Chapter 484: Murong Xianyin, Situ Lingxi, Hong Ruoyan

Murong Xianyin wasn’t surprised by Hong Ruoyan’s concern; she had long been aware of Situ Qingze’s behavior. In fact, she wasn’t the only one who noticed it; Situ Chengyan and Dugu Xinyue had also noticed it long ago.

Unlike her mother, Situ Lingxi rarely met or communicated with her half-brother, Situ Qingze. She had always been busy with Sun Weitian in the past, so she was unaware of his behavior.

"Heh!" Situ Lingxi sneered. "Situ Qingze is such a disgrace! If people find out that the future patriarch of the Situ Clan is such a man, they will look down on our clan, and my aunt’s reputation will be tarnished because of it."

Hong Ruoyan agreed with her. "Lingxi, can Shuying sleep with you for the time being?"

"Eh! No way!" Situ Lingxi immediately refused. "Don’t misunderstand me, Aunt. Shuying and I are quite close, and I don’t mind if she wants to sleep with me. However, my lover is in this city, and he will be sleeping with me, so I can’t possibly let her sleep in my room."

"Huh?" After all, Situ Lingxi used to be Sun Weitian’s fiancée, and he died not long ago, so Hong Ruoyan was surprised to hear that she had found a new lover. "Since when did you find a new lover?"

Situ Lingxi’s lips curled up, and her face looked proud. "My mother and the others have already met him, and we just came back from the palace after talking to Aunt Lingshan."

"What’s his name?"

"Tang Xiao." Hong Ruoyan remembered there was no Tang Clan in their realm. "He is not a native of this realm, and he comes from the Qingquan Realm."

"I see." Hong Ruoyan turned to Murong Xianyin. "Have they agreed?"

Murong Xianyin nodded. "Besides our husband, everyone has agreed to their relationship. In fact, we will arrange their marriage soon, but they will not marry in our clan, and we will not tell our husband about this matter either."

After listening to their husbands and Pan Yuezhi’s previous conversation about wanting to marry Situ Lingxi to another man, Hong Ruoyan could understand Murong Xianyin’s reasoning for hiding their marriage plans from Situ Zengyan. "Where will they get married?"

"Tang Xiao will arrange everything, and we just need to be present on that day."

Hong Ruoyan nodded and looked at Situ Lingxi again; she could see that she couldn’t wait to marry Tang Xiao. In the past, she was Sun Weitian’s fiancée, but she always postponed their marriage because of his bad character.

Even though Situ Lingxi wasn’t her biological daughter, Hong Ruoyan was happy for her. "Since you can’t wait to marry Tang Xiao, he should be better than the late Sun Weitian, right?"

"Tang Xiao is much better than that jerk!" Situ Lingxi always got annoyed whenever she thought of Sun Weitian. "He’s a handsome young man of twenty-four, but his cultivation has already reached the Middle King Level. The most important thing is that he never went to a brothel, and he loves his other wives very much."

Hong Ruoyan’s eyes widened when Situ Lingxi said that Tang Xiao already had several wives. "Are you kidding me? Why do you want to marry a man who already has so many wives? How many wives does he have?"

"I’m not joking." Situ Lingxi raised her hand, and her finger showed the number five. "He already has five wives, and they are good women."

Murong Xianyin chimed in. "We met all his wives yesterday, and we could see that their relationship was much better than ours. There were no hidden motives between them, and they loved him wholeheartedly."

"Can they accept your daughter, Siter Xianyin?"

"They have already accepted Lingxi as one of their own, and she has a good relationship with them." Murong Xianyin thought for a moment. "Ruoyan, I think you should send your daughter to the Murong Clan, and I will have them prepare a room for her. As long as she stays there, Situ Qingze won’t be able to do anything to her."

"Thank you, Sister Xianyin."

"No need." Murong Xianyin contacted the members of the Murong Clan. "I’ve talked to them, so your daughter can go straight there."

"What about you, Sister Xianyin? We don’t know Situ Qingze’s plans, so—"

Murong Xianyin waved her hand. "You don’t need to worry about me, Ruoyan. If Situ Qingze tries to do something to me, our parents-in-law and I will not spare him."

"Alright." Hong Ruoyan rose to her feet. "I’ll talk to my daughter first, and I’ll take her to the Murong Clan after that."

After Hong Ruoyan left, Situ Lingxi leaned against her mother. "Mother, you can’t underestimate Situ Qingze, and you must always be wary of him."

"Are you lecturing me?"

"You are my dear mother, and I’m worried something might happen to you."

