The Virgin Mary in the Book: I Decide My Life with Two Swords

Cang Yue Kingdom——Langya Pavilion

After lunch, Ye Ling's first priority was to catch up on some sleep. Looking at her own bedroom in the Renzi Hall, she smiled and asked Zhuang Yi, who had just had lunch with her, "This room looks like it was decorated by Bicheng, right? It's so pink."

Zhuang Yi smiled sheepishly, "The women of Langya Pavilion are all in the back mountain. Every married couple has their own small courtyard. No woman has ever lived in the front mountain, let alone the Renzi Hall. Bicheng said that we must decorate it beautifully for you. Oh, and the bedrooms of the three of us are also in this courtyard. Feel free to let me know if you have anything to say. Of course, Brother Cai goes back to live there every night. Bicheng and I have no families, so for the time being we can only live in the Renzi Hall."

Ye Ling was very satisfied: "Okay, I understand. I might stay at Master's place at night. It's not far from Cai Yang's house."

"Okay, then you take a rest. I'll be leaving first."

While Ye Ling was taking a nap, Mo Yufeng was extremely busy and had no time to rest. He finished handing over the final matters of Tianzitang and hurried to Ganlu Hall where the sect leader lived to prepare for tomorrow's promotion ceremony.

Mo Yufeng's attendant Ma Tao couldn't help but ask, "Envoy, your wedding is only ten days away. Isn't it time to prepare for the decoration of Immortal Peak?"

"No rush, it's still not too late to start making arrangements after the tenth day. We have to complete the handover first and not let the guests laugh at us." Mo Yufeng always puts the overall situation first.

"Yes, you will take office tomorrow, and only our people will attend."

"That's why I told the old Pavilion Master to keep things simple. We're all family after all, so just a token of our respect is enough. By the way, I asked you to send someone to secretly protect the young lady. Did you do that?"

"As soon as you came back this morning and told me about it, I sent someone there. Don't worry, there will be no problem."

"That's good, go get busy!"

"Yes, I am resigning."

After noon, Ye Ling stretched lazily and walked out of the room.

Zhuang Yi came out of his room immediately: "Envoy Ye, you are finally awake. Someone is looking for you outside."

"Who is it?"

"Lord Beichen, I've been waiting in the front hall for over half an hour. I heard you didn't sleep last night and are trying to catch up on your sleep today, so I just sat there waiting and refused to leave."

Ye Ling was speechless for a moment: "He came to attend his senior brother's wedding, why did he come to my place?"

"That... I didn't ask, but you are the envoy and he is the guest. Now that he has arrived, you still have to go out and meet him."

Ye Ling came to the front hall, cursing: "Hey! King Beichen is here. I'm sorry for not coming to greet him."

"You're too polite, Envoy Ye." Seeing Ye Ling again, Nangong Chen felt a little sad.

Ye Ling sat across from him and asked, "Your Majesty, what is the matter with you?"

"It's nothing big, just visiting an old friend. This is also my first time entering the Renzi Hall," said Nangong Xuan.

"We are Jianghu people, we are very casual, unlike you officials, who can turn against us at any time."

"You are angry. The emperor has already handled your father's case, your brother has been demoted to Zhezhou, and my queen mother has passed away. Are you still holding on to this matter?" Nangong Chen asked.

Ye Ling smiled. "It was your mother who stole the imperial seal and forged the imperial edict, killing my father and 30,000 soldiers. She deserves death as a token of her guilt. Nangong Xuan, who participated in this incident, was only demoted. I want to ask Your Highness, if Nangong Xuan were an ordinary person, wouldn't he have been beheaded in public? Would his entire clan be exterminated? But he is a prince, so when he made a mistake, he was only given a few light lessons. 30,000 people! Their lives are so worthless."

Nangong Chen was silent. Ye Ling was telling the truth.

Ye Ling paused briefly before adding, "All along the way, your father and Nangong Xuan have been sending people to kill me. Are they trying to wipe out the entire clan? I believe your father still won't let me go. He's just feeling guilty."

"That's not what the emperor meant. If you give up the position of princess, your father will lose face."

"Your Highness, is what you said really reasonable? From the beginning to the end, I didn't care about being a princess. I just wanted freedom. It's just your wishful thinking. You are using your status as an emperor to pressure others. If you don't believe me, you can go and see. Putting aside this status, see how many people are truly loyal. I think there are very few people as loyal as my father," said Ye Ling.

"How could you say that?"

Ye Ling laughed. "Your Highness, let's not talk about the distant past. Let's take you for example. You always say you admire my father, but when he died, why didn't you save his daughter? I will never forget the suffering I endured on the farm. You only treated me well after you discovered I could practice martial arts. Before, you looked down on women, didn't you? I hate everyone in this world and always thought it would be better if they were all dead."

"That was not what I meant…"

"Your Highness," Ye Ling interrupted Nangong Chen, "You don't have to be so picky, because looking down on women is a common problem among all men in this world. I'm telling the truth, right? Then the question is, have you ever thought about how you came to be? You were conceived by the person you look down upon, and then born from the place you think is very dirty. You despise the birthplace of your birth into this world. If I meet such an unfilial son in the future, I will definitely kill him with my own hands. I gave him his life, so it is only right that I take it away."

