Unlimited estates for rural beauty-Chapter 222 Second Update (2)

"Miss, it was your order that sent me back!" Ju Lengqiu delicately arched her ornamented willow eyebrows, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Feng Xuxu, but she forgot her place, referring to herself as ’I’ instead of ’servant.’

Feng Xuxu frowned, looking disapprovingly at the excited Ju Lengqiu. She wasn’t even married into the Prince Residence yet and here was a servant talking to her like this, as if she were completely worthless!

Feng Xuxu sneered, "Yes, I’ll have someone send you back. Is there anyone else wishing to return? Step forward now, to save future grievances." She turned toward the other three, only to see a girl in green clothes in the middle, hesitantly trying to come forward, yet being held back by the person beside her, who was silently shaking their head.

Feng Xuxu glanced at the person holding the green-clad girl back, curious as to why she was preventing her from stepping forward and walked up next to her.

"What’s your name, and why are you holding her back?"

"Replying to Miss, this servant was presented to Miss by the Prince, and henceforth belongs to Miss. How could there be any talk of returning?" Lan Lengyun stepped forward, her body bowed as she spoke.

"Right, if I remember correctly, your name is Lan Lengyun." She narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing the person before her.

"Replying to Miss, this servant used to be called Lan Lengyun, but now awaits a new name bestowed by my master." She remained in a half-kneeling gesture.

"Rise." She turned towards the girl in green, "So, you must be Zhu Lengqing then?"

"Replying to Miss, this servant is indeed as such." She stepped forward, bowing as she responded.

"If you wish to return to the Prince Residence, I can have someone escort you back. This is your last chance." She gave Zhu Lengqing a cold, observing look.

Upon hearing Miss’s words, Zhu Lengqing suddenly knelt down, "Replying to Miss, this servant got confused for a moment. Please punish me as you see fit." She truly had desired to return to the Prince Residence, and fear filled her after her initial rush of excitement, grateful that Lan Lengyun held her back; otherwise, her fate... At that thought, her face turned pale, and cold sweat began to stream down unstoppably.

"Mei Lenglei, what about you?" Her dark eyes turned toward the silently dressed girl in pink.

"Replying to Miss, from the time I left the gates of the Prince Residence, I became Miss’s person," Mei Lenglei said steadily.

Hearing this, Feng Xuxu turned back and reseated herself on the Taishi Chair, glancing at Zhu Lengqiu, still kneeling on the ground, "Stand up."

"Thank you, Miss, for not punishing me." Standing up, she realized her clothes were almost soaked through. 𝐟𝕣𝗲𝕖𝕨𝗲𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝗲𝚕.𝗰𝚘𝐦

Ju Lengqiu looked with frustration at the other three maids, then angrily turned her head, glaring at Feng Xuxu. Seeing Ju Lengqiu glaring openly at her, Feng Xuxu’s lips curled into a sarcastic cold smile. A sharp glint flashed across the bright black orbs of her eyes, and her voice, cold as frost, drifted to Ju Lengqiu.

"You can leave; this small temple cannot accommodate such a grand Buddha." She waved towards the darkness, and a shadow leapt forth, kneeling in front of Feng Xuxu, awaiting the master’s command.

The other three maids, noting Qinggong’s silent landing of this person, unanimously agreed he was absolutely a master. They’d practiced martial arts for years and hadn’t noticed someone hiding in the room; realizing this sent chills down their spines.

Ju Lengqiu had realized this as well, but a conviction to return to the Prince Residence sustained her, desiring only to see the Prince every day, and she paid little mind to anything else.

Feng Xuxu looked down at Wan Hun, an elite Hidden Guard sent by the protector from Wan Hun Hall, and spoke with a faint curl of her lips, "Go and send the person back."

"Yes," he rasped out hoarsely, quickly rising to stand behind Ju, placing a knife to her neck. With no reaction from her, Ju Lengqiu fainted, and Wan Hun picked up the unconscious Ju Lengqiu and leapt straight out of the Peony Garden.

The person had been sent away, which was exactly what Ju Lengqiu wanted. It’s better to be without someone whose body is in Cao’s camp but whose heart lies in Han.

"From now on, your master is me, not the former Prince," looking at the three of them, Feng Xuxu still issued a warning out loud.

"Replying to the young lady, we understand," the maids responded.

"Good, keep using your original names. If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can go ask Yingsu and Baihe."

"Yes, young lady, we shall take our leave." The several people then left the hall one after another, following Yingsu, who had been waiting outside, to their bedroom.

Yingsu led the few to the newly cleaned bedroom, looking at the newcomers kindly, "This is your bedroom. If you lack anything or anything is unclear, you can ask Baihe and me."

"Thank you so much, Sister Yingsu," Mei Lenglei stepped forward and took Yingsu’s hand as she spoke.

"I dare not bear the title of sister. My name is Yingsu, sixteen years old, born in the twelfth lunar month." Yingsu suddenly being called sister made her feel quite unaccustomed.

"Heh, I’m also sixteen, so I guess I’m a few months older than you, born in May," Mei Lenglei laughed in surprise, finding it unexpected that the seemingly icy beauty could also show a shy side.

"Yingsu has met Sister Mei," seeing Mei Lenglei felt like the amiable sunshine of spring.

"I’ve gained another lovely younger sister," she said softly, looking at Lan and Zhu, with a smile on her lips.

"Lan, Zhu, we have seen Sister Yingsu," the other two, being half a year younger than Yingsu, stepped forward and called her sister.

"Sister Mei, now I’ve gained two more sisters," she said playfully, winking at Mei Lenglei which made the rest of the group suppress a chuckle.

When Wan Hun, carrying Ju Lengqiu, crossed the threshold of Prince Mei Residence, the Hidden Guards inside noticed and surrounded Wan Hun. The Shadow Guard Captain stepped forward and asked, "Who are you? Why did you bring someone into Prince Mei Residence?"

The Shadow Guard Captain knew that a few of the Prince’s maids had already been sent to the future princess, but seeing that one of them, Ju the maid, was in the hands of another woman, he became even more vigilant.

"I was sent by the young lady to deliver someone, and I’m here to see Prince Mei," Wan Hun’s face appeared even paler under the sunlight.

Upon hearing that it was a delivery, and sensing no hostility from the newcomer, the Shadow Guard Captain said, "Wait here, I’ll go report."

Lying on the couch in the study, holding a book and concentrating on it, after listening to the report from the Hidden Guard on the ground, the person reading paused, a flicker of confusion crossing his eyes: "Bring her in."

"Yes."

Wan Hun entered the study, looked at Prince Mei on the couch, tossed the person in her hands onto the floor, and said coolly, "The temple is too small to accommodate this great Buddha."

Dugu Chen, hearing this nonsensical remark, almost instantly understood the intention of his little woman, looked at the person on the ground, and hooked up a cruel cold smile: "I understand."

After hearing this, Wan Hun turned around and disappeared into the confines of Prince Mei Residence.