Houmen's step-wife

Chapter 106
Su Wan sat up and said to her: "Lu Fu, get someone to bring some cold water first, and I'll wash my face first."

Lu Fu nodded, turned and left without saying much.

After a while, she came in with the copper basin herself, and put it on the basin stand beside the bed.She knew that her wife didn't want others to see her like this, so she never let others come to serve her.

Su Wan was wearing pajamas, her top was a white skirt with a red edge, her bottom was a water green floor-length cotton silk dress, her long black hair reached her buttocks, her face was a little pale, her eyes were red and swollen, and she was ruined. Her overall appearance looks rather miserable.

Lu Fu took a clean handkerchief and soaked it in cold water, twisted it half dry before handing it to Su Wan. Su Wan took the wet handkerchief and put it on her eyes. After a while, the handkerchief was no longer cold, and then changed it again. After putting on the veil a few times, Su Wan felt much better.

Su Wan walked to the dressing table, looked in the mirror, and found that although her eyes were still red and swollen, they were not as ugly as before, so she gave up.

"Waiting for a while, ma'am, the maidservant will serve the meal right away." When Lu Fu went out with the copper basin, she still gave her a worried look.

"Well, let's go!" Su Wan nodded, but her body didn't move.

After Lu Fu left, Su Wan was slightly stunned for a while, and couldn't help reaching out to touch her face, and seeing herself looking extraordinarily weak in the mirror, she couldn't help but sighed slightly.

"What are you thinking?" At this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from behind her, Su Wan was shocked, she hurriedly stood up from the round stool, took a few steps back, and then turned to look at the person coming.

"You...Why are you here?" Su Wan suppressed the fear in her heart and asked, shouldn't he be in the yamen at this time?
The person who came was Huo Yuan, Marquis of Changwu.At this moment, Huo Yuan was not wearing official uniform, but only a dark blue brocade gown with plain surface, looking very casual and homely.

"I'm taking a rest today. As my wife, don't you even know this?" Huo Yuan seemed to see what Su Wan was thinking, and said lightly with a smile.

Huo Yuan takes a bath once every ten days, and the days are fixed, since Su Wan didn't take him to heart, how could she remember these things?
"I don't want to know this, get out! I don't welcome you here." Su Wan said with a cold face.

Huo Yuan heard the words, and said with a cold expression: "I thought you would reflect on it, but I didn't expect that you still haven't been taught a lesson."

"Lesson? Your so-called lesson is to rape your wife?" Su Wan said mockingly, but she couldn't help but tears filled her eyes. With her slightly red and swollen eyes, she looked very pitiful.

Seeing this, Huo Yuan's expression moved slightly, and he couldn't help tightening his hands behind his back slightly, and said, "Since you don't want to stay in Changwuhou's Mansion anymore, why should I still treat you as my wife? If you are willing to keep Honestly, how could I treat you like this?"

Su Wan's tears fell silently, but she looked at him and said slowly: "It is already a blessing that I have cultivated in three lifetimes to marry into the Hou's mansion, but if you treat me better, show me some respect." , I don’t want to leave either. It’s you who forced me to think of leaving, and now that I’m really going to leave, you’re blaming me instead, how can there be such a reason in the world?”

After she finished speaking, she covered her mouth, turned her head and cried aggrievedly.

When Huo Yuan heard Su Wan's explanation, his expression softened a lot. As long as she didn't always think about leaving, he could forgive her for what she did.

He remembered that some time ago, although Su Wan was not considerate to him, she was kind and caring. She was even respectful to Mrs. Tai, until a series of things happened later, and Aunt Yu had a miscarriage. , she changed her attitude towards him and became more and more indifferent towards him.

So looking into it, Aunt Yu is the reason for Su Wan's insistence on leaving?Is she blaming him for not believing her and for not supporting her?
Huo Yuan thought of this and saw Su Wan crying so pitifully and aggrieved, his heart suddenly softened, and the anger and embarrassment from yesterday seemed to have dissipated a lot.Thinking of what happened yesterday, I couldn't help feeling a little bit of regret in my heart.

He wanted to go over to comfort her, but he didn't expect that as soon as he took a step forward, the other party was like a frightened bird, hiding back in horror.

Huo Yuan had no choice but to stop, and said softly, "Don't be afraid, I will never hurt you again."

Su Wan just choked up and shook her head, still shrunk aside, apparently unwilling to believe him.

Huo Yuan was a little helpless, knowing that his actions yesterday had frightened her, he felt more and more fond of her in his heart, and said, "Don't worry, I will not only not hurt you, but I will treat you even better. If you want to live in a regular Courtyard, in a few days, I'll have someone clean up the main courtyard and let you live in it, if you want to host the middle school, then tomorrow I'll ask Aunt Wang to return the housekeeping rights to you, what do you think?"

When Su Wan heard this, her expression calmed down a little, and she didn't seem to be so afraid of him anymore. With red eyes, she asked in disbelief: "What you said is true? Did you lie to me?"

When Huo Yuan saw her asking such a question, not only was he not angry, but a smile appeared on his face, and he said in a coaxing tone, "I'm not lying to you! This is what I lied to you." He stretched out his little finger.

He also just discovered that his wife seemed to be childish, self-willed, and unbearable. It seemed that as soon as she was angry, she would run away from home, with the sole purpose of threatening the adults in the family.

Thinking about it this way, Huo Yuan suddenly felt that Su Wan's behavior of running away yesterday seemed not so hateful, but rather cute.

Hearing this, Su Wan really wasn't so wary of him, instead she asked a bit aggressively: "Then if you do this, will Mrs. Tai agree? What if Mrs. Tai insists on divorcing me? Will you protect me?" After finishing speaking , she frowned, a little worried, and a little discouraged and said: "Mrs. Tai must be very angry with me now, I don't dare to see her now."

Although Su Wan decided to gain a firm foothold in the Hou Mansion, she never thought of flattering Mrs. Tai.Because she knew that the other party didn't like her at all, no matter how low she was, she wouldn't like her. Besides, the two of them had completely torn their skins apart, and there was no possibility of reconciliation.Therefore, she didn't intend to spend any effort to please her at all.

In fact, Huo Yuan is the master of the Marquis of Changwu Mansion. As long as Huo Yuan is willing to protect her, even if Mrs. Tai doesn't like her, there is nothing she can do.

Hearing this, Huo Yuan felt a slight headache when he thought of what his mother said to him last night, because his mother also didn't want to see Xiao Su, and kept yelling that she must divorce her.She definitely did not agree with Xiao Su's formal admission to the main courtyard, let alone presiding over Zhongfu.

(End of this chapter)