bookrebus Chapter 168 Lu Mubai's Fury
Chapter 168 Lu Mubai's Fury
Wen Yuxia had just reached the door of the private room when it was pushed open from the outside. She quickly took two steps back and looked closely; it was Song Ying.
"Heh, judging from Song Ying's posture, she's here to cause trouble for Lu Mubai." Wen Yuxia reached into her handbag, grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds, and consciously retreated to her chair, adopting a posture of watching the show while eating sunflower seeds.
Unexpectedly, Song Ying strode in, pointed at Wen Yuxia, and shouted at Lu Mubai, "You came to Yunyi Tower without even glancing at your son. So it really was for her? I risked my life to give you a son, and this is how you treat me..."
"What? I'm getting caught up in this mess?" Wen Yuxia asked in surprise. "What does this have to do with me?"
"What's it to you, you vixen, you're just bewitching my Mu Bai..." Song Ying blurted out, her words uttered without restraint.
These words angered Xia Yichen, Li Jiating, An Chiyu, Zhang Jinxuan, and Chu Xiaoyi. An Chiyu spoke first, saying, "Mu Bai, keep your wife in check."
Song Ying slandered Wen Yuxia without any basis whatsoever. What right did she have? An Chiyu didn't want to indulge Song Ying. Since Lu Mubai couldn't manage Song Ying, he didn't mind stepping in to help him.
Lu Mubai's face was frighteningly cold. He said in a deep voice, "Get out, get back home." He then turned to Wen Yuxia with an apologetic expression and said, "I'm sorry, I've dragged you into this."
Why drag her into this couple's argument? It's not her style to be bullied and not fight back. Wen Yuxia's expression changed instantly, and the temperature in the private room plummeted several degrees; everyone felt the chill rushing towards them.
Wen Yuxia said coldly, "What would be the point of the Criminal Division if apologies were enough? I don't accept your apology. This isn't over until I get an explanation today."
Song Ying shivered, her eyes brimming with tears as she looked at Lu Mubai. "Husband, you... you told me to get out for this woman? Have you forgotten what you told me?"
When they were deeply in love, Lu Mubai whispered in her ear that he would only ever love her. Now, he's telling her to get lost for the sake of a stranger. She truly can't accept it.
Lu Mubai sneered: "Fool, since you want to make things difficult, I'll grant your wish. Think carefully about the circumstances under which I said I was only good to you."
Lu Mubai realized that Song Ying was hopelessly stupid. Given a choice between her and Tang Qini, he chose her. What did she have to be proud of?
Song Ying was stunned for a moment, then, probably realizing something, she said with a sorrowful expression, "It was my fault. I shouldn't have come here. I... I'll leave now."
As Song Ying stepped out of the room, Xia Yichen said in a deep voice, "Mu Hua is engaged. I don't want to hear any more slanderous words against Mu Hua. How can you sweep the world if you can't even sweep your own room? Mu Bai, go back with your wife!"
Xia Yichen's words made Lu Mubai lower his head in shame, and he said in a low voice, "This subordinate takes his leave!"
Lu Mubai rode his horse back to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, standing at the gate with a gloomy expression. Seeing Song Ying's carriage enter, he quickly jumped onto it.
He grabbed Song Ying by the hair and dragged her out of the carriage, then from the carriage to the ground, ignoring Song Ying's struggles and cries, and disregarding the strange looks from the servants in the mansion.
He dragged her to Song Ying's courtyard, then tossed aside the hair he was holding like a dead dog. He then knelt down and stared intently at Song Ying, who was lying on the ground groaning in pain.
He said coldly, "Who gave you the audacity to cause trouble at Yunyi Tower? Who gave you the audacity to be disrespectful to Mu Hua?" With each sentence, Lu Mubai would slap Song Ying hard across the face.
Everyone in the Zhenguo Duke's mansion knew that Song Ying had been dragged from the gate to the courtyard by Lu Mubai; the old Zhenguo Duke, his first wife, and his second wife all knew.
The old Duke Zhenguo was reluctant to interfere in the young couple's affairs, and the First Madam was devoted to Buddhism and detached from worldly matters. As the mistress of the house, the Second Madam had no choice but to bite the bullet and act as a mediator in Song Ying's courtyard.
The moment Tang Qini's maid saw Song Ying being dragged away, she turned and ran back to Tang Qini's courtyard: "Miss, Miss, the Second Young Mistress has offended the Young Master!"
Tang Qini said with a calculating look, "That idiot Song Ying really thinks she can gain status through her son's mother. Her son is only a hundred days old and she dares to cross Lu Mubai's bottom line."
Tang Qini orchestrated Song Ying's disturbance at Yunyi Tower today. This morning, as soon as Lu Mubai left, Tang Qini had her bribed maids gossip outside Song Ying's courtyard.
Wen Yuxia was Lu Mubai's favorite, and the two often met secretly at Yunyi Tower. All of this was instructed by Tang Qini to be deliberately told to Song Ying by her maid.
Unexpectedly, Song Ying was so impatient that she didn't go home to discuss it with her parents before chasing after Yunyi Tower. Tang Qini happily instructed, "Xiao Qing, go and check on the second room."
Xiaoqing saw the Second Madam enter Song Ying's courtyard, but she didn't know what the Second Madam said. She only saw Lu Mubai angrily leave Song Ying's courtyard and go to the study.
Tang Qini calmly instructed, "Xiaoqing, go to the small kitchen and fetch a bowl of ginseng chicken soup to take to the young master!"
Xiaoqing squatted down and gave a curtsy, saying in a clear voice, "This servant will go and bring the young master some chicken soup right away."
The maids in Tang Qini's courtyard had always made a point of befriending the servants of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. Xiaoqing had a good relationship with several servants in the front courtyard, and the chicken soup she brought was quickly taken to the study.
Moreover, the servant who helped deliver the chicken soup to the study made a point of waiting until Lu Mubai had finished drinking it before mentioning that Tang Qini had sent it.
Lu Mubai thought of Tang Qini, who had schemed against him, and smiled coldly. His second wife was protecting Song Ying, hoping he would spare her for the sake of the child.
He couldn't take matters into his own hands, so he'd let Tang Qini do it. It wasn't worth remaining chaste for any other woman besides his beloved, especially since Tang Qini was his lawfully wedded wife.
Having figured it out, Lu Mubai summoned the butler and ordered in a deep voice, "Give him a good talking-to. If word gets out about what happened today, you will be held responsible."
The steward bowed slightly and said, "This old servant will take care of it immediately."
The Duke of Zhenguo's mansion employed a militaristic management style. Servants, regardless of gender, were punished with whipping for any mistakes. Apart from spies planted within the mansion, no one dared to divulge anything that happened within its walls.
The so-called "warning" was aimed at those spies, forbidding them from telling their masters about this matter.
After instructing the housekeeper, Lu Mubai got up and left the study, heading to Tang Qini's courtyard.
Tang Qini was lying on the chair listening to Xiaoqing gossip about Song Ying when she heard the maid's voice in the courtyard, "Miss, the young master is here." Tang Qini quickly got up and went out of the room to greet Lu Mubai.