Chapter 859 Madam Dongfang
There turned out to be a mistress in Dongfang Xu’s mansion, but she didn’t find any trace of her on the way.
She just wondered what kind of woman Dongfang Xu fell for.
Following the steward deep into the inner courtyard, Lin Mengya saw a secluded small courtyard.
“Miss, please rest here for now and wait for my master to come back and make the decision. I’m sorry for settling you here,” the steward said.
Lin Mengya nodded, not feeling ill at ease.
She, who was in Dongfang Xu’s place, certainly had better be sensible and avoid causing him trouble.
The courtyard was in good condition with a good view, but the dust in the air made her realize that it presumably had just been cleaned roughly.
Nevertheless, the table, chairs, stools, quilt and pillows in the room were all newly changed.
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It was presumably because Dongfang Xu invited her here on the spur of the moment.
If the Fifth Master of the Dongfang family had not come to stir up trouble today, Dongfang Xu might not have discovered her.
At the end of the day, it was that guy’s fault.
He had better never show up in front of her again. Otherwise, she would absolutely make him pay for it without mercy!
Sitting by the table, Lin Mengya tapped her fingers on the table unconsciously.
The room was indeed nice and decorated tastefully, good enough to be used for locking her up.
The reason why Dongfang Xu locked her up was nothing more than that he wanted to use her to threaten Xiaoyu.
At present, the relationship between her and Xiaoyu was discussed animatedly in the imperial palace. Big families like the Dongfang family might have learned it.
Dongfang Xu, who doted on Xiu, was certainly anxious to marry Xiu to a good husband.
However, Dongfang Xu, who was aware of her ident.i.ty and her relationship with Xiu but still took a risk to kidnap her, was a little too anxious.
After all, others might not know it, but they were fully aware that she and Long Tianyu were a couple.
If it had not been for the fact that Dongfang Xu had no other choice or had to take action to help Xiu at this time, he presumably would not have taken the risk.
What on earth was the secret behind this?
She stayed obediently in the courtyard. Before she summoned anyone, the maids had brought hot tea and fruits that were fine and extremely fresh.
Without Lin Mengya’s instructions, they automatically put what they brought on the table in front of her.
After finishing their jobs, they left quietly, even not giving Lin Mengya a chance to strike up a conversation with them.
It seemed that Dongfang Xu intended to give her no chance to seek information.
“Alas.” Lin Mengya let out a long sigh and laid her head on the table, wondering if Baisu had told that person about her being kidnapped.
She didn’t want to waste her time here.
Glancing inadvertently at the door, she saw someone quietly appear in the corner by the window, which cheered her up.
She kept laying her head on the table motionlessly and didn’t raise her head and get up until the stealthy person disappeared.
It was strange. Who peeped at her?
Curious, Lin Mengya subconsciously wanted to go out to track down the person.
However, the moment she stepped out of her courtyard, she saw the steward rushing towards her courtyard.
She ran back to her courtyard in a hurry, went to bed and pretended to be asleep with her eyes closed.
Fortunately, the steward didn’t come to verify in person if she was asleep, just cast a glance at her through the door and left softly.
The people here were so weird. Why did they like to peep at her, a stranger?
Lin Mengya rested her head on her arms and found it increasingly strange as she thought about it
Before long, there came some sounds from outside again.
Lin Mengya thought the comer was either the steward, who came back after leaving, or Dongfang Xu.
But when she sat up and just finished smoothening her clothes that were messy after she rolled on the bed, several beautiful women appeared in front of her.
“Madam, this is the woman brought back by the steward from outside today!” She heard a sharp and slightly harsh voice.
Lin Mengya frowned. Only then did she find that a delicate and pretty lady in gorgeous clothes with a hostile look on her face was standing in front of her.
Judging from the way the lady was addressed, she should be Madam Dongfang.
However, Lin Mengya’s intuition told her that Madam Dongfang seemed to have misunderstood something.
Madam Dongfang’s angry eyes, which made her look as if she wanted to eat Lin Mengya, apparently showed that.
At this moment, whether she should explain it or not became one of the difficult problems she had come across by now.
“Greetings, Madam,” finally, Lin Mengya said and bowed to Madam Dongfang gracefully.
She, who had gone through ups and downs in the imperial palace, was capable of dealing with all kinds of hard nuts to crack, not to mention the apparently bitter woman in front of her.
As she expected, Madam Dongfang seemed to be ill at ease with her friendly display.
After casting a few disdainful glances at her, Madam Dongfang said arrogantly, “You are well-behaved. Since my husband has brought you back, you should know the rules in our mansion. Otherwise, you won’t be able to survive here.”
This was a big misunderstanding!
Lin Mengya smiled bitterly in her heart. Why was she, an innocent and nice person, involved in this kind of thing time and again?
She said, “Madam, you might have misunderstood the relationship between Mr. Dongfang and me. I, Helan, am not Mr. Dongfang’s confidante, but just a humble lady-in-waiting in the imperial palace sent here for some business.”
