A Beautiful Duchess with a Dark Heart – Chapter 124

Chapter 124: Easily Blending In

Wen Yu, of course, had no idea what was happening in the capital.

At this moment, she was in the small courtyard, looking at the… girl in front of her who was dressed in men’s clothing!

Yes, although this person was wearing men’s clothing, with that small bun-like face, two dimples, and bright eyes, she was clearly a girl at first glance…

She was also looking at Wen Yu, then at Yan Zhu, then at Master Qing, and then looking at them all again from the beginning…

Finally, she nodded, with a rather satisfied look.

“You said you were sent by Fifth Young Master Qi?” Wen Yu asked again.

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During this period, Master Qing selected six young girls and settled them in a small courtyard next door that he had rented.

With Master Qing gone, the disabled embroideresses at Rainbow Phoenix Pavilion were indeed bullied. They had more work and received less pay.

Moreover, after Master Qing left, the new shop manager couldn’t grasp Master Qing’s unique management style at all, and the shop became no different from ordinary shops. As a result, the business of Rainbow Phoenix Pavilion plummeted.

The Liu family became anxious and went to find that Tian, the Wine Immortal, wanting to bring Master Qing back.

But that person said: “After I got Master Qing, I sold him.”

The Liu family hurriedly went to check the records, spent a lot of silver, and found out that Master Qing had already redeemed himself and then disappeared without a trace. They immediately jumped up and down, cursing, believing that Master Qing had secretly saved silver beforehand to be able to redeem himself… but there was nothing they could do about it.

This period of Rainbow Phoenix Pavilion had become a thing of the past.

Master Qing secretly sent word, and those embroideresses all followed him. As soon as they arrived, they heard that they would be going to the capital to open a large shop in a few days! Each one of them was nervous and excited. They never thought that they would be able to travel thousands of miles in their lifetime and go to the foot of the Emperor!

Now, everyone attended classes in the front courtyard every day.

Several disabled embroideresses helped to teach the young apprentices, while Master Qing would provide guidance from the side. Among the young girls, there were two who were quite talented and quickly learned to embroider in a proper manner.

Wen Yu came over almost every day, and Yan Zhu researched new dishes, causing her to gain a few pounds from all the eating.

When she arrived today, she discovered a short boy squatting on the wall, looking at her.

She was startled, and before Wen Yu could cry out, the person leaped down. She couldn’t even see clearly before the person was in front of her, asking, “Are you Miss Wen?”

Hearing the voice, Wen Yu realized that this was a girl.

After asking for a long time, the girl only said that her master had sent her to stay by Miss Wen’s side, but she didn’t specify who her master was.

Wen Yu asked if it was Fifth Young Master Qi, and she didn’t admit it, but she also didn’t say that it had nothing to do with Fifth Young Master Qi. “Oh, you don’t need to worry about that! In short, my master sent me to protect you. Just give me a name!” The girl blinked.

“…If you don’t explain clearly, how could I possibly bring you along?”

“That’s true…” The little girl thought for a moment, “How about this: I’ll just quietly follow by your side, you won’t even notice me! Others will even less so.” She looked very proud of herself.

Then why did you jump out at the beginning? Trying to scare people?!

Wen Yu looked at her speechlessly.

“Give you a name… What was your original name?”

“This subordinate is called Laba. But I don’t like this name. Can I eat it?”

Mu Ling was carrying two baskets of freshly steamed soup dumplings, for Wen Yu to eat while they were hot.

Laba had a good nose and good eyes, her mouth watering instantly…

Mu Ling stepped aside, unwilling to share.

Speaking of Mu Ling, she was also a pitiful child. Although the woman in black, Xiao Jingya, cried out for her children on her deathbed, in reality, all her thoughts were on Mr. Hu.

She was indifferent to her two children, not even as caring as their father, Mu Qi.

Mu Qi loved Xiao Jingya and listened to her in everything, never persuading or blaming her.

