Huo Xi happened to see it as he turned to leave.
Huo Xi raised an eyebrow at Shi Lingqiao, "What are you doing in the front yard, a mere concubine?"
Shi Lingqiao: "..." You are the concubine, your whole family are concubines.
She put on a pitiful and aggrieved look, "I know you don't like my husband and me, but don't go too far. No matter what, my husband is the legitimate son of the family."
So why did Huo Xi look down on her and even belittle her as a concubine?
Huo Xi scoffed, "Even if your husband is the legitimate son of the family, he still has to respect his elders."
“I am his uncle. You speak to me in this tone and attitude, which is disrespecting an elder. Aren’t you going too far?”
"Don't always blame others; it's better to look for the reasons within yourself."
If it weren't for the resentment in Shi Lingqiao's eyes when she looked at his older brother and sister-in-law, he wouldn't have bothered to pay her any attention.
Shi Lingqiao choked, inwardly cursing Huo Xi for looking respectable but having no manners whatsoever.
She pursed her lips and lowered her head, saying, "I've remembered what my uncle said."
This person humiliated her in public, her wicked mother-in-law instigated her wicked father-in-law to turn a blind eye to her, and she beat her husband so badly. She will not let any of them off in the future.
Huo Xi didn't say anything more and turned to leave.
Huo Jiwen was carried back to the courtyard by the steward, and the royal physician came to treat him and apply medicine.
The royal physician was startled; he hadn't expected the Duke to be so ruthless.
After being whipped like that, Huo Jiwen probably won't be able to leave the yard without resting in bed for a month.
When Shi Ling saw the deep bloodstains on her husband's body, she felt heartbroken and her eyes filled with tears. Then, she angrily went back to her room to prepare the medicine.
She wanted to make her wicked mother-in-law and Huo Xi look bad in public, and then see if her wicked father-in-law would still spoil and indulge his wicked mother-in-law, and see how disgraced he would be in the capital.
Given the ruthless and vicious side that the evil father-in-law displayed today, if he knew that his wife and brother were having an affair, he might just throw Huo Xi and his wicked mother-in-law out of the Duke's mansion in a fit of anger.
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