Le Ling Has Powerful Backing

Steward Yao looked at the tightly shut door, on the verge of tears.

"Miss Le Ling, for the sake of how I helped you in the back courtyard yesterday, please open the door."

He knocked lightly on the door again.

After waiting a while, the door finally opened.

Steward Yao's earlier words had indeed played on her emotions.

Yesterday, Le Ling had beaten up the former foreman in the back courtyard. Had it been another steward, they would have had her seized and dragged away for punishment.

But not only had Steward Yao not done that, he had promoted her to foreman as soon as he learned that she possessed the Heavenly Fox Spirit.

Le Ling was a sensible person and naturally understood such social niceties, so she gave Steward Yao some face.

"Steward Yao, what is it?" she asked.

Steward Yao immediately went from nearly tearful to beaming. "My lord has sent a maid to attend to you personally."

"This subordinate knows you had a friend named A Jian at the Worship Hall, so I specifically arranged for Maid Jian to come over."

Le Ling had intended to refuse, but when she heard that the maid assigned to her was A Jian, she could not bring herself to do so.

When they had attended Spirit Hall's maid recruitment, A Jian had helped her quite a bit. Le Ling understood the importance of repaying kindness.

At that moment, A Jian poked her head out from behind Steward Yao and greeted Le Ling with a smile.

"Little Le Sister."

A Jian had already learned about Le Ling from Steward Yao.

She had never expected Little Le Sister to be the woman the Great Offering had been searching for all this time. The two of them even had such ties in the past!

Still, A Jian was naturally delighted to serve as Le Ling's maid rather than remain a miscellaneous maid in the hall.

Le Ling nodded, then looked at Steward Yao again. "Is there anything else?"

"Besides assigning a maid to you, my lord had this subordinate prepare many daily necessities last night according to your preferences and habits."

"Please take a look. If anything is unsuitable, this subordinate will have someone replace it at once."

With that, Steward Yao stepped aside and instructed two servants to open the large wooden chest.

Le Ling walked over and looked through the items inside.

After all these years, he still remembered her preferences and little habits in daily life!

Just as she still remembered his!

Seeing Le Ling fall silent, Steward Yao cautiously asked, "Miss, are these things suitable for your use?"

"They are not!"

Le Ling replied without hesitation, "Take them away. I do not need them. Tell your lord not to send anything else. The Papal Palace lacks nothing!"

She stepped into the room, intending to close the door.

Steward Yao grew anxious and hurried forward to brace the door. "Miss Le Ling, although the Papal Palace has everything, they do not know what you prefer to use. Since these things have already been prepared for you, please accept them."

As he spoke, he kept signaling to A Jian beside him, asking her to help persuade Le Ling.

Receiving Steward Yao's signal, A Jian immediately chimed in, "That's right, Little Le Sister. Since everything has already been prepared, why have the Papal Palace arrange it all over again?"

"Just use these."

As she spoke, she hurried over and had the two servants carry the large wooden chest straight into the room.

Le Ling knew A Jian and Steward Yao were playing along with each other, but she could not be bothered to interfere. If they wanted to move it, then let them.

Just then, a man dressed in red ceremonial robes entered from outside.

"Who is Le Ling?"

The man stood at the doorway and asked the people in the room in a rather effeminate tone.

Hearing the voice, Steward Yao turned around. The moment he saw the newcomer, he stepped forward respectfully. "Greetings, Elder Chrysanthemum."

"You are Le Ling?"

Yue Guan frowned at the middle-aged man who approached and cupped his hands in greeting.

"No."

Steward Yao stepped aside, looked toward Le Ling behind him, and introduced her to Yue Guan. "This is Miss Le Ling."

He then introduced Yue Guan to Le Ling. "This is Elder Chrysanthemum Yue Guan of our Elder Hall, a level ninety-five Titled Douluo."

Le Ling glanced at the effeminate man and frowned slightly. "What does Elder Chrysanthemum want?"

"There is nothing particularly remarkable about you, little girl. Why would Your Holiness the Pope have me accompany you into the forest to hunt spirit beasts? I truly do not understand!"

Yue Guan twisted the golden nail guard on his finger as he sized up the woman before him.

Le Ling raised her brows. "Why not ask Bibi Dong yourself?"

"Insolent!!!"

Hearing that the woman before him dared to call the Pope by name, Yue Guan immediately rebuked her. "Is the name of Your Holiness the Pope something you can call?!"

A Jian and the other two servants immediately lowered their heads, not even daring to breathe loudly.

When Steward Yao heard Elder Chrysanthemum scolding Miss Le Ling, a thin layer of cold sweat instantly formed on his forehead.

He desperately wanted to tell Elder Chrysanthemum that Miss Le Ling had extremely powerful backing. Was Elder Chrysanthemum sure he wanted to offend her?!

Before he could warn him, a young man's voice came from outside. "Who dares to scold someone belonging to our Eldest Brother?!"

Hearing the voice, everyone looked toward the doorway.

A silver-haired man with the appearance of a youth walked in.

At that moment, everyone except Le Ling immediately cupped their hands toward him. "Greetings, Fifth Offering."

Guang Ling looked at Yue Guan with a half-smile. "Elder Chrysanthemum, Little Le Ling is someone our Eldest Brother has searched for for many years. You shouted at her so loudly just now. If you scare her away, Eldest Brother will come settle the score with you!"

At the words "Elder Chrysanthemum," Yue Guan's mouth twitched.

However, the Fifth Offering had always loved to fool around and did not have the best temper. His status and Soul Power Level were both higher than Yue Guan's.

Thus, even though Yue Guan was dissatisfied, he did not dare show it.

"Someone he has searched for for many years?"

Although Yue Guan minded being called Elder Chrysanthemum, he still caught the crucial point in the Fifth Offering's words.

Suddenly recalling something, he immediately realized the truth and looked at Le Ling in shock. "You... you are the Great Offering's..."

Before he could finish, he promptly shut his mouth.

Yue Guan finally understood why Your Holiness the Pope had asked him to accompany her to obtain a spirit ring!

But it seemed that he had offended this little girl just now. She would not be so petty as to complain to the Great Offering, would she?

Seeing Yue Guan's reaction, Le Ling guessed what he was thinking.

She said evenly, "There is no need for Elder Chrysanthemum to accompany me to obtain a spirit ring. I will speak to Bibi Dong myself. You may leave."

Yue Guan knew that if she said that, Your Holiness the Pope would think he had refused to obey her arrangements and would surely be angry.

"Actually, I..."

Just as he was about to say that he could accompany her, Guang Ling immediately cut him off. "Little Le Ling, you are going to the forest to obtain a spirit ring? How about this old man accompanies you?"

Le Ling was about to refuse, but Guang Ling gave her no chance to do so, tossing out, "It's settled, then. This old man will come find you tomorrow."

With that, he flashed away from the room.

Le Ling frowned tightly and looked at Steward Yao. "Can you stop him?"

"The Fifth Offering merely likes to have fun."

After thinking for a moment, Steward Yao said, "Please rest assured, Miss Le Ling. This subordinate will speak with the Great Offering later."

Afterward, he cupped his hands toward Le Ling and Yue Guan, then left the room with the other two servants.