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After Qu Ling heard this, he suddenly remembered that the woman in front of him was not only his love rival, she was also Murong Yan's blood sister.

She pretended to seriously think for a moment and said: "Maybe it is because of my beauty, maybe it is because of my intelligence, or maybe it is because of my temperament."

Murong Shan, "..."

In all her travels in the martial arts world, she had never seen such a narcissistic girl.

Seeing that she did not make a sound, Qu Ling continued to speak while grinning: "Since I am so kind, then I will not bother about you stealing my vegetables!"

She didn't care about the issue of stealing vegetables, but she still cared about the issue of robbing men.

After all, Xiao Jingyue was much more precious than that herb.

Murong Shan choked for a while, then said with a fake smile: "Then I really have to thank you for your magnanimity."

Qu Ling nodded, "You're welcome."

Murong Shan, "..."

'Such a shameless girl, I'll forgive her for not liking her! '

At this time, the butler's voice came from outside the door.

"Madam, there's a girl outside claiming to be sent by the third young master. She's holding a keepsake from the third young master and says that she wants to see you. She has something important to give you with her own hands."

The butler belonged to Murong Qing, and had called him Third Young Master.

Qu Ling and Murong Shan looked at each other, and Qu Ling asked: "Where is he now?"

The butler replied, "He's still waiting outside the door."

If not for the circumstances, Qu Ling would have definitely went out to see who it was.

But right now, not only was she unable to go out, even Murong Shan, who had promised Xiao Yi to stay behind and guard her couldn't go out either.

Qu Ling thought for a while, then said: "Bring the person to the side chamber first, I'll go there later."

The butler retreated.

After they left, Murong Shan asked: What is it that Ah Wu wants to give you?

Qu Ling had a strange expression on his face as he replied, "How would I know?"

She never asked Murong Yan for anything, how would she know what he wanted to give him?

Moreover, the city gates of Tong Huai Manor had already been closed, so how did that girl come in? Or was he waiting in the city for her if he had known she would come?

An hour later, Xiao Yi finally prepared the bath barrel.

Qu Ling chased away Murong Shan and comfortably took a bath. After changing into a clean set of clothes, he led Xiao Yi to the side hall.

Murong Shan, who had been chatting with the lady in the side hall for a while, opened his palm and revealed a jade pendant, and said: "This is indeed a keepsake for Ah Wu."

Qu Ling glanced at the jade pendant, he did not see any pattern, and directly asked the lady: Miss, do you have something to give me?

"Yes." The woman nodded her head lightly. She took out a small porcelain jar from her sleeve and placed it in front of Qu Ling with both hands, "Third Young Master ordered this little girl to come to Tong Huai Palace to wait for Madam, and to personally hand this thing to Madam."

Qu Ling did not immediately receive it, and asked suspiciously, "Tong Huai Palace had already closed their city gate, how did you get in?"

The woman said, "I grew up by the river. I know a lot about water. I swam in from the moat."

Qu Ling revealed an "I see" expression and was about to go get the small porcelain jar, when Xiao Yi suddenly called out: "Madam!"

Qu Ling paused for a moment, glanced at him, and awkwardly retracted his hand.

Xiao Yi stepped forward and received the small jar from the woman. Just as he was about to open it to examine it, the woman quickly stopped him, "Third Young Master specifically told me not to open the jar as you wish."

As he finished speaking, he suddenly thought of something and hurriedly took out a letter from his bosom, handing it over with both hands. "This is the letter that Third Young Master ordered me to give to Madam personally."

Xiao Yi took it, and only passed it to Qu Ling after confirming that there was nothing wrong with it.

Qu Ling opened it and took out the letter.

Looking at the handwriting, it was indeed Murong Yan's.

The letter was not long, and after sweeping through it, Qu Ling kept the letter and said to the lady: Thank you Miss, I will take the letter.

"Madam, there is no need to thank me. This is my duty."

With that, the woman didn't linger and quickly left.

