I'm already a concubine, who wants to fight with you?

Chapter 1: The Mistress Makes Things Difficult
Everyone said that Xie Fei, the concubine of the Xie family, was extremely lucky to be able to marry into the Pei residence as a concubine and enjoy endless wealth and luxury.

But no one knew that not long after Xie Fei entered the mansion, he was punished by the wife to kneel in the yard and was talked about and criticized behind his back by the servants.

She was not angry. She knelt on the cold ground with her back straight. Her slender and graceful figure was like a warm green jade standing in the dark night. She would not bend down no matter how humiliated she was.

After a long time, Pei family's wife Xiao Shirong, supported by a maid, walked out of the house slowly and stared at Xie Fei condescendingly.

"Xie, do you admit your guilt?"

The dim light was reflected in Xie Fei's black and white eyes, making him look quirky, but his demeanor and manner were dignified, self-possessed and graceful.

She sneered in her heart, but said innocently: "Madam, please understand, I really don't know where I have committed the crime. Should I not have obeyed your order and went to the Lantern Festival to light the eternal lanterns today, or should I have come back too late and broken the door control of Pei Mansion?"

She bowed her head respectfully, and said in the softest tone, "No matter what I did wrong, please don't be angry, madam. Everything is my fault, and I am willing to accept the punishment."

The servants also felt sorry for Xie Fei, who was punished to kneel for no reason, and started to talk about it secretly.

Xiao Shirong laughed angrily: "You mean I'm being unreasonable and picking on you?"

Xie Fei thought, what else?

But she couldn't promise that, so she said again with tears in her eyes: "I don't mean that, but if you can let me die with a clear conscience and let me know where I went wrong, I can sincerely change my ways and continue to serve you in the next life."

Xiao Shirong clenched his hands tightly in his sleeves, but he couldn't say anything about his pain.

At the Lantern Festival today, she deliberately asked Xie Fei to light the eternal lantern, and asked her confidant to bribe a leper to push Xie Fei into the river.

Of course, he didn't want to drown Xie Fei, but to take the opportunity to jump into the water, use the river lanterns as a cover, and first strip Xie Fei's clothes off, revealing everything that should be exposed.

Afterwards, he rescued the person in full view of everyone.

By then, Xie Fei's reputation would be completely ruined, and even if she was a concubine, she would be kicked out.

At the Lantern Festival, Laizi pushed Xie Fei into the river as planned, and then jumped into the river himself, but he couldn't find Xie Fei for a long time.

Little did they know that Xie Fei had already climbed ashore, and found Xiao Shirong's confidant nearby, dragged him into an empty alley, and beat him till he was left with a mess.

She is just a concubine, yet she dares to touch the people around her. How can Xiao Shirong not be furious?
She took a deep breath and continued, "On your way back home, you injured someone in my room for no reason. How dare you make excuses for this?"

Xie Fei cried out that he was wronged. "Madam, please understand. I went to the Lantern Festival and accidentally fell into the water. I hurried back to change my clothes. How could I hurt your people? Who saw it? Who is the witness? If there is no witness, there must be physical evidence, right?"

Xiao Shirong gnashed her teeth and said, "You put the man in a sack and beat him in a dark alley. How can there be any witnesses or evidence?"

"Oh?" Xie Fei dragged out the last line of his voice and smiled in an ambiguous way, "You mean, this is just the one-sided statement of the people in your room?"

"One-sided words are enough," Xiao Shirong said coldly, "You are just a lowly concubine, you are not worthy of my people deliberately framing you!"

Xie Fei's tone became tougher: "Then I also said that it was the people in your room who instigated others to push me into the water, hoping to take the opportunity to ruin my reputation. Madam, anyone can say empty words, we have to produce evidence!"

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Shirong's eyes narrowed slightly.

How did this bitch figure out such a secret plan?

Xie Fei continued with a smile, "I have already ordered the servants to search the whole city for the man who pushed me into the water. When the time comes, we will know why he pushed me after being tortured."

She raised her eyes and looked at Xiao Shirong with a smile, as if she was a harmless little white flower, without any aggressiveness at all.

"Madam, it would be best if you could find solid evidence to prove that I was the one who beat your people. After all, I was married to you by the Emperor. I am a concubine sent by the Xie family, and I am not someone you can just send away at will." After saying that, she stood up and left the ancestral hall, ignoring Xiao Shirong's angry glare.

Looking at her elegant back, the beautiful and arrogant Xiao Shirong was for the first time angered by a mere concubine.

"He is indeed a bitch, a heretic, and has no idea what he is talking about!"

I will not stop until I get rid of this girl!
When Xie Fei returned to Songyueju, her maid Fu Yu brought her ginger soup with concern.

"Girl, the lady is too cruel. If that lecher succeeds tonight, you will have no place to stand in the whole of Dajing!"

Xie Fei was calm, and said while drinking ginger soup: "She regards me as a thorn in her side. Have she used less despicable means in the past month?"

A month ago, Xie Fei's father spoke frankly and accepted advice in the court, which offended the emperor.

The emperor was narrow-minded and could not punish Xie's father openly for this, so he drafted an imperial decree to let Xie's eldest daughter marry the grandson of Marquis Anyuan, Pei Yuan, as a concubine.

To say it was a humiliation, Pei Yuan was of royal blood and a family of meritorious service. The Xie family was a small family with a shallow foundation, so marrying their daughter as a concubine was not a humiliation.

But when it comes to honor and favor, everyone knows that Pei Yuan is a notorious playboy who hangs out in red-light districts all day long. He has seven or eight concubines in his backyard alone, not to mention a bunch of unnamed beauties.

Any daughter who marries there will be abused.

When Xie Jia took the imperial edict, it was as if there was a fly stuck in his throat.

After much thought, he decided not to risk the life of his daughter, but he also could not disobey the imperial decree.

So Xie Fei, the concubine's daughter who had been neglected for many years, was immediately registered under the name of the mistress, transformed into a legitimate daughter, and married in place of her sisters.

Xie Fei originally thought that it would be nice to be able to leave the Xie family.

She was ugly, with spots all over her face and plain features. Pei Yuan, who was so greedy for beauty, would vomit for days after just one look at her and would never let her serve him.

She was just an idler in the Marquis's mansion who made a living. When the mistress needed her to serve, she would go around and try to please her, acting as a qualified "subordinate".

If anyone was too lazy to see her, she would immediately practice invisibility and would never cause trouble in front of the mistress in her life.

It's not easy for a woman in the backyard to survive. Anyway, she doesn't need to compete for favors with Pei Yuan. She can just remain invisible all her life and hide in a cowardly way.

But this Xiao Shirong really confused Xie Fei.

On the second day after he entered the house, Xie Fei went to pay his respects and serve tea before dawn.

Xiao Shirong got up at noon and slowly let Xie Fei in to greet him.

Before Xie Fei could say anything, Xiao Shirong raised her hand and asked her mother to slap her.

It's a pity that Xie Fei is not a concubine bought from outside. Even if she is, given her personality, she will not allow herself to be beaten or scolded.

So she grabbed the old mother's wrist, pulled her around with a smile, and kicked her out of the door.

Immediately, all the maids and nannies in Xiao Shirong's room were stunned.

(End of this chapter)