Chapter 774: Confrontation

Old Mrs. Su’s birthday banquet was unhappy, and she went to the Buddhist hall to worship.

The maid beside the Lu Family rushed over in a hurry to tell her that the lady cousin and a man were trapped in the late wife’s room.

The maid knew that Old Mrs. Su didn’t like the Lu Family, and would probably not go to support the lady cousin, so she deliberately spoke vaguely, saying the man’s clothing and appearance were like the eldest son.

How could Old Mrs. Su bear this upon hearing it, she threw the scripture aside and rushed over in a hurry.

She wanted to beat the Lu Family and Lu Yiner, this pair of aunt and niece, for daring to create trouble under her nose.

Today, Su Chengmin disheartened her in public, and although she was disappointed in him again, she absolutely would not allow the Lu Family to wed Lu Yiner to Su Chengmin.

If someone was to be schemed for, it had to be the second young lady from the Lin Family, who was the granddaughter-in-law she fancied.

The Lu Family had promised her that they had a way to break off the engagement between Su Chengmin and Gu Taohua at her birthday banquet. She thought the Lu Family wanted to match Lin’s second young lady with Su Chengmin, so she let the Lu Family have their way.

She hadn’t expected that the Lu Family’s ambition was greater, wanting to design a match for Lu Yiner to marry Su Chengmin.

When Old Mrs. Su learned that Su Shihang was asking the emperor to bestow a marriage between Su Chengmin and Lu Yiner, she was already furious. The Lu Family kept saying they were wrong and would never have the idea to marry Lu Yiner to Su Chengmin.

It turned out to be a double-dealing move.

How could she endure this?

Plus, the sight of Lu Yiner sitting on the ground with a wronged expression only made her angrier.

"You two, aunt and niece from the Lu Family, can’t live without a man from the Su Family, can you."

Old Mrs. Su became agitated and showed no regard for the Lu Family, nor cared at all about the Su Family’s reputation.

Today was the second time the Lu Family was slapped by their mother-in-law; she covered her face, hating Old Mrs. Su fiercely.

"Chengmin, Chengmin, are you alright, the one plotting against you..."

Old Mrs. Su stopped mid-sentence, finally seeing that the man next to Lu Yiner wasn’t Su Chengmin at all.

Old Mrs. Su patted her chest; she nearly fell to the ground because of her overwhelming emotions.

Tong Huaqiong and the others saw Old Mrs. Su’s performance and became more convinced that the Lu Family and Lu Yiner were indeed plotting against Su Chengmin.

Tong Huaqiong thought further.

How did Old Mrs. Su confirm that Su Chengmin was being schemed against?

Then who was initially meant to be trapped in this room with Su Chengmin?

It just happened that this person turned out to be Lu Yiner, so Old Mrs. Su couldn’t bear it anymore, and the brief alliance between her and the Lu Family on Su Chengmin’s marriage fell apart completely.

The Lu Family covered her face with a look of grievance, crying to Old Mrs. Su: "It’s all my fault! Today, on Old Mrs. Su’s birthday banquet, I didn’t properly check the list, allowing someone who shouldn’t have entered to get in, worrying Old Mrs. Su."

"Old Mrs. Su mistaking this scoundrel for the eldest son was understandable, as this scoundrel’s dress and demeanor were similar to the eldest son’s."

The Lu Family’s words were not only directed at Old Mrs. Su but also explained to Su Shihang and the other madams why Old Mrs. Su assumed Lu Yiner’s lover was Su Chengmin.

Su Shihang’s face was ashen.

He wanted to break off the engagement between Su Chengmin and Gu Taohua, but he hadn’t planned to ruin his son’s reputation like this.

If it weren’t for covering up the disgrace of the Su Mansion in front of everyone, he would have loved to write a divorce letter for the Lu Family.

