Cheng Lu said angrily: "How can this be a good thing? Don't I think I'm dirty enough? I'm lying to you?!"
Min Jia took a breath of cold air.
Although she already knew about this, she didn't expect that Yuan would actually deceive Cheng Xu and the Min family in this way!
Min Jia felt like there was a fire burning in her heart.
Her face turned ugly.
Cheng Lu achieved his goal. A hint of smile flashed across his face. He bowed to Min Jia again and said, "It's getting late. I'm sure the Cheng family will come to see you. I'll leave first!"
Min Jia looked confused and asked, "You came to me just to tell me this?"
What's the point of doing this
Cheng Lu laughed loudly, his expression ferocious and full of hatred, and said, "As long as I can make Cheng Xu unhappy, I will feel happy!"
Min Jia was stunned, but had to admit that Cheng Lu's words made sense.
Cheng Lu walked away.
The guard called out "Grandma", indicating what she should do.
At this moment, Min Jia was extremely confused and didn't know what to do. When the guard signaled her, the first thought that came to her mind was to let Cheng Lu go quickly, lest he go crazy and start yelling in front of the Yuan family, the He family and others, which would cause trouble.
She couldn't help but waved at the guards.
The guard retreated.
Min Jia felt horrified.
If what Cheng Lu said was true, what should she do
She has already married Cheng Xu, and the Min family has never had a daughter remarry, so she will live with Cheng Xu no matter what. But according to Cheng Lu's madness, who knows who he will tell tomorrow if he tells her today? Yuan and Cheng Chi are both the culprits, who can stop Cheng Lu
She couldn't tell her parents about it. After she got married, she belonged to the Cheng family. If she told her parents about the Cheng family's scandal, her parents and brothers would feel sad for her, but her sister-in-law and brother-in-law were married into the family from outside, so they would only laugh at her and make people look down on her.
People from my husband’s family… Min Jia suddenly thought of Cheng Shao.
He is the most senior person in the Cheng family, and he is also the uncle and great-uncle of Cheng Chi and Cheng Xu. His relationship with the two is both close and distant, so it is most appropriate for him to come forward.
She made up her mind, but when she looked up, she saw Nanny Shang and a few servants rushing over.
Min Jia couldn't help but sneer in her heart.
This Cheng Chi came really quickly!
She smiled and nodded to Nanny Shang, saying, "Mammy, you are late. Cheng Xiangqing has already left."
Seeing her half-smile, Nanny Shang's heart skipped a beat.
Whenever Cheng Lu shows up, nothing good happens!
However, Cheng Lu was a little too bold.
The old lady originally planned to go to Zhetan Temple with her family, but the Wu family came to invite them to go to Hongluo Temple together, and also made it clear that they were there to pray for a child for the newly married young mistress. Second wife Qiu was moved by this, and later heard that the Yuan family and the He family had decided to burn incense at Hongluo Temple, so she came together.
It was a temporary decision, who would have thought that I would meet Cheng Lu.
It seems that they were careless.
Fortunately, he was looking for Grandma Xu. If he had found Zhou Shaojin...
Nanny Shang didn't dare to think further.
She hurriedly said to Min Jia with a smile: "I'm sorry to have frightened Grandma!"
Min Jia pointedly said, "He saw a lot of people around me, said a few words to me and ran away."
Nanny Shang asked her with concern if she was scared and whether she wanted to call a doctor.
Min Jia dismissed Nanny Shang hastily: "The new wife of the Wu family will be here later. If you have anything to say, we can talk about it when we get back."
After all, he is not the head of the house anymore.
Nanny Shang smiled and retreated, somewhat disapproving of her.
If Grandma Xu really believed what Cheng Lu said, there would be no hope for her. She could make as much trouble as she wanted, as long as she didn't do it in front of Zhou Shaojin.
The Fourth Master was really capable. He divided the family early on. Otherwise, if he had to live with Yuan and the others, one would say this today and the other would say that tomorrow. Even if Zhou Shaojin was a gentle person, he would probably not be able to stand it.
When she saw Cheng Chi, she couldn't help but suggest: "Why not find an opportunity to lure him to a brothel and beat him half to death."
Otherwise he would jump up and down like this and think that the Cheng family can't do anything to him when no one cares about him!
"No need." Cheng Chi looked a little cold, and said, "He can't do anything to the Cheng family now. Seeing Jiashan pass the imperial examination, he is just jealous and hateful. Since he has found Jiashan, let Jiashan handle it. Isn't he going to be sent out? If he can't handle such a small matter, I think it's better for him to stay in Beijing. If something happens in Beijing, we can help him clean up the mess. If he goes out, who knows what kind of trouble he will cause."
Moreover, if his speculation was correct, Chen Li, the eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, was not clean in the past life. Didn't he let Cheng Lu marry into the Chen family smoothly because he saw Cheng Lu's ability to stir up trouble? Now that he has established a relationship with the Fourth Prince's Mansion, it would be better to make their relationship closer.
Cheng Chi smiled and instructed Shang Ma: "Just shout and kill, but don't really hurt anyone."
Nanny Shang smiled knowingly and replied “yes”.
Chen Li is as cunning as a fox, and I'm afraid he will fall into Cheng Lu's hands this time.
Thinking of this, Cheng Chi felt very happy and asked Nanny Shang: "Where is the Madam?"
