She Holds the World After Being Reborn
Chapter 38 So it turns out, the Commandery Princess is supervising the work

Chapter 38: Chapter 38 So it turns out, the Commandery Princess is supervising the work

But today’s affairs were far from over.

When Madam Sun emerged from the prayer hall, the news she received was that the eldest daughter had brought people to block off the old lady’s courtyard.

Indeed, Yan Wanqing didn’t wait for the second aunt to bring the old lady over to point fingers and accuse; she took the initiative and had the servants surround the old lady’s courtyard in a circle.

She sat comfortably on a chair moved from Cong Huan, behind the courtyard walls, under a ginkgo tree filled with yellow leaves, leisurely drinking hot tea.

Inside that courtyard, the mood wasn’t nearly as pleasant.

"Yan Wanqing is really out of line. How could she commit such an act? It’s simply a matter of not putting you, the Dowager Lady of the Township Manor, in her eyes," the second aunt fanned the flames while twisting her handkerchief.

The dowager was considerably upset, leaning heavily on her dragon-head cane.

"Complete chaos, utter chaos! This damn fool, just as unruly as she was back in the day!"

The second aunt was puzzled, "After all, as the legitimate eldest daughter of the Township Manor, how did she develop such an arrogant and domineering personality? One would be hard-pressed to find a second one like her in the Capital City."

All the way there, she heard that the Commandery Princess Anping was a cold and detached person, but it was only upon arrival that she realized the rumors had done her a disservice. If she had known Yan Wanqing was such a vengeful person, how could she possibly have harbored so many thoughts?

However, she was not very frightened, for the old lady was on her side. No matter how brazen Yan Wanqing was, could she really defy the overarching principles of loyalty and filial piety?

What a joke!

That would be a disgrace that would last through the ages.

Does this little girl not wish to marry in the future?

While the second aunt’s mind was racing, the old lady finally spoke.

"She was the one who dared to go to the battlefield at the age of ten, accustomed to bloodshed and slaughter. You see her now like a Bodhisattva, but have you ever witnessed her killing in cold blood? At that time, she was only twelve years old..." The dowager was immersed in those past memories, and they remained as vivid as ever.

"Kill!" The second aunt was stunned, "At twelve years old, just about the size of Xiaoliu, and she dared to kill? But why now she..."

"It was on the way back from outside; for some reason, she ran into an assassination attempt. I still remember it was pouring rain that day, the ground was slick with blood, and in the midst of the rainstorm, she killed every one of her assassins..." The dowager’s hoarse voice recounted the past events while the second aunt felt a chill down her spine, yet the old lady was lost in her own recollections, "If it had not been for the severe injuries she sustained on the outside that year she came of age, perhaps this monkey really would have turned the heavens upside down. Alas..."

"Alas?" The second aunt covered her mouth as if she wanted to scream, the one blockading the door was a demon who dared to kill at the age of twelve—was she not just courting death by offending her? "Luckily she was injured, otherwise would I still be alive now?"

She certainly didn’t want to have her throat slit by Yan Wanqing’s sword.

The old lady despised her for making a fuss, "What are you panicking about?! This is the Capital City, at the foot of the Emperor. You are her second aunt; could she really barge in and kill you?"

The second aunt didn’t dare to speak.

The dowager narrowed her eyes and tried to discern the figures moving outside through the window, but her advanced age made it difficult to see clearly.

"Help me see, has someone come?"

The second aunt hurried over to look, and indeed, someone had come.

"It seems to be a man."

The dowager, squeezed aside by the second aunt, became angry and slapped her forcefully on the back, "Be obedient lately, and wait until An’an arrives in the Capital City, then you will be safe. Whatever this monkey does, she still has to give some respect to her Second Uncle."

The second aunty, smacked, paid no attention to the pain, "Mother, what about the plan we discussed before?"

The dowager huffed with impatience, "I’ve already said, wait until An’an comes, and you and your husband move in, then we’ll discuss it." Suddenly, something else came to her, "Also, send a word to that rascal Cailiang, tell him not to get too close to his cousin."

The second aunt nodded hastily, but her gaze inadvertently drifted outside, where the man seemed to be saying something to Yan Wanqing. However, due to the distance, she couldn’t hear clearly.

