The Birth Of A Villainess

Upon returning to her own room, Lin Xiaofei saw the man who was standing beside Qu Xing Xu standing before her doors and stopped in front of him.

Gu yan cupped his hands in front of his chest and lowered his head, "Greetings, madam!"

Hearing him calling her madam, Lin Xiaofei had to sigh. "What brought you and the others here in my courtyard?" Asked Lin Xiaofei who swept her gaze through the servants carrying the overly large chests in front of her courtyard. She didn't want these chests to be brought to her courtyard as it is too many and yet, they still ended up carrying it to her.

"Answering to young madam's question, Master has ordered us to take the dowries to your courtyard so you can personally look at the things that were brought inside and if there's anything missing out, we will find a way to get what young madam wanted as part of her dowry." Gu Yan didn't hold his tongue to speak what his master told him to say.

"Anything?" Asked Lin Xiaofei with a bright smile on her face.

"Yes, anything." Gu Yan replied while staying oblivious to what Lin Xiaofei was about to say...

Lin Xiaofei couldn't help but smile even more over his words before she said, "Alright. Then, can you get me the deeds of lands of the Qu residence?"

"Yes, of course--" Gu Yan abruptly stopped talking and raised his eyes to look at her as if he was suddenly struck with lightning.

And as if on cue, the rumbling of thunder from the sky and the lightning that pierced through it came after Lin Xiaofei's words landed.

Every servant who came along with Qu Xing Xu was not a normal servant but all with a skill to brandish swords and kill their enemies. Hence, even with the sound of pouring rain hitting the tiled roof, they clearly heard what Lin Xiaofei said and stiffened.

They were all shocked at her words.

Even Su Tang who exchanged places with Bai Lu in serving the young master that their young miss adopted was rendered speechless.

"What's wrong?" Lin Xiaofei raised an amused brow and continues to ask, "Is it that the Duke's words aren't sincere and my request is impossible?"

Gu Yan was stomped out of words and didn't know what to say. He was only ordered to make sure that their young madam is satisfied with the dowry and prevent her from hearing the news of the empress' imprisonment.

Shaking his head and adorning his face with a bright smile, Gu Yan decided to follow along with his orders and said, "Of course not, madam. I will send someone to get the deeds from the Duke immediately if that is what you want."

Upon hearing this, the servants who came with Qu Xing Xu raised their heads in surprise and was in disbelief. They almost couldn't fell on their knees to stop him.

'Gu Yan! What are you doing?!'

'Do you not need your head on your shoulders any longer?'

'Master will kill you before you can hand over the deeds of land!!'

'Gu Yan! Don't you dare make decisions on your own without consulting master! What if we were implicated because of you?!'

Despite their screams in their minds to stop Gu Yan from doing a rash decision, Gu Yan ignored them even though he could more or less understand what they were worried about.

It's just a deed anyway… there's nothing wrong with giving it to their young madam right? Thought Gu Yan who had a misconception of their worries.

Besides, Gu Yan was only doing as per what his master told him to do - making sure that their young madam is satisfied with her dowry.

With his master's wealth and lands, there shouldn't be any problem with handing over the land deeds to his bride right?

With these thoughts, Gu Yan felt more reassured of his decision and sent someone immediately to get the deeds.

On the other side, Lin Xiaofei was pleasantly surprised at Gu Yan's efficiency. She was pleased that he didn't even ask questions and did as he was asked to do.

She suddenly became excited that with the land deed in her hand, she can use it anytime against Qu Xing Xu and throw him out of the residence whenever she wanted to if ever he acted up rashly or anger her.

After saying a few instructions to where Gu Yan will put the chests in the three vacant rooms in her courtyard, Lin Xiaofei headed inside her room.

She took off her outer robe as she was feeling lazy and sleepy in this kind of weather.

As she was about to hang her outer robe on the side, something fell out of it and when she looked down on the floor, she saw the hairpin that Qu Xing Xu handed out to her.

Under the light coming from the candles in her room, the hairpin looked exquisitely made and the rainbow light that was created by the light that it caught from the candles, Lin Xiaofei found herself fascinated at it.

She touched the smooth and rough edges of the hairpin. She's never seen such gemstone from anywhere even in her past life and it made her wonder where Qu Xing Xu managed to get this from and how did the gemstone was cut into a form of a rose and the pale blue color made it feel like it was unreal.

Without even knowing the real price of it, Lin Xiaofei can already guess that it was worth ten thousand gold.

Unbeknownst to her that the diamond that was shaped into a rose was more than ten thousand of gold. Or rather, it was worth more than a hundred thousand gold.

Keeping it under her pillow, Lin Xiaofei thought that before coming to the Qu residence, she must sharpen the edge of the hairpin to turn it into a weapon. It would be better if Qu Xing Xu gave her a dagger than a hair ornament.