But life was hard for the two siblings. Mu Bo learned to hunt from a young age, and Mu Ling learned to do chores from a young age. However, the fruits of their labor were all used by their father to travel and conduct his investigations.

The siblings had truly never enjoyed a single day of happiness.

Mu Ling came to this small courtyard, and Wen Yu treated her very kindly.

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Zhu Zhu gave her many clothes, pierced her ears, and gave her a pair of gold earrings to wear.

Master Qing spoke softly and gently, telling her many stories, and even taught her how to read and paint.

Lan Zhou was a quiet boy who seemed almost non-existent. When they were free, she would accompany Lan Zhou to bathe his little turtles.

From initial fear and confusion to later relaxation and integration, Mu Ling gradually became more cheerful and finally looked like a little girl.

She was very observant and always rushed to do chores, even though they didn’t need her help.

Now she was also learning embroidery with the other girls, and every day was fulfilling.

She ate well, lived in a stable environment, and her little face was chubby. Apart from missing her brother, she had no regrets.

Seeing this androgynous person who appeared out of nowhere, trying to eat the soup dumplings that Zhu Zhu had made for the girls, Mu Ling was unhappy. She refused to give her any.

Laba said, “Miss Wen, I’m hungry. I haven’t had a proper meal for several days. Last time I was at…” Oh no, she had stolen a chicken to eat, she couldn’t say that!

“When you came out, didn’t they give you any silver? Why didn’t you eat properly?” Yan Zhu asked.

“Hey, our leader is stingy! We’re always short of silver…”

“Then what skills do you have?!” Wen Yu was curious about her.

“Hmm… I know a little bit of everything. What would you like me to do, Miss?”

Wen Yu gestured, “Xiao Ling, give her a basket of soup dumplings. I’m asking, if someone wanted to harm me, what could you do?”

Laba took the basket and immediately started eating, one soup dumpling after another, with incredible speed. “Delicious!” Her eyes sparkled, then she stared at the basket in Mu Ling’s hands, licking her lips.

“Miss, I can do anything! Killing is my specialty! Hmm: I can use a knife, rope, poison, bow and arrow, bare hands, or whatever is available, anything is fine.”

Wen Yu and the others looked at each other… Was she really that scary?

“Then show us a couple of your skills.” It was still Yan Zhu who spoke, she was never afraid of things getting out of hand.

“Okay.” Laba looked around, “Miss, do you see those two turtles?”

The two turtles had been eating too well, and they had to go for a walk every day. At this moment, they had just come down from the rock and were crawling everywhere, with Lan Zhou following closely behind.

Laba raised her hand, a black light flashed, and a thin dart appeared in her hand…

“No, no, no, don’t do it, don’t…” Wen Yu and the others jumped up and down, trying to stop her, almost scared to death!

Those were Lan Zhou’s precious turtles!

“Hehe.” Laba flicked her wrist, and the dart landed right in the center of the “Fu” character on the main gate. Then she quickly darted over and retrieved it. They couldn’t even see how she moved!

“Wow! So amazing! So cool!” Yan Zhu cheered loudly!

“That’s nothing!” Laba appeared calm.

She was that skilled?! Wen Yu thought for a moment. During the time she had almost gotten into trouble, Fifth Young Master Qi had indeed said he would give her some people to protect her.

But why didn’t he send a letter when he sent someone?!

This guy, the way he did things…

“Alright! You can still be called Laba, it’s a nice name. This is Yan Zhu, this is Master Qing…”

Wen Yu, believing it was Fifth Young Master Qi’s arrangement, carelessly accepted the person. As she introduced her to the people around her, she felt quite happy.

Laba was also very happy. This girl was beautiful and easy to talk to. She had blended in so easily.

Hmm, this assignment is easy, I definitely won’t mess it up again!

She didn’t even see her move, and the soup dumplings in Mu Ling’s hands were gone…

“Hey! My soup dumplings!” Mu Ling only reacted after she had already eaten half of them.

Everyone burst into laughter…