Chapter 42: Scheming Beauty vs. Black-bellied Official [Please read! No fanfiction! ]

Xie Mansion.

There were four people in total, one was a relative of Xie Huai'an's father's side, called the eldest aunt, and the other was her daughter, Nanqing.

The two of them couldn't stand staying in their hometown so they fled here. At first they were willing to pretend to do something, but after Xie's father left, the eldest aunt stopped even pretending to do anything. She just idled around every day, and all the heavy work was done by others.

One is Xie's mother.

Xie's mother was a quiet person. She was deeply traumatized by the death of her husband and hoped that her son could get married and have children as soon as possible to carry on the Xie family line. However, after her son was injured, the imperial physician told her that her son was born infertile.

At that moment it seemed as if the sky was falling.

This news spread throughout Kyoto. The eldest aunt felt ashamed, but only Xie's mother was still looking for medicine to cure her son.

Xie Huai'an has lived here since he was a child. After his father died in battle, his family was honored as a general who protected the country.

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The arrival of Hatsuri made Nanqing feel a crisis.

I was still planning how to marry my brother who I had loved since childhood, when suddenly he came back with a woman and told me that this was his sister-in-law.

She has no blood relationship with Xie Huai'an.

I thought that after years of getting along, I would naturally become the wife of the Xie family.

But who has ever wanted to know.

Thinking of this, she began to feel disgusted with Hatsuri.

Early in the morning, while Xie Huai'an was away, she secretly came to Chuli's courtyard.

Brother Huai'an had warned her not to come here a long time ago, but she would not listen because the position of Mrs. Xie's family could only be hers.

Chuli was about to go out but was stopped by Nanqing.

"Sister, what do you mean?"

"You're not Hatsuri, are you? Why are you pretending to be my brother's fiancée?"

Chuli put her hands on her hips, seeming to mock her words. She chuckled and didn't take her seriously.

Nanqing didn't know who she was, but she was determined to find something to hold against her.

"You can't be my sister-in-law. I've seen my sister-in-law before, and she doesn't look like you at all. You're just pretending to be her!"

When she said this, Hatsuri's heart really chilled.

But after she thought about it, it was impossible for Nanqing to have ever seen the original Chuli.

So they insisted that she was slandering them.

Seeing her so confident, Nan Qing suddenly felt a little weak, but she still insisted: "Sister Chuli, can you show me your birthmark?"

Birthmark?

This made Hatsuri feel a little insecure.

She asked, "What are you talking about?"

Nan Qing saw her reaction and thought that he must have guessed something, so he pressed her: "I met Sister Chuli once in the past. Now you are back and say that you are my sister-in-law. Then you can show me the birthmark and I will believe you. If you can't show it to me, it means you are not my sister-in-law Chuli!"

This one really caught Hatsuri off guard.

She also hadn't thought about the fact that Hatsuri had a birthmark.

Now she didn't know how to answer.

I quickly called the system for help in my mind.

The system told Chu Li that Nan Qing wanted to make up a lie to embarrass her in order to drive her away.

This time, Hatsuri wasn't afraid at all.

"Sister, do you need evidence when you speak?"

Nan Qing approached her step by step, and said in a threatening tone: "If you are Chuli, then come with me to Xie's mother to explain. If not, I will kneel down in front of you and apologize to you."

"That's good. I hope you are a person who dares to act and take responsibility."

But as soon as I went out, I ran into my aunt.

The eldest aunt was already angry with Chuli two days ago, but since Xie Huai'an was not around this time, she had nothing to fear from Chuli.

"Oh, you've fallen into my hands? Xie Huai'an is not here today, I want to see how he can save you."

"Someone come."

Nanqing pretended to be pitiful and advised her mother: "Mom, why are you still angry? Sister Chuli didn't mean to provoke you. I just suspected that this was not my sister-in-law. I asked her to look at her birthmark, but she actually said bad things to me."

When the aunt heard this, she became even more angry.

"Wouldn't it be better if I, your mother, recognized him in person and told you so?"

Nanqing stood beside the aunt, his expression changing to a cunning and complacent one, "I remember that Sister Chuli's birthmark was on her back."

Hatsuri felt something was wrong.

I just heard the eldest aunt's order: "Come here, take off her clothes and see if she has a birthmark!"

Chuli took a step back. In order to protect herself, she couldn't bear it at this moment.

"How dare you!"

The eldest aunt saw that she acted as if she was some important person and didn't take it seriously at all.

Instead, she said even more fiercely: "Why? If there is a birthmark, then it is the aunt who has made things difficult for you. The aunt will of course admit her fault to you. But if there is no birthmark, I will discipline the woman Xie Huai'an brought back and let her know that the threshold of the Xie family is not so easy to enter!"

The servants were about to strip her clothes, which in ancient times meant that a woman had lost her chastity. She had just arrived here, and even if she had a million mouths, she would not be able to resist the slander of these two mother and daughter.

She resisted.

The servant's hands had already begun to pull her body, and Chu Li could see that the servant was being instructed to defile her.

But there were too many people, leaving her with no power to resist.

She resisted with all her might.

"Xie Huai'an will not forgive you if he finds out!"

The eldest aunt thought her words were ridiculous and said in disgust: "Do you think Xie Huai'an will still want you if you lose your chastity? What does it matter if he can get married with a disabled body? But you are different. You are new here. If the news gets out, you will probably be despised by everyone in Kyoto!"

Having said that, he signaled his servants with his eyes to act quickly.

He said he wanted to check for birthmarks, but in fact he wanted his servants to take advantage of her.

Her hands were grasped tightly.

Seeing her clothes about to be torn, she felt helpless and her eyes were slightly red, but she was helpless in this world.

She couldn't allow herself to be bullied.

Subconsciously, she closed her eyes and shouted urgently: "Thank you, Huai'an!"

Suddenly, it was like a miracle.

Several servants were suddenly stabbed to death by flying swords.

I saw that the person next to me stopped moving. At least he didn't do anything to me or touch me.

So-called rejoicing.

When she opened her eyes, she was embraced.

This way the scent on her body was a familiar one to her.

She slowly raised her head and could only see the man's clear jawline.

Then I heard one sentence: "I told you, Chuli is new here. If you do it again, you will be expelled from Xie Mansion!"

Looking at the dead servant, the aunt was so frightened that she trembled and fell to the ground.

Nan Qing explained: "Brother Huai'an, she is not the real Chuli! She is fake! The real Chuli has a birthmark! If you don't believe it, you can see it!"

Xie Huai'an looked down at the woman in his arms.

I saw her eyes gradually turning red, her pupils shining brightly, and she shook her head as she looked at her.

Xie Huai'an raised his hand and touched her head, smiling as never before and said, "If you say no, I will believe you."