In Luo Bin’s study, a celadon cup was thrown in front of Madam Qu. Luo Mingzhu, who was hiding outside, was so frightened that she trembled. Her father was really annoyed.
“Tell me, what do you want to do?” Luo Bin was so angry that the blue veins on his forehead bulged. He glared at Madam Qu. It could be said as the matter that Yun Ya wanted to marry into Fu General Manor as a concubine or the matter that might make them get into trouble and cause the whole family to be completely destroyed. Luo Bin was usually in charge of this kind of thing. How could he not know about it?
It was difficult to guess the Emperor’s intentions. He had not known for many years whether the Emperor knew about it or not, but this matter could not be made public no matter what. Once it was made public, Fu General Manor would definitely be known as the remnants of King Jin’s faction. This was a grave crime that even the Emperor would not be able to spare them even if he wanted to.
The Emperor had to show his attitude to the other officials and posed an explanation. Even though it was the former Emperor who had caused blood to flow like river, he was still the former Emperor, Emperor Zongwen’s father. The son should not blame his father. Did he want to reverse the verdict? As such, the matter regarding King Jin had to die down slowly and could not be brought up again.
However, something like this had happened in Fu General Manor today. How could Luo Bin not be mad? He had just drunk a little last night and fallen asleep. Then he went to court early in the morning. Not after he came back, Mo Xuetong and her daughter returned to the manor, and the servants of King Xuan’s Manor told him to squeeze the truth out of Yun Ya’s two servants as quickly as possible.
At that time, he felt that something was wrong. Fortunately, Luo Bin had always believed in Mo Xuetong’s intelligence, so he did not hesitate at all and immediately sent someone to capture Yun Ya’s wet nurse and maid and interrogate them. He flew into a rage after the interrogation. This matter had something to do with his wife, and it almost turned out to be true because of her.
When Madam Qu heard the confession of the two servants, she was so shocked that she almost fainted. At this time, she also knew that there was something wrong, so she didn’t dare to say anything more. She held the handkerchief in her hand and murmured, “Old Sir, I… I didn’t know it would be like this! Ya’er… Ya’er has always been very obedient. How could she do such a thing!”
She had always been weak in front of Luo Bin. She could only explain in a low voice with a flush on her face.
“You don’t know?” Luo Bin said with a cold snort. He looked at Madam Qu in front of him, and his eyes were full of disappointment. “You made such trouble when you didn’t know. Will you make more trouble if you know?! You might as well stop making trouble. Won’t your sister come soon? You can leave with her and her daughter. Anyway, it is your niece that you love most. You are willing to do anything for her.”
Luo Bin’s words were extremely serious. Madam Qu raised her head with grievance and shock and asked in surprise, “What, what do you mean?”
“What do I mean? That’s what I meant! Don’t tell me that you don’t understand!” Luo Bin stood up, shook his sleeve and left angrily. Even though he had not been very satisfied with her for so many years, he could not say that he was not very satisfied with her. He had only taken a wife and asked her to have children in his family. He did not dare to ask for too much.
Madam Qu was shocked at first, then sad, and finally angry. Her face turned pale and then livid and her tears fell down. Ever since she came to the manor, Luo Bin had always respected her. He had never shouted at her. Was it because this matter had something to do with that woman? A wave of anger rose in her heart. When Luo Bin walked past her, she suddenly tugged on his sleeve and cried out loud uncontrollably.
“Are you still thinking about her, aren’t you? Aren’t you?”
“I don’t understand what you are talking about!” The veins on Luo Bin’s forehead popped and he tugged at his sleeve. However, Madam Qu was holding it on tightly this time around. She had almost used all her strength and Luo Bin could not pull it away.
“You don’t understand? You could understand all of her words, but can’t understand mine. Everything she said is right, and everything I do is wrong. You used to listen to her words. Marrying me was just to decorate. Initially, I thought that how I, the daughter of a little official, could marry into your family. I even happily imagined the days ahead, but it was all about her. It was all about her…”
Madam Qu almost choked with sobs and gritted her teeth in anger. She almost went mad. She tugged on Luo Bin’s sleeve tightly as tears flowed down her face. She cried her heart out. “Tell me, in your heart, what am I, your wife who keeps your house and gives birth to your daughter? Do you really think I am your wife?”
“What does this have to do with her?” Luo Bin suddenly calmed down. He looked at Madam Qu coldly and asked without emotion.
“How can it have nothing to do with her? How can it have nothing to do with her… It’s ridiculous. Who would have thought that the first miss of Fu General Manor is not the legitimate daughter of Fu General Manor? Who would have thought that the brother would have a different feeling for his adopted sister? But what happened to her? She died early. It can be seen that heaven is watching. She should have died.”
Luo Bin was so ruthless and even cold that Madam Qu’s face twisted and she spoke without thinking. She hated the woman who had grown up in love. That woman was so beautiful and gentle. Her gaze made one want to dote on her. And her second brother really kept her in his heart all the time.
How could Madam Qu, who had always been proud and arrogant, bear it? Even if the woman had passed away now, he still had her in his heart. Every year, on the day when she died, he would always drink alone in the study and get drunk… Others said that he was very kind to her. Even if she had only given birth to a daughter, he did not allow a concubine to give birth to a son. But no one knew that it was not because of her, but that woman! The feeling that could not get love had been tormenting Madam Qu for over 10 years.
