The procession of horse carriages started from the prince's mansion in the town center all the way to west of the capital city, where the Lin's old mansion was.
Although Lin Muzhi was the head of the Lin Family, the Lins were a prosperous and large extended clan with many family branches.
Under usual circumstances, the three elders in the family would be the ones making decisions on matters regarding the family's honor.
Fortunately, Lin Muzhi was a gentle and magnanimous man and Lin Mengya's mother was a meek and virtuous lady.
For this reason, the three family elders were especially caring towards Lin Mengya.
Although of course, this was only true before Shangguan Qing married into the family.
At this moment, the leaders of the various branches were gathered in the ancestral hall.
Currently, the head seats were taken by the three aged elders of the family.
On normal days,
"Mistress, are you alright?" Baizhi had wanted to hold on Lin Mengya to support her, but was being gently pushed away. Lin Mengya shook her head and straightened her back as she stood up. She did not want anyone to realize that she was weak and strengthless. After her intense negotiation with the elders, Lin Mengya felt her legs were almost going to give way. However, she trudged on and finally walked out of the ancestral hall. "I'm fine. Let's go pay a visit to the Yues now." Although they had settled the matter with the Lins, the real challenge had yet to come. "Don't be too hard on yourself, lass. If it's too much for you, I can bring men with me to steal Yue Ting's body, so don't push yourself too hard." Despite the boost of energy from the ginseng pill, her lips were drained of their colors by now. However, she still shook her head, turning down Qinghu's good intentio
It was already the evening of the next day, when Lin Mengya finally woke up. Everyone was eyeing her nervously, as she laid on the bed. They did not feel relieved, until she opened her eyes. "Master, you scared us to death." Baizhi was still wiping away her tears. Lin Mengya had fainted numerous times, which made Baizhi, somewhat highly strung. Looking at all of them, who were in tears, Lin Mengya struggled to crack a smile at them. "Don't worry, I will take care of myself and make a total recovery." She wanted to protect as many people as possible. "How did sister Yue Ting's funeral go?" A flicker of sadness appeared in her eyes. Apart from that, there was no other expression, at all on her face. It was if overnight, she was able to talk about Yue Ting's death, as if it was like any other commonplace topic. "Everything went accord
Baizhi, carrying a small, exquisite hamper, looked a little gloomy. Baiji and Baishao were hanging the eiderdowns used in winter, out to dry, under the eaves. "What happened to you? You didn't eat your fill this morning? I thought I saw you eating five meat buns!" Baiji smiled and pinched Baizhi's chubby face. "It's been five or six days since the last time the Prince came to see Master. I shouldn't have put in a good word for him, to master." "Hush, be quiet. Master will think more about it, if she hears you." Baishao patted Baizhi and said this in a low voice. The three of them sighed lightly and shook their heads, as they looked toward Lin Mengya's door. Everyone thought that the Prince and the Princess would be as deeply attached to each other, as before. However, since that day, the last time the Prince came to Liuxin Courtyard, had been five or six days
Princess Yu might be stubborn. Few women would consent to having to share a husband with other women, after all. Especially a beauty like Princess Yu, who must have been extremely unwilling, at this moment. Princess Ming Yue stared at Lin Mengya with a deep hatred, but she calmed down soon after. In recent days, her primary focus was to please Concubine De. Her ploy worked. Concubine De had personally promised her that Prince Yu would definitely marry her. It did not matter whether Lin Mengya agreed or not. Concubine De was the decision maker. Princess Ming Yue was not worried about that now. Instead she was intent on playing the role of a poor girl, who had been wronged. Although she did not make an impression like Lin Mengya, it was better to gain sympathy from others. The vice Princess Dugu could sense very clearly, the subtle hostile atmosphere between th
Lin Mengya's mouth formed into the shape of an 'O'. She stared at Baisu, who inserted the iron needle back into the ring, and put it back on her finger. "I... I picked up this skill, by accident." Baisu smiled sheepishly. She was not used to getting admiring looks from Lin Mengya. "You have to teach me that skill later, okay?" No one would know the reason why Lin Mengya coming from an eminent family, showed an interest in learning how to pick a lock. However, this was not the right time to talk about it. "Master—We have something more important to deal with now." After Baisu's reminder, Lin Mengya realized that there was something else she had to do. Lin Mengya and Baisu went cautiously into the room, after they opened the door. By the slight light of the moon, Lin Mengya saw clearly who the man on the bed, was. "Why is he here?" Halfway through
The Crown Prince shot a disgusted glance at the two dead bodies which had turned cold. He could not care less about those women. However, he could no longer suppress the expression on his face. "Prince Yu, I don't feel well. Can you help me to the side so I can take a rest?" Lin Mengya cupped her hands on her mouth, looking as if she was repulsed by the two naked bodies. Long Tianhao held on to Lin Mengya to support her and in this manner, they returned to the hut they were hiding earlier on as the Crown Prince looked on. "Tsk tsk, the expression on the Crown Prince's face was priceless. Where did you get such a brilliant idea from, lass?" The moment the stepped into the hut, Qinghu appeared from nowhere. He had quickly shoved Long Tianhao aside and taken over the space next to Lin Mengya. Long Tianhao's face fell the instant he was pushed aside, but he soon calmed down when he saw the
