"I'm not eating, I'm not eating. You keep it warm for me. I'll eat it when I wake up!" Bing Lanyue was in a daze, not knowing what she had said afterwards.
In the blink of an eye, it was already past midnight. Bing Lanyue opened her eyes, rubbed her rumbling stomach, sat up, opened the curtains on the bed, and then put on her clothes while wearing slippers.
Nian Qiu and the other servant girl that was just brought in quickly put on clothes to help Bing Lanyue put on his clothes. Looking at the hours inside the drip, she said, "Miss, it's already night time, I thought you were going to sleep until tomorrow!"
Bing Lanyue yawned, then rubbed her eyes and said, "I wanted to too, but my five viscera temple inside my stomach sounded really loud, I'm preparing to sleep after eating my fill."
When she was dressed, there were already people bringing food in from the kitchen. Bing Lanyue wolfed down the food as she ate, and seeing that Nian Qiu had handed over a piece of paper, she said: "Miss, it wasn't long before you went to sleep, someone had placed this in your room. I saw that the amount was a little too large, so I stored it away so that you won't be seen by others."
Taking the paper in Nian Qiu's hands, Bing Lanyue saw the two hundred taels of silver written in the middle of the colourful looking object. So this was an ancient silver note, who gave it to him?
Bing Lanyue was busy eating, she did not think much about it, only thinking about Monarch Moli after she finished eating, two hundred gold was not even enough for him to open the hotel.
"I got it. Just leave it for now. I'll get someone to send it back to him tomorrow!" Bing Lanyue put down her tableware, wiped her mouth contently, and rubbed her already round stomach. Then, she went straight to her own bed.
Everyone cleaned up and turned out the lights to go to sleep! Yet Bing Lanyue could not fall asleep after eating her fill, and kept rolling around on the bed to roast some sesame seed cake. At this time, she heard a very thin creaking sound coming from her own window, as though it was opened by the wind.
Because it was during this period of time when a person was sleeping the most, this slight noise was not detected by anyone. However, because Sui Bao was still awake, Bing Lanyue was exceptionally vigilant towards this sound. She immediately perked up her ears and quietly opened the curtain on her bed.
Sure enough, a gap was opened in the window closest to her bed. A person was tiptoeing in to deliver something. It was long and dark, rolling on the ground and moving slowly.
Although she could not see clearly what kind of item this was, Bing Lanyue silently cursed in her heart. Someone had actually let a snake into his room.
Bing Lanyue took out a dagger from beneath her pillow, but she was unable to hold on to it. She had only seen snakes like this in the zoo in her past life, and now, he was in her room, not knowing how to make a move.
Although it was said that the snake was able to hit seven inches, Bing Lanyue was feeling even more uneasy. What if she didn't get bitten?
At this time, Bing Lanyue saw that the blanket in her hand had been calculated, so she opened the curtain and covered the blanket with it. Facing the snake that was still in the room, she shouted, "I'll stomp you to death! I'll trample you to death! "
"Miss, what are you doing?" Nian Qiu was the first one to be worried about, so she used a fire piston to light up the lamp, and watched as Bing Lanyue violently rubbed her eyes against the blanket on the ground.
Bing Lanyue felt that she had indeed stepped on a snake, she wiped the perspiration off her forehead and said: "Nothing, I just stepped on a snake, continue sleeping!"
"Oh!" Nian Qiu was still in a daze, and had not realized what kind of snake Bing Lanyue was talking about. After a while, she suddenly sat up, and just as Bing Lanyue laid down, he heard her shriek, "Miss, you said there's a snake!"
"She's dead, lower your voice!" Bing Lanyue immediately jumped off the bed and covered her mouth, afraid that her voice would wake the rest of the courtyard up.
Nian Qiu nodded her head, only then did Bing Lanyue let go, and sighed: "Tonight, keep quiet, we'll talk about it when the sun rises!"
The next morning, Nian Qiu found two bold servants to bring him in, lifted up the blanket, and saw that Bing Lanyue had stomped on the snake, causing it to tremble. The young miss of her house was not an ordinary person, she actually stomped on a cobra like that, she could vaguely remember that the young miss was barefoot.
Bing Lanyue yawned and opened her hazy and sleepy eyes. Seeing the snake that she had trampled flat looking at him in death, Bing Lanyue swallowed her saliva and said, "Go find me a rope and tie this snake up for me. I want to use it tonight."
"Miss, this thing is so disgusting …" Nian Qiu looked at the flattened snake, and was truly unwilling to watch any more.
Bing Lanyue shrugged her shoulders and said, "I just want it to be disgusting. If it's not disgusting, I would not want it!"
Although Qing Qiu didn't know what kind of medicine her young miss was hiding in her gourd, she still put the snake in a small box as per her orders. Her entire body shivered as she swore to herself that she wouldn't take a second look.