The torture made her almost numb, almost think that she really didn’t care! However, when the wound was mentioned again, she realized that it wasn’t because it had gone, but because she had been purposely ignoring it. The injury had always been there, and it was getting deeper and deeper…
“So, you wanted Yun Ya to marry into Fu General Manor and deliberately ignored her personal problems. You didn’t even care about the interactions between her and the people around and the men outside!” Luo Bin paused and asked with a sneer, as if he didn’t see Madam Qu’s twisted face because she was on the verge of collapse.
This explained Yun Ya’s matter. Madam Qu had been in charge of Fu General Manor’s backyard, and the masters of Fu General Manor were relatively simple. It was impossible that Madam Qu didn’t know about Yun Ya’s matter at all. Moreover, she was her niece, who she cared most about. How could she not investigate where the old maidservant around her had been going and who she met?
If a woman like Yun Ya was from Fu General Manor, she would die silently. Madam Qu had been in Fu General Manor for so many years, and it was impossible that she didn’t know about it.
“Yes… so what? Who cares? There will only add a pair of chopsticks in the backyard. Who can’t afford one more woman?” Madam Qu wiped her tears and sneered, but she still couldn’t stop her tears from falling. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t wipe them away.
This was what Luo Bin had told her back then. She was in so much pain that she wanted to die. She had prayed to marry him, but she then realized that the husband she loved had already had someone else in his heart. Furthermore, this girl was his younger sister. Since he could not marry her, he married her casually. That would only add an extra pair of chopsticks to the backyard of Fu General Manor.
“If you don’t care for Mingzhu, you should say it out loud. If the family of nine generations would be destroyed, your Qu family happens to be inside. That’s good, at least you don’t have to worry about your slutty niece.” Luo Bin looked at Madam Qu indifferently, and his face was livid with anger. “Do you want to go to the gate of the manor and shout? If you don’t think it’s enough, you can go to the Fengyang Building to beat the drums directly.”
After saying that, he pushed Madam Qu away, walked to the door, and said to a few old maids standing outside the courtyard in the distance, “Come here. Madam has been overworked these days and lost her mind. Take her back to the courtyard. Don’t let her come out if there is nothing important.”
Luo Bin was going to lock Madam Qu up. Madam Qu was so angry that she pointed at Luo Bin. Her face was pale and her fingers trembled. However, she did not dare to say anything else. She watched as Luo Bin left and her body softened. A few old maidservants came over and pulled her up. They helped her up and brought her to her own yard.
Other maids came to clean the floor and tidy up the study.
Behind the study, Luo Mingzhu’s face was pale and almost lost blood. She clutched a small tree by the side tightly and even though the tree bark had pierced her palm, she did not notice it. She was only worried that her father and mother would really fight and that was why she had hidden here to eavesdrop. However, what did she hear? Was the woman that her mother was talking about Cousin Tong’s mother?
How, how could this be possible?
She leaned against the tree heavily and the trunk shook a few times. Luo Mingzhu was stunned and her mind was in a mess. How could it be possible? How could her father like her aunt? How could her father, who had always been elegant and polite, like his sister? She must have heard it wrong. She must have heard it wrong…
The adopted younger sister and her elder brother?
When Luo Mingzhu was born, Luo Xia had already married. It was said that the wedding was grand. Then, since she lived in Cloud City and was in poor health, she rarely returned to the capital. Therefore she remembered that she had met her only a few times, and that she was a gentle woman. And Cousin Tong had said that her father and mother had always loved each other. When did her father get involved in it?
Besides, what was Luo Bin mean by saying that the family’s nine generations would be destroyed? What did Fu General Manor do? Did they commit the crime? The matter about Yun Ya? Even if it was exposed, Yun Ya would die at most. How could it be related to the family’s nine generations? What did she miss? What did her mother mean? What about her father? But what did it have to do with her aunt…?
Luo Mingzhu felt that it was a mess and she was in a confused state. She could not understand it no matter how she thought about it. Her eyes were wandering, and landed something ahead dazedly, but she did not know what she was looking at.
“Second Cousin, what’s wrong? How are Second Uncle and Second Aunt?” A sweet voice pulled her out of her confusion. She finally saw something and found that the person in front of her was Mo Xuetong. She could not help but feel a shiver in her heart. She clenched her hands in her sleeves, then released, and forced a smile. “Father and Mother had a fight just now!”
“What about now?” Mo Xuetong was worried about Luo Mingzhu, so she hurried to the study after leaving Old Madam’s yard. By the time she arrived, Luo Bin and Madam Qu had already finished arguing and even the servants were gone. Mo Xuetong only found Luo Mingzhu, who was standing outside in a daze. Mo Xuetong looked for her from the room to the outside, and then found Luo Mingzhu, who was in a daze at the back of the room.
“It’s alright. Father has something to do and left. Mother has returned to her yard.” Luo Mingzhu lowered her head and hid the matter subconsciously.
“Then let’s go back. Grandmother is also sleeping. Eldest Cousin will deal with it himself,” Mo Xuetong suggested. Now that Luo Wenyou was not baffled by Yun Ya, Mo Xuetong heaved a sigh of relief. With Luo Wenyou’s wits, as long as he was not blinded by emotions, he should be able to deal with things easily. That was why her grandmother felt assured to rest.
Luo Wenyou was a talented man, but he cared too much about feelings. However, after this incident, Mo Xuetong knew that Luo Wenyou would definitely be touched. It would be beneficial to his actions in the future.
“Alright,” Luo Mingzhu answered and walked forward hurriedly, as if she were running wildly for a moment. She did not want to be with Mo Xuetong all of a sudden, and felt awkward to walk with her together…
Behind her, Mo Xuetong frowned slightly and her gaze landed on Mo Ye imperceptibly. Mo Ye nodded slightly!
