The Birth Of A Villainess

When Lin Xiaofei woke up, the spot next to her was empty. Qu Xing Xu had already left when Bai Lu entered to check up on her only to scream when she finds a man sleeping beside her young miss.

Like a bat fleeing from a ball of fire, she left the room with a red face when she recognized the man in the bed and ended up gossiping about it with Su Tang.

"Young miss, please don't give us a heart attack and let us know beforehand that you had some plans with the Duke. We wouldn't want to disturb you and the master." Su Tang carried a pot of clean water and a towel for her young miss to use so she can wash her face.

While wiping her face with the towel, Lin Xiaofei glanced at the young maid. There were a lot of things that were wrong in the words of her maid but Lin Xiaofei was too lazy to clear things up.

She then turned her eyes towards Bai Lu who looked guilty for sharing the news with the other maid before she sighed.

"What happened while I was asleep?" Lin Xiaofei asked after changing into a new pair of clothes.. It was a deep blue with silver patterns that glows when light hits it.

This time, Bai Lu pouted angrily and said, "Young miss slept too much and missed a lot of things! That pair of sisters kept master in the tearoom and never left him! They're probably wanted to steal the master since the wedding is still not done!"

Raising an amused brow at the maid's reaction, Lin Xiaofei wanted to laugh. Rather than feeling jealous over what the Bai sisters were plotting, she was glad that they were showing their moves now. This was also a great time to see whether Qu Xing Xu will stay faithful to her and his promises to her.

"Let them enjoy their tea then." Lin Xiaofei said and combed her hair back before looking at Su tang through the bronze mirror in front of her, "How about my guest residing in the courtyard next to ours?"

"Lady Chu has been quite well." Su Tang informed her to which Lin Xiaofei nodded. "Does young miss want to visit her?"

"What? Won't young miss go to the tearoom and block those evil sisters?!" Bai Lu stared in disbelief.

Sighing again, Lin Xiaofei replied to her. "No, I'm not. Its does not concern me what the Bai family wants to do from now on unless they do something harmful." Then, she continued to comb her hair with a jade comb, "As for visiting Lady Chu, let us do that next time. I have other business to do today."

The maids looked at their young miss with unanswered questions in their eyes. They were wondering what could be more important than saving the Duke from the clutches of the Bai sisters.

Speaking of the Duke, Su Tang took out a letter from her bosom, "Before the master left. He told me to give this letter to you once the young miss wakes up."

The maid handed the letter to Lin Xiaofei.

Looking down at the letter in her hand, Lin Xiaofei was unsure to open it as she didn't know what Qu Xing Xu wrote in the letter. However, it didn't take long for her curiosity to win and she unfolded it.

'The assassination last night was done by two people.'

Those were the characters written in the first sentence.

'It seems my enemies have arrived in the Capital and heard of our engagement. They plan to take you away from me.'

At this, Lin Xiaofei frown at the way he phrased his words. What did he mean by 'take her away from him'? He sounded like he owned her.

Nevertheless, she kind of felt warmed at his words but the warmth didn't stay long when she saw the last few words that were written on the parchment.

'The other person behind it was Yu Fangzhu.'

Yu Fangzhu. That name brought cold shivers under her skin.

The characters used in his name felt like burns in her tongue before she tore her eyes away from the parchment.

"Yu Fangzhu…" Lin Xiaofei whispered and held her forehead with one hand.

What could Yu Fangzhu want with this assassination? Did he perhaps find out who she was? Did he find out that she was the woman who took the box from his mother? The woman he tortured for answers and the fun of it?

"Is something wrong?" Bai Lu worriedly approached Lin Xiaofei, "Su Tang, get some warm tea for young miss."

Su Tang nodded her head and went out of the room. They swore loyalty to Lin Xiaofei and when they heard her calling out Yu Fangzhu's name, they also swore to never tell a soul about it.

However, they wondered what could have happened between the prince and their young miss for her face to grow pale?

Shaking her head, Su Tang moved quickly to get some fresh and warm tea for her young miss in the kitchen.

Inside the room, Bai Lu stayed with Lin Xiaofei. Her young miss didn't speak a word when Su Tang left. She could feel the tension and danger hanging in the air like some kind of beast was about to leap out.

"Why don't young miss take a rest first? We will take care of whatever business you wish to do today." Bai Lu suggested but Lin Xiaofei shook her head.

"No. It's too dangerous for the two of you to get involved with it. It is better to let me and Shen Mo do it."

"But young miss didn't you just said it's too dangerous? Won't this harm you too?" Bai Lu said, "Why not ask the Duke for help if it's too dangerous? He has some men in his hand to protect you."

"I know." Lin Xiaofei replied. However, that was why she couldn't tell Qu Xing Xu. He could protect her from harm but she couldn't protect her secret from him.

He would surely ask her a lot of things if he were to get involved in her business today.

However, it would be too wasteful if she didn't tale advantage of his might. Lin Xiaofei couldn't help but agree with what Bai Lu said and stood up.

"You're right. The more, the merrier. Call Gu Yan and tell him, I want to see him." Lin Xiaofei's eyes flashed in glee but when seen by others, they couldn't help but shudder in fear for what will happen.