beauty bible

Chapter 319
When Shen Youyou came back, Li Ling had already had lunch.

The lunch in the Anping Marquis Mansion tastes surprisingly good. Li Ling thinks that this is probably the skill of the top chef in the palace!
Because Jinlin City was overcrowded and there was a shortage of food in the city, the cook in the mansion did not set out a whole table of delicacies for Li Ling, but only served three dishes, one soup and a bowl of white rice.

With just three dishes and one soup, Li Ling couldn't stop eating, and ate everything on the table.

Li Ling praised the skillful hands of the cook to the blue-clothed guard beside him.

The blue-clothed guard showed a sigh in his eyes, and said: "It is her blessing to be appreciated by the master. It's just that the subordinates can't help but feel wronged and distressed by the master. Such simple and crude food is worse than It’s less than two or three tenths of Miss Yoyo’s daily meal, but now it’s extremely delicious in the mouth of the master... I don’t know how much the master has suffered in the past.”

Li Ling felt more and more strange when he heard the sincerity of the guard in blue.

This tone of "It turns out you had such a bad life before, I really feel wronged to you" is really strange.

It's just... It's like coming to recognize relatives!

Li Ling was slightly startled and looked at the guard in blue. For the first time, she remembered what Aunt Qian had said about her grandfather.

Aunt Qian once said that Li Jingjing's grandfather was a powerful figure in the previous dynasty, and there were still hidden subordinates - could it be that this group of people was brought by Shen Youyou?
Thinking of Aunt Qian, Li Ling hesitated.

If the group of people brought by Shen Youyou were really Li Jingjing's grandfather's old subordinates, should she keep them?
Back then, she and Aunt Qian were not living comfortably in the Li family. Li Ling relied on Aunt Qian and thought that if she had such a group of subordinates, maybe she and Aunt Qian would be able to live a comfortable life.

But now it's different.

Aunt Qian is dead.

Aunt Qian was their real master, so it was only right to have their loyalty.

Perhaps, in the eyes of outsiders, she is Li Jingjing, Aunt Qian's daughter, and the young master of this group of people, but Li Ling knows that she is not Li Jingjing.She is Li Ling who traveled through because of a blood-red bracelet.

She had won the loyalty of these people in vain, and Li Ling deserved it.

But if Li Ling was asked to tell, she was a person who traveled from another world, but Li Ling was unwilling to say it.

So far, Li Ling didn't want to tell anyone about such a secret matter.

This made Li Ling have a hard time.

She was not Li Jingjing, but she didn't want to say anything about it.

Li Ling sat in the main hall, holding a cup of warm tea in one hand, but remained motionless, thinking blankly.

"Master Hou!" Shen Youyou quickly stepped into the main hall, and saluted Li Ling.

Li Ling raised his eyebrows, put down the teacup in his hand, and looked at Shen Youyou: "How is it?"

Shen Youyou said: "Master Hou, Youyou went to check, and it was true that Mrs. An died of illness on the way to move the capital. Youyou went to check, and An's never entered Jinlin City. Youyou went to ask the soldiers who moved the capital back then, An's did die of illness on the way."

Li Ling shook his head slightly: "He died quite early."

Things are hard to fathom.

When Li Ling thought about killing Li Jingshu many times, he seldom thought of killing An's, not because Li Ling didn't want to kill An's, but in Li Ling's view, killing An's was not difficult.

But in the end... Such an enemy was already dead before she knew it.

Li Ling was silent for a moment, then turned to look at Shen Youyou: "Yuyou, I didn't want to take care of chores, but...you still have to give me an explanation for this person from Anping Houfu."

There was a smile on Shen Youyou's face, and she put her hands on her waist with a smile, and leaned towards Li Lingfu, pretending to be a little girl: "Youyou must know everything that Hou Ye wants to know."

Li Ling nodded: "Then tell yourself."

Shen Youyou stood up straight and looked at Li Ling with a serious expression on her face. She looked at Li Ling: "Master Hou... guessed it?"

Li Ling leaned back and leaned on the back of the chair: "Are you Aunt Qian's people?"

Shen Youyou blinked: "Master Hou... Didn't your mother tell you about your life experience?"

Li Ling's eyes showed the color of memory.

Once, one night, she and Aunt Qian huddled under the quilt, listening to Aunt Qian tell her stories in detail.

Aunt Qian had a kind face, and her words were soft and affectionate towards her. Xiao Chao sat on the wooden table, listening to them with a smile.

In the small wooden house, the lights were dim.

Such a memory picture seems like a world away.

At that time, she was powerless.

Now, her martial arts are enough to defeat most people in this world, but the bones of those two caring women are cold.

Li Ling lowered her head and smiled, with warmth and sadness in her eyes: "Aunt Qian said that she didn't want me to know too much about the past, so as not to cause trouble. She only told me that my grandfather was a powerful figure in the previous dynasty , but hanged himself to death when the Great Zhou Taizu came to Beijing. The grandfather still has the old ministries alive, if these old ministries show up, they will have to be chased and killed by the current emperor—"

Li Ling turned to look at Shen Youyou: "Yuyou, are you? Is it the old department of the grandfather mentioned by Aunt Qian?"

Shen Youyou's expression became solemn, and she immediately knelt down on one knee, knocked Li Ling's head three times with "bang bang bang", raised her head and said, "Yes!"

"That's really the case..." Li Ling's expression suddenly dawned: "So...youyou wanted to recognize me as the master and follow me at first, and it was because of this reason?"

Shen Youyou's expression was serious, she didn't feel that there was anything wrong with her: "Yes!"

Li Ling nodded slightly, then paused, Li Ling said again: "What if I am not the person you are looking for?"

A trace of surprise flashed in Shen Youyou's eyes. She knelt straight and said, "I know that Master Hou is the descendant of the old master's blood! Master Hou's mother should have given Master Hou a token."

"The token..." Li Ling murmured.

Aunt Qian died suddenly.When she was dying, Aunt Qian did not mention the word "token", but just told her to "live well and not take revenge."

Li Ling pursed her lips, and pulled out a thin silver necklace from her neck.

A small portrait of a palace concubine is adorned in the center of the silver necklace, like a worthless little toy for a little girl to play with.

Shen Youyou's eyes lit up: "This is it! This is it!"

Li Ling stuffed the silver necklace back into his clothes.Shen Youyou's tone was full of emotion and sadness: "This little silver concubine's head was originally a toy that the old master gave your mother to play with when she was young."

"The silver portraits of palace concubines are a complete set, with 81 portraits of palace concubines with different looks. Later, the old master disappeared, and your mother began to flee. On the way to escape, many valuable things were lost, leaving only a small The portrait of the palace concubine. Because it was inconspicuous and worthless, it was kept and would not arouse suspicion. Later, it was used as a token of recognition."

(End of this chapter)