Volume 1: Gathering Winds of Splendor Chapter 47: Acting Together

  A hint of resentment and venom flashed across Yun Ming's eyes, clearly An Xin's words had shattered her thoughts. Her original plan to die in front of An Lian Cheng to prove her innocence was now laid bare, and she could only give up. For a moment, her mind was unable to react, and she stared blankly as An Lian Cheng walked towards her.

  "Hey, Xiner sister, need any help?" Ling Yihen said with a smile, scanning the surroundings of the courtyard as he walked side by side with An Liancheng.

  "How can I run into you everywhere? Are you installing a radar on me to locate my position and track my whereabouts at any time?" An Xin looked at him with suspicion, wondering, and suddenly froze, finding Le Zheng Xi standing on the other side of An Lian Cheng. "Le Xi, how did you get here."

  Upon hearing this, Yue Zheng's warm smile on his face stiffened, and he let out a barely audible sigh. His voice was laced with helplessness as he said, "Xin Er, you wouldn't still be holding a grudge until now, would you?"

  "Shall we call it quits then? We've both made mistakes, let's just forget about it." An Xin's eyes rolled around in a circle, with a sly glint flashing at the bottom of her eyes, hinting at something else.

  "Good!" Le Zheng Xi lightly smiled, and with a glance, he saw that everyone was confused. He promised. Of course, he knew that An Xin was referring to the fact that she had dressed up as a man to go to Yi Ran Garden. Now that Ling Su Su was here, she must be busy buying off witnesses, or else if someone accidentally spilled the beans, it wouldn't be good.

  "What's going on?" An Liancheng's gaze first locked onto Ling Susu, seeing her back to him, looking at An Muxuan with a slightly furrowed brow, and asked.

  "Exactly! That's what happened!" An Xin shifted her body, and An Mochou's injured hand was suddenly exposed to everyone's eyes. An Liancheng's face changed, and he asked in a row, "Why is Dusty injured? Is the injury serious? Who hurt him?"

  Yun Mingyue's gaze had been stuck on An Liancheng, her eyes filled with infatuation, unable to tear herself away. It wasn't until she heard his string of questions that she suddenly came back to reality. Looking at his profile, she realized he hadn't looked at her once since entering, and a bitter taste instantly rose in her heart, like swallowing a whole piece of Huanglian.

  "The Princess Mingyue ordered her dark guard to kill me, and my brother was injured while trying to save me!" An Xin shrugged indifferently, his expression lazy and sleepy, but the chilling intent in his words sent a shiver down everyone's spine.

  "Where is she?" An Liancheng's gaze finally fell on Yun Mingyue's face, seeing the deep sadness in her eyes, the slight frown between her eyebrows deepened a bit, and her tone did not reveal any emotional outburst. "Mingyue, you're provoking Heart again? Didn't I instruct you that these days you are not allowed to leave Mingyue Pavilion without a reason, nor allow Susu to be unhappy? Why must you disobey orders?"

  The moonlight flickered slightly in her eyes, and she remained silent for a moment before responding softly, "If it weren't for Heart's pet injuring Second Young Master, I wouldn't have disobeyed General's orders."

  "Pet? Xīn'er's little sister, is that your little mouse?" Ling Yihen raised an eyebrow and interjected.

  He nodded slightly, pulled out the unconscious little beast from his sleeve, and showed it to Ling Yixue with a not-so-good expression before putting it back in its original place.

  "Tsk, tsk, tsk, how pitiful. I remember this mouse was the most docile one, how could it bite someone? Is someone intentionally pouring dirty water? I've only seen people plotting against each other before, but today is the first time I've seen a person and an animal being treated equally. Alas, such a person is probably no different from a beast.

  Ling Yi Hen changed his carefree smile to a sympathetic expression, sighing as he spoke. Seeing An Xin's eyes rise with a shallow smile, he felt pleased in his heart and took the opportunity to add another sentence, "Heart sister, what do you think?"

  As he finished speaking, he glanced at Yun Ming Yue's gloomy face again, the implication clear."

  Yun Mingyue saw Ling Yihen speaking while looking at her expression, his whole face was almost distorted, and with the dust on his face that hadn't been wiped clean, he looked especially stiff and ugly.

