Chapter 177: A Trio of Crying, Making a Fuss, and Hanging Herself!

“So you agreed?” Xiao Huanxi suddenly raised her head, and the joy in her eyes almost flowed out.

Shen Ninghua didn’t have the slightest bit of emotion on her face. Seeing Xiao Huanxi’s pleasantly surprised face, a killing intent flashed in her heart. “I agreed. But don’t forget, your father and eldest brother may not agree. If you want to be with Chu Junyi without a title, all you have to do is thinking of a way to get their consent.”

Xiao Huanxi suddenly stood up and wiped away the tears on her face. “You don’t have to worry about it. I know what to do.”

Thinking that she could finally stay by Chu Junyi’s side, Xiao Huanxi couldn’t help but feel very excited. She immediately went out to ask Xiao Jingran and Xiao Fengjue for their consent.

Looking at her leaving figure, Shen Ninghua’s eyes flashed with cold sharpness: You plotted against me many times. Now it was time for me to take revenge.

Chu Junyi’s eyes darkened, and there was a trace of gloom in his eyes. “Ninghua, have you really agree to let her stay by my side?”

Shen Ninghua raised her head to look at him. Her eyes were no longer as calm as before, but she remained silent.

Chu Junyi was furious, and his voice contained boundless rage.

“So you are using me as a bargaining chip? My heart is full of you. I never thought that I would take a concubine in the future. Yet for the sake of temporary peace, you pushed me to another woman! What kind of trouble can Xiao Huanxi cause that the two of us cannot handle? So what if she knows my identity? At worst, she exposes it in advance. But we can make some effort to adjust our plan, which is still so much better than living in grievance every day!”

Shen Ninghua lowered her eyes. Her thick eyelashes concealed the emotions in her eyes.

Seeing that she didn’t answer, Chu Junyi felt even more intense pain in his heart. He couldn’t help but mock coldly, “I already felt that you didn’t trust me wholeheartedly, but I always thought that time would tell and I would be able to warm you up. But you actually took a concubine for me before we get married. Haha, what a virtuous wife!”

Chu Junyi felt his heart slowly sinking, as if someone dragged him into the cold pool. He secretly gritted his teeth and said, “I will not let Xiao Huanxi stay by my side. Your agreement won’t do. I will make her marry out of the capital. This matter…”

Shen Ninghua interrupted him, “No.”

Chu Junyi gritted his teeth and his eyes were filled with hurt feeling. “No? Do you really want me to marry her?”

“Marry her?” Shen Ninghua walked to the front of Chu Junyi and stared into his eyes. “That’s impossible!”

Chu Junyi was stunned. “You…”

Shen Ninghua’s eyes were extremely cold and beautiful.

“Back then when she framed me, I said that I would drive her out of the capital. At that time, you were still closely related to the Xiao family and could not break away with them. Now that you have been conferred the title of Rank-One Left Imperial Censor and given the imperial sword, even Xiao Jingran did not dare to do anything to you. In this case, I cannot simply drive her out of the capital.”

“What do you mean?”

Shen Ninghua raised her eyes and said, “Am I not clear enough? You and I will be married, and we need to understand and care for each other. But that doesn’t mean I shall tolerate her and let her act recklessly. She framed me many times, plotted against my life, and almost ruined my reputation. I have every reason to kill her with my own hands, and how can I let her be with my future husband?”

Shen Ninghua laughed coldly. She had never been a kind person. She could endure Xiao Huanxi for the sake of achieving her goal, but there was a limit to her endurance. An eye for an eye was her style. Since Xiao Huanxi designed to ruin her reputation, she had to double it back!

Chu Junyi paused. For a moment, the mix of sadness and joy made him at a loss how to react. “Ninghua, what exactly is your plan?”

Shen Ninghua approached Chu Junyi with a faint smile on her lips. “Were you very excited?”

The fragrance entered his nose and refreshed his heart. Chu Junyi couldn’t help but stretch out his hand, wanting to embrace her.

Shen Ninghua lightly dodged his hand and the smile in her eyes became more and more obvious. “And you accused me of using you as a bargaining chip?”

“You almost drove me crazy. I thought…”

“You thought that I was really going to take dozens of concubines for you, that I didn’t care about you, so…you became sad?”

“You looked so serious. It’s understandable that I misunderstood you.” Chu Junyi pulled Shen Ninghua, preventing her from dodging. “Ninghua, I almost died of sadness. Aren’t you going to compensate me?”

“Hmph, this is Xiao Huanxi’s place. Are you sure you want me to compensate you here?”

Thinking of Xiao Huanxi’s appearance, Chu Junyi felt waves of disgust. He picked up Shen Ninghua and jumped out.

Back in the princess mansion, Shen Ninghua directly entered her room and sat on the soft couch to rest. She had no sooner received the news from Qing Que than rushed to the Xiao Mansion. She did not rest at all. Now that she relaxed, she felt very tired.

Chu Junyi sat beside her and said, “Ninghua, have you thought of a way to compensate me?”

Shen Ninghua stood up and took out a purse by the bed. She handed it to him. “Is this enough?”

“A purse? Did you embroider it yourself?” The purse was embroidered with a bunch of orchids. The lush was exceptionally pleasant to the eye. It even had a faint fragrance.

“Yes, for your self-defense.”

“Self-defense?”

“There are tigers and wolves around you. Who knows when you will be divided up by them? So I need to take some precautions. The antidote powder in this purse can relieve ordinary drugs and delay the onset of poisons. Even if you are drugged with aphrodisiac, you can still stay awake for a period of time. It’s enough for you to escape.”

