Chapter 228: I'm Sure You're Not Here to Make Trouble
"Lord Lu, are you plotting against me?" Xiao Muheng gritted his teeth and looked at Lu Mingzhu as if he wanted to tear her apart.
Lu Youping was furious. If Prime Minister Liu had not been here, he would have slapped him.
"Bah... plotting against you? How dare you?"
He thinks he is a royal relative, so he would ruin his daughter's reputation just to get close to him.
Lu Mingzhu was dazed when she saw Xiao Muheng's face. Her pretty face immediately revealed an intoxicated smile: "Brother Heng, I'm so happy. It turns out that you haven't forgotten our engagement. You are still willing to marry me..."
As she spoke, she closed her eyes again in a daze, as if she had just been talking in her sleep.
Little did she know that her words were like a drop of water splashing into a boiling oil pan.
Liu Xiang stared at Xiao Muheng with a cold gaze, and the terrifying light in his eyes made Xiao Muheng's scalp numb.
"engagement?"
Xiao Muheng is so bold that he came to the Liu family to propose marriage while he was already engaged to someone else. Is he thinking that his daughter won't get married so he wants to have the best of both worlds?
If he had known this would happen, he would rather send his daughter to a nunnery than agree to this marriage.
Liu Xiang's chest heaved with anger, and he felt annoyed and embarrassed as if he was being played by Xiao Muheng.
"Father-in-law, please calm down. I have already cancelled the engagement with the Lu family. The reason I didn't tell you is that I felt it was unnecessary. It was definitely not an intentional cover-up." Xiao Muheng explained hurriedly.
This bitch!
The thing he had tried so hard to hide was revealed by her.
Liu Xiang looked at Xiao Muheng solemnly, as if he was measuring the truthfulness of his words.
Chu Jinyan tapped the armrests of the chair with her slender fingers. Her lazy posture revealed a bit of arrogance. Her eyes, as bright as the stars in the sky, suddenly looked at Lu Youping: "Lord Lu, is this the case?"
These gentle words fell into Lu Youping's ears, and he inexplicably understood that the Eighth Prince was going to cause trouble.
The corner of his mouth twitched slightly, and he said resignedly, "No, Xiao Muheng and my daughter made an engagement last year and have not withdrawn yet. I heard that he went to the Liu family to propose marriage, and I didn't want to let Prime Minister Liu lose face, so I swallowed this loss in silence. Otherwise, it would only make things awkward for both families."
Look how considerate he is.
Xiao Muheng gritted his teeth in anger: "If that's the case, then there is no such thing as an engagement between Lu Mingzhu and me."
Chu Jinyan: "You are trying to snatch someone away even though there is no engagement. Do you think you can do whatever you want now that you are the son-in-law of the prime minister? Today, the person was found in your house. With so many eyes watching, your reputation has been ruined by you. Don't you plan to give an explanation?"
When Liu Xiang heard this, he was so angry that his stomach hurt.
The Eighth Prince was implying that he was arrogant and domineering, so he allowed his son-in-law to rob the official's daughter.
Xiao Muheng was shocked and angry, his face turned pale and blue.
Let him give an explanation?
Did the Eighth Prince want to force him to cancel the marriage with the Liu family and acknowledge his engagement with Lu Mingzhu?
Lu Youping looked at Chu Jinyan in surprise and doubt, secretly wondering what he meant.
Just as he was thinking, Chu Jinyan suddenly said, "Since you like Miss Lu so much that you are willing to secretly bring her to your house, I think you should take her as your concubine. After all, your marriage with the Liu family has caused a lot of controversy, and you can't let Prime Minister Liu be laughed at by people all over the capital again."
Liu Xiang: “…”
Thank you so much.
Lu Youping looked at Chu Jinyan in astonishment with a stiff face.
Aren't you here to support him?
Your Highness, are you sure you are not here to cause trouble?
Let Lu Mingzhu be Xiao Muheng's concubine...
Lu Youping felt as embarrassed as if he had been slapped in the face.
But the other party was Chu Jinyan, whom he couldn't afford to offend, so he pursed his lips, lowered his head, and remained silent.
Chu Jinyan didn't care what Lu Youping felt, and immediately asked, "Master Lu, what do you think?"
Lu Youping: "..."
He doesn't watch it much.
But he didn't dare say that.
"Your Highness, I don't want to have anything to do with the Xiao family anymore. However, my daughter was abducted by Xiao Muheng, and the Xiao family's reputation has been damaged. I dare not embarrass the Prime Minister, so I am willing to compromise."
What a compromise.
Liu Xiang was so angry that he almost rolled his eyes.
In the end, this was his fault?
Liu Xiang glared at Xiao Muheng: "Hmph, you caused this trouble yourself, so you should solve it yourself." After that, he turned away.
Xiao Muheng called out anxiously: "Father-in-law..."
The only response he got was Liu Xiang's indifferent back.
Xiao Muheng was worried and hated Lu Youping and Lu Mingzhu to the extreme.
This was a trap set for him by the father and daughter. Since Lu Mingzhu had lost her value and could not get married, she pestered him and asked him to take over this broken-down girl.
Humph, since you used all means to become his concubine, once you enter his Xiao family, Lu Mingzhu will never have an easy life.
Xiao Muheng was so angry that his eyes turned colder.
Chu Jinyan stood up at this time and said expressionlessly: "The two of you should choose an auspicious day and enter the house as soon as possible, Lord Lu, so as to avoid more trouble at night."
Lu Youping couldn't help but shudder, and replied obediently: "Your Highness is right."
Your Highness meant that Prime Minister Liu was furious about this matter and might kill Mingzhu before the two of them got married.
So His Highness was so eager to have his daughter become Xiao Muheng's concubine, was it to displease Prime Minister Liu? Or did he want Mingzhu to enter the Xiao Mansion to be his accomplice?
The more Lu Youping thought about it, the more it made sense to him. He strangely felt a sense of accomplishment despite the shame of his daughter becoming someone else's concubine.
The achievement of working for the Eighth Prince.
Since this girl would rather be Xiao Muheng's concubine than follow him, then he, as her father, will fulfill her wish.
What's more, she was kidnapped and her reputation would be ruined. Marquis Wu'an ordered his runners not to spread the news. But so many people knew the truth, and it was indeed the most appropriate way for Lu Mingzhu to marry Xiao Muheng.
Saved reputation.
Chu Jinyan looked at Lu Youping, who suddenly seemed to be energized, and frowned suspiciously.
If he knew what Lu Youping was thinking, he would probably think that Lu Youping was overthinking.
I did all this purely to help Lu Xiang solve the problem. Instead of asking her to go through the trouble of talking to Lu Youping to send Lu Mingzhu to the Xiao Mansion, it would be easier to just give the order myself.
Chu Jinyan was very happy to cause trouble to Prime Minister Liu.
It depends on whether Prime Minister Liu can continue to support his son-in-law without any reservations.
Lu Youping clasped his fists towards He Yu and said, "I am really sorry to bother you today, Lord. I will personally come to your house to thank you one day."
He Yu subconsciously glanced at Chu Jinyan with a polite smile on his face: "Master Lu, you are too polite. These are all my duties."
Lu Youping gave him a knowing smile, then helped the confused Lu Mingzhu to say goodbye to Chu Jinyan and He Yu.
Before leaving, he said to Xiao Muheng with a bad face: "You know why my daughter is a concubine. If it weren't for the Eighth Prince taking Mingzhu as a concubine for you, I would never let this matter go. Even if she is a concubine, in addition to the treatment that a wife should have, my daughter must not be deprived of anything else."
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