Chapter 216: Beating the Concubine

Lu Ting En roughly pushed through the crowd of onlookers.

When he finally saw the situation, his vision blurred.

In the crowd, Ning Yu Er was being held down by two maidservants, kneeling on the ground. Her hair was disheveled, and her clothes had been ripped off, leaving only her undergarments.

Gao Ming Lan’s foot was pressing on her hand, grinding it down forcefully.

Ning Yu Er let out one painful scream after another.

“Who are you people? How dare you hit me? Is there no law in this world anymore?”

“Let go of my mother, let go of my mother!”

Ning Yu Er’s son was also being held down by two servants, his eyes bloodshot with rage as he shouted towards them.

“Enough!”

Seeing the scene before him, Lu Ting En couldn’t help but exclaim.

Gao Ming Lan turned around and, seeing Lu Ting En, was surprised. “Big Brother, why are you here?”

“In front of so many people, what are you doing?”

Lu Ting En looked at Ning Yu Er, her face drenched in tears, and his heart ached.

He wanted to go up and help her, to lift her up and help her put on her clothes.

But he couldn’t.

Because Leng Qing Yu was right beside him, and there were so many onlookers.

At this moment, he even felt some resentment towards Leng Qing Yu.

If he had never married her, then Yu Er wouldn’t have to suffer like this.

Gao Ming Lan, seeing that Lu Ting En’s face looked grim, reluctantly lifted her foot off Ning Yu Er’s hand.

She looked at Leng Qing Yu, her eyes seemingly questioning why Lu Ting En had come as well.

Leng Qing Yu shook her head, indicating that she couldn’t stop him.

“Big Brother,” Gao Ming Lan spoke, “This is a family matter of mine, you shouldn’t interfere.”

“If I don’t interfere, what if you hurt her?”

Lu Ting En said, “If this blows up, my Marquis’ household won’t help you clean up the mess!”

His face was serious, full of righteousness.

But Gao Ming Lan wasn’t intimidated. “So what if she gets hurt? She’s just a cheap woman who stole another man. What happens to her doesn’t matter.

At worst, we’ll bring her back to our house as a concubine. That’s already treating her too well.”

Leng Qing Yu also tried to calm her down gently.

“Sister-in-law, don’t be impulsive. Have you clarified everything? I don’t think the second brother is that kind of person.”

Gao Ming Lan’s eyes immediately turned red when she heard this.

She pointed at the woman’s son and said, “Sister-in-law, I know exactly what kind of man my husband is.

Look at this! I work so hard managing the household, giving birth to children for him, and supporting all his concubines, while he? He finds the flowers at home not fragrant enough, so he goes out to keep other women. And now, look, even his bastard child is so big!”

“My son is not a bastard!”

When Ning Yu Er heard Gao Ming Lan insult her son, she desperately slammed her head against her leg.

Gao Ming Lan, furious, grabbed her hair and yelled, “You’re nothing but a cheap woman who seduces men! Your son is an unwanted bastard! What’s there to argue about?”

Ning Yu Er felt her scalp being pulled, but when she saw Lu Ting En was present, she calmed herself and said, “I did not seduce your man, I don’t even know who your man is. My husband went south for business. You’re just slandering me!”

Among the onlookers were some of Ning Yu Er’s neighbors. Seeing her miserable state, one of them couldn’t help but say, “She’s been living here for many years, always saying her husband is away on business. Could this lady be mistaken?”

Another neighbor, however, spoke up, “I don’t know if her husband is really out of town, but her house surely isn’t short of men. Otherwise, how do you explain the noises at night?”

Hearing this, the onlookers grew interested.

“What noises?”

“Tell us more!”

The woman who was asked felt a bit smug, as she had never liked Ning Yu Er.

Every day, Ning Yu Er strutted around like a rich lady, wearing gold and silver, looking down on her neighbors.

People who didn’t know any better might think she was a noblewoman, but only the neighbors knew the truth.

“How detailed do you want me to be? I can’t really imitate the sounds!”

The woman said, “Anyway, every month, there’s always a few nights where the noises go on from the middle of the night until dawn!”

Until dawn?

When she heard this, Ye Xin Ran couldn’t help but glance at her so-called “father.”

She didn’t expect that even at his age, he could still keep going strong!

“So impressive!”

“This lady really has some skills!”

The crowd joined in, teasing and laughing.

Only Gao Ming Lan was so furious she couldn’t speak.

What did they mean by the noises lasting until dawn?

In recent years, Lu Ting Cong had been more and more neglectful of her.

She had thought it was because he had become addicted to drinking and women and couldn’t perform anymore.

Every time, she had to advise him to drink less and even tried various ways to help him regain his health.

It turned out that it wasn’t that his body couldn’t keep up, but rather that he couldn’t perform with her!

Thinking of this, Gao Ming Lan applied even more force and kicked Ning Yu Er’s body again. “I’ll teach you a lesson for being a flirt! I’ll teach you to seduce men!”

“Mother, let go of my mother!” Lu Chang Ning cried out in despair.

With the cries of mother and son, Lu Ting En could no longer bear it. He shouted, “Enough! Everyone stop it right now!”

Leng Qing Yu deliberately furrowed her brows. “My lord, are you protecting her again?”

Lu Ting En recalled that Leng Qing Yu had asked a similar question before. He quickly explained, “What do you mean by protecting her? I’m just worried that seeing this would upset you.”

Leng Qing Yu replied faintly, “I’ve never seen something like this before. I’m just taking it as a chance to broaden my horizons.”

Lu Ting En didn’t know how to respond, but he knew that even if he angered Leng Qing Yu today, he had to step in.

“Where is the second one? You’ve caused this big scene, where is the second one?”

He said sternly.

“He’s inside the house!”

Gao Ming Lan glanced toward the house.

As soon as she arrived, that woman had locked the door and refused to let her in. But Lu Ting Cong? He stayed inside without even showing his face.

He would rather hide in the room than come out and face her.

The thought made Gao Ming Lan even angrier.

“Are you sure the person inside is the second one? If you’ve made a mistake, how will you deal with it?” Lu Ting En demanded.

Gao Ming Lan immediately replied, “Do I not know my own husband? If it weren’t for his face, I would have dragged him out already.”

Gao Ming Lan came from a scholarly family, and both of her brothers worked in the court.

So she wasn’t afraid to offend Lu Ting Cong at all.

She wanted to take this opportunity to teach him a lesson so that he would remember it.

“Second one, if the person inside is really you, then come out now!”

Lu Ting En shouted angrily toward the house.

At the beginning, he had only asked Lu Ting Cong to help handle the government affairs and look after the mother and son, but he had never expected this to happen.

Today, with such a big mess created by Lu Ting Cong, Lu Ting En had to step in and handle it.

As for what would happen afterward, he would only deal with that after solving the current problem.