"Oh my!" Fu Shinian exclaimed, "Second young master!"
Could this be the effect of the -1 luck value?
Otherwise, how could he have been so angered by her words that he spat blood!
Xiao Fengxing wanted to say that he hadn't even had a chance to ride Divine Wind before being kicked away, he hadn't displayed his riding skills, so how could they say he was a poor rider!
But because he spat blood, his mouth was full of a metallic taste, and his throat ached and itched, with a stomach full of words he couldn't speak.
Madam Fu heard about the incident too and hurried over personally, arriving at the Marquis's residence just in time.
Madam Fu saw Xiao Fengxing lying on the stretcher, realizing his injuries seemed even more severe than the servants had described, the servants never mentioned Xiao Fengxing spat blood!
"Quick, prepare a carriage to send the second young master back to the mansion," Madam Fu said hurriedly.
"Mother, you mustn't." Fu Shinian crisply intervened.
"Why?" Madam Fu stopped to ask.
Indeed, why?
Xiao Fengxing, in pain, turned his head to look over.
He wanted to know why too.
"The second young master is seriously injured now, it's uncertain whether his ribs have been broken, rashly being moved onto a carriage could worsen the injuries, if it damages his internal organs it would be bad." Fu Shinian looked at Xiao Fengxing with worry and continued, "Moreover, carriages are bumpy, being carried is much more gentle and stable."
"You're right, I got too anxious and didn't think it through." Madam Fu quickly instructed the servants, "Carry him carefully, don't jolt the second young master."
Xiao Fengxing: "..."
What?
Would he be carried all the way back to the Marquis's residence, paraded through the streets?
"No!" Xiao Fengxing spoke with difficulty, "I want to ride in a carriage!"
"Second young master, riding in a carriage now is too dangerous." Fu Mingzhu also persuaded, "It's better to carry you back."
"So... so conspicuously." Xiao Fengxing said through gritted teeth, "Wouldn't my reputation be completely lost!"
"Oh, the second young master is worried about this." Fu Shinian smiled as she spoke, "Someone, bring a cloth to cover the second young master's face."
"This way people won't see the second young master." Fu Shinian said to Xiao Fengxing with a grin in her eyes.
Xiao Fengxing almost spat blood from anger again, "Covering my face, wouldn't I become like a dead person?"
"Why is the second young master so stubborn? This isn't good, that isn't good either." Fu Shinian said, troubled, "If you don't want it, then don't cover your face."
Then don't care about your reputation.
"You..." Xiao Fengxing gritted his teeth fiercely.
Faced with having his face seen, Xiao Fengxing could only choose to cover it with the cloth.
"Quick, send the second young master back, don't delay his injury!" Fu Shinian urged, hurry up, don't dirty my Fu Mansion's grounds!
Two household servants lifted the stretcher from front and back.
Madam Fu observed, this way, gentle and careful, indeed more stable than riding a carriage.
"I'll go back with the second young master." Fu Mingzhu worriedly said.
"Sister, now that the second young master is going back, the Marquis's residence will surely be chaotic." Fu Shinian stopped Fu Mingzhu, "Why not go see the second young master tomorrow instead."
"That's right," Aunt Cheng agreed from the side, "The second young lady makes sense."
"Alright." Fu Mingzhu was finally persuaded, looking worriedly at Xiao Fengxing being carried out the door.
"What's happening at Fu Mansion? Did someone die?" The people by the road whispered in surprise.
It's you who's dead!
Xiao Fengxing tightly gripped the corners of the cloth covering his face.
Unfortunately, with his injury and pain, he couldn't lift his arms high, barely managed to hold onto the corners near his shoulders.
Not even knowing who provided the cloth, they had picked a white one.
Just then, a gust of wind blew by, coincidentally from overhead.
The corner of the cloth on his head wasn't held tightly, it was blown down, and it draped around Xiao Fengxing's neck like a bib, fully revealing his face.
