"You must be my nephew-in-law?" The middle-aged man greeted Fu Han with a fawning smile as soon as he saw him come out, looking very enthusiastic. "I am Lin'er's uncle, and this is Lin'er's aunt. We heard that Lin'er came to Lingcheng, so we wanted to meet her."
Seemingly afraid that Fu Hanlai would get impatient or stop them from continuing, Xie Mingshun quickly continued, wiping his eyes as he spoke, "Poor Lin'er is so old, and she has never met her uncle and aunt. As her uncle, I miss her very much, so I rushed over here just to see Lin'er."
Jiang Xuelin, who was inside, also heard Xie Mingshun's words. She sneered and pushed Fu Han aside, standing at the door of the carriage, looking down at the man who called himself her uncle.
The woman beside him bore a resemblance to Xie Yuan, the wife of the Marquis of Jing'an, but it was precisely this resemblance that made Jiang Xuelin extremely disgusted.
"Lin'er! Lin'er, it's your uncle! It's a pity you've never been to your maternal grandparents' house before. Your maternal grandparents missed you and your mother very much. They were thinking of you before they passed away. Come back with your uncle!"
"Yes, Lin'er, I'm your aunt! I'm so glad to finally meet you..."
This place is said to be the entrance to the royal villa, but in reality, it's quite a distance away. Otherwise, given Xie Mingshun's courage, he would never have dared to actually show up.
If someone were to truly offend the imperial dignity, even one more wouldn't be enough to warrant their death!
The reason he appeared here instead of seeking out the Marquis of Jing'an was naturally because he thought Jiang Xuelin was still young and naive. The Marquis of Jing'an and his wife would never talk about what happened back then with their younger generation. He wanted to use Jiang Xuelin to profit for his family.
Originally, Xie's father was just a minor official of the fifth rank. After he retired, Xie Mingshun was useless and is now just a clerk in the yamen. He knows that Xie Yuan is the wife of the Marquis of Jing'an, but he can't gain any advantage. How could he be willing to do so?
Previously, the Jiang family was already in the capital, and even when they came to Jiangnan with the Emperor, the Marquis of Jing'an and Xie Yuan were not easy to bully. They would never let them take advantage of them. But this time, it was Jiang Xuelin who came, and the Lady of the Marquis of Jing'an had not yet arrived. Of course, they did not want to miss such a good opportunity.
Xie Mingshun understood that telling them that Lady Jing'an was not there, that Jiang Xuelin was alone and rarely saw the Marquis of Jing'an, and that whoever had arranged for them to come here must have ill intentions, at least not to help them, but to cause trouble for Jiang Xuelin.
Xie Mingshun and Xie Li didn't care about that. They didn't care whether it would cause trouble for Jiang Xuelin. They just wanted to gain benefits from Jiang Xuelin. In the end, they and Xie Li would get benefits, and the person behind the scenes would also get a satisfactory result. It was a win-win situation.
Jiang Xuelin showed no anger on her face, but her gaze toward Xie Mingshun and Xie Li was extremely cold. "Where did these scoundrels come from, daring to impersonate my uncle and aunt? Don't they know what kind of respectable people they are!"
Jiang Xuelin placed her hand on her waist, where the whip she was used to was wrapped.
At this moment, the proud and unrestrained eldest daughter of the Jiang family revealed her domineering nature, which made all the纨绔子弟 (spoiled young masters) in the capital retreat. She pulled out her whip and lashed it at the two people below, striking Xie Li's feet without hesitation. The whip landed only two inches away from Xie Li's feet, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Xie Li never expected Jiang Xuelin to attack so suddenly, and she screamed in fright, her face turning pale.
"Uncle? Aunt? Don't you know that my uncle and aunt have long since passed away, torn apart by jackals on the road when they went out?" Jiang Xuelin said, cracking her whip and sneering.
Fu Hanlai, who was standing next to Jiang Xuelin, immediately poked his head out from behind the carriage curtain and continued, "I also remember this. I heard that even jackals refuse to eat their intestines and hearts because they think that the intestines and hearts are black and that eating them might poison them!"
Jiang Xuelin gave Fu Hanlai an approving look, then looked at Xie Mingshun and Xie Li again, "I don't know where you two came from. Of all people to impersonate, you actually impersonated my heartless uncle and aunt. You're really clueless!"
After saying that, Jiang Xuelin lashed out with her whip again, "How dare you impersonate my elder? You really don't know who you are, yet you have quite the nerve!"
This time, the whip struck both of them squarely.
"Lin'er! I really am your uncle! You disrespectful girl, aren't you afraid of being struck by lightning?!"
Xie Mingshun was whipped and was sweating profusely from the pain, but seeing Jiang Xuelin's murderous look, what else could he not understand?
Jiang Xuelin definitely knows what happened back then; she's seeking justice for Xie Yuan!
"Oh heavens! Father, please save your daughter! My sister has married into a good family and no longer recognizes us, her relatives! She doesn't even recognize her own uncle anymore!"
Before Xie Li could finish speaking, Jiang Xuelin's whip arrived.
This whip strike was much more brutal than the previous one, sending the person flying and crashing to the ground not far away.
"If you want to implicate my mother, you'd better see if you have the ability. Next time, guess if this whip will rip your face to shreds?" Jiang Xuelin flicked the whip, looking calmly at Xie Li, but such a gaze terrified Xie Li.
Because she knew that what Jiang Xuelin said was true, and if she continued to drag Xie Yuan into this, Jiang Xuelin really had the guts to slap her face.
Jiang Xuelin had previously sent her flying with a single whip. What would happen if the same force were applied to her face?
Xie Li and Xie Mingshun both thought that Jiang Xuelin was not yet twenty years old and had little experience, so she would be easy to fool. However, they did not expect that Jiang Xuelin would be so quick to resort to violence at the slightest disagreement.
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