At the mention of Chu Yunshen, Zhu Rong's brows inevitably frowned, and his tone also intensified a few points without her realizing it.

"What is it? Why didn't he tell me in advance?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao really wasn't being aggressive and asking a lot of questions, but she was used to the way she got along with Chu Yunshen.

Chu Yunshen would usually inform her of anything in advance, in order to be afraid that she would wander off on her own and something else would happen.

"This time, it's probably too late for the Lord to inform us ..."

Zhu Rong's face was a few points worse than it had been a moment ago, and she pursed her lips tightly as she fell into her own contemplation.

Cheng Xiaoxiao took one look at Zhu Rong's appearance, where could she not know.

"But something happened to your master? Because of Chu Jingshuo?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao also withdrew the full of concern on her face, put down the tea cup in her hand, and seriously stared at Zhu Rong's eyes and refused to move them.

"The Lord is fine, only this palace is now not peaceful, tomorrow except me, other secret guards and can not appear ..."

Zhu Rong had become more accustomed to talking to Cheng Xiaoxiao in the past few days, and even more so after Chu Yunshen had tacitly approved of the two of them coming and going.

So now that Cheng Xiaoxiao had only asked a few questions, Zhu Rong unexpectedly didn't hold back and revealed something to Cheng Xiaoxiao.

But after saying that, looking at Zhu Rong's appearance, she knew that she was very remorseful, otherwise she wouldn't have avoided her eyes and didn't dare to look at Cheng Xiaoxiao.

In favor of Cheng Xiaoxiao, she kept chasing after Zhu Rong's gaze, her sight just refusing to avoid it.

"Rong Rong, tell me the truth, what did you mean by what you just said? Why is this palace not peaceful, and why does Chu Yunshen need your protection?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao went forward and grabbed Zhu Rong's hand, and shook Zhu Rong's arm in a petulant manner, "Isn't Chu Yunshen coming to the family banquet tomorrow? How come you make it sound so dangerous?"

Zhu Rong knew that she had made a slip of the tongue just now, but now if she wanted to hide the past again, with Cheng Xiaoxiao's character of breaking the sand pot and asking questions to the end, it would be an impossible task.

"If you don't tell me, I won't leave the palace, I want to hear Chu Yunshen explain to me himself! Or else I won't leave!"

Cheng Xiaoxiao feigned anger to release Zhu Rong's hand as soon as she could, and side-stepped her face again with a disgruntled expression.

"You have to think carefully ooh, now that I'm not leaving the palace, you can't force me to take me out, when that time comes how are you going to explain to Chu Yun Shen?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao pouted her lips and put on an unbelievably savage look, living like someone's arrogant and spoiled young lady.

Zhu Rong did not know that Cheng Xiaoxiao was pretending, but she knew Cheng Xiaoxiao's character well.

Cheng Xiaoxiao determined things will not change, if she did not tell Xiaoxiao, Xiaoxiao may not make it difficult for her, but will certainly be on the way out of the palace to find their own way to figure out the reason for things.

She was clearly remembering the precautions that Chu Yunshen had written on that sprawling piece of paper, one of which was to never give Cheng Xiaoxiao the chance to run around on her own, and to bring Cheng Xiaoxiao back unharmed on that premise.

Later on, she won't be the one to accompany Cheng Xiaoxiao all the time, Songtao that elm brain and Xiao Wu are like brothers, she doesn't believe he can handle Cheng Xiaoxiao.

They couldn't use force against Cheng Xiaoxiao, then the Lord would surely punish them heavily.

Even if by some fluke the Lord didn't find out, there was no way she would allow that to happen.

It could be said that Cheng Xiaoxiao had pinpointed Zhu Rong's current situation, and she proudly crossed her legs, absently patting her thighs with her hand without a beat, not looking anxious at all.

She was waiting for Zhu Rong to compromise with her, even if she continued to delay she, Cheng Xiaoxiao, was not afraid.

She wasn't in a hurry anyway, but it was Chu Yunshen and the others who were in a hurry to get her out of the palace.

Seeing Zhu Rong's hopeless look, she knew she was about to wait.

