Raising a wife? The mistress of the Hou family divorced and remarried her younger uncle

Chapter 312 Silencing
"Xie Zhaolan, it really is you!" The voice of the Marquis of Anping almost changed. She was surrounded by a group of guards, all of whom were servants of the Marquis of Anping's mansion. They were menacing and fully armed, as if they could rush up and kill Su Qingwan at the Marquis of Anping's command.

The young ladies of the Lu family were all somewhat frightened and moved closer to Su Qingwan. They were all a little flustered. The guards of the Prince's mansion all had Imperial Guards, especially Li Yue, whose blade was slightly exposed, already showing a cold glint. If she were to stay by Su Qingwan's side and Su Qingwan was harassed or assassinated, she could come to her death without Lu Jing even having to lift a finger.

The Earl of Anping rode closer and roared, "Get out of the way!"

Li Yue chuckled, "Lady Anping, why don't you bow to the Princess Consort? Where is your manners?"

"What kind of princess is she? She's Lu Feng's divorced wife. How did she suddenly become a princess? She's also the murderer of my daughter. Get out of my way, or don't blame me for being impolite!"

Su Qingwan gestured to Qingyun to take the two young ladies aside. She rode her horse closer to Lady Anping. Even though she hadn't invited Lady Anping, she had anticipated this scene, separated by the guards on both sides.

"Lady Anping, you've mistaken me for someone else. I come from Huainan, I am the Princess of Huainan, and now I am Lu Jing's wife, the Regent's Consort. Is this the etiquette of your capital clans, meeting on the first meeting with soldiers? Or... do you intend to commit insubordination?" Su Qingwan's eyes were filled with contempt, almost arrogant.

Lady Anping was in great distress. At first, she worried that the Li family had somehow offended the Princess Consort, wondering why the women of the Li family hadn't been invited. She humbly sent people to inquire, enduring countless humiliations, but received no answer. The entire capital knew that the Li family's exclusion from the invitation was a great disgrace, yet she could say nothing, ask nothing, and had to endure it all.

She even spoke to a lady she was on good terms with, asking her to intercede and offering a gift. However, that lady returned the gift, much to Anping's surprise. Perhaps the princess had forgotten to invite the Li family, but the fact that she hadn't accepted the gift indicated resentment. She was completely baffled as to why.

Under her persistent questioning, the lady finally revealed the truth: the Princess Consort of Huainan looked exactly like Xie Zhaolan, and Xie Zhaolan was the Princess Consort involved in politics. Lu Jing and his sister-in-law had long been having an affair, and now he had openly married his sister-in-law. The Earl of Anping trembled with rage; she couldn't believe Lu Jing was so foolish as to disregard his reputation for beauty.

Lady Anping needed to see for herself whether Lu Jing and Su Qingwan were as bad as the rumors suggested. Seeing is believing, and to her surprise, it turned out to be Xie Zhaolan.

Lady Anping suddenly realized why Lu Jing had sided with Xie Zhaolan and caused the death of her daughter; her precious daughter had been killed by Lu Jing himself.

This hatred had always been etched in her heart, but because Lu Jing was the regent, she was powerless to avenge him. She had initially felt her daughter's act of desecrating ancestral graves was excessive, but for the sake of her husband and son, she had barely suppressed her resentment. But now she was told that Lu Jing and Xie Zhaolan had been having an affair all along, and that they had conspired to murder her daughter!
It must be a conspiracy! How could Lady Anping not hate it? She hated it to the core.

"No wonder Lu Jing protected you and convicted my daughter. No wonder Lu Jing defied the Emperor for your sake. No wonder..." The Lady of Anping's eyes were bloodshot. "My daughter knew about your scandalous affair. You conspired to kill her to silence her, didn't you?"