Leng Suwan squatted down and looked into Lü Nong's resentful eyes, smiling lightly,""I've protected you too well, so you don't know how dangerous this villa is. Today, for the sake of my reputation, five secret guards died. Perhaps tomorrow, the entire village would be dragged out and their nine families executed! This is a land of power. Lü Nong, listen well. Everything I do today is not just for myself. It's just five lives in exchange for a chance. I don't think I've lost anything in this deal.”
Perhaps she felt that she had said too much, Leng Suwan lowered her head and curled her lips. Her lips were obviously curved upwards, but it carried a little sadness,""This is the Shiying Mountain Villa. If you feel sorry for them, burn more joss paper in the future. Perhaps to them, death was a form of release.”
Lü Nong looked at Leng Su Wan with tears in her eyes. Leng Su Wan stood up and gently touched her white sleeves, not looking at her again.
"Third Miss, the manor lord wants you to pay your respects to the Bamboo Pine Hall.”
A servant girl bowed and said respectfully. She looked up and saw a room full of servant girls kneeling down. There was also a young girl who looked like a senior servant girl who was sobbing non-stop with red eyes. She quickly lowered her head and did not dare to speak. She was only a third-grade servant girl responsible for reporting. She had thought that she could see the Third Miss who she had never seen in a year. Who knew that when she entered the West Garden, it was so desolate that there was not even a messenger. He could only bite the bullet and enter the attic. After searching for a long time, he found the sound of Third Miss's boudoir. Who would have thought that he would encounter such a critical moment...
"Think about it carefully. You may be angry, but if I come back and see Su Ran, I won't forgive you.”Leng Suwan ordered lightly. Although she was not talking to Lü Nong, everyone knew what she was talking about. A few servant girls, however, were beaming with joy. They felt that the good days belonging to Lü Nong were about to pass, and all wanted to use these few days to perform well and strive to hold their heads high. But the only way to show this was not on Leng Suwan. After all, the Third Miss spent very little time in the West Park every day. So, the only way was to start with the person that the Third Miss cared about the most. Thinking of this, the atmosphere in the room without the master became even more treacherous…
Leng Suwan wanted to see Su Ran before leaving the West Park, but she gave up the idea after seeing the servant girl following closely behind her. After leaving the western courtyard, he met two women coming towards him. One was dignified and gentle, while the other was heroic and forthright. Leng Suwan stopped and nodded at them. The servant girls behind the two women quickly bowed to Leng Su Wan, while the little servant girl behind Leng Su Wan bowed to the two women and stood up after getting permission.
The two girls glanced at the servant girl behind Leng Suwan and followed Leng Suwan on the cobblestone path. The dignified young lady in blue was the Eldest Young Miss of the Shadow Mountain Manor, Leng Ruoli. The one dressed in orange clothes, with a heroic and free spirit, was the Second Young Miss, Leng Feiyu. Leng Ruoli looked at Leng Su Wan and asked gently,""Where's the maid Lu Nong who has been following Su Wan? Why didn't he see her serving him today?”
Leng Suwan looked at the pebbles of different sizes under her feet and said lightly,""She wasn't feeling well today, so I let her rest.”
Leng Ruoli lowered her head slightly and turned around to chat with Leng Feiyu about some interesting things. The three women each had their own charm, and the three maidservants behind them lowered their heads respectfully. Leng Suwan walked quietly without saying a word, not curious about the gossip between the two women. Her indifferent appearance made it seem as if the two people beside her were just passersby who had nothing to do with her.
"Su Wan, you look pretty good today. You must have slept very well last night, right?”The two girls felt that it was not good to ignore their third sister. Although they had nothing to talk about, Leng Ruoli still smiled and said something stiff.
"It's alright!" Leng Suwan responded lightly and didn't say another word.
Seeing that Leng Suwan did not even say anything polite, Leng Ruoli could not help but feel a little embarrassed. Leng Feiyu could tell and quickly helped to smooth things over with a smile."I heard that there were assassins in the West Park last night. A few secret guards committed suicide after breaking into the bathroom for Su Wan, is that true?”
"It's true." Leng Suwan answered faintly, which made the two women look at each other awkwardly and then stopped talking. The little servant girl behind Leng Suwan sweated. Although she had been in the manor for a year, she had heard some strange things about the Third Miss, but she didn't expect her to be a cold-blooded person who didn't even get close to her family. For a moment, she was actually somewhat glad that she was not assigned to the West Court as a servant girl. Otherwise, with Third Miss's cold-blooded personality, she did not know how the servant girls of the West Court would be bullied by the servant girls of the other courtyards…
After a long silence, Leng Feiyu, who had a straightforward personality, couldn't take it anymore. He started chattering again,"I wonder why Father specifically asked us to pay our respects to Zhu Songting today? Normally, we would have to wait for the family banquet on the fifteenth of every month to see our father. Thinking about it, we are not as favored as those concubines. We only see our father once a month.”
Leng Ruoli's watery eyes flashed with a trace of sadness when she heard that, and she lowered her head speechlessly. Leng Suwan's lips curved into a mocking smile, staring ahead indifferently and walking on her own path.
