The mistress who remarried has returned.

Xue Wenying felt a little relieved. The general's dissatisfaction with her not kneeling and paying attention to etiquette earlier had vanished in an instant. As long as the responsibility of the concubine was investigated, she would not go into the details. She would not show favoritism in important matters.

Upon hearing this, Wang Guirong immediately stopped and turned around. Under Qin Huai's gaze, she gradually bent down and said in a fawning and servile manner, "Reporting to the General, nothing of the sort happened. I'm not leaving; I'm stopping those two siblings to kowtow and apologize to you and Xue Ping."

Xue Wenying looked at Xue Ping. In reality, her nephew only had a bruise around his eye, and there were no other injuries on his body. The general's claim that he was covered in injuries and had no unscathed skin was a gross exaggeration. She was quite pleased with herself. The general exaggerated the injuries so that he could severely punish the culprit.

Xue Wenying said to Su Yunxi, "Consort Su, please don't mind. The General often takes my affairs to heart, and he is a little too concerned. But I won't punish him too much. Just like before, you punch your brother in the eyes a few times to show your sincerity in apologizing, and then go to the school to withdraw from your studies. After that, the two children will have no contact, and this matter will be over. We are a reasonable family."

Seeing that she couldn't leave, Su Yunxi pulled Yunze around and used her slender body to shield him, looking directly into Qin Huai's eyes. Was he going to start punishing Xue Wenying's brother? Just like that, without asking any questions, he wanted to punish this boy who had called him brother-in-law countless times and secretly admired him.

The hall was filled with powerful and wealthy people.

She alone was destitute and down on her luck.

She faced Qin Huai with neither arrogance nor servility, directly asking him, "What exactly do you want?"

It can be said that Su Yunze was raised by Qin Huai and her. Until he was seven years old, Su Yunze was influenced by Qin Huai. In recent years, they have become estranged, but Su Yunxi does not believe that Qin Huai does not know Yunze's character. It can be said that he was the one who taught him.

She couldn't help but ask again, "What exactly are you going to do to him?"

"I'm going to fight back, what else can I do?" Qin Huai said lazily. "The culprit won't be getting away unscathed. Who dares to mess with them? If I don't teach them a lesson, what kind of situation will I be in?"

Su Yunxi realized that he was deliberately making things difficult for her. She was too weak. Why was it so difficult for her to protect her brothers?

Xue Wenying's lips curled up imperceptibly.

Su Yunxi glanced at her brother. Yunze was younger and visibly timid. She felt a sharp pain in her heart because of Qin Huai's blatant protection of the Xue family, and her hands trembled uncontrollably. Su Yunze also realized that he had caused trouble. If he hadn't been so reckless, his older sister wouldn't be in this predicament today.

Overwhelmed with self-reproach, Su Yunze whispered, "Sister, go home. I don't care what they do to me—beat me, scold me, force me to drop out of school, force me to leave Beijing, kill me, torture me. Please, sister, go alone."

Su Yunxi looked deeply at her brother, remained silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice, "I care."

Su Yunze's eyes immediately reddened. Those three words were so heavy; they were words he would remember for the rest of his life.

Su Yunxi looked directly into Qin Huai's eyes, fearless, and argued forcefully, "I understand your desire to beat up the culprit, and I understand your desire to protect her nephew and stand up for her. So, who is the culprit? Find that person. My brother didn't hit anyone! Just don't hit my brother!"

These words caused an uproar among those around them.

Qin Huai chuckled, "You're quite understanding, but you might as well shut up. Who I stand up for is none of your business."

Su Yunxi felt a surge of anger rising in her chest.

Liu Shun clenched his fists, his hands clammy with cold sweat. He was truly worried about Liangdi, feeling that the general would kill her with a single sword stroke at any moment.

The Xue family members exchanged bewildered glances. "What happened? Wasn't it this young man who did the beating?"

Xue Wenying also looked surprised. Had something gone wrong? If so, it would be difficult to punish Su Yunxi. The Xue family was a reasonable family.

Butler Wang added, "The school teacher said it's the son of the Wang family of the Su family, and that's not wrong."