Xiao Fengxing: "!!!"
"Isn't that the second young master of the Marquis's residence?"
"What's going on, why is he being carried out of Fu Mansion?"
Xiao Fengxing's face flushed red, his hands frantically trying to cover his face with the cloth again.
But it was already too late.
All around the streets and alleys, the news of Xiao Fengxing being carried out of Fu Mansion with his face covered got out everywhere.
[Ding! Xiao Fengxing's luck value -1, Fu Mansion luck value +1]
Fu Shinian opened her mouth wide in surprise, what was going on?
Calculating the time, Xiao Fengxing should still be on his way being carried back to the Marquis's residence, how did he lose luck value again?
He's so unlucky!
Just curious what misfortune Xiao Fengxing will encounter this time, really wanted to see what happens?
Fu Shinian quickly returned to her own courtyard, but found that the purple energy at the foot of her bed hadn't become more intense, nor increased in range.
"Strange..." Fu Shinian lay on the floor looking carefully.
The purple energy by the foot of the bed showed no change at all.
"Miss, what are you looking for?" Chunmian also got down on the floor, "Should I help you search, mistress?"
Fu Shinian shook her head, thought of something, then ran out to her courtyard, circling outside her bedroom.
Sure enough, she saw a cluster of purple energy at the corner of the wall, from afar it looked like a bunch of fresh flowers.
It was much larger and more intense than the faint purple energy at the foot of the bed.
Fu Shinian estimated that the purple energy must have originated from here initially, just a little bit had spread to the foot of the bed.
"Miss, what are you looking at?" Chunmian saw Fu Shinian squatting at the corner of the wall, she squatted down too.
Fu Shinian blinked and asked, "Chunmian, look here."
"It's just some grass, nothing else." Chunmian said strangely, "Mistress, what did you see?"
Fu Shinian was surprised, Chunmian couldn't see it?
Could it be only she could see it?
It made sense, if everyone could see it, it would surely be strange.
It's good when others can't see it.
"No worries, I just imagined it." Fu Shinian found an excuse to get up.
At night, Mr. Fu returned from duties, feeling joyous, even asking the kitchen to prepare extra food and drinks.
Madam Fu asked in surprise, "What happy event happened? You're so delighted."
"Hahaha! The burglary and murder case that had been dragging on for a long time, even alarming the emperor, was finally cracked today, and the culprit caught." Mr. Fu said excitedly, his beard shaking alongside, "The dragon is pleased! My end-of-year performance evaluation is pretty much secured!"
"Congratulations, father!" This was a major case, one registered in the emperor's view, not something that could be achieved by just adding a bit of luck value, it seemed Xiao Fengxing's luck value was all transferred to his father today.
Fu Shinian thought, for her family's luck, Xiao Fengxing and Lin Qingqing must bear more misfortune.
"Mingzhu, I've prepared gifts, tomorrow you'll accompany me to the Marquis's residence to visit the second young master." Madam Fu said.
"Yes."
"I heard today that Xiao Fengxing got injured in our mansion and was carried back to the Marquis's residence." Mr. Fu quickly asked, "What happened?"
Madam Fu explained the situation, "No matter what, it happened at our mansion, we should prepare gifts to go apologize."
"That's true." Mr. Fu showed a bit of dissatisfaction, "I thought Xiao Fengxing was stable, how could he be so rash and even get kicked by a horse."
"I never expected the second young master's riding skills to be so poor, far behind sister's." Fu Shinian seized the opportunity to say, "Seems he's not as capable as outsiders talk."
"If it weren't for him becoming... the Marquis Changping, no one would know he's so useless." Mr. Fu didn't finish the phrase.
Fu Mingzhu couldn't help but defend Xiao Fengxing, "The second young master just wasn't careful today."
*
At night, Xiao Chengyu returned from the study, smelling the faint, pleasant fragrance in the house, "Changed the scent today?"