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

Chapter 33 It’s your own fault.
The next day, just as dawn was breaking, Xiao Cui was called into Liu Feifei's room.

"Did you keep a close eye on things yesterday? Was Bai Wanqing really sent to Master Huang by Bai Qinglian?" Liu Feifei asked impatiently.

Xiao Cui replied, "Miss, I saw with my own eyes that the eldest daughter of the Bai family was taken away in a sack. There's no mistake about it."

Liu Feifei was in a great mood, and even when she saw herself in the mirror, she couldn't help but feel that she looked even more beautiful than usual. "Great! Quick, don't waste this opportunity, find someone to spread this news, and say that the eldest daughter of the Bai family did not return home all night, was eager to get married, and climbed into Master Huang's bed!"

"Remember to send someone to cause trouble at the Bai family's house and catch Bai Wanqing red-handed!"

Bai Wanqing has no choice but to marry Master Huang now, whether she wants to or not! Her beloved Meng Lang has to give up on his feelings for her, even if he doesn't want to!
Thinking this, Liu Feifei laughed out loud excitedly. She wanted to join in the fun.

Meanwhile, Bai Wanqing woke up in a wooden cabin on the snow-capped mountain and saw that she was wearing a dog-skin coat, which the man had apparently covered her with.

She rubbed her temples and looked around. The man wasn't in the house. She stood up, opened the door, and looked for him. She saw Lin Yunche leading a horse towards her from a distance.

He glanced at Bai Wanqing and teased, "What, it's the second day and you still can't bear to change out of my clothes? Do you intend to wear them back to the Bai family?"

Bai Wanqing then remembered that her clothes had gotten wet yesterday, so she had changed into men's clothes. She couldn't go back to the Bai family like this, so she quickly closed the door and changed into her own clothes.

When the door opened again, the man handed over a freshly roasted sweet potato. "Here! Take this and eat it. It'll warm you up. I'll take you back before it gets completely light."

Bai Wanqing took the sweet potato, and the warm touch instantly warmed her body.

Under Lin Yunche's watchful gaze, he slowly finished eating the sweet potato.

For the second time, Lin Yunche felt that the woman in front of him was unusual. She no longer had the composure and imposing aura she had shown at the casino. Instead, she acted like a true young lady from a noble family, quiet and silent. Have the acting skills of white lotus flowers become this good now?

Bai Wanqing noticed Lin Yunche's probing gaze. She didn't know when she had offended this person, but since he wouldn't hurt her, she simply stopped worrying about it.

"Once you've finished eating, hurry up and come out!" Lin Yunche said, mounting his horse.

Bai Wanqing glanced at the man on horseback, then looked around to confirm that they only had one horse.

"Miss, stop looking! There's only one horse, hurry up and get on!" Although Lin Yunche said this, he had no intention of helping Bai Wanqing onto the horse; he was teasing her.

Bai Wanqing smirked, snatched the reins from Lin Yunche's hand, and ruthlessly stepped on Lin Yunche's foot before flipping over and landing in front of him.

"You can ride a horse?" Lin Yunche asked, somewhat surprised.

Bai Wanqing suddenly smiled, "This gentleman who is both male and female, you'd better sit down!"

After saying that, he gently squeezed his legs, and the horse galloped off.

Lin Yunche, sitting behind her, had a dark expression the whole time. What did she just say about him? A gentleman who is both male and female? In this day and age, doing a good deed can get you slandered like this! What a vicious woman, she has no sense of decency when she speaks!
After Lin Yunche came to his senses, he pulled the reins back, saying, "You've gone the wrong way!"

A deep male voice came from above Bai Wanqing's head. Bai Wanqing unconsciously leaned forward. Lin Yunche raised an eyebrow and smiled, then leaned forward even more. For some reason, he really enjoyed seeing the woman in front of him get his comeuppance.

The two ran wildly towards Huai'an County.

