Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 848

"Who is there?"

Hearing the noise, Shen Yue picked up Qi Yumin and leaped onto a century-old tree.

Then a newlywed woman and a maid appeared.

"Madam, it seems no one is here!"

"Could I have misheard?" The girl looked up and down, left and right, but didn't see anyone suspicious.

But his wife said she heard people arguing.

Chu Xinyi grew up in the countryside and has very keen hearing. She can hear the sounds of small animals hiding in caves and thus determine their exact location.

She could find rabbit burrows every time she went up the mountain.

"That's not right! We clearly heard someone nearby just now. From this direction."

But when they came looking, they couldn't find a trace of him.

The maidservant grabbed her arm. "Madam, that's the dry well of the Cold Palace ahead. It's said that many people have died there. We should leave quickly!"

"There are many rules in the palace. After we pay our respects to the Empress, we should hurry back."

Chu Xinyi dared not cause any more trouble in the palace. After all, she was almost beaten to death by Pei Fang last time she came to the palace, and she was still in fear. "Well, let's go quickly then!"

I took only two steps, and it seemed like I stepped on something.

The girl bent down to pick it up.

"Madam, you're wearing a pearl hairpin, so beautiful!"

Chu Xinyi found it strange, "Why are there women's beaded flowers here? They look quite valuable."

She said there were people here.

One can tell from the exquisiteness of the beaded flower that its owner was of noble status.

Just then, Xing'er was suddenly struck from behind; she had already been knocked unconscious.

Both of them collapsed next to the artificial hill, unconscious.

Shen Yue snatched the pearl hairpin back from the maid's hand, his eyes hardening as he prepared to kill them.

"No."

"Shen Yue, don't kill anyone. She's Leng Yan's wife. If something happens to her, they'll definitely investigate." Qi Yumin was frightened and quickly grabbed him. "Just get the things back. Don't hurt innocent people."

She has a point.

It is indeed inappropriate to kill them here.

"I'll take you back."

Shen Yue didn't say much, and pinned the pearl flower back into her hair.

With Shen Yue secretly covering for her, her return was smooth.

When Qi Yumin quietly returned to her palace, she was still very scared.

Not knowing if they would be exposed, they had someone keep an eye on the Jiaofang Palace.

Chu Xinyi and her companions were spotted by passing patrolling guards.

He notified Leng Yan, who rushed over and took the person to the Imperial Medical Bureau.

"Husband."

Chu Xinyi woke up feeling strange and somewhat confused. "What happened to me?"

"How did you end up fainting near the Cold Palace? Who knocked you out?"

Chu Xinyi shook her head. "We didn't see anyone, but we heard voices."

"When Xing'er and I went to look for it, there was no sound... Oh, right, we found a pearl flower, it's very pretty. The pearls on it are very valuable!"

Leng Yan frowned slightly. "There are no pearl ornaments."

It must have been taken by someone else; they knocked them unconscious in an attempt to retrieve the evidence.

"You rest first, I'll go to the Imperial Study and then come back to pick you up."

Chu Xinyi blushed slightly and said shyly, "Yes, I'll wait for you."

"Oh right, I haven't gone to pay my respects to Her Majesty the Empress yet."

Seeing that she was alright, Leng Yan decided it would be safer to wait in Jiaofang Palace.

"I'll take you there."

The couple's life after marriage wasn't exactly a lovey-dovey affair, but it was happy and fulfilling. Leng Yan's personality didn't change much; he remained aloof, but he was still very good to his wife.

Even without love, there is still responsibility.

Chu Xinyi was simple-minded and thought that if he asked for permission to marry her, he must love her, so she unilaterally liked Leng Yan.

I am very satisfied with my married life.

The two had not yet consummated their marriage.

Yun Xiyue was shocked when she heard the news, "They didn't consummate their marriage?"

"Hmm." Chu Xinyi fidgeted with her handkerchief, somewhat hesitant to speak, "Because my injuries hadn't fully healed during our honeymoon, my husband was worried about hurting me."

With her mother-in-law pressuring her to have a child, Chu Xinyi started to get anxious and hinted at it to Leng Yan many times. However, he had been working the night shift lately, serving in the Imperial Study in the palace until the next morning.

She woke up, and he needed to rest.

This meant their schedules were out of sync, and neither of them had time to consummate their marriage.

Chu Xinyi went to the palace to find her mainly to ask her to help make a small request to the emperor: to transfer Leng Yan to work in the imperial study during the day.