Chapter 349: Four Corners Of The Wall, Nothing Left
“What exactly does Immortal Master mean? Is there something wrong with this Fifth Young Lady? Please, Immortal Master, explain clearly.” Old Madam asked.
“The luck of this Young Lady and this Young Lady, put together, is truly strange! One originally had the appearance of a Golden Phoenix, but now is experiencing bad luck, getting lower and lower, while the luck of this Young Lady is rising at the same time as this Young Lady’s bad luck, and there is a subtle hint of taking advantage of the situation.”
The Taoist Priest looked at Ning Xueyan.
“Immortal Master means that when Second Older Sister is experiencing bad luck, I am having good luck. Therefore, I have borrowed Second Older Sister’s luck to get rid of my own bad luck?” Ning Xueyan smiled slightly, looked at the Taoist Priest, and asked with deep meaning, a pair of watery eyes carrying a few points of gloominess cold.
“Yes, Young Lady is intelligent.” The Taoist Priest did not expect Ning Xueyan to speak suddenly, and for a moment, he was not prepared. He immediately smiled. He originally wanted to steer the conversation to the topic of Fifth Young Lady borrowing Second Older Sister’s luck. He didn’t expect this Fifth Young Lady to come forward herself, which was too good.
As long as the conversation was steered to this point, and then it was said that Fifth Young Lady had borrowed Second Older Sister’s luck, and then the prepared things were turned out from Fifth Young Lady’s courtyard, then it would be a great merit. As for how the Duke’s Mansion would handle this Fifth Young Lady, who cursed others to enhance her own luck, it was not within her consideration.
“What does Immortal Master mean by saying this? Could it be that if our Duke’s Mansion experiences bad luck, everyone must experience bad luck, and then the entire mansion will continue to decline, without anyone having a slightly better luck to save the luck of the entire mansion?” Ning Xueyan softly smiled, her eye color faintly cold, falling on the Taoist Priest. The corner of her mouth showed a trace of undisguised mockery. 【
“I…that is not what I meant…” How dare the Taoist Priest say this, he immediately shook his hand.
“Immortal Master did not originally mean this, but this little girl has offended. Then, please Immortal Master continue the religious ceremony.” Ning Xueyan smiled politely, seeming to have truly just slipped of the tongue, pointed to the altar placed on the side, and indicated that the Taoist Priest could proceed.
The Taoist Priest didn’t expect such a seemingly skinny girl to be so strong, and her words were aggressive. For a moment, he could only hesitantly retreat. He really didn’t dare to say that the luck of the entire Duke’s Mansion could not be saved. Originally, in this kind of religious ceremony, they wouldn’t speak so definitely, there was always a turning point. Moreover, Madam Ling had already admonished him about this matter long ago.
“Grandmother…” Ning Yuling wanted to speak, but Ning Xueyan gently interrupted: “Grandmother, you can rest assured. As long as Yan’er’s luck is good, it will definitely bring good luck to the entire mansion.”
Old Madam liked to hear these words and nodded in satisfaction.
Ning Yuling, on the side, looked at Ning Xueyan with a malicious glance, lowered her head. Old Madam liked to hear good things. If she were to say other things at this time, it would only provoke Old Madam’s annoyance. Fortunately, this matter was not yet finished, and when the time came, if the matter fell on that little bitch, it would definitely make the little bitch lose her life.
Madam Ling couldn’t be too obvious at this time, lest she be suspected later, so she also stepped aside without speaking.
“Fifth Young Lady is really good at speaking. She also understands the saying of luck. In the future, Fifth Young Lady, if you have the opportunity, you must teach me, and also make my luck better.” But unfortunately, some people were not very observant. They didn’t see a trace of sharp look in Ning Xueyan’s eyes. The one who came forward to speak was precisely That, now, the dancing Concubine Xiao Xu. 】
Ning Xueyan turned her head and glanced at Xu Yulian. She saw a trace of undisguised proud look in her eyes, and the corner of her mouth showed faint, cold mockery. This one really took herself as a vegetable. At this moment, even Madam Ling didn’t mention her own luck, and she, a concubine, unexpectedly jumped out.