Master Huang was furious that he hadn't gotten Bai Wanqing last night.

"Liu Cheng! Prepare the carriage and take that girl with you. We're going to the Bai family right now to demand an explanation!" Master Huang shouted towards the door, and Steward Liu outside immediately agreed.

After being taken back to the Huang family mansion yesterday, Bai Qinglian has been locked in the Huang family's woodshed. She is terrified, but she can't understand why Bai Wanqing was there last night!
She couldn't let anyone know that she had been locked up in the Huang family's house overnight, otherwise her reputation would be completely ruined!

She had to do something! Bai Qinglian thought to herself.

Just then, they overheard two servants passing by outside the door talking, "Have you heard? Last night, the Bai family's young lady climbed into our master's bed!"

"I heard! It spread like wildfire this morning. Wasn't it said that the eldest daughter of the Bai family was already engaged to our master? Why is she in such a hurry to climb into bed with him!"

"Ha! Maybe it's because she can't get enough men after the divorce, that's why..."

"That's a really malicious thing to say!"

The two old women whispered among themselves for a few more minutes. Bai Qinglian's face turned pale. How did they know that Bai Wanqing had climbed into Master Huang's bed? She had done this very discreetly; no one should have found out!

Who leaked the news! Bai Qinglian had no intention of smearing the Bai family's daughter; she only wanted Bai Wanqing to marry Master Huang as soon as possible.

Now it seems like everything is wrong.

"Guards! Bring her out here!" Liu Cheng ordered two maids to help Bai Qinglian out of the woodshed.

Bai Qinglian struggled fiercely, "Let me go! How could you treat me like this? I am the third young lady of the Bai family!"

Liu Cheng snorted, "You were only allowed to sleep in the woodshed for one night because you are the third young lady of the Bai family. If you weren't, you would have been found by a beggar on the street today."

"Don't you even know who you are? How dare you shout like that? Guards, tie her up and put her in the carriage!"

The two maids were incredibly strong, and they forced Bai Qinglian onto the carriage. "Where are you taking me!" Bai Qinglian was truly terrified, but she still tried her best to keep her voice down, growling at Steward Liu. She couldn't let anyone know that she had come from the Huang family.

"Where to? Of course, we'll take you back to the Bai family. We'll also ask your father what the Bai family means!" The person who answered Bai Qinglian was Master Huang, who also got into the carriage with Bai Qinglian.

"Get down! Get down! We can't ride in the same carriage together!" Bai Qinglian almost burst into tears.

"You dare climb into my bed, but you don't dare ride in my carriage?" Master Huang took all of Bai Qinglian's actions as a ploy to win his favor, and he smiled disdainfully, "That's not up to you!"

Bai Qinglian's tears finally fell. The carriage began to move forward, and Bai Qinglian felt herself getting closer and closer to the collapse. Suddenly, she recalled the servant's words from earlier.

That's right! Everyone now thinks that Bai Wanqing was the one who slept with Master Huang, and that it has nothing to do with her!
She sniffed, forcibly holding back her tears, and looking at Master Huang's extremely angry face, she forced a smile, "Master Huang, if you send me back now, you won't be able to marry my sister Bai Wanqing!"

Master Huang narrowed his eyes, his gaze carrying a dangerous glint as he looked at Bai Qinglian. "You still want to fool me?"

Bai Qinglian shook her head aggrievedly, "Master Huang, how could I dare! I'm doing this all for your sake. If you want to marry my sister, you can't just send me back to the Bai family so openly."

Master Huang snorted coldly, "Then tell me why?"

A glimmer of hope ignited in Bai Qinglian's heart. "Master Huang, there are rumors circulating outside that my sister slept with you. If you send me back now, wouldn't that expose the rumors?"

"If this rumor is exposed, and everyone knows that the person who climbed into your bed last night wasn't your sister, how can you play along?"

Master Huang frowned, his face growing even more grim. "Did you spread these rumors?"

