Hidden Marriage: Spoiled by the Imperial Commander
Chapter 309: Beating Up the Mistress

Chapter 309: Chapter 309: Beating Up the Mistress

Yan Qianyi was listening to a female shop assistant describe the design concept of a dress when, out of the blue, she was slapped hard across the face.

The shop assistant screamed in fear and quickly stepped in front of Yan Qianyi, "Madam! You cannot hit people in our store!"

Covering her face, Yan Qianyi looked in astonishment at the furious middle-aged woman.

Where did this lunatic come from?

She didn’t even recognize her!

"Get lost! It’s none of your business!"

The middle-aged woman rudely pushed the shop assistant to the ground, her hand raised again to hit Yan Qianyi, but someone caught her wrist in mid-air.

She turned her head and saw it was Mu Yunlie, her presence somewhat diminished, but she still said angrily, "Ah Lie, you and my Nuannuan have been engaged since childhood! In what way is Nuannuan inferior to this fox seductress?"

The woman was Ning Nuan’s mother.

She had just come into the store and seen Yan Qianyi with Mu Yunlie.

At first, she thought she was seeing things; after all, Mu Yunlie never showed interest in women.

After confirming what she saw, a surge of rage burst forth in her heart, and she rushed over after leaving Ning Nuan behind.

Ning Nuan followed, exclaiming, "Mom! What are you doing!"

Customers in the store had also gathered around to watch.

Mu Yunlie still held onto Mrs. Ning’s wrist tightly.

Mrs. Ning grimaced in pain, "You... let go!"

Ning Nuan quickly tried to mediate, "Brother Ah Lie, I’m sorry, please let go of my mom first."

Mu Yunlie released Mrs. Ning’s hand with a cold expression, pulling Yan Qianyi into his arms. He looked at her reddened face with concern, his eyebrows tightly knitted, "Does it hurt?"

Yan Qianyi shook her head, the pain was nothing to her.

Mrs. Ning, on the other hand, was in pain, wincing and groaning nearby.

Her wrist was red, and it seemed like Mu Yunlie might have almost crushed her bones.

Gently rubbing her wrist, Mrs. Ning glared at Mu Yunlie, infuriated, "Ah Lie! Is this how your maternal grandfather Nangong Jie taught you?"

Mu Yunlie had always been a peculiar character, usually cold and distant, and despite being her future son-in-law, he rarely smiled in her presence.

But she never expected that he would turn violent towards her over a mistress!

Upon hearing Nangong Jie’s name, the wealthy ladies and young misses who were watching gasped in surprise.

They had thought he was merely a pretty boy living off a woman’s money, but he turned out to be the grandson of Nangong Jie!

Nangong Jie’s reputation was well-known throughout the Federation Empire.

He was the former Commander, a man even the current King and Queen had to show deference to.

Mr. Ning had left the military years ago to do business, and within Capital Star’s high society of only so many people, almost everyone recognized Mrs. Ning.

They also knew that the Ning Family had arranged a marriage with the Nangong Family.

Because Mrs. Ning had always boasted pridefully that her daughter was the granddaughter-in-law personally chosen by Nangong Jie.

The crowd’s gaze shifted from admiration to disdain as they looked at Yan Qianyi.

"So, she’s the mistress!"

"Ts, ts, ts~ I knew it, such a young age and already managing Yan’s, definitely some sort of trickery."

"Managing Yan’s?" Mrs. Ning looked puzzled at the person who made the comment, "Do you know her?"

Mrs. Ning hardly paid attention to the news, busying herself with beauty treatments and playing cards every day.

Then there was watching over her husband, completely ignorant of world affairs, so she wasn’t aware of the recent events at Yan Group.

"Of course I know her, Mrs. Ning, are you unaware? Yan Hong from Yan Pharmaceutical Group has retired, and now she is the one managing the Yan’s."

"Yeah, she’s the daughter of the famous Doctor Shu Meng."

