Chapter 232 - Defending the servant (1/2)
Chapter 232: Defending the servant
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The horsekeeper Elderly Zhang was an ideal servant He was loyal, trustworthy and tight-lipped He would only acknowledge Shangguan Nu as hisfor the horses and he never made any friends
It was such a person who actually attracted the Mistress’ attention He gladly did anything for her Whenever he saw her, his heart would beat wildly and his face becoe e was a lonelyfor some time, Gu Shenwei could understand why he acted in the way he did However, he could not understand Luo Ningcha’s actions Even though she had not punished Elderly Zhang, letting hi mercy to a killer This was unprecedented
Gu Shenwei returned the wooden board and passed it to Maid Lotus The two shared such a close bond that they needed no words to understand each other Maid Lotus took her leave On the surface, it see to return the wooden board However, she was going to copy the inscriptions on the board and keep it later She would never give it to Lady Meng or Shangguan Ru
The Golden Roc Fort experienced some turbulent times This piece of wooden board could save one’s life It was an i chip; they had to hold on fircha was not in a stable condition Gu Shenas quiet that night After Maid Lotus had returned, she clai was in happy spirits and that Miss would not need to doubt her personal safety Luo Ningcha was relieved but he gave a strange order Maid Lotus was to stay outside Slave Huan would have to stay in the house
Gu Shenas embarrassed; he was not a child anymore He was already 17 years old If he were to stay in his lady ht, it would invite cha’s current situation
Luo Ningcha did not care about all of this In her eyes, men, women and children were all the same Since Gu Shenas a servant, he would have to listen to her orders She had already treated Slave Huan as a substitute for Ma on hierous situations
That night, Gu Shenwei stayed because of this very reason Miss and Maid Cui laid on the bed, with the front of the bed acting as a screen The killers first left and then returned secretly They did this in order to keep the seen or heard by other people They stood in the corner of the roo theira cha woke up several tiht and Maid Cui practically kept her eyes open the whole tie the corners of her blanket,tea at any time It was pitch-dark in the house but Maid Cui seemed to move with ease
Gu Shenas not spared frocha would wake up in shock at rando which, she would only go back to sleep when Slave Huan replied in the affirmative
The next day, Gu Shenwei had not cha seeree to everything that Gu Shenwei said However, Gu Shenould rather wait for the situation to stabilize–when Luo Ningcha had understood the conditions facing her–before trying to persuade her
He wanted not a hasty act but a decisive course of action that would end the battle Moreover, the Eighth Young Master had only been forgotten temporarily He would have to deal with attacks that would co sent one of her cha would have preferred Slave Huan to stay by her side and not go anywhere else However, she was terrified of Lady Meng Before leaving, she ordered: “Go tell Lady Meng that I a better, I will pay my respects to her at the Inner Residence personally Slave Huan, you are best at reading people’s expressions YouDoes she want to take revenge against me? I have already returned the wooden board…”
After listening to the Miss’ rantings, Gu Shenent toAt the uan Ru careeted him with a smile and later said in a small voice: “Follow me closely Don’t fall behind”
That ti desire, Shangguan Ru also reminded hi did not have si stopped pretending to be friendly She told the killer that she had known everything Shangguan Fei had written a letter to her explaining everything This included how Slave Huan had played a two-handed ga was angry with Slave Huan for not killing the Eighth Young Mistress when news of Bighead Kingpin’s death caht you were a suan Ru to leave She had decided to expose Slave Huan’s true intentions in front of her daughter “I trusted you and gave you a chance I entrusted hter to you but you have let me down”
Gu Shenwei sat quietly on the floor He knew that arguing with Lady Meng would be useless This wocha and would not be swayed by a feords However, if Gu Shenas so willing, he could have killed everyone in the house He did not do this Instead, he chose to seek Shangguan Ru’s protection
Before uan Ru ad that he had once betrayed her He confessed that before the negotiations with the Horned Dragon Society he had pledged loyalty to Shangguan Fei and asked hiotiations
Even so, Shangguan Ru cared only about one thing “Master Yu…”
“I knew nothing about that” Gu Shenwei denied i the truth No one could have predicted Shangguan Fei’s move “I was Master Yu’s archeneht of killing him” However, this was a lie He had never ht chance
When Shangguan Yushi+ first tried to assassinate Slave Huan, Shangguan Ru had ain The “promise” Gu Shenwei mentioned pointed to this matter