LOGIN"That wrench! I will make sure you will suffer and regret offending me today!" Qi Fan shouted and grips on her skirt. The shout startled her maidservant Jin, looking at her young madam she immediately went to the private room where the young masters are.
Jin lightly knock and was greet by Guanting's servant Lou. She whispered that the young madam needed her husband. Seeing the worried look of Jin, Lou approach Guanting and whispered the message to him. They excused themselves from the rest, thankfully they are done discussing the important matters.
Opening the door Guanting was welcomed by the crying Qi Fan. He feels like something is gripping his heart hard, making it difficult for him to breathe. He slowly sit beside his wife, fix the strands of Qi Fan's hair and placing it behind her ears.
"Fan'er what happened you were just happy bonding with your friends and cousin?" Guanting's aggrieve tone reached Qi Fan's ears and she slowly look up. Her beautiful eyes are full of tears and red, it is even starting to swell.
"Lian'er said I am *hic ungrateful to Xiuying... *hic that I snatch you from her *hic wuwuwuwu!" Qi Fan hook her arms to Guanting's neck and burried her face to the crook of his neck.
"She is definitely wrong I am yours from the time that I laid my eyes on you... Don't worry about her, I'll talk to your grandfather and second uncle about her behavior." He held Qi Fan's face in front of him and wipe her tears carefully with his thumb. "Okay?"
Qi Fan nodded and hug her husband.
After a while the two went out however upon seeing the figure near the stage, Guanting with Qi Fan approach the man who is the manager of Ying Yue. "Ah... Young Master Long and Young Madam Qi Fan I hope you enjoyed your stay and delicacies here in Ying Yue."
"Yes we did and we will definitely be back for my meetings here..." Guanting flatter the manager and seeing that the old man is getting comfortable he was about to ask if he can meet the owner for colaboration when his eyes caught a figure leaning at the window of the owner's office.
She's observing the customers on the first floor. He is mesmerized by the young lady's beauty, Qi Fan not noticing the actions of her husband asked to be excused and said that she will just wait for him in the carriage. Long Guanting absently nodded not really hearing what his wife said and when the figure of Qi Fan is no longer insight he turned around to face the manager who is now talking to one of the waiters. He looks again at the window and sees that the lady is still there now with Qi Lian by her side. He remembers that the beautiful lady is the same one he saw three months ago in Qi Fu.
She must be Qi Lian's friend...
The manager noticed that Guanting haven't gone outside and staring blankly, he followed his gaze and sees that the man is looking at the owner. He is aware of everything that happened to Xiuying thus he doesn't have any intention to reveal her identity. Looking again at his boss, he noticed the hand gestures she is making. Though for those who don't know what gestures meant as it looked like she is just playing with the tassle in her hands.
Xiuying taught the loyal employees of Ying Yue and servants in their residence how to sign language to easily pass messages and instructions that shouldn't be known by others. The same were taught to the employees of Ying Yue who became part of intelligence group that Qi Ming and Xianyao formed.
"Ahem! Young master, is there anything else I can be of service?"
"Yes... who is she...?" Guanting hesitantly asked without looking away.
"Ahh...the young miss, all I know is she and the owner are close. Not to boast around young master but she is the mysterious musician that everyone is curious about! Such beautiful and talented one..."
Jin approached her young master who is in daze. She was sent by Qi Fan who is now getting impatient waiting for Long Guanting in the carriage with Lou guarding her. When Jin checked she only see him looking at the owner's office.
"Young master, young madam started to feel unwell..."
"Okay, tell her I'll be following soon..." Jin nodded and bowed before going back to her master.
"Manager Ba... is it possible to speak to the owner and the musician we will have a banquet soon in our fu. I would like to invite them as my grandfather admires how the owner manages Ying Yue and would like to hear the songs played by the young lady."
"This..." Manager Ba gave Guanting a troubled look.
"You don't have to worry about money, Ying Yue will be paid handsomely." Guanting confidently interrupted Manager Ba, thinking that the old man might be worrying about not being paid appropriately.
"Unfortunately Young Master Long, the owner has a rule of not to render its services outside Ying Yue and as for the young miss she isn't one of employees here nor she is getting paid for playing songs in Ying Yue. That is why I would like to apologize but we cannot grant your request."
"Is there any way to at least speak to the young lady perhaps I can convince her to at least play one or two songs for the Left Prime Minister?"
"There is no way, the owner forbids us to talk to the young miss. We were just given instructions of what to serve during her visits. I apologize for not being able to help you young master..."
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