Luo Feng never looked up, but clasped his hands in a fist salute to Li Youran and Princess Qingshui.

"In that case, I'll head back now. If you're afraid, please ask the officer to stay here a little longer."

Princess Qingshui nodded involuntarily as she looked at Luo Feng.

Li Youran smiled slightly, turned her body to the side, and walked straight away.

Originally unsure how to appease Princess Qingshui, they unexpectedly stumbled upon her fondness for men. It seems that to keep Princess Qingshui at home, they'll need to offer her more handsome men.

On her way back, Li Youran was excitedly thinking about how to plan for tomorrow when a figure in black suddenly blocked her way.

"Who goes there!"

As Li Youran spoke, she took a step back, unconsciously pressing her hand against the mechanical ring, speaking with great vigilance.

"This is the imperial palace. If I shout, countless imperial guards will rush over. Even if you have wings, you won't be able to escape."

"It's me."

As Tang Lei spoke, he pulled down his mask and looked at Li Youran. He thought to himself, "This girl is quite clever; the distance isn't too far, and the ring on her hand is just right to launch her."

Why are you here?

Li Youran, who had been on guard, hurriedly looked around when she saw that the person who came was Tang Lei. She thought to herself that there were always guards patrolling here, and it would be bad if she were discovered by someone else.

Li Youran stepped forward, grabbed Tang Lei's hand, and ran away.

Little did Tang Lei know that as Li Youran pulled him along by the hand, he felt as if he had been electrocuted. Despite the soft, boneless hand, he was unable to move at all.

Tang Lei's muscles were stiff, and his legs seemed to be out of his control. He followed Li Youran for an unknown amount of time.

"Alright, this is the East Palace. Guards rarely come here under normal circumstances."

Li Youran said, panting heavily.

"you……"

Before Li Youran could even speak, Tang Lei grabbed her slender waist with both hands, lifted her into the air, and headed straight for the artificial hill in the back garden of the East Palace.

The artificial hill is neither too high nor too low, perfectly capturing the scenery of the East Palace from its rounded base, while still allowing a clear view of the moon in the sky.

"Don't worry, they can't see here."

Li Youran was afraid that the two of them would sit too high and be seen from a distance by the four patrolling officers.

Seeing Tang Lei say this, they dispelled their doubts. After all, the two were sitting with their backs to the mountain, and from a distance, they could only see the artificial mountain and not their figures.

"Why did you suddenly come to the palace? You know, the palace is heavily guarded now. If you get caught, you'll be treated as an assassin."

Tang Lei looked at Li Youran under the moonlight and saw that she looked worried and uneasy.

Are you worried about me?

Upon hearing Tang Lei's words, Li Youran couldn't help but purse her lips.

"You're overthinking it. I'm mainly afraid of getting involved."

As Li Youran spoke, she glanced down at the artificial hill. Seeing that no one was around, she quietly began to tell Tang Lei about the events in the palace.

"I never expected that Princess Qingshui, who seemed not very shrewd, would be so efficient in doing things."

Tang Lei was quite surprised that Princess Qingshui was able to give the medicine to the Emperor so quickly. He had thought that Princess Qingshui was not very bright.

They were still worried that even if the medicine was given to her, she wouldn't give it to the Emperor. All of this was truly unexpected.

Li Youran, standing to the side, couldn't help but nod in agreement, she wholeheartedly agreed with Tang Lei's words.

"By the way, are you familiar with the palace guards? Are there any particularly handsome ones among them?"

Tang Lei hadn't expected Li Youran to ask such a question. He looked down at Li Youran and saw that her expression was extremely serious. He wondered if she was perhaps up to no good...

"Your Highness, it seems that clues have been discovered in the palace, and people are being sent to investigate. Do you think we should take action?"

A young eunuch knelt on the ground and spoke to the Fourth Prince.

The prince stood with his hands behind his back, pacing back and forth slowly. After a long while, he looked at the young eunuch and spoke.

"Go back and tell Master Wuneng not to rush into action. After all, we have handled this extremely cleanly. They might only get halfway through their investigation before they return empty-handed. If we panic before they find anything, we might fall into their trap."

After receiving instructions from the Fourth Prince, the young eunuch hurriedly left.

"What on earth happened...?"

The Fourth Prince couldn't understand it at all. There was clearly no problem with the dosage, and the Emperor hadn't shown any symptoms of fainting before. The original plan was for the Emperor to wake up today, and all the credit would be given to Master Wuneng. But unexpectedly, such a thing happened.

The Fourth Prince was naturally suspicious, and his first reaction was that someone was behind this. But who could it be...?

"Princess Qingshui, Princess Jiahe have arrived."

This time, Li Youran did not go in directly, but waited outside the door.

To be honest, Yu Ran really didn't want to see anything indecent, especially since she had heard laughter coming from inside Princess Qingshui's room before she even got close to it.

"Tell her that I, the princess, have no time for him."

After Princess Shimizu finished speaking, she suddenly changed her mind.

"Let her in."

And so, when Li Youran went in, this was the scene she saw.

Princess Qingshui had a large turtle drawn on her face with a brush, and many paper strips were pasted on her forehead. The person playing cards with her was the squad leader, Luo Feng.

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