Volume 1: Phoenix Hidden in the Northern Domain Chapter 15 Give You an Outburst

  Walking on the quiet snowy ground, the surroundings are so desolate that they oppress one's spirit, and even the wind seems to be especially biting.

  Tang Nian looked at the woman leading the way beside her, then looked around at the surroundings, and after a moment, asked: "Is the place we're going to the prison?"

  Zhu Miaoqi looked surprised and smiled: "How did the master guess it? In fact, it's not a prison, just a place to punish some people."

  Xueyuan Manor has no torture chambers, only prison cells. Because Xueyuan Manor does not need to extort confessions, nor does it deign to do so. Those who are truly guilty and unforgivable are directly silenced. This is the tyranny of Xueyuan Manor, as well as a kind of benevolence.

  "Oh." Tang Nian nodded calmly and said, "That's to say his patience has reached its limit in just three days."

  "What?" Zhu Miao Jie didn't understand.

  Tang Nian asked her: "Is there a way to make the punishment lighter?"

  "Ah?" Zhu Miao Jie was even more confused and didn't wait for Tang Nian Nian to continue, hastily asking: "What does the mistress mean by this?"

  Tang Nian said calmly, "I just asked for an hour of free time, is the master suddenly feeling that I'm being too bold and getting angry to punish me?" She had long been accustomed to the old monster's unpredictable temper, and from the start, she had also pegged Si Ling Gu Yun's personality as being prone to sudden mood swings, so she wasn't surprised at all by this sudden punishment.

  Tang Nian didn't notice Zhu Miao's subtly changed expression and asked again, "Is there a way to make the punishment lighter?" Afraid she wouldn't understand, he explained in depth once more, "Will the penalty at Snow Swallow Manor ruin my face?"

  Her eyes were very serious. If the body is injured, it can be covered with clothes first and healed slowly. But if the face is injured, a mask must be worn before it heals, but she doesn't want to, that would make her feel like she's becoming human again, ghostly again, just thinking about it makes her blood flow backwards, her feet icy cold.

  It turns out that getting something and then losing it is the most painful, since he got her, he doesn't want to lose her again.

  Zhu Miao Jie was completely speechless due to her strange thoughts, and she couldn't help but take a good look at Tang Nian Nian's face. Alright, she admitted that women loved beauty, and it wasn't unreasonable for an absolute beauty like Tang Nian Nian to love beauty even more.

  She let out a weak sigh, and Zhu Miaoqi cried and laughed as she said: "Master, you should trust the young master." Not letting go of any opportunity to praise Si Ling Gu in front of Tang Nian, "The young master won't harm you, you know that he cares about your health more than anyone else. With him around, Master, all you need to think about is how to have fun and be happy as you please."

  Tang Nian looked at her in confusion, and under Zhu Miao's equally perplexed gaze, she said: "At first, it was you who told me that to live, one must be clever but not act too smart."

  Zhu Miao nodded.

  Tang Nian looked at her dully and said, "But later on, you always led me in the direction of being self-righteous."

  Despicable!

  Zhu Miaoqi clearly saw the contempt that flashed across her face as she spoke, and she was despised! Zhu Miaoqi wanted to get angry but found that she couldn't get angry at all. Looking at Tang Nianian's pale and somewhat stupid-looking face, she only felt like crying and laughing at the same time. How could this be? Thinking carefully, what she said wasn't wrong either. If other women thought like that, they would definitely die quickly. But Tang Nianian was not someone else, but the person who was really put on the tip of the master's heart!

  So, Tang Nian's character, she can't be read. On the surface, it seems like she's silly and foolish, but in reality, she sees through things so clearly, even if she completely misreads the direction.

  Zhu Miaoji only told the truth: "This time, I brought the master's wife over because I wanted her to see someone. Once she arrives, she will naturally understand."

  Tang Nian's eyes fluttered lightly, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly. So that means there won't be any punishment?

  Beyond the icy path, a vast expanse of emptiness stretched out before us, forming a series of iron strongholds. The iron pillars were all frozen into a pale blue color by the frost, taking on the shape of icicles. In the distance, we could see nineteen massive heavenly pillars, each one surrounded by four people embracing it. The pillars seemed to have grown organically from the ice surface, wrapped around by strips of ice that sent shivers down our spines.

  Nearby, Si Ling Gu Hong sat on a chair, the black and dark green color of the chair, the snow-white and spotless wide-sleeved long gown, set off his calm face like the frost-covered ground, his handsome and unparalleled appearance was a masterpiece carved by heaven, his eyes condensed with icy soul and the essence of the bright moon. Sitting quietly there, he was like a god in this icy sky and snowy earth.

  The master of Sifang Ge stood behind him, and four women knelt in front of him. These four people happened to be all acquaintances of Tang Nian's.

  Tang Nian just walked near, Fang Si Ling turned his head to look over, originally quiet and waveless face visibly softened, calling out: "Nian Nian."

  Tang Nian walked right up to his front, Si Ling Gu didn't move, only a pair of eyes fixed on her body motionless. Tang Nian glanced around and sat down on his leg, immediately her slender waist was wrapped in his palms, his chin also rested on her shoulder, lightly sniffing the fresh scent on her body.

  A lonely goose in the cemetery looked satisfied with a smile in her eyes and asked in her ear, "Why did you come at this time?"

  Tang Nian said: "Zhu Zongguan brought me here." Originally, this was still her free time.

  Si Ling's eyes drooped slightly as he pressed his lips together, looking a bit disheartened. Gently pinching Tang Nian's slender hand, he asked, "Do you know them?"

  Tang Nian knelt down in front of the four people, looked around in a circle from Shu Lan, Chun Xue, Xia Mei, and finally fell on Tangmen Liu's body, nodded: "I know."

  She certainly knew who had hurt her skin, and she remembered it clearly. Even though the scars on her wrists were no longer visible after applying Snow Jade Cream, she was still careful to hold a grudge.

  Si Ling Gu Hong felt her emotions and comforted her: "Don't be angry, they're all giving you an outlet."

  Tang Nian looked at him and asked: "You caught them just to vent for me?"

  "She said, 'They hurt you.'"

  "Oh." Ci Ling Gu Hong had already broken her thought pattern for the first time, and she didn't ask much before responding. Then, she looked at Liu Shi's pale face. At this moment, she had lost her usual pride and elegance, her face twisted to the point where it was no longer beautiful or charming. Her eyes met Tang Nian Nian's, and she quickly reacted, forcing a smile: "My good Nian Nian, what are you doing? Ever since Nian Nian got married, Second Madam has been thinking about this nonstop, and now that we've finally met... how..." She secretly glanced at Ci Ling Gu Hong, but was startled by the other's cold, silent gaze.

  Is this extraordinary and handsome man the rumored master of Snow Swallow Mountain Manor?

  Liu felt as if there was a huge stone pressing on her chest. In front of this man, it wasn't just her back that was straightened, but even her breathing was suppressed and not smooth.

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