Chapter 47 Becoming a Laughing Stock
As soon as Chu Jinyan opened her mouth, Qin Shuyan's heart was in her throat with nervousness. She was annoyed by Lu Mingzhu's naked loving look, but also worried that Master Yan really wanted to protect her by speaking out at this time.
"I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
"call……"
As Chu Jinyan finished speaking, Qin Shuyan breathed a sigh of relief. See, what she did was indeed correct. Young Master Yan left because he was dissatisfied with Lu Mingzhu's embarrassment.
Governor Qin hurriedly stood up and saw him off, walking him straight to the door.
No one knew that at this moment Xiao Muheng's hands under the table were clenched into fists. The veins on the back of his hands were bulging because of the force, and his dark eyes were filled with ink and his gaze was sharp.
What's going on?
This note should have been placed on Lu Xiang's body, so why did it fall out from Lu Mingzhu's body?
Did Lu Yue lie to me?
Madam Qin looked at the commotion caused by Lu Mingzhu and thought that Master Yan suddenly left the table because he was disgusted by Lu Mingzhu. A strong look of disgust suddenly rose on her face.
She put down her chopsticks and asked in a deep voice, "What's going on?"
Qin Shuyan was in a good mood, full of energy to deal with Lu Mingzhu. She said to Madam Qin like a spoiled child, "Mother, I don't know either. It seems that the fourth young lady of the Lu family has a man's letter hidden in her body."
"Miss Lu, are you serious?" Madam Qin stared at her fiercely, as if she wanted to cut the skin on her face layer by layer.
Lu Mingzhu's lips trembled, pale and weak to defend herself: "No... No."
"How could it not be? Could it be that you wrote it yourself and put it on your body? How unbearable are you to be lonely that you can't find a man and yet you pretend that someone loves you." The lady who read the poem covered her mouth and laughed, shaking the note in her hand, and every word she said was full of sarcasm.
Lu Mingzhu felt so wronged and ashamed that she wanted to die.
As soon as she finished speaking, someone immediately agreed: "This handwriting is obviously from a man. I don't think it was written by herself. Wasn't there someone writing a poem in the outer courtyard just now? Let's compare it to see whose handwriting it is and we'll know."
Lu Xiang wanted to applaud these two people.
What you said is exactly what she wants. Please continue your performance.
"What poem is that? Show it to me." Outside the hall, Governor Qin came in with big strides, a cold look on his face. He was very uneasy about Master Yan's sudden departure, but he subconsciously thought that it was caused by the noise from the women's seat next to him.
As expected of a couple, they even have the same ideas.
Humph, the Qin family has held banquets several times, and no one has dared to cause trouble in their house. He wants to see which bastard has secretly communicated with the concubine of the Lu family and done something shameful.
Governor Qin doesn't think that Master Yan has any relationship with Lu Mingzhu, and there must be someone else who is restless.
Governor Qin looked at the handwriting on the paper, his eyes gradually became deep, and he walked to Xiao Muheng behind the screen, and slapped the paper on his desk with a "slap" sound: "Mr. Xiao, who you have a crush on is your private matter. Qin believes that he has never treated you unfairly. Why do you do such an unethical thing in public and embarrass me?"
If it weren't for this person's outstanding literary talent and his hope for success in the imperial examination, which made him want to cherish his talent and use it for his own benefit, how could he, as a small businessman, be qualified to attend the banquet at the Qin Mansion?
It’s a pity that Xiao Muheng is not only ungrateful but also behaves absurdly. He is simply a rotten wood that cannot be carved.
Xiao Muheng's face turned red and his neck became thick after being scolded. He stood up awkwardly and bowed his hands to apologize: "Governor Qin, there is a misunderstanding in this matter."
"Oh, misunderstanding?" Governor Qin sneered angrily, "Isn't this your handwriting?"
Xiao Muheng was angry and anxious, and was almost sweating all over his forehead, but he couldn't find a way to get him out of this matter.
"I am..."
Xiao Muheng opened his mouth to explain, but Governor Qin raised his hand and clearly didn't want to hear more from him: "Mr. Xiao, you are too tolerant. I'm afraid the small Qin Mansion can't accommodate you. Goodbye."
Xiao Muheng's face suddenly changed and he became panicked.
When Governor Qin said that he was careless, he was clearly referring to him for being two-faced. On the one hand, he surrendered to him, while on the other hand, he was thinking about the daughter of Prefect Lu and wanted to get in touch with the Lu family.
Even though Xiao Muheng planned to make preparations for both situations, he did not expect that he would fail so quickly. Governor Qin even directly ordered him to expel him.
Once his words came out today, any officials in Yangning City who wanted to please Governor Qin would be unwilling to befriend him in the future, which would be a great disadvantage to Xiao Muheng.
The Qin mansion servant walked up to Xiao Muheng and said, "Mr. Xiao, please come in."
As Qin spoke, his face was full of mockery.
Xiao Muheng's face was stiff. He felt so ashamed and angry at the scene that he bowed to Governor Qin and left in a hurry.
His mind was in a mess now, and he had no way of staying to deal with the matter properly. He could only think of a solution later.
Xiao Muheng left quickly without even looking at Lu Mingzhu.
Lu Mingzhu looked at Xiao Muheng who was walking away in big strides with a hurt look on her face, and she was so anxious that tears were about to fall out.
Qin Shuyan now relaxed completely, with a smile filling her chest.
Ha ha ha ha!
It turned out that she had been wrong from the beginning to the end.
Young Master Yan has nothing to do with Lu Mingzhu. The wild man in Lu Mingzhu's heart is a lowly businessman.
She is indeed a lowly person, even the man she likes is lowly.
"Miss Fourth Lu looks so reluctant to leave. I'm afraid even Mr. Xiao's soul will be gone with him once he leaves."
Even if she was wrong, Qin Shuyan would not let Lu Mingzhu off easily.
As soon as she finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter all around.
Lu Mingzhu stood there with her face turning pale and blue, becoming the laughing stock of everyone.
Lu Yue asked Xia Qing softly, "Didn't you say you didn't find a chance to put the paper on Lu Xiang? Did you deliberately put it on Lu Mingzhu?"
Although Lu Mingzhu was happy to see everyone laugh at her, this went against what Young Master Xiao had told her to do, and she didn't know if there would be any trouble.
"I don't have it, Miss Fifth, look, the note that Mr. Xiao gave me is still here." Xia Qing took out the note and showed it to Lu Yue in surprise.
Lu Yue stared in astonishment: "What about Lu Mingzhu?"
Xia Qing didn't know what she was thinking of. She pinched the paper tightly and said angrily, "Fifth Miss, I'm afraid that Auntie has been fooled by that guy surnamed Xiao."
"On the surface, he was asking the aunt to do something to get close to the third young lady, but secretly he was having an affair with the fourth young lady."
"You are such a jerk, Xiao Muheng." Lu Yue gritted her teeth in anger: "You want to marry both Lu Xiang and Lu Mingzhu back home. Your greed is really too ugly."
"In fact, it doesn't matter how many young master Xiao wants to marry, but he is so tactful to Aunt Fang in front of her and behind her back. This person is really untrustworthy. He can put Aunt Fang and Miss Fifth together today, and I don't know how he will plot against others in the future."
"Oh, he dares to play tricks on me. I will make sure he can't marry any of them." Lu Yue was furious. Even a box of gold, silver and jewelry in the room could not offset the anger in her heart.
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