Chapter 128 Blood Feud

Hongshan has become noticeably more cheerful and talkative lately, but Xiao Jue finds him quite noisy.

Xiao Jue frowned and glared at Hong Shan with displeasure: "Noisy!"

"Your Highness, you're always so cold. Your future princess won't like that. Now that you've decided to get married, you should at least try to make it work, right?"

Hongshan sighed helplessly as she looked at Xiao Jue's cold and aloof demeanor.

Just live a good life?

Xiao Jue looked at the purse in his hand, his face terribly gloomy. What right did he have to live a good life?

His father, his brother, and tens of thousands of soldiers were all framed and unjustly killed in that battle.

He himself has become like this. How can he forget these deep-seated hatreds and live a good life?

My younger siblings are still young, my sister-in-law is widowed, and I also have a three-year-old nephew!

How could he possibly live a prosperous and successful life like an ordinary person!

Thinking of all this, Xiao Jue's hand tightened little by little, and the purse in his hand became crumpled in an instant.

Seeing him like this, Sequoia felt terrible. Helpless, she could only shake her head and turn to walk outside.

Xiao Jue slowly released his grip, looking at the crumpled purse in his hand. He felt a dull ache in his chest, and his eyes stung a little.

He got up and slowly walked towards the inner room, opened the hidden door, and found himself in the ancestral hall.

This is the ancestral hall of the Xiao family of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion. There are more than a hundred lamps burning inside, a dense and numerous sight.

Xiao Jue stepped forward and knelt down.

"Father, Mother, your son is about to get married."

"I will never forget the hatred of the Xiao family and the resentment of the army."

"My son, you must avenge the Xiao family and seek justice for the soldiers in the army!"

Xiao Jue clenched his fists so tightly that his nails dug into his palms, and drops of bright red blood oozed out.

He then breathed a sigh of relief, lit incense, and began to offer prayers.

Over the years, Xiao Jue has never dared to come here easily. Whenever he sees these memorial tablets and these eternal lamps, his heart aches terribly. He thinks of how his father was beheaded, how his brother was pierced by a thousand arrows, and how desperate he felt when he woke up.

At that time, my younger brother and sister-in-law were crying and making a fuss, my sister-in-law was fainting, and even my little nephew was still a baby in swaddling clothes.

Thinking of the former glory of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, Xiao Jue felt an overwhelming hatred in his heart!

Xiao Jue quickly forced himself to calm down. He wiped away his tears and forced a smile.

“Mother, she is a very good girl. I’m afraid our Xiao family will have to let her down.”

"I'm afraid I'm not a good husband and can't give her a stable life."

“Originally, I should have refused her marriage proposal, but she said she was willing to walk side by side with me to the end. She said she was not afraid of thorns and was willing to go through thick and thin. After my parents left, I was all alone. Now that someone is willing to walk with me, I really can’t bear to turn them down.”

Xiao Jue sighed, and as he thought of Xie Qingran's bright eyes, his heart seemed to warm up little by little.

The Xie family's Rose Garden.

After checking her belongings one last time to make sure everything was in order, Xie Qingran finally felt at ease, waiting for Xiao Jue to personally come and fetch her on their wedding day.

However, Xie Qingran quickly realized that Xiao Jue had difficulty walking and was in a wheelchair, so he couldn't stand up at all. How could he personally greet the bride?

Thinking of this, Xie Qingran felt a little uneasy, sighed, and felt quite regretful.

After all, in both her past and present lives, she only had this one chance to get married formally, and she always wanted it to be perfect.

Baozhu looked at Xie Qingran, who was standing there with a red face, and found it a little funny: "What are you thinking about, Miss? Why is your face so red? Aunt Lian said she has something to say to you."

Aunt Lian then came in, placed the box in her hand on the table, and said, "Everyone, go out. I have something to say to the young lady."

Everyone realized what was happening and excused themselves.

Immediately afterwards, Aunt Lian mysteriously took a book out of her sleeve and handed it to Xie Qingran, saying gently, "You are about to get married. After you leave home, you will no longer be a young lady, so you must learn how to serve your husband. You should read this book carefully."

Originally, these were the words that should have been spoken by the biological mother, but now, seeing that Xie Qingran's courtyard was cold and deserted, and that Madam Wang had no intention of coming to give these instructions, Aunt Lian could only overstep her bounds and come over to say them herself.

Looking at the book Aunt Lian handed over, Xie Qingran knew what was inside without even opening it. She blushed slightly as she accepted it and nodded quietly.

"Being a daughter-in-law is not easy. Fortunately, the family relationships in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion are not too complicated. You don't have parents-in-law, but the heir has younger brothers and sisters, and the children are still young. The future will depend on you to take care of everything."

"That second young master has always been dissatisfied with you. After you marry him, he will probably make things difficult for you. You should be careful. However, the child is still young. If you treat him well, he will naturally treat you well in return."

As Aunt Lian spoke, her eyes reddened.

"We women are born with a hard life, but luckily you're about to get married and your husband's family is quite prominent. As long as you live a good life, things will definitely go smoothly for you in the future."

"A woman can't live without money, but she also needs someone to rely on. This is all my savings from over the years. It's not much, but I wanted to bring some joy to the young lady."

"I'm in charge of the household now, so you can bring whoever you want as your dowry."

Aunt Lian took a handkerchief and gently wiped away the tears on her face.

Hearing this, Xie Qingran was a little dumbfounded. She did not expect that Aunt Lian would be so considerate to her, thinking of her in all these things.

"You don't need to look at me like that."

"Without you, there would be no child in my womb. I always owe you something."

"Now that we've paid it all back, we'll be even."

As Aunt Lian spoke, she smiled, stood up, looked at Xie Qingran with some heartache, bowed, and turned to leave.

She's not my biological mother, so there's not much I can say. This is already quite offensive.

Staring at Aunt Lian's retreating figure, Xie Qingran felt utterly desolate.

She had only done a small favor, giving Aunt Lian a child, but she never expected that Aunt Lian would care about her so much. Meanwhile, her own mother…

Thinking of Wang's indifference, Xie Qingran felt more and more that she might really be a joke.

"Young Miss, your aunt is so good to you."

"Should we take our own people to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion?"