Heavy snowfall blanketed the Chen family's blue-brick and gray-tiled buildings in a layer of silver.
Chen Shuiyi hurriedly ran out of the warm pavilion, her lotus-colored embroidered plum blossom cloak billowing behind her, a silver-gilt plum blossom hairpin trembling slightly with her movements. She wore deerskin boots, leaving a trail of footprints on the snow-covered cobblestone path.
At the same time, the woman said anxiously, "Xiaoyu, you have to leave quickly! Those people must have already found you. I just heard my father say that Prince Sui has led his men into the palace!"
"Those people are definitely after you, because you and I are from the same place!"
After spending this time together, Chen Shuiyi had begun to vaguely guess Liang Yu's identity.
So after overhearing his father's conversation, he immediately ran out, wanting to tell the other party the news, but unexpectedly saw a familiar figure in his own yard.
Liang Yu wore a moon-white brocade long coat, covered with a light blue vest trimmed with silver fox fur. In her hand, she held an oil-paper umbrella painted with snow plum blossoms, the surface of which was covered with a thin layer of snow.
Contrary to the woman's expectations, Liang Yu did not panic. Instead, he held up an oil-paper umbrella to shield her from the falling snow.
"Don't worry, it's not a big problem. Those people can't possibly find me," Liang Yu reassured her.
Her slender fingers gently stroked a brocade pouch hanging from her waist. The pouch was embroidered with unique patterns in gold thread, which shimmered slightly in the snow.
“From the moment I was born, my mother sent me to her family’s estate to be raised. Most of the people in the palace have never seen me.”
"Later, I went into hiding and studied under Master Murong outside the capital. I didn't come to the capital much."
"It wasn't until Master Murong and his family were demoted that I chased after them from the manor. I was very fortunate to come to the desolate mountains and received the blessing and protection of the Mountain Goddess. These people could not possibly see my fortune."
This is not arrogance, but rather her trust in the Mountain Goddess.
Before coming to the capital to carry out their mission, they all received the blessing of the Mountain Goddess and carried such a brocade pouch with them, so that no evil spirit could see the fortune on their bodies.
If the Prince of Sui finds another person with great fortune, there is only one possibility: at this crucial moment, another time traveler has arrived!
"The person is in the palace, and the Prince of Sui has made such a fuss, so the time traveler must be of high status. He is not in danger for the time being. Let's take this opportunity to go to the Prince of Sui's residence to find out what's going on."
Liang Yu tugged at her sleeve and blinked.
Chen Shuiyi's mood calmed down, and she nodded gently, her pale yellow skirt sweeping an arc across the snow. "Alright, let's take this opportunity to visit the Prince Sui's residence. The Prince Sui has already taken his men to the palace and certainly won't be back for a while!"
The two hit it off immediately, and then Liang Yu grabbed her wrist, and the two of them disappeared into thin air.
"This!" Chen Shuiyi was astonished. Her body had actually disappeared inside the Chen family mansion!
However, they did not leave that place at all; their bodies simply became transparent.
"This is invisibility? Liang Yu, you're really amazing! You actually have this ability!"
"Ahem, wait until you go to the desolate mountains in a while, and you'll see that my invisibility ability is nothing special. There are many powerful women there!"
Chen Shuiyi widened her almond-shaped eyes again and carefully stepped on the snow.
"That's not right. Even though we've become invisible, we can't hide our tracks in the snow. We still have to walk on the ground."
“Then you don’t need to worry. We martial artists in this desolate mountain are all practicing a secret manual of lightness skills, which allows us to walk on snow without leaving a trace,” Liang Yu explained.
Speaking of that secret manual for light-body skills, it was actually contributed by an extraordinary person sent by the emperor.
With a light leap, she carried the woman beside her over the gray wall and raced toward the Prince Sui's residence.
The Prince of Sui's residence was not far from the Chen residence, and the two arrived outside the residence in no time.
From afar, the vermilion gate of the Prince's Mansion gleams with golden nails, and a pair of stone lions in front of the gate are draped in snow-white furs, making them appear even more majestic.
The roof ridge beasts on the eaves are faintly visible in the snow, and the glazed tiles reflect a cold light.
“The two of them have already gone in to investigate, so we two need to be careful too,” Liang Yu said in a low voice.
She then lightly leaped onto the wall with her toes.
From a high vantage point, the entire palace can be seen – ice flowers adorn the window frames in the front courtyard, and the artificial hill in the central courtyard is covered in snow, resembling a magnificent palace, looking exceptionally exquisite.
Prince Sui was the emperor's half-brother and also the emperor's most trusted courtier, so his palace was naturally built to be exceptionally grand.
Below, a squad of guards patrolled through the snow. They were dressed in dark blue outfits, with swords at their waists, and their boots crunched on the snow.
After the group left, the two invisible women followed their footsteps again and darted towards the backyard of the Prince's mansion.
Since they had come to the Prince's residence to investigate, they had naturally made thorough preparations.
Liang Yu held a mirror in her hand. The mirror surface shimmered with an unusual luster in the snow, reflecting the flow of fortune throughout the Prince's mansion.
These lenses were a gift from the Mountain Goddess; there are two in total, and Wang Qing is holding the other one in her hand.
Through the transparent lenses, she could clearly see all the luck within this compound.
If those time travelers were tied up in the courtyard, the color of that courtyard would definitely be different.
Suddenly, the lens burst forth with seven-colored light, pointing directly at a secluded courtyard in the northwest corner of the Prince's Mansion.
They quickly locked onto that area and flew over, stepping on the rooftops.
The courtyard was surrounded by high walls, and the snow on the top of the walls was half a foot thick.
In the courtyard, the branches of an ancient locust tree stretched towards the white sky like ghostly claws, looking somewhat eerie.
Liang Yu took out the lens to examine it again and saw that the entire courtyard was emitting a dazzling colored halo, which almost blinded her.
Alright, there's no need to guess anymore, those people are definitely here!
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