Chapter 5: Crown Prince Has Come!

Ling Yuyan actually did not really care about this event. After all, she was Wang Qingling's maid, not Wang Meng Yuan's maid.

Normally, it would not affect her even a bit, but somehow she still felt quite worried that Wang Qingling would order her to do something suicidal again later.

Becoming the little maid of the most ruthless villainess in the novel like Wang Qingling was too dangerous. It was like dancing with her eyes closed in the sea of blades.

Ling Yuyan really wanted to just abandon everything and run away as far away as possible from here...

But she immediately woke up and shook her head to deny that idea.

With her Plundering System, she could only grow up the fastest by sticking close to Wang Qingling and Wang Meng Yuan.

'I do not have any powerful backing like the others, so I can only rely on my Plundering System to grow stronger as fast as possible before the Demon Race invades. At least until I become strong enough to protect myself from all threats.' Ling Yuyan thought as her eyes were glowing with firm determination.

After all the maids and servants ate their breakfast, they began to do their own respective jobs.

As for Ling Yuyan, she headed with several other maids to Wang Qingling's room.

One of them tried to wake up the sleeping Wang Qingling, but she got slapped and scolded harshly by Wang Qingling instead.

Fortunately, the low-key Ling Yuyan was not the one who did it...

Because she already made a clever excuse to go out of Wang Qingling's room and took a water basin for Wang Qingling to wash her feet before.

Ling Yuyan secretly sighed in relief since she was safe at least for now: 'Sigh, it is really not easy to serve the most ruthless villainess...'

After washing her feet, changing her clothes, and eating breakfast, Wang Qingling became a lot calmer.

But when Wang Qingling saw Ling Yuyan, she immediately recalled Ling Yuyan's failure yesterday and decided to punish her.

"Hey, you! Come here!" Wang Qingling pointed her finger at Ling Yuyan and called her.

Ling Yuyan instantly felt bad, but she did not dare to disobey Wang Qingling's order, so she could only walk toward Wang Qingling timidly.

"I think my entire courtyard is too dirty. The Crown Prince will come here this noon, so I want you to clean everything here without leaving any speck of dust. Your time is until noon. If you have not completed it by then, I will punish you with one hundred whips. Do you understand?" Wang Qingling said coldly to Ling Yuyan.

Ling Yuyan's lips twitched a bit after she heard Wang Qingling's order.

Wang Qingling's courtyard was quite huge since she was the favored daughter of the Wang Patriarch's main wife.

It might take an entire day if all the maids were working together to clean it.

So, it was clearly impossible for Ling Yuyan to clean this entire courtyard alone in less than half a day as Wang Qingling ordered.

Anyone could easily see that Wang Qingling was only looking for a reason to punish Ling Yuyan for yesterday's failure.

But Ling Yuyan could only lower her head and accept the task as she muttered softly to Wang Qingling: "I understand, Miss Qingling. I will start working now."

After that, Wang Qingling brought the other maids to take a walk and meet her father and mother in the center courtyard.

While Ling Yuyan took the broom and began her work to clean the entire courtyard.

"Are you sure there is no one else here now?" Ling Yuyan asked.

"Yes, Sister Yuyan. There are only us here." An Yue's voice echoed in Ling Yuyan's mind.

"All right, then let's begin our work~!" Ling Yuyan chuckled.

An Yue and her shadow guards still remained in their invisible state, but they began to help Ling Yuyan's work.

If anyone saw this scene, they might scream in horror since it looked as if several brooms were dancing and moving by themselves right now.

An Yue and her shadow guards were extremely powerful, so their working efficiency was many times faster compared to ordinary maids.

Sweeping all the dried leaves, mopping the floor, clearing any cobwebs, cleaning the dust, wiping all the decorations, doors, windows, walls, and so on cleanly...

It only took less than one hour for them to complete the task.

Ling Yuyan actually barely did anything, and the task had been completed without her realizing it.

"Hehehehe... I may not have any Fairy Godmother like Cinderella, but I have An Yue and shadow guards~!" Ling Yuyan playfully said in a happy mood.

Without any other job to do, Ling Yuyan could only sit lazily and take a sunbath. She did not even break a sweat yet until now, so she took a sunbath to make her more sweaty.

Of course, in order not to make Wang Qingling suspicious of her, she also took some ashes and smear them on her hands and face.

"Sister Yuyan, I really do not understand. Why don't we just run away from this place? Why do you have to stay here and work as a maid for that villainess?" An Yue asked curiously.

