Along the way, the two famous young ladies also put aside their fighting spirit and followed Qingyin to her courtyard in a daze. If it weren't for Xiaoyue's reminder, the two of them would probably have just followed her in.
Seeing the obvious wariness in Xiaoyue's eyes, the two old rivals exchanged an awkward glance and pouted. "Hmph, if you don't want to look, then don't look. As the younger sister, can't I even care about my second sister?" Lin Heyu said angrily. Looking at Xiaoyue's suspicious gaze, she felt a little uncomfortable.
"Haha, I'm afraid the last thing that should have come out of Third Sister's mouth is this," Lin Mengya chuckled. Her appearance showed no sign of anything amiss, but even Zeng Li, who didn't understand subtlety, could hear the sarcasm in her tone.
"You!" Lin Heyu glared at her, feeling a little guilty knowing that she had indeed caused her second sister's troubles. Having her past exposed, Lin Heyu recklessly sneered:
"Then how are you any better?"
"Anyway, I'm better than you." Lin Mengya ignored the regret in her heart and continued.
Xiaoyue looked at the eldest and second young ladies arguing right in front of her, somewhat bewildered. What was going on? Why did they suddenly start arguing? But it was good that they were arguing, it was all their fault. The young lady had just left the madam and grown up alone in the Taoist temple.
Zeng Li shared the same thought and told Qing Yin about the argument between the two.
"They started arguing?" Qingyin wondered. In her memory, the two of them did argue fiercely, but they were both good at pretending and never made a scene in public. Could it be that after she left, they had even torn off their facades? She thought about it for a while, but Qingyin remained calm on the surface.
"Ah Li, let them argue. They'll go back when they're done arguing anyway." Qingyin's calmness infected Zeng Li, and she, who had been worried that the two of them would affect Qingyin, was relieved.
As Qingyin had expected, the two of them found their argument, which was a lose-lose situation, increasingly pointless and made the servants laugh at them. After arguing for a short while, they left in a huff.
Meanwhile, away from Qingyin at the Xiaoyao Taoist Temple, Baotai and Rongying were also secretly searching for their sweethearts, not wanting them to discover them. The two split up and wandered around the temple, all of which was observed by Yu Xuanzi.
"As expected, these two came for Arou." Yu Xuanzi wondered how they saw Arou. He guessed that they must have seen Qingyin by chance on the rainy day.
"Master Yu, should we kill them?" As soon as Alu uttered those dangerous words, she received a resounding slap from Yu Xuanzi.
"What are they doing? You want to kill them? Besides, Arou has already returned to the Lin family to participate in the imperial concubine selection and has no contact with anyone. Why would she do something so dangerous?"
Alu, who had been hit hard on the head, felt wronged. "Who told them to covet the treasure of our Taoist temple?"
Yu Xuanzi's lips twitched. She hadn't expected that Arou would have such a stubborn follower (Zeng Li). Her seemingly composed heir was also a hidden follower. Not wanting to deal with this stubborn, brain-dead heir anymore, Yu Xuanzi closed her eyes and silently chanted, "Don't be angry, don't be angry. Don't get angry with someone who's mentally ill." The inner room fell silent once more.
The two men, who were practically digging three feet into the ground inside the Taoist temple, couldn't calm down.
"She's clearly wearing a Taoist robe, so isn't she a female Taoist priest from the temple? Did he guess wrong?" Bao Tai thought to himself, his longing and excitement making him anxious. The two of them couldn't get together to share the information they had received.
Unable to contain themselves any longer, the two had no choice but to meet Yu Xuanzi directly. It wasn't that they insisted on asking the abbot, but the people in the temple would remain silent upon seeing them. They couldn't very well torture the temple's inhabitants for the sake of their beloved.
Having spent so many days in the Taoist temple, the two, feeling extremely frustrated, came to Yu Xuanzi's courtyard.
"Master Yu, I once saw a beautiful woman on a rainy day. Her appearance is indescribable. May I ask if you know where she is?" Bao Tai was an impatient man and asked directly.
The two women stared intently at Yu Xuanzi's reaction, but unfortunately, the shrewd Yu Xuanzi, who had lived so many years, disappointed them.
"Oh? There is such a beauty? I have never heard of such a thing. I envy you two gentlemen for being able to see such a beauty." Yu Xuanzi's shock, doubt and envy were exactly what one would expect from someone who knew nothing about such a thing. But it was precisely this perfect reaction that deepened the two men's suspicions.
Rong Ying joined in, smiling gently, and said, "As you know, Daoist Master, we fell in love at first sight and have no ill intentions towards the woman. We just want to get to know her. If you would like to know, a thousand taels of gold, renovations to the Daoist temple... are all acceptable."
Yu Xuanzi was slightly surprised. Judging from their composure, and the fact that they could make such a promise of money so casually, their backgrounds must be quite extraordinary. She smiled and said, "It would be wonderful if I could really get to know this beauty, but unfortunately, I have never met her before."
The identical smiles inexplicably reminded them of the smiling tigers in the imperial court. Knowing that they wouldn't get any more information by continuing to pester them, the two left on their own.
The two, dejected after setbacks, sat back in their room for the first time. Unfortunately, before they could become even more discouraged, news arrived from the capital urging them to return.
The two looked at the guard captain who had been following them. The man's resolute eyes showed a rare hint of guilt. He guessed that the news might be caused by this accident. But it was impossible not to report to the prince. He was loyal to Prince Yuxian, and he would not hide it from the heir and the eldest son.
Knowing that it was the man who leaked the secret, Baotai and Rongying, who wanted to cause trouble, also knew that the most important thing was not to deal with him. They didn't know the name of their sweetheart. They didn't want to leave. It was believed that their own Ama had written it personally. When they thought of not replying, If he went, Baotai could feel his butt starting to hurt. His Amma didn't care if he was the only son or not. She would really beat him if he caught him doing something wrong. Growing up, Baotai's experience of being beaten was almost never one that his Amma didn't do it for. Thinking of Prince Yuxian, Rongying also began to have a headache. Although his careless mother and Amma would not beat him, if Prince Yuxian knew about it, his grandfather and grandfather would definitely beat him and scold him. Thinking of the long and eccentric words his grandfather used to scold him, Rongying was also stunned.
They locked eyes; they both knew they were going to get what'd come to them.
The two, both in pain, sighed at the same time. But sighs are sighs, pain is pain, and they still had to find a way to solve the problem. They had to find their beloved, but they couldn't ignore the letter from their father/grandfather. So they left half of their guards there to look for information about their beloved, while they went back to the capital to comfort their father/grandfather at home, and then thought of a reason to sneak out.
Having thought things through, the two were no longer so sullen. They left quickly, and Yu Xuanzi and the people in the Taoist temple who received the news breathed a sigh of relief. Without those two most intelligent and sensitive people, the remaining guards would be much easier to deal with. Yu Xuanzi wondered how his father had raised such a cunning son. He guessed the father must be a ruthless man.
In the capital, at the Prince Yuxian's residence, Prince Yuxian, who was wielding a large sword with imposing force, sneezed loudly. "Cough, that brat is cursing me. It must be that bastard Baotai. He dares to run around in such a dangerous place. When he comes back, if his wife tries to persuade him again, she'll give him a good beating!"
While on his journey, Bao Tai suddenly had a bad feeling.
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