Reborn as a concubine's daughter and entering a noble family: Xie Lang, don't be too seduc

Li Lang walked into the room where Sang Hua had once lived.

To my surprise, everything in the house was still there. A sudden surge of joy filled my heart, and a new hope arose within me...

He felt that perhaps Sang Hua didn't want to leave either; when she got married, she thought she would come back sooner or later.

So she didn't bring any of these familiar things to the Xie family.

He walked to Sang Hua's dressing mirror and gently picked up her comb...

This was a gift he gave to Sang Hua.

Sang Hua once had an old comb that she had used for many years. It belonged to an old nanny who had taken care of her since she was a child and had always used it to comb her hair. After the old nanny passed away, Sang Hua kept the comb and continued to use it. It was just that one cheap wooden comb that she owned.

But the people in the palace didn't like her. When she went out, they secretly slipped into her room and deliberately broke her comb.

She cried all night when she saw that the only thing the old nanny had left her was broken.

At that time, Sang Hua begged him to help find the person who broke her comb and to punish him severely.

He knew that Yunqiao was responsible, but he was unwilling to make an attack.

So he gave her this exquisitely carved openwork pine comb, which was also inlaid with a piece of fine Hetian jade, making it extremely luxurious.

He hoped that this comb could soothe Sang Hua's heartache at losing the wooden comb, and also hoped to give her something better so that she would no longer be troubled by "justice".

Sang Hua accepted the comb, but it seems that from then on...

Sang Hua never again complained to him about her grievances or asked him to uphold justice.

He thought that Sang Hua had grown up and understood his difficulties...

Thinking of this, Li Lang held the pine comb in his hand and seemed to see Sang Hua sitting in front of the dressing mirror, using this comb to do her makeup. Suddenly, he remembered something else.

He remembered that the ordinary wooden comb that Yunqiao had broken seemed to have been put away by Sanghua and placed in the box below.

So she bent down to look for it and found the box. She took it out, placed it in front of the vanity mirror, brushed off the dust, and then opened the box...

The person was dumbfounded.

Most of the jewelry he used to give Sang Hua is still there.

It is evident that Sanghua did not take with her the gifts he gave her when she married out of Yaohua Palace.

However, the old wooden comb that had been broken into four pieces was nowhere to be found.

Li Lang grew increasingly uneasy and began searching everywhere in the room where Sang Hua had lived. Most of the things he had given Sang Hua in the past were still there...

Sang Hua didn't even take the Shu brocade sash to the Xie family.

The clanging and banging noises from inside the room attracted Ruan Wei, who happened to be passing by. Hearing the noises coming from Sang Hua's room, she became suspicious and came over to investigate.

He pushed open the door and shouted, "Which blind fool is stealing things here again!... ..."

Only after he finished speaking did he see Li Lang's face clearly.

Ruan Wei immediately bowed and greeted him, "Fourth Prince."

After listening to Ruan Wei's words, Li Lang pondered for a while, "What did you just say? You came here to steal again? Someone came to steal Sang Hua's things?"

“...Yes.” Ruan Wei dared not hide anything, and then told Li Lang about the frequent “thieves” visiting Huo Sanghua’s room. “The things that the Fourth Prince used to give to Miss Sanghua were all of good quality. But everyone in the palace knows that Miss Sanghua has nowhere to complain when she is wronged. Neither Consort Qi nor Your Highness will care. So, people often sneak in when Miss Sanghua is not around and steal things. Even if Miss Sanghua knows, there is nothing she can do.”

Li Lang's heart tightened. He was unaware of this, and felt as if a heavy stone was pressing down on his chest, causing him sharp pain. "Sang Hua... do you know?"

Ruan Wei was one of the older servants in Yaohua Palace who had served there for a long time. However, before Yunqiao offended Huo Sanghua, she was not responsible for taking care of Sanghua and had no direct contact with her. But there was nothing in Yaohua Palace that she did not know.

"Yes, Miss Sanghua knows this too. Over time, seeing that there has been no punishment, those thieves have become even more arrogant. They openly wear the things they stole from Miss Sanghua and show them off in front of her. This isn't the first or second time." Ruan Wei replied calmly, showing some sympathy for Huo Sanghua.

"So, she knew..." Li Lang muttered to himself, but what puzzled him was, "Then why didn't she tell me..."

He wanted to ask Ruan Wei why Sang Hua hadn't told him a single word about the injustice she had suffered.

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly fell silent...

Yes, even if Sang Hua told him, what could he do? He might not stand up for Sang Hua, nor would he dare to openly punish those in the palace who bullied her.

In the end, all she gets is to endure it, to be sensible, then be given something even more valuable, only to have it stolen again...

"At first, I was also curious why Miss Sanghua, knowing that someone would steal her things, didn't put away her valuables and lock the door when she went out... ...Later, I realized that perhaps she never really considered those things as her own." Ruan Wei seemed to have come to terms with it and even admired Miss Sanghua's character. "In the past, Miss Sanghua would collect some rewards from other palace servants and help them sell them outside the palace to earn a little money. She actually kept a close eye on these things and they never got stolen. It's clear that she really didn't care about the valuables in her room."

“Never put my heart into it… …never put my heart into it… …” Li Lang silently repeated Ruan Wei’s words, his chest aching.

Perhaps Sang Hua had long lost trust in him, and only felt numb obedience. He thought Sang Hua couldn't live without him, but that was just Sang Hua's dependence on him because she was trapped in this small courtyard and had never seen the outside world.

Now, she has finally escaped from that cage...

They would never want to be locked up again.

"Ruan Wei, do me a favor. Find out secretly who stole Sang Hua's things, what they stole, how many times they stole them, and... where those things went." Li Lang's eyes darkened, and a murderous intent rose within him.

He always has to do something.

"Yes." Ruan Wei remained as elegant as ever, even though she knew that the Fourth Prince was about to begin investigating and what fate awaited those who were found out.

He readily agreed to the task assigned by the Fourth Prince.

As Li Lang watched Ruan Wei leave the room, he gripped the comb in his hand more tightly, leaving deep marks on his palm.

My gaze slowly swept across the box and fell upon an agate bracelet inside. Then I remembered the bracelet I had forced onto Sang Hua's wrist...

Perhaps that will be his last resort.

Logically, Xie Lin should have known that Sang Hua had "lost" her virginity before their marriage, and no man would consider that insignificant. Therefore, there would always have been a lingering unease between Sang Hua and Xie Lin, and she would never have imagined that it was all related to the bracelet he had given her!

According to the original plan, he was supposed to take advantage of the chaos to kill his father, seize the throne, and frame his second brother.

After all, he had already received news from his mother that behind today's "family banquet" was a "palace coup" personally orchestrated by his father, the emperor, to test which of his brothers still harbored any disloyalty and would reveal their true intentions.

The meticulously planned scheme was completely disrupted the moment the news of Sang Hua's accident was learned.