A life of ups and downs is pure joy

Xiao Yi, who had just finished practicing sword, took the handkerchief handed to him by the maid, but saw Lin Qinghuan and Li Jiaxin entering his yard together. Da Yuan next to him also looked at the young lady and Madam Li with an expression of watching the fun.

"What are you doing?" Xiao Yi threw his sword to Da Yuan, sat at the stone table and looked at the two women in confusion and asked.

"I met my wife on the road and was thinking of coming over to serve her later..." Michelle Reis replied in a panic.

Lin Qinghuan looked at Li Jiaxin strangely. Wasn't she Xiao Yi's aunt? Why was she completely different from her father's aunt on her mother's side? She looked like a servant, groveling and fawning.

"What's the matter?" Xiao Yi asked, but saw that Lin Qinghuan was staring at Li Jiaxin in a trance.

"Madam, what do you want to talk to me about?" Xiao Yi asked again.

"Oh...my father is having a birthday party tomorrow. If you are free, please accompany me back to the Lin Mansion. If you are busy..."

"Yeah." Xiao Yi responded before Lin Qinghuan finished speaking.

"In that case, I'll go back first." Lin Qinghuan didn't expect Xiao Yi to agree so quickly, but when he saw Li Jiaxin, he understood the reason. He probably wanted her to leave quickly so as not to disturb their interest.

Xiao Yi frowned as he watched Lin Qinghuan leave quickly. He was afraid that the floor of his Qingbo Courtyard was too hot for his feet, as she walked so briskly.

Michelle Reis didn't expect that Lin Qinghuan would actually come to say something. Seeing Xiao Yi's cold face, she began to panic again, wondering if she had disturbed them because of her untimely appearance.

On the way back, Lin Qinghuan felt relieved and thought about taking a leisurely walk back to Luoyi Pavilion. His steps were much lighter than when he came.

"Yun Xiang, how many concubines and maids does your eldest son have?" Lin Qinghuan asked Yun Xiang curiously.

"Madam, there are two concubines and one maid, but you don't have to mind. The eldest master basically lives in Qingbo Courtyard all year round. I came out of Qingbo Courtyard before serving you." Yun Xiang thought that Lin Qinghuan was jealous of Madam Li just now, and quickly explained for Xiao Yi.

"Why should I mind?" Lin Qinghuan said disapprovingly, thinking that he was not her brother Yu.

"You shouldn't mind it in the first place. Isn't it normal for big brother to have several concubines? What's wrong with having a few more?" Xiao Qiannan's voice came from behind.

"Miss." Yun Xiang and Chu Xia greeted the visitor.

"Sister-in-law, my elder brother is so outstanding, naturally there are many women who admire him. As his wife, you must learn to be tolerant and accepting. Women from the Lin family should not be jealous. I remember that General Lin's backyard was also very lively." Xiao Qiannan continued to look at Lin Qinghuan and said. For some reason, every time she saw her overly beautiful face, Xiao Qiannan became very angry. It was this disaster that caused her second brother to go to Dayan, and now she was married to her beloved elder brother.

"Who he likes, how many concubines he has now, and how many concubines he will take in in the future are all his business. Naturally, I don't have any ideas about it, and you don't need to remind me of it." Lin Qinghuan glanced at Xiao Qiannan and replied unhappily.

"You'd better remember what you said today. Being a virtuous wife is not something you can become just by talking. I think it's a bit difficult for you." Xiao Qiannan continued.

"Our girl is your sister-in-law after all. Isn't it a bit disrespectful for you to talk to her like that?" Chu Xia said angrily.

With the sound of a crisp slap, Chuxia's left cheek instantly became red and swollen.

"You silly girl, when is it your turn as a servant to answer?" Xiao Qiannan blew on the palm of her hand and scolded.

"Does it hurt?" Lin Qinghuan covered Chuxia's face with her hands in pain, and asked her with red eyes. She didn't react for a moment and didn't realize how quickly Xiao Qiannan hit Chuxia.

"The servants in the Lin Mansion need to be disciplined. The master is speaking, but the servants are so eloquent." Xiao Qiannan said, rolling his eyes at the master and servant.

"No matter what, it is not your turn to discipline the servants in the Lin Mansion, and it is never your turn to beat my maid." Lin Qinghuan said to Xiao Qiannan with a cold face.

"Sister-in-law, now that they have followed you to the Xiao family, they must understand the rules of the Xiao family. Your Lin family is made up of warriors, so you probably don't have enough etiquette maids, otherwise even the servants would be so ignorant of etiquette." Xiao Qiannan said with a sneer, looking at Lin Qinghuan.

"I see that you don't have much manners. You're just a rude girl who doesn't even respect your sister-in-law." Lin Qinghuan said.

"Pa!" The crisp sound of slapping rang out again, and Lin Qinghuan's face instantly felt hot and painful.

"Miss, how could you hit the young lady?" Yun Xiang opened his mouth in horror and looked at Xiao Qiannan in disbelief.