Chu Junyi pinched the purse and sniffed it. His eyes burst with joy. “My wife wants to prevent her husband from being occupied by other women.”

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Shen Ninghua picked up the teacup and took a sip, “It will be a matter only to be considered in the future if you have no choice but to take a concubine. I will not trouble myself in advance by giving you some kittens.”

The smile on Chu Junyi’s lips became even more obvious. “Yes, that makes sense.”

“Xiao Huanxi was out for a night. She hasn’t realized what this means yet. Now, I’m just waiting for her to make a commotion. The bigger the commotion, the harder it will be for her to wind up.” She just waited to see the result.

At this moment in the Xiao Mansion, Xiao Fengjue was tightly gripping the sword on his waist. He wished he could directly draw his sword and cut down Xiao Huanxi, who was crying on the ground. “Are you crazy? You still want to marry Chu Junyi?”

Xiao Huanxi leaned on Xiao Jingran’s knee and cried uncontrollably. “Father, please agree. Shen Ninghua has already agreed. She said that she would let me stay by Brother Junyi’s side. As long as you agree, I can fulfill my wish.”

Xiao Jingran’s face turned purple with anger, “Huanxi, you are my Xiao Jingran’s daughter, the legitimate daughter of the Xiao family, yet you want to be Chu Junyi’s concubine?”

“Father, I don’t want status. I can abandon everything. I only want Brother Junyi.”

“No! As long as I’m alive, you can’t be Chu Junyi’s concubine!”

“Why? Father, you weren’t like this before. Why did you suddenly change?” Xiao Huanxi’s eyes were filled with disbelief.

Xiao Jingran’s chest was constantly heaving, and his heart was filled with extreme hatred and annoyance. Today, in front of all the other officials, he was completely subdued by Shen Ninghua. How could Huanxi be a match for such a scheming woman? She would be tortured to death in a few days.

“Huanxi, you can find whatever kind of man you want. Why do you have to be so obsessed with Chu Junyi? He is already the Rank-One Left Imperial Censor, and his status is not inferior to mine. You should take it as if you didn’t have this brother in the future.”

Xiao Fengjue’s eyes moved and he secretly sighed.

Xiao Huanxi was as if struck by lightning, and she walked out in a daze. The maid at the side hurriedly supported her. “Miss, don’t be like this. Master must be confused due to anger, and he definitely doesn’t want to see you sad. After all, you are her only legitimate daughter. You are like his lifeline. If anything happens to you, Master will go crazy.”

“He is crazy now!” After returning to her own courtyard, Xiao Huanxi suddenly threw the porcelain bottle on the table to the ground. Her entire body trembled incessantly in anger.

The maid carefully stepped forward and said, “Miss, don’t be sad. If you get angry and hurt yourself, Master will regret it.”

“He will regret…” Xiao Huanxi’s eyes lit up and she suddenly stood up. “Go and find me a rope!”

“Miss?” The maid was shocked.

“Hurry up and go!” Xiao Huanxi’s face was ferocious as she shouted coldly.

The maid gritted her teeth and walked out of the room with a worried expression. The worry on her face instantly disappeared without a trace when she was out. Instead, she had a faint smile and quickly brought the rope back.

Xiao Huanxi instructed the maid to tie the rope. Then she put the rope around her neck and stood on the stool. “Go and call my father and eldest brother. Tell them that if they don’t agree to my request, I’ll hang myself.”

The maid ran out in panic and shouted in the courtyard, “Master, Young Master, Miss is hanging herself!”

In the front yard, Xiao Jingran had wanted to follow Xiao Huanxi to comfort her, but a few madams suddenly dropped by to comfort Xiao Huanxi and to see if she was alright. They had just sat down and hadn’t had time to say a few words when the maid’s shouts were heard.

“What’s going on?”

“Yeah, why did she hang herself?”

Xiao Fengjue got up and was about to go out to stop the maid from shouting, but the maid directly rushed in. “Master, Eldest Young Master, Miss said that you didn’t agree to her marrying Young Master Junyi, so there was no point in her living and she hanged herself!”

Hearing this, Xiao Jingran’s eyes immediately darkened. He didn’t care about the others and directly ran out.

The several madams immediately stood up. They exchanged glances and followed out.

Xiao Huanxi was just putting on a show, but when she heard the commotion coming from outside, she suddenly kicked the stool away. However, when she kicked it, she slipped and fell to the ground.

A maid hurriedly stepped forward to help her up. “Miss, Master and the others will not come so quickly. Please sit down and rest for a while.”

Xiao Huanxi waited for a moment, but she didn’t hear anyone coming. She sat down dejectedly and rubbed her ankle. “I accidentally sprained my ankle. I’m so unlucky.”

The maid hurriedly brought a cup of tea. “Miss, have some tea first.”

Xiao Jingran and the others ran in and saw Xiao Huanxi sitting at the table drinking tea. Immediately, they froze on the spot.

Xiao Huanxi hurriedly stood up and said, “Father, you…”

Before she could finish speaking, she saw the madams behind him. Her expression immediately changed. “This…What’s going on?”

Seeing this scene, someone immediately sarcastically said, “I thought something big happened. It seems that Miss Xiao’s mentality is very good. There’s no need for us to comfort her. We’ll take our leave.”

“That’s right. She stayed outside all night and now she’s making a fuss to marry her elder brother. How energetic.”

“That’s right. I would appreciate her if she really hanged herself for love. But we were worried about her for a long time and she’s just putting on a show. That’s really…”

“The most pitiful one is probably Princess Zhaohua. If people who don’t know the truth heard about this, they would probably say bad words about her. After all, the one Miss Xiao wants to marry is her future husband!”

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