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The young dark-clothed guard standing before it still maintained a cold and indifferent expression as he stood motionless. It seemed his facial expression hadn’t changed once even during the short per...Volume 1: Smiling at the Splendor Chapter 26

Not long after, Cai Lian returned, panting heavily.

"Why are you back" Yun Qianyue turned around to ask.

Cai Lian immediately said, "Miss, the people who serve Lady Feng have already gone to the lake. They should be able to rescue the person soon; I was just worrying unnecessarily."

"Mm! It's good to worry a little. From now on, you need to worry more so that I can feel less anxious." Yun Qianyue nodded and smiled at her with a glance. In her previous life, she had been meticulous and hardworking every day without any rest, but this time since heaven had given her the chance to relive her life, she couldn't bear to continue sacrificing herself for others. She needed to live more comfortably.

"Yes, Miss just needs not to be bothered by my nagging in the future." Cai Lian nodded, yet she found it impossible to smile when seeing Yun Qianyue's grin. With Lady Jing still injured and now with Lady Feng thrown into the lake, how could she not worry about her mistress

"Don't worry about it. As long as you obediently follow me, if I have something to eat, there will be food for you too." Yun Qianyue looked at Cai Lian; her sincere smile turned into a half-smile that was neither laugh nor serious. While she trusted people, she also distrusted everyone.

Cai Lian wasn't stupid and immediately understood Lady's intentions. She hurriedly nodded and solemnly said, "Rest assured, Miss. I couldn't say that I was loyal to you before, nor did I feel close to you. But from now on, my life belongs to you. Apart from Grandma at home, you're the only person I consider family. After His Imperial Highness Prince Si attempted to kill me yesterday in the palace and you spared my life instead, I made up my mind then. As long as you don't嫌棄me, I will follow you for life without leaving your side."

"Foolish girl, don’t talk about a lifetime. A lifetime is too long. Even spouses aren't guaranteed to be together for their entire lives," Yun Qianyue smiled warmly and patted Cai Lian's head with her hand. In her previous life, she also thought that she would have been busy all her life, but hadn’t the world turned upside down in a blink of an eye

Cai Lian shook her head and said seriously, "No, I believe in a lifetime. I don't understand much about anything else or know many characters, but I believe that there is such a thing as a lifetime, and people have fated connections. Being able to serve by Miss's side is my destined fate. If I say I won’t leave Miss, it means I will never leave you for the rest of my life."

Yun Qianyue was somewhat moved but her face still wore a radiant smile. "Then don't you need to marry someone You can't marry me either! Even if I were male and could marry you, I'm female!"

"I won’t get married! If I’m not getting married, then I’ll serve by Miss's side for life." Cai Lian shook her head and firmly said, "Please don’t joke with me anymore. Even if you were a man, I wouldn't be worthy of marrying you."

Yun Qianyue noticed that Cai Lian's expression was unusual when she mentioned getting married, seeming to feel disgust and aversion. Her watery eyes also showed a deep sadness. She thought that everyone has their own story. What Cai Lian said wasn't false or a joke. It seemed her thoughts were indeed like that, so there must be some emotional knot in her heart. She patted her shoulder and didn’t want to pry into others' privacy. With a gentle tone, she said, "Alright, if you don't wish to get married, I will support you for your whole life."

Cai Lian finally smiled sincerely and said, "Miss is truly kind!"

"You are also very good!" Yun Qianyue forced a smile, revealing a bright one.

The two chatted merrily as if they had forgotten about the troubles of yesterday and today. They soon arrived at the courtyard outside of Old Eldest King's residence. There, Jade Bracelet was waiting at the door.

Cai Lian stopped talking and walked back behind Yun Qianyue in an orderly manner. Yun Qianyue gave a friendly smile to Jade Bracelet. A servant close to the old king must be capable. It would naturally not do to offend her.

"Your humble servant greets Miss Yun Qianyue!" Jade Bracelet smiled and walked up, bowing respectfully to Yun Qianyue. After straightening up, she said with a smile: "Yesterday when I heard the commotion at Yun Yue Pavilion, I wanted to go over, but was stopped by Old Eldest King. He said Miss is not like before and won’t suffer losses anymore. At first, your humble servant didn't believe it until the eldest miss injured her hand and was carried back, then I believed him. This morning, fearing that Miss might struggle to deal with Concubine Feng, I was preparing to go over when unexpectedly Miss arrived here. Now not only does Old Eldest King rest assured about this matter, but even your humble servant feels relieved that Miss won’t be bullied anymore."

