Chapter 160: Unveiling the Shocking Truth!
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Chao Chao waddled from the small courtyard, her tiny feet determinedly carrying her toward the main house.
“Since we’re here, shall we check on Madam Pei? Is she steaming mad?” Yuhua whispered, eyes darting around cautiously.
The marquis’ household was in chaos today, with everyone seemingly neglecting their duties, hence the courage for suggesting it.
Chao Chao bobbed her head eagerly in response.
“It’s odd, Madam Pei usually loves showing off. I expected her to be surrounded by servants,” Yuhua mused, recalling how they had to dodge maids in other courtyards. Yet, the main courtyard was disturbingly silent, without a maid in sight.
“Hear, there’s a noise that waya,” Chao Chao pointed her tiny finger toward the left wing, her sharp ears picking up faint sounds.
“I know some martial arts. I’ll go ahead and check it out. Stay here,” Yuhua instructed softly, not wanting to take any risks.
Chao Chao looked down at her short legs and obediently settled among the flowers to wait.
Yuhua tiptoed ahead and pressed herself against the wall to eavesdrop. Inside, she heard distinct sounds of a man and woman lost in passion.
Yuhua’s eyebrows knitted in disgust. [Thank goodness I left Chao Chao outside, her innocent ears don’t need to hear this.]
“You’re quite bold, summoning me to the marquis’ house. Aren’t you scared the marquis might find out?” The man chuckled, his hands on Madam Pei eliciting a moan from her.
Yuhua gasped, her thoughts racing. [That’s not the Marquis’s voice!]
“He’s not coming home today!” Madam Pei retorted sharply. “He hasn’t been in my room for over a year. What does it matter if he comes or not?”
The man laughed, “Really? Have you stayed faithful to me all this time?”
“Who said I was faithful to you!” Madam Pei shot back.
“Why not? The child is mine after all!” His words made Madam Pei quickly cover his mouth.
Yuhua’s eyes widened in shock. [What did I just hear?! The woman the marquis adored for eighteen years, carrying on an affair? And the marquis disowned his three sons and a daughter for her, and it turns out…]
“Why can’t I say it? Jing Huai is my son, and Lu Yuan Ze is just a stand-in father. It’s my fault for abandoning my wife and child,” the man grumbled bitterly. “Who’s more powerful in bed, Lu Yuan Ze or me?”
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“Enough, just leave before it gets dark,” Madam Pei urged, rubbing her temples with evident frustration. Her reckless decision to bring him here had backfired.
The man resisted, “Let me see my son.”
“No! If you approach him, don’t blame me for what happens!” Madam Pei snapped.
“He’s my son! How can I not see him?” the man argued, recounting how Lu Jing Huai had once beaten him after he revealed his paternity. “That boy infuriates me!”
“You saw him? You promised never to appear before him!” Madam Pei’s fear was palpable as she struck his chest.
The man’s irritation grew. “Why should I be excluded while you and the children live comfortably? I don’t care. Just get me into the house. Our family should be together. The marquis isn’t home, and you’re in charge. If you can’t manage, I will,” he threatened.
Madam Pei realized her moment of relaxation had spiraled into chaos. “I’ll handle it, just don’t do anything rash,” she conceded, overwhelmed.
“I give you three days. I want to live here with my wife and children,” he demanded, shamelessly flirting with her.
Yuhua, stunned, couldn’t believe the secrets she had uncovered.
She glanced down to see Chao Chao’s wide, shocked eyes. The little one had snuck up and was listening intently like herself.
!!!
Hearing the commotion, Yuhua quickly covered Chao Chao’s ears and whisked her away.
“Little Miss, when did you get here?”
“Wow, such a big secwet!” Chao Chao blurted out, eyes wide with excitement.
“Lu Jing Huai isn’t his real daddy!”
“A bad daddy, did you know?” Chao Chao appeared thrilled by the revelation.
Yuhua murmured, “He disowned his own children for Lu Jing Huai? Cut them off completely? This is overwhelming.”
“Madam Pei has kept this under wraps for eighteen years,” Yuhua had to admit the vixen had patience to keep that secret for so long. [Had it not been for today’s mix-up and that confrontation, this secret might have remained buried.]
“Incweddible, this dwama keeps unfolding. One twist after another,” Chao Chao chirped.
“Each act ends only for another to begin…” Yuhua shook her head. [Luckily, the madam got out early. Let’s see how the household implodes. I wonder how Lu Yuan Ze will react when he finds out his cherished son belongs to another man. It’s too amusing to even imagine.]
“Let’s go, this trip was worthwhile,” Chao Chao patted her little bottom, confidently leading Yuhua past the guards to the kitchen door.
Yuhua’s eye twitched as Chao Chao crawled into the kitchen and snatched a leftover spring roll.
“Munching and complaining, “So poow… not even a dwumstick.”
After the spring roll, they made their way to Lu Jing Yao’s room.
Before entering, they overheard a sinister, creepy voice, filled with unnatural malice.
“Chao Chao, why aren’t you dead?!”
“If you die, everything would be mine! How can a mere nobody compete with me!”
“Why, why does heaven favor you? Is the king blind to make you his goddaughter?”
“I can time-travel; I am the chosen one, I am!”
“It shouldn’t be like this. It’s all wrong.”
Lu Jing Yao was lost in a nightmare, fantasizing about a world where Chao Chao drowned at birth, and she became the legitimate daughter of the marquis, beloved by Madam Xu.
She had orchestrated the downfall of Madam Xu and her brothers, even winning the crown prince’s heart and his kingdom.
But reality was cruel.
The crown prince was now Chao Chao’s staunch ally.
Lu Yan Shu topped the exams, while her brother barely scraped by.
No, no, it was all wrong!
Outside the room, Chao Chao grinned, a bag of manure in hand, ready to confront her nemesis…