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

Huo Sanghua glared at Xie Lin with a look of disgust.

I swallowed back the words "Are you sick?"

How could she not know what Xie Lin meant?

They came today looking for clues, but unfortunately they were about to leave empty-handed. But then, by sheer chance, Xie Shu offered to teach her to read and write, giving her a perfectly legitimate excuse to appear in Lord Xie's study every day.

In this way, there will be plenty of opportunities to access the study and explore at your own pace—

There are clues that can prove Xie Lin's identity.

However, Huo Sanghua couldn't explain to Xie Lin why she didn't want to learn those things from Xie Shu. She only saw Xie Lin laughing like a "fool," which made her so angry that she turned around and left.

"Sang..." Xie Lin was confused, wondering why she was angry again. "Big brother, I'll go check on her first..."

After saying goodbye to Xie Shu, he went to catch up with Sang Hua.

Liao Bin entered the study. "Young Master."

"I'm afraid Ah Lin has heard about it too," Xie Shu said softly, his expression growing serious. When he found Xie Lin in the study, he had guessed why they had come there. "Ah Lin probably also thought of the female assassin he found near the study that night, and he suspects what she was looking for in the study."

"What do we do then?" Liao Bin asked anxiously. "What if they find it first..."

Xie Shu shook her head. "No."

He was certain that Xie Lin and Sang Hua hadn't found anything either.

He then looked around the study. Since encountering the assassin, he had searched the study inside and out six times, but unfortunately he had not found anything.

The assassin that night probably didn't discover anything either.

It was impossible for them to discover it so easily.

"Young master, is the item really here?" Liao Bin couldn't help but wonder.

We've searched so many times; if the item were here, it would have been found long ago.

But they still haven't found it. Maybe what they're looking for isn't here at all?

Xie Shu glanced at every book on the shelf, examining each one, but found nothing written on them. He also checked the paintings on the wall, finding nothing suspicious.

Even he couldn't help but begin to believe Liao Bin's suspicions, thinking that the thing might not be in the study. "Liao Bin, if it were you... ...wanting to hide something in this study, where would you hide it?"

I've already searched through every place I can think of multiple times.

Now even Ah Lin and Sang Hua are suspicious of this place, and he must find what his father hid here before they do.

"Little one..." Liao Bin looked around the room, then pointed to the roof beam, "Hidden up there?"

But they've already looked here.

Of course not!

“Young Master, do you think there’s a possibility… that the old Marquis didn’t hide the things here?” Liao Bin suggested, after thinking it over, he also felt that if the things were really here, given their thorough search, they would have found them long ago. “The old Marquis was such a shrewd man, perhaps he had already realized that while he was stationed outside with his troops, someone might come to his study to look for those things, so he moved the things to another location long ago… or perhaps he carried them with him.”

Xie Shu pondered for a while.

It's unlikely that he would carry it with him. When his father was stationed with troops, he never knew when he would have to prepare for battle. The army was highly mobile, and keeping things with him was the least safe thing to do.

As for moving to another location... ..."Never mind, I'll think about it some more."

He couldn't imagine where his father might have hidden it. He had no idea that his father had hidden it in the study, or even what it might be.

It was because on the night of Ah Lin and Sang Hua's wedding, the assassin ran into the study and ransacked it, making a complete mess of it.

He saw many things scattered all over the floor when he entered, which aroused his suspicion.

Huo Sanghua returned to the courtyard in a huff, but as soon as she entered, Xie Lin, who had followed her, grabbed her arm.

Xie Lin asked, "What are you angry about?"

Everything was fine before...

Huo Sanghua sighed heavily. Looking at Xie Lin's clueless expression, she wished she could pour out all the unease in her heart at once.

But thinking that Xie Shu, her older brother, was more trustworthy to Xie Lin now, she silently suppressed her grievances.

Even if I said it, what difference would it make?

She shook off Xie Lin's hand and turned to leave.

"Wait a minute." Xie Lin strode forward and blocked her path. He had thought she was just being petulant, but now that he saw she was genuinely angry, he wanted to get to the bottom of things. "What exactly happened? Tell me."

"I... If I tell you, will you believe me or believe...?" How could she possibly bring herself to say that?

It was clearly not something she caused.

Why is it that this puts her in the most difficult position?

Be cruel.

Huo Sanghua thought that she might as well tell Xie Lin everything that had happened.

Regardless of what he thinks.

Xie Shu's frequent appearances around her, regardless of the reason, could easily attract Old Madam Xie's attention, and she might end up like Qing Huai...

“It’s because…” But just as she made up her mind to speak, she caught a glimpse of a figure approaching out of the corner of her eye.

He immediately looked over...

Is it Granny Guo?

After Xie Lin saw who it was, he temporarily put aside his doubts and looked at Granny Guo.

This time, however, Granny Guo wasn't there to eavesdrop on their conversation. "Second Madam, Second Young Master... Qinghuai, I'm afraid he won't make it."

Qinghuai, who had been clinging to life and unconscious for several days, finally reached the point of exhaustion.

Several doctors brought in from outside came to treat Qinghuai.

But they could all see that this was the result of a wealthy family resorting to private punishment.

Wealthy families in Shengjing have many ways to torture people, especially the private torture in their backyards. On the surface, it may only cause one injury, but deep down it may cause three; if it only causes three on the surface, it may cause seven.

As for someone like Qinghuai, who appears to be eight or nine parts injured...

They're probably beyond saving at heart.

She's a stubborn person; even when she was so badly injured that she was unconscious, she held on until now.

She hasn't eaten a single grain of rice in the past few days, and has been relying on Yanliu and Wutong to brew herbal medicine according to the prescription to keep her alive. Now she is at the point of exhaustion.

It should be something that happens in the next day or two.

Granny Guo knew this person was beyond saving, and she came to inform Huo Sanghua because she had some reservations, so she came to ask a question—

When would be the right time to send a message to Consort Qi in the palace?

Xie Lin was genuinely surprised. To have held on for so long, clinging to life by sheer willpower, was truly remarkable. "His internal organs were damaged so severely; it's already extraordinary that he's lasted this long. It was only a matter of time..."

“If someone wants her dead, then she has no choice but to die…” Huo Sanghua looked Guo Mama up and down. “If Consort Qi knew that she was injured like this here, and insisted on taking her back to the palace, not only would the Xie family be in a difficult position, but we would also be in a difficult position to explain. If she insists on dying in the palace, no matter how she dies, we will not be able to explain ourselves to Consort Qi.”

I reckon Qinghuai has been hanging there until now, waiting for Consort Qi to find out the news and bring her back.

She died from her injuries in Consort Qi's palace, and her wounded state was enough for Consort Qi to make trouble for the Xie family.

When Consort Qi and Old Madam Xie "go to war," their various tactics will certainly not be used directly on each other. In that case, it will be difficult for those of them caught in the middle!

"Then this old servant understands. Consort Qi is seriously ill and it's not good to disturb her. It's best to keep Qinghuai in the courtyard to recuperate..."

Granny Guo understood immediately and didn't ask any more questions.