Although Shi Ying Mountain Villa was a Jianghu clan, with more wives and concubines and more children, it was inevitable that there would be a difference in seniority. Although Leng Ruoli and her twin brother Leng Ruofeng were the eldest daughter and eldest son, they had no choice but to be the children of Third Madam. As Leng Ruofeng was the eldest son, he could be adopted into the Eldest Madam's room, but he had always been unwilling. Second Miss Leng Feiyu and Fourth Miss Leng Feiyi were the real daughters of First Madam. Leng Suwan's mother was the Second Mistress. Leng Suwan only knew that she was a Jiangnan woman, a beautiful and gentle woman. Su Rouying was very thin and pale. Ever since Leng Suwan came here, she rarely saw her. It was only later that he found out that she had been living at the top of the mountain far away from the villa, Green Water Courtyard. In the days to come, apart from practicing swordsmanship and martial arts in the Peach Blossom Garden, Leng Suwan would also accompany that lonely woman. Although she treated people coldly, there were some people who she could not bear to part with. Just like how Madam Ye treated her like her own, she was reluctant to part with her. She would not abandon Lu Nong, who treated her like family. Su Ran, who only relied on her, made her even more worried. Su Rouying was the mother of this body. Although she did not give her any motherly love, Leng Suwan pitied the woman who played the song of the east wind breaking the formation every day. Humans could never be heartless…
Leng Feiyu realized that the atmosphere was a little off, and only then did he realize that his words were inappropriate. He looked at Leng Ruoli with a guilty conscience, but he could see that there was still a trace of worry between her brows. There was also a trace of sadness in her eyes, which seemed to be indistinct. He turned to look at Leng Su Wan again. She still looked calm, as if she did not hear him, but also seemed to have heard him, but she did not want to say anything.
"Three sisters! Why are you guys so late! You really made Fei Yi wait!"
The few of them walked to the bamboo pine courtyard in a stalemate. The awkwardness was broken by a cute pink figure. Leng Ruoli collected her emotions and gently curled her lips. She looked at the girl in pink who jumped in front of them with a red face and said,""Why is Fei Yi's face so red? What kind of extraordinary person had come to the manor?”
Leng Feiyi twisted her body, her beautiful almond-shaped eyes filled with the unique charm of a young girl."A very good-looking man! He seemed to be an official…Fei Yi grew up in the manor, and the best men she had seen were her big brother and Meng Yu's big brother! That man was really not inferior to the two of them at all! And, even more romantic…"
Hearing Leng Feiyi's excited tone, Leng Feiyu and Leng Ruoli couldn't help but tease her. Leng Feiyi suddenly turned to look at Leng Suwan who had been silent and asked curiously,""Third Sister, that man mentioned you to Father! Does Third Sister know him?"
So he really is an official…He must be someone extraordinary…Leng Suwan's cold eyes were filled with warmth as she smiled,""I should know."
Leng Fei Yi saw Leng Su Wan's gentle tone and was slightly dazed. In her mind, shouldn't Third Sister answer calmly? Could it be…because of that man? What was the relationship between that man and Third Sister…
Leng Feiyu and Leng Ruoli naturally noticed Leng Suwan's sudden change in attitude and were also stunned. However, she didn't think too much about it. Leng Feiyu gently patted Leng Feiyi, who was deep in thought, and smiled at her most beloved sister. The four young girls entered the solemn and solemn Bamboo Pine Court with their own thoughts.
The Bamboo Pine Court was the main hall of Shi Ying Mountain Villa. In the past, the guests would drink tea here and discuss the trivia of the martial world. A guard stood coldly on both sides of the towering red door every few steps, adding to the solemn atmosphere. The four girls stepped into the high gate side by side. Their long skirts draped on the ground, dragging out a noble and elegant charm. Several madams were sitting on the red pine chairs on both sides. The Eldest Mistress sat gracefully on the first pine chair on the right. Her smiling eyes swept over Leng Feiyu and Leng Feiyi who were walking over. Third Madam sat on the first pine wooden chair on the left. Her eyes contained a faint melancholy, and a sense of inferiority was revealed in her bones. Sitting on the right side of the main seat was a middle-aged man who exuded a refined aura. Although there was a gentle smile in his eyes, his entire body emitted a dignified aura. Leng Suwan sneered in her heart," So the emperor is not the only one who has the temperament of a king..." When she raised her eyes and saw the man on the main seat on the left sizing her up, she calmly moved her eyes away and pretended not to know.
As expected, it was him. His status was not low…To be able to make the Manor Lord's wife give up the main position, he should be a high-ranking official of the third rank or above. From the looks of it, he should be a civil servant. Unfortunately, the calluses on his hands did not look like they were caused by holding a pen all year round. Instead, they looked like they were caused by practicing martial arts and using a spear weapon…
Leng Suwan looked around in her heart and seemed to have some guesses, but her face was still indifferent. She bowed with the other three and just opened her mouth to show her blessing, not even making a sound.
"General Pei, these are my four daughters.”
Obviously, although Leng Cangming looked like a scholar, he didn't like to beat around the bush. He went straight to the point and introduced the man who was reclining on the chair. The man lazily lifted his eyelids and glanced at the crowd. He then closed his eyes and said,""Each has their own merits and extraordinary bearing."
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