Jiang Xuelin is actually very beautiful, the kind of beauty that is very bright and radiant. She is at the most beautiful age of a woman, with delicate features, fair skin, and a beauty mark at the corner of her eye that adds to her charm. However, the two of them usually fight like crazy, and Jiang Xuelin herself is not the kind of person who is gentle. She has a very strong aura, so Fu Hanlai almost never pays attention to her face.
--nonsense!
Why would he bother paying attention to his arch-enemy's face?
Even though his mother said that Jiang Xuelin was a rare beauty, Fu Hanlai never agreed with her.
What a beauty!
What's so beautiful about her? She's just ordinary, and her fierce expression makes her look nothing like a woman!
In short, no matter what, he couldn't possibly pay attention to Jiang Xuelin's face, right?
Even though the two spent every day together during this period, Fu Hanlai wouldn't pay attention to these things.
Moreover, Jiang Xuelin's very presence makes people overlook her appearance; when they see her, they don't immediately focus on her face—at least that's how it is for Fu Hanlai.
But at this moment, seeing Jiang Xuelin's teasing smile and her sweet voice calling out "Brother A-Shou," Fu Hanlai felt a little dizzy.
Jiang Xuelin...
This girl...
What's wrong with her?
"You, you, you! Jiang Xuelin, what are you yelling about! How dare you call me Brother Shou?! Shameless! You have no shame at all!" Fu Hanlai, his whole body heating up, cursed Jiang Xuelin for her lack of martial ethics, his face showing a mixture of bravado and cowardice. "Let me tell you, don't think I'll listen to you just like that. I'm not one of those people who can be fooled by you!"
"...I won't fall for your tricks!"
Jiang Xuelin: "..."
What did I say? Didn't you tell me to call you "brother"?
"Hey Fu Ashou, why are you blushing? Do you have to be so angry?"
She called him "brother" as he wished, so why is he so angry?
Tsk!
"I won't fall for your tricks!"
Hearing Jiang Xuelin's question, Fu Hanlai's face grew even hotter, and he emphasized it again.
He won't be fooled by Jiang Xuelin!
That girl is a liar!
He knew all too well what she was really like!
I was so careless; I almost fell victim to this.
Jiang Xuelin looked bewildered and somewhat impatient. If she could get to the Marquis's residence sooner, she could stay there a little longer. Who wanted to linger here?
This impatience was amplified even more as Fu Hanlai remained red-faced and furious.
"Enough with the nonsense, are you going to the Marquis's residence or not?!"
If she doesn't want to go, fine. They're her own parents anyway, what can they do to her? Besides, she's only giving Fu Han face by not forcibly dragging him along. Even if she did drag him to the Jing'an Marquis's residence, could he resist?
"...I'll go."
Fu Hanlai gritted his teeth, desperately wanting to refuse Jiang Xuelin, but in the end he reluctantly agreed.
He...go!
Now Jiang Xuelin wanted to roll her eyes even more. If it weren't for her good manners that prevented her from rolling her eyes in public, she really wanted to give Fu Han a few big eye rolls.
What are you doing, messing around like this!
Hongluo followed behind Jiang Xuelin, watching Fu Hanlai blush and follow her young lady like a timid wife, her expression somewhat strange.
It is a bit strange.
These two are really...
Seemingly trying to hide his embarrassment and awkwardness, Fu Hanlai kept bickering with Jiang Xuelin on the way to the Jing'an Marquis's residence after getting into the carriage.
Jiang Xuelin wrote down everything, but since they were about to arrive at the Marquis's residence, it wasn't appropriate to settle accounts at this time.
Fu Hanlai seemed to have realized this, and became even more smug.
As for settling accounts when we get back... well, we'll deal with that when we get back. Anyway, knowing Jiang Xuelin as he does, he's not going to let it go like that. Since we're going to settle accounts anyway, we might as well settle them all at once.
Upon arriving at the Jing'an Marquis's residence, Fu Hanlai learned that the Marquis was away on official business and not at home. He breathed a sigh of relief and greeted the Marquis's wife and his sister-in-law, Madam Lu, with proper courtesy.
In terms of status, he was indeed of higher rank, but he was also the son-in-law of the Marquis of Jing'an.
...At least nominally so.
Lady Jing'an was overjoyed to see Jiang Xuelin and Fu Han return, and her smile widened. She asked, "Why are you back? Is something the matter?"
"Nothing much, I just missed you and Father, and there are a few things I wanted to ask you." Jiang Xuelin sat down next to Lady Jing'an, greeted Madam Lu, and then obediently snuggled up to her.
Since returning to her parents' home, Jiang Xuelin has not left the Prince's residence in order to minimize her presence. Indeed, she hasn't seen Lady Jing'an for almost a month and misses her dearly.
Lady Jing'an tapped Jiang Xuelin's forehead. She knew that if a married daughter frequently returned to her parents' home, people would gossip. However, she was still happy to see her daughter return, so she ultimately said nothing.
She also missed Jiang Xuelin very much.
After all, this child has always been a worry since he was little, never one to stay still. With so little activity for so long, she was a little concerned.
As for Fu Hanlai's original concern that he and his wife would find out about Jiang Xuelin sleeping on the floor... If it were someone else, they might really feel sorry for their daughter, thinking that their daughter had been wronged in her husband's family and didn't even have a bed, so she could only sleep on the floor. But Lady Jing'an was different.
She understands her daughter.
She has never suffered a loss with Fu Hanlai, and Fu Hanlai is no match for her. Unless Jiang Xuelin herself is willing, Fu Hanlai has no way of making her sleep on the ground.
Therefore, there must be a reason for this.
"You're so sweet-talking. What do you want to ask?"
"I want to ask Mother, when you and Father suppressed the rumors that day, did you suspect who was behind it all?"
Lady Jing'an was surprised that Jiang Xuelin had returned today for this very reason.
On that day, in order to suppress the rumors that Jiang Xuelin had run away from the wedding, the Jing'an Marquis's Mansion and the Pingwang Mansion joined forces to stage a play and spread the news. However, there were indeed people behind the scenes who helped spread the news even further.
Otherwise, it might not be so fast.
Now, everyone in the capital knows about the Prince of Ping's elopement and how he framed his fiancée.
"Your father and I both have our suspicions, and although we haven't confirmed them, we're about 70-80% sure. Why did you suddenly ask about this?"
Jiang Xuelin used to not care much about these things.
"It's just that I don't want to be taken advantage of."
When she said this, Jiang Xuelin's expression was somewhat indifferent.
"I suspect the palace helped us?"
Before Lady Jing'an could speak, Fu Hanlai, who was standing to the side, offered his own guess.
"Why does Your Highness say that?"
"Back then, there were quite a few who didn't want the Marquis of Jing'an's family to marry my third cousin."
Naturally, many more people spread the word about Jiang Xuelin saving him.
Many people in the palace knew about the Third Prince's ambitions and naturally did not want him to succeed.
They just added fuel to the fire.
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