Chapter 50 : Not an inch of land can be yielded in a battlefield of carnage.

“No worries, no worries, I’m not here to see a doctor. It’s my Yingying who’s sick.”

Sick?

How could that be?

She was full of energy just this morning, trying to flirt with me.

How could she be sick?

“This… May I ask what illness Miss Liu is suffering from?”

“Hahaha~ It’s just lovesickness.”

“Third Grand-Ancestor!!”

“Alright, alright, I won’t say it, I won’t say it, okay? Stop shaking me, I’m an old man, you’ll shake me to pieces.”

Though he said that, the Third Grand-Ancestor’s gaze wandered around the courtyard.

He seemed to be looking for someone.

Seeing him like this, Xu Ping’an secretly thought, ‘This isn’t good.’

Who is he looking for?

Is it my wife, Pei Qingxuan, or that sickly delicate girl from the manor?

No matter who he’s looking for, it wouldn’t be easy to get through, in his opinion.

Xu Ping’an was just pondering for a moment when a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.

“Miss Liu, why are you… looking at me like that?”

Xu Ping’an subconsciously took half a step back, but Liu Yingying pressed closer, her large eyes staring intently into Xu Ping’an’s.

“Xu Ping’an, tell me honestly, is that woman really your woman!?”

Huh?!

Seriously, Miss Liu, you came all these miles to his house just to ask this question?

And you even brought your old ancestor.

Is this for moral support?

Xu Ping’an was in a daze for a moment, then gave a bitter smile.

“That sickly young lady is indeed not my wife. My wife is someone else.”

“You’re lying to me again!”

Liu Yingying pouted, completely disbelieving what Xu Ping’an said.

“I’m really not lying to you, Miss Liu. I am indeed married.”

“I don’t believe it!”

“If you don’t believe me, look.”

Just then, his wife came to his side, and Xu Ping’an took her small hand.

“This is my wife, Miss Pei. Miss Liu, I appreciate your feelings. It’s my good fortune that you think highly of me. It’s just a pity that we are fated to be together but not to be. Miss Liu… it’s come to this, please don’t force it anymore.”

“You… she~ I…”

Looking at their intertwined hands, tears instantly welled up in Liu Yingying’s large eyes.

Just as tears streamed from Liu Yingying’s eyes, Xu Ping’an’s expression was calm, and Pei Qingxuan looked hostile, the Third Grand-Ancestor, who had been observing the three of them, suddenly spoke.

“What’s the big deal? It’s perfectly normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, isn’t it? Marrying one is marrying, marrying two is also marrying.”

Liu Yingying was stunned, and as a glimmer of hope gradually rose in her eyes, Xu Ping’an couldn’t help but show a bitter smile.

What kind of nonsense is this old ancestor spouting? That’s your junior!

Are you really willing to just give her away to be a concubine?

“Third Grand-Ancestor, please don’t joke. Miss Liu has noble status and extraordinary talent. She will surely become a cultivator in the future, while I, a cultivation waste designated by the Liuyun Sect, how can I aspire to such a noble branch?”

“What’s the big deal? We cultivators easily live for hundreds of years, but you mortals only live for a short hundred years. Even if you get married and she becomes a concubine, what then? You’ll eventually die, and then whether she remains a widow for you or remarries, won’t she have plenty of choices?”

Oh, my ancestors!

You shouldn’t talk like that! He’s only twenty-five or twenty-six. What do you mean, “eventually die”?

And “remarry”? And “remain a widow for him”?

Dang it, he’s been in this world for over twenty years, and he’s never met anyone so tactless!

Xu Ping’an’s face showed a bitter smile, but the light in Liu Yingying’s eyes grew even more intense.

“Right! Third Grand-Ancestor is right, what if I do become a concubine!”

“Wait, Miss Liu, you can’t say that.”

Xu Ping’an quickly tried to calm her, and just then, a voice came from behind him.

“Who wants to be a concubine?”

Hearing this voice, Xu Ping’an’s face instantly froze.

With Xiao Jing’s support, Li Yu’er walked over with elegant steps.

“It’s me, so what?!”

Seeing the newcomer, Liu Yingying seemed to recall the morning’s scene that made her cry so much, and she immediately lifted her head proudly and took a step forward.

Li Yu’er, however, was in no hurry.

She casually took out the Su embroidery round fan from her waist, half-covering her smiling face.

Her peach blossom eyes scrutinized Liu Yingying up and down as if appraising merchandise.

“Oh? Leaving everything else aside, her appearance has some merit, but this personality, it truly is only suitable for a concubine. However, my husband has extremely high standards, so he might not even fancy her~”

Hold on, when did he, Xu Ping’an, become “her husband”?

You can’t just say things like that!

He didn’t do anything!

Liu Yingying was thoroughly choked.

“You… Xu Ping’an, who is she?!”

“This…”

Xu Ping’an was speechless, but before he could react, Li Yu’er had already walked to his side, smiling sweetly.

“Yes, husband, which bee have you attracted now, and which butterfly have you lured?”

What kind of talk is that?!

“What do you mean? Are you calling me a bee and a butterfly?”

Liu Yingying’s eyebrows instantly shot up in anger, no longer caring about elegance.

She put her hands on her hips, puffed out her chest, and stood in front of Li Yu’er.

Li Yu’er was not at all afraid, and she pursed her lips into a smile.

“Otherwise? My husband clearly said that you were the one who insisted on clinging to him. Isn’t that a bee? Isn’t that a butterfly?”

Oh, my Princess!

Can you please stop using “my husband”?

Zhao Pingzhi’s eyes are already bursting with murderous intent!

He felt a chill in his heart and all over his body.

He felt that if this Princess continued to talk like this, the next person to arrive wouldn’t be the Liu family’s Third Grand-Ancestor, but the South State’s authority figure, the King of Zhennan!

Watching the two glare at each other, with murderous aura filling the air, it felt like blood would spill at any moment.

Xu Ping’an suddenly felt incredibly weak.

He didn’t know why, but he just felt extremely weak, so weak that he didn’t dare to speak.

At that moment, as if the current situation wasn’t chaotic enough, his obedient wife, who was standing beside him, suddenly acted uncharacteristically.

Her phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and she took a step forward, crying out sweetly in front of the two: “I’m my husband’s true wife!!”

Oh, my chaotic scene.

Oh, my obedient wife, can you please not add fuel to this fire right now!

As soon as Pei Qingxuan finished speaking, the two who were previously confronting each other immediately turned their heads to look at the young woman.

The Chu River and Han border had turned into a three-kingdom standoff.

Three beautiful young women with charming faces stared at each other, refusing to give an inch.

Seeing that they were about to fight, Xu Ping’an could no longer stay calm.

“Everyone, be quiet!! If you have something to say, go inside and say it!”