"After you go in, go to Hui Nuan Pavilion. I will draw you a map of the Prince's Mansion and show you how to get around..." Lin Shuang explained her plan to Liu Yunzhao in detail.

Upon hearing this, Liu Yunzhao couldn't help but sneer inwardly.

She still feigned gratitude and asked hesitantly again, "Are you sure Princess Chonghe won't kill me if I break into the manor in the middle of the night?"

"The Princess and your mother, Consort Xiao, have reached a consensus on mutual benefit and coexistence. The Princess also knows that you are Consort Xiao's daughter, so she will not kill you," Lin Shuang assured, her words a mix of truth and falsehood.

If Liu Yunzhao hadn't recently spent two days at the Ninth Prince's residence, she really wouldn't have been able to tell the difference.

Liu Yunzhao made an excuse that she needed to go back and prepare;

Lin Shuang also wanted to return to the inn to draw a topographical map of the Prince's Palace.

The two then agreed to meet in the evening.

Lin Shuang had complete faith in the impoverished Liu Yunzhao and her own intelligence, so she didn't keep a close watch on Liu Yunzhao and returned to her inn.

Liu Yunzhao quietly followed behind Lin Shuang, watching her enter the inn, a mocking sneer appearing in her beautiful almond-shaped eyes:

I don't know what this idiot is up to, but he actually wants to use her as a scout stone, then use her to get the waist token to enter the Ninth Prince's mansion, and try to sneak back in.

This fool is so eager to sneak back to the Ninth Prince's mansion to his death.

Then she'll help this idiot out.

That night.

Liu Yunzhao took the map of the Prince's mansion given to her by Lin Shuang, disguised herself well, and mingled with a group of beggars she had bribed with silver, and wandered around the vicinity of the Ninth Prince's mansion.

Just as she expected.

The area around the Ninth Prince's Mansion was a melting pot of all sorts of people, yet it was still being closely watched.

Liu Yunzhao never managed to find an opportunity to enter the Ninth Prince's mansion.

But Lin Shuang didn't know that when she followed Liu Yunzhao to the vicinity of the Prince's mansion, she was afraid of being recognized by the people of the Ninth Prince's mansion, so she didn't dare to get too close.

Lin Shuang waited outside the Prince's Mansion for several hours, but Liu Yunzhao did not return. Unable to resist her drowsiness, she returned to the inn first.

I waited at the inn for another three days.

Just when Lin Shuang thought Liu Yunzhao had been beaten to death by the Ninth Prince's men, Liu Yunzhao came to the inn looking for her, dressed in fine brocade.

We met.

Liu Yunzhao was overjoyed and wanted to kneel down to Lin Shuang. She grabbed Lin Shuang's hand and kept calling out, "Good sister, thanks to your plan, after the maid of Princess Chonghe slapped me, I revealed my identity and they did not make things difficult for me anymore. Princess Chonghe even personally escorted me to see my mother. I am finally reunited with my mother!"

Lin Shuang carefully examined Liu Yunzhao's face. There was still a handprint on the left side of her face. Given Xi Que's rough and brute strength, it was perfectly normal for the mark not to fade for three or four days.

Lin Shuang became even more convinced of Liu Yunzhao's words. She patiently exchanged a few polite words with her, behaving like a fake best friend, before impatiently asking, "Sister Yunzhao, did you get the things I asked you to bring for me? The person the Princess Consort wanted me to secretly deliver to the Prince's residence has already arrived in the capital. Many people outside are looking for her, so we can't delay any longer."

"Sister treats Yunzhao so well, so naturally Yunzhao will take care of Sister's affairs." Liu Yunzhao took out her waist token from the Prince's Mansion and handed it to Lin Shuang, saying sincerely, "Look, this is a waist token from Ningxi Hall's inner courtyard that I specially asked my mother for. If you take this in, no one will question or check you."

Lin Shuang's eyes lit up, and she quickly reached out and snatched the waist token into her hand.

With this, she can move freely throughout the Prince's mansion!