Chapter 105: Caught in the Act
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Madam Xu had barely sipped a couple of glasses of light wine before she rested her head and complained of dizziness.
“Sister-in-law, let me escort you back to your room,” Lu Wan Yi said, her voice trembling with a mix of excitement and false concern.
Madam Xu, genuinely inebriated, waved her hand slightly, her face flushed. “With so many guests today, I’ll need you to keep an eye on things for me. I can’t handle much wine, so I’ll just go back and rest.”
Seeing Madam Xu’s genuine intoxication, Lu Wan Yi nodded. “Alright, I will take good care of things. Go and rest then,” Lu Wan Yi said with a slight smile as Madam Xu’s figure swayed towards Tingfeng Yard. Suddenly, Chao Chao’s expression turned serious.
[Three men have entered the courtyard… Chao Chao does not recognize them.] Madam Xu, holding Chao Chao, suddenly heard her daughter’s thoughts.
[They are hiding in mother’s bedroom. Hmph, bad guys! Why are they taking off their clothes?] Chao Chao cursed in her mind. Her soul was exceptionally powerful, ever since the fire at Tingfeng Yard, she had sent a wisp of her consciousness to keep an eye on it.
Madam Xu’s heart skipped a beat, a trace of coldness appearing between her brows, her fingertips trembling slightly. She had underestimated Lu Yuan Ze’s ruthlessness. Biting her tongue lightly, she faltered slightly as she entered the door.
“Mommy, bad peepo in da courtyawd,” Chao Chao whispered in her ear.
Madam Xu kissed her appreciatively. “Good, mommy knows. Chao Chao is so clever…”
Madam Xu did not raise an alarm. Lu Yi Ting had already placed people in the mansion, who discreetly dealt with the three men without drawing attention.
“Chao Chao, mommy wants to rest for a while. Would you go play for a bit?” she asked. There were some things Chao Chao should not see, like catching an adulterer.
Chao Chao was coaxed and led away by Deng Zhi. Just as they returned to the front courtyard, they heard Lu Wan Yi shouting in panic, “Thieves have entered the mansion, someone, come quickly, thieves are in the mansion!”
“What’s with the shouting?” Deng Zhi stepped forward to block her way.
Lu Wan Yi glared at her fiercely. “There are so many distinguished guests here today. What if they disturb the guests? What should we do then? Move aside, let me catch the thieves,” she ordered. “The grand princess and several titled ladies are still in the mansion,” Lu Wan Yi said, her eyes glinting strangely. “If they enter the rooms of the distinguished guests, what should we do?” She pushed Deng Zhi aside and led people towards the backyard.
Deng Zhi looked anxious as Lu Wan Yi quickened her pace. At this moment, the guests in the front courtyard, hearing the commotion, sent people to inquire.
“Where is the Marquis?” someone asked.
“He hasn’t returned yet. He’s been gone for a while. Could he have encountered the thieves? Quick, let’s go and check!”
A large group of people immediately followed. Seeing the growing crowd, Lu Wan Yi became even more delighted, searching each room thoroughly as if putting on a complete show. When she reached the entrance of Tingfeng Yard, she was stopped by Maid Ying Xue.
“Stop this nonsense. This is the main courtyard of the mistress. We have been guarding the entrance. How could there be any thieves? The lady is resting inside. What kind of behavior is this, barging into her room?” Ying Xue scolded angrily.
Lu Wan Yi raised an eyebrow. “What? Not allowing a search? Is it because sister-in-law is hiding a man in her room?”
“You!” Ying Xue was about to get angry when they heard a creak, and Madam Xu opened the door.
“Come in and search,” Madam Xu said, looking at Lu Wan Yi without any expression despite the internal disappointment boiling over.
This was her sister-in-law whom she had cared for like her own daughter for over a decade! To be betrayed like this still hurts, even if she already knew the true nature of this girl.
Under Madam Xu’s gaze, Lu Wan Yi felt increasingly uneasy. “Sister-in-law, my apologies. I am only searching for the thieves,” she said, bracing herself, and searched Tingfeng Yard thoroughly. There was nothing. Nothing at all!
Lu Wan Yi’s unease grew stronger. Something was wrong. Didn’t her elder brother say he had let three men in? Where did things go wrong?
Madam Xu, meanwhile, stepped forward. “Let’s go, we’ll search together.”
Lu Wan Yi wanted to stop her, but it was beyond her control now. She had no choice but to follow. She watched as they searched Deshan Hall and then moved to the Marquis’s quarters.
The quarters were silent, not a soul in sight. “Let’s not go into the study. The Marquis is probably napping inside. We mustn’t disturb him. He’s been working hard,” Madam Xu said with a smile.
The others teased, “Madam Yun really cares for the Marquis. After eighteen years of marriage, their feelings remain the same.”
“You two are the most famous loving couple in the capital.”
“Since we are here, we might as well take a look. We don’t want any harm to come to the Marquis,” Madam Qin said, holding her belly.
Madam Xu reluctantly opened the door with a creak. As the door opened, a muffled, suppressed groan came from the study. Everyone was stunned.
Madam Xu looked as if struck by lightning, standing there in a daze. She opened her mouth, her throat blocked, unable to utter a word, as if she had been shocked.
“What shameless hussy dares to create trouble today? If you want to climb into a man’s bed, at least don’t choose the child’s birthday feast. Have you no shame?” Madam Qin cursed as she dragged Madam Xu closer.
The onlookers exchanged glances, seeing the gossip in each other’s eyes. Seeing no one stopping them, they all followed.
“Don’t come in!!” Lu Yuan Ze shouted suddenly, his voice tinged with fear. “No, don’t come in!” he panicked.
“Ah!” At the same time, a woman’s scream echoed from inside the room. Madam Xu swayed, “The Marquis, it’s really the Marquis…”
“Who is it? Who dares to seduce the Marquis?!” Madam Xu cried, struggling to breathe, known throughout the capital as a romantic.
“The Marquis is interesting. He dares to do it but won’t admit it. Let’s see who she is, this beauty who can make the Marquis do such a thing in broad daylight.” Madam Qin, being fearless, pulled back the curtain.
“Ah!!!” Pei Jiao Jiao screamed, covering her face. “Get off, get off!” She pushed Lu Yuan Ze desperately. But Lu Yuan Ze’s face was ashen, with a tinge of grey. Their bodies were tightly entwined. A slight movement caused both of them to scream in pain.
“It hurts!” Pei Jiao Jiao trembled, her face pale with pain.
“They can’t separate!” Madam Qin, holding her belly, was shocked by the outstanding sight.
“Isn’t this Madam Pei? Why is she with the Marquis…” Everyone was shocked. Madam Xu stared blankly at them. “Madam Pei?”
“Marquis, how could you be with Madam Pei? She’s someone else’s mistress!” Madam Xu looked devastated.
“My mommy is not! My mommy is not a mistress!” Lu Jing Yao shouted. “Bad woman, bad woman, my parents are the loving couple! You bad woman!” Lu Jing Yao yelled.
The entire room was in shock.
Father? Mother?
And they said Yao Yao is smart LMFAO
Madam qin is the person you need in your life she will not let bad people get away
Finally! Felt like I was gonna combust waiting for the old antique train of tortoise-like inevitability to get here – satisfaction at last ?