Night Visit
While waiting for the results to be announced, Bai Miaoke was busy arranging the copying of books and also went to Ma Hongzhe's tutor's mansion and Prince Kang's palace.
The Taifu Mansion was still as impregnable as ever, but Bai Miaoke observed that many more people came to visit the Taifu every day. Although Bai Miaoke did not recognize many of the officials, Xiao Heng, who worked with her and handled the affairs of Yueying Pavilion all year round, recognized that some of the officials were from the Ministry of Works.
Seeing that there was no hope at the Taifu Mansion, the two of them went to Prince Kang's Mansion at night.
The guards here were not that strict. Bai Miaoke and Xiao Heng, wearing night clothes, climbed in from the backyard of the palace one after the other.
The two carefully avoided the palace guards and went around to the backyard. Xiao Heng asked in a low voice: "Are we going to the study?"
Bai Miaoke replied: "Yes, how do we get there?"
Xiao Heng: "...How would I know?"
To show their brotherhood, the emperor awarded them a vast palace. The two of them walked around but still had no idea. Bai Miaoke decided to act separately. Xiao Heng was a little worried, but Bai Miaoke had always been a person with his own ideas. He had no choice but to compromise. He took out a whistle from his arms and gave it to Bai Miaoke, "If you encounter danger, blow it. I will definitely be able to hear it within the palace."
Bai Miaoke nodded and took it, saying, "You go east, I'll go west, and search the study room when you see it. Bring back all the information, whether it's useful or not, for me to take a look."
The two separated at the intersection.
Bai Miaoke walked west along the path in the back garden of the palace. When she saw a villa with lights on, she quickly went in.
She pressed herself against the pillar next to the door, hiding herself in the shadows and looking around secretly.
There were two maids on guard at the door, and four guards with swords standing by.
The backyard is mostly inhabited by female family members, and guards are generally not arranged in the yard unless the male owner is present.
Bai Miaoke was delighted. She had found it! Prince Kang must be in the house.
Not wanting to alarm the people in the house, Bai Miaoke threw a stone in the other direction, making a snapping sound, causing the maids and guards to turn their heads to look. Taking advantage of this moment, Bai Miaoke leaped onto the roof, as light as a cat, without making any sound.
As soon as she landed on the roof, she heard some strange sounds, a man's heavy breathing and a woman's delicate moans.
She froze in place, not expecting to run into Prince Kang doing something.
She waited for a while, which seemed like an eternity, and heard the woman's voice becoming more and more gentle. She wondered if this matter was so interesting. She had heard Mudan say it several times before, saying that one would understand something only after experiencing it.
She sighed and felt that she might not understand.
In fact, people have been coming to propose marriage to her since she came of age. Her father didn't have any requirements. As long as the other party was sincere to her and she liked him, it would be fine even if he was a live-in son-in-law.
Unfortunately, those who came to propose marriage were either attracted by the Bai family's assets or by her beauty, and most of them were attracted by both.
Many times, before she had the chance to go and see him, Xiao Heng would hand her evidence of him frequenting brothels.
So, she is almost 20 years old this year and still has not found a marriage. It is a bit late for a woman to remain unmarried at this age, but she has a 26-year-old brother who is still unmarried, so Bai Miaoke has never been in a hurry about this matter.
Bai Miaoke was lost in thought for who knows how long, and the noise in the house finally stopped.
She heard King Kang sigh with satisfaction.
"Your Majesty, will you come to accompany me tomorrow?" the woman asked.
"Not tomorrow," King Kang replied.
The woman said with grievance: "I know, the prince is going to the Plum Courtyard to accompany my sister."
King Kang explained softly, "No, I have an appointment tomorrow."
The woman said, "The prince has gone to Zuichunlou again. It seems that I won't be able to wait for the prince tomorrow."
King Kang smiled but did not refute: "Why wait until tomorrow?"
As he was speaking, there was another humming sound coming from inside the house.
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Bai Miaoke was speechless. In order to protect her ears from torture, she flew away from the roof.
She wondered in her mind whether Prince Kang went to Zuichunlou to meet Lu Yu again. All men are really the same. He looks like a gentleman, but unexpectedly he is also a playboy. She then thought, if Lord Lu did that kind of thing, would he be like he did just now? It was really hard to imagine what expression the cold Lord Lu would have.
A gust of night wind blew by, and she suddenly woke up. What was she thinking about?
She walked around the west side again, but didn't find anything useful, so she left the palace and returned to where they came from.
Xiao Heng was already waiting there. Before Bai Miaoke could take a few steps, he came over, checked her around, and asked, "Are you not hurt? What happened? Why did you take so long?"
Of course Bai Miaoke would not say that she had eavesdropped on the conversation. She only said that she had found King Kang and heard that he had an appointment the next day.
Xiao Heng nodded and said, "I found his study. I didn't know if those things would be useful to you, so I took them all back."
He took out a thick stack of papers and handed it to Bai Miaoke.
Bai Miaoke looked at the thick stack in surprise. Some of the papers contained envelopes, some contained only a folded piece of paper, and there were also a few crumpled pieces of paper that looked like they were taken from a carrier pigeon.
She smiled broadly at Xiao Heng, patted his shoulder and said, "Thank you very much. There must be something useful in this."
