Xiang Yun was startled and exclaid, "Mother really intends to marry them off to those two shopkeepers?"
Madam Wu sneered, "It’s not Mother who intends to marry them off to those two shopkeepers, but your father’s idea. Mother simply recounted the whole affair to your dad. Furious upon hearing it, he imdiately ordered Mother to hasten this matter. Look, their bridal gifts are all prepared. Just wait until tomorrow morning after you get married, and they will be married off as well."
"But Aunt Xu doesn’t agree, does she?"
"Scoff, she disagrees? What is she? Just a lowly maid. Since when did the marriage affairs of young ladies beco her business to ddle in?"
Madam Wu sneered, and through the window, she shouted, "Are you all dead? When has it beco acceptable for servants to co into the mistress’s courtyard, crying and yelling? Get out!"
"Yes, Madam!"
Hearing this, the maids and old maids on duty in the courtyard imdiately went forward. So grasped at Hair, so slapped faces, and after shoving and dragging, they threw Aunt Xu out.
"She deserves it, that damn maid. Back in the days when she was favored, she never stopped backstabbing Madam. It serves her right to end up like this today!" Nanny Liu spat out of the window, appearing quite vengeful.
Madam Wu also sneered coldly. It was unclear whether she felt vindicated or sothing else, but with her daughter by her side, she refrained from elaborating to prevent stirring her daughter’s emotions.
Since Xiang Yun was going to worship Nanny Xie shortly, Madam Wu specifically instructed the housekeeper’s wife to go out and relay the ssage to the housekeeper, ordering him personally to accompany the household servants of the ho along, to prevent any accidents. Furthermore, she instructed her daughter on the things to be mindful of during the worship, rambling on about a wide range of topics before finally letting her out.
At noon, Xiang Yun had so vegetarian food and changed into plain clothes, accompanied by Cui Wen and Cui Lu, to the Western Suburb where Nanny Xie’s grave was located, preparing to pay her respects.
Nanny Xie’s grave was located on Zixia Mountain in the Western Suburb of the Capital, a very remote location. Upon arrival, Cui Wen and Cui Lu helped her climb the mountain. Undeterred, Xiang Yun personally set up incense, candles, paper horse, and fruit wine offerings in front of Nanny Xie’s grave. After paying her respects, she knelt in front of the grave and wept bitterly.
"Nanny, Yun’er is about to leave, and I won’t be able to visit you often. What should I do if I miss you? If soone bullies and you’re not by my side, who will protect ..."
The vastness of the mountain echoed only with her cries. Across the mountain col, Mo Zili listened to her sorrowful weeping, his eyes darkened, and he clenched the hands hanging by his sides tightly, his heart filled with sadness.
In his lifeti, the thing he regretted the most was killing Nanny Xie. Had he known that killing her would cause such heartbreak and such hatred towards himself, even if Nanny Xie had set the Duke Li Guo’s Mansion ablaze, he wouldn’t have struck her a single blow.
However, now it was too late to realize this...
"Who’s there?"
Xiang Yun was in the midst of crying when suddenly a loud shout ca from the foot of the mountain, followed by the sound of swords clashing.
Cui Wen scread, "Miss, it’s not good, a fight has broken out below..."
Xiang Yun hurriedly wiped away her tears and stood up in a fluster, looking down the mountain.
Indeed, at the foot of the snowy mountain, the household servants she brought were battling with a group of n in black with veiled faces. Each of the n in black was an expert with fierce and ruthless moves. Although they were not many, they quickly defeated the household servants from the Marquis of Jian’an’s Mansion and swiftly surrounded the mountain.
"Miss... run... quickly..."
Cui Wen had never seen such a scene and was so frightened that her legs went weak, her tongue tied, her body trembling uncontrollably. She was clearly unable to flee.
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