Bing Lanyue arrived at General's Estate's library after eating breakfast. This place was where General's Estate gathered all the books, and they were all books that Grandpa Bing Lanyue's generation had saved up. There were all kinds of books here, but they were all just for decoration.
Because General's Estate was a home for martial artists, there were very few people who read books, so there was only a layer of dust on the floor of the study building, and very few people would flip through and clean it. Bing Lanyue walked to the dance music section and started to rummage through, hoping to find some inspiration from the ancient dances to wish the Matriarch a birthday.
"Miss, Concubine Lin clearly has ill intentions, why are you still following her request!" Qing Qiu watched Bing Lanyue flip through the books worriedly while helping him to clean the dust on the books.
Bing Lanyue closed one book, conveniently picked up another, then slowly said: "If a dog is chasing after you and wants to bite you, running is useless, what you need is to find a stick or brick and smash it directly down, to make it fear that you will escape."
"Miss, you mean to have the Concubine Lin dispel her own schemes against you? "How is this possible!?" Qing Qiu had been very familiar with the Concubine Lin for many years. This woman had a set of methods to manage her family, if she were to decide on a matter, she would not rest until she had achieved her goal, so how could she give up so easily?
"Nothing is impossible, just watch!" Bing Lanyue snapped her fingers, and said full of confidence. Her eyes brimming with happiness, she then continued to flip through the books in her hands. Unexpectedly, the music from the ancient times was also not bad.
"Madam, I'll go and confirm it early in the morning, there's no movement from Bing Lanyue's side. She went to the study room after lunch, and only returned after dinner, I went to take a look, and saw that there were dancing music books on the table. It seems like the young miss is preparing to dance for the Old Ancestor." The servant reported everything she saw and heard to the Concubine Lin with a flattering expression.
"Watch her closely. That snake is in her room. Sooner or later, it will bite her life!" Concubine Lin's eyes showed a hint of ruthlessness as he tightly gripped the handkerchief in his hand.
After two consecutive days, Bing Lanyue stayed in the library after having her breakfast, read books, and then went back to sleep and eat. Her days were exceptionally peaceful and leisurely.
Upon entering the courtyard, Matriarch called Bing Lanyue to sit down, the light in her eyes had completely swept away the haze surrounding Bing Ruolan's death, and she started to chat with the elders of the families around him.
She meekly served the tea to Matriarch, tested the temperature, and then passed it to the grandmother beside his: "Grandmother, drink some water!"
"Little girl, why are you so solicitous today? Don't tell me you have something to request of this old woman?" Matriarch took the hot tea from Bing Lanyue's hand and tasted it.
Bing Lanyue had a obedient look, she lowered her head and said, "Truly, nothing can be hidden from you, Sir. My granddaughter is currently not paying attention for a single thing!"
"Oh? "What is it?" The old granny looked at Bing Lanyue with her bright eyes. Would Bing Lanyue have something she couldn't decide? Hehe, I just want to borrow an old woman like her to be my weapon.
Gently holding the old granny's arm, Bing Lanyue smiled sweetly: "Grandmother, it will be your birthday in a few days, Concubine Lin has sent me some notes to please you, I've been preparing in the library for the past few days, but although you're happy, but I'm not the one who came up with the idea, at that time, if you receive a reward and don't have a Concubine Lin to offer to you, your granddaughter will feel guilty, so I hope that Matriarch can take charge. At that time, if it's my gift and your kind intentions, you'll even be rewarded by me and Concubine Lin."
Matriarch's eyes looked at Ice Blue as he thought to himself, "Does this little girl really want to share the reward with me, the one with the surname Lin?" I'm afraid it would be more proper if we were to be punished together!
"Alright, alright, alright. I will do it right away. Your two aunts can bear witness here." With a smile on his face, he called to Concubine Lin, who was still busy cooking at home, and gave her a brief summary of her intentions before letting her go. She did not let her say a single word.
Bing Lanyue looked at her grandmother with a grateful gaze, and then smiled slightly as she politely sat down until the dinner was over. The maid endured the pain of the lanterns as she helped him walk along the bluestone path, preparing to enter her own courtyard.
"Yue Er, hold it!" The Concubine Lin's voice came from behind him. Bing Lanyue pretended not to hear him and continued to walk forward, only stopping after hearing a few more shouts.
She smiled and said, "It's all my fault. I drank a few mouthfuls of hot wine from my ancestor. Now, my head is getting more and more muddled."
Madam Lin was panting after Bing Lanyue, and because she did not bring the servant girl along with him, she was hit by the fake mountains in several places on her body. It was so painful that it was difficult for it to flare up, so she said magnanimously, "It's alright, your alcohol tolerance is understandable."
"Aunt, why did you call me here?" Bing Lanyue rubbed her temples, a pair of eyes glittering, she did not look drunk anymore, borrowing the moonlight to look as beautiful as the stars.