Ning Yao stepped down and knelt down in front of the old man: "Give me the nine-petaled lotus."
The old man gritted his teeth and said in one breath, "So what if you have the Ning family of Qianhuan Mountain backing you up? A thousand years ago, they were famous throughout the world, but they have been living in seclusion for a thousand years. Who knows how they have withered away?"
"I bought the nine-petaled lotus with my own money, why should I give it to you?"
Ning Yao chuckled softly, "Is that so?" Then she slowly stood up and took two steps back.
"Just because you paid for it doesn't mean it's yours! You're overestimating yourself!"
Ning Yao held the whip in her right hand, raised her left hand slightly, then turned her palm down, clenched her fingers, and gently squeezed it.
"Now it's all right."
The old man heard a slight cracking sound from his arms, his heart skipped a beat, and he quickly took out the nine-petaled lotus from his bosom.
The once exquisite jade lotus is now in pieces.
The old man was filled with fear and smashed things from a distance.
He didn't sense any fluctuation or anything unusual.
The woman in front of him didn't intend to hurt him; she only wanted to destroy the nine-petaled lotus.
Or rather, given his unwillingness to hand over the nine-petaled lotus, she chose to destroy it!
The old man was speechless. They had violated the rules of the pavilion beforehand and had repeatedly provoked the woman.
It's understandable that the other party chose to destroy the nine-petaled lotus, but some people were unwilling to accept it.
“Even if you are the master of Pinglan Tower, you can’t just destroy this nine-petaled lotus, can you?” Liu Yingying stood in the middle of the field and spoke up as she believed to be fair.
"We bought the nine-petaled lotus with real money; it's our personal property. Are you just going to destroy it like this?"
"Even if you ruin it, shouldn't you refund the money we spent?"
Ning Yao tilted her head, staring at her with interest: "Haven't you had enough sun during the day?"
Liu Yingying was furious: "You!"
"Stop with the 'you' and 'me' stuff. If you hadn't jumped out, I would have forgotten that you went to Shuiyun Pavilion to cause trouble because you couldn't buy silver lotuses, so why are you sitting in the silver lotus area now? Where did you get your silver lotuses?"
Liu Yingying was taken aback, and hurriedly said, "What business is it of yours where I came from! What right do you have to ask?"
Ning Yao's gaze turned cold for a moment: "You don't look like a good person. Could it be that you stole this silver lotus from someone else? After all, you're capable of poisoning people in the street!"
"Stop spouting nonsense! This silver lotus was bought by my maid!"
"Oh? Is that so?" Ning Yao's gaze swept over the willow catkins beside her.
Liu Xu's heart trembled slightly at that glance, and she couldn't help but curse inwardly: Fool!
"This young lady may have misunderstood. I did buy these silver lotuses for my young lady. The purchase of silver lotuses is registered. If you don't believe me, you can check. My name is Liu Xu."
Liu Xu's seemingly perfect response was, in Ning Yao's eyes, riddled with flaws.
Where would a maidservant get a hundred taels of gold to buy silver lotus?
Even if she had the money to buy it, why didn't she let her mistress, Liu Yingying, know?
You should know that during the day, the way Liu Yingying caused trouble for Shuiyunjian didn't seem like she knew her maid would go to buy silver lotus.
It seems this maid is no ordinary person; she's far more useful than Liu Yingying, that big-breasted, brainless idiot.
Ning Yao stared intently at Liu Xu, as if trying to discern something from her face.
Liu Xu's heart pounded like a drum. Although the woman in front of her was not as old as her young mistress, Zhou Shen's aura and gaze were not those of an ordinary woman.
Is it Thousand Illusion Mountain?
"Is that so?" After saying that, Ning Yao didn't say anything more.
Seeing that Ning Yao was no longer pressing the issue, Liu Xu instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
But Liu Yingying, who was always causing trouble, hadn't stopped yet. Seeing that Ning Yao believed her, she started causing trouble again.
"Well? I told you my silver lotus was legitimate, but you didn't believe me. Now you should answer my question, right? You damaged that old man's jade lotus, shouldn't you compensate him for the original price?"
Ning Yao didn't want to pay attention to her, but this person was just too noisy.
She picked at her ear impatiently and said, "Does anyone remember the rules of the Pinglan Tower? Tell this idiot a lesson."
Liu Yingying's eyes widened in anger: "You insulted me again..."
“Oh! I know that. If you don’t mind, Miss, then let me explain it to you.”
The speaker was the same man who had just said he had come tonight to broaden his horizons.
Before Liu Yingying could refuse, he began to speak eloquently: "When we bought the nine-petaled lotus, they said that once an item is sold, it cannot be returned. Even if it is returned, it is a return of the goods but not a refund! I think everyone standing here must have tacitly agreed to this, right?"
"Then let's talk about Pinglanlou's initiative to reclaim this nine-petaled lotus. Pinglanlou stipulates that anyone who violates the rules of the building has the right to reclaim the nine-petaled lotus, and those who commit serious offenses will be permanently banned from doing business with Pinglanlou! Just like today's situation..."
As he spoke, he pointed in the direction of the Tianyun Sect members.
The man's face darkened, looking quite unpleasant.
“If Pinglan Pavilion wants to reclaim it, and the owner refuses, then Pinglan Pavilion has the right to destroy this nine-petaled lotus, just like now…”
He pointed in the direction of the old man again, and finally looked at Liu Yingying, asking politely, "Miss, do you understand?"
"But that makes sense. You didn't buy the nine-petaled lotus, so you probably didn't know these rules. It's not your fault."
The man's words, which offered a way out, made Liu Yingying's expression improve somewhat. However, his next words put Liu Xu on the hot seat.
"But your maid bought these nine-petaled lotuses, so she should have known. Why didn't she remind you? In this kind of situation, too much talk can lead to mistakes. Judging from your elegant attire, you must be from some prominent family. To be able to bring a maid in here, she must be quite capable. How could she be so careless?"
Liu Yingying turned to the maid beside her and frowned, asking, "What's going on?"
Liu Xu was startled and extremely flustered.
Her original intention was to embarrass Liu Yingying. Regardless of whether Lianxin Dan got the shot or not, she could go to the teacher and say that it was because the young lady was too domineering that they lost their chance.
If this continues, the gentleman will surely speak ill of Liu Yingying.
Who knew that such a small action would be discovered and used to make a big deal out of it.
"Miss, I don't have any! I really couldn't get the Lotus Heart Pill. I was so worried about you that I forgot to remind you!"
As Liu Xu spoke, she knelt down and prostrated herself at Liu Yingying's feet, pledging with every word that she had no ulterior motives and that she had only forgotten in her haste.
Liu Yingying pursed her lips, seeing that she was also worried about her, so she didn't think much of it.
She raised her voice and said, "Thank you for your concern, young master, but I know my maid well. She was just worried about me and forgot about this matter."
Finally, she looked at Ning Yao again, wanting to say something, but found that whatever she said would be impolite, so she sat down and remained silent.
The man glanced at the mistress and servants with a meaningful look, but didn't say anything more.
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