Face changing
It is located in a small courtyard in the northwest corner of the General's Mansion.
Su Tong sat on the veranda with a pair of scissors, casually trimming the potted plants in front of her. She looked around, seemingly not quite satisfied, and slightly furrowed her delicate eyebrows.
The maidservant attending to her asked with a smile, "Would Madam like to rest for a while?"
Su Tong shook her head: "No need, has the general returned?"
As the Duke of Zhenguo, personally appointed by His Majesty, and the God of War of Daliang, He Wei spends his days training in the military camp until late at night, now that the border is peaceful and there is no war.
Qinglian had been by Su Tong's side for a long time and naturally understood what she was thinking. She looked up and glanced outside, then replied, "The general should still be in the military camp at this hour."
He waved away the maids behind him, bent down to take the scissors from her hand and placed them aside, asking softly, "Is Madam worried about the young mistress?"
Su Tong turned and patted her forearm, sighing, "You understand me. I wonder how that child is doing now, whether the First Madam has made things difficult for her..."
Qinglian lifted her skirt and squatted down beside Su Tong. "Madam, please forgive my bluntness, but I don't think now is a good time to plead with the General. The First Madam is in a fit of anger, and you know her temperament. If this gets to His Majesty, not only will the Young Madam's confinement not be lifted, but her life may also be in danger."
Indeed, even ordinary people have awe and reverence for ghosts and gods, let alone royalty.
"It's all my fault for not thinking things through back then."
"Madam, please don't think like that. The young mistress is intelligent and will understand your good intentions."
"I hope so..."
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As night fell, the two men crouched low and stealthily made their way to He Lin's courtyard.
Jiang Yi stopped in front of the familiar door and exclaimed "Huh?" He Lin hadn't closed the door tonight, and she could smell the aroma of food as soon as she stood there.
Sure enough, upon entering, I immediately saw a table laden with various dishes, still steaming hot, indicating they had just been prepared.
"You've arrived."
He Lin looked up and was stunned for a moment, only to see that not only Jiang Yi had come today, but also Xia Zhi.
Seeing He Lin sitting upright at the table, Xia Zhi respectfully prepared to bow: "Young Master."
Halfway there, Jiang Yi pulled him inside: "Alright, forget about those formalities, come on."
"He Lin, you didn't eat tonight? You weren't waiting for me to come and eat together, were you?"
"Um."
He Lin was still there, and Xia Zhi was hesitant to sit down. Jiang Yi, however, didn't care about that and pushed her shoulder to make her sit down. After spending several nights together, Jiang Yi had a pretty good idea of He Lin's personality. He wasn't as rigid as she had imagined.
After standing and sitting back and forth a few times, Xia Zhi glanced at He Lin and hurriedly said, "Miss, this, this is not in accordance with the rules!"
"If you keep doing this, I'm really going to get angry. Don't worry, the young master is a good person, he won't mind, right, young master?"
Jiang Yi winked at He Lin, signaling him to say something. Otherwise, Xia Zhi, this honest girl, could play games with her all night.
A hint of helplessness flashed in He Lin's eyes as he said, "It's alright, please sit down."
Jiang Yi was overjoyed: "Look, the young master has spoken, how dare you disobey?"
"Thank you, thank you, young master, thank you, young lady."
Even after sitting down, Xia Zhi didn't dare to touch her chopsticks, keeping her head down and shoveling rice into her bowl, as if she wanted to ignore everyone else.
Seeing this, Jiang Yi shook her head and could only take the opportunity to serve her a few bites of food while she was eating.
When Jiang Yi saw He Lin only eating the vegetarian dishes in front of him, she thought he couldn't reach the dishes that were further away from him. After thinking about it, she realized that it made sense. In the past, he had maids to serve him, but now no one had the time to serve him food.
Sigh, these young masters and ladies of ancient times are so pampered, they never lift a finger and are so difficult to please. Oh well...
Thinking this, Jiang Yi simply picked up a piece of braised pork with alternating layers of fat and lean meat and placed it in He Lin's bowl quite naturally.
"you……"
Jiang Yi put another piece of meat on Xia Zhi's plate and turned to look at him: "Hmm? What's wrong? Don't you like meat?"
He Lin's eyelids twitched a few times: "Do you treat everyone like this?"
"Of course not!" Jiang Yi immediately denied, then clicked her tongue and said, "Isn't it because you two are being so coy while eating? You're acting like newlywed brides. Just help yourself to what you want to eat! What's there to be embarrassed about? We're all family, no need to be so polite!"
He Lin: "..."
Xia Zhi: "..."
She talks as if she's the host.
He Lin looked down at the perfectly colored braised pork in his bowl, but didn't touch it for a long time, as if it were poison. Jiang Yi glanced at his face casually.
I wondered, why isn't he eating? Could he be a germaphobe?
"If you don't want to eat, then forget it, I..."
Just as Jiang Yi reached out with her chopsticks, He Lin also moved, and the two of them simultaneously picked up the tender piece of meat. Looking up along the arm, they were both stunned.
Xia Zhi felt like she was sitting on pins and needles. After finishing the last bite of rice, she quickly put down her chopsticks and jumped up.
"Young master, young lady, I... I'm full. I'm going out for a stroll."
Jiang Yi: "..."
"Let go! Didn't you say you didn't want it?"
He Lin retorted, "Did I say I don't want it anymore?"
