Superstar's Development Diary-Chapter 735 - 736: A Startling Dream in the Garden (12)
He Jinxia seemed to have anticipated the nanny’s arrival. After the nanny’s trusted maid left, she dismissed the guests in the courtyard, saying she suddenly had matters to attend to and it was not convenient to receive visitors.
After closing the door, she sent Lv Zhu to the marriage tree inside the building to get the wish paper she had sought three years ago from the caretaker.
The caretaker of the marriage tree was an aging mute, who had received He Jinxia’s kindness in his early years. Without He Jinxia, he would have frozen to death on the streets long ago and would not have managed even a meal.
This was a chess move He Jinxia had placed within the Red Building, unknown to anyone that he had a connection with her.
Three years ago, He Jinxia had left a marriage fortune-telling strip with him and had it hung on the tree. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
Over the years, many marriage strips were hung on the marriage tree, all by the aging mute, who only knew the location of the strip He Jinxia had wished upon.
Lv Zhu could not conceal her movements, and seeing her at the marriage tree, someone asked, "Sister Lv Zhu, what are you doing?"
Lv Zhu replied, "My young mistress made a wish here years ago to marry a desirable gentleman, and now that her wish has been fulfilled, she has come to fulfill her vow."
The onlookers, seeing the strip Lv Zhu held, which wasn’t a letter, paid it no mind, assuming He Jinxia truly came to fulfill her vow.
Lv Zhu rushed back quickly with the strip, but no matter how fast she was, she could not outpace the nanny in the Red Building.
By the time she returned with the marriage strip to her mistress’s residence, the nanny had already arrived, and the two sat in the room apparently amiable, yet actually at loggerheads.
In Lv Zhu’s eyes, her mistress seemed more leisurely. Compared to the nanny, who wore a stern face and did not show affability, she was still there sipping tea.
Lv Zhu handed the strip to her mistress, and He Jinxia took it, finding in front of the two the hidden compartment in the strip and tore it open to reveal a rolled paper.
When spread out, it clearly was a letter!
The nanny’s eyes widened, unable to stop herself from standing up to ask, "Is this the letter from Young Master Lan to you?"
He Jinxia nodded, "Nanny, about the silver I asked you to bring..."
With the letter out in the open, and He Jinxia still in the Red Building, the nanny harbored no fear of her scheming or trickery. She took out one thousand taels of silver notes and placed them on the table, coldly saying, "Give me the letter!"
He Jinxia smiled slightly, calmly stating, "No rush, Nanny, let me check the silver note first."
Hearing this, Lv Zhu quickly stepped forward to count it. After counting, she put the silver note in her pocket and nodded at He Jinxia.
Only then did He Jinxia hand over the letter.
The nanny held the letter carefully, looking at the wax seal, her eyebrows furrowed, "Has the letter not been opened to see its content?"
"Not at all, I have already looked at it, and then resealed it myself."
If they opened it now, the wax would definitely be damaged. Since He Jinxia had sealed it tightly, once they wanted to see the contents, they would first have to destroy the entire seal, fearing that the noble families might think it’s a forged letter.
For a moment, the nanny was unsure whether to open and check the contents.
She looked at He Jinxia intently and said coldly, "You know the Boss’s temperament better than I do. If you deceive her about this matter, no matter where you flee, even to the ends of the earth, she will send someone to catch you and make your life worse than death!"
He Jinxia’s expression remained unchanged, her tone indifferent, "I’ve already ’died’ once, so I value my life more than you do."
Nanny: "Fine, I’ll trust you this time!"
A moment later, the nanny walked out, holding the letter and hurrying out, leaving only Lv Zhu and He Jinxia in the room.
Lv Zhu was about to ask her mistress about a few matters when she noted that her mistress’s forehead was coated in sweat, her eyebrows tightly furrowed, as if she were enduring some painful ordeal.
"Miss, Miss!" Lv Zhu quickly supported her and said.
He Jinxia came back to her senses in a daze. Just now, when she had received the letter, her body had reacted strangely, and a mysterious feeling had risen in her heart.
But when she handed the letter to the nanny, the mysterious feeling immediately disappeared and all her senses returned to normal, yet an unexplainable palpitation ensued, along with a sudden and baseless fear.
She felt that there was an issue with that letter.
That letter was extremely suspicious!
It seemed as though her touch had unlocked something terribly horrifying. As long as she held it in her hands, she couldn’t feel the change, but once she left the letter, her entire body sent her warnings!
No, she couldn’t drag this on any longer. She needed to find Sheng Yan!
Thinking of Sheng Yan, the fear inside He Jinxia’s heart lessened considerably. She resolutely said, "Lv Zhu, prepare a few sets of clothes, and then go find Xiao Han. We are heading to the border today!"
Lv Zhu was stunned, "Miss, didn’t you say you would marry grandly after seven days?"
He Jinxia shook her head, her eyes slightly red: "I can’t wait that long. Now, I just want to see what my husband looks like."
Seeing her mistress about to cry out in urgency, Lv Zhu hurriedly said, "All right, all right, Miss, I’ll get ready now. We’ll leave immediately!"
Although the mistress’s face was disfigured and she had to wear a silk handkerchief, her eyes were extremely beautiful, looking at her tenderly through just the slits of her eyes, which made Lv Zhu herself almost melt, ready to do anything for her!
As Lv Zhu was packing, she murmured to herself, not understanding why, but she felt that her mistress became even more beautiful after her disfigurement. Not in terms of physical beauty, but the entire person seemed to have gained more charm than before.
How strange!
Meanwhile, Gu Lanzi, who was being talked about by the noble ladies in the Capital, suddenly opened his eyes in a place in Jiangnan.
A gleam passed through his eyes as he sensed a thought from the Capital.
He murmured, "After waiting for so long, has the person of destiny finally arrived?"
"Master once said that only when the person of destiny appears, can the court be reformed. Since the person of destiny has appeared, it’s time for Dazhao to be thrown into chaos!"
Gu Lanzi stood up and quickly walked out of the secret room. The time had come, and he could finally return to the Capital!
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An hour later, Xiao Han, riding a horse, stood at the gate of Red Building, surrounded by several knife-bearing brothers.
These men were his men in the Capital. Because the brothers who came to post the notices were scattered in various cities, there were so few of them.
As they would pass other cities with He Jinxia, those brothers could gather, and the team on the road would grow stronger and larger, nearing the border with more and more people.
Not far away, there were also several dozen constables, each also armed with a knife.
Xiao Han used his Centurion’s badge to temporarily order the county magistrate to assemble these constables. Their task was to escort He Jinxia to the nearby city before they could return.
Although He Jinxia came from a humble background and her appearance was marred, it was said that her dowry was substantial, and the Sheng Residence, having received instructions from Sheng Yan, provided a very generous betrothal gift.
