The Aloof Lord's Mysterious Wife
Chapter 314: Arguing with Heaven

Chapter 314: Arguing with Heaven

The several high-born ladies suddenly stood up, tongues tied, unable to speak a word.

The two of them were exceptionally handsome, like a pair of impeccably matched beings created by heaven and earth, sitting together without overshadowing each other.

Nanli, seeing them hesitate to respond, grew a bit impatient. "If you’re going to burn incense to pray to Buddha, you might as well come pray to me."

They were extremely surprised.

One of them, surnamed Xue, said, "Your Highness, you’re so amazing, you even figured out that we were going to burn incense."

Nanli rolled her eyes lightly and pointed to the servants accompanying them, carrying baskets filled with fine incense sticks.

"I don’t need to figure it out; I can tell just by looking," Nanli replied.

Miss Xue’s face turned awkward. "It does seem obvious..."

It was indeed quite apparent.

Nanli set down her teacup. "How about I read your fortunes for a thousand taels of silver?"

The few almost burst out cursing.

One thousand taels?

Even if they found a sorcerer on the street to read dozens of fortunes, it wouldn’t cost a thousand taels!

Was the Ninth Princess trying to fleece them?

But seeing Ye Siheng sitting calmly beside Nanli, they dared not utter any dirty words.

Miss Xue forced a smile. "Your Highness, you must be busy. We won’t trouble you."

Nanli was waiting for this response. She shrugged and immediately smiled, "Very well."

After resting for a while, they got back into their carriage.

Ye Siheng was curious. "Since they annoyed you, why did you ask if they wanted their fortunes read?"

"They are about to face great calamity, that’s why they encountered me here," Nanli answered. "Given this opportunity, I had to ask. But since they refused, it’s different now."

"If they’re facing great calamity, saving them should accumulate a lot of merit, further repairing your spirit pearl," Ye Siheng said.

Previously, when the flesh-eating gu was rampant in the Capital, she had saved many commoners, and the cracks in her spirit pearl had shown signs of repair again.

So Nanli deduced that it wasn’t that the spirit pearl couldn’t be repaired anymore; rather, she needed more and more merit.

Nanli also knew this was arranged by heaven, but she didn’t like to always follow the will of heaven. She said, "I can’t just blindly follow like the heavens, can I?"

These several high-born ladies didn’t have much merit in their past lives. If they could be reborn into such a good life, they should live well and cherish it.

Although they hadn’t taken lives, they had done plenty to torment others.

While she enjoyed making money and accumulating merit, she couldn’t do things against her conscience.

Boom—

But at this moment, the sky above suddenly cracked open with a fierce thunderclap!

Nanli lifted the curtain of the carriage, stuck her head out, and shouted, "What, you don’t like me cursing? Strike me dead if you dare!"

Boom! Boom!

Two more thunderclaps followed.

But the sky remained clear, showing no signs of lightning.

"I won’t go even if you thunder all day!" Nanli shouted again.

This time, there was no thunder.

Qing Feng and the Black Armor Guards were dumbfounded. Was the princess arguing with the heavens?

Was this something ordinary mortals like them could witness?

Nanli felt relieved, pulled her head back into the carriage, and saw Ye Siheng looking at her with an incredulous expression.

He said, "Before, when you casually went to the underworld, I already thought you were formidable. Now, arguing with the heavens? It makes me feel like a useless person all the time."

Nanli waved her hand. "It’s not much of a skill. It’s just annoying when the heavens take notice of me."

If not, she wouldn’t have encountered those several high-born ladies.

Ye Siheng frowned slightly. A’Li must have exceptional abilities, which is why the heavens paid special attention to her.

He was somewhat worried. "Since it’s the will of heaven, are you sure it’s okay not to intervene?"

"They won’t die; it won’t affect me," Nanli’s voice turned cold. "But they’ll taste the bitterness of life."

A person’s fate is not set in stone.

With the support of benefactors and seizing opportunities, one can easily rise to great heights. Conversely, the opposite is true.

And Nanli was the benefactor for those high-born ladies.

She understood all of this, so she set a high price, preventing them from grasping her as their benefactor. This way, their fates could change.

Ye Siheng knew her temperament and nodded. "That’s good, but it may not be the same for Beihan."

Nanli inquired and learned that these high-born ladies encountered trouble because of a collaboration between Empress Xie’s nephew and niece. This had caused a chain reaction, leading them to choose to go out and burn incense.

If something happened to them, wouldn’t this blame fall on Empress Xie’s nephew and niece?

Nanli gently shook her head. "It’s not that simple. If they didn’t invite trouble upon themselves, how could it find them? It’s ultimately karma at work."

Ye Siheng found it even more strange. "Their fates are so good? They encounter you at a critical moment."

Nanli rubbed her chin and pondered. "I could see through the others at a glance; their fates aren’t that great. But Miss Xue who spoke, her fate is surprisingly good. It’s so mysterious that even I couldn’t see through her past life. Perhaps it’s because of her that the others have this opportunity."

Ye Siheng’s expression changed slightly. "I remember now. When the girl from the Xue family was born, there were auspicious clouds and magpies circling the Xue mansion, so the head of the Xue family gave his daughter a good name."

Ye Siheng’s mouth twitched helplessly. "Her name is Xue Shengnan."

"..." Nanli rolled her eyes at this point.

Completely irrelevant!

Ye Siheng continued, "Although she was given this name, she isn’t proficient in any of the four arts or the six skills."

"You could put it more tactfully."

"Alright, to put it briefly, this Xue Shengnan is a waste," Ye Siheng said.

Nanli narrowed her eyes and suddenly smiled. "She’s plump in the upper court, flourishing in the middle court, with a sharp and spirited gaze. Whether she’s truly a waste or not, we’ll know in these next few days."

At Nanli’s words, Ye Siheng became interested and nodded.

Just as they finished speaking, the carriage came to a stop.

Qing Feng reported, "My Lord, we’ve arrived at the foot of Sanqing Temple."

Considering the terrain halfway up the mountain, the carriage couldn’t proceed further.

Both of them dismounted from the carriage.

Ye Siheng glanced indifferently at the Taoist temple halfway up the mountain, where the overlapping tree shadows gave a faint sense of solemnity.

Despite changes in the court over the centuries, Sanqing Temple remained unaffected and attracted many worshippers.

But today, it seemed destined to decline and close its doors.

He ordered, "Guard the downhill path of the temple; let no one escape."

The Black Armor Guard immediately sprang into action.

Nanli wasn’t in a rush to ascend the mountain. Instead, she flipped through her cloth bag.

"A’Li, what’s wrong?" Ye Siheng asked.

"Just making preparations in advance to prevent anyone from escaping using talismans," Nanli replied, taking out several talismans.

Using teleportation talismans, she reached various positions on the mountain and planted specially crafted talisman flags.

Returning to the stairs leading up the mountain, she flicked out a seal with her fingers. "Activate!"

A sealing spell immediately took effect.

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