novelSusiti Chapter 533 - 525: Quarrel
Chapter 533 - 525: Quarrel
Wu Chuhao’s appearance did not frighten Feng Yufu at all. She even looked at him with mocking eyes, displaying undisguised disdain and sarcasm.
"Wu Chuhao, the eldest young master of the Wu Mansion. Since I married into the mansion, how many times have you come to my courtyard? How many times have you come to my room? And now you accuse me of having someone else in my heart. Don’t you think it’s ridiculous? Or does your Wu Mansion think that I, Feng Yufu, can never leave your Wu Mansion? Do I have to watch your faces here forever?"
Wu Chuhao did not expect Feng Yufu to become fierce all of a sudden, and he was momentarily stunned by her questioning. Feng Yufu, feeling unwell, continued, "You know best what kind of life I’ve had in this mansion. Is this the promise you made to me at first? You even need your mother’s consent to come to my courtyard. I truly hate myself for being blind then, for falling for someone like you. I also hate my own stupidity for giving up such a noble identity for someone so irresponsible."
"But it’s too late for everything, no use regretting; I only hate myself for being blind." Feng Yufu’s previous anger had turned into a murmur, "It’s all my fault. How could I make such a mistake? This is all my doing; I deserve it."
Her constant self-blaming heavily stung Wu Chuhao’s heart, "You are aggrieved here, but what about me? What did I do wrong? I just liked you, is that wrong? Just because we met at a restaurant, I’m saddled with a reputation like that, offended the Royal Family, and ended up marrying you, ruining my whole life, dragging the Wu Mansion down with me. I became the Wu Clan’s sinner, and you expect me to face you every day. How should I face you?"
Feng Yufu laughed, "See, now you push all the blame onto me. It shows how cowardly you are. Everyone in the Capital knows I was betrothed to the Crown Prince. Yet, you still liked me and invited me to the restaurant. At that time, you should have known what kind of mistake you were making and what consequences would come if discovered, rather than now looking aggrieved and blaming others."
At this point, Feng Yufu’s smile grew wider, "It’s good to say these things, also lets me know what kind of person you are, and helps me completely lose hope. I initially still had a glimmer of hope that if you had backbone, even if I ended up like this, it would have been worthwhile. But now it seems it was all unnecessary."
"Yes, ever since things were discovered, everything has been over. When facing you, I feel only deep guilt, guilt towards the Wu Clan, not because my mother is holding me back. You don’t need to blame my mother for this. Our marriage was decreed by the Holy Emperor, as you know, it’s not that easy to divorce. Just this, you do well as the young mistress of the Wu Mansion. I won’t care about other matters, just remember not to shame the Wu Mansion, or I won’t forgive you." Wu Chuhao threw down these words and turned away.
Feng Yufu did not move all along, having already looked down on Wu Chuhao, but hadn’t expected his words to be even more heartless. It turned out he had started to loathe her from the moment things were exposed, yet she was still here waiting to give him a chance. How laughable she was.
Although Wu Chuhao said a lot, after leaving the courtyard he couldn’t help but stand with one hand on the wall. It wasn’t that he didn’t like Feng Yufu, but rather, he lacked the courage to face this relationship anymore. After all, because of their relationship, the Wu Clan’s future was ruined, so he couldn’t face the Feng family anymore, which accounted as an explanation to the Wu Clan.
Saying those words today, Wu Chuhao knew it would make Feng Yufu hate him, but he also had no choice, his own heart felt even worse.
Even seeing that Feng Yufu still had the Crown Prince on her mind, his eyes turned red with jealousy, yet he had to forcibly suppress it. He didn’t know what fate would befall the Wu Mansion once the Crown Prince ascended the throne.
At this moment, this was his real worry, there was no energy left to think about feelings.
While the Wu Mansion was in disarray, over at the Imperial Tutor Mansion, Imperial Tutor Feng after hearing the news from the Crown Prince Mansion, respectfully sent the person off, nearly stumbling as he turned. It was only thanks to his quick-witted servant by his side catching him.
Master Feng steadied himself, "Send a message to the girl, have her come back to the mansion."
Where would the servants dare ask more, swiftly sending someone to the Wu Mansion, even when it was nearly dark by then.
Feng Yufu, hearing someone from her maternal family came, had no spirit to see them and directly sent them away without even showing her face. Upon hearing this, Imperial Tutor Feng got furious, such that he fell ill the next day. Seeing this, Mrs. Feng Sr. had someone send another message to the Wu Mansion, and only upon hearing that someone was ill did Feng Yufu decide to pack up and return to the Feng Mansion.
However, the incident of her going to find the Crown Prince at the Crown Prince Mansion on his wedding day had spread, which made Lin Youning pause slightly when he heard, "This isn’t something Feng Yufu would do. Besides, how could matters within the Crown Prince Mansion leak out so easily? Surely someone is secretly stirring up trouble here."
Shanmoi, having heard the news outside, directly delivered it inside, "What’s extraordinary about what you said, Miss. But I still wonder what purpose it serves for this to be spread out?"
"These are court matters; naturally, you won’t understand, just as I’m only guessing. It’s hard to say if it truly is what it seems." Lin Youning did not dwell on it.
The rumor had spread that the Crown Prince, who once had a verbal promise of marriage with Feng Yufu, met privately on the wedding day, intending to question the Crown Prince’s character. Lin Youning hoped it was just his overthinking, given that the Second Prince had been confined, such matters should no longer happen.
Lin Youning knitted his brows, "When will the Marquis return?"
"It’s said there’s a matter at the Prime Minister’s Mansion, he will return in the afternoon; should I send a message to the Marquis now?" Hailan inquired from the side.
Lin Youning shook his head, "No need, it’s almost noon. There’s no need to call him back and make a fuss; it might just be my overthinking."
Now that Consort Zhou has been sent away and the Zhou Mansion has lost power, no one is supporting the Second Prince anymore. So how could someone be doing these things secretly?
It’s just that the Crown Prince Mansion has always been quiet, and such a matter spreading makes it strange.
Lin Youning thought it best to wait until his elder brother returns to discuss the issue, to see what his elder brother’s opinion might be, perhaps indeed she was being overly cautious, hence these thoughts.