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

Chapter 37 Acting
He deliberately asked Xie Huai and his wife to sit still and wait for his sister-in-law to greet them. Xie Huai and his wife also did as he wished, and it was Su Qingwan who came in and took the initiative to call her parents.

Lu Jing had interrogated countless prisoners, and the truth and falsehood could not escape the eyes of the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei. When his sister-in-law saw Xie Huai and his wife, her true feelings were revealed and it didn't seem like she was faking it.

Li Xueying secretly hated the Xie family for being blind and not even recognizing their daughter. She believed that Xie Zhaolan had been killed by her long ago. She was impatient and could not help but say, "She is not Xie Zhaolan at all. Can't you even recognize your own daughter?"

Madam Xie frowned and said in confusion, "Zhaolan is my biological daughter. I gave birth to her, raised her, and carefully educated her. I have been with her day and night for more than ten years. How could I not recognize her?"

Li Xueying gritted her teeth and said, "She is not Xie Zhaolan at all, she is just a fake, a fraud!"

Madam Xie's face darkened. "She is obviously my son Zhaolan, but you want to call a horse a zebra. How strange."

Su Qingwan, however, leaned weakly against Madam Xie, her eyes full of affection and her heart settled. She and her sister looked exactly like each other and when they were children in the Huainan Palace they often played the game of who was the elder sister and who was the younger sister.

Father, mother, are sometimes deceived.

Li Xueying was really angry, but she couldn't say that she had killed Xie Zhaolan. The person in front of her must be a liar. She could only blame the businessmen for being short-sighted and unable to distinguish the truth from the false.

Xie Huai has been doing business for many years and has traveled all over the country. He is knowledgeable and experienced, and he also realizes that this is a Hongmen Banquet.

"Sir Lu, the third young master of your family said that Zhaolan is still alive and he was sick with lovesickness for her, so he escorted us all the way to the capital. Now he says that Zhaolan is not Zhaolan. What does he mean?" Xie Huai asked neither humbly nor arrogantly. Although he was a merchant, he did not show any flattery in front of Lu Shaoqing.

Lu Shaoqing was also executed by Lu Jing without his permission, and he was very embarrassed when he heard this.

Although Lu Jing is a junior, he sits still and looks more like the head of the family than Lu Shaoqing. He said calmly, "Sister-in-law disappeared for a year and returned home with a completely different personality. Brother insisted that the person in front of him was not sister-in-law, but someone impersonated her and stirred up trouble in the mansion. Brother and sister-in-law have been married for three years and are in harmony with each other. It is impossible for them not to recognize the person next to them. Sister-in-law also insisted that she was Xie Zhaolan. So we asked the two of you to go to the capital to identify her to resolve everyone's doubts."

Lin also said, "Madam, after Zhaolan married into the Lu family, I treated her like my own daughter. She is gentle, quiet and decent. The person in front of me disobeys the elders and is arrogant and unruly. He is definitely not Zhaolan."

Lu Feng said with a sad face, "Father-in-law, mother-in-law, Zhaolan encountered a gangster while offering incense a year ago and met with an accident. This person must have relied on her resemblance to Zhaolan and deliberately replaced her identity. Maybe she is the murderer behind Zhaolan's murder. Father-in-law, mother-in-law, please identify her carefully and don't mistake the murderer for Mingzhu."

Xie Huai and Mrs. Xie were shocked and looked at Su Qingwan together. Su Qingwan's sadness was not pretended. Xie Huai and his wife had raised her sister for more than ten years and they had a deep relationship. In every letter, her sister said how well the Xie parents treated her, better than their own son, and she was very much loved in the Xie family.

But my sister is separated from them forever and will never see Xie Huai and his wife again.

Mr. and Mrs. Xie Huai also lost their beloved daughter and would never see her again.

Li Xueying saw the confused and shocked expressions of the Xie couple, and she already had a chance of success in her mind. Parents love their children the most and they plan for their children in the long run, so they will definitely see through the disguised identity of the person in front of them.