Bai Qinglian quickly waved her hands, "I didn't! How could I do such a thing! I only heard it from the servants of the Huang family today."

Master Huang clearly no longer trusted Bai Qinglian. He pulled back the carriage curtain and asked Liu Cheng, who was driving the carriage, and it turned out that there really was such a rumor.

Now everyone in Huai'an County knows that the eldest daughter of the Bai family has climbed into Master Huang's bed, and it's only a matter of time before Master Huang marries Bai Wanqing!
After thinking for a moment, Master Huang agreed to Bai Qinglian's suggestion.

They stopped less than fifty meters from the Bai family's residence. "Stop the car, let's go back!"

Bai Qinglian breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that Master Huang would no longer go to the Bai family. She just needed to wait until today was over and no one saw Bai Wanqing come out of the Bai family. Then the rumor could be confirmed.

Although Bai Qinglian might be affected by Bai Wanqing's reputation for promiscuity, it's still better than having that reputation fall on her own head. That way, she can still be the innocent third young lady of the Bai family.

Liu Feifei, who was already seated in the teahouse watching the Huang family's carriage, couldn't sit still any longer.

"What's going on! Why isn't the carriage moving! They're actually leaving!" Liu Feifei rubbed her handkerchief, looking at the commotion downstairs, somewhat anxious.

"Miss, what should we do now?" Xiao Cui asked Liu Feifei as she walked over.

"Hmph! Now that they've left the Huang family and come to this street, it won't be so easy for them to go back! Call out the people you arranged!" Liu Feifei said with a light laugh.

Xiao Cui threw a pink handkerchief down from the second floor of the teahouse, and two burly men emerged from behind the alley.

One of these people was Yan Dahuzi, who was terribly harmed by Bai Wanqing.

Ever since Bai Wanqing exposed his cheating at the casino, he could no longer work in this line of work.

Now that someone has given him the opportunity to trample Bai Wanqing underfoot, he naturally won't refuse; on the contrary, he's quite excited.

"Miss Bai, I have something to ask you. May I ask you to come out and meet me?" Yan Da Hu Zi stopped Huang Yuanwai's carriage on the street.

Passersby on the street stopped to watch the spectacle as someone flagged down a horse-drawn carriage.

Master Huang was taken aback at first, then smirked as he looked at Bai Qinglian beside him, "You arranged this too? I didn't expect you to be so thoughtful!"

Master Huang thought it was all an act and wasn't angry, but Bai Qinglian was completely bewildered. Where did this rough man come from? He didn't know his place and actually stopped the carriage, which really ruined her plans!

Huang Yuanwai spoke up, "I wonder what business you have with Miss Bai?"

After speaking, Master Huang raised an eyebrow and glanced at Bai Qinglian, as if to say, "How about it? My words have confirmed that Bai Wanqing was in his carriage! This plan seems to be flawless."

Thinking about this, Master Huang actually began to look forward to what would happen next.

"Oh? This is Master Huang's carriage. I was presumptuous. I had a sparring match with Miss Bai at the casino before, and I lost. Now I would like to have another gamble with Miss Bai. I wonder if Miss Bai would be willing!"

Yan Da Hu Zi stared intently at Huang Yuanwai's carriage. He was determined to make Bai Wanqing appear today, to let everyone see what kind of woman she really was, so that he could regain some face in the casino.

Bai Qinglian dared not accept Yan Dahuzi's suggestion. She bit her lip and looked at Master Huang, "Ignore him and leave quickly!"

Master Huang chuckled, "No one would think you're not Bai Wanqing if you spoke up. You even had the guts to be challenged in the street, but you chickened out now. I really don't understand you, the third young lady of the Bai family!"

Bai Qinglian turned her head away, unwilling to speak, but Master Huang was having a good time. He kicked Bai Qinglian, who was standing to the side, and said, "Admit it! Admit that you are Bai Wanqing."

(End of this chapter)