Chapter 227 - Spoiling the Plan (1/2)
Chapter 227: Spoiling the Plan
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Gu Shenas beginning to feel the incredible aura of vigilance per the Golden Roc Fort In the past, he had hidden behind the scenes and s on natural disasters or other people However, after the assassination of Meng Mingxian and the attack on the Governor, he failed to hide his tracks, and the Blade had started to keep a close watch on him
All of a sudden, Gu Shenwei felt that there was trouble brewing all around hi Yard, the ’s controlled vengefulness – he are of all these potential probleht that the person ould spoil the plan would be Luo Ningcha
The show of daughter andpeace would come to an abrupt end on the 16th day of the seventh cha had inat her; the thick veil she wore beca time, as she appeared to be very calhter-in-laould behave The act she put up was so good that even Lady Meng bought it There was even a part of her that believed Luo Ningcha would really change her teuan Ru and Xu Yanere already waiting for Maid Lotus as she rejoined the group They discreetly cleaned the dirt away on her and helped to touch up herher up
As the sacrificial cere behind cahtly chaotic scene When Luo Ningcha came back surrounded by her maids, she placed one hand around the shoulder of thethe way, and nonchalantly used the other to take away one of the wooden slabs which were filled with carvings from Maid Lotus’ hand
There were a total of ten wooden slabs Maid Lotus had covered thereen silk as she held the to any onlooker to be a spare accessory box
Maid Lotus had not caught any shut-eye for all three days and two nights while she was on the cliff If she had not undergone the tough training of a killer before, she would have collapsed by now Her h she had tried her best to hold the slabs tightly, she was still unable to stop Luo Ningcha froreen silk was about to fall off, Shangguan Ru quickly got hold of it and covered the slabs again Luo Ningcha had acted differently fro Master and Maid Lotus were caught with surprise
Luo Ningcha’s veil served as the perfect cover as she hid the hand holding on to the slab under it Seeing that, Shangguan Ru and Maid Lotus guessed that she probably was doing this to help carrying the slabs, and both breathed a sigh of relief
They never expected that what happened next would cause thecha turned around abruptly and said in a voice that was not too loud, but could be heard by everyone in the surrounding area “Isn’t this the Tenth Young Master? You are indeed one so far as to dress up as a cha walked slowly down the stairs and left Still, no one cha’s e Shangguan Ru was left to face the aftermath of Luo’s surprise attack alone
Not all out of the hundreds of woh to understand the hiddenMistress’ words Soiddy with excitement, went up to see for theuan Ru was present all along, they did not hesitate to point out that she was in disguise, “Oh, it really is the Tenth Young Master, herMistress hadn’t , I wouldn’t have noticed it was her When did you arrive, Tenth Young Master? It hted…”
Lady Meng never thought that Luo Ningcha, sohly of, would have counter-attacked at this tie to their relationshi+p right after the cere
“Ru’er, coht s hter to her side “It’s really true when people say it’s better to have daughters rather than sons See, now that I’ to seearound mindlessly as if he doesn’t know ’s illness caused a shockwave to spread through the crowd The women all ca in walking They swar’s maids away from their positions
As most of the women were not familiar with the rules of the Stone Castle, they did not realize what a great da Master’s future by pointing her out in the crowd Instead, they just kept praising the Tenth Young Master’s filial piety instead, saying things like what a good daughter she was When the killers heard the news, they i Mistress had uan Ru to earn the title of ‘Young Master’
Even with Lady Meng’s dauan Ru had returned to the castle before her training was coh there was no rule stating that the training of a young master outside of the castle had to last up till a year, it had beco masters In this instance, the tradition influenced opinionsto the castle before a year had passed, Shangguan Ru was al to earn the title of “Young Master”
Lady Meng kept up her calm demeanor until she returned to her chambers and dismissed the women ere concerned about her illness When they were alone, she said darkly to her daughter, “I’ve always raised you as if you were my son, and you’ve never let uan fa Mistress today”
Ast all involved in the matter, Maid Lotus was the most struck dumbfounded and the hts were focused on the slab of wood in Luo Ningcha’s hands However, she could not snatch it back in front of the crowd, and Miss Luo also ary of her, only allowing her to follow fro the re slabs froot after waiting anxiously for so long
As he knew that Lady Meng was not certain where he and Maid Lotus stood in all this hts, Gu Shenanted to appease her quickly He let Maid Lotusnine wooden slabs first before sending them to the Inner Residence
Then, he went to see Luo Ningcha hicha received Slave Huan in her private chamber A screen was erected in front of her, and only Maid Cui and Xu Yanere left behind to serve her Her de with pride fro, soto and fro When she spoke, she sound livelier than before “I’ve waited so long for this day, I feel so at ease now What do you think of my move, Slave Huan? Even you were fooled, weren’t you? Haha, that that old bitch wanted to hide her daughter in the castle I would never have let her have her ith it You’ve contributed well this time, I followed your advice to ‘Retreat first to strike later’ and to ‘Strike after gaining the trust of the enemy’ It was so e building up inside hierous situation from which there could possibly be no return, yet she was still proud of herself “Miss Luo is indeed save a feords of casual advice, yet you could apply it to real situations May I ask where’s the wooden slab you took?”
“I’ve hidden it”
“Can I take a look?”
“No” Cahed continuously before adding, “Poor little Slave Huan, do you think your story about treasure fooledcould not have been si toMy husband is incapable but full of ambition He toldsooner or later, and had wanted to learn various kung fu techniques, such as Wayless Qigong However, the lord was not fond of him, and as such, he never even knehere the ine now that I have the Wayless Qigong in my hands”