"Oh no!" Fu Shinian exclaimed, "Second Young Master!"
Could it be the effect of the luck value being -1?
Otherwise, how could a single sentence from her make him vomit blood!
Xiao Fengxing wanted to say that he didn't even have the chance to ride the Divine Wind before getting kicked off, he hadn't had the chance to show off his riding skills, so how could they say he was bad at it?
But because of the blood he vomited, his mouth was filled with a metallic taste and his throat hurt and itched. He had a belly full of words but couldn't speak.
Madam Fu had also heard about this matter and rushed over, happening to meet them at the Marquis's mansion gate.
Madam Fu saw Xiao Fengxing lying on the stretcher and noticed his injuries seemed worse than what the servants had reported; the servants hadn't mentioned that Xiao Fengxing had vomited blood.
"Quick, prepare a carriage to take the Second Young Master home," Madam Fu hastily said.
"Mother, no." Fu Shinian chirped in to stop her.
"Why not?" Madam Fu paused to ask.
Indeed, why not?
Xiao Fengxing, in pain, turned to look over.
He also wanted to know why.
"The Second Young Master is seriously injured; we don't know if he has broken ribs. Recklessly putting him in a carriage could worsen his injuries, and if it affects his internal organs, it wouldn't be good," Fu Shinian said with concern, glancing at Xiao Fengxing, "Besides, the carriage would be bumpy. It's better to have someone carry him smoothly and steadily."
"You're right, I was too anxious and didn't think it through." Madam Fu quickly instructed the servants, "Carry him carefully, don't jostle the Second Young Master."
Xiao Fengxing: "…"
What?
He was just lying on the stretcher, being carried back to the Marquis mansion so conspicuously?
"No!" Xiao Fengxing forced out, "I want to ride in the carriage!"
"Second Brother, riding in the carriage is too dangerous for you now." Fu Mingzhu also advised, "Let them carry you back."
"To parade so conspicuously," Xiao Fengxing gritted his teeth and said, "Am I to lose all my face!"
"So the Second Young Master is worried about that," Fu Shinian said with a bright smile, "Someone, bring a cloth to cover the Second Young Master's face."
"This way, no one can see the Second Young Master," Fu Shinian said to Xiao Fengxing, her eyes shining.
Xiao Fengxing almost vomited blood from anger again, "Covering my face, wouldn't I look like a dead person?"
"Why is the Second Young Master so stubborn? This won't do, that won't do," Fu Shinian said in frustration, "If you don't want it, then don't cover your face."
So just don't want face at all.
"You…" Xiao Fengxing ground his teeth in anger.
Compared to being seen by people, Xiao Fengxing could only choose to cover his face with a cloth.
"Hurry and send the Second Young Master back, don't delay his injuries!" Fu Shinian urged, let's go, don't dirty the Fu Mansion's ground!
Two family servants lifted the stretcher, one at the front and one at the back.
Madam Fu saw how gentle it was and felt it was indeed steadier than a carriage ride.
"I'll go back with Second Brother." Fu Mingzhu said worriedly.
"Sister, with the Second Young Master going back now, the Marquis mansion will definitely be in chaos," Fu Shinian stopped her, "Better to visit him tomorrow."
"Right," Aunt Cheng agreed from the side, "Second Miss makes sense."
"Alright," Fu Mingzhu was finally persuaded, watching worriedly as Xiao Fengxing was carried out the door.
"What's happened at the Fu Mansion? Someone died?" the townspeople whispered in surprise.
Damn it, you all are the ones who are dead!
Xiao Fengxing tightly held onto the corners of the cloth covering his face with both hands.
But with the pain from his injuries, he couldn't lift his arms very high, he could only barely pinch the corners near his shoulders.
Also, whoever brought the cloth brought a white one.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew by, and it just happened to come from above.
The corner of the cloth above wasn't being held, so it was blown down. The white cloth ended up draped around Xiao Fengxing's neck like a bib, exposing his entire face.
