Chapter 237: Hard Talk
Not only did Xie Fei come back by himself, he also brought a few witnesses, who were the people who served Zhuang Wenxiu back then.

Zhuang Wenxiu fled in panic, very scared.

Seeing this scene, Xie Xiongcheng shouted coldly: “Just because you are a marquise, you think you can go against the moral principles and come to your mother’s house to bully others, right?”

Xie Fei smiled and said, “Why are you so excited, Lord Xie? I just want to make the past clearer. It’s a private matter, and it won’t be known to everyone and ruin your reputation.”

Xie Xiongcheng’s face darkened. Pei Yuan, who was standing beside him, finished his tea and said, “Don’t get excited, father-in-law. My wife spent a lot of time to find out what happened in the past. Why don’t you have a cup of tea first and listen to what she has to say?”

A higher-ranking official can crush a person to death, not to mention that Pei Yuan was a marquis, while Xie Xiongcheng was only a fifth-rank official.

Even between father-in-law and son-in-law, there must be a distinction between high and low.

Xie Xiongcheng looked extremely pale, his cheeks were clenched tightly.

In the backyard, Zhuang Wenxiu was running around in a panic.

She was too kind-hearted. If she had known this would happen, she should have eradicated the problem completely!
Seeing this, Xie Jing whispered, “Mother, did you really do something?”

“Sister,” Xie Yang said dissatisfiedly, “So what if mother did something? She is the legal wife, and Xie Fei’s mother is just a concubine. Even if mother killed someone, isn’t it natural?”

Xie Jing closed his eyes, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.

On one side is her biological mother, and on the other side is justice. She doesn’t know what to do.

Zhuang Wenxiu was in a state of panic, sweating profusely, and had no idea what to do.

She didn’t care about Xie Fei’s mother. That bitch was just a cover-up and there was no need to be afraid of her.

She was only worried that Xie Xiongcheng knew the truth of the matter.

Just as she was getting anxious, a servant came to inform her that the master, the sixth young lady and the sixth uncle were already waiting in the flower hall, and asked the mistress to come over immediately.

Zhuang Wenxiu asked anxiously, “Where’s Mother Cao?”

The person she trusts most is only Mother Cao.

The servant said, “As soon as the Sixth Uncle entered the mansion, he ordered someone to arrest Madam Cao.”

Zhuang Wenxiu’s face changed drastically and she fell into the chair.

Mother Cao is her think tank and the person who can make her feel at ease. If even Mother Cao is not around, how can she deal with the current situation?
There was no time to think about it. The servant urged them twice, and Xie Jing and her sister helped Zhuang Wenxiu to the flower hall.

Xie Fei bowed honestly and said, “Madam, you are here at the right time. We should talk about what happened back then, so that the truth will not be kept in the dark and the people in the underworld will not be able to rest in peace.”

Zhuang Wenxiu sat down next to Xie Xiongcheng, too afraid to look at Xie Xiongcheng’s face.

Seeing his mother like this, Xie Yang said in dissatisfaction: “Xie Fei, what do you want to do? You are so aggressive, do you want everyone to know that you, the Anyuan Marquis Mansion, are bullying others and humiliating the mistress?”

Xie Fei chuckled and said in a gentle voice, “What are you saying, Sister Yang? What have I done from the beginning to the end? I just wanted to expose the truth and give my mother justice. It’s just that someone is guilty and scares himself.”

After she and Pei Yuan entered the mansion, they treated their father and mother with courtesy and showed all the necessary etiquette. Even the personal guards of the Anyuan Marquis’s mansion were just waiting outside the mansion, and the two of them only brought maids and servants with them.

If Zhuang Wenxiu didn’t have something to hide, why would she be so frightened? Xie Fei bowed to Zhuang Wenxiu again and said, “At this point, if the lady is willing to take the initiative to tell the truth, it will save us a lot of trouble.”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about!” Zhuang Wenxiu’s palms were sweating, but she clenched her fists and said firmly: “Your mother is a cruel, ruthless, and coquettish bitch. She deserves to die!”

Xie Fei didn’t expect her to speak up. He put away the smile on his face and said slowly, “Then I can only call the people from before to confront you. I hope you won’t be stubborn when the time comes.”

“How dare you!” Xie Yang saw her mother was at a disadvantage and said angrily, “How dare you, a concubine’s daughter, be so rude to your mother!”

“I’m so fed up with the term ‘legitimate’ and ‘illegitimate’.” Xie Fei’s eyes were filled with annoyance. He hated it the most when Xie Yang kept talking about legitimate and illegitimate children.

She had no intention of causing trouble, but Xie Yang insisted on bumping into her and she had no choice but to ignore him.

“I heard that the Qishan Palace is not going to marry you as the principal wife, but as a concubine. Do you think this concubine is a wife or a concubine?”

Xie Yang shuddered, and the arrogance in his eyes subsided a little.

Xie Fei continued to add fuel to the fire, and said with a half-smile: “The children born by the concubine should not be legitimate children, right? You care so much about legitimate and illegitimate children, but your own children in the future are the illegitimate children that you hate the most. Wouldn’t you be disgusted by them and want to strangle them to death with your own hands?”

“I’m not getting married!” Xie Yang blurted out, looking up at Xie Fei and shouting in a delicate voice: “Aren’t you the Marquise? If you are really that powerful, why don’t you go to the Qishan Palace and explain that you refuse this marriage?”

“I can indeed,” Xie Fei said with a beaming face, “but why should I do this? I can’t wait to see you become my second wife, and then see how you will face your illegitimate children in the future.”

“You, you are nothing!” Xie Yang stepped forward angrily, raising his hand to slap Xie Fei, “How dare you be so arrogant in front of our father and mother? I must teach you a lesson!”

In the past, she was the legitimate daughter, while Xie Fei was just an unfavored concubine’s daughter.

She would beat, scold, bully and humiliate Xie Fei at every turn. Once the young Xie Fei resisted, he would be beaten and kicked even more.

Whether it was solitary confinement, beating with a stick, or freezing and starving, Zhuang Wenxiu and her daughter had plenty of ways to make Xie Fei surrender.

Therefore, Xie Yang was never afraid of Xie Fei. Even though she was a marquise now, in Xie Yang’s heart, she was still just a little concubine who could be controlled at will.

However, before the slap landed on Xie Fei’s face, Xie Yang was clamped by someone.

Mother Liu grasped her wrist tightly and exerted force, causing her to scream in pain.

“Please don’t be rude to the Marquise, otherwise I will be embarrassed by my inferiority.”

Xie Yang struggled several times but failed, and his face was distorted with pain, but he still refused to accept and yelled at Xie Xiongcheng.

“Daddy, Daddy, save me! They are so tyrannical in our Xie family, can you bear to watch my mother and daughter being abused by them!”

Xie Xiongcheng’s face looked extremely ugly, but Pei Yuan was drinking tea leisurely beside him. Even though he was furious, he couldn’t scold Xie Fei in front of Pei Yuan.

Seeing Xie Yang still indignant and yelling, Xie Fei sighed.

“I told you I was just here to talk about what happened back then. Why are you so uncooperative and trying to make me look like a bad guy?”

Xie Yang said angrily: “You are a bastard born to a lowly concubine. My mother was generous and magnanimous to let you be born. If it were me, a bitch like you should have died in the womb!”