Qu Shaoyu looked at the dog hole in front of him, which was only wide enough for one person to pass through.

Without hesitation, he quickly crawled inside.

After leaving the Regent's Palace, Qu Shaoyu took advantage of the darkness and quickly ran in one direction.

Before long, they arrived at a secluded place and took a bundle out of a tree hole.

He quickly stripped off his servant's clothes and put on the eunuch's clothes from the bundle.

After changing into the clothes of a eunuch, he put the servant's clothes that he had taken off his body into a bundle and buried it on the spot.

I looked up at the moon's position in the sky and roughly estimated the time.

"Oh no, it's almost 3 AM."

He took off running in another direction.

Arriving at a crossroads near the palace, they saw an oxcart parked by the roadside.

Beside the oxcart stood a short, thin figure, craning his neck to look around, seemingly anxiously waiting for someone.

As Qu Shaoyu approached, the man saw him and immediately came to greet him, pulling him toward the oxcart.

"Hey, Eunuch Yang, why are you so late? Hurry up, we're running out of time, we need to get to the palace right away."

Qu Shaoyu quickly climbed onto the oxcart and into the large bamboo basket filled with fresh vegetables.

The carriage then slowly made its way towards the palace.

When the oxcart passed through the west gate of the palace, it was stopped by the guards.

"Where are you from?"

Xiao Yuan replied immediately.

"Deputy General Liu, this is me, Xiao Yuan from the Fresh Food Department of the Imperial Kitchen. The vegetables in the Royal Villa are growing very well this year, and we have just harvested the first batch. So, I'm sending some back to the palace for all of you nobles to have a taste."

As he spoke, he subtly took out a money pouch from his sleeve and quickly stuffed it into the man's sleeve.

Once inside the palace, they arrived at a secluded and deserted place. Xiao Yuan then spread out the vegetables to let Qu Shaoyu out.

When Qu Shaoyu returned to the palace as his personal attendant, Eunuch Yang.

The curtains on the dragon bed were drawn, completely covering the bed.

Qu Shaoyu walked to the bedside and drew back the bed curtains.

There was a human-shaped silkworm cocoon wrapped in the blanket on the bed.

Qu Shaoyu, "Little Yangzi".

The person wrapped in the blanket heard the familiar voice and immediately threw off the blanket.

He opened his mouth and called out, "Your Majesty."

He then jumped out of bed.

"Your Majesty, you've finally returned..."

There was even a hint of a sob in her voice!

On this day, while pretending to be the emperor seriously ill in bed, his heartbeat was never normal.

Now that the Emperor has finally returned, I no longer need to worry about being exposed!

Qu Shaoyu...

She gave him a disdainful look and said, "Look at you, with such a small amount of courage."

As he spoke, he sniffed his own body, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Alright, hurry up and get ready, I need to take a bath and change."

Xiao Yangzi immediately agreed and left to carry out the order.

Seeing that no one was in the palace, Qu Shaoyu immediately jumped onto the bed, pulled back the inner bed curtains, and revealed a wall inside.

He poked at a certain spot with his fingertip.

A hidden compartment immediately appeared in the wall.

Qu Shaoyu put the notebooks he had taken from the secret room of the Regent's Palace into the room and quickly closed it.

A short while later, Xiao Yangzi walked in.

Several eunuchs followed behind, carrying a large bath tub.

Once everything was arranged, the eunuch was dismissed.

Xiao Yangzi walked over, bowed, and said, "Your Majesty, the hot soup is ready."

Qu Shaoyu nodded. "Alright, you may leave now."

Xiao Yangzi had no choice but to agree and step back.