Chapter 187 – What Does My Lady Come For?
Chapter 187 What Does My Lady Come For?
Xu Lipeng stood outside the yard with a gloomy face. The news of Yu Qingmeng losing her child had been confirmed. Qu Mansion’s Old Lady had already left, and Duan Mansion’s mother and daughter had also left. He had the doctor and the female doctor in the yard tidy up and wanted to take Yu Qingmeng away.
This was Qu Mansion, and Yu Qingmeng was only a concubine. The biggest connection between her and Qu Mansion was Yu. Now that Yu was ill like this, it was not suitable for Yu Qingmeng to stay.
“Greetings, Young Master Xu.” Granny Miao came in and saluted.
“What is it?” Xu Lipeng turned around and said coldly.
“The doctor who came to the mansion today to treat our Second Madam was here for the first time. Originally, he was going to leave after checking on her, but because he was discussing medicine with the Second Madam, he delayed for about two hours and happened to encounter Concubine Yu’s matter. In the past, when the doctors came to the mansion to treat the Second Madam, they never brought a female doctor along.”
Granny Miao raised her head and said respectfully.
Xu Lipeng was shocked and his face suddenly darkened. He said sternly, “What does your lady want to say?”
“Young Master Xu, my lady does not want to say anything. She just does not want Qu Mansion to be used by others,” Granny Miao said calmly.
Xu Lipeng’s eyes were tightly locked on Granny Miao. His eyes were sinister. “It’s not your lady?”
“Young Master Xu, what do you think does my lady come for?” Granny Miao’s smile carried a trace of ridicule.
What did she come for? Was it for him, Young Master Yongning? Back then, Qu Mansion’s meaning was very obvious. They wanted to break off the engagement with him due to the matter between him and Yu Qingmeng. Others only felt that he had dumped Fourth Lady Qu, and that was why he had an engagement with Duan Mansion. Using the excuse of saving Second Lady Duan, he openly called off his engagement with Fourth Lady Qu.
Only Xu Lipeng himself knew that he absolutely had no intention of marrying Second Lady Duan. Back then, he had only plotted to marry the First Lady of Duan Mansion. First Lady Duan, who had no one to rely on, had the same use as Qu Moying. Xu Lipeng would never feel it a loss to marry her and then only keep her at his mansion. After all, this could earn him a good reputation for the rest of his life.
Whether it was Qu Moying or Duan Mansion’s First Lady, it didn’t matter to him. As long as she obediently married into his mansion, he would generously accept her as his wife. It was good enough for Yu Qingmeng to be his concubine. As long as he doted on Yu Qingmeng enough, she would live a good life in the mansion. In the future, he would even let her son inherit his position.
Therefore, his engagement with Qu Mansion had been going on for so many years. When he heard that this Fourth Lady Qu had no talent or beauty, he did not care, which made others think that he was benevolent and righteous. Marquis Yongning’s Mansion had already declined. He urgently needed a chance to step back into the upper class. For this reason, he endured the ridicule of others and upheld his image of an elegant young master who guarded his chastity.
However, things did not go in the direction he had expected back then, and all the changes were due to Fourth Lady Qu’s return to the mansion this time.
A surge of anger rushed into his heart, and Xu Lipeng’s face darkened. “Doesn’t your Fourth Lady dislike Qingmeng? Wasn’t it because of Qingmeng that she called off the engagement with me? What is she up to now? Did she regret it? Didn’t she make this up to frame innocent people? She even didn’t let an unborn child go.”
His words were extremely sharp, and he practically pinned all the charges on Qu Moying. His reaction was so great that it was beyond Granny Miao’s expectations.
Granny Miao took a step back, and her gaze swept across Xu Lipeng’s livid face. Her expression also became cold. “Young Master Xu, that was all I had to say. Whether you believe it or not, it is fine. My lady just does not want Qu Mansion to become a chess piece. Young Master Xu, I believe you are unwilling to be kept in the dark, right?”
After saying that, she bowed to Xu Lipeng and turned to leave.
Granny Miao was very indifferent to Xu Lipeng’s response. Before she followed Qu Moying, she had seen many things outside. Although Young Master Yongning’s behavior was strange, after thinking about it carefully, she understood.
Was he regretting it?
Unfortunately, regret was of no help.
When her lady was alone and cheerless in the village, this Young Master Xu and Yu’s niece were flirting with each other in Qu Mansion. It was obvious that he planned to marry her lady and then ignore her. Only when there was a need would he think of her. She would be asked to serve Marchioness Yongning and fulfill filial duty for him while he would enjoy his sweet time with Yu Qingmeng.
Granny Miao had seen many of this kind of man during her long journey before.
Now that her lady had forcefully broken off the engagement, Xu Lipeng had no choice but to agree, and using this excuse, he brought Yu Qingmeng into his mansion. Now, the “child” in Yu Qingmeng’s belly was gone, and it was caused by his wife who had yet to marry into the mansion. He had no place to vent his anger, so he blamed it all on her lady.
This person was truly a scum!
Seeing that Granny Miao had left without looking back, Xu Lipeng stood quietly under the tree. His face became gloomier. The young servant, who was standing behind him, lowered his head, not daring to move. He acted like a wooden stake.
After a long while, he heard his Young Master say, “You stay at Qu Mansion’s door. Wait for the doctor to come out and investigate everything about him.”
The young servant hurriedly replied, “Yes!”
