"Prince!"
Madam Wang stomped her foot in frustration as she watched the Prince’s figure gradually disappear from view. Reluctantly, she turned and looked at the dozen or so maids and old maids beside her, each with disheveled hair and a pitifully sorry state. Extrely irritated, she couldn’t help but roar, "You worthless lot, what are you standing around for? Embarrassing yourselves here! Get back quickly!"
"Yes."
When they ca, they were full of vigor and imposing; now, as they returned, each looked like a defeated rooster, their heads hanging low.
Having been thwarted by Xuexue ti and ti again, the resentnt in Madam Wang’s heart was indescribable.
"This little cheap person, one day, he’ll get what’s coming to him."
Before leaving, Madam Wang spit out a harsh declaration.
That night, the moon was obscured, the wind was high.
The entire War Prince’s Mansion was enveloped in sleep, while a shadow swiftly darted across the rooftops, arriving in the blink of an eye at the East Wing Room.
"Knock knock knock...!"
Arriving at a window, the shadow gently knocked a few tis.
The window was opened.
"Quick, co in."
A woman’s low voice whispered.
The shadow glanced left and right, then leaped inside with a swoosh.
Rain Listening Courtyard.
Long Rui had been standing outside the window for a long ti, but there was no movent within. It seed that tonight, his wife was still unwilling to forgive him.
"Prince."
Suddenly, Long Yi hurried over.
"What is it?" Long Rui was a bit displeased; his wife wasn’t appeased yet, and he had no interest in anything else.
Long Yi leaned in close to his ear, whispered a few words, and then asked, "Prince, what do you think...?"
"Keep a close watch, but don’t alert the snake by striking the grass just yet."
"Understood."
"Go back." Long Rui waved his hand impatiently.
Long Yi took a few steps, then turned back, seeing his master’s back standing in the cold wind. His broad robes billowed loudly in the breeze, evoking pity. He couldn’t help but bla Situtu Xueer, wondering what the big deal was. She’s been angry for so long, the master has even caught a cold, yet she won’t forgive him.
"Prince!"
"Hmm?" Long Rui turned his head and glanced at him.
"The weather is cold; take care of your health."
"Got it, go back." Long Rui waved his hand impatiently. Since his wife hadn’t cald down yet, he couldn’t sleep anyway. He might as well stand outside Xuexue’s window, feeling her presence and finding much more comfort this way.
"Madam Situ is still angry! She probably won’t open the door tonight. Prince, you’d better go back, don’t catch a cold."
Just as Long Yi finished speaking, Long Rui impatiently shouted, "Why so much nonsense! Get lost."
In the silent night, the sound was particularly loud.
Zixia, being trained in martial arts, imdiately beca alert. Upon hearing the sound, she quickly got up, threw on a coat, and ca out to check.
"Who’s there?" Zixia, holding a lantern, walked slowly in that direction.
As everyone knew, since Madam Situ married into the War Prince’s Mansion, the War Prince had never spent the night here. So, as Zixia approached, Long Rui and Long Yi’s figures imdiately vanished from sight.
Zixia searched inside and out but found nothing unusual.
"Strange, I clearly heard a sound just now, but how co there’s no one? Could it be that my temper’s been too bad lately, causing nightmares?" Zixia muttered to herself, holding the lantern. As she walked along, she glanced back a few tis before hesitantly walking away.
Just as her silhouette disappeared,
Long Rui and Long Yi leapt down from the rooftop.
Feeling extrely aggrieved, on their own turf, they had to act like thieves. Even upon seeing a servant, they needed to hide. What a situation!
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