Xiao Fengxing: "!!!"
"Isn't that the Second Young Master of the Marquis's mansion?"
"What happened? Why is he being carried out from the Fu Mansion?"
Xiao Fengxing's face turned bright red, he fumbled to cover his face with the cloth again.
But it was already too late.
The streets and alleyways were abuzz with the news of Xiao Fengxing being covered with a cloth and carried out from the Fu Mansion for unknown reasons.
[Ding! Xiao Fengxing's luck value -1, Fu Mansion luck value +1]
Fu Shinian was agape, what was happening?
By this time, Xiao Fengxing should still be on the way back to the Marquis's mansion, why did his luck value drop again?
This was too unlucky!
Just wondering how Xiao Fengxing would be unlucky this time, she really wanted to see what would happen.
Fu Shinian hurried back to her courtyard, only to find that the purple aura at the foot of her bed hadn't become denser nor had it expanded.
"Strange…" Fu Shinian closely inspected it from the ground.
At the foot of the bed by the wall, the purple aura hadn't changed at all.
"Miss, what are you looking for?" Chunmian also got on the floor, "Shall I help you find it?"
Fu Shinian shook her head, she thought of something, and ran to the courtyard, circling to the outside of her bedroom.
Sure enough, she saw a cluster of purple aura at the corner of the wall, from a distance it looked like a bunch of flowers.
It was much larger than the faint purple aura at the foot of the bed and was even denser.
Fu Shinian guessed that the purple aura initially emerged from here, with just a little spreading to the foot of the bed.
"Miss, what are you looking at?" Chunmian saw Fu Shinian crouching at the corner, so she crouched down as well.
Fu Shinian blinked, asking, "Chunmian, look here."
"There's only some grass, nothing else," Chunmian said strangely, "Miss, what did you see?"
Fu Shinian was surprised, Chunmian couldn't see it?
Could it be that only she could see it?
If everyone could see it, it would definitely be considered strange.
It's better that others can't see it.
"Nothing, I just saw wrong." Fu Shinian found an excuse and stood up.
In the evening, Mr. Fu came back from work in high spirits, even asking the kitchen to prepare more food and wine.
Madam Fu asked in surprise, "What good news did you encounter? You seem so happy."
"Hahahahaha! The house burglary and murder case that's been dragging for a long time, even alarming His Majesty, finally caught the criminal today," Mr. Fu said joyfully, his mustache twitching with emotion, "The Emperor is delighted! My year-end performance review is secure!"
"Congratulations, Father!" That was a major case, one that was noted by His Majesty personally. It wouldn't be possible just from adding a little luck value, it seemed today's deduction from Xiao Fengxing's luck went to her father.
Fu Shinian thought, for her family's luck, she should let Xiao Fengxing and Lin Qingqing experience more misfortune.
"Mingzhu, I've prepared a gift. Tomorrow you will accompany me to the Marquis's mansion to visit the Second Young Master," Madam Fu said.
"Yes."
"I heard today that Xiao Fengxing was injured at our mansion and was carried back to the Marquis's mansion," Mr. Fu asked hurriedly, "What happened?"
Madam Fu explained the situation, "Regardless of how it happened, since it occurred at our mansion, we must prepare a gift and visit to apologize."
"That's right," Mr. Fu was a bit displeased, "I thought Xiao Fengxing was reliable, how come he was so impulsive and even got kicked by a horse."
"I didn't expect the Second Young Master to have such poor riding skills, far worse than my sister," Fu Shinian seized the opportunity to say, "He doesn't seem as capable as outsiders claim."
"If it weren't for him about to become…" the Marquis Changping, Mr. Fu didn't want to finish, "who would know he was so useless."
Fu Mingzhu couldn't help but defend Xiao Fengxing, "The Second Young Master was just careless today."
*
At night, Xiao Chengyu returned from the study and smelled a light pleasant fragrance in the room, "Has the fragrance been changed today?"