Chapter 6: Entering the Marshal's Mansion Again

Every night, Ling Chen would come to Lan Ling's room, not touching her, but just irritating her, listening to her yelling and cursing, and then he slept soundly.

Everyone in Full Spring Building knew that a nobleman had paid a lot of money for Lan Ling. It was said that she yelled and cursed until midnight on the first night she lost her virginity.

On the third day, Lan Ling pricked up her ears as soon as she opened her eyes, waiting for someone to rescue her.

A drunk man sneaked into Lan Ling's room, his face red and his eyes blurry.

Lan Ling was tied up and could only yell for help.

Spring Full Building’s madam came in to stop him but was kicked out by the man.

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The man closed the door, his face full of violence. He stretched out his hands to tear Lan Ling's clothes.

Lan Ling shouted: "Ling Chen!"

"I’m here!" It turned out that he had been watching outside the window. What a pervert.

The door was kicked open, and Ling Chen disappeared in a flash.

A handsome man rushed in with four people.

The man chopped down the man lying on Lan Ling with a knife.

"Miss San, I'm Liu Chong from the Marshal's Mansion. Don't be afraid. It's all right now. The Marshal asked me to take you home. Don't worry, this brothel has been closed! All the insiders have been dealt with!"

Lan Ling knew Liu Chong. In the previous life, he had helped her do a lot of things. He had always looked at her with pity.

Liu Chong untied Lan Ling's rope and helped her up. He found that Lan Ling didn't seem to be afraid.

She just pursed her lips, her little face was tense, she tidied her clothes, and followed him without saying a word.

At the corner, she saw Ling Chen, who smiled and watched her leave.

"Master, her reputation is ruined. Will Ning Wang still marry her?" The guard Tian Ming behind him asked Ling Chen.

"It's hard to say. Ning Wang is a person who will do anything to achieve his goals. In this respect, we are very similar."

When they arrived at the gate of the Marshal's Mansion, Lan Ling got off the carriage and looked at the signboard with big characters "Marshal's Mansion" shining with golden light on the door. She saw Qiaochun and Lixia crying and running towards her, and the anxious faces of her two uncles at the door. She felt that she was back again.

In this life, she will definitely protect them and will never allow others to bully her again and lose her life in vain!

"Miss..." Qiaochun and Lixia came over with tears in their eyes.

They surrounded Lan Ling and entered the courtyard. Before entering the hall, a woman's voice was heard: "She stayed in the brothel for three days. How can she still be innocent? I heard that she has been kept by someone. Her reputation is gone. Who will dare to marry her in the future! It's really a sin!"

The speaker was a graceful and elegant lady. She sat on the right side of the table, her face was round like a full moon, and her face was full of smiles. She was the wife of the Marshal, Lan Yu's mother, Shen Jun.

Below her was the second concubine Zhou Yuan.

Behind Shen-shi was a young girl in her twenties, wearing a purple silk dress, with phoenix eyes, thin eyebrows, and a graceful demeanor. It was none other than Lan Yu, the most famous young lady in Yuncheng.

Lan Ling looked past the crowd and stared at Lan Yu alone, her cold words were still ringing in her ears.

She clenched her hands and trembled slightly. She had such a beautiful face, but such a cruel heart.

In her previous life, Lan Yu had drugged her, sent people to strip her naked, and tossed her together with the drunk Ling Chen, making Ling Feng think that she had been having an affair, making it impossible for her to explain herself, and bringing her a devastating disaster.

Since he still had to be entangled with her in this life, Lan Ling swears that she would never make the same mistake again!

Standing behind Lan Yu is the second sister Lan Qin. She is Lan Yu's lackey. Because she was born by a concubine, she was always afraid of being looked down upon by others. She clung to Lan Yu tightly and acted even more arrogantly.

In her previous life, Lan Qin had married the Fourth Prince Ling Chen and became his concubine. When Ling Chen was defeated in the battle, she died of complications during childbirth.

The one next to her, led by the nurse, was the youngest brother, Lan Min. He was born by the third concubine. In her memory, the third concubine had been soft-hearted and often sick. Although she had had a son, she had never been favored.

Lan Qin was born by the second concubine, and Lan Min was born by the third concubine. All in all, her father didn't have many children, and he also had few concubines.

Lan Ling heard what Shen-shi had said but pretended not to hear it. She slowly walked to her father and bowed.

