"Who are you?" The man's voice was dull and deep.
Li Nian recognized the unfamiliar voice and spoke cautiously, "Sir, did you enter through the wrong window? This is my home! You're asking who I am?"
"If I remember correctly, this is the villa of the prince of the Marquisate, and the prince's wife died of illness last year."
Li Nian could tell that this strange man seemed to know Xiao Yunyu very well.
So he asked tentatively, "Are you Ayu's subordinate? Or a friend?"
"We're close friends, I guess!" He slanted around the screen and walked into the inner room, asking, "Who is this girl to him?"
Li Nian's heart was tense, his eyes never leaving the black shadow. He had already exchanged his skills with the system in his mind in case of emergency.
"I am his..." Li Nian got stuck here, and realized belatedly his current situation. Xiao Yunyu was a nameless person with no status!
"He and I are a couple," was all she could say.
As they spoke, their eyes met.
Both sides were stunned at the same time.
"It's you?" Li Nian asked in surprise.
Sima Shaoyu was also surprised: "We meet again, the girl and I are really destined to be together."
Li Nian: It’s better not to have such a fate!
"Who are you anyway? Why are you trespassing in my house?"
At this moment, a loud noise was heard in the Glazed Courtyard.
A strange, gruff voice suddenly rang out: "Get out of the way! The Imperial City Division is searching for spies from the enemy nation. How dare you refuse to cooperate?"
Xiaobai said calmly, "You may search the pavilion, but Liuli Pavilion is where my wife lives. It's late at night, so we need to notify her in advance."
"Inform?" The leading officer sneered, "Who knows if you're informing the lady or the spy?"
Xiao Bai said angrily, "Sir, please be careful with your words. Be careful of what you say. Your words are ruining the reputation of the entire Xiao family!"
Li Nian listened to the noise downstairs and thought about the name Sima Shaoyu told them last time, thinking it must be fake.
She murmured, "Ma Shaoyu... Sima Shaoyu?"
Sima covered his chest with his hands and lowered his voice, "Young lady, you are smart. If you hand me over, I am afraid that my wife's reputation will be ruined. If someone in the court wants to use this opportunity to accuse General Xiao of treason, the whole family will be executed."
Downstairs, the leader of the officers and soldiers had ordered his soldiers to open the door on the first floor of the Liuli Pavilion, and a group of people rushed in.
Li Nian heard the threat in Sima Shaoyu's words, but it was undeniable that what he said was not entirely unreasonable.
If someone with ulterior motives were to take advantage of this opportunity, the Xiao Marquis Mansion would indeed be in trouble.
She pointed to the window and said, "You better get out of here now. If they come up, you'll definitely be caught."
Sima Shaoyu shook his head: "There are only soldiers down there. If I leave now, I'll be like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth."
At this time, the sound of footsteps "Dong! Dong! Dong!" could be heard on the stairs, and each footstep seemed to hit Li Nian's heart.
But she had never encountered such a thing and had no experience at all.
This kind of situation did happen when I read novels before, where people would hide in the bathtub, but it is obvious that this is not the case now.
Or the two of them could just pretend to be doing something, but that method wouldn’t work!
"Knock knock knock" there was a loud and rough knock on the door.
Xiaobai hurriedly stopped her: "My wife is with the young master! Please wait a moment, I will call her."
Li Nian was anxious and helpless, so she had to let Sima Shaoyu hide under the bed first.
She pretended to have just woken up and asked, "Who is it?"
"Madam, it's me. People from the Imperial City Bureau said they are here to search for spies." Xiaobai answered respectfully.
Li Nian said in an unhappy tone: "Why did you come to me to search for spies?"
She walked outside, lit a candle in the room, and was shocked to find bloodstains on the carpet on the wooden couch next to the windowsill.
It's over! This is bound to be discovered!
She quickly pulled down the blanket and stuffed it into the closet.
"What are you doing? Open the door!" There was another loud knock on the door.
The force was so strong that the entire door trembled a few times.
"What's the rush? You broke into the women's dormitory so late at night without even giving us time to get dressed?" Li Nian replied angrily.
He casually put on his outer robe, tied his belt and went to open the door.
She frowned and looked at the officers and soldiers, her tone puzzled: "What's going on? Did you see anyone break in?"
Xiaobai said hurriedly: "No."
"Who said no? We saw the spy enter your house with our own eyes!"
"But there's definitely no one in my room." Li Nian looked at the leading officer and said, "You can search, and we're willing to cooperate, but please look for him wherever you saw him come in."
The leader of the officers and soldiers shouted, "We'll search other places, of course. We'll search the lady's room too."
Li Nian frowned, looking displeased. "I have a child sleeping in my room, not even a year old. You'll scare her if you barge in like this! Besides, how could I not know if there's an assassin breaking into my own house?"
"Stop talking nonsense!" The leader raised his hand and pushed Li Nian aside, shouting, "Come in with me and search!"
"Xiaobai, stop him!" Li Nian shouted sternly.
Upon hearing this, Xiaobai raised his hand and blocked the leader of the soldiers outside the house.
Seeing this, the other soldiers also grasped the hilts of their swords and prepared to fight.
Li Nian sneered, "You guys at the Imperial City Bureau are so powerful. Seeing that General Xiao is not here, you can search his residence as you please?"
"Little Red! Little Green!"
As soon as Li Nian finished speaking, he saw two figures flying in from the window of the room.
The leader's face darkened. "You're just a concubine, yet you're so bold! Do you really think you're the Crown Prince's wife? I'm definitely going to search this house today!"
Li Nian stared straight at him and said coldly, "Do you have a warrant to search General Xiao's residence? Show it to me. If you don't have it, and you're breaking into the inner residence without any evidence, I think you have ulterior motives!"
Seeing the leader of the officers and soldiers change his expression, Li Nian sneered in his heart.
This person seemed very familiar to her, and must be another "old acquaintance" in the capital.
Li Nian's voice grew even colder: "If you really want to force your way in, don't blame me for not giving your Imperial City Division face."
Xiao Hong interrupted, "Madam, their actions show that they completely disregard our Marquisate! Since they don't give us face, we naturally don't need to give them face!"
Xiaobai said to the leader of the officers and soldiers, "Since my wife said there's nothing, then there definitely isn't any. Sir, why don't you continue searching elsewhere?"
The leader of the officers and soldiers showed no sign of giving in. "You're blocking my way and daring me to search. You must be hiding something! Search me, and I'll take responsibility if anything happens!"
Li Nian, however, was the first to kick the leader of the officers and soldiers out: "You can search, but bring the documents!"
"Waaaaah——Mother——" Jinhe in the inner room suddenly burst into tears.
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