"Mom, Grandma, this is all my fault. Don't blame Big Brother Lu. Please don't force him..."

She looked very shy and sad, but in fact she was very happy.

This is a rare opportunity. It would be best to take advantage of this opportunity to let Lu Yu marry me. Then I will be the future queen!

Xu was so angry at Xiao Mingyue's words that her eyes went dark. She poked her forehead and scolded her for being useless, while Lu Yu had already put on his clothes.

Before Old Lady Xiao threatened him, Lu Yu gave her an explanation.

"I have nothing to say about what happened today. I am sincere to Mingyue. If the old lady thinks it's okay, I will find a matchmaker to propose marriage in two days."

These words made Old Lady Xiao look much better. She stared at Lu Yu with her cloudy eyes and said in a deep voice, "Okay, then I'll wait for General Lu to come and propose marriage. If you don't come, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

This made Lu Yu feel a little unhappy, but he kept a wooden face and didn't let Mrs. Xiao notice anything.

Turning around and walking to the bed, looking at Xiao Mingyue's red eyes from crying, he pulled out a jade pendant from his body and handed it to her with both hands.

"Please keep this jade pendant as a token of our love. Wait for me. I will come to propose marriage in two days!"

Xiao Mingyue was so moved that she shed another string of tears. She stretched out her arm and grasped the jade pendant in her palm, saying softly, "Brother Lu, I'll wait for you. You must come!"

Lu Yu nodded, turned around and strode out of the house.

Old Mrs. Xiao looked at Xiao Mingyue, who was still lying on the bed feeling moved, and snorted coldly.

"Put on your clothes and come back with me!"

Xiao Mingyue was frightened and trembled. She quickly put on her clothes and put on her veil. She nervously took Xu's hand and followed Old Lady Xiao out.

When she walked out of the door, there were many people around looking over here. Old Mrs. Xiao was embarrassed and walked quickly.

When she was leaving the alley, she happened to meet Xiao Ruge who was coming out of Huiweilou. Old Mrs. Xiao's expression paused.

"Ruge, why are you here?"

Seeing Old Lady Xiao, Xiao Ruge immediately acted as if surprised, ran over with a smile and took her arm, very intimately.

"Why are you here, Grandma? I heard that Huiweilou has just launched a new dish of grilled lamb chops, so I came here to buy some and bring them back for Grandma to try!"

As she spoke, she glanced back and when she saw Xu and Xiao Mingyue in the back, she sneered in her heart but asked in surprise, "Why are Second Aunt and Fourth Sister here? Did my great-aunt go to visit someone?"

This question made Mrs. Xiao and Mrs. Xu look unhappy. Seeing that there were still many people following behind them, Mrs. Xiao grabbed Xiao Ruge's hand and whispered, "Let's talk about it when we get back!"

Xiao Ruge sneered in her heart, lowered her eyes to hide the cunning look in her eyes, nodded, and followed Mrs. Xiao into the carriage.

Xu took Xiao Mingyue to sit in another carriage. Xiao Ruge originally wanted to sit in her own carriage, but Old Lady Xiao directly took her to sit in the largest one.

After getting into the carriage, Xiao Ruge asked tentatively, "What happened to your great-aunt? She doesn't look well."

Old Mrs. Xiao looked at her deeply, took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it to her.

Xiao Ruge opened it with a puzzled look on her face, and almost laughed out loud after reading it.

Isn’t this the letter that Bai Song just sent to the Xiao family?

Although she knew what was written on it, she still pretended to be angry.

"Who wrote this? I haven't seen Mr. Zhu Liu all day, so how could I have a secret meeting with him in some mansion?"

Having said that, she suddenly realized something, glanced in the direction of Changqing Street behind the carriage, and looked at Old Lady Xiao with disbelief on her face.

"Did your great-aunt read this letter and go catch the adulterer?"

Old Madam Xiao didn't say yes or no. She pointed at the letter with her eyes and asked her, "Who do you think should have sent this letter to the Xiao family?"

She didn't ask whether the letter had anything to do with Xiao Ruge, but instead asked who sent it. This was very clever.

Xiao Ruge pretended to lower her eyes in thought, "Could it be that Zhu Chengxi did it? Why would he fabricate a story that didn't exist to frame me?"

Seeing that Xiao Ruge really didn't seem to know the origin of the letter, Old Lady Xiao sighed.

"The Zhu family also received the letter. It should not be done by the Sixth Master Zhu."

"Who sent this letter? And what was their intention?"

Xiao Ruge blinked her eyes and pretended to be dumb in front of Old Lady Xiao, just to see how she would answer.

After much hesitation, Old Lady Xiao finally told her about Lu Yu and Xiao Mingyue. While she was talking about this, her eyes were fixed on Xiao Ruge, with a gleam of light in them.

"What? How could Fourth Sister do such a stupid thing?"

Xiao Ruge's eyes widened in shock, with an expression of astonishment on her face, but it didn't look like she was acting at all.

Old Mrs. Xiao stared at her for a long time, but couldn't find any flaws.

Xiao Ruge sneered in her heart and pretended to be worried and asked, "What about Lu Yu? Did my great-aunt let him go like this? He should be responsible for my fourth sister, right?"

"He said he would come to the Xiao family to propose marriage."

Old Mrs. Xiao replied and closed her eyes tiredly.

There was no flaw in Xiao Ruge's expression just now. She felt that this matter might really have nothing to do with her.

The reason why I suspected her just now was because her appearance was too coincidental. I just met her when I brought people out.

But after some probing, Xiao Ruge seemed really unaware of this matter, which made Old Mrs. Xiao wonder if Xiao Mingzhi had offended someone outside, which caused such embarrassment to the Xiao family.

After returning to the Xiao Mansion, Old Lady Xiao directly asked Xiao Ruge to return to Ruyi Garden, while Xiao Mingyue was called to Ronghui Hall.

Xu looked at Xiao Ruge standing there, glared at her fiercely, and hurriedly ran towards Ronghui Hall.

Xiao Ruge chuckled, turned around and left with Bai Zhi.

As soon as she returned to her own courtyard, Xiao Ruge asked Bai Yang to buy some wine.

Today is a good day, worth celebrating!

However, at the same time Bai Yang came back, Mu Gu also jumped in through the window carrying a large food box. Xiao Ruge raised her eyebrows when she saw him.

"What are you here for?"

"Come here and let Miss Xiao Er solve your doubts!"

Mu Gu placed the food and wine in the food box on the table one by one, then reached out and poured her a glass of wine, placed it respectfully in front of her, and put a gentle smile on his face.

"Before at Huiwei Building, the Second Miss really whetted my appetite. Now that the matter has been settled, you should at least tell me the tricks behind it, right?"

"Why did Madam Xiao Er say that the people in the yard were you and Zhu Chengxi?"

Xiao Ruge drank the wine in her glass and thought about the smug look Xiao Mingyue gave her when she went to Ronghui Hall just now. She found it funny.

"I sent letters to both the Zhu family and the Xiao family, saying that Zhu Chengxi and I were hanging out in a house on Changqing Street."

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