"This matter must not be mentioned again! As for Di Lanmo, Mother will find a way. You can't outwit her. Don't act recklessly anymore!"
"But..."
Mrs. Lin snapped sharply, "Are you not listening to Mother?"
Di Tingyu took a deep breath. A flash of killing intent crossed her eyes, and she replied, "Yes!"
...
Fengxi Courtyard.
"Why does the young lady lock herself in the room as soon as she comes back?" a young maid sweeping the floor asked Qiuyue. "Sister Qiuyue, why don't you go in?"
Qiuyue gave the young maid a cold look. "Mind your own business! Just do your work!"
The young maid stuck out her tongue and quickly backed off.
Today, the young lady was so angry after hearing the rumors outside that she didn't even eat dinner before going to see the madam. When she came back, although she didn't lose her temper, but...
Remembering the cold aura around the young lady all the way back, Qiuyue looked at the dark room and sighed worriedly.
"Qiuyue."
Hearing the young lady finally call her, Qiuyue quickly stepped forward, opened the door and went in. "What are your orders, young lady?"
"Go and prepare a set of black clothes and a veiled hat for me. Also, bribe the old woman guarding the back door. I'm going out of the mansion." After a pause, she added, "Don't mention this to Father and Mother!"
Di Tingyu's tone was calm, but Qiuyue felt as if she was soaked in ice. She shivered and replied, "Yes! This servant will go right away!"
It was a dark and stormy night, the time for murder and arson.
In the silent night, there came a creaking sound.
The side door of the general's mansion opened a small crack, and a slender figure slipped out like water through the crack.
The figure looked around furtively like a thief. After making sure no one had noticed her, she quickly walked in one direction.
The person wrapped tightly in black gradually merged into the night and disappeared.
It was just dawn, and the sun had not yet risen.
Di Lanmo opened her clear and bright eyes. Even after marrying into the Prince Qin's Mansion, she would never allow herself to be lazy!
The twenty - year life of living on the edge of a knife in her previous life had made her firmly believe that only she could be trusted!
Sleeping in? That was impossible!
Di Lanmo leaped up and quickly tied up her wide cuffs and thighs, making herself a tight - fitting outfit for easy movement. This was what she had been doing for many days!
It wasn't that she couldn't make a new set. It was just that she didn't want to cause unnecessary trouble in the general's mansion before. But now that she was in the Prince Qin's Mansion, she could consider it!
As the saying goes, the morning is the most important part of the day. The air in ancient times was fresh without industrial pollution. Di Lanmo took a long breath and began to warm up.
She did leg presses, chest expansions, waist stretches and jumping in place...
After a series of exercises, the secret guards hiding in the trees blushed.
Although they had known from the princess's actions in the past two days that she was rather "immoral", since the prince didn't care, they could only turn a blind eye.
After Di Lanmo finished her warm - up exercises, she felt a warm current flowing through her body. She nodded in satisfaction.
She took a long stride and started her morning run.
Wherever she passed, there was a commotion of chickens flying and dogs jumping. The inexperienced secret guards still couldn't get used to the princess's strange behavior. As the leaves rustled, they fled one after another.
Something's wrong! There's killing intent!
Di Lanmo stopped suddenly. A sharp killing aura flashed in her eyes, cold and intimidating.
A hurricane came from behind. Di Lanmo dodged the attacker's blade like a puff of green smoke.
Seemingly surprised that the rumored delicate young lady had such skills, a look of surprise flashed in the attacker's eyes. Then he regained his composure and his eyes turned fierce.
He leaped into the air, holding the long knife in his hand and pointing it directly at Di Lanmo's neck.
The wind from the knife seemed to carry the smell of unwashed blood.
Di Lanmo moved like the wind, twisting her body and dodging. She appeared behind the attacker like a ghost. She grabbed his stiff shoulder with her jade hand and exerted a sudden force.
"Ah—"
With a clank, the attacker's knife fell to the ground. His right hand had been broken by Di Lanmo!
Di Lanmo stepped on his neck. The assassin felt as if a thousand - jin weight was pressing on him. As long as she exerted a little more force, his head would be separated from his body on the spot!
"Speak! Who sent you?"
The assassin was quite determined. He snorted and turned his head to the side. "It's an assassin's principle not to betray the buyer. Since I've been defeated, my life and death are up to you!"
Who hasn't been an assassin? In this line of work, the one who pays is the boss!
Di Lanmo didn't make things difficult for him. She just said, "I'll give you double the price. Do to your buyer what your buyer wanted you to do to me. Come to me to collect the money after it's done. How about it?"
The assassin thought for a moment and asked, "The buyer wanted me to rape and then kill. Do you want me to do the same? And the buyer gave me five hundred taels of silver!"
"Rape and then kill? Your buyer is so vicious!" Di Lanmo automatically ignored the fact that double of five hundred taels was a thousand taels. She thought about who could hate her so much. Apart from Mrs. Lin, it could only be Di Tingyu.
And only Di Tingyu could come up with such a stupid idea!
Di Tingyu was so vicious. Di Lanmo wanted to retaliate in kind. However—
"Rape is unnecessary. I can't do such a disgusting thing." Di Lanmo sneered. "Just kill her directly. It'll save her from getting in my way again!"
"..."
The assassin was momentarily speechless. With his life still in someone else's hands, he was still thinking about whether rape, killing or rape - then - killing was more vicious.
After the assassin left after receiving the order, Chu Zhiyan finally arrived.
Seeing Di Lanmo standing there safe and sound, Chu Zhiyan took a few deep breaths to calm his nerves before stepping forward.
"Where's the person?"
"Um, I sent him away!" Di Lanmo turned around and continued running.
Chu Zhiyan quickly caught up. "Why did you let him go this time? Didn't you kill him directly last time?"
Thinking of the information she had just inferred, Di Lanmo smiled and said, "Because I found that it's more suitable to let him go back and retaliate in kind than to kill him. So I promised him double the price, a thousand taels! Let him go back and do this good business!"
"A thousand taels?" Chu Zhiyan looked at the running woman in front of him and said playfully, "Where did you get the money? The general's mansion didn't give you a dowry!"
Di Lanmo stopped suddenly. The confident smile on her face froze.
Damn it! She was so focused on looking cool and getting revenge that she forgot she was penniless!
She turned to look at Chu Zhiyan, who was still staring at her waiting for an answer. She gritted her teeth and thought: Such a petty person!
Chu Zhiyan coughed lightly to break the awkward and suffocating atmosphere. He gave Di Lanmo a way out.
"How about this? I'll pay the money for you. How about making a deal?"
"What deal?" Di Lanmo raised her chin. The rising sun cast a golden glow on her face. Her eyes were more dazzling than the bright morning glow!
Chu Zhiyan's eyes flickered. He suppressed his thoughts and said with a low laugh, "You refused to go to the palace with me last night. Let's make this the deal. Tonight, shall we go together?"
Di Lanmo wanted to refuse, but she couldn't. After all, she had to take someone's money.
Don't say that she and Chu Zhiyan were husband and wife. In her eyes, they were just business partners.
His was his, and hers was hers.
So—
"Okay! It's a deal!"