Entering the Main Estate, Helplessly Swept Along; Twist After Twist!

[You followed Dew Bud and several maids from the Second Estate.]

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[On either side, emerald bamboo lined the path. Moss carpeted the ground, while a narrow, winding pebble path ran down the middle.]

[Only after reaching the very back and passing the screen wall.]

[Everyone stopped, and you looked up.]

[Above stood five small attached rooms, their partition doors all carved with fresh floral patterns.]

[Above them hung a plaque.]

[Three large characters were inscribed upon it: "Grand Vista Courtyard."]

[You had seen those same three characters from afar while aboard the boat on the lake, and they reminded you of the three characters in the lake.]

[Those three characters possessed only form, not spirit; their spirit lay within the lake water.]

[Everyone stopped again and waited quietly for the steward at the entrance to announce them.]

[At that moment, you suddenly felt a cold gaze strike from the side and involuntarily turned to look.]

[Not far away stood a pavilion, its eaves spread like wings. Several people stood within it, staring at you with inscrutable expressions.]

[They were precisely the people you had seen on the lake earlier. The pavilion where they stood was exactly where the water ghost had vanished, and among them was even a familiar face—Shilan, Xie Renfeng's chief maid.]

[A thin young master in splendid brocade robes leisurely scattered fish food into the lake. The food fluttered lightly from his hand, yet a cold smile hung on his face as he looked directly at you.]

[Beside him, an ugly old man in a fur cap watched you as well, his eyes brimming with resentment.]

[You looked around and saw that the maids from the Main Estate all had their heads lowered, their expressions blank.]

[Most peculiar of all was Dew Bud. Usually