Chapter 1171
The duchess went upstairs, and Louis was busy ordering the servants to prepare refreshments, and also greeted Leng Qianxue to go to the study to rest.
Leng Qianxue took Leng Bing and Leng Mo to the study first. The maid served good coffee and tea and then withdrew.
The study was quiet and Leng Mo couldn’t help but say, “What is the Duchess doing here at this hour? There are dangerous elements mixed up in the manor, so wouldn’t she be more likely to cause confusion with all this hustle and bustle, with such a large entourage?”
“Yes.” Leng Bing whispered, “And Duke Louis has no sense of crisis at all, I see his men are still lazily changing shifts as usual, in case there are really dangerous elements mixed in, it could be a problem.”
“Didn’t we say security had been stepped up?” Coldly, he frowned.
“It’s just beefed up security at the guard office, it’s still the same inside.” Leng Bing shook his head helplessly.
“Speechless.” Leng Mo couldn’t help but whine, “In contrast, the Night Family’s talents are really well trained ……”
Leng Bing looked at Leng Qianxue’s face and pushed her in a hurry, and she immediately shut up.
“The Louis family has always had the royal family in charge of security issues, their family is uncontested with the world, they don’t have any enemies, so naturally they don’t have a precautionary mind, this is normal.”
Leng Qianxue was very objective.
“It’s true that the Duchess’s visit now has brought some hidden dangers to the security issue, but this is someone’s place, they can come whenever they want, they don’t need to go through our permission.
Besides, those enemies are most likely looking for us from E. We are the ones who dragged people into this, and now we have the nerve to complain here?”
“Yes.” Leng Mo hastily lowered his head, not even daring to let out his breath.
“Don’t say those words again.” Leng Qianxue warned seriously.
“Yes, my subordinate knows I’m wrong.” Leng Mo scrambled to apologize.
Just as Leng Mo finished speaking, there was a knock on the door from outside, followed by a servant opening the door and Louis helping the duchess in.
“Qianxue, it’s been a long wait.” The duchess asked with a smile, “I changed into light clothes and hurried down.”
“It’s alright, madam.” Leng Qianxue hurriedly got up to greet her, “You must be tired from your long journey, rest early tonight.”
“Not tired, not tired, I’m happy to see you.” The duchess clasped Leng Qianxue’s hand, warm and cordial, “I brought you a gift, I don’t know if you like it.”
With that, she took out a delicate jewellery box and handed it to Leng Qianxue, “Open it and take a look.”
“Thank you, Madam.”
Leng Qianxue hurriedly took it and opened it, it was a set of sapphire jewellery of great value, a rare and precious item at first glance!
And judging from the prints and markings on the box, it should be something from the royal family.
“It’s so valuable, how can I accept it.” Leng Qianxue hastily pushed back.
“Aiya, we’re all family, why are you so polite.” The duchess said with a smile, “This is the dowry given to me by Her Majesty when I was first married, I have kept it to pa*s on to my future daughter-in-law.”
“This ……”
“You’d be out of line if you didn’t take it.” The Duchess pouted, “That’s not treating me like family.”
“Take it, Chisetsu.” Louis said with a smile.
Leng Qianxue had to hand down the gift and was about to thank him when she overheard Demielle keep staring at the jewellery box with a very complicated gaze of loss, sadness, and low self-esteem ……
“Thank you madam.” Leng Qianxue quickly withdrew her gaze and smiled in acknowledgement, “I have also prepared a gift for you and the old duke, I was going to wait until we met to give it to you ……”
With that, Leng Qianxue extended her hand and Leng Bing hurriedly handed her a white satin box.
Leng Qianxue offered the box to the duchess, “Take a look, do you like it?”
The Duchess took it and opened it, she couldn’t help but light up and exclaimed with delight, “Oh my God, it’s a night pearl! I love it so much, I’ve always wanted it, but I can’t find it on the market.”
