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

Upon hearing the words "Miss Sanghua," the hall fell silent, everyone seemingly puzzled.

Consort Qi was the first to react, and she smiled naturally, "Look at her, she's the girl you raised by your side. Even though she's married, His Majesty still treats her like that little maid!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the others in the hall burst into laughter.

"Go then," Consort Qi said to Huo Sanghua. "Who knows, maybe your Xie family's second son got some advantage with His Majesty, and His Majesty wants to summon you two together to reward you handsomely!"

Huo Sanghua rose and had no choice but to greet Consort Qi and take his leave.

She couldn't help but wonder, was it really His Majesty who summoned her?

Following the unfamiliar palace maid out the door, they circled the path and turned into a side gate of Yaohua Palace...

"Wait a minute!" Huo Sanghua tried to stop the little palace maid who was leading the way. "I have lived in this palace for many years. Even if I have never been to other places, I am still familiar with Yaohua Palace. Just now, Eunuch Cai came to summon Xie Lin to Yuyang Palace to talk. Why did you bring me back to Yaohua Palace?"

It shouldn't be that they want to harm her.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have falsely conveyed His Majesty's decree in front of so many concubines and maids in the palace.

But she was really worried about who the little palace maid was taking her to see... "Who wants to see me? Why all this trouble? If you don't say anything, I'm going back."

The young palace maid was blocked in her way and didn't know how to answer for a moment.

The person who instructed her to lure Hawthorne here probably didn't tell her how to answer if Hawthorne asked... "Miss Hawthorne..."

"It's me who wants to see you."

Suddenly, Li Lang's voice came from behind.

Hawthorne was immediately terrified, and cold sweat broke out on his back.

Is it really Li Lang?!

Who else but Li Lang would dare to deceive her into coming here from within Yaohua Palace by falsely claiming to be acting on His Majesty's decree?!

Before she could calm down, Li Lang quickened his pace and walked up to her, glancing at the maid who had led her out. "You can go now. If anyone asks, tell them you know nothing. Understand?"

"Yes, this servant understands." The little palace maid was quite clever; she didn't even raise her head again before retreating.

"Why does the Fourth Prince have to make things difficult for the palace maids? In front of all the concubines, she falsely conveyed His Majesty's decree. Once people find out, she will be in trouble." Huo Sanghua was surprised to see Li Lang walk up to her from the side. He was so close that she could almost smell his scent.

He quickly took half a step back to avoid the situation.

"Sang Hua, what's wrong with you?" Li Lang also noticed her change. In just a few days, Sang Hua had become more unfamiliar, which made him uneasy. He took another step forward and grabbed Sang Hua's arm. "Xie Lin... didn't do anything to you, did he?"

Huo Sanghua looked up into his eyes and smiled slightly, "Second Prince is Sanghua's husband. I wonder what the Fourth Prince wants to ask?"

“Sang Hua, don’t be angry with me! I told you before, letting you marry into the Xie family is only a temporary expedient. In the future, I will definitely bring you back—” Li Lang gripped her arm tightly and emphasized to her again.

Marrying her off to the Xie family was definitely not his intention.

Huo Sanghua stared into his eyes for a long time before struggling to shake off his hand. "Things in this world are like that; once they're gone, they're gone. I am no longer the Huo Sanghua of the past. Now that I have married Erlang, I accept him for life... I hope that the Fourth Prince will respect himself and that the future will be long and prosperous for him. I wish the Fourth Prince all his wishes come true."

I just hope that we will never cross paths again.

By marrying Xie Lin, she reduced her "value" to the lowest possible level, making herself vulnerable to Li Lang's exploitation.

Unless Li Lang is determined to kill her and make her die in the Xie family, otherwise...

To Li Lang, she was already a useless piece of chess.

"You want to sever ties with me?!" Li Lang demanded in despair, gripping Sang Hua's hand even tighter, his eyes fixed on her. "Sang Hua, you don't understand Xie Lin at all! You don't know what kind of person he is, yet you're willing to turn against me for him!"

“It’s not that I’m turning against you, it’s just that I’m now a wife and should uphold the virtues of a wife.”

Unable to break free, she grew increasingly anxious, and with no one around... what if someone passing by saw her and Li Lang struggling here?

She couldn't explain it clearly. "I don't know what I misunderstood before, but I... I've always considered you my brother. Since you want me to marry into the Xie family, I will marry into the Xie family. I just hope you won't make things difficult for me anymore..."

If possible, it would be good to spare her life.

All her efforts were simply to find a way to survive.

"...Xie Lin is definitely not a good match." Li Lang clearly misunderstood her words even more, thinking that she truly regarded Xie Lin as her husband, and was therefore eager to prove to her what kind of person Xie Lin really was. "I told you that before, but you didn't believe me. Now that you've married into the Xie family, you should have seen the depths of their misery. Do you really want to waste your life in such a place?"

"I do not care."

Hawthorne believed that in just one year... she could leave the Xie family.

It is absolutely impossible for him to waste his life in the Xie family.

But she couldn't reveal anything in front of Li Lang. At least for now, Li Lang hadn't given up on wanting her to die in the Xie family. If he found out about her one-year agreement with Xie Lin, he might not have a moment's peace for the next year.

He has plenty of ways to make her die there.

"...Xie Lin is not the biological son of Marquis Anding, did you know that!"

Li Lang was furious, but he revealed a secret that left Huo Sanghua speechless.

Seeing Sang Hua's utter astonishment, he took a breath and could only continue, "Xie Lin is not of the Xie family bloodline. He is not the biological son of Marquis Anding, nor is he Xie Shu's younger brother. He is just a person who has nothing to do with the Xie family! The person you married has nothing to do with the Xie family... So, do you still want to acknowledge him as your husband?"

Xie Lin... ...

Not a member of the Xie family?!

But at the Xie family home, she didn't feel that the Xie family didn't treat Xie Lin as... family.

Is there any misunderstanding here?

But Li Lang spoke so seriously, so this news was probably not unfounded. "I don't understand what's the point of telling me all this. Whether he's a member of the Xie family or not, what does it have to do with me? All I know is that we swore an oath of brotherhood with heaven and earth at the Xie family, and he is my husband."

"If his origins are questionable, he could one day face the calamity of being killed and his entire family wiped out!" Li Lang roared angrily.

He had already said all he wanted to say, but Sang Hua remained unmoved. He was starting to suspect that Xie Lin had given Sang Hua some kind of mind-altering drug.

She bewitched Sang Hua, caring nothing for who he really was...

The words he uttered in anger once again startled Hawthorne.

Questionable origins?

This led to his own death and the extermination of his entire family...

This was like a bolt from the blue for her, who desperately wanted to live.

He desperately escaped from the palace, hoping that one day he could leave the Xie family, leave Shengjing, and go far away to live a good life.

But Xie Lin... ...has a questionable background?!

If Xie Lin's concern brought her to her death... ...No, Li Lang's words might not be true. "But Xie Lin..."

"Sang Hua, do you know why your Huo family suffered such a calamity? If I told you that the Huo family's massacre was related to Xie Lin's background, would you still trust him so much?" Li Lang unleashed his final killing move.