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

Chapter 50 Sisters
An Pingbo walked away in a huff. Li Xueying shouted in fear behind him, "Father, father...please don't ignore me..."

"Xueying!" Lady Anping felt sorry for her and hurriedly hugged her. "Your father is angry. He will calm down in a few days. Mother can persuade him again. This matter may not be settled."

"Mother, please save me. I don't want to be abandoned by my husband. I'm pregnant with his child..." Li Xueying was covered by the mouth by Earl Anping before she could finish her words.

Lady Anping was horrified. "Shut up. How can this be so glorious? How dare you shout in the ancestral hall?"

Li Xueying cried aggrievedly. Earl Anping didn't know about this yet, otherwise he would be so angry.

"Mother, this was Xie Zhaolan who deliberately harmed me." Li Xueying had long since come to her senses and knew that she had been fooled. "She saved the life of the eldest princess, so she must know the young master. But she didn't remind me, causing me to make a mistake."

"Xueying, Xie has a grudge against you and is eager for you to make a mistake, so why would she remind you?" Lady Anping sighed, "It's all because your mother spoiled you too much and made you have a bad temper, but she didn't make you shrewd enough to handle it. You've fought with Xie several times and suffered losses every time. Don't you wake up? In terms of scheming and tactics, you are no match for her. You made a mistake and received a lesson, but why don't you learn your lesson!"

Li Xueying was emotional and roared, "I won't accept this!"

How could she be willing to do that!
"Mother, Xie Zhaolan is dead. I killed her with my own hands. I know that the person in front of me is not Xie Zhaolan. Why would she want to take my husband away?"

The hot wind blew through the window, and the lights in the ancestral hall floated like ghosts and monsters.

Lady Anping felt a chill down her spine. "Don't mention it again... If people find out about this, your life will be ruined, and you will also ruin all the girls in the Li family. Listen, Xie Zhaolan is not dead, she is alive and well, and you didn't kill anyone."

"Mother, why!" Li Xueying burst into tears, feeling angry and aggrieved.

"Xie Zhaolan can only die in the backyard, without a sound or a trace. Do you understand?" Lady Anping was tired. Her daughter was really stupid. Why couldn't she understand? "Xueying, a woman's reputation is more important than her life. If others knew that you killed her first wife in order to marry Lu Feng, they would spit on you. But that's not the most terrible thing. The most terrible thing is that everyone in the capital will question the upbringing of the Li family. You will ruin the marriages of all the sisters. They will hate you to death. You will lose your reputation and your family. In order to protect the sisters in the clan, the elders will beat you to death. Xueying, do you understand?"

Li Xueying was filled with fear and her face turned pale.

Mrs. Anping felt sorry for her daughter after all. "Just kneel down in the ancestral hall and repent. Your father loves you and will find a way to help you."

Li Xueying took a reassurance pill and knelt in the ancestral hall to reflect. She was fearless and felt that her father had spoiled her since she was a child and would make up for any mistakes she made. Although he was furious this time, as long as she pretended to admit her mistakes and acted like a spoiled child, her father would still help her.

Chuntao came over with a food box and lowered her voice, "Girl, come and eat something. Don't starve yourself."

Li Xueying simply stopped kneeling and sat on the futon. Chuntao opened the food box and took out several dishes of hot soup. After Li Xueying became pregnant, she liked to eat soupy things.

"Chun Tao, how dare you secretly bring me food?"

"The girl is a twin. Madam was afraid you would be hungry, so she asked me to bring it secretly."

"Mother still loves me." The weather was hot, and Chuntao fanned her with a round fan. "Miss, I sent someone to secretly inquire about the news. The eldest lady and the son-in-law went to the Xie family, but were turned away. Xie Zhaolan did not see them."

Li Xueying snorted coldly, "She must be feeling guilty. My husband lost his job, and it's not my fault alone. Xie Zhaolan is the culprit. My mother-in-law and husband will not let her go."

Chun Tao also nodded, "Yes, the girl will stay at home. It won't be too late to go back after the storm has passed."

As the master and servant were talking, a faint voice came in, "Big sister was punished to kneel in the ancestral hall, but she is living a comfortable life. It seems that she has not realized that she was wrong at all."

Li Xueying and her servant turned around and saw a graceful figure standing outside the ancestral hall. She was wearing a smoky blue brocade skirt, with white hands on her slender waist and a pretty face. It was Xuehua, the third daughter of the Li family.

"Why are you here?" Li Xueying frowned. She was also quite full. She handed the porcelain bowl in her hand to Chuntao. Chuntao packed up the food box, bowed to the two girls and left the ancestral hall.

Li Xuehua's maid was standing outside the ancestral hall. Chuntao put down the food box and greeted her with a smile. The maid turned her face away and ignored her, which made Chuntao a little angry.

In the ancestral hall, Li Xueying, having eaten and drunk her fill, sat lazily.

"Third sister, are you here to laugh at me?"

Li Xuehua is the daughter of the second wife. Her father is the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. She is a famous talented woman in the capital. She was chosen by the mother of Prince Jing and was betrothed to Prince Jing several years ago. She has the best marriage among the girls in the Li family.

Prince Jing is the only prince of the current dynasty and the emperor's half-brother. His mother has a harmonious relationship with the empress dowager, and he is also the emperor's only brother who has been conferred the title of prince.

Li Xueying is the eldest daughter, competitive and the best of the Li family girls. She is envious and jealous of her younger sister's good marriage, and the relationship between the two sisters is not good. Li Xuehua also hates her elder sister's brutality and barbarity, always causing trouble. The two can barely maintain their sisterly love outside, but they are too lazy to greet each other when they meet in the garden at home.

"Do you care about others laughing at you? If you do, how could you have caused so many jokes?" Li Xuehua stood in front of her condescendingly, with a hint of mockery, "You have become the hottest topic of conversation at various banquets for noble ladies in the capital. The noble ladies you have offended are eager to spread your jokes throughout the city. You... have become a joke."

"Li Xuehua, shut up. I am your sister after all. If you dare to speak rudely again, I will tear your mouth apart!"

"I really wish I didn't have a sister like you." Li Xuehua's disgust for her was about to overflow.

Li Xueying smiled, proud and malicious, "Why do you hate me so much? I know, I heard that your marriage with Prince Jing fell through. Ever since you got engaged to Prince Jing, you have been so arrogant and conceited. Now that your marriage is broken, you must be upset, right? Why do you hate me? It's because you don't have the ability to win over Prince Jing."

Li Xuehua sneered and said, "I can't do things that are private with others. Unlike my elder sister, who is shameless and has an affair with a man outside the family, even if my marriage with Prince Jing fails, I am still a girl of the Li family, with a good reputation, and it is not difficult to find another marriage. What about you, elder sister? You caused your brother-in-law to lose his official position, and you are despised by your husband's family. You can only hide back home to avoid disaster. And the sisters in the family...all blame you and hate you. Except for your uncle and aunt, who in this family welcomes you? Grandmother has always loved you, but now you are kneeling in the ancestral hall, and even she doesn't care. Big sister...you are being abandoned by everyone, and you are still laughing at me for losing my marriage. You are really blinded by lard and can never distinguish between the primary and the secondary."

(End of this chapter)