Ling Yuyan shook her head and replied: "Because we can get the most benefit when we follow her for now. You do not need to think or worry too much about it. I already have my own plan."

With 100% full loyalty, An Yue did not doubt Ling Yuyan's words at all, but she still decided to tell all the information she knew so far to Ling Yuyan: "There are at least three people who are stronger than me living in this mansion, so I think we must do everything cautiously here."

"I know... Don't worry. I will definitely not do anything rash here." Ling Yuyan nodded at An Yue.

She actually knew those three people far better than An Yue.

Those three people who were stronger than An Yue should be Wang Patriarch, Grand Elder, and Wang Family's Ancestor.

Wang Patriarch was already more than 50 years old, and his martial realm should be in High-Rank Martial General. But he still looked like in his thirties.

The reason for that was because his lifespan had already increased by 150 years after he breakthrough to Martial General.

While Grand Elder and Wang Family's Ancestor were already more than 150 years old, but their martial realm had reached Martial Master, so their lifespan had increased by 300 years.

In this martial world, the martial practice realm was equal to immortal cultivation. Each breakthrough in the martial realm would increase everyone's lifespan dramatically.

Ling Yuyan's current lifespan was only 52 years. She really wanted to start her martial practice, so her lifespan would increase too.

But Ling Yuyan could only resist that urge for now, since this was not the right time and place to practice.

After a few hours had passed, Wang Qingling came back to her own courtyard to change her clothes and dress up since Crown Prince would come soon.

Wang Qingling and all of her maids were astonished when they saw the courtyard was already completely clean in only a few hours.

The dirty and messy Ling Yuyan dragged her 'tired' body while panting in 'extreme exhaustion'.

"Huff, huff, huff... This... This servant has already... Huff, huff, huff... completed her task..." Ling Yuyan spoke incoherently to Wang Qingling.

Wang Qingling frowned slightly since she never thought that Ling Yuyan could really complete this task.

But after Wang Qingling saw the pitiful-looking Ling Yuyan, she did not bother to make it hard for Ling Yuyan again since there was a much more important thing for her to do right now.

"It is barely passable. You can go back and clean yourself first." Wang Qingling waved her hand in disgust at Ling Yuyan as if she was shooing a dirty fly.

"This servant thanks Miss Qingling's kindness." Ling Yuyan lowered her head and went back to take a bath and change into clean clothes.

When the Crown Prince arrived later, everyone including all of Wang Family's members and Ling Yuyan should lined up and greeted him in front of the gate.

Of course, Martial Masters such as Grand Elder and Wang Family's ancestors were the only exception. These two did not need to lick any youngsters such as the Crown Prince anymore since they already had some direct connection with the Emperor.

After making sure that she had already looked clean and proper, Ling Yuyan hastily headed to the front gate.

She might not be late yet, but she really did not want to be the last one to arrive there and be stared at by so many people.

So many servants, guards, and maids already lined up neatly and waited for the Crown Prince's arrival.

While Wang Family members also arrived one by one with their servants and maids, all of them looked lavish with their fancy-looking clothes and accessories.

Ling Yuyan quickly squeezed into the middle of the row of maids so as not to attract anyone's attention.

After one hour or so, the royal family's luxurious carriage decorated in silver and gold finally arrived at the Wang Family's front gate.

"Welcome, Your Highness Crown Prince~!" Everyone shouted out loud at the same time and kneeled to welcome the Crown Prince.

It was truly a spectacular sight when so many people kneeled together. Even the Crown Prince would surely be pleased when he saw it. 

One of the guards stepped forward and politely opened the carriage's door while lowering his head.

The Crown Prince slowly got out of the carriage and greeted the Wang Patriarch who had already waited for him.

Ling Yuyan secretly took a glance at the Crown Prince.

'Tsk, tsk, tsk... It is really handsome. His look can easily beat any male models in my previous world. Unfortunately, he is not a husband material.' Ling Yuyan secretly thought.

The reason was because Ling Yuyan already knew this Crown Prince was not a good person at all from the book.

But when Ling Yuyan saw another man who got out of the carriage after the Crown Prince, her expression changed slightly.

That man seemed to sense Ling Yuyan's strange stare, so he took a glance toward Ling Yuyan's direction.

Ling Yuyan hastily stopped looking at that man and lowered her head in panic.

If the Crown Prince was not a good person, then this man was a demon in human skin.

Yes, this man's identity was the third prince of the Dajing Dynasty.

For Ling Yuyan, this man was one of the most terrifying villains in the book!

Wang Qingling could only be said a tiny fish-class villainess compared to this hidden scheming dragon-class villain.