Demoting my wife to a concubine? After being reborn, I turned around and married into the imperial f

Nangong Yue frowned, and the next moment, a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth.

"Your Highness, what's wrong?" Chu Xunzhen exclaimed, grabbing his wrist to take his pulse, but the next moment, a woman rushed in and stood in front of Chu Xunzhen.

The woman was dressed in red, with a bright and flamboyant appearance and a slender figure; she appeared to be about twenty-one or twenty-two years old.

"Who are you?" Chu Xunzhen asked.

The woman did not answer Chu Xunzhen's question. Instead, she snorted coldly and helped Nangong Yue down from the carriage.

"Wait, if you don't explain who you are, I won't let you take His Highness away." Chu Xunzhen stopped the other party.

A woman's haughty voice rang out: "Anshun, tell her who I am?"

Eunuch Anshun nodded to Chu Xunzhen and said, "Miss Chu, this is His Highness's cousin, Miss Chen Lianxin. She has always been in charge of His Highness's health. Don't worry, Miss. She won't harm His Highness."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xunzhen released Chen Lianxin's hand.

"Hmph!" Chen Lianxin scoffed, "Some people just don't know their place. Since you've returned from the countryside, don't bother His Highness. Otherwise, His Highness will not only suffer physical pain but also be affected by this jinx."

Chunxi's expression changed, she rolled up her sleeves, and raised her voice: "Who are you calling a jinx? How dare you talk like that?"

"Like master, like servant. I don't know what my cousin was thinking, actually being with you all." After saying that, Chen Lianxin sneered, "Someone, take His Highness back. I will personally treat my cousin."

Eunuch Anshun turned around and said to Chu Xunzhen, "Miss Chu, don't worry. His Highness will surely come looking for you when he wakes up."

Chu Xunzhen nodded, but suddenly grabbed Chen Lianxin's hand and asked, "How do you plan to treat him?"

"How dare you! I am a disciple of the Heavenly Sect. If you do not let go, I will have the Heavenly Sect exterminate your entire family."

Chu Xunzhen not only didn't let go, but instead pulled her even tighter, sneering, "Does the Heavenly Sect think it can just destroy a Marquis's mansion? Can you represent the Heavenly Sect? You don't like me, so you want to destroy the Marquis's mansion? Does His Majesty know about this? Come, let's go and argue with His Majesty."

"Let go!" Chen Lianxin was terrified.

"Why did you stop talking?" Chu Xunzhen sneered. "You want to wipe out my entire Marquis's mansion? Do you think you're the emperor?"

Chen Lianxin turned pale with fright, her right hand trembling as she pointed at Chu Xunzhen and said, "What nonsense are you spouting? When did I ever say I wanted to be emperor?"

Chu Xunzhen snorted coldly and grabbed the other man's wrist: "Weren't you so arrogant just now? You even wanted to wipe out my entire Marquis's mansion?"

"I was just kidding. I said it on purpose."

Chen Lianxin immediately replied.

Chu Xunzhen ignored the woman who was all bark and no bite, and turned to An Shun, saying, "Eunuch, if His Highness wakes up, please be sure to tell me."

Upon hearing this, Anshun quickly nodded, "Alright. I'll arrange another carriage for you to return to the Marquis's residence."

"Very well. Thank you, Father-in-law." After Chu Xunzhen finished speaking, An Shun arrived in the new carriage less than a quarter of an hour later.

Chu Xunzhen boarded the carriage and soon returned to the gate of the Marquis's residence.

She got off the carriage and had just entered the front hall of the Marquis's mansion when she was surrounded by servants.

"You unfilial daughter, where have you come from? How dare you return in a man's carriage without any self-respect?" Chu Zhanpeng's face was cold and his voice was icy. His gaze towards Chu Xunzhen was filled with disappointment and disappointment.

Chu Mingyuan's gaze turned cold as he looked at Chu Xunzhen as if she were trash. He said, "Father, you know perfectly well that she came from the countryside. She has no common sense about the proper separation of men and women. She's probably already been taken advantage of by someone."

Chu Mingli, dressed in a blue robe, scoffed, "Brother, why do you say that? Perhaps Sister Xunzhen went to offer herself to the Third Prince and has already become his woman?"