Jiang Yi pouted and took the lead in making concessions. Before taking out her chopsticks, she didn't forget to tap He Lin's chopsticks with the chopsticks, knocking the piece of braised pork off his hand.
"..."
After Jiang Yi finished eating and drinking, she stood up, let out a loud, gruff roar like a monster, stretched, rubbed her stomach, and then let out a heavy burp.
He Lin looked at her several times, then shook his head: "How can there be someone like you in this world?"
Who am I?
Before He Lin could answer, Jiang Yi's eyes sparkled as she said to herself, "Good person? Bad person? Beauty? Or ugly person? Hehe, I know even if you don't say it. Of course, it's good person and beauty. If it's either of the other two, then marrying me means your taste isn't very good either!"
He Lin slowly took a sip of tea, then raised an eyebrow and said unhurriedly, "Rather than a good person or a beauty, you'd be more like a shameless person, hmm?"
So that means she's shameless? Jiang Yi quite agrees.
Moreover, she discovered that He Lin seemed to have a sharp tongue and would rather admit that he had no taste than criticize her. It seems that he had been holding back for a long time and his tail was about to be exposed!
"Not bad, you figured out my true nature so quickly! Not bad at all!"
"You might as well say what your purpose is in approaching me. Do you want me to beg the Madam to release you?"
"Why should I come out when I'm perfectly fine inside? Besides, you? Hmph, ha, men are all unreliable, I'd rather figure it out myself."
After saying that, Jiang Yi approached He Lin step by step.
He Lin sat motionless in the chair, watching her with half-closed eyes.
Suddenly, the atmosphere became somewhat awkward.
Jiang Yi walked over and gripped the armrests of the chair with both hands, trapping He Lin inside. She slowly leaned closer and stopped just a fist's distance from their noses.
Looking into those dark eyes, she said, word by word, "Do you remember what I told you before? I'll get my revenge. Although you're very handsome, but..." But even a handsome guy can't flirt with her first! She, Jiang Yi, had to make the first move!
How can such a bargain fall into the hands of others?
Jiang Yi turned her head slightly, sniffed He Lin's collar, and chuckled softly, "Young Master, what kind of soap do you use? It smells so good..."
Although He Lin did not show any emotion on his face, Jiang Yi still caught a glimpse of the blush gradually spreading behind his ears, like the red glow of the setting sun.
Jiang Yi's smile deepened.
He didn't push her away, so it seems He Lin wasn't completely indifferent to that face.
Jiang Yi straightened up, took two steps back, crossed her arms, and gently tapped her arm a few times with her right index finger. She said, "I won't be coming starting tomorrow. Thank you for the meal you prepared tonight. It was delicious. I'm leaving now."
Only after that figure disappeared from sight did He Lin turn his gaze away, and involuntarily raised his hand to touch his neck. He clearly remembered the scalding heat of Jiang Yi's hot breath spraying on it. In an instant, even his calm heart seemed to be soaked with a bit of itchiness and heat.
He Lin stood there stunned for a long time, unable to come back to his senses. Finally, a faint smile appeared in his eyes, which then gradually turned cold.
This woman will be a menace sooner or later.
He is a man who has crawled out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood. He absolutely cannot be ruined by a woman, and he absolutely cannot fall in love with anyone!
Moreover, he was deeply poisoned by the Heart-Eating Gu worm, and there was no cure; he was never going to live long to begin with…
"Gu Ziyu".
Upon hearing this sound, a tall, slender figure suddenly jumped down from the roof.
Upon entering the house, Gu Ziyu noticed that He Lin's complexion was not good, and his eyes were gloomy and icy, which was absolutely terrifying.
He immediately extended three fingers of his right hand, pointing them together to the sky, and assured them, "Young master, I, I, I didn't hear anything about your conversation with Miss Jiang!"
People who practice martial arts year-round have hearing abilities that are far superior to ordinary people, so there is no way they could not hear it.
He Lin ignored that and asked directly, "How did she get out of the backyard? Did she climb over the wall?"
"Huh?" Gu Ziyu didn't react for a moment, then quickly replied, "Yes, there's a low wall in the backyard, and there's a crooked tree outside that wall, and there are no guards. Miss Jiang must have come out through that tree."
He Lin gave an ambiguous hum: "Tomorrow I will report to the First Madam and have someone speed up the repairs to prevent her from sneaking out."
Gu Ziyu was even more confused. He scratched his head. A few days ago, his young master had sent people to protect him secretly. Later, Miss Jiang came several times at night. It seemed that his young master was quite happy. Why did he suddenly think of having someone repair the wall?
"Young master, if the wall is repaired, Miss Jiang will no longer be able to come."
He Lin shot a dagger at Gu Ziyu, who then touched his nose.
"Didn't you hear what she said? She's not coming starting tomorrow. What's the point of not repairing the wall? Humph, if she's so capable, then let her come out herself!"
"Young master, do you want Miss Jiang to come out, or not?"
"Tsk..."
"Yes, yes, I've got it. I'll report back to the Madam tomorrow."
Gu Ziyu finally realized that her young master was having a tiff with Miss Jiang and was upset that she wouldn't come anymore.
Well, if Miss Jiang can't come out, maybe he'll see his young master sneaking over the wall to meet her at night someday. Just thinking about that scene makes him want to burst out laughing...
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