Chapter 15 Ling Rui Returns to Beijing
Hongdou rubbed her eyes and came to Lingchan's room, "Miss..."
Seeing Gong Lan and Gong Yu beside Ling Chan, she yawned and asked, "Miss, who are they?"
Gong Lan and Gong Yu have already changed out of their black clothes.
"They...will follow me and do things for me from now on." Ling Chan explained briefly, "Lan Niang and Yu Niang."
The surname Gong is too conspicuous in the Ling Mansion, so Ling Chan, Gong Lan and Gong Yu discussed and decided to omit the surname Gong.
"This girl is my maid, her name is Hongdou."
Ling Chan added, "He's the person I trust the most."
Gong Lan and Gong Yu nodded in understanding. The young lady was telling them to treat Hongdou as one of their own.
At the same time, it also hinted to them that the lady did not trust them 100%.
"Lan Niang, Yu Niang." Hongdou looked at the two of them warily, and her smile was a little stiff.
After Gong Lan and Gong Yu left the room, she whispered to Ling Chan, "Miss, where did these two people come from? Are they reliable?"
"Don't tell me those people sent them to keep an eye on you..."
Hongdou means Ruan Yiyu and the others.
Ling Chan flicked her forehead and said, "Don't worry, I found these two people."
"Go wash up and get ready for breakfast."
Hongdou stuck out her tongue and ran out holding her clothes...
From then on, every day, unless Ling Chan was eating or sleeping, she would follow Gong Lan and Gong Yu to learn Qinggong.
With her insistence, Hongdou also studied together.
After more than twenty days of study, Ling Chan felt that her body had become much lighter.
Compared to her, Hongdou, who had no martial arts background, was extremely tired.
"Miss, Miss..." Hongdou would collapse on the ground exhausted after every practice, "I... When will we be able to... fly over eaves and walls, and walk on snow without leaving any footprints..."
Gong Lan pulled Hongdou up and said, "You're just at the beginning. You need at least three to five years of practice."
Hongdou's legs, which had just stood firm, went limp again, and she wailed in resistance, "Ah...it takes so long...I, I'm so tired."
Gong Lan laughed. "It's normal to feel tired. Practicing martial arts is tiring. Get up quickly, little girl. The ground is so cold. Don't freeze your knees."
After spending many days together, Hongdou and Gong Lan and Gong Yu have become very harmonious.
Hongdou hung directly on Gong Lan's body, "Mother Lan, is there a faster way..."
"No." Gong Lan quickly cut her off from thinking, "Our young lady is in danger. You are her trusted maid. You can't be so afraid of hardship."
These words were like chicken blood, hitting Hongdou's nerves at once.
Hongdou suddenly jumped off Gong Lan and stood firmly, "Lady Lan, you are right."
"I am the lady's most trusted person, and I must not be afraid of hardship."
She turned to look at Ling Chan, "Miss, please go back to the room first. I will practice for a while."
At this moment, the glasses on Ling Chan's lapel vibrated.
She went back into the house and took out her glasses to check the situation in the house.
Ruan Yiyu, Ling Xueyao, Ling Xuehui, Ling Yu and others, who had not been out for many days, suddenly walked towards the gate of Ling Mansion together.
When something is abnormal, there must be something wrong.
Ling Chan switched the screen to the gate of the Ling Mansion, turned on the sound, and heard Ling Xueyao's voice.
"Mom, is Daddy returning to Beijing today?"
Ruan Yiyu took Ling Yu's hand and walked out quickly, "Yes, mother has already asked people to wait at the city gate."
"Your father entered the capital early this morning and is now in the palace. I'm afraid he will be back home in half an hour."
"That's great." Ling Xueyao was overjoyed when she heard this. "Daddy is finally back."
"I need to have a good talk with Dad about what that bitch Ling Chan did."
Ling Chan curled the corners of her lips. It turned out that Ling Rui was back.
Hanging her glasses back on her lapel, Ling Chan strolled to the eaves, "Hongdou, Lanniang, Yuniang, follow me."
"Miss, what are we going to do?" Hongdou ran over immediately, having lost all the energy she had to practice for a while longer.
"Ling Rui is back, and as his daughter, of course I have to go and greet him."
Gong Lan went into the room and brought out a cloak for Ling Chan to wear, while Gong Yu handed her a small hand warmer.
"Then go." Gong Lan said.
As for whether Ling Rui would recognize her and Gong Yu, Gong Lan was not worried at all.
Ling Chan was not worried. The commotion ahead was so loud that she had nothing to be afraid of.
So the four masters and servants walked slowly towards the gate of Ling Mansion.
"Miss." As soon as Ling Chan arrived, the doorman came to greet her.
When Ruan Yiyu and the others heard what the doorman said, they all turned around.
When Ling Chan stepped out, they unconsciously took a step back to make way for her.
Ling Xueyao watched Ling Chan walk past her, her brows furrowed. Was it her imagination? Why did she feel that Ling Chan... was much taller than she had been twenty days ago?
Not only did he grow taller, but he also gained a lot of weight and his skin became more rosy.
Because her face has gained weight and become fuller, she actually looks a bit more delicate.
Ling Chan walked past the crowd and stood directly in front of Ruan Yiyu.
Ruan Yiyu stared at her back, wishing she could burn two holes in it.
But she had to keep calm at this time, because when the general came back and saw this scene...
Ling Rui entered the capital alone in the morning, and the soldiers he brought back were stationed in a military camp outside the capital.
But Ling Rui was a general known to everyone in the capital, so the people passing by Ling's mansion at this moment knew that Ruan Yiyu and others were waiting for Ling Rui.
"Huh? Who's that girl standing in front of the General's wife?"
Ling Chan had not left the house for many years, and the people had long forgotten her.
"Is she the young lady of the Ling family?" the people speculated.
"Aren't there only two young ladies and one young master in the Ling Mansion? How come there's one more?"
"Yeah, when did a young lady appear?"
"Standing in front of the General's wife... She doesn't look like a young lady. Who is she?"
"If it's the young lady of the Ling Mansion, that would be too rude."
"Yeah, how can a younger person stand in front of an elder? That's too arrogant."
Everyone was talking in a low voice, and the sound reached Ruan Yiyu's ears, making her raise her eyebrows proudly.
The general has always attached great importance to the reputation of the Ling Mansion. When the general comes back and sees Ling Chen being so rebellious, he will definitely be furious.
"Then, could it be the eldest daughter of the Ling family?" Suddenly, someone in the crowd exclaimed.
"What young lady? Isn't the young lady of the Ling Mansion Ling Xueyao?"
"No, you forgot. General Ling's previous wife, Madam Gong of the Zhenbei Marquis, also gave birth to a daughter for General Ling."
When the people were reminded, they all remembered Gong Lele, who had made countless contributions, and also remembered Ling Chan.
"Didn't they say Miss Ling wasn't feeling well and needed to recuperate at the mansion? Her complexion looks rosy, she doesn't look sick."
"Why doesn't she look sick? Look at her small body. How much thinner is she than the other two girls?"
"It seems that the General's Mansion doesn't support anyone..."
"That depends on how you raise it."
"After all, he has lost his mother."
Ruan Yiyu's mouth was twisted with anger, but the people's discussion had not yet ended.
"She's a stepmother after all. Her own daughter and son are plump and beautiful, but the late wife's daughter is so skinny..."
"Look at the clothes they wear, the jewelry they wear...tsk tsk tsk, there are so many dirty things going on in wealthy families."
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