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Jiang Nian's heart suddenly tightened when the goddess called him by his full name. The slippery and cold feeling surrounded his heart, making him feel quite uncomfortable.
After suppressing the feeling of being oppressed and restrained in her heart, she lowered her eyes and replied meekly, "Thanks to the goddess's mercy, everything here is comfortable for me."
Noticing Jiang Nian's choice of words, the maid who was decorating the goddess stopped and glanced at her coldly.
Jiang Nian didn't care. He just stood aside with his eyes downcast, thinking about how to find a place to listen to what the goddess was going to say to the guests today.
If it's on the fifth floor, can I listen to it from the mezzanine below the attic?
Thinking that You would probably pay attention to the goddess's visit today, Jiang Nian's thoughts became even more depressed.
If You discovered me while I was eavesdropping, we would look at each other in confusion and feel a little awkward.
She didn't want her actions to be discovered by others.
Even though You might be able to guess her actions, you could not guess the information behind her and the antidote for Princess Qingping.
Apart from looking for the talisman array, at least your other whereabouts should not be discovered by him.
Otherwise, even if she could occasionally fool him with words, after a few times of going back and forth, he would definitely have some guesses in his heart.
Jiang Nian lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then raised his eyes again to observe the layout of the room inside when his personal maid went to the next room to pick out clothes.
Although the goddess had two guest visits, the masked man she met when she first arrived yesterday seemed to belong to Zuihua Tower.
I don’t know if it is the so-called “Lu” who is under the command of the goddess.
I didn't pay attention to it before I came here, otherwise I could have asked Yan about "Lu"'s appearance the day before leaving Youguan.
But it’s not too late now. It won’t be too late to call the secret guards after getting the information from the goddess.
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Thinking about the goddess's visit later and eavesdropping from some hidden corner, Jiang Nian was multitasking the whole time.
While remembering the clothes that the personal maid brought out today, I thought about the possibility of hearing information in the mezzanine floor.
The goddess spoke little, and she didn't say a word when others served her.
The temperature in the upper chamber was slightly higher, but the goddess didn't feel hot, perhaps because she was used to it. But Jiang Nian had previously rested in the shade, and after spending so long in the warm room at noon, he had already broken out in a thin layer of sweat.
Yesterday, I was thinking about today's arrangements, and I was in a place that was not very safe, so it was difficult for me to let down my guard and fall asleep quickly. I tossed and turned for a long time before I finally fell asleep.
It was noon now, which was the time for her to rest in her free time. She had nothing to do at the moment. She watched her personal maid match her clothes in the dressing room, and then she had to do the complicated, tedious and boring movements of putting them on layer by layer.
There was no sudden tense moment to stimulate the nerves, nor was there any tension about everything in Zuihualou like yesterday.
Amid the rustling sound of clothes, Jiang Nian fell drowsy.
—
Not long after, the goddess sitting in front of the dressing table was finally dressed by her personal maid.
After carefully smoothing out the wrinkles on the hem of her skirt, the maid stood up and said to Jiang Nian, "Please come closer. The goddess will go to the fifth floor to meet with guests later. You should help her into the door."
When her name was called, Jiang Nian suppressed the slightly sleepy look on her face and lowered her eyes to look at the complicated hem of the skirt in her hand.
The goddess's skirt is very long, so in order to maintain its beauty, she must have someone accompany her when she travels.
“…”
Jiang Nian took a step forward and stood behind the goddess. He estimated the time for a moment and said, "It's almost time. Let's go after we get dressed."
The goddess did not react much to Jiang Nian's words. Her face in the dressing mirror was dull and emotionless, like an isolated island standing in the middle of the crowd, unable to hear any words from others.
I am still immersed in the world of thoughts.
The pavilion was quiet for a moment, with only the sound of clothes being sorted out.
The personal maid lowered her head and watched what she was doing. Without saying a word, she smoothed out any slightly wrinkled areas, then turned around and opened the door of the attic.
"The time is almost up. Please help her go."
“…”
Jiang Nian did not want to get entangled with his personal maid any more, so he followed the maid's service etiquette in his memory, helped the goddess up from the dressing mirror, and sent her to the room along the path he had observed when he entered the pavilion just now.
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The road is not long. At most, you have to go up and down the stairs twice and then walk a short distance along the corridor to reach your destination.
The goddess said nothing along the way, with uncertain emotions in her eyes, and it was difficult to unravel her thoughts.
The fragrance lingering around her made Jiang Nian feel uncomfortable. Although it was not as strong and fragrant as in the top pavilion, it had a light and alluring scent that would entangle Jiang Nian's nostrils, reach her throat, and oppress her mood.
If I stay with the goddess for too long, will I become mentally ill?
Jiang Nian only spent the whole morning with the goddess, not saying a word, just standing aside waiting, and now his mood began to become depressed.
Little did he know what it felt like to be surrounded by the goddess every day.
