After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

Chapter 174 He actually agreed to speak on my behalf
Xiuzhi looked troubled. "Miss, shall we still go?"

"Didn't we just agree with the master yesterday that we'd take a break for a while?"

Yang Xiaoniang rolled her eyes at Xiuzhi, "What? Do you think I'm just looking for trouble?"

"This is just a show between the two of them. I'm just going to take a look." Yang Peiran said and walked straight outside. Xiuzhi had no choice but to follow.

At the same time, Bai Wanqing was being led by Xiao Cui to Liu Feifei's courtyard.

Standing in the courtyard, Liu Feifei looked at the woman in front of her with mixed feelings.

"Oh, I wonder what wind blew you here." Although Liu Feifei said this, she still naturally went to greet him.

"I thought we'd only be able to communicate by letters from now on," Liu Feifei joked.

Bai Wanqing smiled faintly, "I haven't thanked you in person for what happened last time."

Liu Feifei twitched the corner of her mouth. "So, you want me to thank you again for saving me?"

The two looked at each other and smiled. Liu Feifei suddenly sighed inwardly. If she had been able to tolerate Bai Wanqing back then, perhaps the two of them could have gotten along well. It's just a pity that everything can't go back to the past.

Liu Feifei led Bai Wanqing into the flower hall, "Please sit down!"

Bai Wanqing nodded slightly, found a seat, and sat down.

“Madam Meng, I have come here today to ask you for a favor, and also to ask your Liu family for a favor.”

Bai Wanqing spoke solemnly, and Liu Feifei also became serious.

"For you to come to me so formally to ask for my help, this matter must be more than it seems!"

Bai Wanqing nodded slightly, "That is indeed the case."

"How do you know I'll agree? Or are you trying to blackmail me by using the debt of saving my life?"

"I've heard that your marriage to Young Master Lin was obtained through blackmail?"

Bai Wanqing smiled slightly, without the slightest hint of annoyance. Presumably, Liu Feifei must have heard what Bai Qinglian had said.

"Don't try to coerce me. Whether you agree or not is entirely up to Lord Liu."

Liu Feifei raised her eyebrows slightly, "You mean you want to find my father?"

Just as Liu Feifei was about to ask again, Xiao Cui rushed in, "Madam, Yang Xiaoniang is here again."

Liu Feifei's smile vanished instantly, replaced by embarrassment and unease.
"Didn't she already promise to calm down a bit these next couple of days?"

"What are you doing here at this time?"

Xiao Cui lowered her head and said softly, "She only said she wanted to pay her respects to you, Madam, but now she insists on coming in."

"If she wants to come in, just let her in! Go find two people to stop her," Liu Feifei said, somewhat angrily.

Xiao Cui replied "Yes" and went out to find someone.

But before she could even reach the door, Yang Xiaoniang had already stepped in with light, graceful steps.

"Sister, who are you trying to stop!" Yang Xiaoniang looked Bai Wanqing up and down as soon as she entered the room. "Oh, a guest?"

Liu Feifei stood up. "Weren't you going to pay your respects?"

"Please come in now, and leave as soon as you're done."

Yang Xiaoniang twitched the corner of her mouth, "Sister, what important guest have you brought here! You're in such a hurry to send me away."

"Oh? Isn't this the Prefect's wife, Madam Lin?"

Yang Xiaoniang deliberately added, "Is she our former First Madam?"

Liu Feifei's face turned green. It was one thing for this Yang Xiaoniang to cause trouble on ordinary days, but now she was showing no respect for her at all and came to make trouble again.

Liu Feifei glanced awkwardly at Bai Wanqing, then coldly rebuked, "I know, why don't you get out of here? What right do you, a mere girl, have to speak here?"

Yang Xiaoniang immediately became displeased upon hearing this, "So what if I'm a concubine?"

"I didn't try to break up anyone's marriage."

"You're the one who has no right to speak!"

"You stole someone else's husband and still have the nerve to sit here? You've got some nerve."

Enraged, Liu Feifei stood up and was about to hit Yang Xiaoniang. Yang Xiaoniang was clearly not afraid and was ready to fight back.

At this moment, Bai Wanqing finally spoke, "Yang Peiran?"

"People from Yang Yan's family?"

When Yang Xiaoniang heard her cousin's name, she shrank back slightly. Although she had a high status in the Meng family, she was nothing in the Yang family.

"Madam Lin, I am a member of the Yang family!"

Bai Wanqing smiled slightly, "I never expected that Yang Yan would praise the Yang family so highly back then. I thought the daughters of the Yang family were all virtuous, kind, and well-mannered ladies from prominent families."

"I never imagined the Yang family would have a woman like you?"

Yang Peiran was taken aback. "Mrs. Lin, what do you mean by that?"

"Don't forget, the one who stole your husband was Liu Feifei, not someone from our Yang family."

Bai Wanqing raised her eyes, "Who told you that someone stole my husband?"

Yang Peiran was taken aback again. "Hmph! Madam Lin, do you think others won't know just because you don't admit it? The people of Huai'an County probably know very well!"

"Oh?"

Bai Wanqing turned her head slightly and asked Liu Feifei with a smile, "Mrs. Meng, did you marry into the Meng family after my divorce?"

Liu Feifei nodded blankly, "Yes."

"Was that a replacement gift exchanged with the Meng family after my divorce?"

