Chapter 186 The Fox Gets in by Borrowing the Tiger's Power
At the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, Lu Fang, who was still sitting upright on his horse, stared at the closed gate in front of him with displeasure. He was dissatisfied with everything about it, but he still maintained his status and was not prepared to argue with the timid old gatekeeper. He just stared at the gate with a frown, thinking in his heart about the past stories about the Marquis Zhenwei Mansion that were widely circulated in the capital city.

It must be said that since the death of the old marquis, the eldest son of the legitimate family inherited the title of marquis, and the old lady above forced the third son of the illegitimate family out of the capital to serve in other places, the Zhenwei Marquis Mansion, which only has the two houses of the marquis and the second master, is no longer what it used to be...

When Mother He led ten neatly-dressed maids to the study in the front yard, Ninth Master Cheng Yu was practicing calligraphy in the study. He was surprised to see Mother He coming to see him in such a grand manner.

"Mother He, why are you here? What are you doing?"

Mother He was also out of breath, and when Master Jiu asked her, she hurriedly told him about the matter and the mistress's assignment.

When Cheng Yu heard his mother asking him to open the middle door and go to meet the famous playboy Lu Er from Duke Cheng'en's mansion, he was dumbfounded.

"Mother He, did mother really let me go? Didn't she say to go to the government office to inform father to come back? If all else fails, you can ask my second uncle or eldest brother to go. Although I know Lu Er, I am not that familiar with that guy..."

These children of Kyoto's powerful and wealthy have always had their own factions. In the past, their mothers only forced them to study hard and go to school. He had never been able to play with people like Lu Er. When they met, he didn't know what to say. He, he didn't want to go.

Mother He naturally noticed her young master's embarrassment and hesitation, and sighed in her heart. The mother is strong and the son is weak, and her master will have a difficult road ahead, but she has to persuade him.

"My Lord Jiu, it's not that Madam doesn't want to inform the Marquis, but the world is in chaos right now, and the North is in chaos. The Marquis has a heavy responsibility on his shoulders. He must be very busy in the government office at this hour. How can Madam trouble the Marquis with the younger generation's affairs?"

"What about my second uncle? If that doesn't work out, don't we still have my eldest brother? My eldest brother has always been loved by father. Mom, you..."

"Master Jiu! You know the Second Master, he can't even take care of the house affairs, he only knows how to avoid doing nothing, how can he entertain guests? As for the First Master, I heard that he left the house early in the morning to invite his friends to visit West Lake, so he is not in the house at the moment. It happens that Second Master Lu is of the same generation as you, and he is also a legitimate son, so it would be best for you to receive him. Please consider that Madam works hard to manage this large family, and share some of the worries for Madam, Master Jiu."

Seeing that Mother He had said so much, Cheng Yu had no choice but to put down the pen in his hand and agreed, "Okay, I'll go. Mother, wait a moment, let me change my clothes first."

The situation was urgent, and the doorman outside came to urge again, saying that the guests outside the gate were getting impatient. How could Mother He dare to let her lukewarm ancestor change his clothes?

After looking him up and down, she thought it was quite good. "Master Jiu, you are dressed very well. It's not too formal nor too rude. We are all of the same generation, so I don't think Master Lu will blame you. Master Jiu, you should hurry up and don't neglect the guests." Before she finished speaking, Mother He hurriedly called for the maids behind her to escort Cheng Yu away.

When a group of footsteps hurriedly arrived at the outer courtyard gate, Mother He's forehead was sweating with anxiety. She quickly instructed the maids and servants behind her to follow the rules for opening the middle door. She hurriedly pushed the young master to the first position behind the middle door, and stood two steps behind him. While Shui Bo and other servants worked together to remove the heavy bolts and opened the door from both sides, Mother He secretly wiped the sweat from her forehead and prayed in her heart that nothing would go wrong and that her lukewarm Ninth Master would be more clever.

While Mother He was feeling anxious, the door to the Marquis' Mansion slowly opened. Cheng Yu straightened his clothes, calmed himself, and stepped out as the door opened.

When he saw the unfamiliar faces dressed as attendants outside, he guessed that it was Lu Fangxia's men. Cheng Yu nodded, maintaining the demeanor of a young master of a marquis's mansion. However, when he saw his sixth brother and his wife, who were exhausted and leaning on crutches, standing beside him, Cheng Yu was shocked.

"Sixth Brother, Sixth Sister-in-law, you guys..."

Mother He, who had been prepared for this, was trembling with fear. She hurried over, tugged at Cheng Yu's sleeve and whispered, "Master Jiu, Master Liu is one of our own. We can talk about it later. Now the most important thing is to entertain the guests."

Cheng Yu reacted and bowed to Cheng Su and his wife apologetically.

Cheng Su led Yu Meixue to nod in response. Cheng Su knew Cheng Yu. Although he was a little dull and old-fashioned because of his strict mother, he was not a bad person.

So Cheng Su magnanimously made a gesture of invitation and said nothing more. Cheng Yu then stepped down the stairs and went towards Lu Fang who was still riding high on his horse.

Mother He was secretly satisfied when she saw this. She bowed insincerely towards Cheng Su and his wife with a perfunctory attitude, which showed that she did not take them seriously. She hurriedly followed her young master and stopped in front of the horses.

Fortunately, Cheng Yu did not disappoint He's mother and was still a good person.

Cheng Yu bowed to Lu Er on his horse and said, "I didn't know you were coming, Master Lu. I'm sorry for not welcoming you. Please forgive me."

Seeing that the person coming was the idiot Cheng Jiu, Lu Fang nodded insincerely, dismounted, threw the whip to his personal follower beside him, and said something teasing to Cheng Yu.

"Oh, you finally opened the door to welcome guests. I thought the threshold of your Cheng family in Zhenwei Marquis Mansion was too high, and I, Lu Fang, couldn't even afford to visit."

This tone is wrong!

When He Mama and the others behind heard this, they were worried, especially when they saw the arrogant look of this young ancestor. They kept wondering how their mansion had offended this young ancestor? Could it be that the gatekeeper just now was blind?

Cheng Yu was also choked, but he remained calm and bowed to Lu Fang again with a sincere tone.

"I don't know when I offended you, Master. I apologize first. If I have been disrespectful, please forgive me, Master."

Mother He beside her also bowed and interrupted, "Yes, yes, Second Master Lu, if the Marquis's house is not welcoming enough, please forgive me. The house has prepared tea and wine. My mistress is not very happy to know that Second Master is visiting. Please do me the honor of coming into the house to have a chat, okay?"

Lu Fang chuckled, looked at the old servant who dared to interrupt his master's conversation without permission, then looked at Cheng Yu, and shook his head.

Forget it, what is there to say to such an idiot?

Without planning to say more, Lu Fang just turned his head to look at Li Yaoguang in the car, raised his eyebrows wickedly and wantonly, "Let's go, aren't we going back to the Marquis' Mansion?"

Then, without waiting for Li Yaoguang to move, Master Lu lifted his clothes and strode in front of Cheng Yu. He went up the steps a few steps and stood at the gate of the Marquis' Mansion. When he saw Cheng Su, Lu Fang raised his head and said to Cheng Su, "Follow me." Then he took the lead and stepped into the gate of the Marquis' Mansion, as if he was the owner of the Marquis' Mansion.

Mother He glanced at her young master who was following this mischievous devil in front of her with an awkward look on her face, then her gaze moved to Master Su Liu and his wife who were behind the young master, and to her cousin who was getting off the car with Yang Ge'er and several unfamiliar faces, and finally her gaze fell back on the mischievous devil who was at the front.

Mother He suddenly realized.

Case solved!