Chapter 401: Shame on you

Xiao Xuesha's mouth was pinched by him and she couldn't bite anyone, so she could only glare at him fiercely.

Yuan Zun, however, was not moved at all. With a light hook of his hand, he wrapped his cloak around Xiao Xuesha's body, instantly covering her exposed head and feet tightly.

"Someone is coming, don't make any noise." Yuan Zun reminded her in a low voice, then loosened his hand that was pinching her mouth.

Sure enough, the moment he finished speaking, patrolling imperial guards passed by.

"Who?"

The leading imperial guard came closer and was surprised to see that it was Master Yuanzun.

"Master Yuanzun, why are you here?"

Then he looked at the little person in his arms and asked, "What is this?"

Judging from her figure, she looks like the little girl that Lang Guipin was with.

But why is that child with Master Yuanzun?

"This is Li Sheng who is with Concubine Lang Gui. I just went out to observe the stars and found that she ran out by herself. I was just about to send her back."

Yuan Zun spoke calmly, and casually pulled the cloak covering Xue Sha's head down a little, revealing the child's eyes.

Xue Sha just winked at the imperial guards but did not say anything to expose Yuan Zun's lie.

She was not stupid. To ordinary people, foxes transforming into human form and looking for someone was an evil thing. Compared to these imperial guards who might arrest her as an assassin at any time, Yuan Zun was a bad guy who stole her hair, but at least he knew the truth.

The guards had never looked closely at Li Sheng's appearance, and it was dark, so they naturally did not take a close look. After hearing what Master Yuanzun said, they did not investigate further and only said, "It's late at night, and there are guards patrolling everywhere in the palace. Master, please don't wander around."

Yuan Zun hummed, his white hair looking particularly eye-catching in the night, his demeanor still as calm as an immortal, and said, "Send this child back and I'll go back to rest. Thank you for your hard work."

Seeing that there was nothing unusual, those people stopped asking questions.

Yuan Zun simply carried Xue Sha forward and brought him back to his own yard.

He carried her to the bedroom and put her down, then untied the cloak wrapped around her. He saw that she was wrapped in a curtain in a weird way, and her little feet were all dirty. He frowned.

"Why do you look like this?"

Xueshan was still feeling wronged, but when he asked her, she pouted and sat down with a plop. She said in an angry voice, "I can't change back. Please help me think of a solution."

Although he originally planned to look for Linglong, the bad guy Yuanzun had magic skills and might be able to help her change back. Now that he had met him, Xue Sha naturally would not go far away.

Yuan Zun didn't think anything of the young man's obviously familiar tone. He raised his hand and lightly touched her forehead with his fingertips. After feeling it for a while, he withdrew his hand.

"You took the initiative to transform without your spiritual power being stable. It's natural that you can't control yourself."

Yuan Zun's voice was cool and pleasant, but there was no trace of blame in his tone, and there was even a hint of tolerant tenderness.

Xiao Xuesha didn't pay attention to this, she just frowned and asked, "What should I do?"

Yuan Zun took a look at the chubby little girl and did not answer her question immediately. He carried her to the chair, turned around and brought a basin of water over, wringing out a towel, grabbed her chubby little feet, and began to wipe her feet carefully.

Before Xueshan, every time he came back from a walk, he would ask the palace maids to wipe his feet. The little baby was used to being served, and didn't think there was anything wrong with Yuanzun's behavior. He even took the initiative to open his round toes to make it easier for him to clean himself.

Even as an adult, she still looks like a spoiled little princess.

Yuan Zun didn't mind. He wiped her two little feet carefully. Looking at the plump pink color on them, he changed another handkerchief and wiped her hands carefully.

While wiping, he asked, "I noticed that your spiritual power is fluctuating. What happened to affect you?"

Xue Shan tilted his head and thought boredly, "There's nothing to do tonight."

She said in a baby voice, "I went to the hot springs and then I changed."

He paused, as if he had thought of something, and then excitedly added, "Oh! I also secretly saw Yueyue and Linglong doing something naughty in the pool!"

Yuan Zun's movement of wiping her hands suddenly froze.

After a while, he raised his eyes and looked at the young man in front of him, with a complicated look in his eyes.

Is it... the embarrassing thing he was thinking about? ...

Or in the pool???