Reborn as a concubine's sister, the eldest lady went crazy

"Hmm..." Xu Yixing nodded slightly. It wasn't that she didn't value her mother's bloodline and surname, but her father was too good to her, and her mother died young, so it was hard for her to have any feelings for her. She had always regarded herself as the eldest daughter of the Xu family, and had never thought much about the affairs of the Bai family.

Nanny Bai could naturally see what she was thinking, but she didn't point it out. She just gently stroked her red face with her hand; "Miss, in fact, what your mother left you is far more than the dowry in the backyard."

Xu Yixing's eyes lit up. Half of the dowry she brought was bought by her father, and the other half was brought by her mother from the Bai family.

After all, the current mistress of the Xu family is Gu, and my father can't just empty out the house and give it to me, so many things were stuffed in under the name of being left to me by my mother.

"Is it some secret martial arts manual or elixir? Tell me quickly, dear Madam!"

Xu Yixing didn't care about gold and silver, she had plenty of money. But she was very interested in the martial arts secrets told by the storytellers, and she hoped that one day she would meet a master who would give her a scroll of broken books, so that she could practice some magical skills and unify the martial arts world!

"Miss, don't let your imagination run wild. Those things are all fake. Even if they really exist, why did we pick them up?"

"Yes, yes, yes! I just said it casually. Mammy, tell me, what did my mother leave for me?"

"Shadow Guard."

"Shadow guards? Yes, are they those masters who follow the emperor and the princes and come and go without a trace? How could there be such people in our family?"

Xu Yixing grabbed his sleeves tightly. It was not new for big families to train death squads, but Shadow Guards... Shadow Guards were the highest level of guards, and as their name suggested, they could follow their masters like a shadow.

When the shadow guard takes action, he only obeys the orders of his master, and will stop at nothing to achieve his goal, and will not stop until the root of the problem is eradicated.

Only the royal family has had the energy and financial resources to train shadow guards. Even those ordinary big families can only train secret guards, let alone shadow guards.

"These shadow guards were originally trained by the master for your mother, and they learned kung fu since they were young. Unfortunately, your mother died early, and these people did not play a role. Now that they are given to you, young lady, it is only right and proper."

"Wait, wait, wait, my grandfather trained a shadow guard for my mother. Doesn't that mean he has been raising this person for 20 to 30 years? How much money must that cost..."

Xu Yixing's monthly salary of fifty taels was enough for her to live comfortably, but training a shadow guard would cost more than fifty taels a month? With so much money, the shadow guards should have been raised by Nanny Bai after my grandfather's death. She has raised them under my nose for so many years without my father finding out. This is too amazing!

"You don't have to worry about money. The master has already made plans for it, and he has never been short of money over the years. The candidates for the shadow guards are all selected from young children. Those who are a little older and whose martial arts skills can't keep up have been eliminated. Now there are nine shadow guards left for the young lady."

"Nine!" Xu Yixing stood up suddenly, and his wide sleeves spilled the tea on the table. I thought I only raised one, but I didn't expect it to be nine! And there were nine left! I can't imagine how many people my grandfather raised in the past!

"No, no, Mammy, this is inappropriate. Only a prince can use a few shadow guards. I am just the daughter of a small official. I cannot use so many people! Otherwise... why don't we give them money and disband them..."

Xu Yixing was really panicked. Her father had taught her since she was a child to respect the royal family, to stay away from party struggles, and not to be enemies with the court and the emperor. Now, if she used a shadow guard of this caliber, wouldn't that be tantamount to treason?

Although she prided herself on her heroic spirit, she was after all just a girl in the boudoir. When she first heard about such a thing, she was still very nervous.

"Miss, these are the people that the master has cultivated with great effort. How can you give up so easily? With these people around, you don't have to worry about being threatened by anyone. Why can't you figure it out?"

"But no one is threatening my life now!"

Nanny Bai choked when she heard this. She knew too many things, but she couldn't tell the young lady. "Just because it doesn't happen now doesn't mean it won't happen in the future. If it happens in the future, how will you protect yourself, young lady?"

Xu Yixing tilted his head, feeling that Nanny Bai seemed to have something else to say.

"Mammy, are you hiding something from me? I am Daddy's daughter, and now I am the eldest grandson and daughter-in-law of the Duke of Huguo's mansion. Daddy has always been valued by the emperor, and the Sun family is also a pillar of the country. Is there anyone who can threaten me?"

Nanny Bai did not give a direct answer, but said in a different way: "What the young lady said is all the support brought by your status. If one day these supports are gone, what will you do?"

"What do you mean by reliance on my identity? I am who I am. As long as I live, these things will not change."

“If one day the Xu family falls into decline and the Duke’s Mansion also suffers, the identity you rely on will become your shackles. At that time, only the power that truly belongs to you will be your capital!” Nanny Bai suddenly had tears in her eyes and her voice choked.

Seeing Nanny Bai crying, Xu Yixing felt sad. It was all for his own good, but she was a little too worried. The two mansions fell into decline? How could this be possible?

"Mammy, then tell me, what do you want me to do?"

Nanny Bai took out a jade pendant full of impurities from her bosom. The thing looked very old and of poor quality. It was obviously not something used by rich people.

"This is a token for dispatching the shadow guards. Before the shadow guards recognize their master, they will only obey the orders of this jade pendant. After they recognize their master, this thing will be useless." After saying that, she handed it to Xu Yixing directly. Judging from her expression, if it wasn't really inconvenient for them to recognize their master now, Nanny Bai would probably let them rush directly to the Duke's Mansion to find her.

Xu Yixing didn't answer, but just looked at it and said hesitantly: "Mammy, where are these shadow guards? They won't be following me all the time..."

"Of course not. They are all kept in Jingxi Temple, thirty miles outside the north gate, and have not been seen."

Jingxi Temple... Isn't that the temple that Gu goes to every month? Jingxi Temple is very popular, and no one knows where those people are hiding, and no one has discovered it.

"If you need to dispatch them, just wear this jade pendant and go to Jingxi Temple. Someone will come to see you that night."

"So that's how it is... Mammy, I dare not refuse the things my mother and grandfather left me, but, Mammy, can you let me wait a few days before dealing with this matter?

Now that I have just married, everything has not been sorted out yet. There are guards outside the yard that my father gave me. They are following me and can protect me as well. "