Chapter 55 Xie Yan Seems to Have Hated the Wrong Person

Chapter 55 Xie Yan Seems to Have Hated the Wrong Person

Lie Feng's arm, which was about to lift her up, froze, and the gentle expression on his face vanished in an instant.

Xie Yan lowered his gaze and looked at Shen Nanzi, who was so drunk that she was oblivious to the world around her.

She lay sprawled across the seat, her collar slightly open, revealing her snow-white skin.

"go out!"

His voice wasn't loud, but it forced Lie Feng to obey and leave the carriage, his face pale.

With her eyes closed and arms waving in the air, Shen Nanzi said to Lie Feng, "Why do I think I heard Xie Yan's voice?"

Silence answered her.

"How annoying!" Her delicate eyebrows were furrowed, and her bright and beautiful face was full of annoyance.

Then, her body suddenly felt empty, and her hands instinctively grabbed Lie Feng's clothes.

With each rise and fall, Shen Nanzi knew she had landed.

"Liefeng, thank you!" She tilted her head, her eyes still closed, and leaned on his shoulder.

"I only carried you on my back once, but you carried me on your back so many times!"

Silence remained.

"You've had a tough time all these years, following your good-for-nothing master like me."

"The position of Princess Jing may seem glamorous, but it is actually quite boring."

"That annoying person treats me badly. Outsiders treat me differently based on my status, knowing I'm just a figurehead."

"You were constantly putting me down and making fun of me, which made you suffer a lot of humiliation."

"When you got married, he promised you that if you stayed with me, he would find you a good future."

"Once I get an official position, I can marry a good girl and have a perfect life."

“But…” she choked up, “it was all just my one-sided wishful thinking.”

"We can no longer reconcile, and there is no hope for the rest of my life."

"I thought I couldn't hold you back any longer. A man's golden years are only those one or two decades."

"Go to my brother's place. He won't treat you badly if you stay with him!"

Her response was still silence.

Shen Nanzi tried hard to open her eyes, but her eyelids were too heavy, and her voice was also heavy.

"Liefeng, do you also think I'm living a pathetic life?"

A night breeze blew by, and the spring chill lingered.

She nestled closer to his chest. "You're ignoring me. It seems you really think I'm a coward."

"But I begged for this marriage. If I had known it would turn out this way, I would never have been the good guy!"

Xie Yan paused as he walked through the gate of the mansion.

She nestled on his shoulder, the lanterns at the gate illuminating her face.

Between her thick, dark eyelashes, glistening moisture welled up and rolled down her exquisite face.

Her voice choked with sobs as she cried, "Let him marry Zhao Linglong! Why should I get involved in this mess? Now I'm living like a joke."

"I can't leave, and I can't leave."

After she finished speaking, she sobbed and cried, her voice filled with sorrow.

Xie Yan was startled. What had she just said? Zhao Linglong? Zhao Ji?

Why did she say that?

"Isn't that the Second Prince's concubine?" he asked in a low voice.

As expected, Shen Nanzi didn't recognize him, her voice carrying a heavy nasal tone.

"It's Zhao Ji. The Emperor originally intended to bestow Zhao Linglong upon him in marriage!"

Xie Yan's body stiffened, somewhat incredulous.

How come he has never heard of this?

"When my brother brought this news back, I felt so sorry for Xie Yan!"

"Back then, Xie Yan was the dream of every young lady, not the detestable person he is now!"

"Should I also make a conventional promise to him?"

She gave a bitter smile, then tugged at his collar to wipe away her tears, muttering:

"Liefeng, why are your clothes so stiff? They're not suitable for wiping away tears! I still prefer the clothes you usually wear."

Xie Yan carried her into the mansion, walking slowly through the darkness. "Why do you feel sorry for Xie Yan?"

She chuckled, as if mocking her own past decision.

“I went to Ci’en Temple to offer incense and saw Zhao Linglong and the Second Prince enter the room next to mine with my own eyes.”

"I also overheard their conversation. Zhao Linglong is already pregnant and is pressuring the Second Prince to marry her."

Xie Yan's brow twitched. Zhao Ji had entered the manor a month after Xue Qingning.

Not many months after entering the mansion, the second prince's eldest son was born.

Unfortunately, the child died before turning one year old.

It was only then that everyone realized that Zhao Ji must have lost her chastity before marriage.

Shen Nanzi's brother, Shen Minghan, held the official position of Huangmen Shilang at that time, which was responsible for writing the emperor's edicts.

Therefore... Shen Minghan knew the Emperor's plan!

Therefore, just as the Emperor said, Shen Minghan did indeed earn the imperial marriage through his merits.

But there were so many hidden details, and he was completely unaware of them.

"And then?" Xie Yan had already figured it out.

"And then!" she chuckled wistfully, filled with endless regret.

"At that time, Shen Nanzi thought, how could a prince as noble as Xie Yan marry a woman whose body and soul belonged to his second brother!"

"Moreover, Zhao Linglong is ruthless. In order to protect her secret, she tortured and killed a maid who knew about her and dumped her body in a mass grave."

“I picked up that maid, you even carried her up the mountain. She’s Cui’er from the Flower and Bird House. Zhao Linglong gouged out her eyes.”

"How could Zhao Linglong, with such a wicked heart, be a good match for Xie Yan?"

She chuckled lightly, as if mocking herself, "Back then, Shen Nanzi naively thought that if a woman like that could be betrothed to Xie Yan, why couldn't she be!"

"She confessed her feelings to her brother, the best brother in the world, who used his newly earned merit to secure this marriage for her."

Her voice choked again, and she clutched his collar, "Liefeng, I regret it so much!"

"I never knew he would hate me so much! Despise me so much!"

"They don't like me, and they don't like Cheng'er, the son I gave birth to."

"If I had known this would happen, I would never have married him, even if you killed me."

“I didn’t know he had someone he liked. I didn’t know that when he said he would only be with one person in his life, he was referring to Xue Qingning.”

"I'm so sorry! I really didn't mean to!"

"I don't want to be the Princess Consort of Jing!"

"I want to leave. I don't want to stay in the Prince Jing's mansion for even a day longer."

"Liefeng, please take me away! I don't want to go back to Prince Jing's mansion, I don't want to go back!"

Xie Yan listened to her sobs, which felt like sharp knives cutting into him, one cut at a time.

It turns out he had been misunderstanding her all along!

The Emperor never intended to marry Xue Qingning to him!

And an innocent woman was made a scapegoat!

Watching him neglect her, hurt her, and let everyone laugh at her as a jealous and crazy woman!

He was completely deceived by his so-called father, the emperor.

He bullied her relentlessly for eight years, a full eight years!

How innocent she is!

He used all his evil on the person who was most sincere to him!

Xie Yan's entire body was trembling, and the hatred in his eyes was more intense than ever before.

She didn't kill his mother, nor did she cause the conflict between him and Xue Qingning.

She simply likes him!

The person behind all of this was his father, the emperor.

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