Chapter 138 His Sister-in-law

Xiao Nanchen came back and left in a hurry. After all, the chaos had just ended. As long as he was in Xinzhou, no one else dared to be in charge, and many things still needed his decision.

Seeing Xiao Nanchen's bloodshot eyes, Shen Qingbai finally believed what he said: It was His Royal Highness Prince Ding's wishful thinking.

The next morning, after Chen Ning woke up and ate some millet porridge, she felt much more energetic. At this time, Qi Yue came in and told her that Li Yushi and Pei Yuanzhou had arrived.

Qiyue said, "They brought generous gifts. Li Yushi bowed down as soon as she entered the courtyard, thanking the young lady for saving her life."

Shen Ning hummed: "Please come in."

The reason why he saved Li Yushi was because she had taken the risk to warn the Xu family when they were plotting. Although it was not necessary, it was undeniable that Li Yushi did take a risk by finding an opportunity to remind her when she was with Xu Ying.

In the past, when the two of them had disagreements, if the other party sincerely tried to make amends, she would be willing to help.

A moment later, Li Yushi and Pei Yuanzhou came in. As soon as she entered the door, she knelt down and kowtowed to Shen Ning earnestly: "Thank you, Madam Shen, for saving my life. From now on, if Madam Shen has any orders, I will never refuse, no matter how hard it takes."

Li Yushi looked serious. Shen Ning put down the cup in her hand and said, "Miss Li, please stand up quickly. Why do you have to be so polite?"

Li Yushi stood up obediently without any pretense: "Madam Shen's kindness in saving me will never be forgotten."

Pei Yuanzhou also bowed beside him: "Thank you, Madam Shen."

Pei Yuanzhou had previously disguised himself as Xu Zhiyi and went to Xinzhou to mobilize troops under Xu Zhiyi's arrangement, but was detained by Yang Xu. It can be said that he had a narrow escape from death.

Only after Yang Xu was executed did he manage to escape and return to Pingning, and then he learned about Li Yushi.

If it weren't for Chen Ning's rescue, Li Yushi would have been... After all, she was his fiancée, so Pei Yuanzhou came with Li Yushi to express his gratitude.

In fact, the reason why Pei Yuanzhou took the initiative to come was not only because he already knew that the fool Zhao Nan that Chen Ning was raising was actually Prince Ding Xiao Nanchen.

In other words, Chen Ning has kept His Royal Highness Prince Ding, the God of War of Daxuan, by her side for more than half a year, and they have a very deep relationship.

At this time, I am afraid that all the nobles and dignitaries in Pingning would like to go through Shen Ning's side, but the gate of Shen's courtyard is tightly guarded and ordinary people can't get in at all.

Shen Ning was a woman after all, so Pei Yuanzhou didn't stay long after thanking her. He left the room and went to talk to Shen Qingbai.

Shen Qingbai and Prince Ding had always been brothers. Pei Yuanzhou knew that Shen Qingbai didn't like him, but they were classmates after all, and since he was already here, he should go and say hello.

Li Yushi stayed in Shen Ning's room.

Knowing that their relationship was not that good before, and that talking too much suddenly would be too much, Li Yushi did not say too many words of thanks to avoid embarrassment, but talked about other things with Shen Ning.

It was mainly the Xu family. After all, Li Yushi happened to be at the Xu family when the incident happened that day.

Then Shen Ning learned about the Xu family's situation from Li Yushi. It could only be described in one word: miserable.

When Old Madam Xu's body was found, her bones had been broken by beatings. It was said that the person who dragged her out was a slave in her former yard. Once, the slave did something wrong, so Old Madam Xu had the slave's hand chopped off and did not allow anyone to treat him.

The child lost too much blood and died in pain...

The second master of the Xu family was hung on a tree, and when he was taken down, his buttocks were already stabbed to pieces.

Because Mr. Xu was accustomed to raping and molesting the servants in the Xu Mansion at will, regardless of gender, and sometimes even children as young as eight or nine years old were not spared.

The second wife returned to her parents' home and managed to escape the disaster, but the third young master had his throat slit.

Before being dragged away as a slave, Li Qingqing hanged herself on a tree... Uncle Xu didn't suffer much, because he was in poor health to begin with. When he saw his mother being beaten, he was so shocked and angry that he couldn't breathe and died on the spot.

Speaking of Xu Ying, Li Yushi sighed.

Xu Ying would often beat, scold and trample on the slaves in the yard, leaving many of them beaten to a pulp. When the rebel army broke into her yard, she had actually hidden herself, but the little maid serving in the yard pointed out her hiding place to the rebel army.

A few days ago, the little maidservant was whipped by her until her skin was torn and flesh was broken, but she was not allowed to change her clothes to get treatment. Her clothes and torn flesh were stuck together, and she was also forced to kneel down and serve to wash her feet.

Then the little maid happened to see Xu Ying's hiding place and sold her out.

Xu Ying was insulted by countless people and only managed to survive by pretending to be dead. However, the doctor said that her injuries were too severe and she would never be able to have children in her life.

However, as a young lady of the Xu family, Xu Ya was much luckier. Xu Ya did not bully slaves on weekdays. When slaves were in trouble, she would help them and give them some medicine and food. When the Xu family was in chaos, she was protected by several slaves in her yard and was safe and sound.

