Chapter 91: The Peerless Beauty

  The decorations in the house are exquisite and luxurious, and just the Nanhai Night Pearl on the fragrant pear wood cloud-patterned altar on the left side of the house is enough to buy half of the shops in Shengjing City, not to mention other rare and precious items.

  This person is either wealthy or noble, or else he walks among those who are either wealthy or noble.

  Pomegranate is the second guess, because the rare objects in this house come from all over the world and are not carefully placed, looking very unappreciated.

  If it's really a hobby of collecting antiques from all over the country, it wouldn't be ruined like this.

  So all these were given by others.

  "Miss, my young lady is waiting for you inside, please come in!" The woman's urging called back Pomegranate's thoughts, she continued to walk in and pushed open a pear-wood carved hollow cloud-patterned door.

  In an instant, he was shocked as if seeing a heavenly being.

  A gauze curtain fluttered, and the fragrance flowed. Only a woman sat on the opposite side of the screen, separated by a silk curtain. Although her face was not clearly visible, her entire demeanor was enough to make one involuntarily sink into infatuation.

  Pomegranate had seen beautiful women before, whether it was her mother Jing Fei or Duan Gui Fei, both of whom were renowned beauties, and even Lin Xingyan, the seventh daughter of the Jian'an Marquis's manor, who could also be considered a natural beauty.

  But never has anyone been as stunning as this woman, completely forgetting the surrounding scenery, with all attention drawn to her. This is even before seeing her face clearly, and it can be predicted that when the autumn-colored gauze curtain is lifted, what kind of heavenly beauty will be revealed inside, fearing that the entire world will be dull in comparison.

  "The wind does not stop, the trees are not still, the soul is unbroken, the thoughts do not fall. A thousand worries and sorrows, fallen leaves separated from their roots. What can dispel this anxiety?" The sound of a gentle breeze rises, clear and near to one's ears. Yet it seems as if it has vanished without a trace, like something that has crossed the vast expanse of heaven and earth.

  Pomegranate was shocked by her words and trembled with a quivering voice: "You, who are you?"

  "Drunken Flower Pavilion Ink Frost."

  "What do you want to do?"

  "Use you. By the way, help you get what you want."

  The pomegranate has been lost for a whole day, twelve hours in total.

  Rong's mother sent people to search from Hou Fu to outside the city, and also found in Shengjing City to the suburbs, searching everywhere, but there was no trace.

  Rong's mother felt a great deal of pressure. It was easier to talk about the fifth daughter, but she was afraid that the old lady would have some criticism for her.

  She was a maid who followed Old Lady Lin out of the Chengguo Gongfu, and after all these years, she had risen to become Old Lady Lin's trusted confidante, obtaining the lucrative position of managing the household affairs. Apart from taking advantage of her position to embezzle some money, which is only human nature, she had never made any mistakes.

  This time the pomegranate is gone, which is a relatively big mistake for her.

  Rong's mother was worried and didn't know what to do, but Lin Ruoyan came out crying and saved her, saying that she wouldn't mind this matter anymore, and would speak well of her in front of Old Lady Lin, trying not to let Old Lady Lin punish her.

  Rong's mother suddenly felt that the usually carefree and arrogant Fifth Girl was shining with golden light, she thanked her repeatedly, almost to the point of kowtowing.

  After seeing off Rong Mama, Lin Ruoyan went straight to the Xiangxiang Pavilion. First, she went to the west wing to find Lin Hangyan.

  Lin Xingyan was worried and uneasy about Shi Gua's escape, thinking that she would have to bear all the blame alone. Unexpectedly, Lin Ruoyan suddenly arrived, bringing a joyful and surprising news.

  "I won't hold it against you for making that voodoo doll. Anyway, I don't like Madame Hou either, but you'd better be more careful around me from now on. And by the way, I've already destroyed that voodoo doll, so you don't have to worry."

  Looking at Lin Ruoyan who threw out this sentence and left with a flourish, Lin Xiangyan was momentarily unsure whether to cry or laugh.

  She didn't think Lin Ruoyan would give up this great opportunity to strike her, and while she was relieved in her heart, she also felt a little grateful.

  She didn't expect Lin Ruoyan to destroy the voodoo doll on her own, and since the thing hadn't disappeared from her hands, she felt somewhat uneasy in her heart.

  Lin Ruo didn't have time to care about her peace of mind, she was in a hurry to share the good news with Lin Zhao.

  "In this way, we not only pulled in Rong Mama but also successfully schemed against Lin Xingyan. Except for not being able to deal with Shi Liu, the result is not bad either. This time we won!" As soon as Lin Ruoyan entered the house, she couldn't wait to shout out.

  Lin Zhaoyan hastily made a gesture to signal her to keep her voice down, and then ordered Man Shuang and Man Hua to leave and close the door. Only then did he walk forward, take her hand, and say: "Let's pretend this never happened. In the future, don't speak nonsense."

  Lin Ruoyan didn't care about the location, nodded slightly and walked to the red wooden round table to sit down. She poured herself a cup of tea and drank it all in one gulp. "I'm so thirsty, I've cried myself dry."

  Lin Zhaoyan burst out laughing.

  Lin Ruoyan finished drinking and poured another cup. This time, she didn't rush to drink it all at once, but instead sipped it slowly, touching her lips with the rim of the cup.

  Lin Zhaoyan walked over and sat down in front of her, "Did you guess why Shi Liu insisted on entering the palace?"

  "I have no idea." Lin Ruoyan replied frankly, "I don't want to guess either. Although you let her go last night, she seemed to have some unbearable grievances, but she deceived my feelings, and I still dislike her. Now that she has left the Hou Mansion, I also returned the sale contract to her, from now on, whether she lives or dies has nothing to do with me."