Long Tianhao, disregarding the on-going banquet, carried Lin Mengya and escaped out of the back gate of the Crown Prince's Mansion. He laid Lin Mengya down in the sedan carefully. He felt a strong protectiveness well up in him as he gazed at Lin Mengya's beautiful profile. Unfortunately, he could not leave the palace at this moment. "Watch the princess carefully, and go slowly. Lin Kui, will you follow the princess home? Carry her on the sedan directly into her courtyard and don't wake her up." When he had given all the instructions, Long Tianhao stood in the dark alley as he trained his eyes on the sedan as it went further. After making sure that she had left safely, Long Tianhao's heart was finally at rest. He turned around to return to the Crown Prince's mansion. In the last few days, he had either been summoned into the palace or sent for by Concubine De for a chat at the Art Courty
At this thought, Concubine De was suddenly overcome with a sense of guilt. If she was not so easily taken in by some persuasion, she would not have allowed Yue Ting to be taken away. In that case, Ya'er would not have fallen seriously ill. "After Princess Yu made sure you've fallen asleep, she went into the kitchen to personally prepare some food for you." Being her maidservant for many years, Jinyue could guess what was on Concubine De's mind. In fact, it was Concubine De's intention to protect Miss Yue Ting that day. Unfortunately, Mrs. Yue was backed by the Queen herself. In fact that day, the Yues were accompanied by one of the Queen's female officials. Concubine De was left with no other choice but to cave. All the people were shocked to learn about Mrs. Yue's wickedness and cruelty, which she demonstrated even on her own daughter. Therefore, Concubine D
The wolves didn't come forward, but she heard the sound of leaves rubbing together.Looks like it was the head wolf.Lin Menya wasn't the least bit intimidated, but the head wolf's behavior was strange, it didn't make an attacking gesture.Instead"White!"The first rays of morning light blossomed and she saw the white pelt, hidden in the shadows.Heart racing, she embraced the huge figure that came hurtling at her.Unexpectedly, her little white, won!"You're really good, you came and singled out someone's boss, okay, a bit of my style!"The surprise made Lin Menya relax her entire body, but something wasn't quite right with Xiao Bai.After it plopped down on Lin Menya's body, it actually didn't move.Scared, she thought what was wrong and cleanly checked the wound for White.But what I didn't expect to hear first, was the little one's hoots and hollers.After half a day's messing around, Kohaku was exhau
"But, but we don't have silver, food and weapons, and how can we fight against those people with these 2,000 people and more?"Nie Qing stuttered a bit, he had been to the battlefield, naturally he knew that these things were not a matter of having many people."These, I have my own ways. But right now, it's a perfect time to sharpen. After dawn, the guards stationed inside and outside of Kanakura City will definitely search the mountain. If utilized properly, these two thousand or so people will become the heart of Jin Cang City. At that time, we'll eat away at these people's power little by little."An extremely large plan formed in her mind.Though she knew that there was no rush, right now, it was sort of the only way to house the two thousand or so people."You mean, let us occupy the mountain as king? That won't work, in case if the Wei people slow down and concentrate their forces on attacking us, how can we defend ourselves with just these two t
The one who spoke, was not very tall, and had only suffered a little because he was a prisoner of war.But in the end, after the army, baptized by war, the essence is still good.And, he's probably the superior of those five.The five men stood behind him out of habit, not saying a word.Lin Menya glanced at the man and couldn't help but light up.His eyes were clear and godly, with only the undaunted defiance of a soldier, without half the slipperiness and accidents of a soldier's oil, only a good soldier.The heart, too, is in the right place."In a while, let's go into the mountains and hide for a while first, with so many people, there's always a need for laws and rules. Since you've been in the army, I'd like to ask you to do these things, is that okay?"The man didn't realize that the GodEmperor was actually going to entrust him with such a thing.At once, the flame of grandeur in the man's heart was ignited.He looke
She quietly picked up the raw meat and practically crawled her way to the man's back, getting closer and closer to the man as she practically held her breath.Suddenly, the man turned his head around in a flash as if he had sensed something.Lin Mengya didn't care about anything else, the raw meat in her hand that was dipped in anesthetic, gagged the man's mouth at once.The man, shocked and angry, tries to escape.But she didn't know where the strength came from, both hands wrapped around the man's neck and tightly stuffed the large chunk of raw meat in the head of the man's mouth, refusing to part.The man, of course, was much stronger than she was, and only panicked for a moment before using his hand to tug at the flesh around his mouth.Lin Mengya was in a hurry and kneed the man in one of the acupoints on his waist.The blow was so steady and hard that the man lost a lot of strength at once, and her hand, never left the raw flesh.
