Chapter 209 It Was Not a Waste of Time
Miss Dong ordered the servants to clear out a courtyard, clean and tidy up the three side rooms, and prepare snacks and dinner. Then she said to Yan Qingqiu and Li Rongsen, "You can wander around freely, but don't go too far. I have a private talk with the city lord."
Li Rongsen was originally unwilling to leave, but it was difficult to refuse. Yan Qingqiu didn't care, thinking that it was safe here after all. Besides, judging from the way Miss Dong and An Yan got along, they must be very familiar with each other.
Yan Qingqiu asked, "When I came in just now, I saw a garden over there. Can we go play there?"
Miss Dong laughed and said, "I was just about to take the City Lord to see my shabby garden. You guys can come with me. There are pavilions and terraces, attics and pavilions there. It's the most pleasant place to drink tea and watch a play. I'll ask them to set up a table for you too, okay?"
"Thank you very much." Li Rongsen quickly agreed, feeling more at ease knowing An Yan was under his watch.
Miss Dong nodded and led them over.
To say that this is just a shabby garden is too modest. There are all kinds of exotic flowers and plants, many of which cannot be named. There are ten places to rest, which shows how big it is.
Li Rongsen was not in the mood to appreciate the flowers and plants. He was just staring at the two people in the pavilion not far away.
Yan Qingqiu tugged at his clothes and said, "What are you doing? Aren't you still worried?"
"A little bit. I think this woman is weird."
"An Yan is not stupid. It is obvious that they have a good relationship. Besides, you don't know the rules of Dongda Mansion. They can only deal with men, but not women." Yan Qingqiu blamed him for being too suspicious.
"What do you mean?" Li Rongsen was naturally puzzled.
"Do you know what snobbery is?" Yan Qingqiu asked him back, and sat down and gestured for Li Rongsen to pour him some tea.
Li Rongsen didn't seem annoyed by his attitude. He poured some water into his cup, sat down with him, and asked, "Go ahead."
"The four major powers, North Courtyard, South Suburbs, West City, and East Mansion, are basically closely related and advance and retreat together, but now they are disrupted by a small Flower Snake Mountain." Yan Qingqiu said disdainfully.
"It can be seen that Flower Snake Mountain has different abilities."
"Who knows? Maybe he'll just use some despicable methods." Yan Qingqiu's expression was slightly sinister.
Li Rongsen said, "Now that we are in the East Palace, are the snobbish forces on the other two sides really leaning towards Flower Snake Mountain?"
"The old man said it all the other day. The people from those three sides have been completely indifferent and haven't made any movement. It's clear they want to sit back and watch." Yan Qingqiu shrugged helplessly, but then said, "I've been to the North Courtyard and helped them detoxify. I'll go there for An Yan someday to find out what the explanation is. If a fight breaks out, what will their intentions be?"
"Aren't the people in West City the most snobbish?"
"Of course, it's a city, so naturally it's different. It has more resources and talent than the other three places, and it has countless treasures and artifacts. If you just say I'm from West City, who would dare not show respect to me?"
"In this case, we have to be careful now."
"Why, do you think they want to reap the benefits?"
"Wouldn't it be a waste? Once the Flower Snake Mountain captures West City, the three factions will destroy the Flower Snake Mountain with the slogan of revenge, and then they can divide up more." Li Rongsen frankly expressed his thoughts.
Yan Qingqiu felt that there was nothing wrong with what he said. He looked towards An Yan and Dong Fu unconsciously and saw that the two women were having a pleasant conversation.
Miss Dong said, "I say, you still haven't come up with a solution. Everyone is waiting for Huashe Mountain to capture Xicheng."
"Why, are you waiting too?"
"If I wasn't on your side, why would I send someone to send you a letter? It's precisely because I wanted you to come and discuss this. People in the North Courtyard and the South Suburbs all have bad intentions. They invited me that day but I didn't go. They were just waiting for you to come." Miss Dong said as she poured her tea.
An Yan raised her glass and took a sip, saying, "Then go ahead. It's only a short distance away."
Miss Dong smiled and said, "They've been sending me notes for the past few days asking me to go over tonight."
"Then let's go, just to relax." An Yan disagreed.
"As you know, the mansion has been short of money lately. I used to think fortune-telling was a great profession, and making some money wasn't difficult, but it turns out that things are so difficult these days. No one's doing fortune-telling anymore, they're all doing horoscopes and tarot readings, which is killing half of my job."
"Then you should go even more and take the opportunity to ask the two families over there to give out some things. This is also their sincerity." An Yan gave her an idea.
"How do I tell them?"
"There must be benefits to joining them." An Yan said to her seriously, and then said, "They only have a few people on their side, so naturally there are not as many as you. You still need to organize your brothers from all over to fight against them."
"Speaking of this, I'm also very sad. My brothers are almost unable to make a living. They come to our house to beg for money from time to time. I am almost broke because of them." Miss Dong said with a helpless look on her face, "But when I think about it, we are all brothers, so I can't ignore them."
"So take this opportunity to ask for more. If they want your help, you will give it to them."
"My brothers don't want to tell fortunes anymore and are planning to change careers."
"I've calculated my fate for several lifetimes. What's there to change?"
"Teaching people fortune-telling, what do you think?" Miss Dong looked at her with blinking eyes.
An Yan chuckled and said, "That's a good idea."
Miss Dong said with a little shyness, "It's so hard to tell fortunes yourself these days. It's easier to run a course. Anyway, it's not our fault. We just teach them. Whether they can learn it or not is their own business."
An Yan lowered her eyes and said nothing.
"Hey, come with me for a walk in the evening. It's not far. It's in the attic where we usually have meetings." Miss Dong winked at her.
"Help me clean up those small areas nearby." An Yan took the opportunity to say this.
"Those are nothing, just useless people. I asked a few brothers to go over and calculate their fortunes, and they all obeyed me. I just told them that it was not suitable to travel during those days, and they all hid at home. Don't worry about it." Miss Dong peeled another orange for An Yan and said, "You know, Qu He is going to participate too."
"Is he going to take my place?"
"Hua She Shan said he wanted to lean on him, so he acted arrogantly. But I look down on Hua She Shan."
"I really don't believe when the Mountain Master had such ambitions."
"Of course he doesn't. It's his wife, the mountain master, who has ambitions."
"Do you recognize her?"
Miss Dong's eyes and eyebrows were full of charm. She leaned against Anyan and said to her, "That's a poison fairy. She controls everyone in the mountain, but I have a way to detoxify her."
"How can you cure her poison?"
Miss Dong laughed and said, "Do you still remember that old man doted on a certain woman and repeatedly opposed me, almost costing me my life?"
"That ugly woman." An Yan had a slight impression of her.
"She's extremely ugly. She has an older sister, the wife of the owner of Flower Snake Mountain."
"What does that matter?"
"They swapped faces. The Poison Fairy's true face is on that woman's face. I took it off at the right time. It can cure any poison she used on her face. Didn't you expect that?"
An Yan was surprised and delighted. This trip was really the right one. She asked, "Can I see how ugly she is?"
"This is not difficult, but you have to help me get some benefits from those two families, okay?" asked Miss Dong.
(End of this chapter)
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