klisemfg Chapter 165 is not a comedy, but an observation of the coldness and warmth of human relationships.
Chapter 165 is not a comedy, but an observation of the coldness and warmth of human relationships.
"No no."
Seeing that she was angry, Lord Lu noticed the paper and pen not far away and impulsively picked up the pen to write a guarantee.
"Look, my darling, I've written down my love and promises to you. Will you believe me then?"
"That way, people will believe you."
The beauty glanced at it, nodded in satisfaction, and folded it up to put it away.
Having found the woman's information yesterday, Madam Lu, who was listening outside the door, was furious. She took a deep breath and kicked open the door to the private room.
"You, Lu Xiuliang, how dare you speak ill of me behind my back like this!"
The maidservant was terrified by the sudden roar, and Lord Lu was also flustered.
"Madam, what brings you here? Let me explain."
Lu Xiuliang was just the son of a seventh-rank official back then. Wang Shi took a liking to him, and with the help of the Wang family, he gradually rose to his current status.
Madam Lu refused to listen to his explanation and rushed straight to the outer room, raising her hand to deliver a resounding slap:
"You vixen, all you do is seduce married women. I am his first wife who accompanied him all the way up his career. What are you anyway?"
The mistress was beaten and fell to the ground, covering her face and crying, "Lu Lang, my face hurts so much, you must do me justice!"
Lord Lu stepped forward to help her up.
Madam Lu roared, "Make the decision? Today I want to see whether Lu Xiuliang wants you, you slut, or me, his lawfully wedded wife!"
Lu Xiuliang, you'd better think this through. Is your career more important, or this despicable woman?
As expected, Lu Xiuliang stopped in his tracks.
"Lu Lang, are you going back on your promise that you just wrote down for me? I was wrong to give you my heart, and I've been deceived and am now in a sorry state."
Seeing that there were many onlookers, the woman in the outer room said that she had been wronged and cried so pitifully that she wanted to gain others' sympathy.
[Phew! It's as if she's a respectable woman. Lord Lu brought her out of a brothel because he was after his official position.]
Mrs. Lu, don't just target the mistress. That scumbag is no good either, beat him hard!
This restaurant belongs to Qi Jinlan, which is why Madam Lu was able to bring her servants in without making a sound.
Ye Yaoyao watched the show from the back.
"Lu Xiuliang, you have assured me time and time again that you have no mistress, and yet I still chose to believe you in the end?"
So, in your heart I've always been a shrew. Today, I'll show you what a shrew really is.
Madam Lu stepped forward and slapped Lord Lu, her long fingernails scratching at him incessantly.
"Stop it, you shrew!"
The two were struggling, and before long, Lu Xiuliang's face was covered in fingernail marks. Taking advantage of the situation, the woman slipped out.
"Madam, that vixen has escaped."
It was only after the maid reminded her that Madam Lu calmed down.
"What are you all doing standing here watching them get away? Go after them!" With that, he took the lead and ran out.
"Lu Xiuliang, you better pray that your darling doesn't get caught by me, or I'll beat her so badly you won't even recognize her."
On the bustling streets of Chang'an, amidst the comings and goings of people and the constant noise, a sharp shout broke the usual urban clamor.
"Stop! You vixen, stop right there!"
A woman dressed in magnificent brocade, her face contorted with rage, was surrounded by several maids and servants as she aggressively chased after a woman running ahead.
The woman ahead was also dressed in fine clothes and adorned with pearls and jade, but her hair was disheveled from running, and she was covered in sweat. She looked back in panic as she ran forward.
Many people were hit and eventually couldn't withstand the force, falling to the ground and being quickly caught up by the servants.
"You bitch, keep running!"
Madam Lu had not forgotten the insults she had heard from others yesterday, so she took a servant's stick and beat her mercilessly.
"Ah! It hurts so much, Madam Lu, please have mercy..."
The people on the street stopped to watch, pointing and gossiping about the chaotic scene. Many scholars, feeling sorry for the situation, stood by and criticized it:
"In the midst of a strong wind and bright sunshine, a group of people are bullying a weak woman. What kind of behavior is this?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Lu's maid turned around abruptly and glared angrily at the speaker.
"What do you know! This slut seduced my master and ruined their marriage. Shouldn't she be beaten?"
"That doesn't mean you can hit someone in the street!"
There have been no cases of beating women in the capital. People feel sorry for them, and some support punishing these seductive vixens, most of whom are women.
"So that's how it is. I think this woman really deserves to be hit."
"When a man has three wives and four concubines, even the first wife has a hard time."
"But beating someone up in the street is never a good look."
"They look like a wealthy family. If you like them, why not just take them home as concubines? It's just a matter of having another job."
"That is Madam Lu, she has a strong and domineering style, and the people in her mansion are all under her control. How could Lord Lu dare to do that?"
Ignoring everything else, Madam Lu threw away the stick in her hand and began to tear at her clothes.
"I want to see what kind of promise Lu Xiuliang will write to you."
The concubine, clutching her chest, curled up on the ground, pleading desperately, "Madam, I will never do it again, please spare me!"
During the struggle, the clothes in the outer room were already disheveled and in disarray.
When Mrs. Lu found the paper and saw its contents, her fingers trembled uncontrollably.
"Good! What a pair of adulterers!" Madam Lu slapped him again and again.
"I'll divorce my wife and marry you in a few years. What makes you, a courtesan, so special? I supported Lu Xiuliang all the way to his current position. What makes you think you can replace me?"
Madam Lu had long since abandoned all pretense of decorum and began to hurl insults at Lord Lu and his mistress.
“Lu Xiuliang is a heartless bastard. It’s not like I didn’t arrange a concubine for him, but he just happens to like those unclean women from brothels. He’s going to divorce me for her. He’s a black-hearted bastard.”
Lu Xiuliang naturally dared not come out and embarrass himself, so his mistress became the target of his mother's venting, and was beaten black and blue.
"It's another case of favoring a concubine over the wife."
"She's not a concubine, she's a lover secretly kept outside."
"Indeed, a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as a stolen one."
"Lord Lu is indeed a heartless man."
Ye Yaoyao and Zheng Tianxing were sitting at a stall behind the crowd, eating sesame cakes and drinking noodle soup.
"Lord Zheng, you seem to really enjoy making a fool of the government?"
Zheng Tianxing swallowed the food in his mouth, took a sip of noodle soup, and replied, "I'm not watching this as a joke; I'm watching the coldness and warmth of human relationships in this world."
Madam Lu's cursing grew louder and louder, and the crying from the outer room became increasingly pitiful.
Zheng Tianxing couldn't help but comment again: "Madam Lu is bold and confident. It would be difficult for others to remain calm, and they might not dare to act like this."
"When the wife encounters something like this, it's better to come out and make a scene; at least it will vent her anger!"