Gasp! She's a Time Traveler Using Modern Tech to Improve Ancient Life-Chapter 581 - 579: My Lady Is Not Human

The last sound of the gong and drum from the Bell and Drum Tower had already stopped, the city gates were about to close, but Lin Wanwan had still not come out of the palace.

Hong Yan was driving the horse carriage back to the Xiao Family alone, sobbing all the way. Standing at the gate in anticipation, young Qingyu and Yun Shang, among other servants, hurriedly went up to greet her.

"Aunt Hong Yan, why are you alone? Where is my mother?" Young Qingyu climbed into the carriage to look, but found nothing.

"What exactly happened?" Yun Shang grabbed Hong Yan’s arm and asked, "Why did you come back alone? Where are Madame and Kun Lun?"

Hong Yan cried miserably, "Usually, Madame enters the palace to perform the peace pulse examination, and at most, she’s out within an hour and a half, but today, Kun Lun and I waited by the palace gate until dusk with no news from inside.

Later, the Imperial Guard began clearing people out. Kun Lun stubbornly refused to leave and started a fight with them, leading to his arrest. Seeing the situation was wrong, I quickly drove the carriage back to deliver the message to the family."

Everyone turned pale when they heard this, and young Qingyu jumped up to rush outside but was grabbed by Cui Ying, "Big Lady (since young Qingyu is Lin Wanwan’s only daughter, according to Chang’an’s custom, called Big Lady), Big Lady can’t go out now. The gates are closed, curfew has begun, if you go out, you’ll be beaten to death. If Madame comes back and can’t find you, wouldn’t she be angry? Be good, Big Lady."

"I want my mother, I want my mother!" Young Qingyu cried out loud.

Though young, she could feel the change in people’s emotions around her. She sensed Hong Yan’s urgency and the surrounding fear and helplessness upon hearing her words.

At this moment, the gatekeeper of the Xiao Mansion came over and said to everyone, "Don’t block the way here, move aside, the gentlemen are coming home."

Yun Shang led Lin Wanwan’s maids aside and raised her head intending to ask Cui Ying, who gave her a glance, "It’s inconvenient to speak here, let’s return to the courtyard first."

Thus, the group returned in a grand procession to Xiao Yixun’s Bamboo Garden, where at this moment, the owner Xiao Yixun was standing under the veranda of the main house, looking at the courtyard gate.

Seeing them enter one after the other, young Qingyu was still sobbing, and Xiao Yixun immediately said coldly, "Where is she?"

Young Qingyu broke free from Cui Ying, rushed towards Xiao Yixun, hugged her waist, and cried, "Aunt Yixun, please save my mother, she hasn’t come back yet!"

Xiao Yixun directed her gaze at Hong Yan, who then stepped forward to salute and said, "Lady Xiao, my lady was on duty today, entering the palace to perform the peace pulse for the Empress, but until sunset when the Imperial Guard started driving people out, she still hadn’t come out. I tried using money to ask the guards several times, but they ignored me."

Xiao Yixun’s expression didn’t change upon hearing this, but she turned her gaze to Cui Ying, Ji Yue, and Cai Yun. These three were promoted by Lin Wanwan as first-class maids, previously slaves in the household of the Imperial Palace, one from the renowned Cui family of Qinghe, two from the Liang Dynasty Palace. Compared to others, they naturally had more wit and were more familiar with the palace. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Cui Ying stepped forward and said, "The palace has never had a precedent for allowing outside women to stay overnight. Since Madame has not left the palace by night, something must have happened, but whether it’s good or bad, I cannot say."

Ji Yue muttered, "What good could it be? That place is just a golden cage. Madame isn’t interested in staying in the palace."

Cui Ying glanced at Ji Yue but said nothing, while Cai Yun quietly tugged on her sleeve, signaling her to be cautious.

Xiao Yixun waved her hand indifferently, "Dismissed."

She disliked the noisy crowd gathering together.

Most maids withdrew, Yun Shang and Hua Nong exchanged glances, then knelt before the veranda. The former pleaded with Xiao Yixun, "Lady Xiao, my lady has always been on good terms with you, but now in Chang’an City, she is alone. Please give us guidance to help us rescue her."

Xiao Yixun lowered her cold gaze on the two kneeling outside, said nothing, pulled young Qingyu’s hand from her waist, led the child inside, leaving Yun Shang outside kneeling.

For Xiao Yixun, maids who don’t follow orders are not good maids, and she would never explain anything to such people.

Raised in a secluded boudoir, having not seen even many relatives, Xiao Yixun severely lacked social and communication skills and had no empathy. She always preferred doing over speaking.

Sun Chuyao, who hadn’t gone far, was hiding in the shadows. Seeing Xiao Yixun completely ignoring Yun Shang and Hua Nong, he went forward and said to them, "Stop kneeling, don’t you know Lady Xiao’s temper? If she doesn’t want to bother with you, you’re as insignificant as air, even dying while kneeling won’t matter to her."

Yun Shang sighed, knowing Sun Chuyao spoke the truth, helped each other up with Hua Nong.

"Why don’t you ask Lady Xiao? With Madame trapped in the palace without word, my heart is in turmoil." Yun Shang gazed at the already dark sky, expressing her anxiety.

Sun Chuyao moved his lips, wanted to speak but hesitated.

Hua Nong, most unable to endure ambiguity, immediately stomped her foot, "Spit out whatever you have, what’s with the mystery?"

Sun Chuyao thought for a moment and said, "Don’t worry, Madame will be fine. My lady is the most amazing in the world."

Both Yun Shang and Hua Nong couldn’t help but roll their eyes at him.

Having a powerful lady won’t matter; no matter how strong you are, against those inside the yellow circle, there’s no power to resist. Can anyone grow wings and fly?

What Sun Chuyao truly wanted to say was actually not those words, because he had a secret buried deep in his heart; his lady wasn’t human but a deity! She could fly!

He had seen with his own eyes Madam appeared through a Light Gate, and though he met her in Qiong State, Hua Nong and the others had no idea Madam had visited Qiong State. Isn’t this a strong proof that she can fly?

Qiong State is far from Le Ma County, even with speedy travel, an urgent journey of eight hundred miles takes several days, and by boat it’s at least a month. Without flying, how could she be in two places?

He knew his lady wasn’t human, but he couldn’t reveal this.

Among Lin Wanwan’s servants, Sun Chuyao worshipped and trusted Lin Wanwan the most. Who could compare with a deity? The Son of Heaven? He was only a son of the heavens, yet his lady was a deity from the heavens.

Lin Wanwan’s other servants, being at the society’s lowest rung, were desperate and starving, utterly helpless.

Yun Shang returned to the first-class maid’s room, chatted with Cui Ying for a while, then got up and headed to Xiao Yixun’s parents’ courtyard, unwilling to just wait.

Their fate was tied to Lin Wanwan’s, so they naturally feared for her safety and wished to help her. If there was any chance, they wouldn’t let it slip; to save their master is to save themselves.

Moreover, the treatment Lin Wanwan gave them, away from the Lin Family, they would never encounter again. What other family divides cold melons for servants? Who else serves pepper-seasoned dishes? None, nowhere in the Great Tang.