Liuli walked back to the long street and saw Li Molin and two others walking hurriedly in the distance. Ahua jumped up and down to stop them, but it seemed to have no effect.

Liuli shrank her neck, glanced back, and saw that Shichan had already disappeared. Relieved, she coughed lightly, put her hands behind her back, and swaggered over, saying impatiently as she went, "I'm right here! What are you yelling about, you bastard?"

Upon seeing Liuli, Li Molin felt relieved. He frowned and said unhappily, "Liuli, where did you run off to?!"

Ahua nimbly jumped off Ji Jue's shoulder, ran a few steps, and leaped into Liuli's arms.

Liuli hugged Ahua and whispered, "Ahua, you've worked hard."

Then, she turned and walked forward, muttering loudly as she went, "Let's go, let's go! Who told you to walk so slowly? We lost you all, and now you're asking me where I went? Where could I have gone?"

Li Molin shook his head helplessly and quickened his pace to catch up with her.

The inner city of Yingyang was approximately five li long from north to south and four li wide from east to west. It was divided by a long, twenty-zhang-wide bluestone street called Tenglong Street. The street was divided into three lanes by drainage ditches, with the imperial road in the center. North of Tenglong Street was the imperial palace, with palace walls built adjacent to it. Directly opposite Tenglong Street, in the center, was another street, about seventeen zhang wide, called Huayang Street, which formed a T-junction with Tenglong Street. Princes' residences and various government offices were built on both sides of Huayang Street. A street of the same width as Huayang Street extended from east to west, intersecting it in the middle; this street was called Zhining Street. Zhining Street had a quiet atmosphere, and its residents were mostly court officials.

The Grand Commandant's Mansion is located east of the intersection of Zhining Street and Huayang Street, facing south. The mansion covers an area of ​​about three acres, and two majestic stone lions are placed on both sides of the entrance.

It was late at night, and the two bronze gates were tightly closed. A white light and three black lights stopped in front of the Grand Commandant's mansion. The four lights paused for a moment, then silently flew over the courtyard wall without disturbing the gatekeepers in the gatehouse. They nimbly flew over the front hall and through the corridor, and stopped in the backyard.

The Grand Commandant's Mansion is a three-courtyard building. Passing through the front hall, the second courtyard has a corridor about five zhang wide in the middle of the back courtyard. The corridor is the same height as the front hall. On both sides are stone platforms about half a person's height and about two feet wide. There is an eaves pillar every two zhang on the stone platform. There are a total of seven pairs of eaves pillars on both sides supporting the roof.

In the courtyard to the left of the covered walkway stands a pavilion with a stone table and chairs. To the right of the walkway is a pond with clear water where koi can be seen swimming. Adjacent to the pond is an artificial hill with steep slopes, lush trees, and interspersed flowers, grasses, and birds, creating an elegant and beautiful scene.

Entering through a small door at the corner between the row of houses at the end of the corridor and the east wing, one enters the last courtyard. This courtyard has six independent small courtyards on the east and west sides. The small courtyard on the east side is where the Grand Commandant's children lived and the guest courtyard. The small courtyard on the west side is where the kitchen and the servants and maids lived.

It was already late at night. Apart from a few servants and guards on night duty, all the other servants had gone back to their rooms to rest, and the entire backyard was quiet and peaceful.

Four beams of light stopped beside the artificial hill, revealing the figures of Liuli, Li Molin, and others.

By this time, Liuli had already thrown away all the jewels and ornaments she was wearing. Li Molin was afraid that the jingling of the jewels would interfere with their infiltration of the Grand Commandant's mansion, so he strictly ordered Liuli to throw them all away. Liuli was extremely unwilling, but Li Molin said that if she didn't throw them away, she wouldn't be allowed to enter the Grand Commandant's mansion. She could only curse him fiercely and reluctantly throw away those things.

Moreover, Li Molin found a set of human women's clothes and insisted that Liuli wear them. Liuli was extremely unwilling, but under Li Molin's threat, she had no choice but to wear them reluctantly.

Using the moonlight, Liuli looked around the backyard and exclaimed, "This yard is nice, quite beautiful."

The courtyard was unusually quiet late at night. Liu Li's words startled Li Molin, who quickly glared at her and whispered, "Keep your voice down."

Liuli pouted and nodded reluctantly.

Li Molin turned to Yu Ke and whispered, "Yu Ke, go find out where that old guy Zhang Chao is sleeping?"

"Yes." Yu Ke responded softly, transforming into a fleeting black light and flying towards a row of houses and the side rooms on the east and west sides at the end of the corridor.

Not long after, Yu Ke flew back and whispered to Li Molin, "Young Master, it's in the west wing."

Li Molin nodded, turned around and walked straight to the west wing, with Yu Keji Jue following closely behind.

Liuli walked last, smiling at Ahua, who was half-asleep in her arms, and said, "Let's go, Ahua, let's go watch the fun!"

"Meow." Ahua responded lazily, her eyes half-open.