"Actually, I..."
Just as He Yunxiao was about to confess, he suddenly heard footsteps approaching rapidly, getting closer and closer.
He Yunxiao was at the eighth rank of cultivation. At this stage, a martial artist's five senses were much stronger than those of ordinary people. He could hear things that Meng Qingrou couldn't hear. He was especially sensitive to sounds like footsteps and breathing, which were used to determine the location of others.
Although his hearing was much better, it was still far from being able to hear in all directions. Linxuan Palace was quiet and secluded, and it was nighttime, so He Yunxiao was able to hear further.
However, even if it's a bit far, it's not that far.
It's only twenty or thirty meters away through the door.
The footsteps were very close; they would almost certainly push the door open and enter at any moment.
The eldest princess values her reputation. If it were discovered that she was secretly keeping a man, her life would be completely ruined. She was originally qualified to marry into a marquis's family, but if her reputation was tarnished, even ordinary officials wouldn't want her.
After numerous trials and tribulations, He Yunxiao has reached the "Grandmaster" level in the field of "hiding".
He's incredibly fast!
Almost instantly, he grabbed Nanzhu's wife around the waist, then used his lightness skill to land behind a curtain in the room.
Such curtains were common in palaces, often situated throughout the room on the side closest to the bed. They were generally used to separate the "small living room" for entertaining guests from the "bedroom" with a bed for sleeping.
With this curtain, there was triple protection when the concubines and princesses slept.
The first layer is the outermost door, the second layer is this curtain, and the third layer is the bed curtain.
The first door was accessible to ordinary men. Behind the second curtain, only eunuchs and imperial physicians could enter. As for the third door, only the emperor could access it.
He Yunxiao is currently hiding in an area that only eunuchs and imperial physicians can enter.
He hid behind the curtain, even holding Meng Qingrou's hand.
"Young Master Xiao, Xing'er is here! Let go of her!"
He Yunxiao held Meng Qingrou's small hand tightly, showing no intention of letting go. This meant that she could only hide her hand from being held by someone else by pressing herself against the edge of the hanging curtain.
"No, I'm healing right now, I can't let go."
Meng Qingrou said anxiously, "You! What... what should we do?"
He Yunxiao thought to himself: Nan Zhu's wife is still too naive. Back then, Sister Du and Chu Xiaoxiao both learned without any instruction.
He said, "Just stand here and find any excuse to send that person away."
Xing'er pushed open the door and entered.
Meng Qingrou has absolutely no acting skills.
"Xing, Xing, Xing'er, I'm fine, are you alright?"
Xinger: ?
She sensed that the princess was acting strangely today, so she approached her and asked with concern, "Princess, you..."
Xing'er's steps suddenly froze as she approached, because she discovered that there was actually half a foot behind the curtain!
Judging from the style of those shoes, they are clearly men's shoes.
She looked up at Meng Qingrou with a stiff expression.
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