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Chapter 48 A Grand Crackdown on Adultery

"Ruohan, please eat something. You can't let your health deteriorate."

After saying that, he turned and glared at Yuling beside him, "Hurry up and feed your young lady."

Yu Ling was also puzzled as to why the Lady of the Marquis was so concerned about her young lady.

Yu Ling picked up a bowl of still steaming congee and said softly, "Miss, please have some. This congee is very light, but it's good for you to eat something." As she spoke, she held the spoon to Chu Ruohan's lips.

Chu Ruohan's eyes were vacant, as if she had lost her mind. She turned her head slightly and forcefully pushed away the bowl in Yu Ling's hand.

The bowl crashed to the ground with a clatter, splashing porridge everywhere, and Yuling was nearly knocked over as well.

Chu Ruohan stood up unsteadily, her legs trembling and weak. The wet nurse was heartbroken and reached out to help her.

However, Chu Ruohan ultimately lost her balance and fell headfirst to the ground.

The wet nurse turned pale with fright. "Miss!"

Mother Gu raised an eyebrow. She had only gone two days without food or water and had already fainted. She was truly useless.

It's good that I'm dizzy, it saves me trouble.

He hurriedly called to the servants, "What are you all standing there for! Quickly, carry the young mistress back to her room."

The servants then seemed to wake from a dream, hurriedly lifting Chu Ruohan and rushing towards Hongmeng Courtyard.

Chu Ruohan was settled on the bed, her eyes still closed.

The wet nurse was extremely anxious. As she hurried out, she instructed, "Take good care of the young lady. I'll go and fetch Doctor Qian right away." With that, she quickly left.

Yu Ling frowned, pacing anxiously around the room. Suddenly, a hurried voice called from outside the door: "Miss Yu Ling! Miss Yu Ling!"

What happened again? Miss is still unconscious.

Yu Ling hurriedly walked to the door and reached out to open it.

The door had barely opened a crack when a strange man darted in. Before Yu Ling could react, he suddenly raised his hand and slammed a hard object into the back of her head.

Yu Ling felt a sudden darkness before her eyes, and her body went limp as she collapsed, her consciousness instantly fading into darkness.

The man closed the door, leaned against it, a lewd smile playing on his lips, his gaze fixed on Chu Ruohan on the bed, his hands rubbing together incessantly.

"Little beauty, I've been waiting for you for so long, I'm coming now." As he spoke, he took off his clothes and slowly approached the bedside, his eyes seeming to want to devour Chu Ruohan alive.

Chu Ruohan, whose eyes had been tightly closed, suddenly opened them. There was no panic or fear in her eyes, but instead a cold mockery.

"Is that all you have?"

She slowly sat up and calmly looked at the person in front of her.

The man was slightly taken aback. The effects of the drug wore off so quickly?

It's okay, it's more exciting when you're awake...

Meanwhile, an uninvited guest arrived at the mourning hall.

Wei Qiming strode into the mourning hall, his gaze falling on Gu Junze's memorial tablet, a sneer appearing on his face: "Hmph, you were so arrogant in front of me yesterday, what? Lying here so soon?"

His arrogant demeanor was completely out of place in the somber atmosphere of the funeral hall.

Everyone in the capital knew that Wei Qiming was a notoriously reckless and unscrupulous person, and the same thought came to everyone's mind.

Is he here to cause trouble?

Marquis Anyang's face darkened further. If he dared to cause trouble at this moment, the Marquis's mansion would lose all face.

Although the Duke of Wei's family was a prominent family in the capital, Wei Qiming was usually reckless and did not care about the family's reputation at all.

Marquis Anyang knew very well that Wei Qiming was capable of anything outrageous.

It's really troublesome.

"Young Master Wei, since you're here, why don't you offer incense to my son?" Marquis Anyang suppressed his displeasure, his eyes filled with warning.

Wei Qiming, however, seemed not to hear him, merely curling his lip in disdain. "Gu Junze sent people to smash my boat yesterday, and I haven't even settled accounts with him yet. Does he even deserve my incense?"

"Your Highness," a loud voice called from outside the mourning hall, "it would be best if Your Highness didn't cause any trouble. You should visit the Empress more often in the palace; she misses you."

The person who came was Ma Fuhai, the chief eunuch of the emperor. Who would dare not give him some face?

Ma Fuhai bowed deeply to Marquis Anyang. "This servant greets Your Majesty. His Majesty was deeply saddened by the sudden news of the tragedy yesterday. He specially dispatched this humble servant to escort the Heir Apparent on his journey, but the Empress Dowager is still keeping it from us."

"Your Majesty, I thank you." Marquis Anyang was hunched over, his face full of grief, his voice choked with sobs, as if he had been completely overwhelmed by the pain of losing his son.

Those around him cast sympathetic glances and whispered words of comfort, "My lord, please accept my condolences!"

Wei Qiming watched all this from the side, feeling utterly disgusted, and couldn't help but curl his lip.

He had always detested such hypocritical scenes, finding these people's affected manner nauseating.

He turned to leave, but was suddenly bumped into by a flustered maid.

Wei Qiming was instantly enraged. Without thinking, he kicked him hard, yelling, "You dog, are those eyes of yours just for breathing?"

The maid was kicked to the ground, trembling as she lay there, "This servant did not mean to offend Your Excellency, it was just that, it was..." Her voice trembled, her eyes filled with terror.

Mother Gu hurriedly stepped forward, "What happened? Tell me quickly!"

"I am a maid from Hongmeng Courtyard. Just now, a man came into the young mistress's room, so I went to check on him. But then, but then..." The maid hesitated, her eyes darting around, leaving much to the imagination.

"What's the result? Tell me quickly, you little brat!"

"The young mistress and that man are having an affair!" the maid shouted, seemingly steeling her resolve.

Everyone in the mourning hall was shocked.

Gu Junze's body was barely cold, how could that woman be so unable to restrain herself and commit adultery?

This disgraceful act is a disgrace to the Gu family.

Steward Ma Fuhai immediately became furious. "I'll go and see for myself. If this scandalous matter is true, we must not let it go lightly."

Seeing this, Madam Gu secretly gave the maid a wink, and the maid understood and immediately left.

The group marched in a grand procession toward Hongmeng Academy.

Wei Qiming followed, a hint of excitement on his face. He knew the cripple wouldn't be able to satisfy him.

There is something good to watch now.

The crowd stood outside the door, listening to the embarrassing sounds coming from inside.

"In broad daylight, this adulterous couple is utterly shameless."

Madam Gu couldn't contain herself and rushed out. Ever since Chu Ruohan married into the Gu family, she had suffered a lot of humiliation and mistreatment at Chu Ruohan's hands.

Now that so many people have come to catch her in adultery, we must drown this little slut in a pig cage.

Madam Gu rushed to the door in three strides and pushed hard, but the door did not budge.

She raised her hand and pounded on the door, her eyes gleaming with schadenfreude, and shouted, "Chu Ruohan, you come out here!"

"Chu Ruohan..."

Mother Gu stared at the door with a sinister look on her face, but she couldn't suppress the upward curve of her lips.

From this day forward, the Gu family will no longer have a young mistress.

But she didn't notice at all that one gaze in the crowd was fixed on her...