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Yun Qixi's mood had mysteriously turned bad, as if he was almost unable to maintain her demeanor. She put down her chopsticks and forced a smile.

"I've lost my appetite, you guys take your time and eat, thank you for the hospitality." With that, she stood up and walked out.

"Seventy-Six." Shan Jingyan called her, but she did not turn around and waved his hand, his tone was especially brisk, "Don't worry about me, you guys can eat."

After walking into the courtyard, Yun Qixi looked up at the sky. The moon was still okay, but the same moon, but she couldn't see the gentleness of that night. The surrounding moonlight felt cool no matter how she looked at it.

Maybe it was because the weather was really cold!

Lying in bed until midnight, when she was ready to move, she felt a little regretful that she hadn't eaten. Hungry not only does not have physical strength, but also the brain's reaction will be slow, not conducive to doing reconnaissance activities.

So she decided to go to the kitchen and find something to replenish her energy.

She rummaged in the dark in the kitchen, packed a few pastries, and set off.

Even though Yue Yue Manor was the Imperial Courtyard, because there weren't many people staying there, it became even more deserted at night. The guards weren't as tight as the imperial palace, so there weren't many patrolling.

With her sharp hearing, she easily avoided the patrolling team. In the distance, she saw Shan Liancheng's courtyard.

To reach the Jewel Pavilion, he had to pass through here. Yun Qixi was hidden in the shadows, and when she subconsciously looked at the courtyard once, her eyes froze.

She saw a figure walking out from the courtyard, and was also walking in the direction of the Jewel Pavilion.

Yun Qixi squinted her eyes and observed carefully. No matter how she looked at it, that figure looked a little familiar.

Isn't that Shan Liancheng? Why did he come out so late into the night? Moreover, he actually didn't sit in a wheelchair. Wasn't he afraid of exposure?

After stuffing the last bit of pastry into her mouth, Yun Qixi followed suit with light footsteps.

Shan Liancheng walked in a hurry, as if he did not notice there were people following him. Or rather, in the Yue Yue Manor, as their masters, they had never felt threatened at all. Moreover, he seemed to be walking in the same direction as Yun Qixi.

Yun Qixi did not dare to approach him, after all, Shan Liancheng was a martial artist and had sharp hearing, but she did not dare fall too far, for fear of losing him. Fortunately, her tracking ability was not bad and she was never discovered. Then she did see him walking in the direction of the grove.

This small forest was even more sinister than the daytime. As they traveled through it, the rustling of leaves seemed to be the only sound that could be heard. Probably because he felt guilty for being a thief, Yun Qixi's footsteps became lighter.

In the forest, one could see the lights from the Jewel Pavilion from afar.

Shan Liancheng had already left the forest, and walked straight towards the Jewel Pavilion, but Yun Qixi was hiding behind a tree in the forest, not daring to act rashly.

What was he doing here so late? Could he have hidden a treasure inside this Jewel Pavilion? Or was he here to steal? In a short period of time, Yun Qixi's brain opened wide, and countless of ideas came to mind.

Suddenly, Yun Qixi's sensitive hearing heard the sound of laughter coming from the Jewel Pavilion, and it was even a female's laughter.

Yun Qixi became suspicious and decided to check it out.

Logically speaking, there should be people guarding this so-called forbidden area. However, there weren't even a single guard outside the Jewel Pavilion. This caused Yun Qixi to feel even more uneasy.

Looking around, she lowered her body and followed the edge of the forest to a small hill. As she climbed behind the hill, she got closer to the Jewel Master.

Between the place she was standing and the walls of Jewel Pavilion, there were a few big trees. She stood up, and with the cover of a few large trees, she cautiously walked closer to Jewel Pavilion.

The wall was not high, and for someone like her who was already familiar with how to climb walls, it wasn't a difficult matter at all. Holding the nearest tree, she easily climbed to the top of the wall.

Then, when she looked into the courtyard, she froze.

In the courtyard with the wide Jewel Pavilion, she could see Shan Liancheng's slender back, but the bright spot wasn't here. The bright spot was a woman wearing a goose yellow dress cuddling against Shan Liancheng's chest, acting like a spoiled child. Shan Liancheng, on the other hand, was gently patting his back with his hand.

This was a side Yun Qixi had never seen before. She had always felt that he was as cold as ice mountain, and had never known that he also had the attribute of gentleness. She was curious. What kind of woman could melt this ice mountain?

But the woman kept her head buried in Shan Liancheng's chest, with her hands tightly wrapped around his waist, she couldn't see his face. However, to be able to be cared for so gently by such a huge iceberg, he must not be an ordinary woman.

His gaze swept across the entire courtyard. The so called Jewel Pavilion was actually not that precious, much less was it as mysterious as the Treasure Vault.

What kind of Jewel Pavilion is this, it turns out that they're not hiding jewels, but beauties, a place filled with gold.