Xiao Heng looked at her sweet smile and felt a little bitter in his heart.
From the way she patted his shoulder, he knew that she had never considered him as a person.
But it doesn’t matter, he has been with her for so many years, as long as she doesn’t have anyone else in her heart, he can wait forever.
On the way back, he remembered a piece of good news and said, "By the way, Moon Shadow Pavilion recently snatched a big business from the Eagle Claw Gang, and someone wants to assassinate the Prime Minister."
He remembered that Bai Miaoke was angry last time because she didn't get this business, and thought she would be very happy to hear this news.
But Bai Miaoke's brows gradually furrowed after hearing this. Her tone unconsciously became a little cold: "Didn't you say that we can't kill the Prime Minister?"
Xiao Heng was stunned for a moment. In his impression, Bai Miaoke was always smiling and good-tempered. He rarely heard her speak in this tone.
He felt a little uncomfortable, but he still replied: "The bounty is 10,000 taels of gold, and the Eagle Claw Gang failed in the last assassination. If we can succeed this time, the Moon Shadow Pavilion will truly be the number one assassin organization in the world."
Bai Miaoke listened to his words and realized that what he said made sense. To have one less prime minister in exchange for the number one position in the martial arts world was quite a good deal.
But she felt that deep down she didn't want him to die. This thought was a little weird, and she couldn't figure it out herself.
Then she remembered that she was the one who saved his life last time, and she hadn't yet repaid him for that favor. Also, she hadn't yet settled the score with him for wetting her dress last time. Wouldn't it be a loss for her if she let him die like this?
After she had resolved her inner conflict, she said to Xiao Heng, "This man cannot be killed now. He still owes me something."
As if to make amends for herself, she added: "After I get my money back, I will kill him myself. Yueying Pavilion will still be number one in the martial arts world."
Xiao Heng looked at her silently for a while, replied softly with "OK", then turned and left. He seemed to say something else, but the sound dissipated in the wind and Bai Miaoke didn't hear it clearly.
Not long after, she returned to the Bai Mansion.
She should have taken the opportunity to take a look at the stolen letters before Prince Kang found out, but after hearing that there was a bounty on the assassination of Lu Yu, she felt depressed. It was a pity that such a handsome man died.
Bai Miao is not the type of person who can hold back, so she decided to ask Lu Yu how he was doing with what he promised her. After all, almost a month had passed, and it was definitely not because of other things, she thought to herself.
So she ran to Lu's house without even changing her clothes.
It was almost midnight, the moon was mostly covered by dark clouds, and the shadows of the trees in front of the Lu Mansion were swaying.
Bai Miaoke stood under the tree and hesitated for a moment. She felt that the probability of her sneaking in without being discovered was very low. She regretted that she was impulsive and forgot to bring some drugs.
But since she was here, she had to see Lu Yu today.
This is a subconscious assumption that getting caught is no big deal.
So she jumped onto the wall, but as expected, she was discovered by the patrolling guards of the Lu Mansion before she reached the backyard.
She listened to the sound of pursuit from behind and flew to the backyard without looking back. She had been here before, and she rushed straight to Lu Yu's residence. With her lightness and speed, the guards of Lu's residence could not catch up for a while.
Seeing the front door of Lu Yu's residence, she used the same trick again and threw a stone, hitting the leading guard's ankle with just the right force to make him fall to the ground, and at the same time tripping the people behind him.
While everyone was in a state of panic, Bai Miaoke had already climbed into the house through the window.
There was no light in the room, and it seemed that Lu Yu should have gone to bed. She calmed her breathing and tiptoed towards the inner room.
The room was too dark, and she could only vaguely see a shadow on the bed. She walked closer to the bed and wanted to call Lu Yu, when suddenly a dagger flashing white light stabbed at her, bringing up a gust of wind that blew a few strands of Bai Miaoke's hair.
This is like treating yourself as someone who is here to kill him.
Bai Miaoke raised her hand and grasped the wrist of the man holding the knife. She thought the other party would struggle, but she didn't expect that he would not move at all after his wrist was grasped.
Bai Miaoke relaxed the strength she had just gathered. Unexpectedly, the other party seemed to have just reacted, dropped the knife and tried to pull his hand back. Bai Miaoke was caught off guard and fell down.
As luck would have it, it landed on the man's hard chest, and Lu Yu let out a muffled groan as he was hit hard.
The moment Bai Miaoke grabbed his wrist, Lu Yu smelled the familiar scent of gardenia. Fearing that he would hurt her, he immediately dropped the dagger in his hand and tried to pull his hand back, but he didn't expect this to happen.
At this time, the guards chased after him, and Fugui asked at the door: "Sir, there is an assassin in the mansion, are you okay?"
The two people's current posture is really awkward. Bai Miao doesn't want to be seen, so she puts a finger on Lu Yu's lips and shakes her head at him. Lu Yu said in a deep voice: "Nothing, go look for it somewhere else."
As her lips opened and closed, they inevitably touched Bai Miaoke's fingers. She suddenly came to her senses and tried to stand up, but she was so anxious that it seemed like she was not in the right place...
Fugui responded, and then the sound of footsteps fading away was heard.
She stood beside the bed and felt that the touch was quite good. She didn't expect that this civil official actually had some muscles.
The Prime Minister, who was touched, felt that he was not clean...
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