"Young Madam, how are you?" Then he and Chuxia went forward to check on Lin Qinghuan, who had blood at the corner of her mouth.

"So what if I hit you? You are a troublemaker. It's not enough that you have brought disaster to my second brother. Now you are causing trouble to my eldest brother, forcing him to marry you. I wish I could beat you to death!" Xiao Qiannan shouted at Lin Qinghuan without knowing what was going on.

"Miss, it's all my fault. You have never heard a harsh word since you were a child, and now you are being beaten in the Xiao Mansion. The Xiao Mansion is simply too much." Chu Xia cried and wiped Lin Qinghuan's face with a handkerchief, blaming herself.

"Let's go." Lin Qinghuan stood up with a cold face, glanced at Xiao Qiannan indifferently, and turned to leave.

"Why are you so guilty that you dare not answer and run away with your tail between your legs? Are you admitting that you are a disaster..." Xiao Qiannan stepped forward and grabbed Lin Qinghuan's sleeve, holding her tightly.

"Xiao Qiannan, what did you do!" Xiao Qiannan felt herself being pulled back by a great force, and saw Xiao Yi looking at her with a dark face.

"Big...big brother, when...when did you come?" Xiao Qiannan was so scared that she stuttered.

Xiao Yi stepped forward and gently pinched Lin Qinghuan's chin. Seeing her red and swollen right cheek, he frowned and spoke sternly.

"Why don't you kneel down and admit your mistake?"

"I...big brother, you actually want me to kneel down with her?" Xiao Qiannan said in disbelief, looking at the big brother who doted on her since childhood.

"No need." Lin Qinghuan pushed Xiao Yi's hand away and said coldly, then left with Chu Xia without looking back. Yun Xiang glanced at Xiao Yi, turned around and chased after Lin Qinghuan.

When they were a little further away, Lin Qinghuan burst into tears of grievance. She was the apple of everyone's eye in the Lin family, but now in the Xiao family, Xiao Qiannan slapped her and Chu Xia in public, but she could do nothing about it.

Luo Yun, who was watching the maid watering the flowers in the yard, saw Lin Qinghuan and Chu Xia coming back with swollen faces.

"What's wrong with the young lady?" she asked Yun Xiang in horror.

"Young Madam..." Yun Xiang glanced at Lin Qinghuan and didn't dare to speak.

Luo Yun knew that Lin Qinghuan had gone to look for Xiao Yi, and he felt something was wrong. Could it be that the eldest son...

"It's okay, I slipped. No one except Chuxia is allowed to enter the house." After Lin Qinghuan said this, he asked Chuxia to lock the door.

Back in the room, Lin Qinghuan could no longer hold back her grievance and started crying.

"Girl, it's all my fault, it's all Chuxia's fault. I shouldn't have said too much and caused you to get implicated. Does it hurt, girl?" Chuxia used a robe to wipe Lin Qinghuan's tears with heartache. Looking at her swollen little face, she blamed herself so much that she wanted to hit her head against a wall and die.

"Chuxia, it's all my fault for being incompetent. Why don't you and Lixue go back to Suheju? At least no one will bully you two." Lin Qinghuan said sadly as he looked at the girl who had taken care of him since she was a child.

"Miss, Chu Xia won't leave. If you are doing well, I will have nothing to do when I go back. But now you are being bullied like this in the Xiao Mansion. How can I let you stay here alone?" Chu Xia knelt beside Lin Qinghuan and cried.

"You can't tell Daddy and Aunt He about what happened today, nor can you tell Sister Yi and An Cai." Lin Qinghuan lowered his head and said to Chu Xia.

"Why, young lady? Now it's time for the general to teach them a lesson." Chu Xia wanted to go back to the Lin Mansion immediately to tell the general how the young lady was bullied, and asked everyone to let Lin Qinghuan take charge.

"Telling Dad will only make him feel more guilty." Lin Qinghuan realized that if she hadn't insisted on marrying Xiao Yu, her elder brother wouldn't have to marry Ning Xiaoqi. As a child of the Lin family, especially a legitimate daughter who grew up under the care of everyone, she has her own responsibilities. Only if she obeys the wishes of the Queen Mother and the Prince can the Lin family be stable and her father can enjoy his old age.

"But the eldest lady of the Xiao family bullied you like this, girl." Chu Xia looked at Lin Qinghuan with tears in her eyes.

"If you don't listen to me, I will send you back to the Lin Mansion." Lin Qinghuan said.

"Girl, I will listen to you. Please don't drive me away." Chu Xia sobbed.

In Qingyin Pavilion, the teacup in Liu Ji's hand fell to the ground and broke into pieces.

"Yier hit Huan'er? How could he hit someone?" Liu Ji said in disbelief. "Impossible. My Yi'er is a gentle person. Even if he doesn't like Huan'er, he wouldn't hit her."

