Zhou Nuo shook his head and said, "What's so great about seeing the emperor? I don't like being watched by others either."

As he spoke, Zhou Nuo held up the clothes in front of him and, seeing Zhou Chuan frowning, asked, "Brother, do you want to go?"

Zhou Chuan said, "You know I'm used to being carefree and have no interest in becoming an official. I'm just worried that if we disobey the imperial decree, it might cause you trouble."

"Don't worry, Zhao Cheng has plenty of ideas. Let him figure it out." Zhou Nuo turned to the shop owner and asked, "How much is this dress?"

Zhou Chuan understood the implication in those words and asked, "You want to go back to the Right Prime Minister's residence with Zhao Cheng?"

"Yes, brother, don't you want to see our benefactor?" Zhou Nuo chuckled and said, "You misspoke, brother, don't you want to stay with Sister Taozhi?"

"We're all just people from the martial arts world, why worry about so much romance? Just appreciate each other."

"Tch, you're making it sound so real. I've never noticed that Sister Peach Branch admires you."

"Xiao Nuo, you've gone too far!"

Zhou Nuo's brows suddenly furrowed, and he abruptly looked towards the food stalls across the street.

Zhou Chuan asked, "What's wrong?"

Suddenly, I sensed a terrifying aura.

Zhou Chuan followed Zhou Nuo's gaze and found that the person who had been sitting and drinking tea while playing with pebbles was gone.

"I noticed that too; he's a master."

"Are they coming for us?"

Zhou Chuan thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "You are more perceptive than me, but even you didn't sense the danger before, which means he had the opportunity to attack us, but he didn't."

Zhou Nuo exclaimed in surprise, "Oh no, he's gone to find Zhao Cheng!"