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

Chapter 83 Selfishness
Lu Feng was sweating with anxiety and whispered to Su Qingwan, "Zhao Lan, they already know they are wrong. You and San Lang are safe. Don't be so aggressive. Just ask the emperor for mercy and don't pursue it any further."

Su Qingwan looked at Lu Feng coldly, as if she was looking at a mentally retarded person. How could they have any say in what the emperor decided?

Lu Shaoqing was more reluctant to lose the marriage with the Li family than Lu Feng was. However, Lu Shaoqing said nothing, but Lu Feng wanted to intervene and asked her to step in. I don't know if he was pretending to be confused or really stupid.

Seeing that Su Qingwan was indifferent, Lu Feng felt secretly resentful. He married Li Xueying for the power of the Earl of Anping. If the wife of the Earl of Anping died, the Li and Lu families would inevitably become enemies, which was something Lu Feng did not want to see.

Li Xueying gritted her teeth, suppressed the fear in her heart, and said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty, I killed Xie Zhaolan. It has nothing to do with my father and mother. I beg Your Majesty to forgive the Li family!"

Lady Anping turned around and shouted angrily, "Xueying, shut up!"

Li Xueying burst into tears and said sadly, "I am responsible for my own actions and I don't want to implicate my family and mother."

The emperor originally wanted to see how the Anping Marquis and his wife would choose between their family and their daughter, but he did not expect Li Xueying to come forward and confess her guilt. As the eldest daughter of an aristocratic family, she indeed puts family interests first.

It's really stupid, but it's not completely useless.

"So, you plead guilty and accept the punishment?" the emperor asked leisurely.

Li Xueying's hands and feet were cold and tears welled up in her eyes. She knew she could not escape her fate, but even if she died, she would drag Xie Zhaolan to hell with her. She would never stay out of it.

"Your Majesty, there is a reason why I sent someone to kill Xie Zhaolan!" Li Xueying turned her head and looked at Su Qingwan hatefully. She pointed at Su Qingwan and said, "It's because she is not Xie Zhaolan at all."

The emperor was surprised and glanced at Su Qingwan. He didn't expect that there would be such a hidden story behind the unexpected turn of events.

interesting!

"If she's not Xie Zhaolan, then who is she?"

Li Xueying watched her mother being given poisoned wine and her father being stripped of his title. She also knew that she had caused trouble, and now she could only tell everything in order to have a chance of survival.

"I wanted to marry Lu Feng, but he already had a wife. In order to remove the obstacle, a year ago, I ordered my family's assassins to pretend to be bandits and kill her on her way back to the capital. After she fell off the cliff, her life was hanging by a thread, so I killed her with my own hands. Xie Zhaolan was dead a year ago, and the dead cannot be resurrected. She is definitely not Xie Zhaolan!"

Su Qingwan clenched her hands into fists in her sleeves. Li Xueying was determined to fight to the death with her.

Lu Jing, who was standing in front, frowned slightly. He had also doubted his sister-in-law's identity and specially invited Xie Huai and his wife to the capital. There was no flaw. But Li Xueying still insisted that his sister-in-law was dead?
"You killed Xie a year ago, so who is she?" The emperor's eyes fell on Su Qingwan. She didn't show any panic at all as if she was exposed. She was half-believing and half-doubting.

"I don't know who she is. After entering the mansion, she took control of Xie Zhaolan's dowry, disrespected my husband and mother-in-law, and caused chaos. In the Princess's Mansion, she deliberately angered me and bumped into Young Master Lu, causing my husband to be demoted. I wanted to expose her identity, but she was very cunning. I am not as scheming as her, so I was always fooled by her. That's why I wanted to kill her in a moment of confusion." Li Xueying said, "She must have other intentions when she came to the Lu family."

Lu Feng was so shocked that he was speechless, his heart pounding. Was Li Xueying crazy? She actually told this in front of the palace. What if he was implicated?
Lu Shaoqing was also shocked and frightened. He didn't expect Li Xueying to be so cruel.

