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

Chapter 43 Beaten to death with sticks
Su Qingwan sneered. The young man glanced at Su Qingwan and frowned. Li Xueying sneered and said, "Xie Zhaolan, it is extremely difficult to cultivate a Wei Zi like this. Only the palace or the princess's mansion can grow a few. You can just wait for the eldest princess to punish you."

"You are the one who complains first. It was obviously you who pushed this sister and caused the disaster. You are obviously the culprit." The boy did not spoil Li Xueying. Although he was young, he was more steady than his peers.

Li Xueying smiled faintly, "Young Master, please don't wrongly accuse anyone. It was clearly Xie Zhaolan who was careless and stepped on the peony. What does it have to do with us?"

The boy's face turned cold, "Are you saying that I framed you?"

Li Xueying frowned and looked at the young man who suddenly appeared, and looked at the noble lady beside her. Everyone shook their heads and felt that they were unfamiliar. The eldest princess held a birthday banquet for her son for the first time, and it was very grand. The dukes and marquises who were on good terms with the eldest princess received invitations, and the eldest princess specifically instructed the women of each mansion to bring their sons over.

The ladies were there to enjoy the flowers, while the gentlemen specially organized a horse riding and archery banquet.

Young men who came to the princess's mansion for a banquet would dress elegantly and properly. The young man was dressed simply and plainly, without any gold or jade accessories on his body. Apart from his dazzling face, he looked more like a guard of the princess's mansion.

"Except for you, everyone saw that it was Xie Zhaolan who stepped on Wei Zi, right?" Li Xueying asked the ladies around her.

Her friends all nodded.

Li Xueying said, "I advise you not to meddle in other people's business."

"I'm really meddling in this matter." The young man said coldly, "I don't believe you can still call a horse a zebra in broad daylight."

Li Xueying said angrily, "You are a guard in the princess's mansion. Why are you meddling in the affairs of our guests? Do you know who I am? If you dare to protect Xie Zhaolan again, you will be in trouble!"

The young man smiled, stood with his hands behind his back, and asked calmly, "Forgive my ignorance, who are you?"

The Earl of Anping had military merits, and there were only a handful of noble ladies of higher status than her, some of whom were unwilling to associate with her. She was always surrounded by young girls who flattered and fawned on her, and had long since developed an arrogant and domineering personality.

"I am the eldest daughter of the Anping Marquis's Mansion. Be sensible and don't cause trouble." She didn't want to offend the guards of the Princess's Mansion. She just hoped that he would stay out of her business.

"So she's the eldest daughter of the Earl of Anping. I'm so disrespectful!" The young man said coldly. Li Xueying was just about to scold him proudly, but the young man said, "A woman should obey her husband after marriage. I remember that the eldest daughter of the Earl of Anping married the eldest son of the Shaoqing of the Guanglu Temple as a concubine, didn't she?"

"Shut up!" Li Xueying was most afraid of others poking at her sore spot. "You are so bold. How dare a guard from the princess's mansion insult a guest? Come, come, arrest him!"

"Li Xueying, this is the princess's mansion, not your earl's mansion, nor the Lu family. You can't be so presumptuous!" The young man's face darkened. He called Li Xueying by her name. His every move was majestic. It was a kind of pressure that came from his bones. He was definitely not an ordinary guard.

The noise in the garden was so loud that a maidservant informed the princess, who then led a group of ladies to the garden, including the wife of the Earl of Anping.

The eldest princess asked unhappily, "What are you doing in the garden?"

When Lady Anping saw that Li Xueying and Su Qingwan were present, she had a bad feeling in her heart. She knew her daughter's character and prayed in her heart that she would not get into trouble.

Everyone bowed to the princess. Li Xueying was the first to complain, "Your Highness, we were admiring the flowers in the garden. I had a few words with Xie Zhaolan, and she stepped on a purple violet plant and broke it. Then this little guard showed up and committed treason. Please help me, princess."

"Insubordination?" The eldest princess raised her eyebrows and asked gently, "How do you want to punish me?"

"This kind of person who offends his superiors should be beaten to death!" Li Xueying was emboldened when she saw that the princess supported her. The ladies were all shocked. They didn't expect Li Xueying to be so cruel and want to beat a guard who offended her to death. After all, this was the princess's mansion, and the owner had to be looked at before beating a dog.

Lady Anping was so angry that she almost died. She really regretted spoiling her daughter. "Xueying, shut up and don't be rude!"

The eldest princess smiled brighter than the summer sun. "You mean to say that those who disobey their superiors should be beaten to death?"

"Yes!" Li Xueying didn't realize how cold the eldest princess's eyes were.

"very good!"

Li Xueying looked at the young man and Su Qingwan proudly. She knew that the princess would never offend the Earl's Mansion for a guard. There was a war in the northern border and the princess still had to rely on her father.

"Someone, drag Li Xueying out and beat her to death with sticks!" The eldest princess' smile disappeared, and several maids around her stepped forward and held Li Xueying down.

Li Xueying turned pale and looked up in astonishment. She met the eldest princess's cold eyes and broke out in a cold sweat. Li Xueying had been domineering for so many years, but she had never met a ruthless person like the eldest princess who was so decisive and murderous.

Lady Anping knelt down and kowtowed to beg for mercy, "Your Highness, please spare my life. My daughter was spoiled at home and made a big mistake. Please spare her life. I will give her a good lesson when I return."

"Why!" Li Xueying murmured to herself, and when she turned around she saw Su Qingwan standing beside her with a mocking look on her face, as if mocking her for being ignorant and blind.

"You said it yourself, that those who commit crimes against their superiors should be beaten to death!" The princess said coldly, "My son Nianqing is far superior to you in terms of status, and it is you who committed crimes against your superiors."

"Mother!" The young man called out "Mother". Everyone was shocked. The young man in front of them, who was dressed simply and had a striking appearance, turned out to be the eldest princess's only son.

Li Xueying collapsed to the ground, staring blankly at the boy. In fact, it was no wonder that she didn't recognize Lu Nianqing. The eldest princess's only son was eleven years old, but the boy in front of her was much taller than other boys of the same age, at least the height of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy.

He had never shown his face in public. This precious son of the royal family and the Lu family was weak and sickly before he was three years old. He was always taking medicine and never saw anyone. After he was three years old, he was sent to Wufeng Mountain by the eldest princess to practice martial arts. During festivals, he would return to the Lu family and the princess's mansion for a few days. Last year, he was sent to the battlefield in the northern border by the eldest princess. After the war subsided a little, Lu Nianqing traveled with his attendants and just returned to Beijing ten days ago.

This was also the first time that the princess held a birthday party for him, and many people in the capital did not know Lu Nianqing.

The Earl of Anping loved his daughter so much that he kept kowtowing until his forehead was swollen. Su Qingwan said calmly, "Your Highness, today is Nianqing's birthday. It is not appropriate to see blood. The death penalty will be spared."

The eldest princess couldn't really beat Li Xueying to death with a stick just because she bumped into her son.

Su Qingwan has achieved what she wanted to do.

"As the saying goes, cultivate yourself, manage your family, govern the country and bring peace to the world. Lu Feng can't even control his own wives and concubines, how can he serve the court? Go and tell the cabinet that Li Xueying committed a crime below the princess's mansion and could be spared the death penalty, but she cannot escape the punishment of life. Order Lu Feng to be demoted one level, expelled from the Hanlin Academy, and transferred to the Imperial Household Department as the chief clerk."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)