Hearing that she was a lady-in-waiting in the imperial palace, Madam Dongfang and the maids in front of her widened their eyes in astonishment.
Madam Dongfang said, “What? You’re a lady-in-waiting? How did my husband know you? Could it be that my husband even dares to have an affair with a member of the imperial palace?”
Good heavens! Lin Mengya even had the urge to kill herself by banging her head against the wall.
She had made it clear that she came here for official business, but why did Madam Dongfang still try to imagine her as Dongfang Xu’s mistress?
Restraining herself, Lin Mengya took out the token that only belonged to Madame Jingrou, presented it to Madam Dongfang with both hands and said, “Please take a look, Madam. This is proof of my ident.i.ty. I really come here for nothing other than official business.”
Madam Dongfang looked at the token she presented incredulously. However, when Madam Dongfang saw Madame Jingrou’s symbol on it, her face changed.
“Could it be that Madame Jingrou has consented to the marriage between Xiu and the Ninth Prince? How could it be possible? Doesn’t the Ninth Prince have his beloved?” Madam Dongfang asked, seeming to be even more astonished than before.
Lin Mengya, with no idea how to answer her, could only smile, lower her head and feign ignorance of this.
“Forget it. If that were the case, you’d better wait here. If I find out that you lied to me, I definitely won’t let you off no matter if you are a lady-in-waiting in the imperial palace or someone else!” Madam Dongfang said, returning the token to Lin Mengya.
Lin Mengya kept smiling so that she almost got a cramp in her face, as Madam Dongfang and the maids disappeared from her sight while twisting their slim waists.
“Madam, if the lady-in-waiting really comes to propose to Miss Xiu on the Ninth Prince’s behalf, wouldn’t your plan…” Outside the window, a maid lowered her voice to say.
But Lin Mengya, who had sharp ears, could hear her words.
Hearing Xiu mentioned, she paid special attention to their conversation.
“It doesn’t matter. She seems to be merely a lady-in-waiting coming for official business. Xiu, the little b.i.t.c.h, definitely won’t be able to get out of my control. It is impossible for the haughty Ninth Prince to marry a blind girl.” Lin Mengya heard Madam Dongfang answer in a slightly complacent tone.
Lin Mengya pondered for a moment, feeling a little uneasy.
She didn’t know what Madam Dongfang was planning, but it sounded like Madam Dongfang intended to marry Xiu to someone else.
She suddenly realized the reason why Dongfang Xu was so anxious must have something to do with this.
Lin Mengya, who was a little anxious, finally saw Dongfang Xu come.
His face was still livid. It seemed that after she left, he, an uncle terribly worried about his niece, had other things to handle.
“Mr. Dongfang, I want to ask you something,” Lin Mengya got up and said eagerly.
But Dongfang Xu waved his hand and sat in front of her with a slightly gloomy look. After a long time, he said with a sigh, “Alas, I let down my sister-in-law and Xiu!”
Hearing this, Lin Mengya restrained herself from asking him.
After a long while, she found a suitable opportunity and asked cautiously, “What on earth are you worried about?”
Before Madam Dongfang’s visit, she had thought that Dongfang Xu just intended to threaten Xiaoyu with her life and make him marry Xiu.
But now, she found that he had no other choice as he had plenty of difficulties.
“Miss Lin, I know you’re meticulous and smart. I beg you to save Xiu!” As Dongfang Xu said, he attempted to kneel down to Lin Mengya.
Lin Mengya immediately stopped him. Good heavens! Dongfang Xu was an elder like her father.
If he really knelt down to her, she would lose three years of her life!
“Don’t do this, sir. Just tell me what I can do for you. I definitely won’t turn down any request you make as long as it is within my capability,” she said.
She couldn’t help feeling nervous when it came to something about Xiu.
Although Dongfang Xu got her affirmative answer, the gloom on his face did not ease a lot.
He said, “In fact, it’s all my fault. If my wife hadn’t been so muddle-headed, she wouldn’t have done this. Since Xiu lost her sight for that reason, I had intended to find her a suitable live-in son-in-law. But my wife actually wanted to marry Xiu to the lunatic of the Xin family! I beat her in a rage. Unexpectedly, she went even further and incited other forces of our clan to force me to submit! I have taken care of Xiu since her childhood, so I will never allow anyone to send her to such a dangerous place!”
Even Lin Mengya did not expect things to turn out this way.
She asked, “Is Xin Li that lunatic of the Xin family you mentioned?”
Dongfang Xu nodded with a flash of fear in his eyes.
“Who else could it be? That lunatic is abnormal. It’s said that he married his first wife at the age of fifteen, but she was beaten to death by him less than three days after the wedding. Later, several women were sent to serve him, but each ended up in a more miserable situation than the previous one did. My brother and sister-in-law considered Xiu as the apple of their eyes. How can I allow him to ruin her life?” he said, overcome by emotion.
Hearing his words, Lin Mengya was also extremely anxious.
Apart from Xin Li’s eccentric personality, he exuded a kind of inhuman and evil air that overwhelmed ordinary people.