The Comeback of the Cannon-Fodder Supporting Actress

Chapter 1057: Chapter 1033: Nobility Amid Chaos 101_2

Even if she was harmed by the girls of the Xiao Family, even if it wasn’t the two biological ones, even if it was the three adopted ones who harmed her, Xiao Yuan would still side with his daughter.

Understanding this, Su Yu thought, even if Xiao Fu really killed her, Xiao Yuan’s first action would not be to blame Xiao Fu, but to find a way to cover up for Xiao Fu.

”Sister Su, please sit.”

Xiao Fu pointed to a seat.

Su Yu quickly sat down, ”You should sit too, Miss.”

Xiao Fu sat down with a smile. Xiao Yin sat beside Xiao Fu, smiling as she picked up a fruit to eat, chatting with Xiao Yi while eating, ”Sister Yi, do you know how the one from the Zhang Family is?”

Xiao Yi smiled, ”I heard he died of illness. When the Zhang Family fell, he became sick, so sick he couldn’t get out of bed, and couldn’t return, he could only stay in our Southern Yi to recuperate. Over time, his illness worsened, and then he died. After he died, the servants he brought with him escaped with his money, and it was the innkeeper of the inn where he stayed who helped take care of his corpse. The innkeeper was kind enough to bury him in the public cemetery with a thin coffin.”

Hearing this, Su Yu shivered with fear.

Xiao Hui also sat down, plucking a flower to play with, ”Have you heard? Li Chenshu’s favorite concubine is gone, I heard she died in childbirth, in labor for a day and a night, and the child wasn’t born, just gone, two lives lost. Li Chenshu cried terribly, and these days has been busy arranging the concubine’s funeral. I heard Father even sent Sixth Uncle to have a look...”

Xiao Yin nodded, ”I heard from Sister Chun Xing about this, it seems that the concubine was somewhat disrespectful towards Mrs. Li, but Mrs. Li was magnanimous and didn’t take issue. But when she gave birth, Second Miss Li happened to be sick, and several doctors from Prefecture City were called to treat her, which delayed the concubine’s childbirth.”

Xiao Yun chuckled, ”That’s still not too bad, after all, Mrs. Li and the girls of the Li family didn’t do much to her. It’s Mrs. Miao of the Miao Family in Prefecture City who’s truly formidable. She stripped a concubine that Mr. Miao took in and hung her at the mansion gate, they say she was left hanging for a day and a night, and when released, she was barely breathing. Mrs. Miao then unceremoniously sold her to human traffickers, and now no one knows where she’s been sold to.”

Su Yu’s mind was in turmoil, fear almost making her curl into a ball.

She had only just arrived in the Southern Yi, where had she heard of such things?

Moreover, when she was in modern times, she was just a university student, pampered since childhood, never having encountered any difficulty. When she came to ancient times, though her parents died, the Mei Family kindly took her in as their own daughter, so she never suffered grievances, nor did anyone give her a hard time, one could say she lived a smooth life, never witnessing the dangers of the mortal world.

Now, listening to the five sisters of the Xiao Family talking about the affairs of the backyards of various families in Nanyi Prefecture, she was already scared out of half of her wits.

Then Xiao Fu sighed, ”These are nothing, the palace is really frightening. Isn’t our Sixth Aunt’s sister, Consort De, the one who was killed by Noble Princess Consort Li? I hear it was a terrible death.”

Su Yu thought of the things she had heard about Consort De earlier in Yangzhou City, thinking of Consort De’s miserable state, she was even more scared, almost screaming.

She just thought, if she dared to desire Xiao Yuan, would... Anning and her daughters directly turn her into that?

Terror, fear, and panic completely replaced Su Yu’s admiration and affection for Xiao Yuan.

Yes, Jiang Grand Ancestor was great, she really, really liked him, but no matter how much she liked, it wasn’t more important than life.

”With house mistresses all like this, do those seniors not care?”

Su Yu asked tremblingly, ”And Consort De... could Your Majesty really be so heartless?”

Xiao Fu sneered, ”Care? Who would care? How would they care? Household matters in the back chambers are originally the affairs of the housekeeper wife to manage; if a man from any household spends all his days indulging in the back chambers, aside from her, those concubines, even if they are more likable, if they dare be disrespectful to the housekeeper wife, there are many ways to deal with them.”

Xiao Hui also chuckled, ”The inner household of the Mei Mansion is neat and tidy, without a single concubine, so you don’t know what kind of days concubines live, that’s why you’d say such naive things.”

”I really didn’t know.”

Su Yu’s face turned pale blue, her lips devoid of color, ”You’re speaking terrifyingly; really scared me. No wonder Grandaunt said never to become a concubine no matter what.”

Xiao Fu smiled at Xiao Yin, who tossed the melon seeds in her hand onto the plate, ”Let’s not talk about this, look how Su Sister’s face has changed color. Su Sister, you can’t be like this, your courage is too small. In the future, you need to gain more knowledge from us.”

Xiao Hui said, ”Why not come with us to visit the prison next time; the women prisoners in there are quite interesting. By the way, have you ever seen how female prisoners are tortured?”

”I haven’t seen it, and I don’t want to go.”

Su Yu quickly waved her hand, ”I’ll just listen, I’m naturally timid, can’t bear to see such things.”

”Tch.”

Xiao Yin pursed her lips, ”That’s no good, with your guts... When our family got into trouble and was locked in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, that life, day and night, you could hear prisoners wailing in the cell, some shouting for injustice, some screaming from pain, some went insane, and yet we still managed to make it through.”

Su Yu shivered, directly falling from her chair in fright.

Xiao Yi reached out to pull her up, ”Sister Su, be careful.”

She still wanted to say something more to scare Su Yu when a young maid came to call, ”Madam is asking you young ladies to go watch a play.”