Celestial Master Zhang was accustod to this; his master was always sowhat cold-hearted and indifferent. To him, everything was a trivial matter.
Lin Kong was truly a low-profile person; he didn’t even go to the dining room for als but ate in the study instead. Celestial Master Zhang naturally had no objections and imdiately instructed the servants to move the als to the study.
The next day, early morning.
For so ti now, Celestial Master Zhang had already figured out Situtu Xueer’s daily schedule, fearing that if he arrived late at the War Prince’s Mansion, Situtu Xueer would have already gone to the shop.
Thus, early in the morning, he woke Lin Kong, preparing to visit the War Prince’s Mansion together to et with Situtu Xueer and gather more information about the Thousand Year Striped Tiger.
After Lin Kong finished grooming, he changed into a suit of Bai Yi; compared to the black suit from yesterday, the white clothes suited him much better. His long hair flowed freely, untied and unbound, slightly fluttering, accentuating his handso face, resembling a divine being descended onto the earth, with eyes sparkling with a thousand kinds of crystal brightness.
The servants were stunned, wondering who this handso man by Celestial Master Zhang’s side was, why had they never seen him before?
It wasn’t until they mounted the carriage that Celestial Master Zhang said, "Master, hurry and get in the carriage."
Only then did they realize that the handso man before them was actually the man in black from yesterday.
They were instantly amused. Although there were male servants in the mansion, they all looked very ordinary, the kind that you couldn’t find in a crowd.
One maid teased another, "What are you laughing at? Acting like a love-struck fool. No matter how good-looking he is, he’s not for us servants."
"Whether or not he’s for us, I’m just looking. Beautiful things always look so pleasing to the eye."
As soon as the carriage left, the maids were chattering and playing at the gate; when the Master wasn’t around, they couldn’t be happier, almost like celebrating New Year, just short of setting off fireworks.
"What are you doing? Aren’t you going back to work?" Suddenly, a shout startled them.
Turning their heads, they saw it was the steward standing behind them.
Scared, they imdiately ran back into the mansion.
War Prince’s Mansion.
Guards at the gate saw Celestial Master Zhang arrived, and before they approached, one had already rushed to report to the Prince.
At this Shichen Chinese Ti, Nong Rui and Xuexue were dining in the hall; seeing the guard out of breath, they knew sothing must have happened.
Long Rui looked at the gasping guard and asked, "What’s the matter?"
Guard: "Celestial Master Zhang is here."
"Here is here, why are you so nervous?" Long Rui leisurely continued to eat and occasionally picked so snacks to put in Xuexue’s bowl, softly saying, "Madam, try this one; it’s quite tasty."
Hearing Celestial Master Zhang arrived, Xuexue shivered ntally; she knew clearly that these days, Celestial Master Zhang had been sending people to follow her, surely still suspicious about the Thousand Year Striped Tiger.
Long Rui glanced coldly at the servants in the room and said indifferently, "The Prince and madam are dining; I’m not accustod to having people disturb us. All of you wait outside."
The guard hesitantly asked, "What about Celestial Master Zhang?"
"Let him wait; just say the Prince is unavailable and is accompanying the madam for dinner."
"Yes."
The guard retreated, thinking, Prince, this response is too domineering, right? To leave the Imperial Heavenly Master at the gate for Madam Situ?
But with the Prince’s order, he dared not defy it, so he rushed back to the gate.
By now, Celestial Master Zhang led Lin Kong to the War Prince’s Mansion entrance.
"Brothers, please report to the War Prince that today, the Heavenly Master has co with master to visit him."
"Our Prince is currently unavailable."
"What’s the matter? Did he go out early this morning?"
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