It is not known what promise that one gave her, so that she couldn’t quite recognize the current situation.
With shallow cherry lips, she curved a trace of cold smile, and gave a faint, cold counter-question: “Isn’t Concubine Xiao Xu’s luck already good? Could it be that you want to go further?”
A maidservant climbed into bed and became a concubine. In the eyes of some people, this was already a matter of having luck going up to the sky. If she were to go one step further, what would she become, a concubine, or a legal wife?
Not only did Madam Ling’s complexion change, but Old Madam’s complexion also sank, and she coldly glared at Xu Yulian, and severely scolded: “The horse doesn’t know how long its face is.”
Although these words did not specify who it was, everyone knew that it was referring to Concubine Xiao Xu. For a moment, many people were gloating, and all looked at Concubine Xiao Xu, who was suddenly embarrassed. Wasn’t it exactly a horse that doesn’t know how long its face is, and still thought she was of some background, and still wanted to be a formal wife?
During this time, Xu Yulian had not spared scolding people in the mansion. She was originally just Madam Ling’s maidservant. Now she was climbing above everyone, not knowing how to restrain herself, and was acting arrogantly. There were many people in the mansion who were not convinced, but during this time, Concubine Xiao Xu’s aura was too strong, and no one dared to provoke her. Unexpectedly, this time, not only was she refuted by Fifth Young Lady, but she was also scolded by Old Madam, why wouldn’t many people feel great?
Being looked at by so many people with contempt and mockery, Xu Yulian was both ashamed and angry. She subconsciously leaned to the side. Standing beside her was Ning Huaiyuan. Because he was standing behind Old Madam, he happened to be standing side by side with Xu Yulian. Sensing Xu Yulian’s unease, he turned his head, and a gentle smile appeared on his handsome face.
This smile inexplicably comforted Xu Yulian’s heart, and the atmosphere of shame and anger suddenly changed. She lowered her head. In the eyes of outsiders, it was only that she couldn’t lift her head because she was scolded by Old Madam. Only Ning Xueyan, who was standing in front of her and slightly turned to the side, saw her interaction with Ning Huaiyuan, and the blush on Xu Yulian’s face was no longer the initial anger and shame.
The corner of her mouth curved into an eerie smile, as expected, it was the same as she had expected.
Turning her head, she re-directed her attention to the Taoist Priest in the middle of the religious ceremony. She watched this Taoist Priest forcefully pointing his sword east and west, from time to time spitting a mouthful of water, but it was done in a way that looked like it was supposed to.
This religious ceremony was done and stopped, and it lasted until the evening. Old Madam and everyone in the inner courtyard had already gone to rest, and they would come out again after dinner to continue the religious ceremony.
When Ning Zuan returned to the residence, Old Madam had already told him about this matter, and she also asked him to take the Taoist Priest over later.
After dinner, the masters and servants of each courtyard did not sleep, because the news came from the front, saying that in order to see more clearly, Ning Zuan would accompany them to look at the Feng Shui of each courtyard later. It was said that there was a lot of bad luck in this mansion, and even Duke’s luck was suppressed.
Originally, this kind of Taoist Priest appearing in the backyard was very against the rules, but now it involved the important matters of the luck of several masters, and moreover, there was Ning Zuan, this master, personally accompanying them, so it didn’t count for anything.
“Young Lady, do you want to rest first, and I’ll call you later when they come?” Seeing that the sky outside wasn’t early, Lan Ning brought in a cup of tea and said to Ning Xueyan, who was reading under the lamp.
“No need, they should be coming soon.” Ning Xueyan looked up, a faint, cold smile on the corner of her mouth. Today’s goal was herself, how could they not come quickly? The so-called looking at each courtyard one by one was just an excuse. She believed that they were so anxious, how could they let her wait long.