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Zhou Shaojin was coaxing Yun Ge'er to sleep.
Yun'er, who will be one year old in twenty days, is extremely energetic. Perhaps because his daily routine has been disrupted by getting up early in the morning to rush to Hongluo Temple, he refuses to sleep during lunch break. He can turn over and crawl, and walk with the help of something. Sometimes he crawls to the kang table with his hands and feet together, and sometimes he lies on the window frame to look outside. He is never quiet for a moment.
After a while, Zhou Shaojin was panting and sweating all over.
She just supported Yun'er and played under the porch.
But he insisted on standing close to the beauty and picking the azaleas grown under the veranda.
Zhou Shaojin refused, so he stared at her with his big round eyes and called her "Mom", which almost melted Zhou Shaojin's heart. She began to hesitate whether to let him pick some flowers to play with. Min Jia walked in, accompanied by several maids and old women.
"You're back!" Many people came today, and the temple was not as convenient as home, so everyone in the Cheng family rested in a yard. Seeing Min Jia, Zhou Shaojin greeted her.
Min Jia couldn't help but look at Zhou Shaojin.
She was wearing a rose-red boa with gold all over it today. Her pink face was adorned with a pair of watery eyes, brighter than the azaleas in full bloom around her. Her expression was as gentle as a mountain spring, without a trace of gloom.
Min Jia's heart skipped a beat.
If Zhou Shaojin was really as Cheng Lu said, how could she be so leisurely and contented
Min Jia couldn't help but say to Zhou Shaojin, "I just went to the release pond, and a man suddenly broke in. He said his name was 'Cheng Xiangqing', and was driven out by the guards. I was just about to ask my mother-in-law who this Cheng Xiangqing was. I heard that my aunt grew up in the Cheng family. Have you heard of this person?"
Cheng Lu.
What is he going to do now
Zhou Shaojin felt annoyed when she heard his name. She frowned and said, "He was originally a branch of the Cheng family. Later, he was expelled from the Cheng family because of his bad behavior..." After she finished speaking, she asked Min Jia, "Who else knows about this? Have you notified the Cheng family's guards?"
Most of the Cheng family's guards are Cheng Chi's men. If those guards know about it, Cheng Chi will also know about it.
She believed that Cheng Chi would not allow Cheng Lu to act like this.
Zhou Shaojin's righteous tone surprised Min Jia very much, but it was also like a basin of clear water poured into Min Jia's mind.
She immediately realized that Cheng Lu was lying!
If what Cheng Lu said was true, Zhou Shaojin should have concealed it for him. Why did he say that he would leave it all to Cheng Chi? Even if what Cheng Lu said was true, he might have just picked up some words that were beneficial to him. As for what he had done, he did not mention a word.
In other words, Cheng Xu may not be as despicable as he says.
Min Jia suddenly felt relieved and breathed a long sigh of relief.
"Madame Shang rushed over," she said with a smile, "but that Cheng Xiangqing had already run away."
Since Nanny Shang already knew about it, then Cheng Chi must have known about it too.
Zhou Shaojin breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Min Jia still standing there looking at her, she immediately understood clearly that Cheng Lu must have said something to Min Jia.
Rumors stop at the wise, but there is also the saying that "many mouths can melt gold."
She thought about it and said to Min Jia, "If you don't understand, you might as well ask Mr. Xu. No matter what, you are husband and wife."
How can a couple live together if they don't have the most basic trust
Min Jia understood what she meant.
She thought of Zhou Shaojin's obedience to Cheng Chi.
Is it because of this that they are so loving to each other
But Cheng Lu likes Zhou Shaojin, and even she can see it... Which of what Cheng Lu said is true? And which is false
Min Jia felt a terrible headache.
Finally she decided to ask Cheng Xu.
At least she had to let Cheng Xu know that she was not a fool and knew everything about him.
But when she walked into Cheng Xu's study and wanted to ask him, she saw him in a blue shirt, tidying up the study with a dejected look on his face. The questions she had prepared suddenly became difficult to utter, and she unconsciously changed her tone to a negotiating one: "Yesterday when I went to Daluo Temple, I was releasing animals by the pond, and suddenly a man jumped out..." She told Cheng Xu everything about her meeting with Cheng Lu.
Cheng Xu looked at her in surprise.
No matter who encounters such a thing, shouldn’t they talk to the person closest to them and the person they trust the most
He and Min treat each other with respect, so why would she help him say these things
What did she mean by saying these things to him
Cheng Xu put down the book in his hand, faced Min Jia, and said solemnly: "What do you want to say?"
Didn’t she have thought about what she wanted to say when she came here
Why do I feel like I can’t say it now
Min Jia pursed her lips, raised her head, looked seriously into Cheng Xu's eyes, and said, "I just want to know if what Cheng Lu said is true? Did you really bully Zhou? Did Uncle Chi really take advantage of the situation and marry Zhou?"
Cheng Xu curled his lips and said sarcastically, "So what if it's the real you? So what if it's the fake you?"
He actually has such an attitude!
Min Jia was so angry that she wanted to vomit blood, but she thought that since she had already asked Cheng Xu in person, if she backed down now, she would probably never know the truth in her life, and this matter would become a thorn in her heart for the rest of her life.
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Hey guys, today's update.
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※(To be continued)