Murong Xianyin embraced her daughter. "I’m used to dealing with people like him, so you don’t need to worry about me. By the way, you should go to the Nalan Clan tomorrow, and Nalan Feiyue will make a wedding dress for you."

"Okay." Situ Lingxi stood up. "I’ll go back to my room, Mother."

After her daughter left, Murong Xianyin walked to the bedroom window and looked at Situ Qingze’s room with narrowed eyes. "You are the main heir of this clan, so I hope you won’t make a fatal mistake that will harm yourself and your mother."

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After leaving Murong Xianyin’s bedroom, Hong Ruoyan went straight to Situ Shuying and explained some things to her.

Situ Shuying knew that Situ Qingze had ill intentions towards her, so she didn’t argue with her mother.

After informing her parents-in-law, Hong Ruoyan escorted Situ Shuying to the Murong Clan and left her there. Moreover, Situ Zengyan didn’t care much about their daughter, and his son was far more important to him, so he wouldn’t bother looking for her.

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Time passed quickly.

Situ Zengyan and Pan Yuezhi were already in their bedroom, but their expressions were unsightly. "Xuanyuan Wenxuan refused to meet me, and his senior told me that he wanted me to give up on my intentions."

"Luo Yixuan was also unwilling to meet me, and he ordered the members of the Luo Clan to chase me away," Pan Yuezhi said irritably, and her expression looked insulted. Even though she was only the second wife, she was still the wife of the patriarch of the Situ Clan, yet a young man treated her like that. "Do you have another potential husband for your daughter?"

"No." Situ Zengyan shook his head in disappointment. "Let’s put this matter aside for now, and I will choose the right man to be her husband later. It’s almost dinner; we have to go to the dining room now."

Pan Yuezhi said nothing and followed behind her husband, but her heart became tense when she recalled Dugu Xinyue’s threat.

When they arrived at the dining room, everyone was already gathered there, except for Situ Shuying. Situ Zengyan was a little confused by his second daughter’s absence, but he didn’t ask Huang Ruoyan anything.

As usual, dinner was punctuated by light conversation, and no one discussed previous matters.

Throughout dinner, Murong Xianyin noticed Situ Qingze repeatedly glancing at her, but she pretended not to notice. Since Situ Shuying was absent, it was natural for him to shift his focus to her.

In fact, Murong Xianyin had long known that Situ Qingze’s main target was her, and Situ Shuying was her only backup target. That’s why she always kept her distance from him, and she never responded if he tried to talk to her.

Situ Lingxi frowned and gave her half-brother a vicious glare, but Murong Xianyin forbade her from saying anything or making a move on Situ Qingze, and she asked her to wait until the right time.

Situ Chengyan and Dugu Xinyue had long known about Situ Qingze’s dirty mind, but they always pretended not to know. In fact, they knew about his meeting with Su Cheng yesterday, and they also knew that he gave their grandson a pill.

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Meanwhile, Tang Xiao was gathering with Xuanyuan Yueyao and all his wives in the second residence of the Situ Clan. During dinner, he listened to the stories of their visit to the Su Clan, including Su Xiulan’s nervousness about her upcoming marriage.

Xuanyuan Yueyao told Tang Xiao about her previous conversation with Xuanyuan Wenxuan. She informed him that she had arranged for them to meet during Su Xiulan’s wedding.

Additionally, Xuanyuan Yueyao told Tang Xiao about the chaotic situation in the Song Kingdom due to Song Tianlin’s disappearance. Since she left Ruo Lan in the Song Kingdom, it was easy for her to find out the situation.

Tang Xiao was impatient to meet Xuanyuan Wenxuan, but he couldn’t care less about the situation in the Song Kingdom. Xiao Ai helped him monitor the movements of Mo Wang and Song Tianlin, and she informed him that they had arrived in the Shenwu Kingdom.

Tang Xiao told Xuanyuan Yueyao that Mo Wang was holding Song Tianlin in the Shenwu Kingdom, and the second prince was safe.

Xuanyuan Yueyao didn’t know how Tang Xiao knew that, but she immediately relayed the information to her uncle, Xuanyuan Lingtian. She wasn’t surprised when her uncle told her that he already knew about the matter. He had also ordered his subordinates to monitor Song Tianlin’s situation from afar.

After dinner, Tang Xiao accompanied Tang Yin and the others and took turns cultivating with them.

By the time they finished, it was already midnight, and Tang Xiao left them to rest. Since he had promised Situ Lingxi to meet her, he didn’t rest and went to the Situ Clan to accompany her.

To Tang Xiao’s surprise, Situ Lingxi hadn’t gone to sleep yet and was waiting for him. "Why aren’t you asleep yet?"

"I was waiting for my future husband."