Yun Qianyue saw Jade Bracelet's small mouth clatter like a machine, thinking that this old man is really as cunning as an old fox!

"Miss, please come inside! The Old Prince Wang has already gotten up; he knew you would pay your respects early today and was waiting for you!" Jade Bracelet smiled when she saw Yun Qianyue standing still.

Yun Qianyue smiled and took a step forward to enter. Cai Lian, seeing that Jade Bracelet didn’t follow her in, waited規矩地守在門外.

properly outside the door.

"You stinking brat! It hasn't even been much time since yesterday evening until today, and you've already caused so many troubles for me You still dare to come over!" Just as Yun Qianyue was about to lift the curtain, the Old Prince Wang's scolding voice came from inside.

Yun Qianyue rolled her eyes. When had she ever met this old man without getting scolded She didn’t stop lifting the curtain and first showed a討好的笑臉走了進去，笑嘻嘻地道：“您不是說有人欺負孫女的話，孫女就給打殺回去嗎？我可是按照您的指示行事的。昨日晚上和今日早上都有人欺負我，讓我都給打殺了。特意來早早給爺爺彙報情況。”

flattering smile before stepping in and said with a smug grin, "Didn’t you say that if someone bullies your granddaughter, she should beat them back I acted according to your instructions. There were people bullying me both last night and this morning, so I beat them all up. I came early specifically to report the situation to Grandpa."

"Yesterday, the elder sister and her group blocked my courtyard and bullied me. They beat my maid and wanted to beat me as well. They even said that Grandpa is an old不死的 (untranslated derogatory term). Beating my maid was one thing, but insulting Grandpa is another matter entirely. I couldn't bear it." Cloud Qianyue immediately rallied her spirits and angrily recounted yesterday's events.

"So you crippled one of her hands" The Old Eldest Prince of the Cloud Family nodded his head after listening to her.

"Yes! I did cripple her hand." Cloud Qianyue observed the old prince’s expression, but he was still her grandfather no matter how much he disliked that woman!

The Old Eldest Prince disapprovingly scolded her, "I thought you had finally grown up. Look at your little accomplishments! Such a thing that doesn't cherish his sister and insults an elder should be beaten to death with cudgels. You were lenient by just crippling one of her hands."

Cloud Qianyue made a sound like "uh" and immediately grumbled, "How dare I Unlike you, I can’t casually kill people. I merely crippled the elder sister’s hand a little bit. This morning, Feng Concubine found me with great氣勢沖沖 (untranslated term implying strong momentum or high morale). She almost executed me on the spot. If Mo Li hadn't been there, how could you have waited for my greetings"

The Old Eldest Prince snorted upon hearing this.

"Since she came to find you, how did you manage to come out now"

Yun Qianyue curled her lips, thinking that since Feng Side Concubine was still a stepmother and also the side concubine of the Prince’s Manor, she might even be an official wife with rank. She couldn't handle what she did too harshly. With a slight chuckle, she went forward to help the old prince tie his remaining buttons, whispering: "I just had Mo Li throw her into the lake… ah…" Before she could finish speaking, someone forcefully hit her head and she immediately burst into tears from pain. Was this old man hitting her too hard She didn’t want her head to explode. She held her head as she looked at the old prince with a grievance: "Grandpa, you said that whoever bullies me should be beaten back. Why are you beating me"

He spat angrily, glaring at Yun Qianyue in anger and dissatisfaction. He felt frustrated by how incapable he was of shaping her to his liking as he said, "I’m not shortchanging you when I hit you!"

"I…" When Yun Qianyue recalled Mo Li’s strange expression back then, she immediately fell silent. She really had been underutilizing him.

“What do you mean by ‘I’ Throwing a woman into the lake was all that was necessary and needed your Secret Guard to handle it” The old prince instructed her severely with his beard bristling. "You stupid girl! You give me a Lingzhi mushroom, but you use him like a blade of grass. Am I not your grandson’s grandmother You’re so dumb."

Yun Qianyue no longer felt any pain in her head as she looked at the old prince with confusion: "Secret Guard Chief"

"He is the chief of the Prince Manor Secret Guards. I assigned him to you. You stupid girl, without a mind and not only foolish but also very dull. He can crush an elephant under his feet, yet you had him step on an ant. How could that not be foolish" The old prince saw Yun Qianyue standing there blankly as he reached out to poke her forehead., “You’ll catch fish for me.”“Alright!” Yun Qianyue nodded. She was good at catching fish! She wouldn't be like that Night Light Dye who had turned out to be so terrible at it!"You'll prepare the fish...