If what she said was true, who was Xie who returned home?
"Ms. Xie, what do you want to say?" The emperor felt that this play was more exciting than the opera excerpts, and he also wanted to find out what it was like.

"A year ago, I was indeed killed by bandits and fell off a cliff. I was rescued by the princess and luckily survived. Li Xueying said that I am not Xie Zhaolan. Is she implying that Your Highness lied to the emperor?" Su Qingwan asked slowly.

Li Xueying gnashed her teeth and said, "You must have deliberately cheated and deceived the princess, and deceived the imperial edict and the iron certificate. You are deceiving the emperor!"

Whether you are a human or a ghost, I will drag you to be buried with me!
I lost everything, and you won't be able to live well either. "You are cruel and ruthless, bullying the weak. Who would believe you just based on one side of the story?" Su Qingwan said calmly, "You doubt my identity, where is the evidence?"

"When I killed you that night, I was accompanied by maids and assassins. They can all testify to it!"

The emperor gave the eunuch a look, and the eunuch nodded and went out to send someone to call Li Xueying's maid.

Lu Jing glanced at Su Qingwan and saw that she looked calm and didn't seem guilty. When Xie Huai and his wife saw their sister-in-law, they were very affectionate. If she wasn't their biological daughter, how could they show such true feelings?

My brother and sister-in-law have been married for three years, so how could he not recognize the person next to him.

Mrs. Anping calmed down after being frightened. She knew that this was their only chance of survival. "Your Majesty, when I killed Xie a year ago, I also knew about it. The Lu family had already collected the body at that time. Now Xie suddenly appeared again. She must have been an imposter to deceive the princess and the Lu family. She is so cunning that she deceived everyone."

Lu Shaoqing was angry and shocked. If Xie was fake, then the imperial edict and the iron certificate would not be kept.

He winked at Lu Feng, signaling him to be smarter and not be so stupid.

Father and son are worthy of being father and son, and Lu Feng also understood Lu Shaoqing's hint.

When Li Xueying killed Xie Zhaolan, Lu Feng was not at the scene, so he didn't know whether it was true or not. The body was destroyed beyond recognition and the appearance was unrecognizable, so he hastily collected the body.

He always doubted whether Xie Zhaolan was really dead.

For the sake of the iron certificate, Lu Feng didn't want to go into it further.

He wanted the guarantee certificate and the power of the Earl of Anping.

Li Xueying admitted her guilt, and Tian Zhuang was also involved in the assassination of the wife of the Marquis of Anping. The Li family was stripped of their titles for committing a crime, and the cause was also the Lu family. They were bound to become enemies, and he could only choose between Li Xueying and Xie Zhaolan.

My father’s meaning was very clear: to protect Xie Zhaolan and abandon Li Xueying.

"Lu Feng, is Xie in front of you your first wife?" The emperor's voice came coldly.

Lu Feng shuddered. Even a favorite minister like the Earl of Anping could be stripped of his title if the emperor said so. An eighth-rank official like him was not even an ant in the eyes of the emperor. If he was not careful, he would be doomed.

"Yes!" Lu Feng's body trembled slightly, "Ms. Xie is my first wife, I will not make a mistake."

"Lu Feng, you..." Li Xueying's eyes widened. She had mentioned to Lu Feng countless times that the person who returned home was not Xie Zhaolan. Lu Feng was blind, so why should he recognize her?
Lu Feng didn't dare to look at Li Xueying. Li Xueying was too sure that Xie Zhaolan was dead. He was skeptical to begin with, but now the situation forced him to move forward and he could no longer hesitate.

A mocking smile appeared on Su Qingwan's lips.

Lu Feng once came to her courtyard and caused a scene. In fact, he trusted Li Xueying more and knew that she was not her sister. Now that he saw that the Li family was doomed, he became a fence-sitter.

Hypocrisy, selfishness, and the ability to abandon everything for one's own benefit.