Rong Heqing originally thought that she would have to wait at least two or three days, but she did not expect that she would receive a message from Ruyi Tower the next day, saying that Prince Duan was waiting for her in the Peony Room on the third floor.

Chu Suifeng went to meet Liang Changjin, and there was no one else around who could be used, so Rong Heqing simply went out to keep the appointment by himself.

When she arrived at Ruyi Tower, she was picked up by the same waiter from yesterday, who took her all the way up to the third floor, stopped outside the Peony Room and knocked on the door.

The next moment the door opened from the inside, revealing Guan Zhen's face.

When Guan Zhen saw that it was Rong Heqing, he immediately turned sideways and said, "Princess, please..."

The door closed, Rong Heqing walked slowly inside, walked around the peony screen in the outer room, and saw Qin Yunxian sitting at the table pouring tea.

He pushed one of the cups to the other side, looked up, smiled slightly, raised his hand and said, "Sit down."

Rong Heqing sat down opposite him, glanced at the clear tea, and joked, "Your Highness's cooking skills are good."

Qin Yunxian picked up the teacup and took a sip. His eyes and brows were shrouded in a faint white mist, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or angry.

"I can help you with what you want to do, but I want to know why you are looking for Wansheng Tower."

"It's nothing. I just heard that Wanshenglou is a well-known intelligence organization in the underworld, so I wanted to buy some information from them. Don't worry, it's not a big deal. It won't implicate you and it won't break the law."

Rong Heqing held his chin and looked at him, looking innocent and harmless.

Qin Yunxian also looked at her, and their eyes met, both trying to see something from each other's eyes.

After a while, Qin Yunxian retracted his gaze and said in a deep voice: "Wanshenglou is indeed very famous in the martial arts world, but they always act as they please, and their whereabouts are even more erratic. I can't guarantee that I can find them."

"It's all right if you can help. I won't blame you if you can't find me." Rong Heqing asked hesitantly, "What reward do you want?"

Qin Yunxian wanted to say no, but when his eyes fell on her, he suddenly remembered the "escort gift" she gave him last time. After a moment of silence, he extended an index finger.

Rong Heqing blinked, "One hundred taels? Silver or gold?"

"One ounce of silver is enough to buy my information."

"So cheap?" Rong Heqing looked at him in surprise.

Qin Yunxian raised his eyebrows briskly, "Then... ten taels?"

Rong Heqing immediately took out a tael of silver from his purse and placed it in front of him, smiling and saying, "Deal."

Qin Yunxian: "..."

He laughed briefly and glanced at Rong Heqing, who picked up the teacup and drank it as if nothing had happened. Then his eyes lit up and he praised, "This tea tastes good, sweet and lingering, and it's worthy of being brewed by His Royal Highness the Prince himself~"

Guan Zhen couldn't help laughing, and Qin Yunxian glanced at him indifferently.

Guan Zhen: “.”

"Don't pretend, you didn't even drink it."

Qin Yunxian pointed out Rong Heqing's sparse acting skills and took the two silver coins into his sleeves. "I will do this as soon as possible. You go back and wait for news. Don't act rashly during this period, and don't try to get close to Liang Changjin again. The water behind him is deeper than you think."

Rong Heqing ignored the previous words, but when she heard the last sentence, her heart tightened and her smile faded slightly, "The prince sent someone to monitor me?"

The pair of peach blossom eyes that usually always contained a hint of smile suddenly turned cold, and even had a chilling sharpness.

Qin Yunxian frowned slightly, without any explanation, and just waved his hand silently. Then he turned the wheelchair around and pushed it into the inner room of the private room.

Clearly refusing to talk.

Rong Heqing pursed her lips and looked at Guan Zhen.

Guan Zhen smiled awkwardly, raised his hand and said, "I will escort the princess out."

"No need, I'll go by myself."

*

After coming out of Ruyi Tower, Rong Heqing was wondering what Qin Yunxian meant all the way.

Is it a reminder or a warning?

Is it out of goodwill, or is there another reason?

Why was he following her? Or was he just keeping an eye on the palace and spotted her movements?

Problems pop up one after another, but none of them can be figured out.

Unfortunately, the culprit is a mute and won't say anything even when asked.

She angrily pounded her left hand on her right hand, and suddenly caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of her eye.

She was startled and immediately turned around to look, and saw a girl in a gray-blue cloth skirt standing with her back to her at the entrance of the alley diagonally opposite. From her figure, she looked very much like Wanniang.

At that moment she didn't think about anything and followed him subconsciously. As a result, her view was blocked by a donkey cart carrying vegetables halfway. When she went around from behind, the girl had disappeared.

Rong Heqing ran into the alley, but there was no one there.

"Did I see it wrong?"

She hesitated and walked out, looked around, and no longer saw the gray-blue color, so she walked back in disappointment.

And when she left, someone slowly walked out from the end of the alley, looked in the direction she left, and murmured, "I'm sorry."

*

That night, when Chu Suifeng came back, he saw Rong Heqing lying by the window counting stars in a unhappy mood. He stood outside the window and asked, "What's wrong?"

Rong Heqing sighed quietly, "You don't have to go with Liang Changjin tomorrow."

"Why?" Chu Suifeng was puzzled, "You're not going to investigate him?"

Rong Heqing glanced at him and said helplessly: "I went to see Qin Yunxian today, and he told me not to stare at Liang Changjin."

Chu Suifeng frowned, "Then you won't follow?"

"Why not follow? If you don't follow, wouldn't all these days' efforts be in vain?" Rong Heqing clenched his fists. "It doesn't matter if he doesn't let us. We still have Wansheng Building. You don't need to show up in the future. Just contact Wansheng Building and let them go and follow."

Chu Suifeng didn't say anything else and went back to his room to eat.

Rong Heqing was also a little tired, so he asked someone to prepare water for bathing.

She sat in the bathtub, the warm water covering her whole body, she sighed in comfort and sank deeper into the tub, resting her head on the edge of the tub, closing her eyes as she smelled the faint scent of osmanthus fragrance.

She wanted to close her eyes for a while to relax, but she was so sleepy from the heat that she leaned her head against the edge of the barrel and fell asleep.

The window was half open, and the light from the corridor fell on the ground, creating dim shadows.

Suddenly, the wind grew stronger and blew open the window. A black shadow suddenly jumped in. The wind blew across the branches in the corner, causing two pink and white petals to fall. The flower and the person fell to the ground together.

quietly.

As the man in black entered the room, he smelled a faint sweet fragrance. He didn't think much about it, thinking it was incense or something. He came in, looked around, saw no one, and went to the inner room.

There was a folding screen in the inner room, with a full-length painting of flowers on it.

The colorful flowers are so vivid that they just cover the spring scenery behind them, leaving a blank space on top, and nothing unusual can be seen from there.

So the man in black bypassed the screen without any preparation.

What you see is a beautiful woman bathing.

Man in black: “???!”

Rong Heqing leaned his head against the edge of the bathtub, revealing his slender, jade-white neck with smooth lines extending to his round shoulders. This arc alone was enough to make people's hearts tremble.

The man in black took a breath and clenched his hands suddenly. He turned around and was about to leave, but he turned too quickly and bumped into the wooden edge of the screen with a loud, muffled "bang".

His heart suddenly sank, oh no!

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