The butler went out to see her off.

Not long after, only Qu Ling, Murong Shan and Xiao Yi were left in the side hall.

Murong Shan asked: "What did Ah Wu say?"

Qu Ling did not answer, but instead looked at Xiao Yi with a puzzled gaze and pointed at the small porcelain jar in his hand, purposely trying to scare him: "What is inside is a Gu Worm, you must not open the bottle, otherwise, if the Gu Worm enters your body by mistake, I will not be able to cure you."

When Xiao Yi heard this, his entire body tensed up and his hair stood on end.

After following Xiao Jingyue for so many years, Xiao Yi finally understood what kind of sinister thing Gu Worm were.

If he could, he wouldn't even want to see it.

Murong Shan asked again: "What Gu Worm?"

"This …"

Qu Ling winked at her mysteriously, "This is a Gu Worm that can only bring someone back to life."

At that time, she had casually mentioned to Murong Yan, "If only I had a living Gu Worm to study, that would be great". She didn't expect Murong Yan to actually remember this in his heart and sincerely give her a piece.

Murong Shan still wanted to ask, but he waved his hand and said: "I'll tell you in detail when my mood is better. I'll go back to my room to rest first."

Her stomach still hurt and her waist was sore. She didn't want to stay here for a quarter of an hour. She just wanted to go back and sleep.

After Murong Shan heard this, he did not pursue the matter any further. He rolled his eyes at Qu Ling and left the side hall first.

Qu Ling ignored her and went back to his room to sleep while yawning.

As night fell, Xiao Jingyue returned.

Standing outside the door, he patiently listened to Xiao Yi report what had happened today. He pushed open the door and entered. After passing through the screen, he looked towards the bed.

The woman who should have been sleeping soundly was now awake, sitting on the bed, holding her cheek with one hand in a daze.

Xiao Jingyue walked to the side of the table and was about to pour a cup of water, when he suddenly saw a cloth bag on the table. He curiously grabbed onto one of the items and asked: "What is this?"

Qu Ling regained his senses and turned to look at him.

When he clearly saw what was in his hand, his little face suddenly flushed red.

He got off the bed in a hurry and ran over barefooted. He snatched the thing away and hid it behind his back while mumbling, "It's nothing."

"Why did you choose not to put on your shoes?" Xiao Jingyue chided unhappily, he bent over and carried her, then walked over to the bed.

He gently placed her on the bed and lifted up her slightly cold foot. He placed it on his knee and warmed both of his hands for her.

Qu Ling lowered his head, and hid the thing behind him with both hands, the blood still on his face.

Humans were creatures that were more curious the more they were silent, Xiao Jingyue did not plan to investigate further, but seeing her strange reaction, he suddenly became curious.

After a moment of silence, he suddenly called out, "Madam!"

Qu Ling raised his head in confusion.

Xiao Jingyue took the chance and reached behind her, taking the thing from her hand, while looking at it he asked: "What is this?"

"Give it back to me!"

"Madam, please answer your husband first. What is this?"

"Nothing."

"Hmm?"

Qu Ling pursed her lips, and after a long while, she squeezed out a word while grinding her teeth with a red face: "Used as a butt cushion, bring about Yue 's incident!"

Xiao Jingyue, "..."

After recovering from his shock, a trace of awkwardness appeared on his face, and a faint pink color appeared on his ears.

Before getting married, he had never seen a woman he was close to before. He had only accidentally seen this kind of thing many years ago in the Southern Guarding Prince Palace.

When he married Qu Ling later on, perhaps she hid it too well, he had never seen it before so he couldn't immediately recognize it.

Qu Ling took back Moon Slaughter Devil Nest and hid it behind him once more.

An awkward atmosphere silently spread between the two of them.

But in the end, the General Xiao was still a General Xiao, and the faint pink on her ears quickly faded away.

He shifted his gaze away and calmly changed the topic. "When I went out today, I heard that there was something strange."