The Story Of Dusk

"Who is she?" Qianru asked, but didn"t give the hat to them yet. She tried to take a peek of her face, but couldn"t see it clearly as her hair covered the most part of her face and gave her nothing to see.

"She is only a mere servant Princess Xiao." The guard was fidgeting under Qianru scrutinized eyes.

"Why she is in bad shape?" Qianru still not satisfied with their lies.

"She was committing a crime, was stealing from one of the concubine"s room and just received her punishment." The other guards explained it smoothly.

Lin Xingyan wanted to clap her hands for those guards quick witted thought, they could manage to come up with such a story and lied without batting their eyes, such an amazing talent.

Qianru didn"t give any reaction or said anything.

"Princess Xiao, can we have back the hat please? This servant had suffered great punishment and has scar on her face. I am afraid her face will scare the other maidservant." One of the guards reached out his hand to receive the straw hat from Qianru.

However, instead retrieving the item, Qianru stared at his stretching hand in deep thought. She kept silence and made them became more confused.

"Princess Xiao?" The guard called out her name to get some attention. "Can I have the straw hat please?"

Qianru raised her head and met the guards anxious gazes, then she looked at the so- called maidservant. "Raise your head." She said firmly.

"Princess Xiao this is…" The guards became more anxious than they had been. "Her face is damage, this lowly servant afraid she would scare Princess Xiao."

"Raise your head." Qianru repeated her order, didn"t even bother to look at the guards or heard their complains. "Should I repeat myself again?" Her voice grew stern when she watched the woman still kept her head hung low.

The two guards stepped forward to block Qianru"s line of sight, at the same time, Liu Wei also did the same. Those guards could harm his mistress, there was something weird with their att.i.tude.

"Liu Wei." Qianru"s eyes locked on the woman. "Make her raise her head." She said icily.

That woman was in trouble, Qianru could feel it and those guards were trying to bully her. At the beginning she just wanted to find out what was happening, because she saw the way one of the guards slapped her face.

However, seeing their strange act, Qianru felt there was something amiss and the woman didn"t have an ordinary ident.i.ty. Though she was wearing tattered dress, the aura that surrounded her was exceptional.

As someone who had been living in the inner circle of imperial family and those highborn, Qianru was able to recognize one.

"Will do." Liu Wei stepped forward and was about to approach the woman. But, Lin Xingyan had raised her face first.

Qianru was squinted her eyes while the two guards inhale a sharp breath. Why it turned out like this? They shouldn"t be here and met Qianru!

But now, everything was too late to be fixed, especially when a fleeting recognition pa.s.sed Qianru"s beautiful eyes. She took a step forward for a better look on her, Liu Wei fixed his eyes on both of the guards with hand on the hilt of his sword, ready to draw it the moment they were about to make strange move.

Qianru stopped a feet from Lin Xingyan with brows knitted together as she stretched out her hand. "You are not a servant…" She muttered.

Upon hearing Qianru"s statement, the two guards felt their heart skipped a beat as their faces turned pale.

Will Princess Xiao know about Imperial Concubine Lin Xinyang"s ident.i.ty? Cold sweat started to form on their forehead.

Meanwhile, Qianru pinched Lin Xinyang"s chin and raised her face. There was indeed a scar, which crossed from her eyebrow to her left cheek down to her chin.

There was a thing about her that recalled something in Qianru"s memory, but she wasn"t sure what it was. "I think I know you…" Qianru said to herself. "But, where…"

She scrunched her eyebrows and pursed her lips tightly. "… You are imperial concubine Lin…" Qianru murmured. "You are imperial concubine Lin, right?" She reiterated her question with more convincingly.

Lin Xinyang"s face was resembled her sister, Lin Yiren, but less hostile than her. Moreover, even though it wasn"t a memorable encountered, Qianru actually had met with imperial concubine Lin Yiren in the past, however she didn"t remember her face clearly because they were only exchange a polite nod.

In the other hand, Lin Xingyan looked at Qianru with her tearing eyes and unexplainable gaze, she sighed a deep breath before she answered her question.

"I am not imperial concubine Lin, Princess Xiao." Lin Xinyang said softly. "Please excuse us." Her gaze was downward and she was avoiding Qianru"s eyes as she bit down her lips.

"Are you sure?" Qianru moved her eyes up and down, appraised her appearance and face. Without her prominent scar on her left cheek, this woman was really looked like Lin Yiren.

"Yes." Lin Xingyan said, stretching out her hand to ask for her straw hat. "Princess Xiao, can I have my hat please?" Her voice trembling, it wasn"t sure if it was because the cold night or it was because her disappointment at herself.

Hesitantly, Qianru gave the straw hat in her hand to Lin Xingyan.

"If there is no anything else, I will excuse myself." Lin Xingyan said her farewell words before she turned around and left Qianru.

The two guards who were bullying her earlier, let out a sigh of relief and after they paid their respect and farewell toward Qianru they ran to follow Lin Xinyang.Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click for visiting.

Lin Xinyang wore her straw hat again and covered the tears that started to streak down her cheek behind the soft black curtain that surrounding the hat.

She couldn"t say "yes" toward Qianru"s question because she didn"t want to involve her in her chaos problem, if Qianru was about to know her ident.i.ty then her immoral relationship with Mo Xuan Fei would come to light and it would not only affect Qianru, but also whatever that Mo Xuan Fei was planning for her.

Lin Xinyang needed to endure this a bit longer. If Mo Xuan Fei succeeded with his plan then everything would be alright for her in the end.

Qianru was still standing at the same spot as she stared at Lin Xinyang"s retreating back. "Liu Wei, tell me." She turned her head at Liu Wei beside her. "She is imperial concubine Lin Xingyan"s right?"

Liu Wei lowered his head, feeling complicated with his next answer. "Princess Xiao better not to look this matter deeper, it will not bring any good for you and Master"s situation." He said.

"In another words, you said she is indeed imperial concubine Lin Xingyan, right?" Qianru looked at him sternly.

"Yes." Liu Wei yielded. "But…"

"Don"t worry." Qianru waved her hand as she strolled back to her courtyard. "I know our situation clearly." She rubbed her stomach lovingly. There was no reason for her to look after the other person while she was not in promising situation herself.