Reincarnation: My Possessive Beast Husband

Chapter 43: Chapter 43: Is Lady Lan the Old Marquis’s Woman?
 

Chu Yuxiao turned and confidently made his way toward a waterside pavilion.

Su Yan followed behind him, her mind filled with confusion.

Just now, the nanny had mentioned Lady Lan, and Chu Yuxiao referred to her as Aunt Lan.

Could it be that this Lady Lan was one of the Old Marquis’s women?

But it was said that the Old Marquis and the Old Madam were very much in love; how could there be another woman?

Upon entering Lady Lan’s room, Su Yan saw only a slender figure lying in bed beneath white curtains, accompanied by faint moans and coughs.

Chu Yuxiao shed his usual arrogance, slightly moved his sleeve, and respectfully greeted the person opposite:

“Aunt Lan, I’ve come to see you.”

Su Yan gave him a curious glance, sensing that he held a great deal of respect for Aunt Lan.

“Is that you, Xiao’er?”

The woman opposite struggled to sit up, and the maids at her sides quickly opened the bed curtains and helped her into a sitting position, cushioning her back with a thick soft pad.

Su Yan paused for a moment.

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Xiao’er?

The assailant from the other day had also called Chu Yuxiao by that name.

However, Aunt Lan’s voice was not the one from that night.

She looked over at Aunt Lan; her features were not particularly beautiful, but they were delicate, and not those of the assailant.

Seeing her, she seemed to be under forty, and her pale complexion revealed the depth of her illness.

So young, and yet so afflicted with sickness.

Su Yan inwardly felt pity.

“Aren’t you going to greet Aunt Lan?”

Chu Yuxiao gave Su Yan a sidelong glance and spoke indifferently.

Su Yan covertly glared at him, approached the bedside, and with a respectful smile and a bow she said,

“Daughter-in-law Nan Zhao Su Yan greets Aunt Lan.”

“So you are the Princess of Nanzhao; please, no need for such formality, you would only distress this common woman. It should be I who bow to you,” said Aunt Lan, as she attempted to get up to give a bow.

Chu Yuxiao stepped forward two paces to stop her, saying,

“Aunt Lan need not bow to her; since she has married into the Chu Family, she’s no longer any princess—just our family’s daughter-in-law. And, as you are an elder, it’s right for her to bow to you, and you should accept that.”

“Yes, Aunt Lan, my husband speaks the truth. Now that I have married into the Chu Family, I am one of its members. It is proper for a junior to bow to her elder,” Su Yan said, smiling pleasantly.