xymnovel Chapter 1942 - 116: Mansion Layout
Chapter 1942 - 116: Mansion Layout
Li Luo let out a muffled groan but pressed her lips firmly, refusing to back down, still tightly pressing Yan Xiyu’s mouth and nose.
At this moment, the servant girl outside was startled awake.
"Miss Xiyu?"
The servant girl walked in drowsily, and upon seeing the scene, was utterly shocked in the next moment.
"Ah—!"
The servant girl screamed, and immediately, the originally dim mansion lit up one lamp after another.
"Oh my god!"
The servant who had previously let Li Luo through the back door was terrified, thinking for sure something big had happened, and sat down hard on the ground in fright.
The servant girl’s screaming instantly attracted many people, and under the pulling of the servants, Li Luo was finally pulled away. But before the servants could pull Li Luo away from Yan Xiyu, she gave a vicious tug, grabbing something from Yan Xiyu’s hand, her gaze even more sinister.
The grand drama ultimately began fully and thoroughly.
Outside the courtyard, Dong Huiying and Yixuan each occupied a branch growing horizontally, wearing Night Walk Clothes, the little girl sat on the branch, casually swinging her two small legs suspended in the air, with her two small hands supporting her cheeks.
Yixuan sat on the other end, leaning against the trunk, holding a jade gourd in his hand, his long legs bent and stretched out, with his elbow resting on his knee, expressing a leisurely charm.
Mist lingered.
Yixuan smiled as he watched the bustling courtyard below.
"Is this the drama the Family Head wanted to watch?"
Dong Huiying smiled happily. "I went to Li Luo’s place earlier today, and as soon as I saw her, I found that she had a very special smell, it was poison, and very strong poison, acting quickly but with one limitation."
"It must be used tonight, otherwise once past midnight the effect greatly diminishes."
Thus Dong Huiying predicted Li Luo would certainly act tonight, and after thinking it over, currently the only person Li Luo hated was Yan Xiyu, and only Yan Xiyu would be her target.
So she cheerfully dragged Yixuan to sneak a peek at the show.
Such a spectacle shouldn’t be missed.
Yixuan grinned, he uncorked the jade gourd, took a sip of the light wine inside. He didn’t know since when he became a wine enthusiast, perhaps from the time the Family Head left home?
He had initially driven the Family Head away, even later when she returned, even though he had long mastered the art of drinking without getting drunk, he would always drink something whenever he was idle.
Maybe it was like people said, a little wine can be pleasurable.
...
It was supposed to be a silent night, but due to the incident with Yan Xiyu, it caused a panic throughout the Yan family.
Dong Huiying found Yan Xiyu’s residence to be in a very secluded spot, while the Yan Family Master and his direct descendants lived far on the other side.
The houses of wealthy families were very particular, ancient people were mostly superstitious about Feng Shui.
These details were actually told to Dong Huiying by Liang Yuening.
For instance, building a house was very particular, sitting north and facing south.
Another example is The gate of Zhu’s house, where the master of the house lived in the east wing, the west wing was used for receiving guests, if there was an ancestral shrine it was placed in the south wing, and the main entrance of the mansion was positioned at the north, which could also be called the outer courtyard, usually where the odd job workers lived.
However, the layout of the Yan family was strange.
Yan Xiyu lived in the far east, guest rooms in the west, ancestor’s shrine in the west, but the Yan Family Master, along with his children and trusted aides, lived in the far north, near the mansion’s main entrance? Actually mixed living with servants and odd job workers?