"Doctor Shu is really nice, if she knew her daughter was destroying someone else’s relationship, I bet she’d come back to life just out of anger."

Hearing this, Madam Ning’s expression shook with shock as she stared at Yan Qianyi, her eyes filling with even greater hatred. Grinding her teeth, she said, "No wonder she looked a little familiar, so she’s the daughter of Shu Meng. It’s true what they say, a vixen gives birth to a vixen!"

Yan Qianyi’s eyes darkened, "What did you say?"

Just as Madam Ning wanted to continue, she suddenly saw Mu Yunlie’s cold and stern gaze sweeping over.

"Apologize to Qianyi!" commanded Mu Yunlie.

If it hadn’t been for the fact that Madam Ning was an elder and considering Grandpa Ning had been close comrades-in-arms with his grandfather, he would have already crippled her entire right arm!

Madam Ning, feeling panicked by Mu Yunlie’s intimidating gaze, involuntarily took a step back.

"Why... why should I apologize? You had arranged a marriage with my Nuannuan, and this vixen mistress deserved to be beaten, didn’t she?"

Mu Yunlie lowered his eyes, then looked at Ning Nuan, flames burning in his gaze, "You didn’t tell her?"

Ning Nuan shook her head, tears beginning to fall as she pleaded, clutching Madam Ning’s arm, "Mom, just apologize, please."

"Are you insane?" Madam Ning shook off her daughter’s hand, incredulous, "Your fiancé gets stolen by a mistress, and you want me to apologize? How did I give birth to such a spineless child?"

Ning Nuan, in her urgency, couldn’t stop the tears from falling.

If Brother Ah Lie revealed the truth right now, it would be even more embarrassing for her.

"Ah Lie, let’s go," Yan Qianyi took Mu Yunlie’s hand.

She knew about the close relationship between the Nangong Family and the Ning Family and didn’t want Mu Yunlie to feel too embarrassed on her behalf, worried he would be reprimanded by Nangong Jie upon his return.

Mu Yunlie held her hand firmly, his icy stare still threateningly fixed on Madam Ning.

After all, he had known Ning Nuan since childhood, and he had intended to leave some face for her.

But if someone bullied his woman and still didn’t want to apologize, he couldn’t be blamed for not caring about the feelings between the two families!

Mu Yunlie spoke with slightly parted lips, "Qianyi is not some vixen mistress; she’s my wife, already registered with me in marriage. As for that betrothal with your beloved, I had already rejected it."

The onlookers who were enjoying the drama were shocked.

Madam Ning was even more staggered.

She stared incredulously at Ning Nuan, with tears streaming down her face, "Is what he says true? He’s already married to this woman?"

Ning Nuan nodded, covering her face, wishing she could bury herself underground.

If her mother hadn’t caused such a scene here, Brother Ah Lie wouldn’t have disclosed this and humiliated her in public.

Madam Ning was also stupefied, having thought she was dealing with a mistress, which made her pretty self-righteous.

Little did she expect that she’d struck the Eastern Palace’s own.

"Mrs. Ning, I will say this one last time, apologize to my wife," Mu Yunlie’s voice grew colder, his eyes emitting a lethal air.

In the past, Mu Yunlie used to call Madam Ning, Aunt Ning.

Madam Ning was well aware of Mu Yunlie’s stature as the Commander and his capabilities, a fact that she had long wanted to boast about yet dared not.

Therefore, she knew all too well how Mu Yunlie handled matters.

Watching Mu Yunlie’s ferocious gaze, Madam Ning’s eyes reddened, and reluctantly, she said to Yan Qianyi, "I’m sorry."

After speaking, she quickly pulled Ning Nuan away.

Outside the shop, Madam Ning, fuming with rage, asked Ning Nuan, "He’s already married to another woman, why didn’t you tell me?"

"Grandpa Nangong still hasn’t agreed to their relationship; he told me not to be hasty."

"So you think you still have a chance?"

Ning Nuan, with her lip quivering, sobbed without a word.