mtl008 Chapter 186 How Many Fathers
Chapter 186 How Many Fathers
"Cousin, who are they?"
Madam Rong gripped her son's hand tightly, looking at the newcomer with panic.
"Mom, you're hurting me..."
Lu Hanqi winced in pain.
As the troops bearing the unique insignia of the Duke of Chen approached.
Ma Hongmao wiped his face.
He looked at Rong Shi and his son.
"Cousin, do you remember when I told you before that I gave Baoji Ginseng Pills to Chen Minghui?"
Rong nodded.
"When I went to the Duke's mansion yesterday, I learned that the Lady of Rongguo had suddenly died..."
what?
Rong was frightened.
Just then, people from the Duke of Chen's mansion arrived.
"Master Ma, where are you going?"
Ma Hongmao looked at Chen Minghui's capable assistant.
Trying to remain calm, he said:
"Butler Chen, I... I need to go back to my hometown on business."
Butler Chen gave them a cold glance.
"Get things done? I think you're just planning to run away with your whole family!"
"Butler Chen is quite the joker."
Why did Ma flee when he hadn't committed any crime?
"Hmph! You've committed a very serious offense."
Does poisoning our Duke's old lady count?
"You're talking nonsense. Lady Rongguo died of her own illness. What does it have to do with my cousin?"
Although the Rong family had guessed the truth to some extent, they could not allow these people to pin the blame on Ma Hongmao.
If the charges are proven, given the power of the Duke of Chen's mansion and the Empress's methods, my cousin is very likely to lose his life.
Butler Chen looked at Madam Rong and her son.
"You must be the third concubine of the Marquis of Dingguo's mansion, right?"
"What, you cousins are all lovey-dovey, are you planning to elope?"
If he hadn't received the tip beforehand...
He is probably still searching desperately for Ma Hongmao in the city.
"You're talking nonsense."
Where did this elopement come from?
I'm just here to see my cousin off!
"Heh, whether you're seeing him off or not is none of my business, but I know that Master Ma is probably not going to escape..."
After he finished speaking, he gave his attendant a wink.
"Men, escort Master Ma back!"
When Rong saw that they were about to arrest Ma Hongmao, she panicked.
Lu Hanqi, whose identity had just been revealed by his mother, shouted, "Let go of my father! You can't arrest him..."
"What? He's your dad?"
Butler Chen was dumbfounded.
Just then, another group of people came from afar.
Rong looked at the refined-looking man on horseback approaching from ahead.
A sudden sense of panic washed over me.
Why is he here?
"Yu!"
The Marquis dismounted swiftly.
He watched the two sides arguing.
“Rong, you really didn’t go to the nunnery.”
"Lord, Lord Marquis, what brings you here?"
Rong's face was pale at this moment.
It's understandable that the people from the Duke of Chen's mansion came after them, but why did the Marquis also come after them?
Rong felt as if a hand was controlling everything behind the scenes.
This is an attempt to kill her.
Why did I come?
Lu Chengping looked at Rong Shi and his son, as well as the portly Ma Hongmao beside them.
This person is said to be Rong's cousin in Jiangnan.
In the first few years after he took Rong as his concubine, this man had accompanied Rong Sheng to visit the Marquis's residence.
He truly never imagined that the Rong family would have an affair with someone like that.
When Lu Chengping went out today, he received a secret letter saying that Rong would elope with her son and childhood sweetheart today.
At first, he didn't believe it.
However, the letter clearly stated Rong's recent whereabouts.
Especially the timing of her rendezvous with someone at the inn a few days ago was unbelievably consistent.
Lu Chengping then recalled the suspicious mark on Rong's neck when Rong Sheng visited the Marquis's residence that day.
Because of the mess she made, he hadn't been able to be affectionate with Rong Shi for a long time.
So the mark on her neck was clearly from an affair with a random man.
Thinking of this, the Marquis's face turned ashen.
That bitch, she really did something to betray him.
"Father, are you here to take us back?"
Lu Hanqi looked at the Marquis and said happily.
Butler Chen, standing nearby, glanced at the expressions on their faces, his eyes darting around.
"Young master, how many fathers do you have?"
Why did she just call him "father," and now she's calling the Marquis "father"?
Listen to him.
A sharp, imposing aura burst forth from Lu Chengping's eyes.
Rong Shi and Ma Hongmao, who were standing beside him, saw the Marquis's face darken.
I felt a chill rush from the top of my head to my feet.
"Lu Hanqi, you just called him 'Dad'?"
When Lu Hanqi saw his father's darkening face, he was too frightened to speak.
Seeing her son's fear, Madam Rong quickly said, "My lord, how can Qi'er recognize someone else as his father?"
Butler Chen is just joking with you!
Butler Chen looked at the panicked faces of Madam Rong and Ma Hongmao.
He said with a wicked grin, "How is it that I'm talking nonsense?"
All of us here just heard this young master Lu call Master Ma "father," and besides…
Butler Chen looked at Lu Hanqi, then at Ma Hongmao.
"Look at them, this father and son are both fat and have big ears."
Especially their faces, they definitely look like father and son..."
Steward Chen was not afraid of provoking the Marquis's anger.
After all, he had heard it from his master.
The Empress originally favored Commander Lu.
They were thinking of marrying their eldest daughter to the Marquis of Dingguo's family for a political alliance.
But to his surprise, Lu Du made him unhappy.
If a scandal were to break out in the Marquis of Dingguo's mansion where a concubine were to cuckold the Marquis, the whole capital would probably be laughing at them.
At that time, his master will probably praise him highly.
After hearing what Steward Chen said, Lu Chengping looked at the two of them again.
Sure enough, he saw that his son looked very similar to Ma Hongmao.
He clenched his fists tightly, his teeth grinding together.
If it weren't for the fact that he was being restrained by outsiders, he probably would have skinned Rong Shi alive by now.
"Lu Kuan, take Rong and her son back to the Marquis's residence."
He needs to investigate this thoroughly.
If Qi'er is truly not his child, then he shouldn't blame him for skinning her alive.
Seeing the Marquis ride away on horseback with a dark face, Rong Shi immediately collapsed to the ground.
The news that Rong had been brought back to the Marquis's residence by the Marquis quickly spread throughout the Marquis's mansion.
Everyone in the Marquis's mansion found it very strange.
He was sent away in the morning, but unexpectedly he was intercepted by the Marquis in the evening.
When He Yuyan heard the news, she thought that the Rong family was about to turn the tide.
She never expected that the Marquis would be so fond of one of his concubines.
Thinking of this, she chuckled.
Like father, like son.
Father and son are exactly the same.
Now let's talk about the Jiangnan region.
Lu Hanting after Rong Sheng went to the capital.
He immediately intensified the search efforts.
In just a few days, they had found all the people involved in the Rong family's crimes.
This further confirms the irrefutable evidence that the Rong family colluded with the eldest princess in the salt trade.
If these incriminating pieces of evidence are handed over to the emperor, the Rong family will likely face more than just imprisonment.
However, since the third wife, Rong, was her father's concubine, Lu Hanting did not want to be too ruthless.
"Your Highness, the case in Jiangnan has been resolved."
Are we returning to Beijing tomorrow?
"I asked from the side like the wind."
"If all goes well, we will set off back tomorrow."
After not seeing each other for some time, he missed everything about the capital.
I wonder how Wei'er and Yan'er are doing?