"She’s also nineteen this year, extremely beautiful, and of noble status. Why hasn’t she been married off until now?" The second aunt asked, puzzled, having heard not a whisper of it over the years.

Upon hearing this, the dowager thought of some past events and sighed deeply.

"If it weren’t for the incident the year she came of age, that monkey was also destined to become the Crown Princess Consort... What a pity, such a pity..."

Thinking of this matter, the elderly matron couldn’t help but clasp her wrist and sigh with regret, "It’s all destiny."

Aunt murmured under her breath...

The Crown Princess Consort?

Yan Wanqing?

"That’s all matters among the elders; she doesn’t know, and you’d better not let it slip. Otherwise, if you’re blocked at the door again, I won’t have the leisure to rescue you." The elderly lady yawned, and the nursemaid by her side hurriedly stepped forward to assist her, "Alright, I’m off to rest; you should leave too after a while."

After the elderly lady entered the inner room, Aunt stayed by the window, watching.

She watched under the ginkgo tree, Yan Wanqing having a pleasant conversation with a man, and an inappropriate thought arose in her heart.

On her side, Yan Wanqing showed no intention of sending the man away.

She looked at the handsome young man in front of her with a subtle feeling in her heart, "Why does the Young Marquis have the leisure to visit all of a sudden today?"

Huai Yu handed the pastries he was holding to the maid behind her, smiling, "I heard that this place’s pastries are quite delicious, and thinking you might like them, I took a detour on my way back to bring them to the Commandery Princess."

"This..." Yan Wanqing was momentarily at a loss.

Realizing how his words could be misunderstood, Huai Yu quickly explained, "Commandery Princess, please don’t misunderstand. My actions were unintentional, without undue thoughts. I simply felt a kinship upon our first meeting and wished to be friends with the Commandery Princess, nothing more..."

His explanation was flustered and awkward, and seeing this, Yan Wanqing couldn’t help but smile.

"Young Marquis need not be nervous. I have no other thoughts. Marquis is innocent and unconstrained by trivialities. If I could be a friend to the Marquis, it would be a great joy in life," Yan Wanqing said without equivocation.

Only then did Huai Yu breathe a sigh of relief. He indeed had no other motives; he merely wanted to make a friend. After all, in the Capital City, he was a stranger in a strange land, and more friends meant more paths. Moreover, Yan Wanqing gave him a very special feeling. To be friends with such a person was all to his advantage and no harm.

"Then I thank the Commandery Princess."

Yan Wanqing chuckled, "Are you still so formal with a friend?"

With that said, the two exchanged smiles.

The atmosphere immediately became much warmer, and Huai Yu asked the question he’d wanted to ask upon arrival, "Why are there so many people gathered around that courtyard?"

Yan Wanqing turned to look at the tranquil courtyard, knowing that Aunt could not possibly come out today.

She couldn’t actually search the elderly lady’s courtyard and drag Aunt out.

It wasn’t that she couldn’t do it, but the aftermath would be too troublesome.

So, she pondered and said to Huai Yu, "I felt that the walls of this courtyard weren’t very attractive, so I had the servants repair them."

Huai Yu nodded, taking her words at face value, "So that’s it, the Commandery Princess is supervising the work."

"Exactly," Yan Wanqing nodded.

As they spoke, Lady Sun hurried over upon receiving the news and, from a distance, saw a man. Squinting her eyes, she said, "Help me take a look; that man looks familiar."

The maid beside her looked carefully and laughed, "That’s the Young Marquis from the Northern Border, whom the lady met at the Southern Mountain."

"Are they having a pleasant conversation?" Lady Sun saw that her daughter was smiling.

Thinking about it, she turned back, the maid puzzled, "Are you not going to intervene, my lady?"

Lady Sun shook her head, "Let the young people chat for a while; I’ll go see Auntie Song first."

She wasn’t really worried Yan Wanqing would do anything too inappropriate, especially with Huai Yu there. There was no reason for her, a mother, to meddle in their affairs. As for her thoughtless sister-in-law, who liked to stay in the elderly lady’s room, let her stay there! When her younger brother-in-law arrived, she would settle scores after the autumn harvest.

Otherwise, wouldn’t these people really think she had spent years reciting scriptures and had become compassionate as a result?!

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