Sure enough, as soon as she finished speaking, she heard the voices of people outside the courtyard gate, and someone was knocking on the door. Ning Xueyan, with several maidservants, came to the veranda and saw Ning Zuan, Ning Huaiyuan, Ning Huaijing, and that Taoist Priest enter. As soon as the Taoist Priest entered the door, his sword pointed at various places, and suddenly pointed at a place and said to Ning Zuan.
“Duke, that direction seems to be different. I sense that there is something that causes the Duke’s Mansion’s luck to be bad, it exists, and the killing intent is very heavy.”
“Yan’er, what is there?” Seeing Ning Xueyan come over, Ning Zuan raised his eyes and pointed to the direction indicated by the Taoist Priest.
“Father, why would there be something wrong there!” Ning Xueyan softly said, her eyes following Ning Zuan’s hand, she speechlessly said.
“Go and see.” Ning Zuan strode towards that side first, and a large group of people followed behind. Ning Xueyan, with several maidservants, followed behind them and walked towards a corner of the courtyard wall.
“It’s here, Duke, the killing intent is the heaviest here.” The Taoist Priest pointed at a place in the corner of the wall, and affirmed.
Ning Zuan went over and looked, from the outside, it really couldn’t be seen that there was anything. It was just like an ordinary place, but when looking carefully, it could still be seen that the soil had been turned over. He looked up in doubt at Ning Xueyan, and ordered: “Dig!”
Two old women had already brought shovels and went to dig on the ground. The soil was very loose, and after a few shovels, there was nothing. But there was nothing, and after digging further, it was just some soil layers, still nothing.
Standing on the side, Ning Xueyan agilely smelled a faint fragrance of a woman’s scented powder, and the corner of her mouth curved into a deep meaning smile.
The Taoist Priest was a little dumbfounded. Didn’t they say there were small cloth figures inside? Now, there aren’t! For a moment, he was a little flustered, and stretched out his hand and pointed at another corner of the wall: “Duke, over there.”
So, a group of people all moved to another place, and when they dug it out and looked at it, there was nothing again.
Next, they continued to move, and after digging all four corners, still nothing!
Cold sweat came down the Taoist Priest’s back, and the confident smile on his face couldn’t be maintained. Not far away, Ning Huaiyuan gloomily looked at the soil pits filled with dust that were dug, and then looked at the bewildered Ning Xueyan, and the gentle and refined smile on his face was a little stiff. Ning Huaijing seemed to have also realized something, looked at Ning Xueyan impassively, and whispered.
“Are you alright!”
Ning Xueyan shook her head, gave him an affirmed answer, and turned to the Taoist Priest, who was a little stunned, and gently asked: “Immortal Master, what is there here? Didn’t you say that my luck is soaring to the sky, so why is there still any bad luck here? Could it be that the few flower seeds I planted here are hindering the Duke’s Mansion’s luck?”
“The good flower seeds, it was the servants who dug the soil a few days ago, now they’re all gone.” Qingyu pouted, pointing at the few black dots that were dug out along with the soil.
Finally, she also added a sentence, “Speaking of which, Immortal Master is really accurate, knowing that we planted flower seeds in the four corners of the courtyard, one dig and it’s accurate.”
These words made the Taoist Priest’s face turn green, then white. On the side, Ning Zuan’s complexion was gloomy and very unsightly. He, a dignified Duke, didn’t sleep in the middle of the night, ran to his daughter’s courtyard, and brought people to dig in the corner of the wall, and moreover, there was nothing. How could he not be angry.
“Qingyu, don’t say that about the Immortal Master. The Immortal Master is a person with true techniques. Otherwise, how could he be so accurate? Perhaps he just made a mistake about the garden.” Ning Xueyan, however, did not join in the add insult to injury, and smiled with an elegant expression.
“Yes, yes, Young Lady is right!” Sweat was already visible on the Taoist Priest’s forehead. Upon seeing the Duke’s complexion, he knew the situation was not good, and he quickly followed Ning Xueyan’s words. He didn’t even know how to continue acting.
“Duke, something big happened at Concubine Xiao Xu’s place, you, you should go and take a look quickly.” An old woman ran over, shouting loudly.
