Her eyes shone brightly, and a slight smile appeared on her lips. Feng Zixiao, you have absolutely no chance of winning, whether you go back or stay.
The news that the emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty had left Beilu spread rapidly throughout the capital of Beilu, and everyone was very excited.
Since there is one less person vying with the emperor for the Ji family's daughter, there will be less war.
Now only Emperor Wu of Shaoyi, Muye, remains. Muye originally lived in the post station, but he got along very well with Ji Cong, so Ji Cong invited Muye to live in the Ji residence.
Upon receiving the news, Ye Lingfeng's handsome face darkened with gloom, and he didn't utter a single word. His subordinates knew that their master was in a bad mood and it was best to avoid provoking him.
As for Hai Ling, she ignored everyone and led Shen Ruoxuan, Shi Mei, and others out of the capital to the mortuary ten miles outside the city.
The mortuary is eerie and shrouded in smoke year-round. This is because the guards offer incense to those who died violent deaths every morning and evening, so the mortuary is always filled with smoke. It is a place that is rarely visited by people.
Shen Ruoxuan temporarily built a bamboo hut next to the mortuary to serve as a knife room.
As for the corpses in the mortuary, some of them were childless and no one claimed them for burial. So Shen Ruoxuan negotiated with the government, and after using these corpses, they would be sewn up as usual and given a proper burial.
Inside the bamboo house, there was a surgical bed, which Shen Ruoxuan had ordered according to Hai Ling's requirements. Next to it were the surgical instruments he had prepared, all of which had been made on the spot.
In the following time, Hailing began to teach Shen Ruoxuan and Shimei how to make a knife cut and how to master the precise direction, explaining everything step by step.
Two hours passed in the blink of an eye, and it was getting late; it was time to head back to the city.
Hai Ling stretched and yawned, then washed her hands in the bamboo house. She looked at Shen Ruoxuan and Shi Mei and said, "How was it? Did you understand it? You two should study this more often now. Only by making the incision with 100% accuracy, without the slightest error, can you truly use the knife on the patient. Whether a single incision saves or heals a person is no joke."
"Yes, Master, we will study it carefully."
Shen Ruoxuan and Shi Mei were already skilled in martial arts, and their sense of strength was more precise than that of ordinary people, so learning this should be easier for them than for ordinary people.
"Shimei, we should go back to the city. Shen Ruoxuan, stay here and take care of things here. Also, give this person a proper burial later."
"yes."
Shen Ruoxuan and Shi Mei responded at the same time. Hai Ling led Shi Mei out. It was almost dusk, and it was time to return to the mansion.
The group boarded a carriage and headed back to the capital.
However, an accident occurred on the way back to the capital. Someone blocked their carriage; to be precise, it was the person who came that blocked their carriage.
The street was a bit narrow, but since it wasn't a commercial street, it was just a residential alley. It was only wide enough for one carriage to pass, but two carriages couldn't pass at the same time. One carriage had to back out to let the other pass first.
Hai Ling lifted the curtain and looked outside. The carriage opposite was tall and luxurious, clearly belonging to a powerful figure in the capital. Not wanting to cause trouble, she gave instructions to the coachman outside.
"Step back and let them pass first."
Upon hearing this, the coachman couldn't help but ask, "Miss, why should we give way?"
They were from the Ji family. Even if the carriage opposite them belonged to a powerful figure in Bianliang City, there was no reason for the Ji family's carriage to give way.
However, Hai Ling's expression turned cold: "Just give up when I tell you to, why are you talking nonsense?"
It's better to avoid trouble than to fuss over trivial matters.
Upon hearing this, the coachman, though unwilling, prepared to pull the horse backward.
Just then, the person in the carriage opposite lifted the curtain, looked over with a smug smile, and then a crisp voice rang out: "Miss, so it's the Ji family. They've retreated. I doubt they would dare to fight against the people of our west family."
Upon hearing this, the coachman of the Ji family objected. This was clearly an insult. Wasn't the Western Mansion just relying on the Empress Dowager's support? What had the people of the Western Mansion been all these years? Now they were acting all high and mighty in front of them.
Just now, when the maidservant across from her lifted the carriage curtain, Hailing clearly saw that the person sitting inside the carriage was none other than Xiyan, the Empress Dowager's own niece.
The west family is far from here, and there's no need for them to take this road. So why is west Yan here?
Hailin's eyes lit up, and a cool smile spread across her face. It turned out that the other party had come to cause trouble.
Okay, very good. Since she's here to cause trouble, she really doesn't need to be polite.
She wanted to see what Ye Lingfeng's attitude would be during the conflict between her and his cousin. With that thought in mind, she spoke coldly.
"I didn't expect them to be from the Western Mansion. I thought they were from some other family. I may give way to many people in Bianliang City, but I will never give way to people from the Western Mansion."
The coachman felt relieved upon hearing this, pulled his horse closer, and the two horses locked in a tight stop, neither giving way.
The people from Xifu across the street naturally heard Hailing's words as well.
And just as Hai Ling guessed, west Yan was there on purpose to cause trouble. Why would she want to cause trouble for Ji Hai Ling?
They just didn't want the Emperor to marry Ji Hailing and bring her into the palace. As long as Ji Hailing wasn't there, she would have a chance to enter the palace. Otherwise, if this woman entered the palace, the other women wouldn't have a chance to enter.
She had been hoping that her aunt would stop her cousin, but to her surprise, her aunt completely ignored her cousin's behavior.
Then she wanted to see if her aunt would remain silent if Ji Hailing bullied the people of their Xifu.
west Yan had made up her mind, so when she heard Hai Ling's words, she suddenly lifted the carriage curtain, stood on the front of the carriage, facing the wind, crossed her arms, and spoke coldly.
"Ji Hailing, what did you say?"
"Could it be that Miss Xi is hard of hearing? Did you not hear what my young lady just said? I will repeat it to her again: the Ji family's carriage can let other families' carriages, but not the Xi family's carriage. Because you are clearly deliberately causing trouble, is it necessary to let them?"
Shi Mei was not afraid of west Yan. She had followed the master for a long time and had his cold-bloodedness and ruthlessness in her nature. She hated being provoked, and west Yan had provoked her anger.
So she spoke with utter disdain, which enraged Xi Yan. She never expected that a mere maidservant by Ji Hailing's side would be so arrogant. How dare a little maidservant disregard the people of the Xi family! Today, she would definitely go to the palace to report to her aunt and see what else she had to say.
What she didn't know was that this little maid was much more important to Ye Lingfeng than she was, because Shi Mei had been with Ye Lingfeng for nearly ten years and there were feelings between them, but nothing between them.
"Ji Hailing, I never expected that a little maidservant by your side would be so arrogant. With your attitude, you want to enter the palace as empress and make my cousin marry only you."
Inside the carriage, Fu Yue lifted the curtain, and Hai Ling smiled at west Yan. In stark contrast to her angry demeanor, Hai Ling was calm and composed, gently playing with her slender fingers as she spoke slowly and deliberately.