However, Shan Liancheng was a dignified duke, and he liked women. Was there really a need to be so secretive? What's more, hadn't he yet to take an official wife? If you like it, why not just marry her and go home? What kind of clandestine romance was this?

The two of them snuggled with each other for a while, then walked into the house side by side. From start to end, Yun Qixi couldn't see the woman's face clearly.

Shan Liancheng did not pretend to be crippled in front of this girl. You should know that even Imperial Concubine Hui did not know that he was pretending to be disabled, which means this woman held a lot of weight in his heart.

The dim yellow light from the house shone down on the two of them. It was a very warm and harmonious scene. For some reason, when Yun Qixi saw this scene, she felt a strange sense of loss.

Damn it!

Achoo!

Yun Qixi suddenly sneezed loudly. It was too late for him to cover her mouth. The sneeze came too quickly, without warning. The loud sneeze was too hard to hear in this quiet night.

"Who?" Suddenly, with a loud roar, several guards ran out from the foot of the wall in the courtyard, as if they were performing a magic trick.

Yun Qixi was so frightened that her hands loosened and she fell down the wall.

The moment she fell, she seemed to have seen Shan Liancheng turn his head around.

Landing on her buttocks, she didn't even have time to scream out in pain before she heard the sounds of footsteps and the guards chasing her. She quickly got up and quickly ran down the hill into the darkness.

"Who is it? How dare you trespass into the Jewel Pavilion? " The guards chased after him with swords and sabers in their hands, their fiendish voices scaring Yun Qixi so much that her legs started to tremble, causing him to stagger a few times.

After all, she wasn't familiar with the environment here. It was safe to not know where to run, and she didn't know how to run out. He just kept running blindly, hoping that he wouldn't be caught that quickly.

"Halt." As the guards chasing after her got closer and closer, the light from the torches followed her, giving her the illusion that they were about to burn her butt.

I can't go to the Pavilion of Heavenly Secrets," Qingli said. She really wanted to know what would happen if she broke into the forbidden area. She didn't charge in. She just took a peek outside, so maybe she accidentally saw some secret. Wasn't it a golden house that hid a girl? Would she promise not to tell? Was there a need to chase after her like this?

Going down the mountain, going up the mountain, Yun Qixi traversed through the forest without knowing the direction.

"What's going on?" a familiar voice asked from behind him.

"Reporting to Fourth Prince, a little thief has trespassed into the Jewel Pavilion."

It's Shan Jingyan, if he found out that the little thief was her, would he consider it a personal matter and give her a lighter punishment?

"Who is it?" The one who asked was actually Qing Li.

Looks like this disturbance was not small, as the entire Yue Yue Manor was alarmed.

That Qing Li had long since disliked her and wanted her to die. No, she definitely could not let her catch her. Thinking of this, she ran even faster.

Suddenly, a hand tugged at her, and she threw herself into an embrace.

The faint mint fragrance quickly made her realize who this person was. But shouldn't he have been soft and warm in the Jewel Pavilion? Why did he appear here in the blink of an eye?

The sound of footsteps from the chase was getting closer and closer. Yun Qixi was extremely nervous, but suddenly, she flew up into the sky. A pair of powerful arms was already holding her shoulders, and she walked up the mountain with large strides.

That's right, she was walking. Although she was walking, her speed was as fast as the wind. Being carried, Yun Qixi used the moonlight to catch a glimpse of his nimble and agile footsteps. At this moment, she really wanted to laugh.

If anyone else were to see the usual prince sitting in his wheelchair walking as fast as he could, how would they react?

Yun Qixi did not struggle because she narcissistically felt that he was saving her.

After walking for a while, Shan Liancheng stopped. With a creaking sound, it was like the sound of a heavy stone opening. Soon after, she was carried into a place similar to a cave. At the same time, a wave of heat swept over.

Although this place was called a cave, it wasn't exactly a cave. Although there were many plants growing around them, their steps down the stairs were man-made. In addition, there was a red carpet and no sound at all when he stepped on it.

The fog in the air rose, and as she descended, the fog became denser, and Yun Qixi could smell the wet scent in the air.

She was finally lowered around a wide marble wall.

Yun Qixi turned her body, his eyes almost popping out of their sockets.

"What is this?"

Hot springs? Bath pool?

Could they hide here and not be discovered?

The facts quickly gave her the answer. The footsteps of the guards entered the cave.

What should he do? Yun Qixi looked at Shan Liancheng nervously. At this moment, she really wanted to retort about this grandpa's IQ.

The mountain was so big, how could he not run? He just had to walk into this cave. This time, he had nowhere to run. Wasn't this just looking for his own path of death?

The footsteps drew closer and closer. Seeing that the guards were about to come in from outside the wall, one of her arms suddenly retracted her waist, hugging her as she jumped into the steaming hot spring.

A huge splash rose in the hot spring. Their clothes were instantly drenched, and even their hair was unavoidably wet. Through the curling white fog, Yun Qixi saw a group of guards rushing in.

At the same time, the back of her head was gripped by a large palm, and a soft lip covered it.