Chapter 1172
“As long as you like it.”
Leng Qianxue was kind of relieved, before coming to F, Leng Di Feng had already prepared everything for her to use, even the gifts for the elders of the Louis family had been arranged.
She didn’t have to worry about anything.
It was only tonight that she realised that all these gifts her brother had prepared for her were worth a lot of money.
The carved pigeon’s egg-sized night pearl was already hard to find on the market.
All her brother had done was to want her not to be belittled, to be held in high regard wherever she went, to always remain noble!
“I love it so much, thank you Chixue.”
The Duchess couldn’t get enough of the night pearl, and immediately embraced Leng Qianxue with excitement.
“You’re welcome!” Leng Qianxue responded with a smile.
“I’m so jealous of Mummy, Qianxue has never given me a gift.” Duke Louis put on a sour face.
“Brat, even you’re jealous of Mummy.” The duchess laughed heartily and led Leng Qianxue to the parlour, “Qianxue, come, let’s sit down and talk.”
“Good.”
“I’ve brought gifts for the children too, and I intend to wait until tomorrow morning to give them to them in person.” The Duchess smiled, “And for them both, by the way.”
With that, the Duchess gave a wink.
Demielle hurriedly gave the two gifts to Leng Bing and Leng Mo.
“We both have them?” Leng Mo was a little surprised.
“I have long heard that you two are Qianxue’s right-hand men and her good sisters, you will follow Qianxue to live with our family in the future, I am very welcome!”
The Duchess said with a smile.
Leng Bing Leng Mo both looked at Leng Qian Xue.
Leng Qianxue nodded before the two accepted the gift and respectfully thanked her, “Thank you, Madam.”
“We’re all family, so don’t be polite, just accept it.”
The Duchess said with a smile.
“See if you like it?” Louis had never been one to put up a fight, and was kind to Leng Bingliang.
“Like it very much, thanks.” Leng Bing Leng indifferently responded politely.
The duchess pulled Leng Qianxue to chat, she knew Leng Qianxue like the back of her hand and seemed to have a lot of family matters to talk about, Leng Qianxue responded politely and courteously.
Louis was unable to intervene and could only pour them tea.
After chatting for most of an hour, the Duchess finally got tired, snorted, held Leng Qianxue’s hand and said, “Qianxue, it’s very late today, let’s talk here, let’s talk tomorrow.”
“Okay, madam.” Leng Qianxue hurriedly got up, “I’ll walk you up.”
“No, no, Honey will just accompany me.” The duchess said with a smile, “You and Louis rest early, I’m still hoping to hold my grandchildren early.”
Hearing these words, Leng Qianxue froze for a moment, very embarra*sed.
Louis’ face instantly reddened to his ears ……
“Haha, brat, you’re still shy.” The duchess gently patted Louis’ shoulder, “You’re already an adult, what’s there to be shy about?”
“Mummy, stop it.” Louis hurriedly interrupted his mother and changed the subject, “Let me help you upstairs.”
“You ……” the duchess responded, “Have you not yet ……”
“Mummy!” Louis was anxious.
“Fine.” The duchess smiled, “I was too impatient, I thought you two were already …… getting married after all.”
Leng Qianxue smiled, dropping her eyes without saying anything.
“It’s okay, it’s okay, this kind of thing can’t be rushed.” The duchess patted Leng Qianxue’s hand, “Qianxue, I won’t rush you, take your time ……”
With that, she smiled and left ……
“Qianxue, sorry.” Louie apologized awkwardly.
“It’s alright, go take care of Madam.” Leng Qianxue reminded gently.
“Mhm.” Lu Yi quickly followed.
The other attendants also left together, and Leng Qianxue watched their backs, the smile on her face fading ……
“I said it, after a long detour, it turns out to be for this.” Leng Mo has always been straightforward, “The duchess is afraid that this marriage has a name but no reality, so she has come to make it real!”