Hearing the other party's constant urging, Xu Yuehuai could only go in first to see what the other party wanted to do.

She entered the inner hall without any hindrance and saw a person with gray hair sitting in the main seat.

This national advisor, just like the previous national advisor of Wuling Kingdom, was wearing a white mask.

Could they be the same person?

However, Xu Yuehuai had personally witnessed the death of that imperial advisor, so he shouldn't still be alive.

Perhaps it's just that people of their generation like this kind of outfit.

"Are you the Regent's Consort of the Great Zhou Kingdom?" The Grand Preceptor looked Xu Yuehuai up and down upon seeing her.

"It's me," Xu Yuehuai bowed slightly, showing respect. After all, one doesn't hit a smiling face, and she was very polite to those who didn't show any malice. "May I ask what business you have with me, senior?"

"You have a map that leads to an interdimensional passage, don't you?" the Imperial Advisor asked bluntly.

Was the other party here for the map? She hadn't even let many people know about this map, so how did the Grand Preceptor find out about it?

Could it be that she has spies planted by foreigners around her?

How many people in the Regent's Palace have actually become their people?

Xu Yuehuai thought that if she could escape from here, she must return to the Regent's Palace as soon as possible and screen those people to avoid being betrayed again.

"I don't know where you heard that from. It's all hearsay. If I really had that map, I might have already escaped this war-torn world and returned to a peaceful place."

"Oh? You really don't have a map?" The Grand Preceptor's face suddenly darkened, and his eyes became much colder.

"What I said is true, of course. If you don't believe me, you can have someone search me." Xu Yuehuai said confidently.

"Even if you had a map, you couldn't possibly hide it on your person. I'm not stupid," the Grand Preceptor said with a sneer.

Seeing that the other party wasn't angry, Xu Yuehuai didn't know whether he was good or bad, or what he wanted from the map.

"I know you must be wondering why I want that map. It shouldn't be hard to guess."

"Everyone knows that the world is becoming increasingly dangerous, and a major war is imminent."

"If we can find a passage to another world, we will surely be able to escape the war and survive."

"Although I have lived for so long, I do not want to die in the chaos of war."

The Imperial Advisor stepped down from his seat and slowly strolled over to Xu Yuehuai's side.

"If you know the location of the map, you can cooperate with me. We can find the map together, and I will take you away from here."

"Really? Then I'll have to find out where the map is! If it really can get me out of here, then you're my benefactor, and I'll be your servant for the rest of my life!" Xu Yuehuai wasn't fooled by the other person's words and continued to clear herself of suspicion.

The Imperial Advisor stared at her coldly for a while, and only withdrew his gaze when he saw that she had not revealed any flaws.

"Since you really don't know, then stay here and help me find clues."

Xu Yuehuai pondered for a while. If she returned to the dungeon, she didn't know what kind of storms she would face. At least staying in the Imperial Preceptor's Mansion would allow her to have a normal life.

"Thank you, Imperial Preceptor!"

She bowed and agreed, and was then led to the backyard by servants.

"This is where you will live. You will stay here from now on. Unless someone calls you, do not leave this courtyard," the servant warned.

Seeing how serious the other person was, Xu Yuehuai nodded repeatedly in agreement.

After everyone else had left the courtyard, Xu Yuehuai wandered around inside, taking in the surrounding layout.

The place is surrounded by high walls, with a dry well in the center and a huge dead tree in the southwest corner of the courtyard.

As you walk inside, the furnishings are covered in dust. Judging by the thickness of the dust, it's estimated that no one has been here for over ten years.

However, the beds and chairs were all intact, suggesting that the previous person who lived here was of considerable status.

"It's not bad at all. Although I've ended up with another strange person, he doesn't seem like he's going to harm me."

"If I can keep him calm, maybe I really can escape from here through him."

"But if he knows about that map, does that mean others know about it too?"

If they ever find out that the map is really in her hands, more and more people will come and pressure her to reveal its whereabouts.

Fortunately, the map had already been hidden inside the secret room, and it would have been impossible to open it without both her and Qi Guze appearing together.

The map is now perfectly safe. As long as she keeps quiet and doesn't reveal anything, unless Qi Guze comes in person to testify that she has the map, no one else will be 100% certain that she is the owner of the map.

Xu Yuehuai made up her mind that she had to lie low for now, recover fully as soon as possible, and find a way to leave Dongsang.

The Eastern Sang Kingdom is now a den of tigers and wolves; anyone who enters will be skinned alive. If they remain under their control in the Eastern Sang Kingdom, they will eventually be assimilated.

Xu Yuehuai needed to hurry back to the Regent's Palace to see if Qi Guze had been persecuted by those people.

In the evening, the servants brought food, which looked simple but was very clean.

"Thank you." Xu Yuehua thanked the other party, but the other party didn't even look at her, put down the things and left in a hurry.

"Why are all the people in the Imperial Preceptor's residence so strange?"

"Some people see me as if I'm a plague god, while others simply ignore me."

"Is it because these marks on my face haven't faded yet that they're having a bad reaction?"

After finishing dinner, Xu Yuehuai took the hidden herbs out of her sleeve again.

She stirred the herbs in her drinking cup and prepared the antidote again before taking it.

"It's a pity that I have limited resources and can't use a good medicine furnace to decoct the medicine. I can only swallow it like this, and I don't know how much of the medicine's effect it will have."

She felt it was a great pity to waste such good medicinal herbs, but there was no better way than to make use of them as much as possible.

Xu Yuehuai took the antidote for six consecutive days before the marks on her face were finally completely removed. The marks on her body will also gradually disappear, so it's not a big deal.

"The Imperial Advisor is looking for you." A servant came to find Xu Yuehuai late at night.

Xu Yuehuai sensed that something was wrong with the other party's expression; something must have happened to the Imperial Advisor.

Seeing that the other person didn't intend to tell her, she didn't ask.

Following the servants across a lotus pond, we arrived at the residence of the Imperial Preceptor.

"Grand Preceptor, someone has arrived." The servant knocked on the door, and after receiving a response from the Grand Preceptor inside, he left Xu Yuehuai behind.