LOGINOutside the side courtyard of the main hall the servants can see two ladies walking away, the girl behind is wearing a first rank servant's attire. Her face shows how upset she is as she tries to convince the other to let her hold the umbrella as it is her duty but the other one just shakes her head and firmly hold the simple bamboo umbrella to fight the scorching heat of sun.
The young miss that the servant is following is no other than Xiuying who is now wearing a new light blue hanfu, Xue helped her clean up and changed earlier. Although her eyes is still red from crying, the pinkish blush on her cheeks further enhance her already enchanting appearance. All male servants even the female ones eyes follow her every movement as it is so graceful and elegant like they are seeing a fairy. They all feel that the deities are showering the third young miss with blessings through the falling cherry blossoms petals.
Ah young miss if everyone is like this we can even rob people while they are in daze with your appearance, ewww some are even drooling. If Xiuying knows what's going on Xue's mind she would definitely suggest for them to try doing so.
(A/N: friends definitely think alike 😂)
Everyone seemed to be awakened from a long beautiful dream as the master and servant duo disappeared from their sights, one of those is Guanting who was about to go home when he stop as he witness the beauty passed by.
I didn't see that young lady here in Qi Fu before, who was that? ....No! I already have Fan'er she's the one I love the most. Only one of the four beauties can match me, the eldest young master of Long clan. She might be a guest since it is the first time I've seen her. He shakes his head and stops thinking about the beauty. He places a bamboo hat on his head to hide his face that was turned black and blue by Qi Chen and walks out of Qi Fu.
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Meanwhile inside her bedroom after dismissing all servants except Xue. Xiuying suddenly started laughing hard, her right hand pats her thigh and left hand holding her stomach while sitting. Her laughter sounded like bells, the loyal servants outside smiles that finally their young miss is laughing again while the rest all have question marks on their faces since what happened in the main hall haven't reach to the third branch's courtyards which is located in farthest east of the fu.
Xue stifled her giggles while looking at Xiuying whose eyes are now teary as she tries to stops her laughter.
"Xue'er see, your miss can also act? Come on! Praise this great one, don't hold back otherwise you might have internal injuries holding it in." Xiuying proudly states as she wipes the tears in the corner of her eyes.
"Yes, yes young miss. You are even better than the performers in the palace! I was so shock when you started running! Hmp! You should have told me before doing so I was worrying over nothing!" Xue'er crosses her arms in front of her chest.
"Xue'er for the act to be unforgettable and more effective one needs to fool even her comrades! I know what you were really worried about is my dress, right?" Xiuying smirks at Xue who lightly coughs to hide her embarrasment being seen through.
Xue'er you are so cute even your ears are now red.
"Now I'm wondering where's father and mother, after they went back to the main hall they only told us to leave after an hour."
"I think Third Master and Madam went to the governor's office to finalize the separation of the family young miss. You don't have to worry."
"I see..., that's good then! Oh! We need to start preparing, Mother told me that they have the servants clean and arrange our new residence a month ago." Xiuying suddenly stands up and clap her hands upon realizing that their family would likely move out immediately after the drama.
"You don't have to worry Young Miss everything has been prepared even Young Master's things were delivered there." Xue calmly answered as she starts to pack the things in Xiuying's room.
"That's good! Big brother would definitely be surprise that everything was settled in a day. Say Xue'er do you know when will he back?" Xiuying's brother Qi Ming have been travelling since half year ago thus he wasn't there when the plan of separating from main branch was completed.
"I don't know young miss, Madam might know as I've heard from her trusted servant that Madam received a letter from young master three days ago."
Thinking of her brother's return, Xiuying feel warmth in her heart. After recovering Qi Ming always bring her out of the residence secretly to play.
In her previous life she was always confined in her room except when she needs to entertain guests or when that person sent her to the laboratory for experiments. Since the first day that she felt the genuine love of her family in this world she decided to always protect and cherish them.