As her husband, Su Shihang knew exactly what the Lu Family was up to, so with tears, she weakly said: "Master, this scoundrel is Chengmin’s subordinate, he took advantage of Old Mrs. Su’s birthday banquet to deceive Yiner to this place to conduct ungodly acts, sob sob sob..."

"Chengmin doesn’t like this stepmother, just come at me, why ruin Yiner."

The Lu Family’s words heavily implied accusations against Su Chengmin.

Since Lu Yiner couldn’t marry Su Chengmin, they placed the blame on him.

Make everyone believe that all this was designed by Su Chengmin to take revenge on her.

Gu Taohua couldn’t hold back anymore and said to the Lu Family: "I can’t stand when someone like you talks half-concealed, why can’t you speak directly? You clearly want to say it was instructed by Su Chengmin, right? He doesn’t like you as a stepmother, and conversely, you, as a stepmother, don’t like him either. Is it possible you and your niece wanted her to marry Su Chengmin, and when it didn’t happen, you both schemed against him, but targeted the wrong person?"

What Gu Taohua said was exactly what everyone presumed as fact.

It’s just that the noblewomen in Shengjing wouldn’t talk about others’ family affairs, but Gu Taohua, not caring as much, pointed out the Lu Family’s ulterior motives directly.

The Lu Family cried, saying: "Miss Taohua, you are Chengmin’s fiancée, so naturally you speak for him."

"You wicked woman, how do you slander people so, Taohua is right, why not say it was your good niece’s deliberate seduction?"

Old Mrs. Su was dissatisfied with the Lu Family dragging her eldest grandson into it.

She couldn’t control Lu Yiner and Gao Ming, as long as Su Chengmin wasn’t involved.

The Lu Family wanted to say more, but Su Shihang shouted angrily, "Enough! Isn’t this embarrassing enough?"

Mrs. Min took it all in, and after everyone quieted down, she slowly said: "Lu Family, just like us, you discovered what was happening in the room after arriving here, so how can you conclude that this was caused by my grandson? Like Taohua, I think you intended to marry your niece to Chengmin, and when it didn’t work, you took the opportunity to scheme against Chengmin, thinking you could change the person to Yiner by accident."

"It’s not that I’m boasting about Chengmin, in Shengjing he is quite a catch. Your niece has no family background or connections, and it’s nearly impossible to marry into a big family in Shengjing as a legitimate wife. You thought it over and targeted Chengmin: first to control Chengmin by tying him with Lu Yiner, second to elevate the Lu Family’s status. Thankfully, Chengmin isn’t blind, he likes the open-minded Taohua. Since getting engaged to Taohua, you two, aunt and niece, lost hope and used this lowly way to scheme against Chengmin."

The ins and outs of this situation were not hard to guess.

The Lu Family wanted to argue, but Mrs. Min didn’t give her the chance, directly accusing the Lu Family of scheming against Su Chengmin for marriage.

Gao Ming tried several times to speak up but was ignored each time.

"Gao Ming, what’s going on? We want to hear your explanation." Mrs. Min gave Gao Ming a chance to speak again.

Gao Ming raised his voice and said, "Back to Old Mrs. Su, I also want to ask Madam Su why I am here. I came with Great Commander to celebrate Old Mrs. Su’s birthday, and Madam Su called me out from the banquet. Everyone knows the relationship between Madam Su and Great Commander isn’t good, so I thought Madam Su wanted to use me to persuade Great Commander. The maid leading the way brought me to this room and closed the door, leading to the situation you all saw..."

"You are lying." Lu Family interrupted Gao Ming, crying bitterly, "You are slandering; when did I have the maid bring you here? As someone close to Chengmin, can I command you? It must be you helping Chengmin scheme against Yiner."

The Lu Family couldn’t win against Mrs. Min, so she continued to drag Su Chengmin into it.

Gao Ming, infuriated, said: "Why would I help Great Commander scheme against Miss Lu? I’m not even married yet, and as a respectable young bachelor, I’ve lost my reputation now, what’s in it for me? Should I not get married anymore?"