Li Xueying said, "You two have finally come to your senses and recognized the murderer. Third brother, this person killed Xie Zhaolan and has been causing trouble in the mansion. Arrest her quickly and torture her severely to seek justice for Xie Zhaolan." Lu Jing ignored Li Xueying's words and cast a heavy gaze on Su Qingwan. Since she appeared in the hall, Lu Jing had not looked at anyone else. That gaze, as real as a substance, made Su Qing feel like a thorn in her back. She dared not make the slightest mistake. Lu Jing's inquiring gaze seemed to want to peel off a layer of her skin and find out the truth.

Li Xueying was embarrassed and a little angry, but she didn't dare to lose her temper. She dared to hit Lu Feng, but she didn't dare to offend Lu Jing.

Xie Huai's face was filled with anger, and he was shaking with anger, "You...you..."

Zhang was confused, wondering if she was really not Zhaolan.

Lu Feng hurriedly tried to comfort him, "Father-in-law, the bad guys are good at disguising themselves, and we were all fooled. Don't get so angry that you get yourself hurt. My Ziyu is the deputy commander of the Jinyiwei, and he will definitely redress Zhaolan's grievances."

Li Xueying looked at Su Qingwan proudly, "You can't hide your fox tail anymore, let's see how long you can hide it in front of Xie Zhaolan's parents."

Xie Huai's voice was shaking. "You are going too far. This is clearly my daughter Zhaolan. Why...why are you slandering her?"

Everyone was shocked and Lu Jing narrowed his eyes.

Madam Xie also cried and hugged Su Qingwan, "Zhaolan, you survived a disaster, but I didn't expect that your identity would be questioned. How aggrieved you must be."

Li Xueying stood up in shock, "You are blind, how could she be Xie Zhaolan!"

Su Qingwan comforted the crying Madam Xie and looked at Li Xueying coldly, "I have never heard of parents in the world who cannot recognize their own children. Lu Feng, Li Xueying, why do you insist that I am not Xie Zhaolan? Did you kill me with your own hands and destroy the body? Otherwise, I am standing here alive, why do you deny my identity again and again?"

Li Xueying and Lu Feng were guilty, so how could they dare to admit it? Besides, there was an iron-faced and impartial Lu Jing at home. Lu Feng said, "It is obvious that your temperament has changed drastically, you disobey your elders and disrespect your husband, so we became suspicious."

Xie Huai's voice was still trembling with anger. "Lord Lu, son-in-law, Zhaolan is our daughter who we have pampered for more than ten years. We treat her like a precious jewel. If you doubt her and despise her, she will be alienated from me. Give Zhaolan a letter of divorce and I will take her back to Jiangnan immediately."

When Lu Shaoqing heard about the divorce, his heart sank. This matter should be handled behind closed doors. If it is confirmed that the person in front of him is not Xie Zhaolan, Lu Jing will kill her with a knife and announce to the public that Xie died suddenly. The imperial edict and the iron certificate will remain in the Lu family to protect future generations.

If they divorce, the matter will become known to everyone and alarm the emperor, who will blame them. The Lu family cannot afford it.

He couldn't help but blame Lu Feng for being short-sighted and insisting on holding on to Xie Zhaolan's identity. Even if it was fake, she was young and beautiful, and he raised her in the mansion and had children with her, so what?
"Father-in-law, you misunderstood. Zhaolan is the eldest daughter-in-law of my Lu family. Lu Feng and her have been in love for many years. It's just that they haven't seen each other for a year, and Lu Feng is newly married. The two of them had a quarrel and there is no need for divorce. Lu Feng, why don't you apologize to your father-in-law and Zhaolan!"

Li Xueying was so angry that she wanted to argue, but Lu Feng pulled her sleeve. She hurriedly apologized to Xie Huai and Su Qingwan, "Zhao Lan, I was blinded by greed and wrongly accused you. I'm sorry. Father-in-law, I am a fool. Please don't hold it against me."

(End of this chapter)