This... Whose voice is this? Shen Mingzhu fell into deep thought. The voice seemed familiar, so she instinctively looked at Xie Lang beside her and asked, "Whose voice is it?"
Xie Lang frowned slightly and thought for a moment, then continued, "It seems... It seems to be Xie Fangfei's voice?"
Shen Mingzhu raised her eyebrows. She saw Lady Liu's face darken gradually in front, but it eased a little after that scream. Lady Liu pretended to be panicked and said, "This... I'm sorry. It's our fault that the Xie Mansion failed to entertain you well this time. I really apologize to all of you. Let's end the banquet for now."
Saying that, Lady Liu saw Liu Minmin in the crowd and immediately winked at her, signaling her to speak up and lead the people away.
Just then, someone suddenly spoke up, their voice full of mockery. "A family of humble origin just can't be presentable. These farces today would be embarrassing anywhere. I wonder how Lady Xie will explain this to us today."
Seeing this, Shen Mingzhu almost burst out laughing. She raised her eyebrows and said, "This person is quite an interesting one."
Li Xiyu looked at that person, thought for a moment, and suddenly said, "This... Isn't this the cousin of the Zhou family?"
After saying that, she looked at Shen Mingzhu, the smile in her eyes deepening. "It's a coincidence. This person must be coming for you. Now it's like a dog-eat-dog situation."
Shen Mingzhu let out a soft laugh.
The situation in front became even more chaotic. A woman's scream came from afar, and the little maid who had been thrown out just now was sobbing. Most of the young girls had been sent back by their elders, and only the elders remained.
Really...
Lady Liu was eager to get the people away, so her words couldn't help but show a bit of impatience. "This... Everyone..."
"Since things have come to this." The woman beside her covered her mouth and laughed. "Why not just drag out that lecher and beat him to death with sticks. To dare to do such a thing in broad daylight, he must have a vicious mind. He must be a madman."
Lady Liu frowned. She originally planned to frame Xie Fangfei, but now she didn't know what was going on at all. Xie Fangfei wasn't here, and she didn't know which servant was inside.
It really ruined her big plan!
Seeing that she could no longer hide it, with the most noble people in the capital standing here, Lady Liu was after all from a humble family. She felt intimidated by their gazes, so she couldn't help but say to the guard beside her, "Cover the person and drag him out. Don't soil the ladies' eyes."
Seeing the guard walking towards the rockery, the cousin of the Zhou family couldn't help but show a hint of pride on her face. She said, "I didn't expect that Princess Mingzhu would marry into such a place without rules. Even in the daytime..."
Saying that, she covered her mouth and laughed.
Shen Mingzhu looked at her from not far away and raised her eyebrows. For a moment, she couldn't figure out what grudge this person had against her. So she whispered to Li Xiyu, "Have I offended her?"
"Not really." Hearing this, Li Xiyu instinctively glanced at Xie Lang before smiling. "Originally, this cousin of the Zhou family was after Zhou Chengyu, but unexpectedly, she was rejected. Zhou Chengyu said that he only had feelings for you."
Xie Lang: "..."
"Later, she has been secretly targeting you. But at that time, you probably didn't even have time to notice such a person." Li Xiyu said, a hint of sarcasm also showing in her eyes. She couldn't help but think with a heavy heart, "Now, she probably sees that you're not as decisive as before, so she's come to bully you."
Shen Mingzhu understood. Hearing this, she laughed and said, "It's okay. This kind of person couldn't catch my eye before, and even less so now."
Li Xiyu still felt a bit sad. Seeing Shen Mingzhu's attitude, the trace of depression in her heart disappeared. She said, "You're really open-minded."
As they were talking, the man behind the rockery in the distance had been carried out with his mouth covered. Shen Mingzhu wanted to take a look, but Xie Lang covered her eyes and said, "Don't look. A naked thing. What's there to see?"
[Isn't it just Xie Yun? What's there to see about this guy? His body has been emptied by wine and women. He's so weak that his face is pale. Tsk.]
Shen Mingzhu: "..."
So it was Xie Yun!
No matter how muddle-headed Lady Liu was, she never expected that the man inside would be her own son. So her face changed, and she said to everyone, "How about..."
Before she could finish her words, Xie Yun seemed to wake up from a dream. Although his whole body was wrapped in a cloth, as soon as he heard Lady Liu's voice, he exclaimed, "Mother! Mother! Why are these servants tying me up? I'm Yun'er!"
A hint of panic couldn't be hidden on Lady Liu's face. Seeing this, the cousin of the Zhou family hooked her lips and said, "This... Lady Xie, this is..."
The familiar ladies exchanged glances and couldn't help but show a hint of amusement. There was a bit of mockery on each of their faces.
Lady Liu gritted her teeth hard and said to everyone, "I don't know who this lecher is. He dares to implicate my son. Now I'll have someone take him away."
In this kind of thing, everyone understood each other tacitly. As long as no one deliberately exposed Lady Liu's shame, they would all give her face and cover it up.
But today, they just happened to meet this cousin of the Zhou family.
She could hardly hide the pride on her face. She said to the people in front of her, "This... Such a madman. Lady Xie, didn't you say you would beat him to death with sticks? How can you let him continue to implicate your noble family's young master?"
As long as she thought that the person in front of her was Shen Mingzhu's mother-in-law, slapping Lady Liu in the face at this moment was like slapping Shen Mingzhu. So she didn't want to miss this excellent opportunity at all.
As long as she thought of Shen Mingzhu, she couldn't help but remember Zhou Chengyu's ruthlessness and coldness when he rejected her. She couldn't help but want to see her fall into the mud severely. Seeing that Shen Mingzhu's mother-in-law was so disgraceful and the Xie family she married into was so unruly, she couldn't suppress her joy.
Lady Liu's face darkened gradually. She said to the cousin of the Zhou family, "Miss, this is a private matter of the Xie family. You're a young girl. How can you be so shameless? Before you're even married, you come to watch this kind of thing!"
Lady Liu's words were harsh. She just wanted the cousin of the Zhou family to back down, but she didn't expect that this person would actually go against the difficulty. She raised her eyebrows at Lady Liu and laughed. "What? Lady Xie fails to manage the family well, and actually blames us innocent people who happened to see this?"
As she spoke, the cousin of the Zhou family glanced at the ladies around her and laughed. "It seems that Lady Xie is not very suitable to be in charge? After all, she comes from a humble family."
"How about... How about inviting Princess Mingzhu out?" The cousin of the Zhou family had already made up her mind to drag Shen Mingzhu into the mud. As she said this, she couldn't help but feel proud. "In this kind of thing, I think we need someone in charge. We're not from the Xie family, so it's not appropriate for us to participate in family affairs. But the princess is different."
Her thoughts were really vicious. If Shen Mingzhu appeared and punished Lady Liu's son according to the law, her situation in her husband's family would probably become more and more difficult. If she didn't punish him, it would confirm the rumor that she had no status in the Xie family.
Hearing this, Shen Mingzhu laughed and said, "No way. Does she think I'm the kind of woman who can only serve her in-laws wholeheartedly after marrying into the Xie family?"
Xie Lang had been silent. Seeing this, he said to Shen Mingzhu, "Your Highness, just wait. I'll go and handle it."
"No need." Shen Mingzhu laughed and said to the people in front of her, "Chuntao has already gone."
Xie Lang was startled and only then realized that Chuntao had left at some point. Now he didn't know where she was.