As expected, but in a moment, Zhu Rong finally opened his mouth hesitantly to Cheng Xiaoxiao,

"Then, when I tell you, will you promise to be good and follow me out of the palace?"

Why are you so afraid I won't leave the palace?

What kind of demons and devils are in this palace to keep urging me on like this.

Before she said that she wanted to come back to the palace again, Chu Yunshen didn't say that he wouldn't allow it.

There's definitely something going on here!

Naturally, Cheng Xiaoxiao, the little witty girl, couldn't agree quickly!

She pretended to be cold and glanced coldly at Zhu Rong, who was still torn aside, and slowly opened her mouth,

"Let's hear it first, in case you're not being completely honest."

Zhu Rong was so angry and amused that she nodded at Cheng Xiaoxiao's brain and had to lower her voice to narrate.

She met Matsudo again on her way back just as the feast ended, and this time Matsudo didn't give her a secret message, but made a strange gesture.

Onlookers would not be able to understand that gesture, but Zhu Rong knew it very well, that was the secret signal between their secret guards.

It's not hard to get your hands dirty.

Originally, the moment this gesture was made, it meant that the dark guards were about to end their mission this time.

But Zhu Rong's heart was an indescribable taste, so he had to follow Chu Yunshen's arrangement to do the same.

It can be done, on behalf of her to go and confess to Chu Hongzhen.

At the same time, it also shows that that person, when it comes down to it, is really going to make a move.

When Cheng Xiaoxiao finished listening to Zhu Rong's narration, she directly slammed her hand on the table and said that she would never go out of the palace with Zhu Rong again.

Both of them knew that it would be such a situation, and looking at Zhu Rong's sighing appearance, Cheng Xiaoxiao was also a little weak.

She compensated with a smile and looked at Zhu Rong, and went to hold Zhu Rong's hand again,

"Rong Rong ah, don't worry, it's fine if I don't follow you out of the palace. When the time comes, I'll explain to your Lord myself, and I definitely won't let you take the blame for me."

"You know I didn't mean that."

Looking back at Cheng Xiaoxiao worriedly, Zhu Rong didn't hold back another sigh.

Seeing Zhu Rong a cool big beauty, for her Cheng Xiaoxiao now long pouting and sighing, are turning into a sorrowful Lin sister.

Cheng Xiaoxiao hurriedly resumed her playful, teasing look and reached out a hand to pick Zhu Rong's chin,

"Rong Rong big beauty, give me a smile?"

Knowing that the joke can't go too far, she also told Zhu Rong in a serious tone after she lowered her hand,

"I know that you and Chu Yunshen are both worried about my safety, but it's impossible for me to leave the palace at this time. My good friends are all in the palace, and Chu Yunshen is also here, so how can I hide out alone?"

"What's there to hide? Who wants to hide?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao's words had just finished, and before Zhu Rong had time to react, Chu Hongyi's voice sounded outside the door.

It's also blamed on the fact that Zhu Rong was really too involved just now, completely immersed in dealing with Cheng Xiaoxiao's emotions, and didn't hear Chu Hongyi's footsteps outside the door at all.

She also knew that Cheng Xiaoxiao and Chu Hongyi were on good terms, so she didn't show any overreaction.

On the contrary, after Chu Hongyi was let in by Cheng Xiaoxiao, when he saw Zhu Rong also sitting at the table, his entire body was startled for a long time.

"Sit together."

With Chu Hongyi present, Zhu Rong and Cheng Xiaoxiao couldn't discuss what had just happened anymore.

Zhu Rong even casually chatted for a few moments before excusing himself and leaving Cheng Xiaoxiao's room.

Before leaving, Zhu Rong told Cheng Xiao Xiao that she would come back to Cheng Xiao Xiao later, but she was put off by Cheng Xiao Xiao in a couple of sentences.

"Dash, what's she doing coming to see you later? What's the matter that you can't finish now?"

Learning from Cheng Xiaoxiao's usual gossipy appearance, Chu Hongyi curiously blinked a pair of big eyes that were even better looking than those of an unusual woman and asked.

