Chapter 49: Tricking You

  "Miss Lan Sheng, Madame Butterfly is still unwell today, please come another day." The maid who opened the door smiled and replied.

  "Why don't you go in and ask, which day is it changed to? I'll also inform Father, otherwise he'll think I'm being arbitrary." This was the fourth day, and Zhong Shi, who had promised to teach her etiquette, claimed to be ill. Lan Sheng came once and was rejected once, more difficult to invite than Zhuge Liang.

  The person who suddenly turned around without saying a word a few days ago asked a question, and the servant was somewhat caught off guard, "......Uh, tomorrow."

  "What's your name?" Lan Sheng asked again.

  "Huh? My husband Gao Bao is a servant under the old master." After calming down, Gao's raised chin clearly didn't put Lan Sheng in his eyes.

  "Take care of your family." Lan Sheng nodded, "I've taken note. If Madame Rong is still ill tomorrow, I'll ask you again."

  "What does it have to do with me?" Gao Bao's wife hastily asked.

  "I let you go ask the master, but you answered me yourself. Tomorrow, I'll come again in vain, who else can I look for? However, you don't have to worry too much, since I'm new here, I won't do anything to you. Let this Sword Sect disciple cut off one of your hands instead."

  There is a flower in the process of recovery, but it has returned without fruit.

  Gao Bao's family immediately shuddered all over, turned their heads and ran away. "Miss, wait a moment, I'll go ask."

  Lan Sheng coldly snorted, "Is it the instinct of every person in this mansion to bully the weak and fear the strong? If the other party is not fierce, they can be arrogant."

  Gao Bao hurriedly went to the door, but returned slowly, taking half a day to jog back. With a smile on his face, he said, "Miss Lan Sheng, Madam Die said that when Master asked her, she didn't expect him to fall ill the next day. She thought of resting for another day, but since you are so sincere, let's start learning from today. However, she can only hold out for half a day, how about one hour?"

  Lan Sheng didn't respond. He stepped one foot into the courtyard, but then stopped, furrowing his brow and raising an eyebrow. His phoenix-like eyes flashed with a hint of something, before he withdrew his foot back outside the door.

  "Miss Lan Sheng?" The dark corridor of the Gao Bao family. What's going on again?

  "Look at my memory, Father said I can rest one day in three days, today is the day I should rest." Lan Sheng smiled apologetically, but his expression was not apologetic at all. "Trouble you to tell Madame Butterfly that she should take good care of her illness today. However, it's also good this way, with Madame Butterfly's words, tomorrow won't be a wasted trip again."

  Gao Bao's family stared blankly as the beautiful shadow disappeared. Only then did they wake up from their dream, running quickly through the garden and into the main house.

  Zheng half lay on the couch, looking weak and listless. Seeing only her, he immediately sat up and asked, "Where is everyone?"

  Gao Bao's wife lowered her head and said, "We had already stepped inside the door when suddenly Master said she could have one day off for every three days of work. Today was her day off, so she left."

  "What?! You're just going to let her go?!" Madame Zhong's sleeve fluttered. The teacup fell to the ground, shattering into pieces. She was the daughter of a high-ranking official and one of the most welcome ladies in the imperial capital's aristocratic families, a model for young ladies from wealthy families to learn etiquette. But this didn't mean she was demure at home.

  Gao Bao's family didn't dare to dodge the shattered porcelain, letting it whizz past their feet, without making a sound.

  Zhong Shi actually didn't want to listen either. He waved his hand and let the Gao family go, saying, "Really doesn't understand any rules at all, a wild girl like that. That day she dared to splash water on her sister, I knew right then that she was just like Ou Mei, someone who can't bear to lose and can't tolerate it. Such a childish temperament. From now on we only need to deal with her mother."

  A person came out of the inner house, and it was indeed Li. Zhong's words were not spoken to herself, but rather intended for her to hear.

