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

Chapter 42
The Huainan Lantern Festival more than ten years ago was extremely lively.

Su Qingwan and Xie Zhaolan, who were still children, secretly ran out to visit the Lantern Festival and saw their brother and a girl also playing at the Lantern Festival. The boy was wearing a black riding suit, black hair and a red belt, and had a fascinating face. The girl next to him was outstanding and gorgeous, standing together like a pair of immortals.

Together they guessed lantern riddles, shot arrows, and released lanterns. They followed their brother like two little tails, and saw them shyly holding hands secretly. At that time, the prince of Huainan was already engaged to the eldest daughter of the king of Yan. Su Qingwan felt that her brother was so close to a woman outside and broke the engagement, so she rushed out to stop them, broke their hands that they had held together all the way, and angrily said that her brother was already engaged and was not allowed to be so close to other women.

Her brother was so frightened by her sudden appearance that he was at a loss what to do. The eldest princess beside him laughed heartily and teased her deliberately, saying, "I like your brother. I want to marry him to the Huainan Palace as the Crown Prince's Consort. Don't you like me?"

The brother blushed, and Su Qingwan, who was a little smart, said that if the brother wanted to marry her, he had to cancel the engagement first.

Later she found out that it was the eldest daughter of Prince Yan, her future sister-in-law.

The King of Huainan had guarded the border for generations and the royal family was wary of him. Although the two families had engaged, the Prince of Huainan had never been to the capital, and the two had never met. When the eldest princess was young, she loved to travel around the world and was unrestrained. She secretly came to Huainan to see what her future husband looked like. They fell in love at first sight and got engaged when they met again. It was supposed to be a happy marriage.

Su Qingwan and the princess recalled the past at the same time, their expressions dimmed. Su Qingwan said, "Princess, the Huainan death warriors did not incite the military officers to redress my father's innocence except for collecting intelligence and killing old enemies in the capital. I did not do those things."

"That's good." The eldest princess also breathed a sigh of relief. She also knew that Su Qingwan might not believe her, otherwise she would not have stayed in the Lu family in the name of revenge. If she really wanted to avenge Zhao Lan, she could punish Lu Feng and Li Xueying.

However...she is Xiaowu, the only daughter left in the world by King Huainan and the younger sister of her beloved. The eldest princess can only turn a blind eye.

She is a royal princess and she has her own position.

"Princess, Xiaowu has something to ask of you."

"You said."

"I wanted to kick Lu Feng out of the Hanlin Academy." Su Qingwan said, "At that time, for my sister, I asked you to use your connections to arrange Lu Feng into the Hanlin Academy, hoping that he would have a good future and my sister would live a worry-free life. Who would have thought that he was so smart that he thought the Li family helped him enter the Hanlin Academy. For Li Xueying, he killed my sister. Now that my sister is dead, there is no need for him to stay in the Hanlin Academy."

The princess thought for a moment and said, "If I can send him in, I can certainly expel him. I just need to find a legitimate reason. You have to wait a while."

"Li Xueying is here for the appointment today. I will give him a legitimate excuse to deal with him."

The eldest princess smiled, looked deeply at Su Qingwan's face that looked like her brother, and said with a smile, "Okay, whatever you say!"

Su Qingwan met the eldest princess and rested in the side hall. Guests also entered the princess's mansion one after another. The eldest princess went to entertain the guests. Lu Zhu walked into the hall quickly and said, "Miss, Li Xueying and a group of girls are admiring the peonies in the garden."

"Let's go!" Su Qingwan tidied her clothes and went to appreciate the flowers.

The garden was full of colorful flowers. Li Xueying and her best friend were enjoying the flowers in the garden, enjoying the feeling of being sought after and treated like a star. No matter how dirty the Lu family's affairs were, Li Xueying never showed it outside, as if she was still the eldest daughter of the Anping Earl's family. The Anping Earl's family also came to give her enough respect, and the noble ladies of lower status than her were still willing to treat her like a star.

Li Xueying saw Su Qingwan, who was alone, sneered and led a group of noble ladies to block her, "Xie Zhaolan, why are you at the princess's banquet?" The Lu family was not eligible to receive a visiting card for the princess's banquet, because Lu Jing was a popular figure in the eyes of the emperor, and the family gradually paid attention to him, which was considered a relationship. Therefore, the Lu family received the visiting card. Lin originally wanted to dress up to attend, but she fell ill at home due to the hot summer, so Li Xueying went to the appointment alone, and did not expect to see Su Qingwan here.

"If you, a concubine, can come, why can't I?" Su Qingwan sneered.

The ladies gasped. Li Xueying was furious. "What nonsense are you talking about? I am Lu Feng's equal wife, and I am your equal. My mother-in-law also gave me the power of housekeeper. If you keep talking about concubines, I will tear your mouth apart."

Su Qingwan knew that Li Xueying was competitive, and she also bet that Su Qingwan would not tell anyone about the Lu family's scandal, otherwise everyone would lose face. Su Qingwan said, "You want to deceive yourself, it's up to you."

A noblewoman beside Li Xueying said, "Xie Zhaolan, the Lu family held a funeral for you before discussing marriage with Xueying. Who knew you would come back on the day of your wedding? The wedding has already taken place. It was all a coincidence. Xueying didn't know that the dead can be resurrected. She is the eldest daughter of the Earl of Anping. If it weren't for this misunderstanding, you would have to kneel down to her. Don't be so aggressive if you get the advantage."

Su Qingwan nodded and looked at the group of gorgeously dressed ladies. "Speaking of resurrection from the dead, when my carriage fell off the cliff, I vaguely saw a very gorgeous carriage parked at the foot of the cliff. I seemed to have seen Li Xueying vaguely. Of course, maybe I fell off the cliff and injured my brain, so I had hallucinations. Otherwise, it would be too coincidental that Li Xueying appeared exactly where I fell, and happened to marry my husband a year later."

Everyone was horrified and understood the hidden meaning of Su Qingwan's words. They all looked at Li Xueying. Li Xueying knew better than anyone that Su Qingwan was telling the truth. She was afraid that the truth would be exposed, so she pushed Su Qingwan in desperation. Su Qingwan suddenly became weak and stepped back, stepping on a Wei Zi peony and crushing the peony flower.

The noble ladies laughed at Su Qingwan's embarrassment.

"Xie Zhaolan, how dare you slander me? I will beat you to death!" Li Xueying was enraged. She never took Xie Zhaolan seriously, so she attacked Su Qingwan in a rage regardless of the occasion.

"stop!"

When Su Qingwan pulled her wrist and shook her off, a slightly hoarse male voice came over.

A young man came hurriedly, wearing a black riding suit with arrow sleeves, his hair tied up with just a red headband. The boy had skin as white as snow, eyebrows and eyes as picturesque, and was extremely handsome.

Su Qingwan stared at the young man who was walking towards her quickly.

There was obvious anger in his eyes, "Who trampled this Wei Zi?"

He was in the voice changing period, so his voice was a little hoarse and unpleasant, but he was full of majesty.

This Wei Zi is the best of the peonies. It only grows in Huainan and is extremely difficult to cultivate in Beijing. There are only two peonies cultivated in the entire princess's mansion, one in the princess's courtyard and the other specially placed in the garden for guests to appreciate.

Li Xueying pointed at Su Qingwan and said, "She broke it."

(End of this chapter)