"You are not worthy of me?" Sima Hong sneered. The girl born by that old man Lu was also ignorant. Did she really think that no one here could control her? Did she think she was a local princess? Who was she? How dare she say that to his beloved? "Do you know that because you were disrespectful to the fourth-rank imperial lady just now, according to the laws of the Great Chu, I can have someone slap you in the face!"
Lu Xuer was more angry than afraid. Her father was Lu, and she had been able to act arrogantly for many years. Everyone who saw her had to address her as "Miss Lu". Although she had never met the Lu family in the capital, she felt that even the legitimate Miss Lu might not be as noble as her.
"You dare?" Lu Xuer opened her mouth to refute. "My father will not forgive you!"
Sima Hong laughed and sat behind the table leisurely, "Miss Lu, I don't think your father will turn against me because of you." The tone seemed to be a kind reminder that you are just a daughter born to a concubine and are not even included in the family tree. The Lu family does not recognize you at all, so don't overestimate yourself.
Lu Xuer felt aggrieved and scared. She hadn't seen Sima Hong for many days. If she hadn't sacrificed her face and forced her way in today, it would have been a long time before she could see Sima Hong again. If she couldn't seize this opportunity, she would have no hope, and she didn't care about the disrespect in Sima Hong's tone.
Thinking of Madam Lu's repeated teachings, Lu Xuer suppressed her emotions and said softly with tears in her eyes: "I really feel sorry for you. What kind of person are you, brother? There is no other man better than you in the whole Chu. But that Xu, she, she..." At this point, Lu Xuer stamped her feet and made up her mind, "She has done something wrong to you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Sima Hong's face, which was originally smiling, immediately turned ashen. He suddenly stood up from the chair, picked up the sword beside the table, drew the sword, and in a flash, the bright and cold sword was placed on Lu Xuer's neck.
"You are quite courageous!" Sima Hong sneered, "If you dare to talk nonsense again, I will cut off your head and send it back to Lu!"
There is probably nothing in this world that can make a man more angry and unbearable than "I'm telling you, your wife cheated on you and made you a cuckold." Sima Hong was being polite. In the Northwest, where people are tough, a hot-tempered man would just go ahead and cut her with a knife.
When Lu Xuer finished speaking, Bai Hao on the side was also stunned with shock. When he came to his senses, he saw that the Marquis had put his sword on Lu Xuer's neck. With a little force, the sword blade could cut Lu Xuer's neck.
If Lu Xuer was really hurt, Lu would definitely hate the Marquis. It is said that it is hard to guard against villains. That old man Lu is not a gentleman. Baihao was impatient, so he stepped forward and tried to smooth things over. He gently pushed away the sword on Lu Xuer's neck and advised: "Marquis, calm down. Miss Lu was just playing with you and was talking nonsense. Don't take it seriously. Lord Lu is still waiting for Miss Lu to come home!"
Sima Hong glanced at Lu Xuer gloomily, then silently retracted the sword in his hand.
Lu Xuer's tears kept pouring out, this time they were real tears, she was frightened. Sima Hong's posture just now looked like he wanted to cut her to pieces, she was so scared that she couldn't utter a word.
"I'm not talking nonsense." Lu Xuer sobbed. "It's spread all over the capital, and you're the only one who's kept in the dark. I feel sorry for you. I came to tell you out of kindness, but you treated me like this..." Baihao was so upset that he wanted to slap Lu Xuer to death. He finally persuaded the Marquis, but she still didn't leave. Did she really think that she was a heroine just because she had seen the battlefield twice? If she had seen the Marquis's bloodthirsty look, she would have been scared to death.
Sima Hong laughed instead of getting angry, and threw the sword to the ground, making a clanging sound on the stone slab, echoing in the room, "Okay, tell me, what's going on? If you dare to spread rumors, don't blame me for not caring about your father's feelings!"
Even if Lu Xuer regretted it, she had no way back. The arrow was on the string and had to be shot. She gritted her teeth and said, "Last year on the Chinese Valentine's Day, she and the Qin Junwang in the capital played together late at night, and they also set off lanterns. They were so intimate that if you didn't know, you would think they were a couple going out to play! A long time ago, the Qin Junwang wanted to take her as a concubine, but the princess disagreed, so it didn't happen. The two of them also dated secretly in private, and others thought she wanted to be the Qin Junwang's concubine, but she turned around and hooked up with you!"
You treat her like a treasure! Lu Xuer complained in her heart, although she was not a legitimate daughter, she was a pure and innocent girl, unlike that Xu Mingyu, who was so shameless!
Seeing that Sima Hong's expression remained unchanged and his eyes showed no emotion, Lu Xuer quickly added, "Everyone in the capital knows about her affair with Prince Qin!" In fact, she didn't know whether everyone in the capital knew about it, but in order to increase credibility, she didn't mind telling a little lie.