Looking at the lock that was half a pound heavy, Gong Ping sighed.In fact, to this day, he didn't know who this fuss was really about.But looking at Missy's distraught look, he didn't dare to ask more.All I know is that what the lady is looking for is a large metal cage."Let's find it first, and be careful this time before someone sees us."Locked warehouses are usually guarded.This is the boundary of Kanakura Harbor, and those who are in charge of the patrol are also from Kanakura Harbor.These are the crew members who work on the ship and make their rounds on weekdays when they have nothing else to do.Lin Menya and Gong Ping dodged a group of people by virtue of their skinny bodies.But soon they were lost in the midst of dodging."How much longer do we have to look, miss?"The two crouched in the corner, Lin Moya's eyes, tightly focused on a crew that had just disappeared.Just now, they were so close t
If the nominal Gong Ya was still here, then she could have arrogantly and incomparably fought the auction with the intention of competing with the other party.But on the contrary, she couldn't easily reveal her identity.If one Lin Mengmai wasn't enough of a warning, then adding another Zhu Yan made the problem much more obvious.Lin Mengya was also thinking of a countermeasure, if it really didn't work, she would repeat her trick and use the same trick that Bai Su had used earlier to muddle through.But now that she was unprepared, it would be bad to reveal anything instead.However, the bidding didn't quite end there.Once they heard the Mu family bidding, the general public wouldn't dare to follow them.But there were still one or two, who felt that the teenager and the beast were strange, and had the guts to call for a price.Soon, the price climbed to six thousand taels.Those few families had subsided, the expensive price
But the third auction, however, made every Gong family member's heart feel a bit clogged.Because on the list, there were three dozen people from the Gong family that were being auctioned off as house slaves.Those people are the deepest hidden scars of the Gong family.From the moment the five sons of the Gong family entered, the atmosphere was, well, somewhat oppressive."My lord, the people sent by the lady have arrived."Gong Yang was still guarding the outside, but he led in a boy who was dressed, all ordinary."You go down."Gong Si waved his hand, allowing Gong Yang to leave.Turning, he asked in a low voice."What did Missy tell you to pass on?"The boy hung his head low, but pursed his lips and smiled."Missy said to spend the silver as she pleases and smash whoever she sees as disagreeable."Gong Si smiled along with him, but reached out and pulled the boy in front of a few other brothers."See,
"Hiss, why are you guys so heavy handed, trying to strangle me? Get out!"Lin Mengya yelled at the two female slaves in disgust, and the two immediately fell to their knees, trembling."Who are you playing pathetic and condescending like that for? If it weren't for me, you'd probably be dead!"She continued to curse, and Gong Si just couldn't stand it and ordered them to be taken out."Miyaya, how could you?""Why can't I be like this? Don't forget who's the head of the family!"Before the two slave girls went out, they heard an argument coming from inside.As slaves, they had to hang their heads lower to save themselves from the waves.How could the two of them know that since they went out, the atmosphere in the box had changed all of a sudden."Go on, keep an eye on them."Gong Si casually beckoned an attendant and softly commanded, the place where his line of sight fell, right where it should be, was the direction where
"I'm used to being at home. I went out in a hurry this time and didn't bring a few satisfactory maids with me. I see that on the list for today's auction, there are female slaves trained by the Rong family. I would like to ask Mr. Lu to ask for a few in advance, do you think it's okay?"Though she played it in the name of consultation, her tone was unquestionable.Lu Feng hesitated slightly, and she immediately pulled a face."I have let you earn a lot of silver, right, so a little request can not be done, you this business ah, do not often."She was not polite in the slightest, and her voice was not small enough to be heard by anyone around her.Gongbin frowned, not the least bit displeased that she was being so capricious.He was just about to open his mouth, but he was pulled back by Gong San."Big brother, little sister is a girl after all, delicate and weak, she should also find someone to serve her. How about this, Mr. Lu, these female