The next morning, after her training, Leng Ruo Li returned to her system space to wash up and change clothes. She walked to the mirror and carefully examined her appearance.
The dark spots on her face had been completely healed a few days prior. Now, her skin was as tender as a freshly peeled egg.
She had an oval face, a pair of clear, bright apricot eyes, eyebrows like fine willows, a small nose, and rosy lips. Her beauty was captivating, truly a peerless stunner. Moreover, she possessed the unrestrained and heroic aura of a secret agent from her past life, an aspect of herself that Leng Ruo Li cherished the most.
Today, Leng Ruo Li wore an ice-blue, waist-cinching long dress. Her slender waist was as if it could be held in one hand. A simple fishtail braid was casually draped over her head, adorned with a delicate pearl hairpin, instantly adding a unique ethereal charm to her, making her appear otherworldly.
However, she did not wish to reveal her true appearance yet. Therefore, she prepared a special potion to draw the dark spots back onto her face. This specially formulated potion had a unique property: once applied to the face, it could not be washed off with water. It required a special makeup remover created by her. After applying the potion, she donned a thin veil and returned to her room.
She opened her door and stepped out, only to see her two young maids rushing out of the entrance of Ming Yue Courtyard.
"Xing'er, Ling'er, why are you running so fast? Where are you going?" Leng Ruo Li asked, frowning with curiosity.
The two maids immediately stopped and returned to her. They told Leng Ruo Li, "Eldest Miss, we heard that His Highness Prince Leng has come to present betrothal gifts to you. Let's hurry out and see!"
With that, the two of them pulled Leng Ruo Li towards the front hall.
By the time they arrived, the entire hall was already filled with the betrothal gifts that Prince Leng's guards had carried over from the Prince's Mansion.
The butler of Prince Leng's Mansion stood by the side, holding a gift list and recounting the treasures from the chests. Just reading the list took an hour. In total, there were one hundred and twenty-eight loads of betrothal gifts. Not only was Leng Ruo Li stunned, but Leng Jin Yu was also filled with surprise.
Looking at the betrothal gifts filling the hall, the servants of General Leng's residence were filled with envy, their eyes almost bulging out. Several of them gathered together, whispering amongst themselves.
A: "Good heavens! Prince Leng has sent so many betrothal gifts for the Eldest Miss."
B: "I'm so envious!"
C: "If all these betrothal gifts were mine, my family of fifteen could eat for several lifetimes."
D: "If I could find a man this generous, I would feel it was worth it even if I died immediately."
Leng Ruo Li: "..."
Although Leng Ruo Li was usually a bit of a money grubber, she wasn't particularly happy seeing these betrothal gifts today.
Because accepting these betrothal gifts meant she was about to get married. The original body was only sixteen years old, still a minor. Marriage for women in ancient times was simply too early.
"Lian'er~, Lian'er~"
Just as she was lost in thought, she heard Leng Jin Yu's voice.
"Father, what is it?"
"Lian'er, where do you want these betrothal gifts to be placed?" Leng Jin Yu asked.
"Father, you decide," she replied.
"Then I'll have them all carried to the large storeroom. Three days later, when you marry, they will be carried out from the storeroom as your dowry to Prince Leng's Mansion," Leng Jin Yu said with a smile, growing more and more satisfied with Jun Mo Han as his son-in-law.
Leng Ruo Li looked at Leng Jin Yu smiling so happily, and she didn't want to dampen his spirits. However, the thought of Jun Mo Han's wolf poison gave her a headache.
Through her research, Leng Ruo Li had indeed found a method to detoxify Jun Mo Han's wolf poison. However, the two necessary medicinal herbs were extremely rare. One was found in a land of extreme cold, and the other in a land of extreme heat. Even if she traveled to such places, without fate, she would not be able to find these two herbs.
If these two herbs couldn't be found, and Jun Mo Han were to suffer from the wolf poison again, even with Leng Ruo Li suppressing the toxicity, he would only live for another year or two at most.
By then, Leng Ruo Li would have been married for only a year or two and become a widow. While these matters wouldn't affect Leng Ruo Li herself, her father would undoubtedly be heartbroken.
Alas, she would take it one step at a time!
"Father, please arrange for these betrothal gifts with the butler. Lian'er will return to Ming Yue Courtyard first."
"Alright, then you go back to your room and rest well," Leng Jin Yu said with a smile.
Leng Ruo Li smiled sweetly and then pulled her two little maids as they ran back to her Ming Yue Courtyard.
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In Ming Yue Courtyard, the little golden eagle was roaming around the courtyard as if it owned the place.
As Leng Ruo Li entered the courtyard gate, she saw the little golden eagle basking in the sun on a rock.
"Miss, this large bird suddenly flew into our courtyard yesterday. I saw it was injured, and it looked so pitiful, so I didn't chase it away," Xing'er said with a smile. However, she was still a little worried that Leng Ruo Li would blame her for taking the initiative to keep the little golden eagle in the courtyard, as Leng Ruo Li hadn't told her two maids about the golden eagle yesterday.
"You were right not to chase it away, because this little golden eagle is a pet that your mistress adopted the day before yesterday," Leng Ruo Li said with a slight smile, speaking softly.
"Ah, so it's a pet that Miss is raising! You made me worry for nothing. I thought you would chase it away," Xing'er pouted.
Hearing this, Leng Ruo Li gently flicked Xing'er's forehead with her finger. Xing'er quickly covered her forehead and looked at Leng Ruo Li with a wronged expression.
"What are you thinking? Is your mistress that lacking in compassion? Even if it was just a little bird that suddenly flew into our courtyard, your mistress wouldn't chase it away."
"Alright, the little golden eagle must be hungry. You two help me chop up a chicken in the small kitchen and bring it to feed the little golden eagle. The chicken must be raw. I need to change the dressing for the little golden eagle's wound."
"Okay, Miss. Ling'er and I will go right away."
With that, Xing'er pulled Ling'er to the small kitchen of Ming Yue Courtyard to chop chicken.
Leng Ruo Li watched the two maids’ retreating backs and shook her head with a smile.
Then, she took out antiseptic medicine, bandages, and disinfectant from her system space and carefully bandaged the little golden eagle.
When the two maids returned with the chopped raw chicken, Leng Ruo Li had already finished bandaging the little golden eagle. The mistress and the two servants then picked up the chopped raw chicken to feed the little golden eagle.