I guess he can only call me sister.
The more depressed he felt, the more Jiang Nian wanted to think of something else to adjust his mood.
She walked all the way to the front of the room. According to the rules of Zuihualou, she first knocked on the door with her free hand. After getting permission from the guest inside, she opened the door and pushed it aside to leave space for the goddess to enter.
There was a very slight knocking sound on wooden boards from inside.
The goddess moved slightly, raised her arm and slipped it out of her sleeve. Her hand, so white and delicate that the veins could be seen, touched the wall beside her. She tilted her head and looked at her indifferently.
"You can leave now."
The door was some distance away from the guest and was blocked by a screen, so Jiang Nian couldn't see who the visitor was.
Staying here was not the best option. Jiang Nian gently withdrew his hand that was supporting the goddess, lowered his brows and took a few steps back, bowed to the goddess, and performed the etiquette of a personal maid before leaving this corridor.
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The goddess looked at Jiang Nian as he walked away, her dark pupils reflecting her indifference.
Can we keep hamsters that are attracted to oil and water in Zuihualou?
sure.
Thanks to the little hamster who just came, the group of extremely bored people, whose bodies were filled with rottenness, were able to find some fun in their barren and boring lives.
Just don't touch that bottom line in the end...
Then she can tolerate everything else for the time being.
The goddess raised her eyes, and a hint of joy flashed across her eyes, which had turned gloomy in an instant.
She took a step back and let the little hamster walk freely for a day, and the gift for her concession was just ahead.
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You came down the stairs and was in a daze in the corridor for a while, until the maids nearby came over and whispered in his ear that "Lu" had returned from outside. Only then did his thoughts that were wandering outside come back.
While thinking about how to get information about his sister from 'Lu', he lowered his eyes and accidentally caught a glimpse of the greed in the eyes of the maid beside him.
A wave of fatigue and boredom surged up in him, and he waved his hand, turned around and walked towards the place where 'Lu' might have passed by.
Since 'Lu' and his sister are colleagues, there is no distinction between superiors and subordinates.
So if there is any change in my sister's movements, apart from the little hamster, the person most likely to know is him.
Thinking that he might be able to obtain information faster than Jiang Nian, and use the talisman array to extort more information about "the person his sister cares about" from her, You quickened his pace.
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Jiang Nian felt like an agent at this moment.
Yesterday, when Tongyou was searching for the talisman array, she encountered several guards. At that time, she consciously remembered their shift change times.
Therefore, today, she calculated the few minutes before and after, avoided all patrolling observers and guards, and successfully entered the last unfound talisman array on the first floor as judged on the blueprint.
As for why we are not afraid of encountering worries during this period, it has to do with the "good luck" that was confirmed yesterday, overturned, confirmed again, and finally overturned again.
After sending the goddess to the room, Jiang Nian went to the first floor and took the winch to the various floors to find a good position to eavesdrop.
But before people reached the first floor, they saw "Lu" coming back from outside from a distance.
'Lu's' expression was not very good. Although there was an extremely thick mask that seemed to be stuck on his face, Jiang Nian could still feel it very clearly through the air.
It's like someone messed up while you were doing something.
He was in a hurry, and walked straight in one direction after entering the gate of Zuihualou. Jiang Nian, who reacted quickly and hid back on the stairs, was lucky enough to hear the following conversation:
"My lord...my lord!"
There was a sound of footsteps and a friction sound of stopping the pace at the same time. The servant immediately went up to Lu after seeing him and whispered in his ear: "......"
Because of the height difference, although no one else was walking here at the moment, Jiang Nian still used all the moves he had learned throughout his life and tried to listen to the conversation by sticking to the ground, but in the end he still failed because he only heard a few words.
Although there were not many words revealed in that conversation, based on the information I learned from You and the secret guards when I traveled with You yesterday, I can already roughly piece together the content.
The servants and maids in Zuihua Tower were divided into two sides.
On one side is the goddess's sect, who are standing beside the goddess, waiting for what she said: "Even though you are trapped in the water, you will naturally be free after swimming out into the sky."
On the other side, there is the Wu Mi Zhong sect, which is centered on the mission objectives of the Wu Mi Zhong and disagrees with the goddess's tendency to escape but has never been able to find any evidence.
This attendant was from the Wumi sect.
He was specifically waiting for 'Ru' to come back from outside to report. He simply heard the extraditioner from the Goddess Sect tell the maid to "tell him when Ru comes back", and then he thought that the extraditioner had the intention of spying on 'Ru' to prevent the Wu people from being deceived.
Once this idea took root, it became like a flower that could grow freely and more beautifully without fertilizer, water, nutrients, or light. It became a "cage" firmly stationed in his heart to judge right and wrong.
Jiang Nian continued listening while trying to distinguish the words.
When the man under the mask heard the servant's report, he chuckled a few times and then fell silent.
"...They do have problems. No problem. I'll go meet him later."
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