The girl suddenly turned hostile, which made Lu Qiange so embarrassed.

"Ah..."

He woke up from the memory. His eyes turned dark and his raising arms hung down uncomfortably,

"I, I thought you were in a daze. I just wanted to wake you up."

Gu Yunxi raised her eyebrows, turned her head stubbornly, and said coldly,

"Don't pretend to be kind. Let me tell you. I hate being touched by others so much!"

And then she turned around and left without looking back.

"I…"

Lu Qiange watched the girl's exquisite figure disappearing into the darkness. His eyes turned bloodshot with anger. He hummed and stomped his feet angrily,

"Tu Muxue! You bad girl. I will never care about you anymore!"

…

Buildings were shrouded in mist. In the dull night, their grandeur and magnificence had already faded, turning into boundless coldness and gloom.

Gu Yunxi crouched low on the roof of the Main Hall in Yongning Palace. Her dark eyes rolled, gazing at the courtyard quietly.

After leaving Chuxiu Palace, she had wanted to go back to the inn. But after thinking carefully, she planned to see what the evil concubine surnamed Wan was doing at that time since she had been in the Palace exactly!

Lanterns were still lit at Yongning Palace at this time and there were no palace maids staying under the corridor.

Gu Yunxi tightened the black veil and fell on the corridor from the eave. She leaned towards the window lattice and licked her fingertip, leaving a small hole in the window paper.

Narrowing her eyes and looking inward, she saw the hazy and graceful figure of a woman among the swaying gauze curtain.

"Have the things been made?"

She asked in a low and tired voice.

Someone answered,

"Your Grace, things have been prepared. I'll give them to Madam Tong tomorrow morning."

"Okay."

Tong? Why was this surname somewhat familiar?

Gu Yunxi heard it outside the window and a trace of doubt flashed in her mind.

A cold wind suddenly blew behind her, accompanied by a cold shout.

"Who!"

Gu Yunxi stepped sideways lightly, avoiding a palm. She turned stunned when they looked into each other's eyes.

That person's facial features were exactly the same as hers before!

A sharp glow shot out from the bottom of her eyes. Gu Yunxi's eyes were sharp with bloodthirsty hatred, as if a raging fire was burning in them.

The person in front of her was Xier, who sneaked into the Palace with her identity! She was Tu Muxue, the real one!

While she was hesitating, the opponent raised her wrist and attacked her with another palm.

The two immediately fought against each other. Some female maids heard the noise and ran out of the inner yard in a panic to call for guards.

The ground under her feet vibrated all the time. With her keen ears, Gu Yunxi could judge that a great number of people were coming.

The top priority was not to fight but to leave as soon as possible. It was not because she was unable to defeat them, but that she couldn't cause more trouble in the Palace again.

She made up her mind and made a deceptive movement. When Tu Muxue crossed her arms to defend, Gu Yunxi stood on tiptoe lightly, stepped up the palace wall, and disappeared in the corner of the eaves quickly.

Tu Muxue wanted to catch up with her, but when she tried to gather her strength, she felt that her whole body was overcome by pain. She had no choice but to dismiss her internal strength. She looked at the Honour Guards rushing into the yard from left and right coldly.

A few days ago, she joined hands with Wan Yuyao in the suffering play and she was almost beaten to death by that bunch of b*st*rds in the Violent Room.

Although Wan Yuyao gave her the best healing powder after the game and thus her wounds healed dozens of times faster than ordinary people, the new delicate skin that had just materialized obviously couldn't bear the cohesion of internal strength.

The door of the Main Hall opened wide. Lihu walked out carefully, looked at the people in the yard, and exclaimed,

"How dare you disturb Your Grace in the middle of the night!"

Tu Muxue looked cold, lowering her head,

"Just now I found a masked person in the yard, but she escaped during the fight."

Lihu's expression changed a little when she heard that. She nodded and her tone turned a little softer,

"How dare the thief be so bold to do things stealthily in the Palace! Recently the imperial harem has been unpeaceful. Her Grace has said that the Honour Guards shall pay more attention to the night patrol. Just leave now. Xier, you come with me."

"Yes."

After the Honour Guards evacuated out of the Palace quickly, Tu Muxue followed Sulian, walked into the Main Hall, and prostrated herself before the woman in the main seat.

"Your Grace!"

"Just stand up. Your wounds have just been healed. Don't let them open up again."

"Thanks, Your Grace."

The girl stood up obediently with her hands folded, waiting for the master's command.

Wan Yuyao hadn’t yet got cleaned up at this time. She was still in a red dress with her black hair drooping.

She stared at the girl's young and delicate face with a smile and a flame of hatred suddenly rose in the bottom of her heart.

“How great would it be if the medical sage could replace my face with his face!” She thought.

"Xier, you just fought with the thief. So have you recovered completely?"

Wan Yuyao asked with a pretended look of deep concern, but actually she was so angry with her beautiful face.

"Your Grace, speaking of it, I must thank you for your special healing powder for me. My wounds healed in just a few days. Your Grace, if you need, I can come to serve you tomorrow."

Wan Yuyao smiled charmingly and waved her hand,

"You don't have to do that. But since you can walk now, go to the small kitchen tomorrow to make some dried goat milk sticks for me. Well, you need to add something in it."

The girl was startled, but then her eyes were slightly raised. She showed a fierce smile then,

"Yes, Your Grace."

"Okay, you can leave now."

"Yes."

The woman watched the girl walking away leisurely. And then her eyes suddenly turned ferocious with terrible hatred in them.

