Madam Ni covered her face, opened her mouth, and suddenly came to her senses: "Miaomiao, your ears..."

"Don't look at my ears! Ah! My ears are gone! It's all your fault!" Ni Miaomiao became agitated.

Madam Ni quickly said, "Your ear is perfectly fine! It didn't fall off!"

Ni Miaomiao was slightly taken aback, then quickly looked up and saw that Madam Ni's ear was intact. She rushed into the inner room, looked at herself in the bronze mirror, and after a long while, burst into loud laughter: "Hahahaha, my ear didn't fall off! My ear is still here! Mother! My ear is still here!"

Madam Ni quickly snatched the mirror away, and only after looking at herself in the mirror did she feel relieved.

"What exactly happened?" Ni Yihong frowned deeply as he watched his daughter-in-law and granddaughter react with such alarm. "Aren't you ashamed?"

Upon hearing Ni Yihong's words, Ni Miaomiao and Madam Ni remembered what had just happened.

The mother and daughter, who had always been very close, glanced at each other, but were quite embarrassed.

Ni Yihong quickly realized something was wrong and gestured for the two to sit down: "Tell me, what exactly happened?"

Ni Miaomiao pursed her lips and whispered, "Didn't you see Bai Tuantuan?"

"No, when we arrived we saw you two fighting each other." Ni Duohan frowned. "What exactly happened?"

Ni Miaomiao looked at Madam Ni and tentatively called out, "Mother?"

Madam Ni briefly explained the matter, omitting the conflict between her and Ni Miaomiao, and changing their argument to mutual concession.

Ni Miaomiao nodded in agreement and said a few words.

Even so, neither Ni Yihong nor Ni Duohan were fools, and they naturally guessed the truth, but they didn't point it out and changed the subject.

"But your ears are fine. So, what methods did they use?" Ni Duohan said thoughtfully. "I told you their demeanor is not that of ordinary people."

“But Grandpa checked, he’s just an ordinary person,” Ni Miaomiao couldn’t help but retort. “Besides, the feeling just now seemed so real—the pain, the blood, how could it be…”

At this point, Ni Miaomiao touched her ear, feeling relieved.

Ni Yihong sighed: "It seems that some things are not that we can't find out, but that someone is preventing us from doing so."

"Let's not talk about Ning Nanxiao anymore. Fortunately, none of you were injured."

Madam Ni and Ni Miaomiao were both shaken and dared not make any further moves against Ning Nanxiao. They quickly nodded in agreement.

On this day, Mount Hua was packed with people.

The emperor led his entourage up and found an inconspicuous spot to sit down.

Although it is inconspicuous, the view is excellent.

However, there are always some clueless people who try to get close to them.

"May I ask how you are addressed, young lady?" Wan Chengdao approached with a slight smile. "You offended Master Ni's granddaughter yesterday, and Master Ni will surely avenge you today."

Bai Tuantuan was originally there to fetch spring water for the Emperor to make tea, but she never expected to run into Wan Chengdao.

Hearing his words, she raised an eyebrow and asked, "So?"

"Hehe." Wan Chengdao chuckled, his tone tinged with smugness. "To be honest, young lady, I've had a good impression of you since the first moment I saw you. If you're willing to come with me, I'll naturally go to Master Ni and ask him to release you. How about that?"

Bai Tuantuan took two steps back and looked Wan Chengdao up and down: "I have someone I like."

"You mean that fair-skinned young man? Heh, girl, without any background, even if he's good-looking, it's useless."

"Yeah, I like good-looking people. You're too ugly to catch my eye."

Bai Tuantuan shrugged: "As for whether it's troublesome or not, I can handle it myself, so you don't need to worry about it."

"If you have nothing else, I'll be going now."

As she spoke, Bai Tuantuan bypassed Wan Chengdao and tried to leave.

However, Wan Chengdao directly stopped Bai Tuantuan, a hint of anger on his face: "I, Wan Chengdao, have never failed to get anyone I want. I advise you not to refuse a toast only to suffer the consequences!"

"Oh, I don't like drinking." Bai Tuantuan tucked the water bottle into her waistband and drew her sword. "Want to fight? Come on."

Upon seeing this, Wan Chengdao's eyes lit up: "You know martial arts? Good, very good, even more to my liking!"

"If you obediently become my person, I promise you endless riches and glory, how about it?"

A hint of murderous intent flashed in Bai Tuantuan's eyes.

Seeing that Bai Tuantuan didn't speak, Wan Chengdao reached out, just about to touch Bai Tuantuan's little face, when he felt a pain in his arm the next second!

Fortunately, he reacted quickly. Seeing the blood on his arm, he was furious: "How dare you hurt me!"

A cold glint flashed in Bai Tuantuan's eyes: "If you can't speak, you don't need a mouth!"

As he spoke, he thrust the dagger in his hand directly into Wan Chengdao's face!

"Bang!"

Wan Chengdao fell to the ground, staring in horror at the dagger stuck beside him. He was so close, so very close, to being dead!

Bai Tuantuan looked at Wan Chengdao with a mocking expression: "With this kind of guts, you still want to survive in the martial arts world?"

Bai Tuantuan took a few steps forward and saw Ning Nanxiao's figure.

But Ning Nanxiao had a faint smile on his face: "I've been waiting for you for so long, so I came to find you."

Looking at Ning Nanxiao's smile, Bai Tuantuan asked curiously, "What did you see that makes you so happy?"

"No, I just overheard something, that Tuantuan has feelings for me?"

Bai Tuantuan was slightly taken aback, then smiled slyly: "Yes, yes, I love you, is that enough?"

Ning Nanxiao's ear tips turned red, and her bright eyes looked at the white ball.

Bai Tuantuan had a mischievous thought: "I love you, I like you the most, I can't live without you!"

Along the way, Bai Tuantuan teased Ning Nanxiao, making him feel all excited. In the end, he couldn't help but hug Bai Tuantuan, set up a barrier, and kissed her chattering lips.

It wasn't until the martial arts competition was about to begin that Ning Nanxiao led Bai Tuantuan to the Emperor's side.

They thought they would have to explain why they were so late, but the Emperor and Bai Han were too busy to care about them. At that moment, they were captivated by the martial arts competition on the stage.

Ni Yihong stood on the high platform, glanced around, and nodded to the servant. The servant took the teapot and slowly walked to the Emperor's table, poured the tea, and then left.

Their every move was no different from that of an ordinary servant, but unfortunately, they encountered Ning Nanxiao and Bai Tuantuan.

Seeing that Bai Han was about to drink the tea on the table, Bai Tuantuan went over and took the teacup.

Bai Han, who was engrossed in watching, was slightly taken aback. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Ning Nanxiao grab the servant boy and say, "You drink it."