Chapter 211 The incident came to light
Liang Su's boudoir.

Under the cover of night, Young Master Chu quietly entered through the back door.

Under the cover of the maid, he sneaked directly into Liang Su's warm tent.

Just as they were entering the alley, they heard footsteps in the courtyard outside. The maid who was keeping watch outside hurriedly stepped forward to stop them.

"Second Madam, Miss has already retired for the night."

Aunt Liang glanced at the dark bedroom: "It's only just gotten dark, why are you already asleep?"

The maidservant stammered, "Miss said she's not feeling well."

Aunt Liang immediately asked with concern, "Wasn't she fine during the day? What happened to Miss?"

The young maid was honest, but when she lied, she was so nervous that she stammered and her expression was very unnatural.

"It seems like... a stomachache..."

"I'll go check on her, ask someone to cook her some hot soup or something, and also get the back door key."

The maidservant hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, saying, "Miss said, Miss said, no one should disturb us. I know where the back door key is, I'll go get it."

Aunt Liang immediately became suspicious: "Why are you always stopping me? Get up!"

The two people inside the house were so frightened that they were completely out of their minds.

Young Master Chu rolled off Liang Su's body and hurriedly put on his clothes. In the dark, he missed a step and fell to the ground with a "plop".

Liang Su was also terrified, his face turned ashen, and he was at a loss for what to do.

The commotion inside the house alerted Aunt Liang Er outside.

Aunt Liang tilted her head and asked, "What's that noise? Who's in your young lady's room?"

He yanked the maid aside, took three steps forward, and suddenly pushed open the door.

Right in front of them was Young Master Chu, disheveled and desperately trying to escape through the window.

When Aunt Liang saw it, she was terrified and felt extremely distressed.

This isn't a thief; it's a womanizer.

Looking at the bed curtains again, even though the room was dark and no lights were on, Madam Liang could still see a white expanse inside the curtains.

Liang Su didn't have time to put on her clothes.

The sky is falling.

She stepped forward, grabbed the man by the collar, and started scratching him repeatedly.

"You damned bastard, how dare you bully our Duke's mansion! I'll fight you to the death!"

Young Master Chu, unaware of the other party's identity, used one hand to hold his clothes to cover his ugliness and the other arm to shield his face, then elbowed Aunt Liang in the chest.

When Liang Su saw that it was her own mother, she disregarded her shyness, wrapped herself in her clothes, rolled out of the bed curtains, knelt on the ground, and stopped her.

"Mother, please have mercy! He is Young Master Chu!"

Aunt Liang was stunned. She knew that her daughter was associating with the Chu family, but she never expected that she would be so audacious as to bring someone into the mansion for a secret rendezvous and do such a scandalous thing.

She pointed at Liang Su with exasperation, her face full of regret: "You, how could you be so foolish! If your father finds out, he'll probably break your legs!"

Grand Tutor Chu is always old-fashioned. If he were to learn that the two had illicit relations, he would surely conclude that Liang Su is a promiscuous woman who doesn't know how to respect herself. Even if she were to marry into the Grand Tutor's mansion, she would still be looked down upon and despised. Liang Su sobbed softly, "Mother, please calm down. Young Master Chu and I have already pledged our lives to each other. He said he would send someone to the mansion to discuss the marriage in a few days. He won't abandon me after starting something. Please don't tell my father yet."

"Your father?" Young Master Chu, who was standing to the side, asked in surprise upon hearing Liang Su's words, "Aren't you Princess Heya?"

Wasn't the Duke of Liang already dead in battle? Where did this new father come from?

Liang Su knew that she could no longer hide what had happened today, so she simply confessed: "I, my name is Liang Su, and I am the second young lady of the Duke's Mansion, not Princess Heya."

"What? You lied to me?" Young Master Chu was shocked. "I always thought you were Princess Heya!"

Liang Su lowered her head in shame: "But didn't you also say that you like me as a person, my talent and temperament? Liang Jiang is completely illiterate, how could she be worthy of your talent?"

"But the person I want to marry is Princess Heya!" Young Master Chu was almost furious: "Even if you have the talent of a top scholar, what use is that?"

Can you be as wealthy and well-connected as Liang Jiang? Can you be a worthy mistress of the house and revitalize the family? Can you bring me wealth, honor, and prominence, and help me rise above others?
"Scholars are utterly useless; what good are a few lines of pedantic poetry to a woman?"

Young Master Chu belittled Liang Su to the point of being worthless, which immediately angered Liang Su.

"After all those vows of eternal love, to put it bluntly, you're only after Liang Jiang's family background and look down on me!"

"So what if I am?" Young Master Chu retorted righteously, "Impersonating Princess Heya, you're using any means necessary, this is marriage fraud!"

His words immediately angered Aunt Liang: "No matter what, you and my daughter have already been intimate, so you have to take responsibility and give her a proper status. Otherwise, my master will definitely find the Grand Tutor and make him give us an explanation."

Young Master Chu snorted: "Go ahead and sue me. I'll let everyone judge for themselves. What kind of good daughter would secretly meet with a man, put aphrodisiacs in his food, and rush to throw herself at him? I haven't even sued you for ruining my reputation yet."

"You're talking nonsense!" Faced with the other party's shameless counterattack, Liang Su's eyes immediately welled up with tears of grievance: "Who drugged you?"

Young Master Chu argued: "The day we were boating on the lake, I suddenly felt my face turn red and my whole body feel hot, and I couldn't control myself."

I knew something was wrong then. Before leaving, I secretly took two pieces of pastry with me when you weren't looking. I had a doctor examine them, and he said they had some weird stuff added to them.

"Impossible!" Liang Su retorted sarcastically, "I never expected you to be this kind of person. It's one thing to be irresponsible, but to turn around and blame others is another."

Aunt Liang also felt humiliated: "Grand Tutor Chu has always been a man of high moral character, but I never expected that Young Master Chu would be so despicable."

Young Master Chu said, "You ate those snacks back then, so I don't believe you didn't react."

One sentence left Liang Su speechless.

She had been taught by Liang Wenshi since childhood that a woman's reputation was of paramount importance, and she would never so easily have an affair with a man, especially on a boat.

At the time, I was out of my mind and half-heartedly agreed, but now that I think about it, there was definitely a reason for it.

Her expression changed slightly, and she said to Aunt Liang, "Those pastries were all made by Qiao Niang herself. She must have deliberately tried to harm me!"

At this moment, Aunt Liang was not in the mood to care about who was right or wrong. What she cared about was whether Chu Xiucheng could marry her daughter.

She took a deep breath: "Whatever the truth of this matter, it's a fait accompli now, and my daughter's reputation is ruined."

"Young Master Chu, you're going to get married whether you like it or not. Let's go find Grand Tutor Chu now and demand an explanation."

Upon hearing this, Young Master Chu immediately panicked.

"I didn't say I wouldn't marry your daughter; it's just that I can't accept the fact that she impersonated Liang Jiang and deceived me."

As the saying goes, "A day as husband and wife is worth a hundred days of kindness." Since the deed is done, I am willing to keep my promise.

However, please grant me two days, Second Madam, so that I may return and explain the whole story to my parents. I will then personally go to their home to propose marriage.

(End of this chapter)

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