When Xu Ya went to visit Xu Ying, Li Yushi happened to be there too. Xu Ying looked like a flower killed by frost. She became withered and dilapidated overnight. She lay motionless on the bed with a numb and gray face.

Li Yushi whispered to comfort her, but she ignored her. But when Xu Ya came in and found that Xu Ya was also fine and not harmed, Xu Ying suddenly went crazy.

"Why, why are you all fine, why?"

"Why not you? Why me...why not you!"

“Ah… Ahhhhhh… Why not you? Go to hell, go to hell…”

She even ignored her own injuries, struggled to get up and tried to grab Li Yushi and Xu Ya who were sitting beside the bed. The two were frightened and dared not stay any longer, and hurriedly left Xu Ying's room.

Xu Ying was howling in her room, but no one paid any attention to her. Her parents were all gone, her grandmother was gone... Her family was broken up, and except for her half-sister Xu Ya, the only one left was her brother Xu Shuo, who had escaped the disaster by attending the county school.

Xu Shuo was busy with the funeral for the corpses of his family members who filled the yard, and had no time to comfort her.

In the entire Pingning City, the Xu family used to be the most glamorous and powerful family, but in this disaster, the Xu family also suffered the most miserable end.

Some shops in the city and farms on the outskirts of the city were also affected, but Hua Yingxue and Shen Ning's farms were intact.

When the chaos broke out in the refugee village outside the city, the people spontaneously went to help the guards protect the village and blocked the attack of the refugees outside the city. When Chen Ning knew about it, she immediately asked Yuan Yue to arrange and give those people big red envelopes.

If others respect me one foot, I will respect them ten feet.

Li Yushi was very tactful and said goodbye after talking for a while.

On the second day, Shen Ning made a special trip to the Xu family to "visit" Shen Nian, and then showed all kinds of mother-daughter affection with Xie Yunqing in front of Shen Nian.

While Shen Ning was eating, sleeping and meditating, in Xinzhou, Xiao Nanchen was arranging all matters as quickly as possible.

The first step is to deploy the defense.

The original commander-in-chief and governor of Xinzhou were not good people. The deployment of Xinzhou troops had to be rearranged to prevent those inferior island countries from taking advantage of the situation.

Then there is the appointment of temporary officials.

Three urgent letters had already arrived from the capital urging him to return.

After all, the Queen's biological son, the most trusted prince of the current Emperor Jiaping, is also the God of War Daxuan. When everyone learned that he was still alive, they took action.

Xu Zhiyi, under the emperor's order, also assisted, and Xu Wanqing followed Xu Zhiyi to Xinzhou.

Upon seeing Xiao Nanchen, the usually arrogant young lady's eyes instantly turned red. She took a few steps forward excitedly, then suddenly paused, trying to calm herself. "It's so great that Your Highness is okay. I thought Your Highness was... My brother cried secretly at home for a long time. Now that he knows Your Highness is safe, he must be overjoyed."

Xu Wanqing's brother Xu Ning and Xiao Nanchen have been playing together and fighting since they were young, and they have a very good relationship.

Xiao Nanchen's expression relaxed slightly, and he nodded calmly: "Thank you very much. Is Xu Ning okay?"

Xu Wanqing nodded: "Everything is fine. I was just very sad because of His Highness's matter at the beginning, and now I must be crazy with joy."

Xiao Nanchen hummed and was about to leave: "I have something else to do, please go ahead, Miss Xu."

As soon as he took a step, Xu Wanqing subconsciously caught up with him a few steps ahead: "Your Highness, do you have something to say to me..."

Xiao Nanchen stopped, frowned, and turned back. He looked at Xu Wanqing calmly, then asked, "How is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince these days?"

With just one word, Xu Wanqing felt as if she had fallen into an icy cave. Her heart, which had been excited because Xiao Nanchen was still alive, was instantly suppressed by the ice.

Everyone knew that the Queen wanted to marry her to the Crown Prince Xiao Nanyu, which meant that she would be Xiao Nanchen's sister-in-law in the future.

But now, she was chasing him here...

Xu Wanqing was filled with pain, but she felt helpless. She could only force a smile and say, "I met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince when I went to the palace to accompany the Queen on the Mid-Autumn Festival. His Royal Highness was also very sad. Now that I know you're okay, I think everything is fine."

"Um."

Xiao Nanchen responded indifferently, without saying another word, turned around and strode away.

Looking at his tall back wearing soft armor and his cloak fluttering as he walked, Xu Wanqing slowly clenched her fists, feeling helpless and unwilling.

She didn't like the thin and elegant Crown Prince Xiao Nanyu. Since she was a child, she had always liked the unruly Seventh Prince. But unfortunately, the Queen wanted to marry her to the Crown Prince.

Xu Wanqing had fantasized countless times that it would be great if she was not a daughter of the Xu family so that she could freely choose the person she liked.

But she also knew that if she was not a daughter of the Xu family, she would not even have the chance to get close to Xiao Nanchen.

How ridiculous was her fate. She had loved him for so many years, but in the end, she had to become his sister-in-law...