"Squeak …"
Long Feiye personally pushed open the gates to the courtyard, disturbing the silence of the courtyard and startling all the birds that were perching there.
Long Fei Ye went inside and closed the gates himself. By the time Chu Xifeng arrived, it was already too late to enter.
As soon as Chu Xifeng arrived, a few guards appeared as well.
"Boss, why did His Highness come in person?"
"Boss, just who's locked up inside? Everything's been so secretive the entire time. Could it be … it's not a person? "
"Boss, to be honest, we've been with you for so many years. Don't you trust us? Why can't we know if Li Xiaosi knows? "
Chu Xifeng was used to letting the guards complain, but now he knitted his brows and said coldly, "Trust? Can your mouths be tighter than a dead man's? "
Everyone fell silent at his words.
Dead people's mouths were the tightest. Without a doubt, Li Xiaosi wouldn't live for long.
"I can't even ask about His Highness's matters, much less you lot. All of you, behave yourselves!" Chu Xifeng said before jumping onto the wall to stand guard.
Once the crows and magpies had all flown away, the courtyard returned to silence. But no matter what happened, it had nothing to do with that person. She couldn't hear a thing.
She was currently standing by the wall, two sharp stones in her hands. She was chiseling away at them, but her strength was limited. She couldn't make a dent no matter how long she tried.
Her emotions were agitated, her face stern as she gritted her teeth. She was as stubborn as an ox.
Long Fei Ye had already walked up behind her, but she still didn't realize.
Long Fei Ye looked her up and down with cold eyes before asking, "Who gave her the stones?"
Li Xiaosi, who was standing guard on the side, immediately appeared and reported, "Your Highness, she asked for it herself. As soon as this subordinate took it away, she tried to kill herself. This subordinate could only let her be."
"Useless thing."
Long Fei Ye glanced sideways, causing Li Xiaosi to shiver. He instinctively wanted to retreat, but it was already too late.
Long Fei Ye's sword was so fast that Li Xiaosi did not even notice the movement of his sword. When he came back to his senses, he saw the blood splattering from his abdomen.
Long Fei Ye put his sword back into its scabbard. Li Xiaosi fell to the ground. Such a big movement happened behind the wall chisel. Unfortunately, she still did not know.
Long Fei Ye had tried countless times to sound her out, but she really couldn't hear anything. This time, it was not a test, and Li Xiao Si was not the first shadow guard he had killed.
In order to protect this secret, he had already replaced five to six secret guards along the way.
"Chu Xifeng, clean up the mess," Long Fei Ye said before entering the rooms.
Chu Xifeng assumed that His Highness would talk to the person himself, but His Highness allowed her to keep chipping away at the wall.
He couldn't figure it out, but he didn't dare to ask more. He personally disposed of Li Xiaosi's body.
He had followed His Highness for so many years, but this was the first time he had seen His Highness so carefully guarding a secret. His Highness was not even this careful when it came to protecting his own life!
He knew that this secret didn't belong to the person imprisoned here, but to this person herself.
— Currently, Han Yunxi had long changed her clothes and returned to the guest hall, but Long Fei Ye was nowhere to be seen. She searched the entire hall, but didn't see Long Fei Ye anywhere.
Where was he?
"Xu Donglin."
Han Yunxi gave the order, and the little guard Xu Donglin appeared. As soon as they left the black market, Long Fei Ye had given him to Han Yunxi as an attendant.
"Where's His Highness?" Han Yunxi asked.
"I didn't see him, but I did see our boss leave for the southern outskirts," Xu Donglin replied honestly.
Han Yunxi was puzzled. It looked like Long Fei Ye had gone out. Was it an emergency?
Over the past month, she had gone down south with Long Fei Ye to provide disaster relief. They had spent more time together than they had in the past year combined. Although Long Fei Ye had never purposely told her where he was going, she knew every time he went out to do something.
Where did he go this time? What was he doing? Was he looking for food?
The imperial uncle's estate had already fallen, but the disaster relief was still going on. The food they had sent down was only barely enough to help the victims survive this winter. The coming spring would be the most difficult time!
They still had to think of a way to find food!
Han Yunxi thought about it for a while before deciding to change her clothes. If Long Fei Ye was in a rush to find food, then even if he didn't wait for her, he would have given her a heads up.
Could it be … a private matter?
"The people from the Tang Sect are here again?" Han Yunxi muttered to herself.
"Esteemed wangfei, what are you saying?" Xu Donglin timidly asked.
"Nothing, just pass on the meal," Han Yunxi mused. Habits really are scary!
By the time they returned to the capital, Long Fei Ye would be so busy that she wouldn't be able to get used to it.
Han Yunxi stood alone by the door, staring at the clear skies. It wasn't clear what she was thinking, but her thoughts soon wandered off.
Abruptly, a warm voice spoke up from behind her. "Miss Yunxi, long time no see. May I have a cup of tea to drink?"
Han Yunxi jumped in fright and spun around, only to see the white-robed, masked gentleman she'd met at the Skypit. He was sitting by the tea table and had already steeped a cup of tea.
Han Yunxi quickly ran inside and shut the door!
"You … how did you …" Han Yunxi was both frightened and moved at the same time.
"Miss Yunxi seems very nervous."
