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He pointed at the painting and sighed, "This is a fake. The original is still in my house. I'm afraid you've been cheated."

"What?" the Minister screamed.

He still wanted to give up and said, "But Lord Xu said he has a good relationship with you, how could he give me a fake painting?"

"What about Lord Xu, Lord Li? I have always been impartial as an official and have never had any private relationships. Lord Minister, please be careful with your words!"

After saying that, Chen Yanqing flicked his sleeves and left, leaving the Minister disheveled in the wind.

Chen Qianmo didn't know that Xu Tongfu's official position was going to be taken away again. He thought that after the gift was given, Xu Tongfu's official position should be taken away soon.

Therefore, he was in high spirits and was busy traveling around the capital with the Xu family.

In the evening, when Chen Qianmo was sitting in a carriage to take the Xu family back to the manor, suddenly someone on a horse came galloping from a distance and kicked Chen Qianmo in panic.

This was a terrible thing. Nanny Zhuang was terrified. She quickly had Chen Qianmo carried to the nearby Zhuang Mansion. She called for a doctor and rushed back to the Chen Mansion to get the medicine given by the palace.

In this way, Meng Wen Yao knew that the matter had been successful. She asked someone to deliver the medicine and told the servants to take good care of Chen Qianmo and not to rush back.

While blocking the news, he called Liu Ruyan over.

Liu Ruyan was anxiously waiting for Chen Qianmo to come home so that she could find out whether Lord Xu had been granted an official position. As long as Lord Xu's official position was secured, it would mean that the two paintings had been given away. She only needed to find a chance to let Chen Yanqing know that no one in the Xu family would be worthy of Chen Yanqing's attention.

Just then, she heard Meng Wen Yao calling her, and she couldn't find a suitable excuse to refuse. She also thought that it was getting dark, and Chen Qianmo should be back, so Meng Wen Yao couldn't do anything to her.

So, Liu Ruyan said casually, even a little arrogantly: "Madam, I don't know why you called me here. Seeing that the young master is about to return home, I'm afraid he will be anxious if he can't see me."

Meng Wenyao burst out laughing, holding her stomach and said, "You didn't know that the young master is not coming back today."

"what why?"

Liu Ruyan was shocked. Ever since Meng Wen Yao told her about Chen Qianmo's affair last time, she had always assumed that what Meng Wen Yao said was true.

Naturally, she did not doubt it this time. She quickly asked, "When did you say you would not come back? How come I didn't know?"

Meng Wenyao stopped laughing and said with a smile: "Since the young master didn't tell you, I just asked you to come over!"

"It's not a big deal. It's just that when the young master was traveling with Miss Xu today, someone got injured. He took a lot of medicine from the mansion and said he wouldn't be back tonight."

"You also know that the young master has been close to Miss Xu recently. Miss Xu's family lives in the Zhuang Mansion. If the young master stays at the Zhuang Mansion tonight, it will feel like he is staying at the girl's house. I always feel that this is not a good way to go on. I thought about making it clear to the elder tonight, visiting him early tomorrow morning, and proposing marriage by the way."

Meng Wenyao finished speaking casually, and saw that Liu Ruyan was already teetering like a willow tree.

"The young master doesn't like her. He said he only treats her as a younger sister."

"She's not a biological sister. She's just a foster sister. Besides, the young master and Miss Xu stayed in the same house for one night. If it gets out, it will be bad for our reputation. If our Chen family doesn't say anything, the Xu family will say we don't know how to behave."

"That's why I asked you to come. I heard that you have the key to the young master's private vault. Go back and pick out a few things you can show off, such as Master Zhuang's calligraphy. I will visit Master Zhuang's mansion tomorrow. This will show my sincerity."

Seeing that Liu Ruyan had not recovered from her shock, Meng Wenyao added fuel to the fire, "Liu, you should know that the young master made such a fuss in the capital because of you. Now that the ladies in the capital know that the young master has a concubine like you, no one is willing to marry him and suffer."

"It's not easy to find a Xu family from outside the province. I heard that they were classmates with the elder, so they are a good match. What's even better is that they don't know you exist. As long as we act quickly and settle the marriage, we can help the young master find a wife."

"You are well-educated and well-mannered. You are not allowed to make things unpleasant, and you are not allowed to let the Xu family know about your existence. As long as the marriage is settled, it will be too late for the Xu family to regret it."

"Okay, that's all I have to say. The young master won't be back tonight, so you can go to the warehouse to find something when you have time. Send it over tomorrow morning. I'll go to the Zhuang Mansion to visit you."

Meng Wenyao said so much, both explicitly and implicitly, and Liu Ruyan's head was buzzing.

Chen Qianmo was going to get married, and he was marrying the daughter of his benefactor and family friend. In this way, even if he didn't like the woman, he would at least give her some respect.

What about her? She risked being laughed at by the entire capital, and in the end she only became a concubine and might soon fall out of favor.

How could she be willing? How could she be willing?

Meng Wenyao told her not to make a fuss and not to ruin Chen Qianmo's marriage. Why?

She insisted on making a fuss and wanted to cancel this marriage. No one could step on her favor to get to the top.

Liu Ruyan couldn't calm down after returning to her room. She had only one thought in her mind: as long as Chen Qianmo didn't come back tonight, Miss Xu would become Chen Qianmo's fiancée tomorrow.

She must stop this from happening. At worst, she could go to Chen Qianmo's house and take him back.

As soon as Liu Ruyan hitched up the carriage and went out, Meng Wenyao got the news.

"Let's go and take a look. Don't make things too ugly. Oh, send someone to tell the elder to come directly to the manor instead of going home after leaving the court."

In the carriage in front, Liu Ruyan thought again and again about how to speak so that she could bring Chen Qianmo back, but she sadly discovered that even if she brought him back today, there was no way to prevent Chen Qianmo from still staying in the Zhuang Mansion tomorrow.

As a result, she could only completely destroy the possibility of marriage between Chen Qianmo and Miss Xu to resolve her worries.

She looked at the wet nurse and maids around her and felt a little worried that she was outnumbered.

"One of you will follow me in, and the other will go back to Liu Mansion and ask my father and mother to come over."

After explaining some other things, Liu Ruyan felt a little more at ease.

They soon arrived at Zhuang Mansion. When the servants of Zhuang Mansion saw that it was the carriage from Chen Mansion, they let it in without checking.

Liu Ruyan went straight to Chen Qianmo's resting place. As soon as she entered the yard, she saw that the room was brightly lit and filled with people talking and laughing.

First came Madam Zhuang's voice. She said loudly and happily, "Fortunately, it's just a scratch, otherwise I would be heartbroken."

Then someone else's voice echoed, "Qianmo is a lucky person. He won't get hurt so easily. But this time, he almost encountered danger in order to save Qing'er. Don't be so reckless in the future."