While looking at the leader in the front of her, Lin Mengya smiled, but her eyes were cold.
The leader had worked in the palace for many years. He had some dealings with the Crown Prince or the other princes, more or less.
But it was the first time he had encountered Prince Yu.
Drops of cold sweat dripped down his temples.
It was okay if he managed to make a hit. But now, the so-called imperial case record was simply a medical book.
The sudden appearance of Prince Yu was putting great pressure on him. Now, Princess Yu was starting to fight back. Even the Crown Prince would not be able to win this battle, let alone the guard.
Now, he'd better—
"Can I leave now? It's getting late. I don't have anything more to talk with you here."
The previously harsh Princess Yu now seemed like a flash in the pan.
But her tone did not sound as kindly as it did before.
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On the Lantern Festival, which fell on the fifteenth day of the first month of the lunar year, people would be busy making flower lanterns, solving riddles and eating sweet dumplings. With her hands held tightly in a pair of dry, warm hands, Lin Mengya found herself following behind Long Tianyu, floating along like duckweed. She was distracted by what Baisu had done. In fact, Baisu had a woeful tale to tell. But Lin Mengya could not retain her, for herself or Xiaoyu. "Are you still feeling upset about Baisu?" Long Tianyu's deep, low voice suddenly came from above her. Lin Mengya lifted up her head and found her eyes drawn into a pair of dark eyes which was looking at her as well. "I... You know everything? Are you going to blame me?" Lin Mengya felt a little nervous, because Baisu had followed her into the Palace, after all. If something went wrong with the Emperor, she would be the main cause.
Unexpectedly, Lin Mengya did not lose her head. Instead, she held on to the silver knife. The stinging feeling became more tangible in the cold darkness. "Are you insane!" That woman had never imagined that Lin Mengya would be so calm as to hold on to her knife. It felt quite painful. But Lin Mengya did not flinch in the least. She had had enough of it. She could do nothing, except to be protected many times. They would do harm to whoever she cared about! Therefore, she did not want to hide behind her guards anymore. She decided to confront the people who wanted her life, alone. "Who asked you to kill me? Or do you want to kill me because you hate me?" The woman in the cloak suddenly trembled. That was because she saw a pair of the most indifferent, coolest eyes in the world, staring at her. The light of the full moon cast only a little light i
"Her sorrows must have been suppressed for too long." Till now, Qiu Yu still remembered the scene when Lin Mengya held on so tightly to the knife when he got to the alley. No matter how strong she looked, she was still a human, and there was a limit to her patience. Sadness gradually snaked out of Qiu Yu's eyes. "Have a good sleep. You won't feel that sad after a good rest." Whether Lin Mengya heard his gentle, comforting words, Qiu Yu did not know. But there were no signs of life on her pale face. Qiu Yu sighed and had to get out of the room. Outside the room stood a line of figures dressed in white. Their comely and common faces looked very serious. Their only master was Qiu Yu, who just came out of the room. "Second Master, news from the house, that if you fail to find it within half a year, Big Master said that you have to get back then." Qi
Lin Mengya had been unconscious for four days already. In four days, many things could happen. But it was not enough for a person who refused to wake up. From the day Lin Mengya was brought back to his place, Qiu Yu had been taking care of her, quietly. He sighed slightly, while looking at Lin Mengya becoming thinner by the day. What he could do was to feed decoctions to Lin Mengya to sustain her life every day. In fact, Qiu Yu had encountered such an event before. His Master told him that a human was the most mysterious being in the universe. Some people's hair would turn white overnight because of sorrow. It was not something made up by writers. One's mood could dominate the body's functions. For example, Lin Mengya passed out, but she was still conscious. Perhaps she was protecting herself by doing that. But Qiu Yu believed in Lin Mengya. No matter what h
But the complacent expressions on their faces did not last for long. Because all they saw was an empty cupboard, not what they had expected. However, Horse Hand was hesitating and had a nervous look on his tough face. Before putting it on the carriage, he had personally checked and found nothing in the cupboard. In his mind, Master was a rich family. Their silvers or golds would have been hidden in other places. How could it possibly be discovered by those guards? Guards were becoming useless. How dare they ransack boxes and vassals so publicly on the street. But as a common person, Horse Hand could only murmur to himself, silently. The two guards looked at each other, got out of the carriage, and then waved to Horse Hand to let him go. "What went wrong? We had news that there would be a person hiding in the carriage. Why..." The two guards shoo
Qiu Yu who still had crooked eyes and mouth stood there quite uncomfortably at the moment. If the former Lin Mengya only seemed shrewd and brilliant to him, the Lin Mengya who stood there at present seemed to be a simple normal girl who had removed her camouflage. There should all be normal people who didn't have shocking status, except for him in that room. Although the three slave girls who were delicate and pretty called her Master on the surface, they cared for her as if they were siblings in a normal family. There was no flattery in that place but only deep warmth. All the people there surrounded the girl in the middle who was smiling brightly. Such a warm and innocent scene made him a bit envious. Perhaps, there were indeed those kinds of people who were particularly lucky in that world. Even him, the God's favored one, felt that the things he owned were not worthwhile at all.
But, when seriously thinking about it, you would realize it was a simple opinion of those who couldn't think far from a hostile country. As the old saying went, 'a country couldn't exist without the emperor.' But what about the current situation? The emperor had lain in his palace for such a long time. Not to mention a huge uproar, even those hostile countries didn't send out a soldier. Why was that? It was because some magisterial officers were in charge of the political and military matters! The kingdom built by the Long family was not that fragile as those from the Zhu and Zhao families. It was built by the toil of several generations and was tough, as a hard bucket. It could be seen from her father-in-law. After he inherited the emperor's place, he had never run into a battle which would threaten his governing state. It meant the country had a complete system in place.
Having settled everything, there was nothing more to do. This was her original residence and everything was back to normal, like what it used to be. Baisu's room was kept intact, according to her instructions. Perhaps, subconsciously in everyone's mind, that silent, loyal girl would come back to them someday Lin Mengya stood by the table, where Xiaoyu's piece of calligraphy was, and it was placed carefully on the table. However, the brush he always used had hardened because it had not been used lately. It was not as soft and pliant as it was before. Lin Mengya smiled, but she did not want to throw it away. Though she was used to his absence, she still wanted to see Xiaoyu again, in her mind. "Master, are you still thinking about Childe Yu? I wonder when he will come back, and if he has enough to eat, and is dressed warmly." Baiji walked in with a bowl of dumpling soup. The
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