  "Who says it's not? It's just that you know me, but others don't think so." An Xin gazed at Ling Yi, who had suddenly become much more pleasing to the eye, and almost got teary-eyed. What a kindred spirit! With a pretentious expression, he sighed and lamented, "I'm not hurt or anything, after all, I'm the master of this place, it's only right that I take responsibility. But he nearly got my brother, who had nothing to do with this matter, killed! I was really angry and anxious, feeling guilty for dragging my brother into this and making him suffer!"

  An Xin took a deep breath, her voice filled with grievance. She searched both sleeves but couldn't find a handkerchief, so she had to stop in frustration. Le Zheng Xi, who was standing beside her, suppressed his smile and handed over his silk handkerchief. An Xin didn't hesitate, taking it and pretending to wipe away non-existent tears.

  "General An, you'd better give me a reasonable explanation for this matter. Otherwise, don't blame me for going to the Emperor himself! Xiao Wang just returned to the capital and was bullied like this, I won't stand for it!" Ling Yihen asked angrily, looking at An Xin's tearful face.

  An Liancheng had long since wandered off in thought, his mind preoccupied with Ling Susu and the injured An Mocheng. He hadn't noticed the conversation between the few people, but now seeing Ling Yihen's indignant expression, he raised his hand to pinch the space between his eyebrows and asked slowly, "Can someone tell me the cause and effect of this matter?"

  An Xin felt a bit more at ease seeing An Liancheng's disdainful expression towards Yun Mingyue, and his attitude towards him also improved slightly. However, the implication of anger in his words was still clear: "Don't even mention my father, I still don't understand what's going on until now. Princess Mingyue refuses to speak properly, only knowing how to fight and kill like a shrew from the streets, making people detest her!"

  "Yun Mingyue's eyes blazed with anger as she heard An Xin compare her to a shrew. She was furious and didn't care about the consequences, shouting, 'An Xin, you little slut, what nonsense are you spouting? Your mouth can twist black and white, but it can't cover up the truth!' After scolding An Xin, Yun Mingyue got up and knelt down at An Liangcheng's feet, sobbing uncontrollably. 'General, today An Xin's pet bit the second young master, and Madame cried to me for help. I was in a difficult situation because of your orders not to go out, but Madame kept kowtowing to me with the weak second young master in her arms, begging me to take action. That's when I took pity on them and had the dark guard catch that vicious little mouse, planning to wait for your return to deal with it!' Yun Mingyue paused, her eyes flashing with cold venom as she glared at An Xin before continuing. 'Later, An Xin found out about this and came in, demanding that I hand over the mouse without saying a word. I told her I would give it to you, but she wouldn't listen and even choked my neck, trying to kill me!' Yun Mingyue brushed aside the hair covering her neck, revealing a large patch of bruised skin, which was terrifying."

  "Xīn er, how did you say it?" An Liancheng merely glanced at Yun Mingyue's neck and turned to ask An Xin.

  "It was me who did it, because she almost strangled my hamster to death. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, so I had to strangle her back. Now she's still sitting there talking like nothing happened, while my hamster is already half dead. She got off easy." An Xin had a 'you're lucky and now you're acting smug' expression, which made Yun Mingyue, who was kneeling on the ground, want to grit her teeth in anger.

  Does this woman want to distort the facts? No way!

  Xin'er's sister is absolutely right, using the same method to deal with someone who uses it on you. When it comes to women who are two-faced, this is what needs to be done! The first one to echo An Xin's sentiments was always Ling Yi Hen.

  "As for the death of that guard, it's even simpler. My brother is a duke appointed by the emperor himself, and with Father's military background, now that he's injured his hand, he has to rest well in the manor, wasting precious time. I killed the thug who committed the crime, was I wrong?" An Xin's innocent face found its usual flattering expression as she smiled sweetly at Ling Yi Chen, "What do you think, Brother Chen?"

  "Ah, ah, ah..." Ling Yi Hen was immediately captivated by An Xin's gentle smile, which was as soothing as a spring breeze, and his soul was lost in her soft voice calling him "Hen Shu Ge", his heart blooming with flowers, why wouldn't he comply?

  He stared at him with a dazed smile, his eyes drifting back and forth, and couldn't help but frown slightly, saying with disdain, "Your drool is about to flow out, hold it in a bit. If Prince Ning sees you like this, I reckon he'll be furious enough to run wildly all over the capital!"

  Digression

  Today I'll write a few hundred more words, hehehe~ These past few days there have been very few comments, and Muluo is quite worried~