"Nothing, why did you come again?"

Cheng Xiaoxiao looked as if she didn't want to say anything, because what she had just discussed was even more of an excuse that she didn't even bother to find for herself.

Chu Hongyi is also casually mentioned, was Cheng Xiaoxiao so say immediately Zhu Rong forget to the clouds, he revealed a mouthful of white teeth mysterious Cheng Xiaoxiao said,

"Dash, guess who I just saw?"

Fearing that Cheng Xiaoxiao would feel impatient, Chu Hongyi was very measured and immediately picked up the conversation himself, "It's fourth brother! I saw fourth brother go to the imperial study to look for father emperor, these two days fourth brother seems to always come to the imperial study."

As soon as she heard that Chu Yunshen had come, Cheng Xiaoxiao hurriedly rushed to the room's dressing table in an arrow step and started scratching her head at the not-so-clear bronze mirror.

"What are you doing, Xiao Xiao? Didn't you ask me why Fourth Brother didn't come to see us at the Fairview Palace? Then let's go sneak a look at him now!"

Uncertainly looking at Cheng Xiaoxiao's overly enchanting movements, Chu Hongyi did not understand what Cheng Xiaoxiao was doing for a while.

"Go go go! This is going!"

Cheng Xiaoxiao looked at her unclear self in the bronze mirror with satisfaction, and without looking back, she dealt with Chu Hongyi.

"But I'm the one going, you can't go!"

Finally getting up from the dresser, it was a pity that Cheng Xiaoxia had just walked in front of Chu Hongyi and told him such a cruel sentence.

"Why?"

Chu Hongyi looked at Cheng Xiaoxiao aggrievedly, pathetically looking like some kind of large dog.

Cheng Xiaoxiao almost agreed to Chu Hongyi in a moment of weakness, but when she thought that she had to go talk to Chu Yunshen about business, she had to bite her teeth and put on a fierce look,

"When I say no, I mean no!"

The light in Chu Hongyi's eyes instantly darkened, he hung his head and sat down in front of the table, only whispering a ''hmm'' to Cheng Xiaoxiao, and did not continue to demand.

Cheng Xiaoxiao thought about it but still walked towards the door, and then when she was almost at the door she suddenly turned back and smiled sweetly at Chu Hongyi,

"Chu Hongyi, I prepared a birthday gift for you, it's hidden in my closet. Originally I wanted to wait until I left today to tell you, but now it's cheaper for you, I'm not leaving tonight, I'll eat with you."

After saying that she didn't care what Chu Hongyi's reaction was, she rushed towards the imperial study in large strides without looking back.

Leaving Chu Hongyi alone in her room, he fell back into infinite contemplation when he opened the closet and saw an oddly shaped white circle.

He had heard Cheng Xiaoxiao say that she would not return to the Jing Wang Mansion today, so naturally he was happy.

But Cheng Xiaoxiao still said we should eat together. What's for dinner?

Is it hard to believe that it's this round thing he's holding in his hand?

It smells very sweet, but it looks like it's something he's never eaten before, so there won't be any problems ...

Cheng Xiaoxia had already almost walked to the imperial study, otherwise if she had known about this thought of Chu Hongyi's, she would have been able to spit a mouthful of old blood on the ground.

And he would also give Chu Hongyi a brutal beating, and kick him twice afterward.

What 'round weird thing'?

That was the cake she had sneaked into the imperial kitchen yesterday and worked all night to finish!

You should know that not only is there no one in the imperial dining room at night, there isn't even a ghost left.

It was only when she begged Ruhan for help that she was considered to be accompanied.

The method used was also the lazy version of the rice cooker cake recipe she had read and watched on Jitterbug a hundred and eight years ago.

This ancient nothing, she manually whipped the egg whites, no oven and had to steam the cake embryo under water.

She and Ru Han didn't dare to light all the candles for fear of attracting the guards or others.

It's not easy to succeed in the first place, and it's even more difficult to get around in the dark.

Good thing the ones that failed didn't go to waste, she ate them all herself.

Finally, at the crack of dawn, I managed to come up with a cake that looked kinda like that.