Except for her father, all the people in front of her must be waiting to laugh at her. It's a pity that Lan Ling is no longer the little girl from the mountains who had just arrived at the Marshal's Mansion six years ago.

At that time, she had really cared about what others thought of her. She had tried her best to please them and learn etiquette from them, but she had never been able to fit in with them. In the end, she had even lost herself.

Lan Jingtian looked at her with complicated eyes. He gestured to Lan Ling: "Ling'er, greet your mother."

Lan Ling stepped forward and bowed with a big smile: "Lan Ling greets mother."

Shen was wearing a dark red silk dress with a longevity pattern, her hair was covered with jewels, and she looked very graceful. She walked forward and helped Lan Ling up: "My child, you have suffered a lot, it's good that you are back." As she spoke, she actually shed tears.

Lan Ling sneered in her heart, "Isn't it you who made me suffer? You are so hypocritical! I will return what you have done to me sooner or later!"

She looked at Shen-shi and said gently, "Mother, don't worry. Lan Ling didn't suffer much. They just locked me up and didn't do anything to me." Lan Ling gently raised her hand and wiped Shen-shi's tears.(Please read this at purplepun.blogspot.com)

"The two maids you brought with you are young and not familiar with this place. I have assigned you two more steady maids, Bitao and Qiutang. You two will serve the Third Young Miss from now on." Shen pointed at the two maids and said to Lan Ling.

"This Bitao is a maid born in our family. She is sixteen this year and can be the head maid in your courtyard."

"Thank you, mother." Lan Ling smiled happily and nodded to the two girls.

Of course, she remembered these two girls, they were all Shen Jun's people. In the previous life, it was them who caused Qiaochun to be punished for the first time.

Her father still let her live in Jinyuan. It was a small courtyard near the west side. After entering the bedroom door of Jinyuan, Lixia saw the soft silk quilt on the bed and sat down on it. "It's so comfortable!"

Lan Ling saw Bitao pouting with a sneer on her face.

Lan Ling smiled slightly and said, "Please go to the housekeeper to ask for some realgar. The two of them just arrived and don't know the way." Lan Ling said to Bitao and Qiutang.

Bitao and Qiutang agreed and went out.

"Lixia, Qiaochun, check the surroundings, especially the quilt, lift it up and take a look. No one has lived here for a long time." Lan Ling said lightly.

"What should we look for?" Lixia said as she lifted the quilt.

"Ah, scorpion!" Lixia screamed.

Qiaochun hurried forward to take a look, and sure enough, there were three big scorpions under the quilt.

"There are scorpions in this place!" Qiaochun was very surprised.

"This is not an accident. Someone deliberately placed them there. So when you live here, you must be very alert. Don't leave Jinyuan casually, and don't trust anyone easily. Otherwise, your lives will be in danger!"

Lan Ling's eyes turned cold and fierce. Qiaochun and Lixia had never seen Lan Ling like this before.

"This is not like Moshan. When there are outsiders, you two cannot behave casually, and you must not talk nonsense, especially when Bitao and Qiutang are around. Do you understand?"

"I understand." Qiaochun and Lixia answered timidly.

"Now tell people outside that you were stung by a scorpion. Hide the scorpions secretly, I have a use for them." Lan Ling instructed Lixia.

In her previous life, on the first night she entered Jinyuan, she had been stung by scorpions and had had three large lumps on her skin. She had been taken by Shen Jun to attend a banquet in the palace and made a fool of herself. Later, she had found out that it was Lan Qin's doing.

Lixia screamed exaggeratedly, and Lan Ling sent Bitao to get medicine. Everyone soon found out that Lixia was stung by a scorpion.

In the evening, Shen-shi sent someone to deliver a new silk dress and jewelry. The next day was Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Empress Dowager invited them to a small gathering in the palace.

This was something people looked forward to. At this time every year, the palace would invite the families of court ministers to the palace for a family dinner. At this time, the princes and princesses would all participate. It was more like a blind date than a Mid-Autumn Festival gathering. The emperor and the empress would take this opportunity to see the demeanor of the children of the ministers, and the princes and princesses would also take the opportunity to choose their favorite people.

However, that night, the second lady Lan Qin was stung by scorpions. She was stung on her chin, leaving three big lumps and her entire face was swollen.

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