Chapter 482 The Palace Maid Wants to Retire (8)

Shi Li rode his horse back to the capital at a rapid speed. He was always in a hurry to do anything. This time, he finally fell in love with a girl and naturally wanted to bring her back to his home immediately. However, he didn't even know her name, so he had to come back to check it out first.

So, without Wen Shichu realizing it, half of her life was investigated thoroughly. Even her parents and brothers in her hometown thousands of miles away were investigated clearly, especially her cousin who had been engaged to her, who was the focus of the investigation.

Fortunately, this cousin couldn't stand the loneliness at all, and got married and had children early, and couldn't wait for Wen Shichu to come back from the palace. Otherwise, if Shi Li found out that he was still waiting for Wen Shichu to come back and get married, it would be hard to say what would happen.

Wen Shichu's information was not difficult to find. After all, she had a name and even the only two jobs she had ever had. Besides, she was not an important person, so Shi Li did not have to spend too much effort to investigate her situation clearly.

"Go and prepare the betrothal gifts!" Shi Li instructed the housekeeper, and then he took a step forward and prepared to go out.

When the butler heard his words, he was shocked and then ecstatic. He didn't even bother to ask who the general liked, and hurriedly agreed: "Yes! General, I will prepare the most precious betrothal gift for you. The future general's wife will definitely be very satisfied..."

Shi Li shook his hand, and suddenly remembered that he had not sent anyone to propose marriage yet, so he quickly reminded the housekeeper: "We need to find a matchmaker tomorrow, and I will go to propose marriage myself with the matchmaker."

"Okay!" The housekeeper almost cried for joy and agreed quickly, fearing that if he agreed too late, the general would change his mind and refuse to get married. You know, he is already twenty-four or twenty-five years old, and at this age he has not married and there is no woman around him. The housekeeper is afraid that he is a homosexual and does not like women at all.

How could the housekeeper not be excited when he heard him say he was going to get married? His steps were so excited that they almost floated when he went to the storehouse to prepare the betrothal gifts.

It was already dark by now, and most people had finished dinner and were preparing to go to bed, but Shi Li was still running outside. Where was he going?

He ran to the Marquis of Wuyang's Mansion. Relying on his strong martial arts skills, this guy managed to evade the patrolling guards of the Marquis of Wuyang's Mansion and walked around the mansion - he was not a pervert, he was just looking for Wen Shichu's yard.

Hard work pays off, and Shi Li managed to find Wen Shichu's residence before the guards of Wuyang Marquis' Mansion discovered him.

At this time, Wen Shichu was lying on the bed and was about to fall asleep.

She was not the official mistress of the Marquis of Wuyang's Mansion, and there was only a little maid and an old nanny in the yard waiting for her orders. It was late at night, and Wen Shichu had already asked the old nanny to go downstairs to rest. The little maid also went to the bedroom outside to keep watch. It was called keeping watch, but in fact it was almost the same as sleeping. After all, Wen Shichu was just a foster aunt, and there was nothing to keep watch for. She didn't care about this. After all, if there was really danger, the weak little maid couldn't protect her.

So in this silent night, Shi Li sneaked into Wen Shichu's residence like a thief stealing into a boudoir at night. He was very smart and knocked out the little maid who was sleeping outside to make sure she would not wake up for four or five hours.

Wen Shichu was just about to fall asleep when she was suddenly awakened by a start, because she keenly heard some unusual noises. She immediately lost her sleepiness, quietly got up, stared alertly at the darkness in front of her with her almond-shaped eyes, and listened to the sounds outside.

Even though Shi Li was very careful, the force he used to knock the little maid unconscious was not small, and Wen Shichu heard the noise. There was also the sound of his footsteps that seemed silent, but unfortunately, to Wen Shichu's ears, they were tiny but real. Wen Shichu immediately realized that someone had sneaked into his dormitory.

Who would break into a woman's bedroom in the middle of the night? It can't be a good person! Wen Shichu immediately felt angry. Neither she nor the original owner had ever offended anyone else - except Zhou Shaowen and the eldest daughter Li Minghui who were unaware of the situation. However, one of them was strictly confined to the inner courtyard, and the other had been driven away by Marquis Wuyang and disappeared, so the person who came couldn't be her enemy.

There was no grudge, so who would come to her bedroom in the middle of the night? There was only one possibility, that was a pervert or a flower thief!

I just don't know where this flower thief got the courage to run into Wuyang Marquis's mansion to find her. Is her beauty so famous?

Although Wen Shichu was a little narcissistic, she was not so narcissistic as to think that her beauty was so outstanding that it could attract a flower thief to risk his life to break into the Wuyang Marquis's mansion.

But it was no use for her to guess at this moment, because the person had already walked to her bed quietly, and a slender and strong hand lifted her bed curtain.

Wen Shichu immediately pulled out a machete from the space and was about to chop at the hand. She thought she could hear the flower thief scream, but she didn't expect that the flower thief was so skilled in martial arts that he actually dodged her move and then quickly fought with her again.

Wen Shichu never expected that this flower thief was so skilled. Even after she recovered 30% of her strength in this world, she still couldn't beat him. It was obvious that the man was a master. Wen Shichu even regretted that she had let her guard down after leaving the palace. She didn't take the time to recover her martial arts, which caused her to be controlled by others now. It was true that people are born in adversity and die in comfort.

Shi Li was obviously more shocked than Wen Shichu. According to the information he had found out, Wen Shichu, who was born as a palace lady-in-waiting, was cautious, gentle, kind, well-educated, but she didn't know any martial arts. But who was the person who was fighting with him now?

Wen Shichu's knife was taken away by Shi Li. She laughed in anger and was about to take out a high-strength sleeping pill from the space to deal with the man, but she was caught off guard and the man held down her hands. She was about to raise her legs and use the monkey stealing peaches trick, but the man seemed to have guessed her move. Before she could even raise her legs, she was clamped by the man's strong and powerful long legs.

Now she was the meat on the chopping board. Wen Shichu's mind was spinning rapidly, thinking about how to deal with this person on her, but she didn't expect that this person would speak hesitantly: "Wen Shichu?"

"Who are you? How do you know my name?" Wen Shichu felt the man's voice was a little familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a while, so he ignored it and asked directly.

"I saw you two days ago, on the mountain road of Konglan Mountain. I met you on horseback." Shi Li replied in a low voice. As he spoke, he changed his posture and pressed the person directly into his arms.

When Wen Shichu heard his words, he didn't notice his actions at all. He just remembered being surprised: "Are you Shi Li?!"

"It's me." Shi Li answered very frankly.

(End of this chapter)