The Aloof Lord's Mysterious Wife
Chapter 424: Marrying Her Means You’ll Get Beaten Every Day!

Chapter 424: Marrying Her Means You’ll Get Beaten Every Day!

The Xue family had mixed reactions.

One man, infuriated, glared at Nanli and shouted, "So, you’re the Ninth Princess, huh? You’ve taken all of our Xue family’s wealth and now you want more money? You’re so low, the Ninth Prince will definitely find you unworthy and dump you!"

Nanli smirked and casually twirled his finger. A copper coin on his forehead fell with a clatter to the ground. Instantly, he looked dazed and collapsed.

"Son!" His mother screamed in shock. She hurriedly picked up the coin and placed it back on his forehead.

Seeing this, the man’s spirit tried to return to his body using the coin, but it was futile. He couldn’t get back into his body!

Panic set in as he pleaded, "Ninth Princess, I was wrong! I’ll pay the three hundred taels, I will!"

Nanli glanced at him coldly and didn’t bother to respond.

Desperate, the man floated over, mumbling incessantly, begging Nanli to reconsider. Annoyed by his noise, Nanli used a charm to send him flying dozens of meters away.

Although the mother couldn’t see her son’s spirit, she saw that Nanli had used a charm and her son hadn’t come back to life, so she knew Nanli wasn’t saving him. She glared at Nanli in resentment, "You’re heartless, and now you’ve cruelly scattered my son’s spirit! The Chu Marquis and his wife must have taught you to be so wicked!"

Chu Huan couldn’t stand this and spoke up immediately, "Old lady, that’s unreasonable! Your son was the one who first insulted my sixth sister! He spoke disrespectfully, so don’t blame my sister for being ruthless!"

He regretted trying to defend the Xue family. If he hadn’t, his sixth sister wouldn’t have faced such abuse!

The mother continued to curse, "My son spoke the truth! Our Xue family was attacked by evil spirits, and Chu Nanli arrived so slowly. Our people are dead, and she still dares to ask for money. Such actions are infuriating to both gods and men!"

Nanli raised an eyebrow, unfazed, "Xue Shengnan wanted to kill all of you, what does that have to do with me? Besides, are you even my relative? Just because something happened to your family doesn’t mean I have to rush over immediately."

Her rebuttal left the mother speechless.

Nanli continued, "This is your Xue family’s problem. I only came because my third brother is here. I’m not short of money or merit; I didn’t need to get involved. Auntie, you should accumulate some virtue for the next life."

The Xue family members were becoming increasingly despicable, heartless, and vile. No wonder Xue Shengnan attracted evil spirits, hoping to devour the Xue family’s souls and prevent them from reincarnating.

Whatever the case, it was pointless to keep such debtors alive. She had no expression and twisted her fingers again. The copper coin on the mother’s forehead fell to the ground, and she stretched out her legs, lifeless.

Nanli coldly looked at the remaining Xue family members.

The rest were sweating profusely and resented the mother and son. Clearly, it was Xue Shengnan’s doing, not the Ninth Princess’s. They were lucky to be alive, so why provoke the Ninth Princess with complaints? Three hundred taels were not that much!

"Ninth Princess, I’m willing to pay six hundred..." Someone started to plead, but the copper coin fell again.

With a clatter, dozens of Xue family members were reduced to just over ten.

The remaining ten looked at each other, puzzled why their coins hadn’t fallen off.

"Sixth sister, what’s going on?" Chu Huan asked, also confused.

Nanli explained, "They have no karmic debt."

Implying they were good people and could live a bit longer. The dead Xue family members’ karmic debt would fall on Xue Shengnan. The ten saved people would have other opportunities in the future, and Nanli would gain some merit from it.

Lord Xue’s soul hadn’t left his body due to the Protection Talisman, so he wasn’t part of Nanli’s reckoning.

Chu Huan asked, "Doesn’t that mean Xue Shengnan gets what she wanted?"

While feeling sorry for Xue Shengnan, he was still firmly against her due to her previous actions against his sister-in-law. Since the Xue family was so corrupt, better to not leave them to cause more harm. His sixth sister didn’t need to miss out on these few taels. He had a clear conscience and felt no guilt.

"It’s fine," Nanli said, glancing at Lord Xue. "He’s lost a child, which means the evil spirits Xue Shengnan summoned didn’t kill the person she most wanted dead. That’s enough to make her angry."

Lord Xue, shocked, asked, "A child died? Was it a son or a daughter?"

"A son," Nanli said with a smile.

Upon hearing this bad news, Lord Xue’s eyes widened, and he crazily shouted, "No! You’re lying! You must be lying! No, Ninth Princess, you must have seen wrong. Look again..."

Chu Huan said, "Lord Xue, you ran quickly, but I saw with my own eyes how your son’s soul was devoured by the evil spirits. My sixth sister didn’t make a mistake."

He felt a pang of regret. If Xue Zhaoxiang hadn’t blocked his way, causing him to faint, the soul might not have been so easily extracted. He would have had time to protect him.

What Chu Huan didn’t know was that Lady Xue deliberately withheld the ginseng soup to prevent him from leaving, causing Xue Zhaoxiang to not wake up immediately. It was all just cause and effect.

Hearing this, Lord Xue was even more distraught, screaming for his son and then fainting from grief.

Nanli quickly said, "Get a doctor for him right away. We can’t let him die."

The remaining Xue family members had stabilized their souls.

One person sighed, "Ninth Princess, I really can’t figure you out. You were so ruthless before, and now you’re so kind..."

Nanli rolled her eyes, "What are you talking about? He’s dead. How’s he going to transfer the family assets to me?"

The Xue family members were clearly overestimating themselves!

Qi Mu finally managed to say, "Ninth Princess, your brother’s injuries are severe. Please get a doctor for him, and I’ll cover all the medical expenses!"

Nanli looked over, "Miss, you’re quite kind."

Mentioning Qi Mu made Chu Huan feel a surge of resentment, and his face started to hurt even more.

He muttered, "What’s so good about it? It’s what she should do."

Nanli didn’t understand but realized that her third brother would meet his true match today, and she was immediately enlightened, "Oh! So you’ve developed to this point. Don’t worry, my family has no strict social standards. Even if you’re from the martial world, as long as my third brother likes you, my parents will approve of your marriage."

Chu Huan was both shocked and anxious, "Sixth sister, what are you talking about?!"

When did he ever like her?!

He wasn’t crazy. Marrying her would mean getting beaten every day!