  Lin Zhaoyan didn't mention it again, but the pomegranate last night moved them, they let her go, but that doesn't mean they forgave her for her ruthless behavior.

  Lin Ruoyan finished her tea and put the cup on the table, looking at her and saying: "Have you thought of any way to deal with your grandmother?"

  Pomegranate is gone, Lin Xingyan can't move again, about the matter of Huishui, it's necessary for Old Lady Lin to give an explanation.

  Lin Zhaoyan smiled lightly, "Simple, imitate the handwriting of pomegranate to write a letter of apology, make her pretend to be afraid and escape. Anyway, she's gone, there's no evidence against us, and I believe Lin Xingyan will do a good job in handling the aftermath."

  This thing has thoroughly ruined Mrs. Lin's plan, disrupting all her plans. If she doesn't believe it was Pomegranate's doing and wants to investigate thoroughly, the one who should be worried is Lin Xiangyan, not them.

  Lin Ruoyan nodded thoughtfully and said, "Alright, I'll do as you say."

  That night, Lin Ruoyan found out that Shi Guli was hiding in the dresser drawer to apologize for the news, and it flew into Old Lady Lin's ears like a winged creature.

  Mrs. Lin was furious and sent many people to investigate the pomegranate, she didn't believe that a young girl like Pomegranate could rise to fame in Shengjing without any relatives or connections!

  The pomegranate has really gone up to the sky, those people searched for a whole month and almost turned the city of Shengjing upside down, but they couldn't even find a single hair from the pomegranate.

  Mrs. Lin was so angry that she couldn't eat for a whole week.

  Of course, all of this is just a later story. Right now, Lin Zhao Yan and Lin Ruo Yan are still wildly celebrating their successful plan!

  The way to celebrate is... um, go to Lingyun Temple to pray for blessings and burn incense.

  Lin Ruoyan said, and didn't want to see Lin Zhaoyan's gesture of pinching his own neck again.

  Lin Zhao said: "......"

  Liu also heard about the pomegranate incident, but she was busy managing the household recently and didn't have time to pay attention to the pomegranate's escape.

  It turned out that because of Lin Ruoyan's accident in the palace, Madame Hou was banned by Old Lady Lin and stripped of her management rights. The temporary management of the Hou Mansion was handed over to Liu and Second Madam Qin.

  Liu had learned how to manage the household before, and Old Lady Lin hadn't completely stripped Lu of her power, plus there were others helping with the management, so she shouldn't have been that busy.

  But that person was Second Mistress Qin.

  The relationship between the Qin family and the third house had already broken down after Lin Lao Tai's soft detention of Lin Shi Niang, and later Lu Shi stirred up trouble, causing a complete rift between the two houses.

  Old Lady Lin chose them two to jointly manage the household, just wanting them to mutually restrict and supervise each other.

  As a result, Liu had to take care of the household and guard against Qin at the same time, a situation where one head had to take on two big responsibilities.

  When Liu heard that Lin Zhaoyan had been having nightmares lately and needed to go to Lingyun Temple to pray for blessings, she almost agreed without hesitation, called Lin's mother to accompany her, and reminded Lin Zhaoyan to be careful in everything, before throwing herself into the struggle with Qin.

  Lin Ruoyan also shouted and followed behind.

  Sitting in the carriage on her way to Lingyun Temple, Lin's mother sighed and said, "Madam, why bother? This time, it's clear that Old Lady just wants to punish you, Hou Madam, and make you more restrained in the future. She doesn't really want to hand over the power of managing the household to you. As long as you do your own job well, what's the point of competing with Second Madam?"

  Lin Zhaoyan deeply agrees and feels the same way, Liu has been working too hard recently, it's actually completely unnecessary.

  Lin Ruoyan didn't understand and was unwilling to accept it, saying: "Why not? In what way is my mother inferior to Madame Hou? If it weren't for Second Aunt being biased and listening to the rumors of petty people, causing trouble for my mother, my mother would definitely be more outstanding than Madame Hou!"

  Lin's mother smiled and patted Lin Ruoyan's head, "If your mother knew you were protecting her like this, she would be very happy, it wouldn't be in vain that she loved you so much."

  Lin Ruoyan proudly raised her chin, but when she thought of Lin Zhao Yan still in the carriage, and that she was not favored by her mother, her smile was somewhat restrained.

  She is now very considerate of others' feelings and no longer self-centered.

  Lin Zhaoyan noticed Lin Ruoyan's emotional changes and couldn't help but smile, feeling warm in his heart.

  In fact, she wasn't so sensitive and fragile, but Lin Ruoyan could consider her like this, which made her very happy.

  "Because the lady is not a long-term daughter-in-law, and because our old master has no official position, in the future when the old lady passes away, the Hou Mansion will definitely be divided. We can't take away even a single brick or tile from the Hou Mansion, what's the use of managing this household well? Lin Mama is more open-minded, she thinks that Liu Shi's actions in the Hou Mansion over the years are quite commendable, taking care of the three houses peacefully, and also pleasing the old lady, not doing things that are difficult to achieve, so when the family is divided, there will be no enemies, and the property won't decrease either, living a life of happiness and contentment."

  But now, Liu seems to have the intention of competing for the right to manage the household. In the past, Mrs. Hou was Lin's aunt's niece and she didn't dare to think about it, but now that the opportunity has come, she seems unwilling to give up easily.

  Lin's mother thought to herself and sighed, "I'm getting old, the mistress is also becoming more and more self-willed, sometimes I try to reason with her but she won't listen."

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