Second Marriage

Translator: tarararawr

Editor: Larkspur

Chapter 30 Part 2

Xiao Youning stood up hurriedly after tucking in her loose sleeves in front of him. Without saying a word, she bowed, then turned her head and dashed off.

“It’s raining outside!” When Ye Shen saw her rush out, he quickly called out to her.

The small young girl had jumped out of the carriage and did not stop because of the rain. Yet, she did not forget to say, “I will wait for the Daoist Priest at the house tomorrow.”

The sound of her voice was scattered by the sound of rain, but that did not hinder Ye Shen from hearing it. It made him push aside the curtains and lean out to see her figure running into the Xiao Residence.

His entire world only held the sound of the rain until her figure was gone and the door closed. He was reluctant to go back into the carriage.

There was a dark outline on the part of the plain Daoist robe soaked by the rain. Ye Shen also looked at the direction in which the young girl disappeared. Her words about waiting for him tomorrow turned countless times on the tip of his tongue that turned into ripples with an endless sweet aftertaste.

“I don’t know where it came from, but it’s like spring honey.” Stop if you cannot resist her. You must not let yourself go if your heart is moved by her. No wonder they all say that love is as sweet as syrup.

He murmured under his breath with mixed feelings and finally returned inside the carriage.

Jian Yin heard his master’s words clearly and shuddered. He sat at the shaft of the carriage for a long while without being able to recover. After a long time, he had goosebumps all over that he could not shake off.

The carriage left the Xiao Family and went all the way back to Ye Shen’s private residence. Ye Shen first ordered someone to send Chen Li away and then he changed his clothes. He sat solemnly in the main hall, where several men built like tigers and bears were already standing.

“Two groups of people carried out the assassination that day.”

The well-trained confidants began to report the events of that day without needing Ye Shen to open his mouth.

When Jian Yin heard the final conclusion, it was similar to what he had guessed. He held his sword and raised an eyebrow. The man in charge continued, “The first group of people startled the horse, and the second group attacked. The two groups should have nothing to do with each other. The first group walked around and went back to the Eldest Princess Residence.”

“The Eldest Princess Residence?”

The light of Ye Shen’s eyes sank, and Jian Yin was first surprised.

The man said, “Yes. The Eldest Princess Residence also has secret guards from the Embroidered Uniform Guards. Their subordinates did not dare to follow them further, so they all withdrew and thought that this group of people might not have been aiming for Fifth Master. Their aim should be the Xiao Family’s Young Miss who was traveling with the Fifth Master that day. It was heard that Princess Huijing cried because the Xiao Family’s Young Miss was not present at the banquet.”

So this should be a small ploy between little girls trying to teach each other a lesson, but it ended up being a move against a tiger that was above them.

His Fifth Master kept a low profile, so who would have known that he was with the Xiao Family’s Young Miss?

Jian Yin tsked and looked at Ye Shen. The young man was sitting tall with no expression. His eyes were unfathomable, and Jian Yin didn’t know what he was planning.

“The others were willing to sacrifice their lives, they killed themselves when we caught up with them.” The man reported the end results.

They were caught up in this small mess and did not gain anything important.

Ye Shen sat perfectly straight without a word. Jian Yin first had the servants withdraw, and then looked back at him secretly. He always felt that Ye Shen was so angry that he didn’t even have a word to say.

Jian Yin knew that Old Madam Ye seemed to have a problem with the Eldest Princess Residence, but as for what it was, he was not very clear.

Is this a new feud or an old?

Jian Yin was not clear, but in Ye Shen’s mind, it was.

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At this time, Huijing, who was at the Eldest Princess Residence, did not know that her little scheme had been exposed. Right now she was trying on new clothes and showing them off to her mother.

The Eldest Princess was not dissatisfied with her daughter anywhere, but she was still a little unhappy when she thought of how her daughter, who was like a delicate flower, had a crush on the Li Family’s Second Eldest Son.

“It looks good. You will wear this to see the Li Family tomorrow.”

Princess Huijing blushed when she received her mother’s praise. Her fingers tugged at the corner of the hem and she asked with anticipation, “Brother Qingzhi will like it when he sees it, right?”

“Aiyo, little devil, will he dare to not like it?” The Eldest Princess was amused by her young daughter’s mind.

It took the Li Family eight generations of virtue and talent to have this good fortune to be favored by her daughter.