Cultivation Begins with Caring for Sister-in-law-Chapter 547

In the side room, the heat lingered about. Clearly, it was just the beginning of spring, and the temperature hadn’t noticeably risen yet, but Xiao Yunxi already felt her body heating up.

In the bathtub, Princess Zhaoqing, Chu Ran, leaned against the edge. Chen Mo held a towel, gently cleaning Chu Ran’s jade back and said softly, "Your Highness, your skin is so beautiful."

Chu Ran felt her delicate body turn soft, as if electrified all over. She didn’t respond, seeming as if she hadn’t heard Chen Mo’s words.

"Your Highness, could you tell me what happened before the Xu family was confiscated?"

Although Chen Mo had asked Xu Ying about this, Xu Ying was in the Imperial Palace at that time, and perhaps she hadn’t known as much as Chu Ran did that day of the coup.

Suppressing the uneasiness in her heart, Chu Ran spoke softly, "In fact, Lu Sheng had long had a rift with... Chancellor Xu. Chancellor Xu understood this, but he needed to rely on Lu Sheng, so he didn’t say anything. At that time... When he was still around, he privately told me more than once..."

"Who is he?" Chen Mo interrupted Chu Ran. 𝑓𝑟ℯ𝘦𝓌𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝑐ℴ𝓂

"... Xu Qin." Chu Ran said, somewhat annoyed.

Xu Qin, the eldest son of the Xu Residence and Chu Ran’s deceased husband.

"Oh, go on," Chen Mo said, hanging the towel on the screen beside him.

"He told me privately more than once, saying that Chancellor Xu was already old, and in the future, the Xu Residence would need to rely on Lu Sheng, need Lu Sheng’s protection. So Chancellor Xu wanted him to get closer to Lu Sheng..." Chu Ran suddenly paused.

It was because Chen Mo’s hand passed under Chu Ran’s armpit, reaching her front, wanting to see how broad her chest really was.

Chu Ran’s voice came out almost like a hum from her nose, "You... don’t do this."

This man was truly audacious, daring to act so wantonly in front of her...

Feeling the tenderness between his fingers and palms, Chen Mo suddenly embraced Chu Ran’s plump and delicate body, inhaling the fragrance from her beautiful hair, his heart stirred slightly as he spoke warmly:

"Xu Guozhong feared that after his death, his descendants would be revenged upon by others. So, even knowing that Lu Sheng was encroaching beneath him, he still pretended not to notice, hoping that Lu Sheng would remember the favor and protect the Xu family. But who knew Lu Sheng had the ambition of a wolf, clearly wanting more earlier..."

Chu Ran felt as if she had been electrified all over again, her strength seemingly drained at this moment. She let out a soft moan, her face burning hot like fire, completely unable to refuse Chen Mo’s embrace.

She noticed Xiao Yunxi staring at her unblinkingly, feeling embarrassed and annoyed, "Don’t... don’t look."

Xiao Yunxi didn’t want to look either, but at that moment, her delicate body seemed frozen, unable to move, ripples stirring in her heart, and after a while, she hurriedly turned her face away.

Chen Mo leaned down and kissed Chu Ran’s jade back, "Your Highness, please continue to tell me."

Chu Ran’s emotions were very unsettled, her slender fingers tightly gripping the edge of the bathtub, her voice trembling, "Actually, this peace was broken by Xu Yu."

"How so?" Chen Mo knew Xu Yu was Xu Guozhong’s youngest son, an arrogant and domineering individual.

"It’s rumored that he fancied Lu Sheng’s junior brother, Hui Cheng’s woman, which led to a conflict with Hui Cheng. Hui Cheng seemed unaware of Xu Yu’s identity, so he hit him. Naturally, Xu Yu couldn’t swallow this and had Hui Cheng captured and severely punished. This incident displeased both Chancellor Xu and Lu Sheng..." As she spoke, Chu Ran’s graceful head suddenly lifted up slightly, her pupils dilating a bit.

Xiao Yunxi’s face turned even redder, occasionally sneaking glances over.

"Hui Cheng..."

Chen Mo’s face paused slightly; he had heard of this person from Chang En, who mentioned that Chang En’s junior brother seemed to be even stronger and more talented than Chang En.

Chen Mo gathered up Chu Ran’s scattered beautiful hair behind her, "So with this action, Xu Yu offended Lu Sheng’s side. Even if Lu Sheng could forgive and forget, once Xu Guozhong passed, Hui Cheng wouldn’t be able to let it go and would definitely seek to settle the account.

Xu Guozhong must have understood this point and had no choice but to take action against Lu Sheng, but had not expected that the opponent was a step ahead."

Chu Ran let out a faint hum, gently biting her delicate lips, her heart lightly fluttering, "I heard that the military’s top ranks were all Lu Sheng’s people, and even Xu Guozhong’s confidants were bought off by Lu Sheng. The news of the action was learned by Lu Sheng beforehand."

Xiao Yunxi didn’t have the courage to peek anymore, instead looking at the nearby screen, just to see that on the large screen, two shadows were cast, both bent forward and leaning back.

"It’s really unfortunate for Your Highness, to suffer such groundless disaster, a dignified imperial princess, actually implicated and demoted to servitude, it pains me," Chen Mo said.

Chu Ran: "..."

Oh sure, that’s how you show your concern for me, isn’t it?

Am I not still suffering?

But before thinking too long, Chu Ran was swept into the whirlwind.

...

It is unknown how long it had been, but the water in the bathtub had cooled, and the steam that had risen from the heat in the side room had dissipated.

Xiao Yunxi’s gaze had long moved from the screen to Chu Ran. That mature, beautiful face, flushed as if inebriated, for someone who was a Fifth-Grade Martial Artist, she almost felt she couldn’t even stand steadily.

She had become an observer throughout the whole process.

"Why are you just standing there, come and help," Chen Mo, having taken a temporary pause, beckoned Xiao Yunxi over.

"Ah?" Xiao Yunxi hadn’t reacted yet.

"Still dazed? Hurry up and come over; you, as an elder, don’t care for your juniors at all."

Chen Mo picked Chu Ran up from the bathtub and handed her to the approaching Xiao Yunxi.

As a Middle-Grade Martial Artist, Xiao Yunxi should have no trouble at all holding a woman weighing less than a hundred pounds.

But the moment she took Chu Ran from Chen Mo’s hands, Xiao Yunxi almost buckled, her knees nearly dropping to the ground, only for Chen Mo to grab her arm at the critical moment to help her steady.

"What, didn’t eat?" Chen Mo chuckled meaningfully.

Xiao Yunxi glared at Chen Mo as if to say, you know full well.

She shook off Chen Mo’s hand, carrying Chu Ran over to the bed.

Just as she laid Chu Ran down and covered her with a quilt, she was surprised when Chen Mo, who had just been in the bathtub, suddenly appeared behind her and embraced her, "Yunxi, have you been waiting long?"

Before she could reply, in the next moment, she was placed on the bed by Chen Mo.

...

On the other side.

Inside Xu Ying’s side room.

Xu Ying naturally learned of the recent events happening outside.

After all, she used to be the Empress and the daughter of the former Prime Minister, her mind was very acute, perceiving that Chen Mo had become a major force, paving the way for high ascent.

Should that day come, she, who left quietly with the status of a musician, could then return strongly as a concubine.

Perhaps she could even...

"Madam, Duke An has come to Copper Sparrow Garden."

Amidst Xu Ying’s thoughts, the maid’s words sounded from outside the house.