"Ye Ling, why are you speaking so harshly today?"

"Your Highness, have you forgotten that we are now enemies? Your parents and brother killed my father. What else do you want from me?"

“They have been punished.”

"Has he been punished? Your Highness, that's a good point. Then can my father come back? He can't. You should know by now what the people of the world are saying about your family, right? Your Highness, I just don't understand why emperors despise their great ministers whose achievements are so great that they threaten the emperor. Isn't this like crossing the river and abandoning the donkey after it has done its work, and being ungrateful?"

Nangong Chen was speechless, he didn't know how to answer.

At this moment, the guard reported: "Envoy, a young man who calls himself Xiao Yi wants to see you."

"Tell him I'm busy and don't have time to see him," Ye Ling refused directly.

"Yes," the guard replied and left.

A quarter of an hour later, Nangong Chen left the Renzi Hall. Ye Ling still gave him face and personally went to the door to see him off.

At the same time, Ning Yongtang welcomed a distinguished guest. Su Su rushed to the door like a butterfly and hugged the other person: "Meng Jing, you are here!"

"Of course not. I told you that I would definitely watch you get married," Meng Jing said happily.

"Then you can live with me, okay? I'm very bored." Su Su was finally the one who spoke.

"No problem," Meng Jing patted her chest.

The two girls walked into the house hand in hand, chatting enthusiastically and couldn't stop at all.

Qiu Ju entered and interrupted the two of them: "Miss, there is a woman named Xiao Yuan'er. She said she is your friend and wants to see you."

Su Su was immediately unhappy, but thinking that everyone who came was a guest, she said, "You let her go and wait for the guests."

"Yes," Qiuju accepted the order.

Su Su quickly told Meng Jing about Xiao Yuaner.

The two of them then went to the living room, and Xiao Yuan'er sat there without getting up.

Meng Jing looked at me with disdain and started her venomous words: "You musician are so rude! The young lady came in and you didn't move at all. Don't you know the difference in status between you and me?"

"You, I'm a guest," Xiao Yuan'er said angrily.

"Do you still know that you are a guest? When the host comes in, even if he is a young master or young lady from a wealthy family, he has to stand up. This is the most basic etiquette as a human being." Meng Jing sat down opposite Xiao Yuan'er.

Su Su naturally sat in the main seat: "Miss Xiao, I wonder what brings you here?"

Xiao Yuan'er tried not to get angry and forced a smile: "We are friends. I know you are bored alone, so I came to keep you company. After all, Ye Sishi will be busy with her own things when she returns. There is no time to waste here."

"That's not necessary. I'm the eldest daughter of Langya Pavilion. There are a lot of people serving here, so I don't feel lonely. Besides, my close friend, Miss Meng Jing, who ranks fifth on the Langya Rich List, is here, and she came to accompany me." Su Su has been quite talkative recently. She deliberately mentioned the rich list just to make Xiao Yuan'er recognize her identity. She almost said: You are just an actor, you are not qualified to accompany me.

Xiao Yuan'er looked at Meng Jing and had to admit that she was very envious. Why were they all rich and powerful young ladies at the same age, while she was, to put it nicely, a musician performing, or to put it bluntly, a singer.

"Miss Xiao, do you have anything else to say?" Su Su sent the guest away directly.

"No, I'm just being sentimental." Xiao Yuan'er got up and left.

Meng Jing looked disgusted: "She is so rude!"

"It's okay, let's not talk about her, we..."

"Miss," a maid interrupted Su Su, "I just went to the front to get something and saw several female guests, including the second young lady and the cousin, as well as a few men, who checked in."

"What are they here for?" Su Su was a little panicked.

"What are you afraid of? This is Langya Pavilion, your territory. Don't be afraid of them. I am here and I will protect you. Don't worry." Meng Jing is absolutely reliable.

Su Su nodded slightly, still feeling uneasy.

Night fell quickly, and Ye Ling returned to the Immortal Peak. Tonight, only she, Feng Qingyang, and Jiuyou were having dinner together. Mo Yufeng had not been coming back at night recently.

Feng Qingyang was even more pleased with Ye Ling: "Girl, Old Man Su came here today to tell me about you. He almost cried."

"What? Is it about Susu's dowry?"

"Yes! You, an outsider, can prepare so well. He feels ashamed to face Su Su."

"I just feel that Susu has had a hard time. Since she is my sister-in-law, these things will still belong to our family in the end, so just buy them!" Ye Ling said with a smile.

"You're right, I'm more and more relieved about you."

"Just live your life with peace of mind. By the way, we'll start decorating Xianren Peak the day after tomorrow. I'll have the brothers from the Character Hall come over to help, and we'll make it festive."

"Great, great! I can have some fun now. Your senior brother is a man, he's very open-minded, and he doesn't have an elder to take care of him. Fortunately, I have you!"

Ye Ling was a little confused after hearing this: "Master, what you said...my sister-in-law said I was her mother, you...when you talk about elders like that, doesn't that mean I am of the same generation as you? I'm afraid my senior brother won't accept it!"

"You girl, you're taking advantage again, haha..."

Ye Ling and Jiu You also laughed. Immortal Peak was the happiest place.