It was so dirty that words can't describe it.

The Xie family elders around her did not hide their disgust and contempt for her.

Their thoughts were exactly the same as General Xie's.

In situations like this, there's no need for Xie Shiyan to step in.

They've practically stabbed her in the head, and she's still not saying a word. Doesn't that make her a pushover?

Today, she wanted to show these people that the wife Xie Shiyan had brought was not someone to be trifled with.

She rose gracefully, first giving a respectful perfunctory bow to General Xie, and then spoke:

"General Xie, thank you for going to such lengths to tell me about my shameful background, but unfortunately, it does not affect me in the slightest."

"Shi Yan and I fell in love at first sight, and then we vowed to stay together through thick and thin, even in death."

"Shi Yan never thought that I came from a humble background and was not a good match for him, because he said that the Xie family never cared about social status."

"after all......"

As Gu Jiangli finished speaking, he turned his head to look at General Xie's side, his gaze falling directly on Liu Shi.

Seeing her mysterious gaze, Liu broke out in a cold sweat.

Gu Jiangli continued, "After all, wasn't General Xie's current wife also a woman from a humble background in the Red Chamber? If you don't mind, why should you criticize Shi Yan for minding?"

Her tone was neither hurried nor slow, like a gurgling hot spring.

But the words he uttered were piercing to the heart.

The term "Red Mansion Woman" was an alternative name for women who performed but did not sell their bodies at that time.

Even if they didn't sell themselves, their status was still extremely low.

When Liu was performing for money, she was almost assaulted. When she was running away, Xie Shiyan's mother saved her and then took her into the general's mansion, where she lived as a maid.

Unexpectedly, her daily playing of the zither and singing at the General's Mansion aroused General Xie's affections.

She was first taken as a concubine, but after Xie Shiyan's mother died, she was directly taken as his legal wife.

The past is no secret.

Back then, the elders of each branch of the Xie family had sternly refused, and Xie Shiyan was even more adamant about not allowing it.

However, General Xie insisted on his own way, which led to the current situation.

Gu Jiangli briefly mentioned that General Xie had defied the opinions of the elders and forcibly made Liu his principal wife, which made the expressions on the faces of the elders particularly interesting.

Especially General Xie and Liu herself.

Seeing the expressions on everyone's faces, Gu Jiangli added, "General Xie, what you did back then was also against the wishes of your elders, wasn't it?"

"Shi Yan is merely imitating your deep but short-lived love, pursuing what her heart desires, so she doesn't care about my status and is determined to be my lover. Why won't you allow it?"

"Does this mean that in your jurisdiction, only the magistrate is allowed to set fires?"