Chapter 23 Too Naive
Even though the old lady had guessed it, she couldn't help but feel frightened when she heard this. She pulled Lu Xiang up and said, "Hurry up, this isn't your fault. You've been so sincere to Lu Mingzhu, but you never thought she would be so vicious."
Lu Xiang said: "I always thought that they were good people, but I accidentally heard them cursing me and my grandmother behind our backs. Only then did I see their true colors. So when Lu Mingzhu tried to be nice to me, I didn't believe her." In her previous life, she thought Liu and Lu Mingzhu were good people, but in the end, she paid the price with her life and saw the rotten hearts beneath their kind surfaces.
"No wonder you suddenly became estranged from them. This mother and daughter are so abominable. They started causing trouble not long after entering the mansion. Your blind father actually treats them as treasures." The old lady said gritting her teeth. Her dissatisfaction with Liu and Lu Mingzhu reached its peak.
"You escaped this time because of your vigilance, and let them pay for their own actions. Liu will definitely hold a grudge and find another opportunity to plot against you. Such a person will be a disaster if he stays in the Lu family. I have to find a way to drive them out."
The old lady knew her son too well. Although he valued his children and never criticized them, if Lu Mingzhu had a conflict with other sisters without affecting his own interests, Lu Youping would definitely protect his beloved Lu Mingzhu without saying a word.
"Grandma, now that I know their true colors, I will just stay away from them. Father feels so guilty about them right now. Please don't be anxious, or else it will only push father further away and hurt the relationship between mother and son."
Her father doted on Liu wholeheartedly, which showed that Liu had a way of coaxing people. Although Lu Mingzhu was embarrassed this time, Lu Xiang knew that her father would not hate her and her daughter.
However, she had never intended to use this incident to make the Liu mother and daughter fall out of favor.
The old lady frowned and thought, and her irritable mood calmed down a lot after Lu Xiang's words.
Her son was in high spirits with Liu and had already argued with her about making her his legal wife. She had just suppressed him with strong means. If she went against her son again at this time, she was afraid that he would be really hurt.
Damn it, damn it, which sect did this vixen Liu come from, to have bewitched her own son into this state?
When Lu Youping returned to the mansion after leaving the court, Manager Du immediately reported to him everything that had happened that day. Upon hearing that his beloved woman and daughter were beaten, Lu Youping's face turned pale with heartache and he hurried to the lotus courtyard.
Manager Du: “…”
I said so much, but the master only heard them being beaten?
Liu was lying on the bed, her face pale with pain, and she was so angry that her teeth were about to grit because of Lu Xiang's counter-plot this time. Suddenly, she heard the voice of the maid outside the door greeting her, and her expression changed and she started to cry silently.
Lu Youping ignored the maid's greeting and walked into the house with big strides.
"He'er..."
"Wuuuu, master, you're finally back. I... I thought I would never see you again." Liu looked at Lu Youping with tears in her eyes. Her pitiful appearance made people's hearts break.
Lu Youping was afraid of hurting Liu, so he sat by the bed and gently held her hand, looking at her with heartache: "Don't talk nonsense, with me here, no one dares to bully you."
Liu's eyes flashed with a gleam, and even her crying sounded particularly sweet: "Oh, oh, oh, Master, our daughter is innocent. Others don't understand what kind of person Mingzhu is, but you know it best. She is so kind and pure, how could she have an affair with a man outside? She just wanted to share good things with her sisters, so she gave the hairpin you gave her to Lu Xiang, and I don't know how it ended up in that man's hands. Now that that man is dead, Mingzhu can't wash herself clean even if she jumps into the Yellow River."
Although Liu did not directly say that it was Lu Xiang who harmed Lu Mingzhu, every word she said revealed this meaning.
It was a pity that Wang Er was killed by the old lady in a hurry, otherwise Mingzhu would be cleared of all charges by confronting Wang Er. Even if the master knew that they had plotted against Lu Xiang, the fact that they had not done it would not make the master angry, not to mention that the master loved Mingzhu the most, and would not embarrass them for Lu Xiang.
However, Wang Er is dead, and even if the master believes that Mingzhu is innocent, he cannot stop the gossips in the mansion.
"How is Mingzhu?" Lu Youping asked.
Liu wiped her tears and said, "Poor Mingzhu is so young. She has been spoiled since she was a child. How could she bear the beating? She is still unconscious. The doctor said that we must take good care of her, otherwise the wound will be infected and it will affect her walking."
Lu Youping comforted her, "Don't worry, it won't happen. I will invite the best doctor in the city for Mingzhu. I will go see my mother first and come to see you later."
Liu held his hand affectionately and nodded softly.
After Lu Youping left, the maid Luochun entered the room and asked Liu: "Master, is the master going to the old lady to seek justice for you?"
Liu snorted complacently, "Of course. How could the master stand by and watch when my mother and I suffered such a great injustice? The old woman really underestimated my position in the master's heart. It would be best if she could be pissed off to death this time."
If he died, this house would be ruled by them, mother and daughter.
Luo Chunyu nodded proudly: "Maybe the old lady's pressure will make the master determined to let the master be the mistress."
Liu's eyes lit up: "That makes sense. If that's the case, then I have to thank the old lady."
Liu was dreaming, not realizing how naive this idea was.
Lu Youping walked into Fuyuan Hall with a gloomy face. Mother Wen's heart skipped a beat when she saw that he looked unhappy.
Oh my God, the master must not be quarreling with the old lady just to stand up for Liu.
Just as she was hesitating whether to stop him, Lu Youping had already strode into the house. Mother Wen followed him in anxiously. Before she could say anything, the old lady waved at her and said, "Go and bring the chicken soup to the master. He must not have eaten yet at this hour."
Mother Wen hesitated for a moment, then bowed and left.
Lu Youping was suddenly touched when he heard the old lady speak with concern for him.
"Sit down." The old lady asked, "Have you visited Liu?"
"Yes." Lu Youping nodded and said, "Mother, Mingzhu is not a child who messes around. I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding."
The old lady glanced at him calmly: "Misunderstanding? What did Liu tell you?"
Lu Youping took a deep breath and said, "She said Mingzhu gave the hairpin to Xiangxiang..."
"Heh..." Although the old lady was annoyed, she didn't lose her temper. She just sneered, "So you want to say that Xiangxiang framed her, Lu Mingzhu. Lu Youping, even if you have no feelings for the Bai family, you can't humiliate your own daughter like this."
"Mother, I didn't..." Lu Youping said with a stiff face.
When he first heard what Liu said, he was indeed furious and wanted to drag Lu Xiang over to ask her why she did this, but as he walked all the way to Fuyuan Hall, he had already calmed down.
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