"Ji Feiyu" asked, "Your Majesty, how long do you plan to keep me here?"
Yong Yaxuan was extremely delighted to see her out, and even happier that she took the initiative to talk to him.
Thus, there was a somewhat idiotic look on his face, which was completely different from what "Ji Feiyu" had expected after asking the question.
"Ji Feiyu" couldn't help but show a hint of disgust, and this disgusted expression was caught by Xi Zhuang, who couldn't help but cough lightly.
Only then did Yong Yaxuan come to his senses and said, "Yu'er, in a few days, when our main force arrives, we'll be safe. After things here are over and we return to Great Yong, I'll let you go."
Hearing this, "Ji Feiyu" responded unhappily and then whispered, "I'm bored in the room. I want to go out for a walk."
Yong Yaxuan said gently, "Sure. Just take a walk in the yard."
"Ji Feiyu" then walked out of the door and strolled around the yard, sizing up the small courtyard as she walked.
But wherever she went, Yong Yaxuan's eyes followed. "Ji Feiyu" felt his gaze and couldn't help but say, "Why do you keep staring at me?"
"Because you're beautiful," Yong Yaxuan said with a smile.
"Ji Feiyu" felt disgusted. She felt extremely uncomfortable all over and decided not to stroll outside anymore. She turned around and went back into the room, saying irritably as she walked, "I'm not walking anymore, not walking anymore."
Yong Yaxuan couldn't help but call out to her, "Yu'er, am I really that annoying to you?" His tone was cautious and pitiful.
"Ji Feiyu" paused for a moment with her back to him and then went into the room without saying a word.
In a flash, the morning passed. Zhan Shan woke up and came for breakfast. After Xi Zhuang delivered breakfast to "Ji Feiyu", he also came to the dining table under the awning. Yong Yaxuan was sitting there blankly, looking very unhappy.
Seeing this, Zhan Shan suddenly thought of something. He took out an object from his sleeve and handed it to Yong Yaxuan.
Yong Yaxuan was stunned when he saw this object. "Isn't this... How did it end up with you?"
Zhan Shan said, "No, I was about to ask you. Did you accidentally drop this while carrying it on you? I found it on the ground here."
"Here?" Yong Yaxuan was shocked. "It wasn't me. I never took this from her. When did she come out? Wait, something's wrong..." He suddenly recalled the scene when he saw "Ji Feiyu" in the morning. Thinking that she had earrings on both ears, he couldn't help but frown and whisper, "This earring doesn't belong to her."
Zhan Shan was shocked. "How is that possible?"
Yong Yaxuan glanced at the room where "Ji Feiyu" was and lowered his voice. "The style is exactly the same, but the earrings on her ears are all there. Usually, a pair of earrings consists of two, but the one we have here is the third one."
Xi Zhuang also frowned and analyzed in a low voice, "This means that someone deliberately left this as a signal about her for us, and that person knew we would be sitting here."
As if thinking of something, Yong Yaxuan said to Zhan Shan, "Go out and find out which area the people outside are searching now."
Hearing this, Zhan Shan quickly put down his chopsticks and went out.
Yong Yaxuan held the earring in his hand and fell into deep thought.
After a while, Zhan Shan came back and said, "It's so strange. They've stopped searching."
Yong Yaxuan repeated, "Stopped searching?" His expression changed. "When did they stop?"
Zhan Shan stared into Yong Yaxuan's eyes and said, "Last night."
Hearing this, the hair on their bodies stood on end.
Xi Zhuang said gloomily, "Under what circumstances would they stop searching? Only when they've found the person."
Zhan Shan also became more vigilant. "If they've found the person, then who is the one in the room?"
Even though it was daytime, they still felt a chill in the air.
Xi Zhuang said, "Since I know the art of disguise, it's possible that others do too. What if the one in the room is a disguised imposter? Then it makes sense that there's an extra earring."
Zhan Shan understood and immediately said, "That means this earring was really left behind as a warning for us."
Yong Yaxuan murmured softly, "Yu'er, it seems you're not that heartless towards me after all."
Xi Zhuang said in a low voice, "It should be like this. They couldn't take a person out directly, so they just sent someone in to replace her and hid the real one in the room. And out of habit, we took the replacement away. When they came in to search, they could just take the hidden real one out openly. Who came up with this? It's really a brilliant plan!"
Zhan Shan said, "But if that's the case, doesn't it mean they knew our location from the very beginning? If so, why didn't they just send troops to arrest us directly? It would have been faster."
Hearing this, Xi Zhuang looked at Yong Yaxuan. "In that case, they must have had another purpose in sending her to us."
"Assassination?" Zhan Shan covered his mouth after saying this and looked at Yong Yaxuan together with Xi Zhuang.
Yong Yaxuan's expression was uncertain. He felt deceived. The person he had just been looking at eagerly turned out to be an imposter. He had never been played like this before. He suddenly stood up and said, "I'll go and find out what her real purpose is."
Xi Zhuang quickly stood up to stop him. "No. Leave this to me! I'll test whether she's real or fake."
Yong Yaxuan said, "If she's fake, she must be able to deceive people completely. How are you going to test her? Do you know her well?"
Xi Zhuang said, "Don't forget, we met in Xinghua Village. Unless there was already a spy around us at that time, she won't know what we said and did."
Yong Yaxuan stared at him intently.
Xi Zhuang added, "Moreover, your relationship is so tense now. How can you test her?"
Hearing this, Yong Yaxuan's eyes dimmed. "You're right. I was just too impatient."
After saying that, Xi Zhuang walked over and knocked on the door. "Miss Yu, is today's food to your taste?"
"What's the matter?" A familiar voice came from inside.
"Can you open the door? I'd like to come in and talk to you." Xi Zhuang waited outside.
The door was opened. Xi Zhuang walked in, looked back at Yong Yaxuan, and then closed the door.
Yong Yaxuan put the earring in his palm and clenched it tightly. He sat back down with Zhan Shan to eat. Zhan Shan called out to him, "Your Majesty..."
Seeing his pitying expression, Yong Yaxuan said softly, "Don't look at me like that. I can accept any outcome. Let's just have a good meal first."
They hadn't eaten much just now, and the food was already cold. Zhan Shan said, "I'll go and heat up the dishes." Then he carried the plates to the stove.
After entering "Ji Feiyu"'s room, Xi Zhuang said, "Miss Yu, these days, I've thought a lot. It's been a while since we last saw each other. Do you still remember what I said to you?"
"What?" "Ji Feiyu" looked at him in confusion.