Time Travel: The Noble Family-Chapter 1254 - 518: Destroying the Painting

Mingzhu was so anxious that she was about to lose her cool. These two people acted as if nothing was wrong, which made Mingzhu extremely annoyed. Mingzhu glared at Yueyao and said harshly, "Explain everything to me clearly, or else I’ll turn my back on you." Last time, Yueyao didn’t say anything, but this time, it had to be cleared up.

Yueyao pursed her lips and looked at Xiang Wei, saying, "I merely asked her to show the painting to Xiang Ru on that day. As for what happened afterward, I don’t know. Ask her!" Yueyao roughly guessed what Xiang Wei had done.

Xiang Wei then explained how she disguised herself in men’s clothing to visit Xunfang Pavilion and chatted with Xiang Ru: "I found her quite pitiable and strong-willed, so I soft-heartedly promised that if she had nowhere to go after leaving Xunfang Pavilion, she could come to the Capital City to find me."

Xiang Wei’s biggest mistake was losing the caution she should have had. Just imagine, which family’s guard would boast about helping an Oiran? Of course, Xiang Wei had gotten used to being in charge at the An Family, so she spoke with a bit of authoritative tone. The brothel madam, who received guests every day, had sharp eyes and was in the flesh business. Could she not discern Xiang Wei’s female identity? Later, after hearing from the maid beside Xiang Ru, who mentioned the conversations between Xiang Wei and Xiang Ru, she immediately guessed that the visitor was Yueyao.

Although the procuress knew about it, she didn’t make it public. Once the incident spread, it would be more harmful than beneficial to them. After all, if they damaged Lady Lian’s reputation, neither the Prefect’s wife nor the Inspector’s wife would let them off. However, when He Feng spoke of the affair, and many came to verify, under pressure and coercion, she couldn’t resist and revealed the matter.

Mingzhu was furious to death, saying Yueyao wouldn’t do something so absurd; it turned out it wasn’t Yueyao who went to the brothel but Xiang Wei. Mingzhu immediately scolded Xiang Wei till she felt ashamed: "You actually took Yueyao’s painting brazenly into a brothel? Are you deliberately trying to ruin Yueyao? Do you know how awful the rumors are out there? Huh? People are saying Yueyao was longing for a man, so she went to the brothel to seek a young servant boy..." There are even worse things being said, like Yueyao even entangling with Niu Yanghui. Yes, the rumors outside are as terrible as they can be. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢

Xiang Wei hung her head low, not daring to make a sound.

Mingzhu continued the harsh accusations: "If my cousin finds out about this, do you know what will happen? If my cousin believes these rumors to be true, he might even divorce Yueyao. You, you, you’re making me die from anger. This time Yueyao will also be ruined because of you." Misbehaving is one thing, but to act so brazenly—this has really harmed her.

Xiang Wei’s face was as pale as paper. She didn’t expect that one moment of recklessness would lead to such a big trouble. Xiang Wei muttered to herself, "I should have known that prostitutes are heartless and actors unfaithful, yet I naively believed this woman to be sincere." A life of ease had eroded her vigilance, causing her to make such a mistake. Just think, none of these Oirans are easy to deal with, yet she trusted them easily.

Killing intent rose in Xiang Wei’s heart.

Yueyao knew Xiang Wei like the back of her hand; after hearing Xiang Wei’s words, she understood what she wanted to do: "If you kill Xiang Ru and the procuress now, it will only make others think we are silencing them. That way, my reputation would be entirely ruined."

For the first time, Xiang Wei was out of ideas: "Then what should we do?"

Mingzhu angrily scolded, "Now you ask what to do? Didn’t you think of the consequences when you went to the brothel in the first place? Disguising as a man and going to a brothel—there’s indeed nothing in the world you wouldn’t dare to do."

Yueyao tried to calm the situation: "Forget it, the matter has happened; it’s too late to talk about this now..." This matter has become too big, unlike the previous ones. It needs to be resolved quickly; otherwise, her reputation will be completely destroyed.

Upon hearing this, Mingzhu stopped scolding Xiang Wei and turned to scold Yueyao: "You allowed this, indulging her in everything, letting her become unaware of her limits. Now see what trouble has come? Huh? I’m telling you, regret is already useless." Mingzhu saw Xiang Wei as being wrong, but the biggest fault lay with Yueyao. As the master, she should act like one; now the master wasn’t like a master, and the servant wasn’t like a servant, causing this trouble.

Xiang Wei felt she could die to apologize for such scolding from Mingzhu.

Yueyao, however, maintained her calm demeanor from start to finish, even when Mingzhu mentioned An Zhichen might divorce her; she remained placid.