Qin Jingmu was quite puzzled when he heard the young guard tell him to go back.

Why are you letting us go back?

"Could it be that Commander Zou is deliberately avoiding us?"

The guard quickly shook his head, "How could Commander Zou possibly be hiding from the two princes?"

These words were spoken by the guard with a guilty conscience.

In fact, he already knew that Qin Jingmu and Qin Jingtai had sat outside the side wall of the Hall of Mental Cultivation as soon as they arrived.

Zou Heng was about to come out and scare the two away, but he overheard them from the other side of the wall: these two princes wanted to become his disciples.

Zou Heng recalled that the Third Prince had previously said he wanted to become his disciple, but at the time he thought the Third Prince was joking.

Now that the Second Prince has arrived, it seems his earlier talk of becoming his disciple wasn't just empty words.

It seems that the two princes really want to become my disciples.

But I don't dare to take them in.

Putting aside their status as princes, these two princes are far too good at stirring up trouble.

They come to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to see the little princess whether they have something to say or not. If I were to take them as my disciples...

If His Majesty finds out they came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to see the little princess, not only will the two princes be punished, but Consort Shu will also be punished, and they themselves will be punished as well.

These two princes are too troublesome; I can't accept disciples like them.

Zou Heng thought the two of them would leave after sitting for a while, but they ended up staying all afternoon.

Zou Heng didn't bother to chase the two away. He knew he wouldn't succeed; in fact, the two princes would only stick to him.

Zou Heng used his lightness skill to leave from the other side of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Not long after Zou Heng left, a guard arrived and spoke with Qin Jingmu and Qin Jingtai.

"Then tell me why you want me and my brother to go back?"

The guard looked at Qin Jingtai expressionlessly and said, "Commander Zou has been gone for a while now."

"What did you say???!!!"

Qin Jingtai stopped sitting and jumped up.

"How could that be? I've been sitting here all afternoon. If Master had left, I would definitely have seen him."

"You little guard, how could you lie?"

Qin Jingtai thought for a while and realized the truth. "Is it because Master knows we came to see him, but he doesn't want to see us, so he sent you to help him get rid of us?"

That's definitely the case.

After confidently stating that Zou Heng would not leave, Qin Jingtai shouted towards the Yangxin Hall, which was separated by only a wall.

"Master, Master..."

Qin Jingtai couldn't even finish calling out "Master" before he ran out of words.

Little Xi'er, inside the courtyard wall, stopped sculpting a clay figure and looked up at Qin Jue.

"Father, I think I hear someone calling for Master."

"Little Xi'er misheard, no one called you Master."

"oh oh"

Little Xi continued to sculpt clay figures with her hands, her head bowed.

Qin Jue certainly heard someone call him "Master," but he simply didn't say it aloud.

Upon hearing the voice calling "Master," Qin Jue knew it was Qin Jingtai.

Qin Jue didn't care about Qin Jingtai when he heard him call him "Master," as long as Qin Jingtai didn't call Xiao Xi'er.

Qin Jue was finding Qin Jingtai's shouting annoying and was about to have someone give him a 'reward,' but unexpectedly, Qin Jingtai only shouted once and then stopped.

Qin Jue then stopped sending anyone to deal with Qin Jingtai.

Upon hearing Qin Jingtai shout towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Qin Jingmu quickly covered Qin Jingtai's mouth with his hand.

Qin Jingtai's mouth was covered, and he made "mmm..." sounds.

"Shut up if you don't want to be punished."

Qin Jingtai became obedient after hearing the words "punishment".

Once Qin Jingmu was certain that Qin Jingtai wouldn't shout loudly again, he let go of her hand.

After Qin Jingmu's mouth was freed, he looked at Qin Jingtai with his little eyes.

The look in his eyes seemed to say, 'Brother, if you don't let me shout, what if Master doesn't know we're here and leaves?'

Qin Jingmu didn't even glance at Qin Jingtai.

Instead, he stroked his chin, looked at the guard, and thought for a while.

"Why do you look so familiar? I saw you once when we were punished by Commander Zou."

"If I remember correctly... your name should be 'Daji', right?"

Daji was surprised that the Second Prince remembered him, a mere guard, and happily replied, "My name is Daji."

Qin Jingmu is now asking the questions he wants to know.

"How do you know Commander Zou has left?"

"I witnessed it with my own eyes."

"Where did you see Commander Zou walk from?"

"They used their light-footed skills to get out over the left courtyard wall."

Qin Jingmu raised an eyebrow when he heard Daji mention the left courtyard wall; it seemed that was what he had thought.

Zou Heng knew that Qin Jingtai and I were waiting for him here, so he left from the other side.

"Daji, do you know where Master Zou... lives?"

Qin Jingmu replaced Commander Zou with his master to make Daji more convinced that he was Zou Heng's apprentice.

Zou Hengshu was unaware that he was being betrayed by his trusted subordinate, Daji.

Daikichi believed that the two princes were his master's disciples.

In Daji's heart, his master Zou Heng was extremely capable and could definitely be the prince's tutor.

"Your Highness, the master's residence is in a small courtyard at the northernmost part of the palace."

"Okay, thank you very much."

Daji was soaring to the heavens by Qin Jingmu's "thank you" that he was about to be punished by Zou Heng.

Daji watched as Qin Jingmu and Qin Jingtai walked away to another place.

Are the two princes leaving?

"Um"

"Respectfully seeing off Your Highnesses"

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