C2

At night, the noise dissipated, the moonlight outside the window was like water, the tranquility spilled onto the windowsill.

Inside the room, Xie Zimo was sitting on a sandalwood chair, wearing an undergarment. His shirt was open to reveal his chest and abdomen, and he carefully tore off the dummy skin from his right lower abdomen. The wound was sutured with a thin thread, which was especially eye-catching under the flickering candle flame. He smiled lightly and traced his finger across his lips, looking as if he was reminiscing about something.

The next day, he personally went to the gambling den and listened to the girl called Qin Xue play the zither.

Because of his arrival, Dream Return Gambling Workshop was bustling with noise and excitement. The women who served the men crowded around Gu Lai, using all means at their disposal, just for the sake of Prime Minister Bo's favor. There were a few other men in the gambling house whose status was not as noble as Xie Zimo's, so they could only keep their distance. They stayed in the gambling area and watched the woman in the fence as well as Xie Zimo, who was standing in front of it.

Xie Zimo looked at Qin Xue with an amused expression. At this moment, he didn't want to make fun of her, so he just listened to her play. The melodious zither music had an extremely strong penetrating power. It wrapped around every nook and cranny of the gambling den, scattering in the air. After the zither music ended, Kui Xue turned around and disappeared from everyone's field of vision. Xie Zimo smiled and followed her.

"Nice twist." Xie Zimo placed a hand on the door that was about to close, then pushed it open and entered.

Baili Kui Xue slightly frowned, showing an expression that she did not welcome Xie Zimo. Xie Zimo shamelessly walked around her and carefully observed her room. There was a screen in the room, and a harp on a table by the window. There were many women's headgear in front of the dressing table, and there were even some elegant calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls.

Xie Zimo turned his attention back to Baili Kuangxue, she was still wearing her red makeup today, and although she looked flirtatious, the embroidered flowers under her red dress could still be vaguely seen through the light muslin. At the corner of her eyes, there was an ethereal red glow. She looked especially beautiful.

"Please leave." Kui Xue frowned, looking at the man walking freely in the room.

"My name is Xie Zimo, what about you? "Oh, yes. Your name is Qin Xue, and you're the number one player in Dreamland." Xie Zimo introduced himself. As he spoke, he opened the fan in his hand and elegantly withdrew it, inserting it into his waist.

Fuxue looked at him, deep in thought. She had heard of this name before. Xie Zimo was the prime minister of that country. He was usually idle and an unscrupulous foppish young lord, but his reputation was inexplicably great. It made people have to be courteous to him.

"Take a drink with me and I'll go out." Xie Zimo smiled, looking very playful. Seeing that there was a jug of wine on the tea table, he poured a cup and walked in front of Kui Xue, raising his cup and making a gesture of drinking together.

Kui Xue did not want to cause trouble, so she lifted her veil and took the wine cup, "This little lady thanks Prime Minister."

Just as she was about to raise her glass to empty it, Xie Zimo's lips curled up into a smile as he held her wrist and drank the wine in the cup. He quickly moved closer to her snow-white lips, grabbed her chin with one hand and passed the wine over, tasting her vermilion lips.

Xie Zimo wiped his lips and smiled, and was then slapped, "Please leave my room!" Baili Xiang Xue resisted her anger and walked into the daisy screen, avoiding Xie Zimo.

"Follow me back to the Prime Minister's Estate, no matter how much the money is, I'm willing to redeem you." Xie Zimo touched his hot face and pursed his lips with a smile.

"Money cannot redeem me unless you have something I want." The woman behind the screen sat down and played a zither with a sound as warm as the wind.

"Then what do you want?" Xie Zimo asked with interest.

"Sincerely, people like you don't exist, so please go back." Behind the screen, the zither music abruptly stopped. The woman's voice was cold and without emotion, but it had a feeling as if it could see through the world.

"How do you know I'm not sincere? "Maybe I am sincere to you?" Xie Zimo asked, trying to get close to the screen.

A hairpin passed through the screen and passed by his face, cutting off a few strands of his hair. He stopped, his smile deepening.

"Since the young lady does not welcome me, I will leave first today." Xie Zimo smiled, opened up his fan, turned around and walked out of the room with the fragrant snow. Before he left, he added, "Beauty, I'll come look for you in a few days."

Behind the screen, Baili Xiang Xue slightly frowned, deeply loathing and loathing such a frivolous man.

The sound of the zither was not cut off as a wasp flew into the room of Kui Xue. It landed on the bright, metallic strings, and its antennae vibrated, emitting a very subtle sound.

Baili Kui Xue glanced at the wasp, then left the gambling den by the back door, wearing a black cloak and dreaming back to the gambling den.

By the time they reached the mountains, the sky had already darkened. The surroundings were filled with the wails of the cold cicadas and the strange aura of swaying trees. Unafraid, the sweet snow of a hundred miles skirted the jungle path, pushing away the darkness. What appeared in front of her was a dancing firefly. The fireflies were dancing around an old banyan tree. The banyan tree was covered with leaves, making it seem illusory in the gathering of the fireflies.

With a light leap, Kui Xue landed in front of the wooden house on the tree and pushed open the door. At the table in the room sat a man in a gray suit with long, loose hair, playing with a wasp in his hand. Fireflies flickered on his face, outlining his ancient and handsome features.

"What is Master looking for me for?" The fragrant snow spoke to the man.

The man in front of her was called Lu Zixu. He had saved her life four years ago. He was a doctor of God who lived in seclusion here, and he would communicate with the wasps and use them to send messages. Virtuous Snow of Hundred Miles had learned almost all of her abilities from him. In order to repay him for saving her life, she promised to do something for him. Lu Zixu told her to hide in Dream Return Gambling Workshop to gather all the information she could find from the palace. Although she didn't know what this man's purpose was, she still respected this master.

Lu Zixu flicked his finger, and the wasp flew out around a hundred miles of sweet snow. He asked coldly, "I heard that Xie Zimo went back to the gambling den today."

"Yes." The sweet snow-white wind of the hundred li answered lightly, but the look in their eyes revealed loathing.

"You don't seem to like him much." Lu Zixu noticed the change, smiled, and shifted into a different position.

When she thought of the scene of him drinking, she felt uncomfortable, but she still tried her best to remain calm. She said, "Master is overthinking it."

Lu Zixu sneered and continued, "Your lost good sister Mu Jingshu seems to have some news about you."

Kui Xue was startled, the color of her eyes changed, and she asked: "Have you found her?" She was her only friend in this world.

"It might be within the palace. As for who exactly it is, I haven't found it yet. However, you can enter the palace and search for it yourself." Lu Zixu began to talk about the real reason he had called her here, "Find a way to enter the palace and get close to Lu Shaoheng. He has something that I want."

Lu Zixu turned to look at Baili Kui Xue, seeming to be hinting at something. Meanwhile, Baili Xiang Xue had already guessed Lu Zixu's intentions, and replied, "Master wants me to use Xie Zimo to enter the palace?"

"That's right." Lu Zixu smiled, giving off a feeling of peace.

"Xie Zimo's identity is a bit special, but he's someone who can be used. Think of what to do and what to do." Lu Zixu laughed, and then told Kui Xue to go back early so that no one would suspect her.