"Lihu, Tu Muxue and I, who do you think is more beautiful?"

Lihu pursed her lips and answered with a bit of complaint. She whispered in a low voice,

"Your Grace, how honorable your status is! How could that girl compare with you? No matter for family background or appearance, you are so much better than that lowly girl!"

Wan Yuyao was extremely satisfied and smiled. With her eyes drooping slightly, she said,

"Go to Maiden Yang tomorrow and ask her to tell Emperor that it's time to go to the Duanben Hall to visit our Seventh Prince."

Lihu smiled flatteringly, "Yes, Your Grace."

…

There was a faint sound of thunder, and it was indeed about to rain.

Gu Yunxi hurried back to the inn where she lived, seeing torches and teeming people in the street from far away.

She was astonished. Except for the guests in the inn, people under the light of torches were mostly in purple suits. They were from the Eastern Depot.

"Oh, what did I do wrong! I have been operating my inn with integrity all the time, and I have never evaded taxes! Master, you come here with so many people in the middle of the night and disturb my guests. How can I run my business in the future since so!"

Among the many complaints, the loud voice of the shopkeeper was particularly abrupt.

What was wrong? What happened since people of the Eastern Depot came here so late? Why they drove all the people out of the inn?

Gu Yunxi was suspicious and rushed over.

It was the third captain Zhao Wuji who led the team. He saw Gu Yunxi first and then strode forward to clench her wrist tightly with his big hand. He was a little worried and irritated, complaining in a deep voice.

"Girl, how can you be so stubborn? You just ran out without saying a word! Uncle Three worries about you so much!"

The shopkeeper of the inn stood in the crowd, rubbed his eyes, and looked at the girl in nocturnal clothing, saying with grievances.

"Oh, Miss, you really screwed me over! I didn't charge you an extra penny when you lived in my inn! But if I had known that you sneaked out from the Eastern Depot, I wouldn't have let you live here no matter how much you gave me! Look at this! They are here in the middle of the night! How can I run my business in the future!"

"You'd better stop crying for your misery. Anyway, we just came here to look for her. We didn't break anything here and I just drank a cup of tea here. You want to blackmail me?"

She then heard a beautiful voice and smelt a cold fragrance. In the blink of an eye, Gu Yunxi saw a black robe, which made her heart jump and made her small face turn red unknowingly.

Seeing the manager of the Eastern Depot walking out, the shopkeeper shrank his neck in fright and faltered.

"No, no ... Master Leng, my humble house is honoured by your presence. How dare I blackmail the Eastern Depot?"

Leng Qingtang snorted and said to Zhao Wuji.

"Remember to give him five hundred taels of silver tomorrow as compensation for his being frightened."

"Oh, thank you, Master. Thank you so much, Master."

Businessmen would never refuse money.

He earned five hundred taels of silver with a cup of tea! Except for the cost of coping with the guests, there would be more than three hundred taels left for him. The shopkeeper was naturally overwhelmed with joy, and he bowed to Leng Qingtang again and again.

Leng Qingtang ignored him, looking down at Gu Yunxi with deep and bright eyes.

Zhao Wuji was very sensible who waved his hands to drive the shopkeeper, assistants, and guests into the inn.

"Okay, okay, it's okay! All people just go back to sleep."

"Thank you Master for the reward! Thank you so much!"

The shopkeeper turned around and held his fist in the other hand again and again. He was expressing his gratitude seemingly, but he was reminding them again and again, lest the Eastern Depot should forget this.

Zhao Wuji pushed him impatiently.

"Don't be so long-winded. Just go in!"

The rounding torches were so dazzled that people couldn't even open their eyes. Gu Yunxi narrowed her eyes and raised her head slowly, looking into the beautiful eyes of the Master.

His eyes were gleaming, and his light smile was pretty enough to fascinate all the people in the world. The girl suddenly dropped her head in a panic, saying with complaints.

"You ... Why you didn't sleep in the middle of the night but came to someone's inn?"

"The shopkeeper abducted my close guard, so I naturally had to find her."

The guards' inspection was so efficient.

"Why... Why you brought so many people?"

Gu Yunxi frowned and pouted,

"I have to put up a great front for my close guard!"

Leng Qingtang smiled evilly, lowered his head, and leaned close, spraying a hot air on the girl's cheek.

Teased by the Master, Gu Yunxi turned shy immediately and pinched him hard with a grin.

Leng Qingtang winced out of pain. Staring at the purple-red bruise on the back of his hand, he widened his eyes.

Without saying a word, he held the girl into his arms directly.

The girl struggled to protest.

"What are you doing? Still many people here!"

Leng Qingtang turned around and smirked.

"What did you see?"

The guards shook their heads at the same time.

"Master, we didn't see anything."

The Master turned his head then. He raised his eyebrows triumphantly, smiling at the girl.

"Have you heard it?"

Gu Yunxi said nothing out of shyness but clenched her small hands into fists and kept beating his chest.

Leng Qingtang didn't stop her. He grabbed the girl's slender waist with his palms, bowed to her ear, and whispers softly.

"If you don't go back with me, I will do something to you on the spot."

Gu Yunxi immediately thought of the ugly thing she accidentally saw at the Imperial Ceremony Office that night. She was so shy and ashamed, covering her face and stomping.

The team then started to go back.

"Master, I went to the Palace just now, and I have something to report to you."

"Okay. Let's talk about it after coming back."

The man in the black robe walked in front with his chin up and chest out, holding the obedient girl with one hand. Under the night, his handsome face was full of affection and contentment.