The Marquis' Wife

Lu Xiang's past

The reason they did not interfere with Lu Xiang and Adelia's notoriously expensive business was because of the disconnection letter they wrote themselves so they could not ask for money or take over their nephew's business based only on in the name of brother.

However upon hearing that Lu Xiang passed the exam as Xie Hsien, Lu Ho and Lu Haocun's greed rekindled, they would first reconnect the fraternal rope they had broken off earlier and slowly manipulate the Lu Xiang family into subordinates that they could send back like before. After all Lu Xiang and his family would definitely refrain from rebelling because Xie Hsien's reputation of not wanting to be destroyed, that was what the Lu family thought.

However, they did not expect that Lu Xiang did not care about his reputation declining in the eyes of the people and even turned around to threaten them. The threat had a huge effect on Lu Ho, Lu Haocun and his second wife, the four people were afraid that their nephew would actually do it.

"Your age affects not only memory but also hearing. Lu Tao, Lu Cai show them a way out, maybe their vision is also influential". The longer he served the Lu family the more he felt annoyed and emotional, such a person could only be overcome by force.

Lu Tao and Lu Cai chased Lu Ho and Lu Haocun away with their wives without caring about the cries of the parents.

"You can't do this to us Lu Xiang, we're your uncles and aunts. What would people say if this happened to come out?!" Lu Haocun still wanted to hold on but Lu Xiang's reply made him and Lu Ho freeze.

"Please take this incident out if you want Lu Huanran to be known by the mayor as a vile uncle who broke off relations with his nephew. Who do you think mayor Li believes? Lu Huanran who is just an ordinary Hsien or I am Xie Hsien who just got that title?". Lu Xiang knew that the Lu brothers were afraid of Lu Huanran even though he was their younger brother. The impression of Hsien's title and working under the mayor is firmly attached to their chests so that they obey the words of their sister without daring to argue.

Lu Xiang hated all members of the Lu family including Lu Huanran who was the mastermind over all his suffering other than his grandmother.

Lu Xiang sat helplessly after handling his uncle, his face so sad that he remembered his mother who died because she did not have money for treatment despite having a family like the Lu family.

Adelia hugged her husband wordlessly, perhaps the Lu family was even more ruthless than the Miao family.

"Adellias". Her husband's weak voice made Adelia's heart beat in pain.

"My family..." Lu Xiang recounted all the bitter experiences he had felt while in the Lu family.

Lu Heng, his father was the second son of Lu Anming and Lan Zhu. Lu Heng was a very obedient child, he obeyed all the commands and words of his mother Lan Zhu without ever refuting, the action was commonly referred to as folly filial pity or filial filial pity in a stupid way.

Perhaps because of that most submissive demeanor, little by little the impression of a loser attached to Lu Heng in the eyes in the Lu family made his older brother and sister underestimate him until he married Xia He, who was the only one in the family, lu Heng's submissive attitude did not change even though his wife and child who were born later became victims of the Lu family's arbitrary treatment.

Lu Heng underwent forced labor because his mother did not want to pay fees in exchange for forced labor. Not only once was he also forced to replace Lu Haocun's forced labor rations and that was the last time 16-year-old Lu Xiang saw his father.

Lu Xiang's life in the Lu family was very concerning because of his father's attitude, at the age of 5 years he had to wake up early to wash all the clothes of members of the Lu family and do homework with his mother.

Although Lu Xiang denied and wanted to fight back, his father always defended his grandmother by saying.

Lan Zhu rarely gave Lu Xiang enough to eat because he was often late to eat because he had to finish the work he was given until he was 8 years old, village chief Lu discovered that he had more intelligence and understanding than his usual son and that allowed him to attend a village school.

Lu Xiang went to school still having to finish the job Lang Lan Zhu gave but the hope of becoming a scholar did not discourage little Lu Xiang. At the age of 14 he took a child's exam and passed and therefore Lan Zhu allowed him to continue his schooling because he saw the potential that Lu Xiang brought to his family.

"You can go to school but I don't have to pay for you. Use your own money".

But even so, Lan Zhu was completely unwilling to finance Lu Xiang to attend school so Lu Xiang had to quit school for two years to work, saving money to return to school.

Lu Xiang was lucky to be able to enter Zhao's academy and become Zhao Fan's own disciple for two years until his mother was very ill and it cost a lot of money to get the Lu family to expel Lu Xiang, the mother and sister from the Lu family home right after a month of her grandmother's death, they even broke off the brotherhood by making a white black letter out of fear that Lu Xiang would stick and become a burden to the Lu family, .

"Now the mother is no more so we have to live apart. The main house for me and the old house for Lu Haocun, you find your own home. From now on the Lu family has nothing to do with you anymore". Said Lu Ho while throwing family termination letters and items belonging to the Lu Xiang family.

The reason his uncle and aunt broke off the familial relationship with Lu Xiang, his mother and sister for thinking that their nephew would drop out of school and even live on the streets after being expelled by them.

But their guess is wrong, Lu Xiang went to Miao village along with his sick mother and his younger brother who was still and begged the village chief to make him a member of the Miao clan by giving him 2 silver coins.

Lu Xiang bought a small house and two plots of land in Miao village with his father's death money which he secretly took care of as well as his hard-working money. He still survives for school and supports his mother and sister from selling the books he copies and working in the fields. He wanted to finance his mother's treatment but his mother insisted on saying fine but 7 months they lived in Miao village, his mother died.

The last energy that made Lu Xiang survive that day had been lost to make all his hopes destroyed until finally he decided to drop out of school and fight to live the cost of living himself and his sisters.

Tears flowed down Adelia's cheek, her eyes dazed forward, looking forward, he did not expect that Lu Xiang's life was much worse than Miao Adelia's life in the Miao family and even worse than her life in the orphanage.

He has no parents and feels the consequences of not having a mother and father but Lu Xiang who has parents and family even life is much more tragic than his orphan.

"Shm. Don't cry baby. I'm telling you because I want you to understand why I hate the Lu family not to make you cry".

Lu Xiang's words of comfort instead made Adelia's tears flow more and more rapidly making Lu Xiang not know what to do, he just hugged his wife and stroked her soothing back.

"You have me Lu Xiang. There's still me who's always by your side" That's all Adelia can say to explain her current feelings.

Lu Xiang's eyes turned red. Yes, he still has his wife. The wife who pulled him out of the darkness had no hope.