zChapter 1111 - The Returning Xiangrong (1/2)

Feng Xiangrong returned, she was at this entrance, no one found her and brought her back, she came back on her own. It was just that she looked rather worn out, and because of the autumn rain outside, she was soaked from head to toe, her wet hair stuck to her cheek. Only some resemblance could be seen, how were they still able to see that pretty appearance from before?

The gatekeeper quickly let her in and even held an umbrella over her head. Xiangrong was weak and she was swaying unsteadily as she walked. The housekeeper felt that it was not good and quickly summoned two grannies to support her on each side, and just like this, they supported her back to the courtyard she had lived in. When Xiangrong sat on the chair, the maid Shan Cha lunged forward, slumping on the ground, hugging Xiangrong’s leg and crying loudly, saying as she cried: “Young Miss! Young Miss, you have finally returned, Shan Cha was scared to death, Shan Cha thought that Young Miss will never be seen again! Young Miss, where have you been the past few days? What kind of people abducted you?”

Xiangrong looked at Shan Cha for a while, only speaking half a beat later: “Do not speak nonsense, what do you mean by abducted by someone? Speaking like this, aren’t you just ruining my reputation? What am I supposed to do about that in the future?” Her expression was cold when she spoke and her gaze was sharp, scaring Shan Cha until she did not dare to say any more. Perhaps Shan Cha’s reaction gave her a reminder, Xiangrong said again: “Shan Cha, do not blame me for saying such words, I am not directing this to you, it is just that if such a matter spreads outside, I, your Young Miss…… would really have no way to live.” As she spoke, she even reached out to pat Shan Cha’s head, patting her twice in consolation.

Shan Cha enjoyed it very much, her heart growing warm and she nodded vigorously: “Do not worry, Young Miss, This Servant will not say anything about it. It’s just that…… Young Miss, where did you go these past few days?”

Xiangrong sighed lightly and was about to say something, but the other maids serving in the house have already brought clean clothes over. Shan Cha quickly accepted the clothes: “Young Miss, let’s change those clothes first, else you will catch a cold.”

As she spoke, she naturally wanted to help Xiangrong change her clothes, but Xiangrong did not allow Shan Cha to serve her like in the past, telling her: “I will change my own clothes, quickly inform His Highness the Seventh Prince, telling him I have returned, so he would not worry.”

Shan Cha felt this was reasonable, even though the people of the palace would definitely report it, but as the maid from Xiangrong’s residence, it would be better if she went there personally. After all, in order to search for Xiangrong these days, His Highness the Seventh Prince really put in a lot of effort.

Seeing Shan Cha leave quickly, Xiangrong quickly dismissed the people serving in the house and when only herself was left, she raised her corner of her lips in a cold smile, only saying: “Her name is Shan Cha! Such a stupid servant, proclaiming her own name like this. It’s good, this saves me all the extra effort.” She looked around the house as she changed and lightly pushed open a window to scrutinise the outside, but hatred welled up in her heart: “Such a refined and elegant small courtyard, when I was there in the past, why did he not bear to give such a nice courtyard for me to live in? Feng Xiangrong, you do not have any abilities, your identity and status is just a low ranking girl, you’re living in Chun Palace, based on what exactly? What exactly do you have to obtain him?

As she spoke, she reached towards her own face and touched it, frowning lightly. They rushed too much when making this mask, she started making it the night when she let Feng Fendai go based on her memories of Xiangrong’s appearance, and when they captured Xiangrong, they improved it based on her current appearance. But it was only around 20 days, even if the production was rushed day and night, there were still many faults, but it was more than enough to trick the servants in Chun Palace. She just did not know if she could trick Xuan Tianhua, especially that older sister Feng Yuheng.

The rain was heavy today, hitting her face and wetting her hair, her appearance could be partially blocked and the resemblance increased. She still had to further improve this face overnight so she could face more people.

Shan Cha could not find Xuan Tianhua, she heard that he was still working outside and had not returned yet. “Xiangrong” knew what he was doing, he was definitely searching for people. Too many people were lost in the capital recently, but no one knew where those people were hiding. As for her, deep in the tiger’s den, she had some idea to get closer to Xuan Tianhua with Xiangrong’s identity. If those two people really had feelings for each other, being able to replace Xiangrong was rather good, if there was no feelings, then she could throw more cold water on this, then it would be best if they broke up soon.

Xuan Tianhua returned before Zhi hour that night. Once he entered the palace, he heard the news that Xiangrong had returned, feeling surprised and happy, he quickly went to the courtyard to visit.

(Translator’s note: Zhi hour is between 11pm to 1am in GMT+8)

When he arrived, the person inside was already in deep sleep, the deity like person only stood at the door and looked inside, and when she saw a young girl sleeping on the mattress, his heart which had been raised up for a few days finally settled into his stomach. He was not planning to stay long, only asking Shan Cha: “Is your Young Miss hurt?”

Shan Cha shook her head, “She did not seem to be injured.”

“What do you mean by ‘seem’?” Xuan Tianhua frowned, “You did not attend to her closely?”