Bai Youjin was disturbed for several days in a row, but he didn't expect that since Gu Yanyue pressed the trigger, no assassins had come to his house except for the misunderstanding caused by Yu Wenran that night.
On the contrary, I didn't want to be disturbed by those people anymore, so I also pressed many traps. As a result, this attracted more martial arts masters to crack the traps.
If Yuwen Ran had not lived well in this palace all these years, Bai Youjin would have suspected that the imperial guards responsible for patrolling the palace were just decorations.
But after being disturbed by those thugs, Bai Youjin hadn't slept at night for several days. Having lived on the edge of a knife in the past few years, engaged in bloody business transactions, Bai Youjin naturally developed a habit of vigilance.
Even during the years he lived in seclusion in the mountains, Bai Youjin never gave up this habit, so that those who were not very good at martial arts took advantage of the darkness at night when the Royal Guards could not see clearly and took the opportunity to sneak into the palace.
In order to avoid direct contact with those people in the martial arts world, Bai Youjin also installed mechanical devices in his own hall that were no less than those in Gu Yanyue's hall.
But this also indirectly became a factor that prevented her from sleeping well. Every time a mechanism was unlocked, it would make a "clicking" sound. Bai Youjin had developed excellent hearing during her years in the mountains. To others, the mechanism might not make any sound, but she could tell whether it was unlocked or not just by listening.
When Gu Yanyue and Yu Wenran accidentally entered the forest, she relied on this to find Gu Yanyue's whereabouts, and at the same time gave Gu Yanyue the illusion that someone was leading her away.
Bai Youjin felt that if she continued like this, she would go crazy in the deep palace sooner or later, so she finally went out of the main gate of Fengqi Palace for the first time after entering the palace, and asked the palace maid to lead her to the imperial study to find Yuwen Ran.
When Bai Youjin arrived, Yuwen Ran was busy reviewing memorials. He had just finished reviewing all the memorials accumulated from the previous expedition yesterday, but he didn't expect that a bunch of them would be submitted again today.
Yuwen Ran was surprised to hear Zheng Haibao outside that Bai Youjin was coming. Since entering the palace, Bai Youjin's activities had been as far as Gu Yanyue's main hall. Apart from that, she even refused Gu Yanyue's invitation to go to the Imperial Garden.
According to Gu Yanyue, Bai Youjin was a real stay-at-home girl. At that time, Yuwen Ran was still unfamiliar with the term "stay-at-home girl", but after Gu Yanyue explained it to him, he felt that there was no better word to describe Bai Youjin than "stay-at-home girl".
He put down the brush in his hand and personally went to the door to welcome Bai Youjin in. Knowing that Bai Youjin was not used to having other people present, he asked the eunuchs serving in the imperial study to leave. The last eunuch to go out even carefully closed the door for Yuwen Ran.
"Senior, do you have something to tell me when you come to my imperial study?"
Bai Youjin had already been irritated by the people who had disturbed him over the past few days, and now he was in no mood to be angry when he saw Yuwen Ran: "Did you leak the news that I was in the palace?"
Yu Wenran was stunned: "I don't quite understand what you are saying, Senior."
Bai Youjin was also stunned when he heard this, "You didn't do this? But if it wasn't you, who else would know that I'm in this palace?"
Yuwen Ran almost swore to the heavens, and in fact, he really swore: "Senior, if I leak this matter, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death."
After hearing Yuwen Ran's oath, Bai Youjin finally came to his senses. This incident was too coincidental. If it was Yuwen Ran who did it, he would have spread the news as soon as she entered the palace. Why did he give her these few days of leisure?
Yuwen Ran was no fool to become the emperor. He knew that if the news of his presence in the palace were to spread, a large number of jianghu people would sneak into the palace. If those who were dissatisfied with him also sneaked in, wouldn't that be shooting himself in the foot? Even if those jianghu people didn't dislike him, being able to enter and leave the palace freely was not a good thing after all.
And it should be spread out when he is in the Western Regions. In this way, he can use her reputation in the martial arts world to recruit those martial arts masters to help him conquer the Western Regions as soon as possible.
With Yu Wenran out of the picture, the only suspect left was Gu Yanyue. However, as her apprentice, Gu Yanyue couldn't possibly do such a thing. Bai Youjin thought about it a lot, but still couldn't figure it out: "Then do you think it was leaked?"
"I don't know." Yu Wenran personally served tea to Bai Youjin and told him the truth, "But I have a way. I wonder if you are willing to listen to it."
Bai Youjin took a sip of tea and raised his eyebrows frivolously: "I'd like to hear more about it."
"We might as well take advantage of your trick. I don't know why that person leaked Senior's story, but Senior said a long time ago that he wanted to live a secluded life. Anyone who sends someone to investigate can find out. The person behind this must want to see Senior leave the capital and no longer stay with A Yue and me. I'm afraid that Senior's mechanical skills will become a help to me in the future."
Bai Youjin put down his teacup and chuckled: "I think you already have your doubts about the candidate in your mind."
Yu Wenran nodded without hiding anything: "Yes..."
After receiving Yuwen Ran's affirmation, Bai Youjin interrupted Yuwen Ran and said, "It's good that you have a choice. At least you know who is behind you. I won't continue to ask who it is. In the end, this is your own business. As long as those people stop looking for me, that's enough."
"This is easy. Senior, you just need to put on a show with me, pretending to be dissatisfied with my daily behavior and leaving the capital. I have a house in the capital, not far from the palace. You can live there after you leave the palace. Since it is my private residence, no one will disturb you on weekdays. Only my former wet nurse will be responsible for daily cleaning. After you move in, it will be convenient for Ah Yue to visit you from time to time in the future."
Bai Youjin agreed: "Okay, when will this play begin?"
"Of course the sooner the better, so that senior can get rid of those people's disturbances as soon as possible." Yu Wenran said with a smile.
"Then I will go back and wait for your news." After saying that, Bai Youjin stood up and was about to leave.
"Senior, please wait a moment." Yuwen Ran called out to Bai Youjin, then swept everything off the table and shouted out the door, "Do you really take yourself seriously when I call you 'senior'? You're just a commoner, and now you think you can tell me what to do?"
Bai Youjin understood and retorted loudly to Yuwen Ran: "You only dare to speak to me like this because you are the emperor. If you were not my disciple's husband, you would be dead by now."
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