CHAPTER 50: CHAPTER 50: WHY IS IT YOU!

Aunt Liu suddenly stopped in her tracks and turned to see Fu Mingzhu right in front of her, looking bewildered.

She looked at Fu Mingzhu, then at the door of the guest room.

Fu Mingzhu was outside; who was inside?

Yes, who was inside?

Lin Qingqing was curious as well.

It mustn’t be a noble lady from another family.

If it were, Xiao Fengxing might not be able to divorce her and marry me.

"Who is it? Just take a look and you’ll know," Fu Mingzhu sneered, "You seem quite sure one of them is Xiao Fengxing in there."

"I also want to see whom my fiancé is with at this moment," Fu Mingzhu said.

The onlookers couldn’t hold back and began to murmur.

The gazes directed at Fu Mingzhu were tinted with some sympathy.

Originally, they envied her for getting engaged to Xiao Fengxing.

Though Xiao Fengxing was a concubine’s son, he was definitely the next Marquis Changping, and even getting engaged to a legitimate daughter of a noble family would be acceptable, yet Fu Mingzhu managed to win him.

But now, it seemed that if the person inside was indeed Xiao Fengxing, Xiao Fengxing might not be as good as his outward reputation suggested.

This time, Aunt Liu dared not open the door.

The person inside was indeed Xiao Fengxing, but the woman was unknown.

Fu Mingzhu stepped forward boldly, and the crowd automatically made a path for her.

She strode to the guest room door and directly pushed it open, against Aunt Liu’s attempt to stop her.

Seeing the people inside, Aunt Liu was stunned, "Why is it you!"

Xiao Fengxing, now sober, clearly saw that the person beside him covering herself with clothes was Yilan, a maid of Aunt Liu’s.

To make it convincing, Xiao Fengxing had also drunk the spiked tea.

The plan was to tell Fu Mingzhu later that he was also tricked.

In this way, the Fu family could not blame him.

Therefore, in the heat of the moment, he couldn’t even distinguish who was in his arms.

At this moment, Yilan tearfully said, "Aunt, this servant doesn’t know, the second young master suddenly..."

"What is going on here?" Madam Xiao entered directly with Nanny Wang, not giving Aunt Liu the chance to cover things up.

Suddenly, the guests outside also saw the situation inside.

Though Madam Xiao failed to scheme against Lin Qingqing, she did not intend to let Xiao Fengxing have a good reputation either.

Whether the Fu family could use this to break the engagement depended on them.

She had, after all, provided a step for the Fu family, and seized the chance to escalate the matter.

"Oh, who is inside?"

"Judging by the clothes, it seems to be a maid from the mansion."

"This is just too improper. How could the second young master be with a maid on his sister’s birthday?"

Lin Qingqing’s face paled at the scene inside.

Originally, Xiao Fengxing had discussed scheming against Fu Mingzhu with her.

Because Fu Mingzhu was becoming less attentive towards him, Xiao Fengxing worried that the plan might change.

Lin Qingqing was aware of Xiao Fengxing’s plan and supported it to show her concern for the bigger picture.

Thus when Xiao Fengxing proposed to scheme against Fu Mingzhu, Lin Qingqing was reluctant but agreed.

She could only comfort herself that even without this scheme, Xiao Fengxing was going to marry Fu Mingzhu, and what needed to be done would be done.

This scheme just brought their marriage plan forward.

Yet unexpectedly, the one with Xiao Fengxing was not Fu Mingzhu, but Yilan from Aunt Liu’s side!

She could tolerate Fu Mingzhu being ahead of her, but could not tolerate a lowly maid being ahead.

Madam Fu said to Fu Shinian, "Stay here, don’t go and see that filthy thing."

"I’m not going to look," Fu Shinian said.

Madam Fu hurriedly came to Fu Mingzhu and pulled her behind her, "Don’t look."

Fu Mingzhu had already looked away and said, "I didn’t see anything."

Madam Fu nodded and politely said to Madam Xiao, "Old Madam, things are chaotic now, so I’ll take the children back to the mansion first."

Madam Xiao sighed and said, "This... I didn’t expect such a thing to happen today; it’s Xiao Fengxing’s misconduct, and our family will certainly give you an explanation."

Madam Fu left with Fu Mingzhu and Fu Shinian, and the other guests dispersed as well.

Xiao Fengxing, having tidied his clothes, came out just in time to see Lin Qingqing’s pale face.

Xiao Fengxing looked flustered and tried to step forward to explain to her, but with Madam Xiao still there, he took a step and then stopped.

Lin Qingqing, eyes brimmed with tears, turned and ran.

Madam Fu’s hands couldn’t stop shaking with excitement; she had been worried about how to end Fu Mingzhu’s engagement without damaging her reputation.

Unexpectedly, the opportunity presented itself.

However, Madam Fu’s excited gestures appeared to others as if she were enraged.

Indeed, who wouldn’t be angry if their family faced such an affair?

The supposed excellent son-in-law ended up in bed with the aunt’s maid.

The crowd saw Xiao Chengyu personally escort Madam Fu and her daughters out of the mansion.

Beside the carriage, Xiao Chengyu said, "Today was truly rude, I didn’t expect such a ridiculous situation."

"This is Xiao Fengxing’s doing, unrelated to the marquis or the mansion," Madam Fu said, "Don’t blame yourself."

Xiao Chengyu said no more, watching their carriage leave.

In the carriage, Madam Fu quietly asked Fu Mingzhu, "This engagement must be ended, do you regret it?"

Fu Mingzhu shook her head, "I thought I would feel reluctant, but when I saw him with the maid, I only felt disgusted, and wished for the engagement to be over quickly."

"Good, good child," Madam Fu said with relief, "I’ll discuss this with your father; we won’t let your reputation suffer."

[Ding! Xiao Fengxing’s fortune value -10, Fu Mansion fortune value +10]

Madam Fu returned to Fu Mansion with Fu Mingzhu and Fu Shinian, while Fu Changqin had a rare day off, free from study, and had already gone out to play.

However, Fu Shinian was surprised that Fu Changqin returned not long after they got home, arm apparently injured.

"Brother, what happened to you?" Fu Shinian asked in surprise.

The Fu family had just gained fortune value; good luck should follow, but instead, Fu Changqin hurt his arm?

Could the fortune value have affected someone else?

But nothing lucky happened to Madam Fu, herself, or Fu Mingzhu.

Logically, with a sudden increase of 10 fortune points, something very good should have happened.

Su Xin explained, "The young master went to go horseback riding with friends in the suburbs, when they encountered a carriage losing control; the young master got hurt saving someone."

"Quickly get a doctor!" Madam Fu hurriedly instructed Housekeeper Zhou.

Madam Fu thought it was fortunate she hadn’t had a chance to criticize; she initially thought Fu Changqin had gotten hurt playing, but it turned out he was hurt saving someone.

Unexpectedly, before the doctor arrived, the gatekeeper reported that Lady Yong’an had sent a calling card and was now at the door.