Zhao Xianyao titled Jun Wang by the previous emperor due to his credit in military. Every person in the kingdom fear at the same time admire the young general. He accompanied the Old General Xi as a disciple since ten years old despite being a prince the old general treated him like any soldier he trained which Xianyao admired. The young prince trained and fight along with Qi Ming who later became his best friend. Xianyao is very talented both in fighting and making strategies earning the trust and admiration of his fellow soldiers including the stubborn eccentric old general though he doesn't say it. During the selection for the crown prince, Xianyao supported his brother and step down from the competition. The prince said he doesn't want to be inside a golden cage when old general heard this he recommended the prince to replace him in managing the army of the kingdom while having Qi Ming as his vice general.No one would expect that the man who is always seen to bath with h
After two months of being away from the capital Long Guanting came back in Long Fu and is currently in Qi Fan's courtyard. Qi Fan have been six months pregnant and being taken care of the two wet nurses assigned by Patriach Long.Looking at the woman resting in front of him, he can't help but feel disgusted. Discovering all the schemes done by Qi Fan and her parents to Qi Xiuying behind his back, he is helpless at the retribution he is facing. His supposedly wife whom he now love can be engage to another man that is most probably be Jun Wang, as he heard of the frequent visits of the prince to Ying Yue and in Qi Chen's residence. Now he recalls what his grandfather told him when he went to Ying Yue during the first banquet held for the closest aides if the emperor.The road I chose indeed is one without a way out huh... He can't help but mock himself for being a fool. He loved Qi Fan and is sure of it but discovering that all the instances they have met were all fabric
"Young miss Old Hu came..." Xiao Hua said while looking at Xiuying who busily checking the month's revenue of Ying Yue."Bring him in." Xiuying instructed without removing her attention to the account books."Young miss..." the old man from the slum bowed respectfully."Elder Hu you came is there anything urgent?" Xiuying looks up seeing the man's appearance far from he usually looks like when she visits the slums. He was wearing a decent attire of Ying Yue's employees and with a stern bearing, people who don't know him would assume right away that he have the same position as Manager Ba."One of our people in Fang Fei courtyard found this." He gave the sachet decorated with white lilies. Xiuying sniffed the faint fragrance from it, her expression changed drastically. "Did you know who gave it to Fang Fei?""It was given by Qi Chang's second wife named Lin Hei. I think you noticed that there's a faint smell of opium poppies and salvia which results
Qi Lei accompanied Qi Fan in returning to Long Fu, she still can't believe that her father killed Fang Fei and is now in jail she have lost her support. Although their grandfather is still alive he is in critical condition and there's no guarantee that he will wake up soon. If he does by then Qi Bai have already stabilized his position as the heir since her brother is still too young."Qi Lei... I need your help we can't let uncle take control of Qi Fu... I will lose my support to stabilize my position here in Long Fu!" Qi Fan said while biting her nails as they arrived in her courtyard's receiving area. Qi Lei just stared at his sister before taking steps to leave but he heard another scream from her. "Qi Lei! You ungrateful bastard you shouldn't have been born if father didn't need a heir!"Instead of walking towards Long Fu's gate Qi Lei went to Patriach Long's study and sees the housekeeper guarding it. "May I ask if Patriach Long will have few minutes to spare?"
"Master, Fang Fei was killed by Qi Chang this morning but it was concealed that the first madam died due to illness as for Eleven she is safe and ready for your next task while Qi Bao is currently in critical condition.""Is Qi Bao concious at least?" Xianyao smirked as he listened to the report of One."Yes.""I see, advise Qi Bai to make sure he will be the one to inherit everything in Qi Fu. Have Qi Fu's physician declare that Qi Chang became insane due to what happened. Have the city peacekeeper detain Qi Chang. About Eleven tell her to leave Qi Fu, her role as second wife of Qi Chang's done.""Master, should we tell Mistress about this?" One asked since both of them are causing problem in Qi and Long Fu, his master should at least show off his efforts to the Mistress."She doesn't need to know, she'll be mad at me once she knows I laid my hands on her enemies."I see Master is truly knows Mistress, why am I so dumb about what Mistress w
Xiuying is currently walking near the slum with her maidservants and guards with baskets full of food from Ying Yue. It has been a habit of hers to visit the slum to provide food on weekly basis though she only go personally once a month. While Xue'er and Xiao Hua are handing out the food to the people, Xiuying had Ping, one of father's shadow guards go with her and rest in the same residence of the old couple."Thank you for helping me out these past months." Xiuying elegantly bowed to pay respect and thanks the old couple. "You don't need to thank us at all Young Miss as what we did give us benefits to help the children here finally go to school and physician to check their health." The old man stated, few months ago Xiuying went to them to hire them to sabotage the stores of Qi Chang and Long Guanting. Though they just needed to reveal the dirt in Qi Chang's stores they took time to do it so it wouldn't arouse any suspicion. Despite being an asshole it is not surprising th