Chu Wanrou's voice was soft: "Sister, I heard that Lord Zhou has already taken away all the valuables from the Marquis of Chongding's residence and given them to you in silver, right? That was all compensation money given to the Marquis's residence. You wouldn't have kept it all for yourself, would you?"

"You unfilial daughter! In order to avoid becoming Gu Changfeng's concubine, you actually persecuted the Chongding Marquis's mansion to the point of decline, making enemies for my Ping'an Marquis's mansion. Now, in order to rise in rank, you are playing hard to get with the Third Prince. I have no daughter like you!"

The speaker was none other than Li Yi, who was under house arrest.

Today, she actually stepped out of her courtyard and joined the Chu family in gossiping about herself.

"Are you done talking?" Chu Xunzhen was speechless. "If you're done, get out of the way. A good dog doesn't block the way."

Upon hearing this, everyone was furious.

"Sister, I've made the decision. I plan to give the betrothal gifts that Lord Zhou took back to our parents. I suppose you'll also give the money you got from the Marquis of Chongding's mansion to our parents, right?"

Chu Wanrou smiled slightly.

Chu Xunzhen's gaze fell on Chu Wanrou, as if she were a fool: "It's your business if you hand over the money to your parents. My money is naturally my responsibility. What? You wouldn't be trying to embezzle my money, would you?"

Li Yi flicked her long sleeves, making her azure skirt appear even more haughty: "Your money is the money of my Chongding Marquis's mansion. Rou'er is fulfilling her filial duties for you, but you not only show no gratitude to her, you also often bully her. Today, if you don't hand over all the compensation money to her, I will disown you as my daughter."

Chunxi was shocked and immediately said, "Madam, you mustn't! That 100,000 taels of silver belongs to our young lady. How can you give your own daughter's money to your adopted daughter?"

Chu Zhanpeng frowned and said coldly, "You lowly servant, what business is it of yours what we, the masters, are saying? Guards, drag Chunxi away."

"Stop!" Chu Xunzhen's cold voice rang out: "I won't touch the silver exchanged for the betrothal gifts. But no one else can take a single penny of my silver."

"You've gone too far!" Chu Zhanpeng roared. "What do you, a mere woman, need so much money for? To turn the world upside down?"

"Sister, you're a young lady from a sheltered family. If people find out you have so much money, you won't be able to go out in peace. It's too dangerous. If you leave the money with Father and Mother for safekeeping, you'll be safe and sound. They'll also feel at ease."

"Take out the silver," Chu Mingli said, extending his palm.

"I have no money. Lord Zhou hasn't given me any money yet."

"No?" Li Yi's face was grim. "Chu Xunzhen, you wouldn't expect me to have Granny Li search you, would you?"

Standing behind Li Yi, Granny Li turned pale with fright.

Damn it, looks like I'll have to pretend I'm not feeling well and leave quickly. Is that someone I can afford to offend, young lady?

"I told you, Lord Zhou hasn't yet converted the items from the Marquis of Chongding's residence into cash for me," Chu Xunzhen repeated.

Chu Mingxuan said coldly, "Are you still going to lie? In that case, I'll just have to let you taste the poison."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xunzhen asked coldly, "Are you going to use Gu on me?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Mingyuan said, "You asked for this."

Chu Xunzhen's expression changed, and he immediately said coldly, "Grandfather is still here. How dare you use a curse on me?"

Upon hearing this, Chu Mingxuan sneered: "My grandfather has a tracking Gu inside him. Chu Xunzhen, if you don't want to end up like my grandfather, hand over all the silver and shop deeds now."

Chu Xunzhen's eyes widened in disbelief. "Chu Mingxuan, your grandfather is your elder. How could you cast a spell on him? This is utterly disrespectful. You are a shameless and unfilial person."

Upon hearing this, Chu Mingxuan was taken aback at first, then burst into arrogant laughter: "You know the Gu Sect, right? That's an existence that surpasses even imperial power. I'm a protector of the Gu Sect, and even the emperor has to show me respect, let alone dealing with a mere you and an old man?"