"The young lady came back with a swollen face. She went to Qingbo Courtyard early in the morning. Who else in this mansion would dare to hit her except the eldest young master?" Luo Yun said affirmatively. When she saw Lin Qinghuan coming back with tears on her face, she felt something was wrong and hurried to tell Liu Ji in detail.

"This...what should we do? My Yi'er has such a temper. What did Huan'er say to make him so angry? Could it be?" Liu Ji looked at Liu Rong with a worried look on her face and asked hesitantly.

"Go back and take care of the young lady first." Liu Rong ordered.

"The young lady locked the door and only allowed the maid she had known since childhood inside. She didn't let anyone in." Luo Yun said worriedly.

In the Xiao family ancestral hall, Xiao Qiannan knelt there unwillingly, looking at Xiao Yi with grievance.

"Keep kneeling until tomorrow morning." Xiao Yi looked at Xiao Qiannan and said sternly.

"You two watch her and don't allow anyone to bring her food." Xiao Yi said coldly to the two etiquette maids beside him.

"Big Brother!" Xiao Qiannan cried and cried as she watched Xiao Yi leave, but she didn't dare move when she saw the two fierce etiquette maids. These two old women were from Xiao Yi's love palace, and Xiao Qiannan treated them with great respect.

Xiao Yi came to Luoyi Pavilion, but saw a group of maids holding wooden trays, standing at the door at a loss. On the trays was Lin Qinghuan's lunch. The door was locked, and no matter how hard he knocked, there was no response from inside.

"Master, the young lady has locked the door since she returned to her room." Yun Xiang was secretly delighted to see Xiao Yi, and then ran over and knelt down to say.

"Master, what happened to my girl? Why won't you even let me in?" Li Xue ran over, unaware of the situation, knelt down and asked anxiously.

"Go knock on the door again." Xiao Yi said, looking at the closed door.

"Young Madam, please open the door. The eldest master is here to see you." Yun Xiang and Lu Hua kept knocking on the door and spoke softly.

"Sister Chuxia, girls, please don't scare me, open the door." Li Xue was crying and knocking on the door.

After a while, a sound came from inside and Chuxia opened the door.

"The girl was a little tired this morning and slept for a while. She will wake up soon. You don't have to worry too much." Chu Xia said.

"Are you okay, girl?" Li Xue asked doubtfully, standing on tiptoe and looking inside. Chu Xia nodded at her.

"The young lady has finished dressing up, please come in, young master." Chu Xia said with a bow.

Yun Xiang was a smart maid. She knew that she had seen something she shouldn't have seen, so she kept her mouth shut.

"Let me see your face." Xiao Yi said as he sat in front of Lin Qinghuan.

"It's okay." Lin Qinghuan turned his head to the side and said, "It's not a big deal, you don't have to come here." When Lin Qinghuan saw Xiao Yi, he remembered Xiao Qiannan saying that he was forced to marry her, and he felt that he really didn't want to face him.

"Nan'er has been spoiled since she was a child. I have punished her." Xiao Yi picked up the kettle on the table and poured a cup of tea for Lin Qinghuan, saying softly.

Lin Qinghuan glanced at him and didn't say anything else. She was furious, but she was not his relative, so it didn't matter that he slapped her. He just pretended to scold her a few times. What else could she teach him? Could she hit him back?

"Your face is still a little red and swollen. Did they apply medicine to you?" Xiao Yi felt a little guilty when he saw Lin Qinghuan, who was very angry but trying to hold it back, and asked.

"I was born in a family of warriors, so I'm not as delicate as those girls from the families of civil officials. I'll be fine after a night's sleep. There's no need to waste the herbs." Lin Qinghuan said while suppressing his anger.

Yun, who was carrying anti-swelling medicine and ice cubes, stopped halfway and stood there awkwardly, at a loss as to what to do.

Xiao Yi signaled Yun to put down her things, and the little girl quickly slipped out after putting them down.

"Turn your face around, I'll give you an ice compress." Xiao Yi picked up the tweezers, picked up the ice cubes and put them into the sewn thick cloth bag.

"No need." Lin Qinghuan turned her back to him, wondering why she was being so hypocritical.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yi stood up and walked to her and squatted down, pinching her chin with one hand and gently pressing an ice bag on her slightly swollen cheek with the other.

Lin Qinghuan looked at Xiao Yi in surprise, not knowing what to say for a long time. She could only stupidly let him apply ice to her and then apply medicine.

"Does it hurt?" Xiao Yi asked softly.

"Well, it was burning painful when I first got hit, but now I just feel swollen." Lin Qinghuan replied seriously.

"I'm sorry." Xiao Yi said.

"You are a good brother." Lin Qinghuan was stunned for a moment. If it were Lin Yuzhi, he would probably do the same as Xiao Yi.

"I'm not..." Xiao Yi just opened his mouth when Yun Xiang outside knocked on the door.

"Young Master, Young Madam, the Old Madam is here."