Chapter 134 Easing

Xie Qingran reached out and gently patted Xiao Yanran's head.

Xiao Yanran just stood there without saying a word, clearly terrified.

Seeing that she couldn't get any answers from him, Xie Qingran gave up and simply stuffed the pastries she had brought into Xiao Yanran's mouth.

"It's okay, you didn't want to eat it yourself, I forced you to eat it!"

"I made this myself, isn't it delicious?"

Xie Qingran smiled and looked at Xiao Yanran with her eyes crinkled.

She was usually cold and aloof, so her sudden smile made Xiao Yanran a little uncomfortable. She was young and didn't know what was good or bad, but she thought Xie Qingran's smile was really beautiful.

"Sister Xie, you should smile more. You look like a fairy when you smile!"

Xiao Yanran stared longingly at Xie Qingran, her voice sounding somewhat silly.

When Xiao Yu saw this scene, his eyebrows furrowed tightly. He kicked the door open in anger and gave Xiao Yanran a severe scolding.

"How can you be so spineless? What have I told you?!"

"Disgraceful thing! How could our Xiao family have such an ignorant person like you!"

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Xie Qingran, unable to bear it any longer, slammed her hand on the table and glared coldly at Xiao Yu.

"You're the older brother, how can you treat your own sister like this?"

Xiao Yu had not expected Xie Qingran to make trouble for him, which made him even more certain that Xie Qingran was a cunning and scheming woman who knew how to act. Before the marriage, she acted as if she was very nice to Xiao Jue, but now she had changed her face before even entering the bridal chamber. She was definitely not a good person!

"This is a matter for the Xiao family, it has nothing to do with you. Even if you marry my brother, so what?"

"He's just an outsider!"

Xiao Yu tilted his head back and complained to Xie Qingran with a righteous indignation.

Seeing his demeanor, Xie Qingran knew that someone must be guiding him from behind, and this person must be someone Xiao Yu trusted very much.

Without the slightest hesitation, she strode forward, grabbed Xiao Yu's arm, quickly stuffed the pastry into his mouth, then threw him onto the bed, rolled him up in the blanket, looked around, casually tore off a large red silk ribbon, tied him up tightly, and hung him up.

"Ugh, waaaah!"

Xiao Yu was dumbfounded as he was suspended in mid-air, staring at Xie Qingran in disbelief. He never expected that she would dare to treat him like this.

Seeing Xiao Yu's angry expression, Xie Qingran looked completely relaxed.

She sat on the bed, gracefully picked up a pastry from the side, and began to eat it bite by bite, her expression calm and composed.

The main hall was bustling with activity. Even though Xiao Jue disliked socializing, today was his big day, so he still had to sit there and deal with the people who came to toast him.

Just then, Xiao Yu's wet nurse, Guihua, ran over crying and knelt on the ground, saying, "Your Highness, please go to the back and see! The Princess Consort... she... she..."

The words were vague, but everyone present had already begun to fill in the blanks. It was obvious that this was a deliberate attempt to mislead, to suggest that Xie Qingran was abusing the child.

Xiao Jue didn't say anything else, he just glanced at Hong Shan, and then Hong Shan pushed him to walk towards the backyard. The Fifth Prince was worried and followed.

Several people pushed open the door and walked in, only to see Xie Qingran happily eating pastries with Xiao Yanran, while Xiao Yu was struggling in mid-air.

"Young Master!"

"Young Master, help! The young master is too young to withstand such torment!"

"Princess Consort, no matter what the young master has done wrong, please be lenient and do not make things difficult for him!"

Guihua stepped forward, knelt on the ground, hugged Xie Qingran's leg, and burst into tears.

"On such a joyous day, why are you crying and making a scene here? Are you deliberately trying to bring bad luck?"

Xie Qingran was dissatisfied and looked coldly at Guihua.

"Baozhu, slap her."

No sooner had she finished speaking than Baozhu strode forward and slapped Guihua twice across the face. Baozhu used almost all her strength in those two slaps, making Guihua see stars.

Guihua stared at Xie Qingran in disbelief: "You...you?"

"What about me?"

“I am the legitimate wife of the heir of the Duke of Zhenguo’s family. The emperor bestowed the marriage upon me, and the princes welcomed me. Who do you think you are, daring to babble in front of me?”

"Now that I've married into this family, I'm the sister-in-law of these two children. As the eldest sister-in-law, I'm like a mother to them. I have my own plans on how to raise them. It's none of your business, you old hag, to give me advice!"

Xie Qingran put down the pastries in her hand, stood up, and lowered Xiao Yu, who was hanging in mid-air.

She was considerably taller than Xiao Yu, and standing there, she had a somewhat condescending air about her.

Do you know why you were punished?

Xiao Yu had calmed down by this time. He clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, saying, "I bullied my sister."

"So, do you submit or not?"

Xie Qingran continued to press for answers.

Xiao Yu was indeed bold and decisive.

"Clothes!"

These words stunned even the Fifth Prince.

He never expected that Xiao Yu, who was usually the most unruly, would be so obedient and admit his mistakes.

He almost subconsciously looked at Xiao Jue, and then saw the corners of Xiao Jue's mouth slightly raised, making him wonder if he was seeing a ghost.

Why does it feel like the feng shui of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion has suddenly changed?

Seeing Xiao Yu admit his mistake, Xie Qingran stopped being cold and gave him a piece of pastry, saying with a smile, "It is good to admit your mistakes and correct them. You are siblings born of the same mother, so you should respect and love each other. You can't bully your sister anymore. A boy's fists are for outsiders, not for bullying his sister."

Xiao Yu felt even more ashamed. He lowered his head, walked to Xiao Yanran's side, took her hand, and placed the pastry in her palm: "Yanran, I'm sorry."

Sure enough, this child is quite sensible.

"Get out, everyone."

At this moment, Xiao Jue finally spoke. Upon hearing this, everyone, harboring their own thoughts, left the bridal chamber.

For a moment, only the two of them were left in the room.

Xie Qingran was somewhat nervous when she faced Xiao Jue alone.

She swallowed hard, staring at Xiao Jue without saying a word, mainly because she didn't know what to say.

"Weren't you just speaking so eloquently a moment ago?"

Xiao Jue raised an eyebrow, looking at Xie Qingran with a half-smile.

Xie Qingran remained silent, simply standing there as if being punished.

"There's a box in the cabinet, take it out."

Xiao Jue spoke again, this time with a gentler tone.