"Yes!"

Bai Wanqing turned her head and looked at Yang Peiran again, "Yang Peiran, did you hear that?"

"My affair with Meng Zhan has nothing to do with Madam Meng."

"Does your cousin Yang Yan know that you are making such malicious assumptions about our relationship?"

Yang Peiran dared not let the Yang family know that her cousin had been trying to find opportunities for her to cultivate a good relationship with Madam Lin. But now it seemed that Madam Lin was quite familiar with her cousin.

If she were to be disrespectful again, and her cousin found out, she would become an outcast of the Yang family, and she would likely face utter ruin.

Yang Peiran immediately changed his arrogant demeanor and said with a smile, "Madam Lin is joking. Perhaps Peiran was deceived by someone with ulterior motives before."

"Please don't take offense, Madam."

Bai Wanqing raised her hand, "Then you may leave."

Yang Peiran glanced at Bai Wanqing with resentment, then looked at Liu Feifei who had returned to her seat, snorted coldly, and turned to leave.

As soon as Yang Peiran left, Liu Feifei smiled inexplicably.

"I can tell this matter is important today, that you're even willing to clarify something like this for me!"

Bai Wanqing smiled slightly and nodded.

"Then tell me, what is it?"

"If it's about your clinic, I'm afraid even if I wanted to, I couldn't help you much."

Liu Feifei was telling the truth. Now she can hardly say anything at home, and Meng Zhan rarely even comes to her room.

Moreover, as far as she knew, the current situation was probably beyond Meng Zhan's control.

"You might as well wait until Prefect Lin returns before you say anything."

Liu Feifei offered her sincere advice.

Bai Wanqing shook her head slightly, "I can't wait!"

Liu Feifei pouted, "Then you've come to the wrong place."

“Even if he were my father, he has retired from the military and can’t help you much now.”

Bai Wanqing said, "Your father can."

"Can you take me to see him?"

Looking at Bai Wanqing's calm face, which held a resolute expression, Liu Feifei felt as if she were seeing her father from the past.
"Alright! Since you want to see him, I'll take you there. But whether my father helps you or not depends on your own abilities."

Bai Wanqing nodded immediately, then turned to her and said, "You can't help me, but can you at least not oppose me?"

Liu Feifei was taken aback at first, then smiled and said, "Okay! Just because of what you said to defend me, I won't object to you."

Bai Wanqing smiled and winked, "Just don't regret it later."

"Then you underestimate me. Although I, Liu Feifei, can be a bit extreme and vicious at times, I can still do what I promise."

Liu Feifei said with a hint of pride in her chin, but her heart was filled with bitterness.

In order to fulfill her promise to Meng Zhan to buy him an official position, she ruined her father's career. Now she sometimes wonders whether this kind of integrity, of keeping one's word, can really be considered a virtue.

Bai Wanqing also made some changes to her appearance at Liu Feifei's place. She dressed up as Liu Feifei's maid and followed her into the carriage.

Liu Feifei stared intently at Bai Wanqing, her heart filled with unease.

When the two arrived at the Liu family's house, Xiao Cui knocked on the door first.

The butler, who opened the door, was delighted to see that it was Miss and welcomed her inside.

"Miss, it's been quite a while since you last visited. Master and Madam have been very worried about you."

"I'm afraid of the Meng family."

The butler noticed halfway through his speech that a woman with an extraordinary air was standing next to Liu Feifei, though she was dressed as a maid.
Liu Feifei smiled wryly and said, "You can say whatever you want."

"My situation is probably no longer hidden from Wanqing."

The butler was slightly taken aback. Wanqing? Isn't that the wife of Prefect Lin?
The housekeeper looked at his young mistress and Bai Wanqing with some surprise. Why were the two of them at home together?

Oh no, this is going to cause trouble.

The butler smiled and wanted to lead Bai Wanqing into the front hall, but unexpectedly Liu Feifei took Bai Wanqing directly to the backyard.

"Miss."

The butler was in a hurry! Even if Miss wanted to cause trouble with people, he should at least inform Master and Madam first.

What if the two of them start fighting?

"Uncle Liu, what are you doing? We're here to see Father."

Butler Liu paused for a moment, then quickly smiled and said, "I... I was just wondering where the master was."

"Isn't it in the study?" Liu Feifei asked.

"Yes, yes!"

"Then I'll take Wanqing there. Uncle Liu, you go ahead with your work."

Butler Liu bowed and watched as Liu Feifei led Bai Wanqing to the backyard.

"Is it because Madam Lin saved Miss's life that the two of them became friends?"

"That's the grudge of having your husband stolen!"

Butler Liu suddenly felt admiration for Bai Wanqing.

Bai Wanqing was completely unaware of this. She followed Liu Feifei to Master Liu's study.

"Father, Wanqing is here," Liu Feifei said, knocking on the door.

At that moment, Master Liu was reading a book when he heard his daughter's voice at the door. He looked up and exclaimed, "Wanqing?" It took Master Liu a moment to remember Bai Wanqing.

That's the wife of Prefect Lin, right? That was her original name.

She came to see him with Feifei? Master Liu was suspicious, but after all, he was a man who had been in officialdom for more than ten years.

I know that there are no permanent friends or permanent enemies.

"Come in!" Master Liu called out.

(End of this chapter)