  Li didn't even glance at the broken cup on the ground, she had long known about Zhong's dual personality and was used to it. "As Ping'er said, Ou Meilan and her daughter are not close, Nan Yue often plays tricks on Ou Mei and doesn't listen to her, being very stubborn. My sister is right, this girl is nothing to be feared, if utilized properly, she might even help us deal with her mother."

  Zhong nodded in agreement, but looked embarrassed. "I thought that after separating for so many years, Master would have long since lost interest in Wu Mei, yet he still went to pick her up personally and bring her back to the manor. The old madam even agreed to set up a shrine in the manor for her. Sister, if Master and the old madam are both helping her, I'm afraid we two won't be able to stand against her."

  "Also, sister, don't think too highly of that fox spirit. All along, the Fucheng Sect has been eyeing the position of Nan Yue's side in the palace, but due to the combination of Donghai Dahu and Mingyue Liu, they couldn't contend with it. Now that Wu Xiang is dead, only Wu Mei is left. The old lady only values her birth and can suppress the Fucheng Sect's Qintian Jian. As for Master, he has an old affection, but also wants her ability."

  "No matter whether it's because of feelings or ability, the old master will inevitably spoil her. She ranks above you and me, and as long as the old master doesn't take another wife, she'll soon be in charge of the household. Won't she drive us out then? Don't forget, it was us who helped the first mistress plot against her and drove her away together. We thought she'd never come back and didn't even leave any room for compromise. With her ruthless temperament, she's sure to take revenge." Zhong Shi expressed some worry.

  Li coldly smiled, "She is just a concubine above you and me. At her age, can she still be compared to those beautiful young women in their early twenties?"

  Zhong said unclearly, "What do you mean, sister?"

  "Wu Mei has come back this time, what is she thinking in her heart, she can't deceive me. She wants to be the legitimate wife, but as long as we are here, that's just a dream!" A ruthless glint appeared in Li Shi's eyes.

  Zhong was somewhat afraid of Li, seeing her fierce appearance, he tightly closed his mouth and remained silent.

  Lansheng, who was not worried at all, had a bright and sunny rest day. He didn't want to sneak in through the dog hole, so he walked directly to the front door. Before he even opened his mouth to shout for someone, two gatekeepers ran out to unlock the door.

  She thought to herself, how could her mother be so magical that she changed the atmosphere at home in just a few days?

  But when the door opened, Lan Sheng saw clearly outside and realized that the doormen were not enthusiastic about her, but rather because her old father had returned from his morning walk to open the door for the big boss.

  Nan Yue saw her eldest daughter standing at the door and her first reaction was to frown, "Why are you running out so early? Shouldn't you be learning etiquette at this hour?"

  Lan Sheng stepped out of the door, stretched her knees and shouted "Dad", "It's been three days, today is a rest day. Daughter wants to go for a walk around, so as not to let people laugh at daughter for being ignorant, born in the imperial capital but doesn't know the imperial capital."

  Nan Yue didn't know that Lan Sheng had eaten for three days and closed the door, today he went to his fourth wife's house to play, only knowing that he indeed agreed to rest for one day after three days, and his daughter said it was not bad, in the future when dealing with others, can't be like the capital city where one asks and three don't know.

  He said, "Your sisters often go out, but it's for the sake of the palace affairs, and they have a team of guards escorting them. You just came back, bringing this one..." He wanted to say 'little servant', but then thought better of it, as it didn't seem quite right, "guard, how can you be enough? What if you encounter some bad people, what will you do? Rest at home for today, I'll let Xiao Gu adjust and assign some people to protect you completely before you go out again."

  What's with Xiao's overall arrangement? Her house hasn't even started construction yet. Probably thinks she and her mother won't live for long, saving money.

  Lan Sheng said to Wu Guo Dao, "Don't you dare hide it from me, are you enough for one person?"

  With a shake of his body, he rushed straight to the southern edge of the sea and disappeared, his shadow as swift as smoke.

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