Second Marriage

Translator: tarararawr

Editor: Larkspur

Chapter 28 Part 5

Jian Yin was already sitting behind the shaft of the carriage to drive back to the palace. Those attackers would not dare to appear again when they found out who was behind them. But just in case, it was better to return to the palace for safety.

Thus, they rushed back. Ye Shen put the deed away and went to see the Emperor with his usual expression.

The Emperor didn’t get what he wanted. Sure enough, he was furious again. Everyone in Qianqing Palace was quivering like an autumn cicada. Only Ye Shen carefully withdrew  without a change in his complexion.

Jian Yin had been waiting under the white jade stairs, he quickly followed him when he saw him come out.

Ye Shen ordered, “Go to Qingfeng Daoist Temple.”

Jian Yin uttered an “uhh” and anxiously queried, “Why does the Fifth Master want to go out of the palace again? Those attackers…”

“It doesn’t matter. A mouse is a mouse. They could not kill me in the open and they do not have the ability to do it behind my back.”

“But what are you going to do at Qingfeng Daoist Temple?”

Jian Yin could not help but want to persuade him again, but Ye Shen did not respond. He only gave him a view of his indifferent back. What else could Jian Yin do as a servant and a guard? He could only risk his life to accommodate this inexplicably grumpy master.

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When Ye Shen left the palace again, Xiao Youning had already returned to the guest courtyard of the Xiao Family’s Second Branch. She fell straight down on the bed, hugged a pillow and rolled inwards. She pressed her head lightly against the wall.

But if I say how awkward it is, I don’t know if I can get the words out. She clearly understood that she and the Daoist Priest didn’t really have a deep friendship. He, as a monk, was kind-hearted, so it was nothing for him to see her so pitiful and helpless. But she was still unhappy because of his indifference. Was she a little too unreasonable?

Yuan Guo saw her like that and didn’t know what she was thinking. However, she couldn’t help but ask about what she had held back in her mind.

“Young Miss, what did you mean by sending the courtyard to the monk? The Daoist Priest is a monk, it can’t be that you…”

Yuan Guo bit her lips and did not say anymore. The distressed Xiao Youning suddenly sat up from the bed at those words.

“What nonsense are you talking about?!” She snapped.

Yuan Guo was startled by her. “Young Miss, don’t be angry, I’m not afraid you have something else… The Daoist Priest is a monk, is handsome, and has saved the Young Miss, but it is not appropriate!”

“If you speak any more nonsense, I’m going to really be angry!” Xiao Youning’s heart was beating strongly and she glared in irritation.

How can I like the Daoist Priest? It’s blasphemy to like the Daoist Priest! Blasphemy!

Seeing her incensed, Yuan Guo compliantly shut up. She quietly looked closely at Xiao Youning’s do-not-dare-to-believe face. The big stone she had in heart from this morning to up until now, fell to the ground.

It seemed like she had been overthinking. The Young Miss was really just repaying the favor and she only felt it was ambiguous because she was gifting a courtyard.

Yuan Guo was relieved and went to find something for her to eat. Xiao Youning hugged the pillow and rolled on the bed again. She continued to bite her lips, she didn’t know what to think.

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The Eldest Princess Residence.

Since today’s banquet in the residence had a purpose, the bustle continued on and did not end even in the afternoon.

Princess Huijing had been following her mother the entire time and had been deliberately brought to see Li Qingzhi. The corners of her mouth were constantly curved into a smile, not once did it drop.

Madam Li had come here with her own intentions. At the banquet today, she could obviously feel the eldest princess’s warmth for her and had specifically brought Princess Huijing over to talk. She knew in her heart that they really intended to marry into her family.

These past few days, Madam Li had been wronged by her husband a lot, so she never went back to the Li Family. Today, the reason she came home from her mother’s house was to bring her son here. At this moment, she was finally looking forward to the ending she desired. She felt relaxed and proud.

When the banquet was over, the Eldest Princess asked Madam Li, when she was invited to her residence, in front of everyone on purpose. It made Madam Li laugh until her eyes were squinting.

All the guests could see through the thoughts of the two families. After the banquet ended, the news that the Li Family was going to marry into the Eldest Princess Residence began to spread like wildfire.

When the younger generation of the Xiao Family’s Second Branch returned home with this information, Xiao Anning added some embellishments before her grandmother. She finally said, “We were sitting on a cold stool for half a day today because of Xiao Youning! Princess Huijing wanted to embarrass her, so she hid herself and let us suffer for it! Grandmother, she’s so wicked!”

Old Madam Xiao’s fingers secretly dug into the chair’s armrest and sent the younger generation away.

She didn’t have to guess that to know the people in the capital tomorrow would not only laugh at Xiao Youning, but also at the fact that the Xiao Family’s Second Branch was overestimating themselves and dared to let the younger generation go to the Eldest Princess Residence for the banquet.

Wasn’t this sticking her face out to let someone hit it?!

“Scourge!”