Sima Hong's expression relaxed, he smiled and shook his head, as if he had heard a ridiculous joke, and finally sighed: "Miss Lu, who did you hear all this nonsense from? You believe everything others say? Last year on Chinese Valentine's Day, my wife was with her brother and sister-in-law. How could she go on a date with Prince Qin with so many people accompanying her? This matter ends here. If you dare to mention this rumor again..." Sima Hong's eyes widened, "Just like this table!" As he said that, he picked up the sword on the ground, and with a wave of his hand, the sword swung down, and a corner of the table was neatly cut off.
"It's true!" Lu Xuer cried anxiously, stamping her feet and saying, "I heard from those two women, they saw clearly that the Prince of Qin and Xu walked together on the street on the Qixi Festival." What she didn't say was that the woman also said that the man and woman were both outstandingly beautiful, and when they walked together, they were pleasing to the eye and a perfect match. She was afraid that if she said it out loud, she would follow the footsteps of the table that was split.
Baihao was anxious. Before Sima Hong could get angry, he pushed Lu Xuer out and coaxed her in a low voice, "Miss Lu, which two women said that? Do they have an old grudge against you? They are trying to harm you! How can they lie to you like that? They killed someone and you still believed it!"
Lu Xuer couldn't get away from Baihao and was pushed out by him. She slapped Baihao unwillingly and shouted, "It's true! Why don't you believe me? That woman didn't lie to me. She swore she saw it with her own eyes!"
"Maybe she is dazzled!" Baihao coaxed, "It's dark at night and it's hard to see clearly. It's common to mistake people. My wife is very timid. Before she got married, she never left the house. Even when she went out, she was accompanied by her brother, sister-in-law, and a group of maids. If you say that, won't the Marquis hate you? Don't say anything when you go out. If others know about it and hurt the Marquis and his wife's face, you can forget about seeing the Marquis again."
The two had already left the yard. Lu Xuer was crying angrily. She looked in the direction of Sima Hong's door and shouted, "If you don't believe me, you will regret it sooner or later! Don't come to me then!" Then she turned around and ran away in anger.
Bai Hao watched her run away, wiped the sweat from his forehead, called two soldiers over, and ordered them to watch over Lu Xuer and not let her out for the next two days. If this bad-tempered and difficult-to-serve young lady went out and said something nonsense, it would ruin the Madam's reputation, and the Marquis would have to kill her with a knife.
When Baihao pushed Lu Xuer out, Sima Hong had already sat down on the chair, silently looking at the table in front of him with a missing corner. He answered in a decisive tone, but his heart was uncontrollably surging.
He knew that the Prince of Qin wanted to take Mingyu as a concubine. When he knew about it, the storm had already passed. He was often not in the capital, so he didn't know most of the things in the capital, and he didn't go out of his way to inquire. With Mingyu's arrogant temper and personality, how could she bend down to be someone's concubine? This kind of ridiculous thing is absurd just thinking about it.
But now he calmed down and thought about why he didn't want to inquire, why he didn't want to go into it, or even didn't want to think about it. He had seen the Prince of Qin before. He had good looks, good character, and great talent. He knew that the Prince of Qin's paintings were the best in the capital and were worth a fortune. Mingyu's calligraphy was so good that even Lord Qi praised it. From this point alone, the two of them were so well matched. The Prince of Qin was the son of the princess and the nephew of the emperor. He didn't have to work so hard like him, and he could hold an important position and have a bright future.
A man like the Prince of Qin, who is noble and talented, should be someone that every woman would admire and love.
He was just afraid to think about it, afraid to face the naked truth after unravelling the mystery.
Mingyu was so good, and he loved Mingyu so much. His heart was full of her. He loved her and doted on her, and he wanted to give her his heart... The more this was the case, the more he could not tolerate the person he loved so much having even the slightest flaw.
Anyway, Mingyu is married to him now and is pregnant with his child, so why bother about so much? Why bother to dwell on the worthless past? Sima Hong was in a state of confusion. Maybe that Lu Xuer was just making up a lie to deceive him, but she had never been to the capital, and she probably didn't know who the Qin Junwang was. This matter was very detailed...
When Baihao came back, he saw Sima Hong sitting there without saying a word, as if thinking about something. He quickly said, "Master, don't listen to the nonsense of that woman named Lu. She wishes you would hate and alienate yourself from your wife. If she has any kindness in her heart, she would not do anything to ruin someone's reputation." A woman's reputation is the most important thing. This Lu Xuer is really hateful. If even the slightest rumor gets out, how can your wife live her life
"I know." Sima Hong smiled and nodded, his masculine and handsome face looking calm and composed.
Mingyu waited in the mansion until very late but Sima Hong did not show up. The food on the table had already gone cold. She could no longer hold on and fell asleep on the couch. When she suddenly woke up, she didn't know what time it was, and she saw Sima Hong leaning over the couch, looking at her.
The night wind blew through the window lattice, the candlelight swayed, his eyebrows and eyes were hidden in the dark, his expression was obscure.