vstars Chapter 377 I Will Not Die
Chapter 377 I Will Not Die
Ye Qing'an was startled to realize that she had only disguised herself in her haste, and her body was completely different from that of the real Madam Gu. If she were to take a bath, she would be easily discovered.
"No need." Ye Qing'an gently shook her head: "I feel like I can't even lift a finger right now. I just want to rest as soon as possible and take a bath tomorrow morning."
"Yes."
The maidservant quickly said, "Madam didn't eat much at the Marquis of Zhongren's residence. There should be some porridge and snacks in the small kitchen. I'll go and get some for you. Why don't you eat something before you go to sleep?"
"No need, I'm not hungry right now, I can't eat."
Ye Qing'an waved his hand: "You can all leave now, I'm going to rest."
"Yes."
The maid removed Ye Qing'an's hairpins, took off her outer robe, leaving only her inner garment, and helped Ye Qing'an onto the bed before turning off the lights in the room and leaving.
The maid went into the adjacent side room, and Ye Qing'an focused her attention on listening to the sounds coming from outside.
A short while later, they heard the old woman from before come and call the maid out.
The two were talking outside, their voices were very soft, but Ye Qing'an could hear them clearly by concentrating her spiritual power.
"Did something happen at the Marquis of Zhongren's residence today? I noticed that Madam seemed a bit off."
The maidservant hurriedly said, "Granny, you don't know, the Lady of Zhongren brought up the old matter again today, saying that she tried every means to marry the lady into the Gu family because she wanted the Gu family to help the Lord of Zhongren out of consideration for her..."
"When the lady married into the Gu family, the master was not yet in charge. After the master took over, she thought everything would get better soon. But the lady's health deteriorated, and she gradually lost the master's affections."
"They also said that the lady is too soft-hearted, doesn't know how to handle things, and doesn't know how to help her family."
"The most outrageous thing is not these things. The most outrageous thing is that the Lady of Zhongren said that if the lady is really no good, really can't keep the master's heart, and can't help the Zhongren family, then why not let the master take her youngest daughter into the family as a concubine."
The old woman frowned: "That young lady is the daughter of the late-life Marquis Zhongren, and she's even younger than the Third Miss. What's going on in her head?"
"Yes, but after all, she is the lady's mother, so the lady can't say much. But I feel that the lady is probably very angry. When we had dinner at the Marquis of Zhongren's residence tonight, I noticed that she barely touched her chopsticks."
"Sigh..." The old woman sighed, "I've met that young lady many times before. She seems to be quite cunning. I hope Madam won't be soft-hearted and agree, otherwise she'll suffer the consequences later."
"Alright, go back and serve them."
Ye Qing'an raised her eyebrows. She didn't know that this Madam Gu had experienced such an incident at the Marquis of Zhongren's mansion, which seemed to provide a reasonable explanation for her abnormality.
The outside gradually quieted down, and Ye Qing'an went to the Cloud Dreamland.
The Nine Heavens are gone.
Ye Qing'an waited where she was, and after a while, Jiu Xiao returned.
“I just went to the lake to find the Water Qilin. The Water Qilin said that there is a library in this mansion, which contains some precious magical artifacts and pills. However, it doesn’t know whether the Heavenly Spirit Pearl is in there.”
"Should we go and scout ahead first?"
Ye Qing'an shook her head: "How are the guards there?"
"I just checked, and it doesn't seem particularly secure; there aren't any barriers or anything like that. I could sneak in and then summon you over?"
"No need." Ye Qing'an pursed her lips. "That thing is definitely not in that library."
"Why?"
Ye Qing'an scoffed: "Although the Heavenly Spirit Pearl can only be used by those with the talent of the Supreme Body, there are quite a few people who covet it. Would you put something so precious, something that everyone wants, in a place that is not well guarded?"
"Of course not."
"Have you ever asked where the most heavily guarded place in the Gu residence is?"
Jiuxiao blinked: "I didn't ask, but that water unicorn was very talkative. He said that I can go to any other place in the Gu residence, but I can't go to the courtyard where Gu Hai lives, because there is not only a barrier set up in the courtyard, but also a restriction. I can't use any magic inside that barrier. It's not that using magic will be discovered, but... I can't use it."
"I heard that this restriction was set up by Gu Duo. Once you go inside, all the spells stop working."
Ye Qing'an curled the corners of her lips: "So, we have to go to Gu Hai's courtyard."
"Is the Heavenly Spirit Pearl inside?"
"Seven or eight out of ten."
"But there's a barrier inside that courtyard, and we can't force our way in. Even if we did manage to get in, there are still restrictions inside, so we can't use magic. How can we obtain the Heavenly Spirit Pearl? Should we go back first and plan our next move?"
"Let's plan this over a longer period?" Ye Qing'an narrowed his eyes: "Tonight, I must get the Heavenly Spirit Pearl, and I will definitely get it."
"Take me there!"
Jiu Xiao opened his mouth, not daring to disobey Ye Qing'an's wishes, and only sighed, his voice carrying a hint of pleading: "You must take good care of yourself. Eleven is still waiting for you to come back home. You still have great ambitions to fulfill."
"If anything happens, please remember to return to the Cloud Dreamland immediately."
After all... if Ye Qing'an was only injured, that would be fine, but what if something went wrong...
My life is over...
Then he'll have to go to the underworld with them.
He hasn't lived enough yet, and he doesn't want to die.
Jiuxiao pursed his lips, his face filled with a tragic air.
Ye Qing'an just chuckled and said, "Don't worry, I won't die."
"That's fine, that's fine."
Jiu Xiao had already toured the entire Gu residence, and led Ye Qing'an through most of the residence towards the main courtyard.
Perhaps because Ye Qing'an was staring at this face, she did not encounter any obstacles.
"Look, that's the yard over there."
Ye Qing'an stopped and squinted slightly as she looked at the courtyard not far away.
The courtyard was just an ordinary courtyard, with only a faint purple light visible hanging above it. It was probably the aura left by Gu Hai to let the people in the mansion know that he was doing well.
Where there is auspicious purple energy, there are people.
The purple aura dissipates, and the person dies.
Ye Qing'an walked slowly toward the courtyard, raising her eyes to stare at it for a long time.
"lady?"
The guard looked at Ye Qing'an with some surprise: "Why is Madam here so late?"
Ye Qing'an was only wearing an undergarment, her hair was disheveled, and her face was somewhat pale. She seemed to have just woken up from a sudden realization when she heard the guard's voice: "I just had a nightmare, I dreamt that something happened to the master..."