Li Wanling knew that as an adopted daughter, she had no status in the Xiao family.

If she wants to stand out, she must rely on her own efforts. She has been thinking about how to please Mrs. Xiao and the people of the Xiao family.

She has been trying to find ways to get close to Xiao Chenyi.

Xiao Chenyi is the eldest son of General Xiao and the future heir to the Xiao family.

Li Wanling is very ambitious. She knows that only if she gets close to Xiao Chenyi and wins his favor, she can become the mistress of the Xiao Mansion in the future.

As the saying goes, the one who is near the water and the tower first gets the moon.

So, she pretended to meet him by chance, deliberately bumped into Xiao Chenyi, pretended to fall accidentally, and fell into Xiao Chenyi's arms.

Xiao Chenyi's personality is cold and aloof. He is serious, not good at talking to people, and never interacts with others much. However, every smile and every move of the lovely Li Wanling deeply attracted Xiao Chenyi.

The two were childhood sweethearts, grew up together, and secretly decided to spend their lives together.

The truth cannot be hidden, and this matter soon reached the ears of General Xiao and Madam Xiao.

General Xiao and Madam Xiao naturally would not agree to their beloved son being with Li Wanling.

Although Li Wanling has always been well-behaved, smart, gentle and considerate in front of them, the Xiao family is a prestigious family that pays attention to etiquette and emphasizes matching.

How could the future heir of the Xiao family be allowed to marry an orphan with no parents?

In their opinion, Li Wanling is not suitable for their son at all and is not worthy of their son.

And at this time, Chu Yuqin happened to fall in love with Xiao Chenyi.

Chu Yuqin comes from a scholarly family. The Chu family and the Xiao family are well matched, and the marriage between the two families is definitely a match made in heaven.

General Xiao and Madam Xiao were naturally happy to see this happen, and with the Queen Mother's blessing for the marriage, the wedding date for Chu Yuqin and Xiao Chenyi was quickly set, and they were scheduled to get married ten days later.

The one Xiao Chenyi loves in his heart is Li Wanling, but he can't stand the pressure from General Xiao and Madam Xiao. Besides, it is the Queen Mother who arranged the marriage, so he has to accept it even if he doesn't want to.

It was not until the wedding night that Chu Yuqin found out that her husband had someone in his heart, and that person was Li Wanling, his childhood sweetheart.

After hearing this, Chu Yuqin couldn't believe her ears.

On the wedding night, Xiao Chenyi didn't touch her at all, just treated her as a stranger.

She was enthusiastic, but Xiao Chenyi said to her coldly: "I don't like you."

Chu Yuqin was completely stunned.

This grand wedding was met with Xiao Chenyi's indifference, which made Chu Yuqin lose face.

She felt really wronged. Why would the person she liked fall in love with someone else?

Less than half a year after Chu Yuqin married into the Xiao family, Minister Chu met with an accident. He was accused of treason and collaborating with the enemy, and was charged with a serious crime. He committed suicide in the prison out of fear of punishment.

The Chu family was destroyed overnight, and Chu Yuqin was spared because she married into the Xiao family.

Chu Yuqin, who was not liked by Xiao Chenyi to begin with, saw her status in the Xiao family plummet. She became a transparent person in Xiao Chenyi's eyes, even worse than a maid.

At this time, Xiao Chenyi followed General Xiao to the battlefield and made great achievements, and the Xiao family was at its peak.

Xiao Chenyi finally got his wish and married Li Wanling as his concubine.

Chu Yuqin's life in the Xiao family became increasingly difficult.

Li Wanling has always been favored by Xiao Chenyi and has a solid position in the Xiao family. She has secretly put countless obstacles in the way of Chu Yuqin and made things difficult for her at every turn.

The Chu family has fallen on hard times, and Li Wanling is naturally unwilling to be just Xiao Chenyi's aunt. She wants to drive Chu Yuqin away and become Xiao Chenyi's legitimate wife!

Chu Yuqin's days at the Xiao family became more and more difficult and painful.

Chu Yuqin is not a fool, so she can naturally guess Li Wanling's intentions.

Li Wanling always behaved like a well-behaved and sensible person in front of Xiao Chenyi, but behind the scenes, Li Wanling framed Chu Yuqin again and again.

Chu Yuqin had thought about resisting, and even wanted to sneak out to find Li Wanling to argue.

However, she knew that she could not defeat Li Wanling.

She could only swallow her anger and allow Li Wanling to bully her.

While Li Wanling was plotting to frame her behind her back, she was also pretending to be a virtuous and generous beauty in front of Xiao Chenyi.

Chu Yuqin felt very tired.

It feels like being pushed to the edge of a cliff. If you make the slightest mistake, you will be crushed to pieces, with no trace left.

Soon, Li Wanling became pregnant.

Xiao Chenyi was naturally very happy and treated Li Wanling even more lovingly.

Chu Yuqin's life became even more difficult.

Not long after, Li Wanling suddenly had a miscarriage and insisted that it was Chu Yuqin's fault. Xiao Chenyi was furious and gave Chu Yuqin a letter of divorce, but Chu Yuqin refused to be divorced.

She loved Xiao Chenyi so much that she didn't want to leave the Xiao family, and even more so, she didn't want her beloved husband to misunderstand her as such a vicious woman.

Chu Yuqin knelt down and begged Xiao Chenyi for forgiveness, hoping that Xiao Chenyi would take back the divorce letter and let her stay in the Xiao Mansion to serve him.

She didn't ask for more, she just wanted to live a quiet life, guarding her husband and staying by his side, that was enough.

Even if Xiao Chenyi doesn't love her.

But she loves him!

As long as she is not divorced, she will still be Xiao Chenyi's legitimate wife.

In the end, it was because Old Madam Xiao was afraid of losing face, after all, Chu Yuqin's marriage was arranged by the Queen Mother herself, so she took back the divorce letter and allowed Chu Yuqin to continue staying in the Xiao Mansion.

However, Li Wanling just wouldn't let Chu Yuqin go.

She designed another trap, drugged Chu Yuqin, and slept in the same bed with Xiao Chenyi's half-brother Xiao Chenhao, and deliberately created an opportunity for Xiao Chenyi to witness it with his own eyes.

Chu Yuqin had no idea what was going on, but she was accused of seducing her half-brother for adultery.

This crime is enough to make Chu Yuqin unable to hold her head up for the rest of her life, and she will never have a good life.

Chu Yuqin was locked in the woodshed and didn't have enough food to eat for a whole month.

During this period of time, Chu Yuqin kept trying to find ways to escape, wanting to go out and prove that she had never done it!

But it always fails.

In the woodshed, Chu Yuqin tried to find ways to escape almost every day, wanting to sneak away under the cover of night when the guards weren't paying attention.

However, just as she had regained some strength, before she could get up, she was grabbed, dragged to a corner, and beaten violently.

Chu Yuqin's face was swollen beyond recognition, her body was covered with whip marks, and there was not a single intact piece of skin on her body. The pain was excruciating.

She was unwilling to just accept her fate.

She wanted to tell Xiao Chenyi that everything was deliberately set up by Li Wanling and she was innocent!

But just when Chu Yuqin wanted to escape from the woodshed and find Xiao Chenyi to prove her innocence again, she was pushed into the well and lost her life.

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