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

In Xie Lin's Hidden Garden, Huo Sanghua stood guard beside Xie Lin, took the wet cloth handed to him by Wu Tong, and wrung it out.

Then, she carefully wiped the marks off Xie Lin's face while he was unconscious.

The handkerchief was stained with blood. When it was put back into the basin, the water in the basin was immediately stained with mottled patterns.

Hawthorne lowered his head and sighed softly...

So much happened that day, and she didn't even have time to think about it.

When I finally have a moment to calm down, my whole body aches.

He rolled up his sleeve slightly, and you could see that one of his arms was covered with bruises from being pinched.

“...That Madam Li was too ruthless.” Wu Tong was heartbroken and held Huo Sanghua’s arm to check the injury. “Second Madam, please rest. I’ll go get you some medicine. Applying some medicine will help it heal faster!”

"no need."

Hawthorne didn't think that this kind of injury without a physical wound was a big deal.

She looked out the window, still deeply worried.

I wonder what Lord Xie said to Madam Xie after he arranged for them to leave, and whether Madam Xie will still hold a grudge against them.

Fearing that later, Li's mother would bring more people and lock them in the ancestral hall without explanation.

"Second Madam..." Wu Tong complained, but was powerless to do anything about it.

"I'm fine." Huo Sanghua looked at Wu Tong with unusual seriousness. She was very grateful to Wu Tong for helping her so desperately today, and she was also quite surprised. She reached out and took Wu Tong's hand. "What I suffered in the palace before was much more serious than this. I'll be fine after a couple of days of rest. But you... ...When you rushed out like that today, didn't you ever think that Old Madam Xie might have someone beat you to death in a fit of anger?"

Wutong is different from her.

She was, after all, a daughter of the Emperor who had given her a dowry, and also the adopted daughter of Consort Qi, with a connection to the Fourth Prince. Even if Old Madam Xie was furious, she couldn't allow anyone to do anything to her. But Wu Tong was merely a maid who came with her as part of the dowry...

If Madam Xie finds out something wrong with disrespecting her elders, she can use that as an excuse to make trouble.

It's possible they could be beaten to death and thrown out...

"We can't just stand by and watch the Second Madam suffer without doing anything." Wu Tong suddenly grasped Huo Sanghua's hand. "Don't be afraid, Second Madam. From now on, Wu Tong will protect you. We will definitely not let those old women in this Marquis's mansion bully you!"

She means it.

I used to feel sorry for Huo Sanghua when I saw her suffering, but today I see her in such a miserable state, and she is being bullied.

How could I bear to part with it?

After all, they were all sent by Consort Qi to be Huo Sanghua's dowry maids, and they would be living together in the future. "The Second Madam is our master. Since Wu Tong was sent to be the Second Madam's dowry maid, she naturally has to protect the Second Madam. If the Second Madam is allowed to be bullied for no reason, we servants will not have any face to show, and we will be even more easily bullied."

She was determined to spend her life with Hawthorne.

We definitely can't just stand by and watch someone die!

She was injured today, but it doesn't matter. She felt that she was already very remarkable for being able to snatch her wife back from so many people!

"...Since you treat me with such sincerity, I will treat you with the same sincerity in the future, and I will never let you suffer any loss." Hawthorne was somewhat moved.

No one had ever protected her like this before, but today she encountered two at once. One was injured and lying unconscious in bed, while the other vowed to protect her. How could she not be moved?

"Second Madam." While they were talking, Granny Guo also entered the room.

I advised her to take a rest, since so much had happened today and she must be exhausted.

They also said that the second young master's side could be taken care of by them.

But Huo Sanghua wanted to personally guard Xie Lin. So many things had happened during the day, and he didn't know if things would calm down at night.

Xie Lin ended up in a coma because he saved her, so if he were to encounter any danger, she would definitely take care of him.

Neither Granny Guo nor Wutong could dissuade her. Helpless, Granny Guo had no choice but to ask Wutong to go to the kitchen and see if there was anything to eat for Huo Sanghua to have something to eat.

After Wutong left, Huo Sanghua remembered to ask Granny Guo about Yanliu.

Granny Guo said that Yanliu was taking care of Qinghuai. "Does the Second Madam have something to ask Yanliu? Then... this old servant will go and fetch her for you."

“No need,” Huo Sanghua called out to her. “I was just asking casually. Since she’s taking care of Qinghuai, let her continue taking care of her.”

“Yes…” Granny Guo’s lowered eyes, dark and bright, darted around, waiting for the right moment to speak. “Second Madam, we were made difficult by Old Madam Xie today, I’m afraid…”

The unfinished words were full of all sorts of hints.

But what she clearly wanted to hide was that while Wu Tong rushed up to help Huo Sanghua with all her might today, she quietly hid outside the crowd.

Hawthorne asked unhurriedly, "What are you trying to say?"

“This old servant is getting old, with only a few bones, and I’m afraid I’m no longer of any use to the Second Madam. I was thinking… perhaps the Second Madam could let this old servant return to the countryside to live out her days in a while,” Granny Guo said tentatively, constantly observing Huo Sanghua’s reaction.

She knew that Huo Sanghua had become suspicious of her. She had never imagined that Huo Sanghua's seemingly hopeless plan would come to life after entering the Marquis of Anding's mansion.

She and Qinghuai made the wrong bet before, and now Qinghuai's life hangs by a thread and he doesn't have much time left. She doesn't want to end up like Qinghuai.

"I'll think about it." Hawthorne didn't give her an answer immediately.

Knowing that when Granny Guo mentioned it to my face, she definitely didn't really want to leave Shengjing and return to the countryside to retire.

But she didn't want to fall out with Granny Guo at this crucial moment.

“Yes…” Granny Guo agreed first, then, as if suddenly remembering something, she turned back to look at the door and deliberately muttered, “That girl Wutong has been gone for half a day, why hasn’t she come back yet? Second Madam, please wait a moment, this old servant will go and see!”

Using this as an excuse, he hurriedly slipped out of the room.

How could Hawthorne not see through her thoughts?

These old maids who had worked in the palace for a long time were all like cunning foxes, their minds full of twists and turns, and none of them were kind.

She also wanted to take this opportunity to get rid of Granny Guo so that she could have some peace and quiet around her.

But upon closer reflection, she realized that keeping Granny Guo around was still useful. After all, she had just married into the Xie family and didn't know many things, so she needed an older nanny by her side. There would always be a time when she would come in handy.

Looking back at Xie Lin...

Thinking back to my first encounter with Xie Lin...

He impersonated Xie Shu and met her. Through a screen, Huo Sanghua could vaguely see his appearance.

That time, Hawthorne didn't know he wasn't Xie Shu, and as a result, she married into the Xie family by mistake and died on her wedding night.

When Huo Sanghua saw him a second time, she confirmed that he wasn't the groom who had died with her on their wedding night, and realized that everything in her past life had been a misunderstanding. "Xie Lin, if I weren't the orphan of the Huo family, would you still have risked your life to protect me like this?"

In her view, everything Xie Lin did to her was because of her status as the orphan of the Huo family.

Regardless of who Xie Lin is, his relationship with the Huo family is far from ordinary. It is because of his connection with the Huo family that he has repeatedly stepped in to protect her.

It's all because of the Xie family.