“Madam is too modest. I have just been fortunate enough to receive your instruction and guidance, and only now do I understand the profoundness of this path,” Zu An bowed to her. “I also realize how vast the gap is between me and you in this area, and I think I will never reach your level in this lifetime.”
Yu Yanluo's brows softened even more: "You little rascal, you've got a sweet tongue. Don't forget you have super-level talent, you learn everything quickly, it's not impossible for you to surpass me."
After saying that, she yawned and stretched involuntarily, revealing her beautiful curves: "I can't take it anymore, I've been with you all night and I'm already exhausted. I'm naturally sleepy in this kind of weather, I need to go catch up on some sleep now."
"I've really troubled you too much, Madam. I'll head back now. Please rest well, Madam." Zu An rose to take his leave.
Yu Yanluo was taken aback: "Aren't you sleeping here?"
After saying that, he suddenly realized his mistake and quickly added, "I meant to sleep next door."
Zu An thought to himself, "Does this mean I can sleep in your bed?"
“I still have some things to take care of outside, I’ll come back to see you tonight,” Zu’an explained.
Yu Yanluo thought for a moment and took out a jade pendant from her bosom and gave it to him: "Although your cultivation is extraordinary, you can't always be so lucky. Take this with you. With it on your body, many of the restrictions and defenses in the mansion will not attack you, and you can freely enter and exit every corner of the Yu family."
Zu An thought about it and realized it made sense. It wasn't right to act like a thief every time, so he took the jade pendant and said, "Thank you, Madam!"
This jade pendant is similar in style to the one Yu Yanluo from Mingyue City gave him before, but its quality is obviously much better.
The body heat of Yu Yanluo still lingered on it, making it appear even more warm and moist.
Seeing his fingers caressing the jade pendant, Yu Yanluo felt a tingling sensation all over her body, as if his fingers were stroking her skin.
Her expression immediately became a little unnatural: "No need to thank me. At your learning speed, you should be able to go to the Duke's mansion in less than two days. You go ahead and do your own thing. I'm going to sleep."
Zuan cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to her, then quickly disappeared out the window.
Yu Yanluo stood by the window, staring blankly in the direction he had disappeared. After a long while, she touched her cheek and muttered to herself in a daze, "Why is my face burning? He's clearly much younger than me..."
Meanwhile, Zu'an returned to the guesthouse, where soldiers from the Governor's Mansion were still surrounding it. He managed to sneak in again through Daji.
Then he found Sang Hong and explained that he would be going into seclusion soon.
"Your injury has relapsed?" Sang Hong was startled and hurriedly checked his injuries.
"It's nothing serious, but I'm mainly worried that if it doesn't fully heal, it might leave a lingering ailment that could affect my future cultivation path," Zu An explained.
"It's nothing serious? You can focus on your seclusion and recover from your injuries. You don't need to worry about the affairs of Yunzhong County. I won't let anyone disturb you." Sang Hong was immediately anxious. In this world, cultivation level meant status and position. He had finally found a promising future star and almost placed all the hopes of his family on him. How could he let something happen to him?
"Thank you, Uncle!" Seeing his worried look, Zu'an felt a little guilty for lying to him. However, since the other party was an imperial envoy and the emperor's mission was to deal with the Yu family, he did not want to target the Yu family. As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend, and maintaining a good relationship with Yu Yanluo was more in his interest.
To avoid putting Sang Hong in an awkward position, Zu An decided to keep all of this from him.
To prevent him from being disturbed, Sang Hong cleared out all the rooms around him and sent Imperial Guards to guard the vicinity, strictly prohibiting anyone from disturbing him.
Zuan breathed a sigh of relief; this way, no one should notice he wasn't there for a while.
After settling things here, Zu An quietly left the guesthouse and went to the Pei residence.
"Aunt...son-in-law," Hongzao called out shyly when she saw him, wondering if she would have to stay up all night again tonight.
But the snacks her son-in-law always brought her were delicious, and he was really quite handsome.
Will you ask me for help when you become unwell in the future...?
Thinking of this, her face flushed red instantly, and her heart pounded.
"Red Date, I brought you some snow dumplings from Little Peanuts today." Zu An affectionately rubbed her head; this little girl was indeed very cute.
"My son-in-law always brings me food and fattens me up." Hongzao smiled broadly, but couldn't help swallowing as she spoke.
"She's chubby and quite cute." Zu An pinched her cheek, then went inside to find Pei Mianman.
Red Dates, however, were caught in a dilemma. "So my son-in-law likes chubby girls? Should I eat more...?"
"You started flirting with red dates as soon as you arrived." Pei Mianman couldn't help but roll her eyes.
Zuan laughed and pulled her into his arms: "I just think that little girl is cute. Don't overthink it. She's still so young."
"What do you mean 'little'? You'll find out she's not little in the future. She's my concubine, and she'll be yours sooner or later," Pei Mianman said with a strange expression. "By the way, why didn't you come over last night?"
Zu An then gave a general account of his trip to the Yu family. There was no need to hide these things from her, otherwise, if she couldn't find him, something might happen.
"What? You live at Yu Yanluo's place?" Pei Mianman sat up straight instantly.
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