In the afternoon, Hongdou felt more and more hungry and it was unbearable, so she quietly slipped into the kitchen to find something to eat to fill her stomach.

However, she encountered all kinds of difficulties in the kitchen. The people in the kitchen said with certainty that the food had already been rationed, and if they took one portion now, there would be one less portion in the evening. For this reason, Hongdou hesitated with them for a long time.

But Hongdou was not like the other easily-treated maids. Relying on the strong aura cultivated in the Shangshu Mansion, she took great pains to finally get a portion of food. Hongdou hurried back to the bridal chamber and started eating with Ning Xue.

"Miss, in my opinion, the Huo family is really picky about their son-in-law. They are even so stingy with food."

While eating, Hongdou couldn't help but complain to Jiang Yun.

Ning Xue nodded gently and responded, "Yes! As an illegitimate child, it is indeed not easy for Huo Lang to live in this mansion. We have to find a way to build a small kitchen so that we can prepare our own meals!"

Ning Xue talked while eating, but at the same time, she began to worry about her own pocket money. She thought to herself that she had to think of a way to get Huo Lang promoted as soon as possible so that they could live a more comfortable life.

Time passed quietly and night fell. Huo Beixuan returned to the bridal chamber. He gently lifted Ning Xue's veil, his expression looking very calm.

Ning Xue was very attentive and soon noticed that Huo Beixuan seemed to be in a bad mood, so she couldn't help but ask, "Are you unhappy because there are too few tables today?"

Huo Beixuan responded calmly: "So, Xue'er is unhappy because of this?"

"I..." Ning Xue lowered her head slightly. She had to admit that she was indeed unhappy about this matter. The situation at her parents' side was not satisfactory, and now it was the same at her husband's side. Her marriage was really too shabby!

Huo Beixuan didn't say anything more. He just silently poured wine for Jiang Yun and said, "Come, let's drink this wedding wine."

Ning Xue nodded slightly, took the wine, a smile bloomed on her face, and drank it all without hesitation! Seeing this, Huo Beixuan also smiled and drank the wine, but he knew in his heart that he had already put sterilization powder in the wine, so that Ning Xue would not get pregnant.

He could tolerate Ning Xue's past loss of virginity, but he absolutely could not tolerate the birth of a bastard of unknown origin.

"Huo Lang, I... have my period. We can't have sex tonight!" Ning Xue said embarrassedly with a red face. At the same time, she raised her head and looked at Huo Beixuan.

Huo Beixuan's expression became a little strange for a moment, and then he said lightly: "It doesn't matter, then I'll sleep in the study!"

In fact, as early as the afternoon, Ning Xue had already figured out the layout of the courtyard clearly.

The main house is their new home, the east wing is used as a study, and the west wing is currently empty. She has sent servants to place the eighteen loads of dowry inside. There is an ear room on each side of the courtyard door. She plans to let Hongdou live in one and convert the other into a small kitchen. Although this place is small and simple, it can at least meet basic living needs.

Ning Xue hesitated for a while, then said coyly, "Chu Lang, you don't have to sleep in the study. Even if we don't have sex, we can still sleep in the same bed."

Huo Beixuan suddenly chuckled when he heard this, and asked, "Sleeping in the same bed?" Then, he shook his head, his face suddenly changed, and he said coldly, "I can't sleep on it, I think it's dirty!"

Ning Xue was surprised when she heard this. She suddenly raised her head and looked at Huo Beixuan. She asked in disbelief, "You, what did you say?"

Huo Beixuan's expression was extremely cold, and he spoke word by word: "I. Say. You. Are. Dirty!"

Ning Xue seemed to be struck by thunder. She raised her head in disbelief and said with a trembling and difficult voice: "Huo, you...?"

"Wasn't your wedding night last night?" Huo Beixuan's eyes were full of mockery and disgust. "You screamed all night last night. Do you think I don't know?"

Ning Xue felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She stood there blankly, not moving an inch.

After a long while, she finally woke up as if from a dream, and with great difficulty found her voice, and asked, "Huo Lang, how did you know?"

Huo Beixuan stood up and said coldly: "I have been listening outside the window!"

"What's your groom's name? Xie Mei, what do you want to tell me? Were you harmed by someone? Who harmed you? Wasn't it you yourself?"

Huo Beixuan's words were like sharp knives, piercing Ning Xue's heart. "You are so dirty, and you still have the nerve to let me sleep in the same bed with you?"

"I married you because I was afraid that breaking off the engagement would ruin our reputations. Ning Xue, you can marry into the Huo family and keep your reputation now, but it's only because you have a father who is a minister. Otherwise, you will end up with Bai Ling!"

After saying that, Huo Beixuan mercilessly waved his sleeves and left. His resolute back seemed to declare his disdain and disgust for Ning Xue.

Ning Xue stood there in a daze. She felt as if she was in an ice cellar. She was freezing cold and her blood seemed to have frozen. She could never have imagined that the marriage she had been looking forward to would turn out like this.

Huo Lang, he was outside the window at the time, watching her being humiliated, but chose to remain indifferent! Ning Xue's heart was filled with despair and disbelief. She didn't understand how the man who once made her heart beat could be so cold-blooded and ruthless?

Anger and pain intertwined in Ning Xue's heart. She stood up suddenly, like a madman, and rushed to the study desperately.

At this moment, she had long lost her former dignity and calmness, and her heart was filled with only questioning and anger towards Huo Beixuan.

Rushing into the study, Ning Xue raised her hand and slapped Huo Beixuan hard, shouting at the top of her lungs, "You heartless and ungrateful person, you saw me being humiliated and didn't even try to save me?"

Huo Beixuan gently stroked the cheek that was hit. There was no trace of guilt in his eyes. Instead, he was full of indifference and ridicule. He said coldly: "Being humiliated? I think you enjoy it! How despicable it is to spend five thousand taels to hire someone to deal with you!"

Ning Xue was so angry that her whole body was shaking after listening to Huo Beixuan's disgusting words. She raised her hand again and wanted to slap him.

However, this time Huo Beixuan did not let her succeed. He quickly grabbed Ning Xue's hand and shook it hard, causing Ning Xue to fall to the ground in a mess.

Huo Beixuan looked down at Ning Xue who had fallen to the ground, and said with disgust, "Bitch, you should be content with the status I gave you. If the truth comes out, you will be blamed for your death!"

Ning Xue collapsed on the ground, tears streaming down her face. She looked up at Huo Beixuan and choked up as she said, "How noble do you think your title of Shangshu Xiaojie is? Or is my status as a wife of the Huo family more noble? How dare you murder the First-Rank Crown Prince's Consort?"

Huo Beixuan snorted coldly: "Miss, wake up! Now that the truth has been revealed, even your father, a second-rank official, can't protect you! From now on, you should be a good wife of the Huo family. I will give you the dignity you deserve outside, but don't dream about it at home. I feel sick when I see you!"

Ning Xue's heart was completely chilled. She murmured to herself: "You actually, just watched me like this..."

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