Xu Lipeng strode out. The young servant anxiously chased after him a few steps. “Young Master, what about Concubine Yu?”
“Get her to pack up and leave immediately,” Xu Lipeng said coldly.
The young servant did not dare to continue following him. The young servant helplessly turned around and went back. Young Master was angry. Originally, Young Master was waiting here to wait for Concubine Yu to pack up inside. If what Qu Mansion’s old maid said just now was true, Concubine Yu could be considered to have lost favor and would not be pitied by Young Master in the future.
It seemed that Young Master believed what Qu Mansion’s old maid said. In the past, the young servant only felt that Young Master had no feelings for Fourth Lady Qu. Now, it seemed that it was not so.
Given the current situation, the young servant could only say that it was a coincidence…
The young servant turned around and went in to send a message.
“What? Young Master Xu left?” Yu Qingmeng looked up with a pale face on the bed.
“Concubine Yu, Young Master asked you to pack up. The carriage is already waiting outside.” The young servant lowered his head and spoke.
Yu Qingmeng’s face alternated between being livid and red. Now that something like this had happened, Xu Lipeng, who was supposed to be by her side, was actually not here. This was enough to show that something was wrong. She could not help but grow panicked.
She had been preparing to feign innocence, but now she was no longer in the mood. She asked the young servant to wait outside and sent the doctor away. She hurriedly got up, held the maid’s hand, and slowly walked out.
The carriage was already ready, waiting for Yu Qingmeng to get on.
“Where is Young Master?” Seeing the empty carriage, Yu Qingmeng became more and more panicked and turned to ask the young servant.
“I don’t know either. Young Master just told me to ask you to hurry up.” The young servant was also unsure. He looked around blankly.
“Concubine Yu, Young Master has something to do and went back first. He asked me to take you back to the mansion to rest,” the carriage driver answered.
“What is he going to do?” Yu Qingmeng’s heart was in a mess.
“I don’t know either.” The carriage driver shook his head. Young Master had sent someone to deliver the message to him. He didn’t even see Young Master. Therefore, of course, he didn’t know where Young Master went.
“Let’s hurry back to the mansion.” Yu Qingmeng said anxiously, feeling more and more uncertain. She had a feeling that things were not going in the direction she had imagined.
Originally, she had listened to Cousin Qiuyan and planned to scheme against Qu Moying no matter what. When she came over today, she had already prepared a blood bag in her clothes.
As long as she fell slightly to the ground, the blood bag would break.
In order to find a suitable reason, she even asked Xu Lipeng to send gifts to Qu Moying, causing the relationship between the two of them to be ambiguous. So, if something happened to her, the blame would naturally fall on Qu Moying. Even if Qu Moying did not do anything herself, it could still be done by the maids or the old maids serving Qu Moying.
Qu Moying’s ankle was hurt, so it was not easy to trick her out, but it was very easy to ask her maids or old maids out.
However, she did not expect that Xu Lipeng did not manage to meet Qu Moying. When he came to accompany her for a walk, they actually bumped into Duan Jinxiang.
Duan Jinxiang’s visit to the mansion today was arranged by her aunt.
The goal was to let Duan Jinxiang and Qu Moying have a dispute. Duan Jinxiang had a domineering personality and was a shrewish and violent person. Once provoked, she would attack Qu Moying and cause a big scene between herself and Qu Moying. In addition to Yu Qingmeng’s incident, how could Qu Moying have any good reputation? She would definitely be sent out immediately and be locked up in the village for the rest of her life until her death.
However, Duan Jinxiang did not quarrel with Qu Moying but hit Yu Qingmeng. She could not stand still and fell down. The blood bag was then broken. In this case, she could only pretend to be pregnant and blame the “miscarriage” on Duan Jinxiang.
She was never pregnant. At that time, she had to come up with this idea because she wanted to marry into Marquis Yongning’s Mansion. But these days, she could not pretend anymore. If her baby bump was not shown in half a month, the shrewd Marchioness Yongning would definitely find out. At that time, she would not be able to offer a reasonable explanation for herself.
The fake child in the belly must be disposed of. She could no longer hide it.
She felt it a pity that she couldn’t set Qu Moying up for this, but fortunately, there was Duan Jinxiang. There would eventually be times when she and Duan Jinxiang would have conflict. At this time, if Yu Qingmeng could embarrass Duan Jingxiang and make Duan Jinxiang owe her, it would be beneficial to her.
But what was going on now? Wasn’t Xu Lipeng supposed to protect her at this time? Why did he suddenly abandon her and leave? Was there really something going on? Or was there some other accident?
Yu Qingmeng returned to the mansion with a perturbed heart. She even did not inform Qu Qiuyan, nor did she report to Yu…
“My lady, Concubine Yu left.” Granny Miao only reported to Qu Moying after Yu Qingmeng left.
“How is it?” Qu Moying asked with a smile. Granny Miao had returned a little late.
“My lady, just now, Young Master Xu reprimanded me and asked what you were up to.” Granny Miao thought for a moment and said frankly, reminding her lady of something.
“It’s fine!” Qu Moying said calmly.
She was not surprised by Xu Lipeng’s reaction. Xu Lipeng was very arrogant. In his opinion, her reminder seemed to be mocking him.
“My lady, will he go against you in the future?” Granny Miao was a little worried. She looked at Qu Moying and wanted to speak further. There were some things that she wanted to say more clearly, but she felt it was a little inconvenient. Her lady was still a girl who had not married. There were some things that she should not say to her lady.
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