The gentle laughter of the young man in white gave people endless imagination. What kind of face did he have under the mask?
"Do you know how many guards there are outside?"
Heaven knows how many guards Long Fei Ye had left at the senior provincial official's estate, but this white-robed man had managed to fool all of them to sit in Long Fei Ye's seat and make tea!
Han Yunxi was still worried and locked the door.
"Could it be that His Highness Duke of Qin doesn't welcome me?" the white-robed man teased.
Whenever Han Yunxi mentioned the Shadow Clan or Western Qin's imperial family to Long Fei Ye, he'd avoid her. It wasn't clear whether he wasn't interested, or didn't want to talk about it. She didn't know what Long Fei Ye's attitude towards this gentleman from the Shadow Clan was.
But she wasn't an idiot!
How could there be such a coincidence in the world? How could the white-robed man show up as soon as Long Fei Ye was gone?
This white-robed man obviously took a fancy to Long Fei Ye's absence and came here!
"You should know better than me whether I'm welcome or not," Han Yunxi smiled.
"Miss Yunxi is truly intelligent."
The white-robed man poured tea for her like a master of the room, his movements elegant and casual.
Han Yunxi wasn't in the mood for tea. She placed a hand on the table and asked, "Are you here for me, or for the poison beast?"
She'd asked him this question before, but he'd said he'd answer it the next time they met.
Now it was time to give her an answer!
He had to be a member of the Shadow Clan. If he was here for her, then her identity was confirmed!
Han Yunxi was very anxious, but the white-robed man was leisurely and self-satisfied as he began to play Tai Chi. "Good tea. As expected, His Highness Duke of Qin's tea is extraordinary. "
"Those who don't believe can't be friends. You can leave," Han Yunxi was unhappy.
She couldn't be friends with people who didn't keep their promises. This man had clearly promised her. She had been waiting for a few months, hoping for a few months, and when he finally agreed to come, it turned out to be like this!
"Miss Yunxi, I'm here for … the poison beast," the white-robed man finally said, a hint of helplessness in his eyes.
"Then why did you risk your life to protect me?!" Han Yunxi wouldn't believe him so easily.
"If Jun Yi Xie had bullied any other girl that day, this one would have risked my life to save her too," the white-robed man explained.
Han Yunxi shook her head. "You're lying."
"Miss Yunxi, could it be that in your heart, people always have a motive for helping each other?" the white-robed man asked.
Han Yunxi gave a cold snort. "You're lying! If you're here for the poison beast, why didn't you take it away? "
The white-robed man was Han Yunxi's savior, but she was still calm and objective before him.
The white-robed man retorted, "The poison beast has already recognized its master. Do you think I can take it away?"
Lil Thing really was clinging to her, so no one could take it away. A complicated look flashed past Han Yunxi's eyes before she asked, "You knew long ago that the poison beast would recognize its master?"
The white-robed man laughed. "Miss Yunxi, if I knew long ago that the poison beast would recognize you as its master, why would I go through the extra trouble of following you into the Skypit?"
After circling around the topic, Han Yunxi discovered that this white-robed man had calmly answered all her questions with a few words.
Could it be that she and Long Fei Ye had been overthinking things?
"You're from the Shadow Clan?" Han Yunxi asked next.
But the white-robed man only stood up with a faint smile. "Next time, then. If we meet again, I'll answer you."
This move again!
Han Yunxi wasn't going to let him go so easily, but Xu Donglin's voice came from outside. "Esteemed wangfei, open the door. Lunch's been delivered."
Han Yunxi looked back, but the white-robed man had already vanished into thin air. Even the tea set on the tea table had been cleaned up, leaving no trace behind.
White-robed man, ah, White-robed man. Although you answered my question, you didn't tell me why you were hiding from Long Fei Ye.
Han Yunxi opened the door, but wasn't in the mood to eat. Should she tell Long Fei Ye about today's events, or hide them from him for now?
The white-robed man hadn't gone far. Or rather, he'd been there the entire time.
He thought that if they never met again, they'd never lie to each other. Who knew that even after twenty years of cultivation, he couldn't beat the sight of her back?
Seeing that Han Yunxi wasn't in the mood to eat, the white-robed man gave a silent sigh before turning to hide in the shadows outside the room.
Meanwhile, in the abandoned courtyard in the southern suburbs, the wall-cutter had finally calmed down. Only a small dent had been made in the earth wall, but it hadn't affected the overall situation.
She dejectedly tossed aside two sharp stones and slowly turned around, her head bowed in despair.
Chu Xifeng had been waiting by her side for two hours. When he saw her give up, he exhaled and hurried forward, gesturing for her to enter. "Mute Granny, His Highness has come personally. You've put on quite the airs!"
That's right!
The person Long Fei Ye had imprisoned was none other than Mute Granny, the very same woman Chu Xifeng had escorted back to Tianning's capital city. All that talk about being robbed on the way and Mute Granny falling off a cliff was a fabrication.
Long Fei Ye's orders from the start were to take Mute Granny to the Hidden Pavilion and imprison her!
Naturally, Mute Granny couldn't hear Chu Xifeng's words. She didn't even spare him a glance as she stormed into the room.
Inside, Long Fei Ye had been waiting for ages.
Why did he want to imprison Mute Granny? And he'd done it behind Han Yunxi's back!
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