Exchange Fate! She Saved the whole family and the Short-Lived Marquis!-Chapter 144: It’s Truly Difficult to Be in the Same Place as This Pair of Scoundrels
She was caught and held by Fu Mingzhu and Fu Shinian at their shop, determined to find fault with her.
Moreover, the two clearly heard what she said, and if they thought it was inappropriate, they should have stopped her earlier instead of waiting until she had finished saying the words that angered the Emperor and Empress to intervene deliberately framing her.
Hence, Zhou Xiulin harbored a deep resentment in her heart.
Now, hearing the crowd’s gossip, she couldn’t resist the urge to smear Fu Mingzhu a bit.
At this moment, seeing everyone looking over, Zhou Xiulin said, "Wasn’t it true that Fu Mingzhu specifically set up Lin Qingqing during the palace banquet on the first day of the new year?"
"If she really let go of Xiao Fengxing and didn’t care for him anymore, why target Lin Qingqing?" Zhou Xiulin said, "Originally, I didn’t even think she was deliberately retaliating against Lin Qingqing. But once the matter between Lin Qingqing and Xiao Fengxing got discovered, everyone in the Capital City knew they were together while Xiao Fengxing and Fu Mingzhu still had an engagement. Then it occurred to me that perhaps Fu Mingzhu had long been aware of their relationship, so even if Xiao Fengxing was only found to be involved with a maid, Fu Mingzhu insisted on calling off the engagement, it was merely taking advantage of the situation."
"Nonetheless, she still harbors resentment towards Xiao Fengxing and Lin Qingqing," Zhou Xiulin said, pretending to be innocent, "Such targeting of Lin Qingqing by Fu Mingzhu can’t imply she’s entirely over Xiao Fengxing."
Zheng Sulan sized her up with a glance, and Zhou Xiulin frowned, saying, "Why does Miss Su Lan look at me like that?"
Only then did Zheng Sulan speak, "If I’m not mistaken, you were reprimanded by the Emperor and Empress before, punished with house confinement, and forbidden from attending the palace banquet."
Zheng Sulan deliberately jabbing at her sore spot, Zhou Xiulin gritted her teeth and said, "I didn’t go, but many others did, and the banquet’s affairs have long spread around, how could I not know?"
Li Zhaohui said, "That doesn’t mean Fu Mingzhu hasn’t let go of Xiao Fengxing, it only shows she couldn’t stand Lin Qingqing and Xiao Fengxing."
"If some vixen treated me like that, of course, I’d have nothing to cling to, but if given the chance to stomp on them, why let it pass?" Li Zhaohui snorted, "Like you, Miss Zhou, aren’t you seizing this opportunity to try and take a jab at Fu Mingzhu?"
"I’m merely stating the facts, making some guesses," Zhou Xiulin said anxiously, "How is that taking a jab at her?"
"I remember you were reprimanded by the Emperor and Empress, punished with confinement, and forbidden from attending the palace banquet because you spoke idle words about Fu Shinian, which her sisters overheard, leading to an altercation that escalated and reached the Emperor and Empress’s ears, resulting in your punishment," Zheng Sulan said coldly, "Of course, it’s not necessarily out of spite that you’re now seizing the chance to smear Fu Mingzhu, claiming she can’t forget Xiao Fengxing. It’s merely our speculation, you needn’t take it to heart."
Zhou Xiulin, still unwilling to give up, defended herself, "I’m merely saying that Fu Mingzhu might not have entirely let go of Xiao Fengxing, such a normal thing, how is it smearing her, or taking a jab at her?"
Li Zhaohui raised her eyebrows and said, "Not letting go of a scoundrel like Xiao Fengxing, isn’t that an insult? Who would still remember such a scoundrel?"
As they were a distance away from Xiao Fengxing’s side, Xiao Fengxing had no idea that in Li Zhaohui and Zheng Sulan’s words, still remembering him was already an insult.
"Ahchoo!" Xiao Fengxing suddenly sneezed.
Lin Qingqing’s eyes welled up with tears, accusingly said, "Mr. Fu, you are also a scholar, how can you speak so crudely!"
"Moreover, my husband and I merely admire each other, we love each other, what’s the wrong in that?" Lin Qingqing said with grievance.
Fu Changqin snorted coldly, turned and clasped his hands towards Xiao Chengyu, "Marquis, forgive my rudeness, I really cannot stand being in the same space as this pair of scoundrels."
Xiao Chengyu stood up and said, "It’s not just you, I can’t tolerate pretentious people either."
Lin Qingqing: "..."
Who exactly is being called pretentious?
Was it referring to her?
"I will go find Madam Fu with you." Xiao Chengyu said, "I hope Madam Fu can take me in."
"You’re too kind, Marquis." Fu Changqin clasped his hands and then left together with Xiao Chengyu.
At Mrs. Gu’s place, seeing Xiao Chengyu had come along, Mrs. Gu paused for a moment.
Why is Marquis Changping always following the Fu family people?
Wherever the Fu family is, Marquis Changping can’t be far behind.
"Mrs. Gu." Marquis Changping said, "Since my sister is here, I’m alone over there, bored. I trouble you to send someone to clear that seat. I will stay with my sister and the Fu family."
Xiao Chengyu then turned to Madam Fu and asked, "I wonder if Madam Fu can accommodate me."
Madam Fu blinked, confused at the situation.
Fu Changqin hastily whispered about what happened with Xiao Fengxing and Lin Qingqing just now.
Madam Fu now understood that Xiao Chengyu intended to have Xiao Fengxing and Lin Qingqing driven away.
Thinking of how the two would be driven away like stray dogs, Madam Fu was quite looking forward to it.
Mrs. Gu: "..."
Anyway, with Xiao Chengyu not bothered by it, and clearly wanting to drive away Xiao Fengxing and Lin Qingqing, Mrs. Gu naturally didn’t mind either.
Initially, that seat was given according to the Marquis’s protocol.
Now that Xiao Chengyu is not there, Xiao Fengxing and Lin Qingqing naturally have no right to use that designated seat.
Thus, Mrs. Gu sent her most competent person to handle it.
"As the Marquis said, clear the seat." Mrs. Gu considered Madam Fu’s quite resistant attitude towards her.
It was clearly because of their jumping between Fu Mingzhu and Fu Shinian’s sides.
She wasn’t angry.
In such matters, if it were her, she would be even more indifferent than Madam Fu.
Madam Fu’s attitude towards her was already very cultured.
Mrs. Gu was tearing her hair out about how to mend relations with Madam Fu, not expecting Xiao Chengyu to present her with this opportunity.
She naturally wouldn’t care if she would offend Xiao Fengxing and Lin Qingqing, anyway, it wasn’t Xiao Chengyu being offended.
Even if in the future the Marquis of Changping title were to genuinely pass to Xiao Fengxing, would she fear an empty-shell Marquis?
Xiao Fengxing was not like Xiao Chengyu, favored and trusted by the Emperor.
The world’s respect for Xiao Chengyu was never just because he is the Marquis of Changping.
Otherwise, why did the old Marquis Changping not have the same stature as Xiao Chengyu?
It was all because Xiao Chengyu held a significant place in the Emperor’s heart.
Mrs. Gu instructed again, "Go, and if that Second Young Master Xiao and his wife don’t agree, ignore them and clear the things. Just say it’s under my orders."
"If they ask whether I know they’re there, answer truthfully. If they still want to continue to watch the polo match, take them to the empty west corner stands," Mrs. Gu said, "Just tell them, that seat was for Marquis Changping, and now that he is not using it, anyone without his status naturally has no right to use such a seat."
"Yes."
