Beast Taming Mad Concubine: The Useless Young Lady is Back!

Chapter 373: Changing the Heaven and the Sun

"Huh?" Zixiao looked around the room with some surprise. Although things were scattered, there were relatively few items. But at this moment, her young mistress was worrying about these things, instead of...

"Miss, the Second Young Master and Doctor Xu have already left. Aren't you going to see them off?"

Ye Qing'an shook her head, her gaze still sweeping around the room, secretly calculating where to put what: "No need, it's not like we'll never see them again. We'll see them again soon..."

After mentally planning the layout of the room, Ye Qing'an returned to the main house.

"You may leave now. I'm going to take a nap; I'm feeling a bit sleepy again."

"Oh..." Zixiao responded with a smile, "We were up so late last night and got up so early this morning, I didn't get any sleep. Miss, please rest first. I'll report to you if anything happens."

Ye Qing'an responded and waved his hand.

After Zi Xiao withdrew, Ye Qing'an went directly into the Cloud Dreamland.

Jiu Xiao was counting something there, his brows furrowed. Ye Qing'an walked over and saw clearly that what he was holding was a silver note.

Ye Qing'an raised an eyebrow: "You seem to be in quite an interest, counting silver notes here?"

Jiuxiao sighed, looking worried: "I just feel that making money is slow, but spending it is really fast. It feels like I have to spend money everywhere..."

"Ah..." Jiuxiao seemed to remember something: "Right, didn't you mention before that you wanted to buy a casino? Now I have some news, and I'll go check out the casino tonight. I asked around outside before, and everyone said that the casino is pretty good, but... the price is a bit expensive. Anyway, I think it's a bit beyond my budget."

Ye Qing'an shook her head: "The casino business isn't urgent. I have other things to do tonight."

"Huh?" Jiuxiao blinked. "What's wrong?"

"I'd like to visit the Gu residence tonight."

"To the Gu residence?"

Jiuxiao frowned: "What are you going to the Gu residence for?"

"Did you deliver the message to the water unicorn at the Gu residence?"

“I did pass on the message.” Jiu Xiao pursed his lips. “But even if I did pass on the message, the Water Qilin might not listen, and even if it does, it might not do it. After all, the Water Qilin’s brain isn’t working very well these days.”

“So I don’t want to wait any longer.” Ye Qing’an pursed her lips: “Now that Gu Hai is with Ye Qinghao leading troops to deal with the Taotie and is not at the Gu residence, this is also an excellent opportunity.”

"Because of Ye Qinghao's departure, the Ye family took most of their guards with them, and the Gu family must have done the same. If we don't take this opportunity to enter the Gu family and search for the whereabouts of the Heavenly Spirit Pearl, I'm afraid we'll never have such a good opportunity again."

Jiuxiao's eyes widened: "This...this..."

"Although Gu Hai is gone, the Gu family is still one of the four major families in Wangjing City. It's a century-old family. How could they let us break in so easily and even steal the Heavenly Spirit Pearl?"

Ye Qing'an coldly curled the corners of her lips: "In this world, nothing is impossible."

“Forced entry is out of the question, but we can use human skin masks to disguise ourselves as people from the Gu family and sneak in secretly…”

"You take people or other magical beasts and wait outside the Gu residence. If anyone from the Gu residence comes out, preferably the ladies or young ladies, you should detain them and hide them. Then, make human skin masks based on their appearance. Later, I will wear those human skin masks and sneak into the Gu residence."

Jiuxiao blinked: "You got this inspiration from Lanqing impersonating Liu Xueying, right?"

“But the ladies and young women of the Gu family don’t necessarily stay out until late at night to return home. You can’t leave before nightfall…”

"I have my own way of doing things. You just need to do as I say."

"Alright." Jiu Xiao clicked his tongue and repeated, "Alright, alright, I'll go right away. It's nothing, just wait for my good news."

It was probably because so many things had happened in the manor these past two days—some were poisoned, some went mad, some were placed under house arrest, and some were sent away—that the manor had suddenly become quiet.

Throughout the day, apart from the sixth concubine coming in the afternoon to discreetly inquire about the situation, no one disturbed Ye Qing'an.

As soon as Sixth Aunt left, Ye Qing'an took the opportunity of taking a nap to return to her room.

Not long after returning to the room, Jiu Xiao arrived: "Madam Gu has left the manor and gone to the residence of Marquis Zhongren."

"Mrs. Gu?"

Jiuxiao nodded: "She is Gu Hai's wife. Gu Hai's wife is the daughter of the Earl of Zhongren. She probably takes the opportunity to visit her parents' home because Gu Hai is not at home."

Ye Qing'an replied, "Go and continue waiting. Once she returns to the manor, we'll devise a plan to switch her out with someone else."

"Stealing the sky and changing the sun?" Jiu Xiao looked bewildered: "How do you steal the sky and change the sun?"

“You should have seen Lady Zhongren’s face clearly just now. You can make the human skin mask and send it to me first. Once they leave the Zhongren’s mansion in their carriage, come and report to me. Then prepare a carriage that looks exactly like theirs and wait on the road. As soon as you see their carriage coming, ram it head-on.”

"Then you lead people to cause a scene with the servants of the Gu family, and I will have my own way of doing things, and I will switch the tables."

Jiuxiao rolled his eyes, then nodded in agreement: "I'll take care of it right away."

After saying that, he was about to leave, but Ye Qing'an stopped him again: "You need to think of another way, use the sound-stealing technique to put Madam Gu's voice into the sound-stealing bubble and send it to me. When my soul was scattered in another world before, I learned the art of sound imitation for a period of time. Then, I can disguise my voice as Madam Gu's voice in the sound-stealing bubble."

"Ah..." Jiuxiao nodded: "Okay, sure."

After saying that, it quickly disappeared from the Dreamland of Clouds.

After Jiu Xiao left, Ye Qing'an also left the Dreamland of Clouds.

"Someone is coming."

Granny Wei walked in from outside the door: "Miss?"

Ye Qing'an nodded: "I slept for a while this morning, but now I can't sleep. I suddenly remembered that after Liu Xueying was poisoned, I went to the palace to ask the imperial physician for help, which troubled Consort Lan. But the situation was urgent at the time, and I didn't have time to thank Consort Lan. Now that I have nothing to do, I suddenly remembered this. Go and inform the steward to prepare a carriage for me. I'm going to the palace."

Although Wei Mama was somewhat surprised that Ye Qing'an wanted to enter the palace at this time, she quickly nodded in agreement: "Okay, this servant will make the arrangements right away."

He paused for a moment before adding, "Since it's to express my gratitude, shouldn't we prepare some gifts?"

Ye Qing'an paused, "I don't have much experience either. You can ask the steward to help me prepare. The Imperial Concubine lacks nothing. The gift of thanks is just a formality. As long as it can express our feelings, it doesn't need to be too grand."

"Yes."