The Eldest Daughter-in-Law [Reborn] - Chapter 24

The Mama followed beside her and smiled bitterly, “I don’t know. I only received a message from him saying that he wants to see you for something important.”

Concubine Lu said no more, her heart was pounding, and her steps became faster. The master and servant chose a secluded path and quietly came to the back room, where they saw a tall man dressed as an accountant standing by the well. When he saw Concubine Lu, he immediately showed a look of pain, “Zhen Niang, has our affair been discovered? Run with me!”

When Concubine Lu heard it, she felt something was wrong. At that time, a buzzing sound came from outside the yard.

Oops! She fell into someone else’s trap.

By the time Concubine Lu reacted, Second Madam Li and her people came flooding in. Concubine Lu’s heart sank when she met her cold gaze.

What happened next was a natural progression.

Thunder rumbled in the sky at noon, and the sun was completely covered by dark clouds. Xie Yunchu looked at the empty hall, drank tea in silence, and listened to Xia An’s vivid description, “I never realized that the usually gentle and quiet Cocubine Lu was like a tigress, punching and kicking the man. Oh, if I hadn’t seen it with my own eyes, how would I know that she hid her cousin in our Xie family as an accountant? Oh, Master got so angry that his face turned green…”

It turned out that Concubine Lu had a childhood sweetheart and they had a secret crush on each other. Later, she met Xie Hui by chance and was impressed by his charm. She then wanted to climb up the social ladder. After Xie Hui went to Beijing, her cousin also followed. Concubine Lu was furious at first, but then she thought quickly and used some means to appease her cousin. She also brought him into the Xie family to work as an accountant as a secret support. As a result, Concubine Lu became very successful in the Xie family.

She learned about this by accident before her death in her previous life, and took advantage of it in this life. When she returned home these few days, she found out how the two of them were in contact. First, she set a fire to prevent Concubine Lu from being included in the family tree, and then she spread false news to both parties to entice the two of them to meet, thus revealing the secret.

Concubine Lu’s reputation was completely ruined, and Xie Yunxiu would also be disliked by the family. Concubine Lu was locked up with a disheartened heart, and the cousin was also taken away for interrogation. After a severe torture by the steward, the cousin was forced to confess a lot of the truth, even the fact that he had withheld Xie Yunchu’s dowry and secretly purchased a store for his daughter.

But Xie Yunchu underestimated her father Xie Hui’s feelings for Concubine Lu. Xie Hui was so angry that he fell ill. Xie Yunchu personally served medicine to her father at the bedside. She was sad when she saw her tall, thin and vigorous father become weak and listless in a short time.

When Xie Hui was young, he loved books and had great literary talent. He was the third place in the Imperial Examination and worked his way up to become the chief academic officer of the Imperial Academy. He had many students all over the world and valued his reputation more than his life. Suddenly, he suffered a setback and was deeply saddened.

Xie Yunchu counseled him, “She is a beast in human form, and has deceived Father for so many years. Why would you hurt yourself for her?”

Xie Hui’s lips trembled for a long time, he was unable to speak. He had a failed marriage, and he was very worried about getting married, so he waited so many years to make Lu his wife, but he didn’t expect that he was being kept in the dark and treated like a fool. He sighed, and did not explain anything to his eldest daughter, and directly ordered, “Chu’er, send someone to the house of the in-laws to apologize and tell them that the birthday party is canceled.”

That was something Xie Yunchu had not expected. She paused, but had no choice but to do as he asked.

Although Concubine Lu was locked up, there was a mess at home. Xie Yunchu was unable to go back on the first day of the new year, so she asked Xia An to go back to the Wang family. Family disgrace should not be made public, so the Xie family announced to the public that Xie Jijiu’s old illness had relapsed and the birthday banquet was canceled. After all, it was not a full birthday celebration, so no one took it to heart. Madam Jiang, who had originally planned to celebrate the birthday, immediately relaxed when she heard that.

“In that case, have your master come back quickly. I’ve had back pain these past few days. I don’t know what method she used to apply medicine to me, but I was able to recover completely. The sooner, the better. Tell her to come back tonight.”

Xia An, wearing a light green bodice, stood in front of Jiang respectfully like Duo Bihe, and answered, “Second Young Madam asked me to apologize to Madam. Her father is ill and she cannot leave. Madam, you are kind-hearted. Please give her a few more days and wait until the Second Young Master’s birthday before calling her back.”

Jiang was so angry that she threw the teacup over and said, “If she has the guts, then tell her don’t come back.”

Xia An went back and told Xie Yunchu exactly what Jiang had said, and the little maidservant burst into tears in anger.

Xie Yunchu, however, looked indifferent and said, “Okay, then I won’t go back.” 

Anyway, the Xie family had no leader, and with Jiang’s words, she was not afraid of having no excuse.

Jiang thought that if she scared Xie Yunchu a few times, Xie Yunchu would be so scared that he would come back to serve her that night. Unfortunately, she waited until her eyelids were frazzled but there was no sign of Xie Yunchu.

Jiang was completely furious, saying, “I finally understand. She first used the excuse of being unwell, and then pretended that her father had something. It was obvious that she deliberately didn’t want to serve me. It was just because I said a few harsh words to her that day, and threatened her to give a concubine for Huai, so she held a grudge. If she has the ability to give birth to a son, I don’t have to worry about this in vain.”

When the Second Master came back, Jiang threw herself into her husband’s arms, crying and pouring out her grievances to him, “My daughter-in-law is riding on my head here, you have to make the decision for me.”

The Second Master heard the whole story and knew that his wife was always pretending to be nice. He hugged her and advised, “Mr. Xie cares about face the most. He will not cancel the birthday banquet unless it is an urgent matter. You just have to wait for a few more days. When she returns home, I will order her to serve you.”