too lazy to cause trouble to your family! But you, the Xin Guogong Mansion, are really too despicable. You dare to slander my sister's innocence! This is clearly trying to kill her!"

Jiao was furious: "What nonsense are you talking about! When did we ever slander your sister's innocence..."

Madam Mao said angrily, "You are still pretending! Don't you know why my sister divorced your son? If you, the Duke of Xin, had not treated my sister unfairly and caused her to have two miscarriages in one year, which made my sister completely give up on your son, with her gentle personality, would she divorce your son?... Originally, I thought that the divorce would be fine, and I would just regard it as my sister being bitten by a dog because she was young and ignorant. But now you want my sister to die. You are really too vicious! Don't blame me for being rude!"

The more Madam Mao spoke, the angrier she became. She waved her hand and the burly maids she brought with her rolled up their sleeves and smashed everything in the room to pieces!

The wife and daughter of Governor Chang Huai had never seen such a fight before, and their faces turned pale!

Yu Chong'en took a step forward, disdaining to argue with the old women, so he could only protect Jiao and Yu Mingzhu first, and angrily said, "What nonsense have you been talking about from beginning to end! When are we going to let your sister die?"

Madam Mao sneered: "I knew you were just being stubborn!"

She waved her hand and someone pushed out a servant from behind her.

The boy had obviously been beaten up. His face and nose were bruised and several teeth were missing. He looked very miserable.

"This villain is a servant of the Duke of Xin's mansion. He was slandering my sister out there and I caught him red-handed. Are you still going to say you don't know him?!"

Jiao really didn't know the servant at all, after all, the servant was busy in the outer courtyard.

She subconsciously looked at Yu Chongen.

As a result, as soon as I saw Yu Chongen's frowning expression, I knew that this person was really a servant from the outer courtyard? !

Jiao was dumbfounded and speechless.

Madam Mao said loudly: "Everyone, please bear witness! My sister and the eldest son of the Xin Guo Mansion divorced. They originally thought that they would part ways and live in peace. Who would have thought that some people in the Xin Guo Mansion were so vicious that they couldn't bear to see my sister doing well. They even sent servants to spread rumors about my sister everywhere. It was really mean and malicious!... Please think about it. If it was really my sister who made a mistake, why didn't they, the Xin Guo Mansion, which is a big family with a lot of wealth, directly divorce her instead of amicably?!"

Unexpectedly, the tea drinkers who had tasted the rich melon nodded excitedly.

Yes, yes!

This lady makes a lot of sense!

Moreover, seeing that this lady brought people to the door today, we know that she has a clear conscience!

Jiao was so angry that he felt dizzy.

The lady, who had always been graceful and elegant, had never thought that she would be so embarrassed in public!

She could only point at the boy, her hands shaking: "You, why did you say that outside?! We never ordered you to do anything! Tell me! Why are you talking nonsense outside!"

Mrs. Mao scoffed at this and thought it was just Jiao's acting.

The bruised servant kowtowed repeatedly: "No, Madam, please spare my life, please spare my life! I heard it from a passing maid when I was on duty that day. I will never dare to do it again, never again!"

Jiao almost fainted!

Madam Mao sneered: "Did you hear that?!"

Jiao suppressed her shame and anger and said to Madam Mao, "Madam Mao, don't worry, I will go back and investigate thoroughly to find out who is spreading the rumors..."

Madam Mao sneered disdainfully: "Alright, stop pretending! Do you think I didn't take care of the tip-offs? What do the maids know? Aren't many things leaked by your superiors?! I came here today to tell you not to do these despicable things behind your back, otherwise, next time it won't be this elegant room that will be smashed, but somewhere else!"

After that, Madam Mao added, "Whatever was destroyed in this elegant room will be blamed on the General's Office! We in the General's Office will take the responsibility for our actions!"

Amid the cheers of the audience, Mrs. Mao walked away with her group.

This time, Jiao almost fainted.