Wang Guirong immediately glared angrily at Su Yunxi, lowering her voice and saying, "You shameless little whore, don't talk nonsense! What do you think this place is, where you can act so recklessly? Hurry up and kowtow to admit your mistake, then crawl back home! If you dare ruin my plans, none of you, mother and children, will have an easy time when you get back!"

Su Yunxi disdained to speak a word to Wang Guirong, but being insulted as a vulgar little prostitute was extremely humiliating.

Qin Huai gazed at Su Yunxi's face, then reached for his teacup. "Could it be that I have truly wronged you, Liangdi? Is there some misunderstanding? What is your reason, Liangdi? Why not take this opportunity to explain and clarify things?"

Su Yunxi immediately recalled the scene from four years ago, which was similar to today. Xue Wenying stood beside him, and he slapped her in front of her. Today, she would not let him wrong her again. She would let him wrong her brother in front of Xue Wenying, beat him up, and torment the two siblings until they were no longer human.

Seeing that this little vixen was fearless and unafraid of death, Wang Guirong was afraid that Su Yunxi might say something bad and implicate Su Miao, thus exposing her lies to deceive everyone. Therefore, she preemptively smeared Su Yunxi and her mother in front of everyone.

"Madam Xue, Lord Xue, I am truly sorry for my rudeness. These young lady and young master are not my biological children. They are the children of my second wife. Because my second wife comes from a merchant family and is a cloth seller, she is not fit for a respectable family. My master was afraid of hindering the two children, so he entrusted them to my care. However, it is difficult to raise a bad child. Even though I have put in all my effort and my hair has turned white, I still cannot raise them well. The older sister is an adulterer who married into a wealthy family, and the younger brother is a troublemaker who beats people at school. We understand your family's requirements, and I will immediately take these two unruly children away and withdraw them from school another day."

After saying that, he wanted to end it all in a muddled way and get away with it, so he pulled Su Yunxi away.

Su Yunxi shoved Wang Guirong away. Hearing Wang Guirong slander her mother in front of everyone made her furious. Even though she was usually tolerant and forbearing, she was forced to the point of no return and wanted to defend herself.

Even if they don't want to talk about family matters and don't want their family scandals to be aired in public, they can't care about anything else.

Anyone who wants to see this joke can go ahead and watch it.

"You've wronged me." Su Yunxi looked at Qin Huai, unsure whether she was answering about today's events or those of four years ago. "There was a misunderstanding, there were difficulties, I haven't done anything wrong!"

Qin Huai's hand trembled violently as he touched the teacup. "What did I do to wrong you? What's your reason? Tell me..."

Su Yunxi pulled herself back to reality, clearly understanding that he was only asking about today's events, and she had no obligation to clarify what happened back then. After all, he had already slapped her and defined her character in that way; he had used her for years, and she wasn't worth clarifying. Her eyes stung, and she said in a low voice:

"The person who injured Xue Ping at the school was Xue Miao, Wang Guirong's biological son. My brother is not her biological son; he was just someone she dragged to take the blame. The real culprit is Xue Miao, and the one who deceived you all and added to your crimes is Wang Guirong. My mother is not a second wife; she is Wang Shi, whom my father divorced and remarried. Whose eldest daughter as a second wife is ten years older than the eldest son of the first wife? My mother was originally Lord Su's first wife."

Qin Huai lowered his eyes, concealing the expression in them.

Liu Shun was filled with disappointment. His heart had been in his throat. He thought that the general had wronged Liangdi back then, and that Liangdi had her reasons for entering the Crown Prince's camp. After being wronged for four years, she was finally going to defend herself. But he never expected that she had only been wronged and wronged in the matter of Xue Cheng. It seemed that she had not been wronged back then.

Otherwise, given her temperament, which cannot tolerate being wronged, why wouldn't she have spoken up? Alas, it seems the house in Jiuli Lane cannot be saved; the General is determined to sell it. He originally thought that if the General had wronged Liangdi back then, he would have advised the General to bring her back to Jiuli Lane and take good care of her, so that Liangdi wouldn't suffer outside.