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

Chapter 50 Divorce

Everyone in the room was stunned. Even Xie Fei opened his mouth. He almost wanted to rush over and pry open Pei Yuan's brain to see what was inside.

What a noble person is this Xiao Shirong?

The legitimate daughter of a century-old clan, the old lady's niece, and the one who was once designated as the Crown Princess.

Did Pei Yuan attack her because he thought all the members of the Xiao family were dead?

As Xiao Shirong was being pulled, her hair was disheveled, her clothes were in disarray, and she was forced to kneel before a concubine, completely losing all her dignity.

She grabbed Pei Yuan's wrist with her backhand and shouted sharply: "Pei Yuan, how dare you! I am the eldest daughter of the Xiao family, I..."

"So what if you are the daughter of the Xiao family? I will divorce you immediately and ask you to go back to Fan Yang and explain to your relatives how you harmed my concubine and son!" Pei Yuan was furious and immediately asked someone to bring pen and ink. He wanted to divorce his wife in court.

The servants were greatly frightened for the second time today. They all stood there in a daze, and no one dared to move.

Until Su Lu helped the old lady into the house.

The old lady heard the noise and frowned, "One or two of them, the husband is not like a husband, and the wife is not like a wife, how can this be a disgrace."

Pei Yuan still respected the old lady, pointing at Xiao Shirong and yelling, "Mother, this bitch is simply lawless, I must divorce her!"

The old lady ignored him and said, "It is inappropriate for you to interfere in this matter. Su Lu."

Su Lu stepped forward, bowed and said, "I am here."

"Go and investigate the matter of Miao's miscarriage. Anyone who tries to stop you in any room or courtyard can be tied up and sent to my courtyard." The old lady looked at everyone in the room with a dignified gaze and said coldly, "I want to see who dares to stir up trouble in this mansion!"

Everyone was silent, not daring to make a sound.

Although everything seemed calm outside Pei's mansion, chaos was raging inside.

Xie Fei and Fu Yu were also interrogated about Miao's miscarriage. It was not until the evening that they took a carriage to the farm.

Fu Yu was still frightened and said, "Miss, this house is too scary. If you weren't here, I would have been beaten to death!"

She saw the servants carrying Li Xiaoniang to the hospital for treatment. She looked so bloody and pitiful.

Xie Fei said: "Our Madam Xiao wants to kill three birds with one stone. She wants to get rid of Miao's fetus, strangle Li Xiaoniang in the cradle, and get rid of me, the disobedient concubine."

Fu Yu asked nervously, "If Sister Su Lu goes to investigate, can she find out that it was Madam Xiao who was behind this?"

Xie Fei shook his head.

The reason why the old lady asked Su Lu to investigate was definitely to cover up for Xiao Shirong.

Besides, Xiao Shirong is not a fool and he will definitely not leave any evidence.

I'm afraid this matter will eventually come to nothing.

Speaking of which, Xie Fei felt strange again.

"It's really hard to describe Pei Yuan." For a moment, she really couldn't find any suitable adjective.

After all, he is the grandson of Marquis Anyuan and the only son of General Pei.

Even if he had been sent to a desolate frontier at the age of ten, he shouldn't have been raised like this...

Nausea.

He was arrogant, extravagant, and dissolute, and had no ambition to make progress. He was also addicted to gambling and lust, and was extremely licentious.

He has all the habits of these playboys, so it's not surprising that he was not brought up well.

What puzzled Xie Fei was that his temperament and demeanor did not seem like that of a pampered and superior nobleman at all.

Even the servants knew that Xie Fei was a concubine. Unless the Pei Mansion collapsed completely one day, if Pei Yuan dared to sell her out, this joke would spread throughout Dajing.

He also didn't know that Xiao Shirong was not someone he could just divorce. He divorced her just because he wanted to, without any thought about the consequences.

Besides, he was irritable, stupid and fickle. Not to mention the nobleman's self-restraint, even if he found a beggar on the street, packaged him up and trained him for a few days, he would look more like a nobleman than him. The more Xie Fei thought about it, the weirder it felt, and it made him feel cold.

A few days after returning to the village, Su Lu came to report.

"Miao Xiaoniang said that this matter must not have been done by the eldest lady."

Xie Fei asked: "Why?"

Su Lu said respectfully, "Since Miao Xiaoniang got pregnant, the Madam has indeed sent people to deliver ginseng chicken soup every day. Miao Xiaoniang was worried and secretly asked the doctor to check it. There was nothing abnormal in the soup."

Miao felt that if Xiao Shirong really wanted to harm her, he could just tamper with the chicken soup.

Xie Fei asked, "So, she drank it?"

"No, it fell down." Su Lu said simply, "After investigation, it was found that the musk was accidentally put into the food by someone in Miao Xiaoniang's courtyard. This naughty servant has been reported to the government and sent away."

Xie Fei almost laughed.

What a carelessness!
Fu Yu shouted at the side, "Where is the poisonous snake? The poisonous snake that jumped out of the garden, frightened Li Xiaoniang, and caused her to collide with Miao Xiaoniang, where did it come from?"

Su Lu replied, "On the Double Ninth Festival, the head of a village outside offered game, among which there was a poisonous snake. This blind beast escaped from the cage, and I didn't mean to disturb Li Xiaoniang."

Xie Fei asked irrationally, "This beast is the culprit. Can we make soup from it to nourish Madam Xiao?"

Su Lu did not answer.

Xie Fei smiled and said lazily, "So Miss Su Lu has been investigating for the past few days and found nothing or everything?"

Su Lu said: "It is my fault that I failed the old lady's expectations. I will ask the masters for punishment."

Xie Fei said quietly, "Miss Sulu is very smart. The old lady and the eldest lady are too busy rewarding her. What is there to punish her for?"

Su Lu raised her hand, and the maid behind her came forward and placed a tray covered with a red cloth on the table.

"Mrs. Xie was frightened, and the old lady asked me to send you some tonic medicine to calm you down."

Fu Yu lifted a corner of the red cloth and his expression changed instantly.

Su Lu said a few more polite words before leaving.

Fu Yu brought the tray to Xie Fei and said, "Girl, it's a big one."

"What big thing?" Xie Fei lifted the red cloth and saw rows of gold ingots, about twenty in total, but the one was not big enough.

She pursed her lips and said, "Sour."

Fu Yu's eyes widened. "You're still being stingy?"

Previously, the Marquis' Mansion rewarded Xie Fei with a gold ingot that symbolized good luck. Xie Fei was so happy that he jumped around in the house. If he had been taller, he would have broken the roof long ago.

Xie Fei took a sip of tea and gently poked Fu Yu's forehead with his slender fingers.

"Silly girl, this is hush money. If you don't give me more, I'll go out and spread rumors, and the reputation of the Pei Mansion will be ruined."

But the Pei Mansion is in such a rotten state that it doesn’t seem to matter whether it has a good reputation or not.

If the old lady really cared about the reputation of the Pei Mansion, she should at least restrain Pei Yuan. As long as this playboy didn't do anything wrong outside, it would be better than anything else.

Fu Yu was still puzzled, her apricot eyes full of confusion, "But why did the old lady use gold ingots to silence us? What's there to silence?"

Xie Fei sighed.

She taught Fu Yu all the medical theories and techniques, but she never let Fu Yu delve into the intrigues within the inner court, so that Fu Yu was always innocent and lively, unable to see through the treacherous and evil deeds.

She explained: "The old lady asked me not to let the Xie family know the truth about Miao's miscarriage and not to spread it among the officials' wives."

(End of this chapter)