Only after Huang Xiao left did the maidservant let out a long breath.
"Sister, you were so nervous. You never used to be like this when facing the Sect Master," a maidservant beside her asked.
"How could it be the same? I was stopping the Sect Master!"
"The Sect Master certainly wouldn't blame you. Miss will be his wife someday!"
The maidservant shook her head slightly and said nothing more. She was somewhat older than the others beside her, and naturally had seen more.
As the saying went, serving a sovereign was like keeping company with a tiger. That applied to Huang Xiao as well.
Huang Xiao was the Sect Master of the Heavenly Demon Sect. If he truly wanted to kill someone, what difference would it make even if she were his wife? Besides, she was merely a maidservant to his future wife.
Of course, the maidservant also knew how Huang Xiao and You Lian'er felt about each other. Thus, although she had been nervous, she had not been too frightened.
She knew Huang Xiao would not vent his anger on maidservants like them over such a trivial matter. Whatever else, Huang Xiao had spent five years in the Heavenly Demon Sect and had treated them quite kindly.
Ran Chou naturally learned that the four women had shut Huang Xiao out. He found it somewhat amusing, but paid it little mind.
He had little interest in finding out what exactly the four women were doing. Besides arranging for people to travel secretly to Dali, he had also dispatched quite a few people to Persia. After all, Maidafa was now in his custody, and he had to guard against the Persian Black Fire Sect.
Of course, he was also waiting for Maidafa's final answer.
Three days later, Ran Chou sat