Shen Li turned her head, suddenly narrowing her eyes and forcing a smile. She said to Xuanyuan Jue, "Prince Heir, what do you think of my smile? Is my attitude good enough?"
"Since my attitude is good, please leave quickly!"
"Interesting! You're getting more and more interesting, little thing!"
Xuanyuan Jue's face darkened because of Shen Li's perfunctory smile and her eager attitude for him to leave. But Shen Li simply ignored him.
He had to find an excuse for himself. "I came to find you this time because there's a good show for you. It concerns the Fourth Prince. If we're any later, we won't see anything!"
"Well? Isn't it a good show? I guarantee you'll regret it if you don't go!"
Although Shen Li was very interested in the so - called good show that concerned Xiao Hanzhi, she still asked suspiciously, "How do I know if your good show is not a trap to deceive me?"
"Humph! You don't trust me. You're getting bolder, little thing! But it doesn't hurt to tell you now. Remember the black - clothed men in Pufa Temple last time? Now there's another group in the Fourth Prince's mansion!"
"Another group?" Shen Li looked at Xuanyuan Jue seriously, not understanding what he meant. "How do you know there are black - clothed men in the Fourth Prince's mansion now?"
"I have my own ways of knowing!"
"Since you know the black - clothed men are going to assassinate the Fourth Prince, why don't you tell him? This is a great opportunity to make contributions!" Shen Li's skeptical eyes scrutinized Xuanyuan Jue again and again.
"You don't need to look at me like that! I don't care about making contributions. But I'm very interested in having some fun!"
"Well? Do you want to go and have a look?" Xuanyuan Jue propped one hand on the table, resting his chin on it, looking at Shen Li with a smile in the corner of his eyes.
"Go! Why not go if there's fun to watch!"
Shen Li was tempted by the thought of seeing Xiao Hanzhi make a fool of himself. Moreover, she still had many doubts about the incident in Pufa Temple last time that needed to be solved.
Since Shen Li needed to change clothes, Xuanyuan Jue waited under the courtyard wall in the dark shadow. Because of his years of martial arts training, his hearing was better than ordinary people's. He heard the furtive footsteps of two passing little maids approaching.
"Why is the light in the room still on! I clearly saw the light was off when I came to check just now!" One of the little maids lay on the door of the courtyard, looking at Shen Li's room.
"Maybe she got up to go to the toilet! Let's wait and see!" The other little maid also looked at the light in Shen Li's room and said.
"But what if the light never goes out?"
"Then... I don't know. We'll have to go back and report to the old madam!"
Xuanyuan Jue was standing not far from them. Since the moon was not very bright tonight and this courtyard had been unoccupied for a long time, only Shen Li's room had some lights on and there were no lights in the courtyard.
He was dressed in black and had hidden his aura. The two little girls never noticed him. Of course, Xuanyuan Jue didn't see their faces clearly either.
The two of them waited for about a quarter of an hour but still didn't see the light in the room go out. Instead, they saw Jiaoyue go in and out of the room twice. She also woke up Hanyue, and the two of them were busy for a long time without stopping.
The two little girls seemed to lose their patience looking at the increasingly frequent footsteps.
"What should we do? It doesn't seem like she's going to the toilet! How long do we have to wait?" The little maid who spoke first said anxiously.
"It seems we still have to wait a while. Why don't we go back and tell the old madam first? She goes to bed early. If we're late and disturb her rest, we'll be punished!"
The other little maid sighed and said helplessly.
"I... I'm afraid the old madam will blame me for spreading false news and punish me!" The little maid's voice was on the verge of tears. She was obviously very scared.
"She probably won't! But we can't care about that now. Let's go back and report first!"
After saying that, this little maid pulled the other one away.
Xuanyuan Jue didn't come out of the shadow until he couldn't hear their footsteps. He waited for a while, but Shen Li still didn't come out of the room. Even he thought the time Shen Li took to change clothes was really a bit long.
When he looked up at the moon covered by clouds and then looked back, he saw Jiaoyue come out of the room with a basin in her hand. Then the room went dark. He vaguely saw Shen Li and Hanyue come out, both dressed in black.
Now that he saw Shen Li come out, he wasn't in a hurry anymore. He walked leisurely towards Shen Li.
"Miss Shen, it takes you so long to change clothes. Do you still need to dress up? You women are really troublesome!"
Shen Li gave him a cold look. "Prince Heir Xuanyuan really cares about a lot of things! I wonder if your future princess can bear your temper!"
Hearing that she mentioned his future princess, Xuanyuan Jue proudly lifted his chin. "Ahem! My future princess will surely put me first in everything. It'll be me who can't stand her, not the other way around!"
Shen Li ignored his over - confident words. "I hope the prince's dream will come true!"
"Hehe! It's lucky that you took so long to change clothes. Otherwise, you would have gotten into trouble and we wouldn't be able to watch the show today!"
Shen Li didn't understand what he meant and looked at him with a questioning look in her eyes.
Xuanyuan Jue then told her what had just happened in detail.
After hearing this, Shen Li thought for a moment and then said, "Jiaoyue, go and light the lamp in my room. Don't let it go out until I come back!"
After Mingyue lit the lamp, Shen Li said to Xuanyuan Jue, who had been staring at Hanyue, "Let's go!"
Shen Li walked a few steps, but seeing that Xuanyuan Jue didn't follow, she turned around to look at him still standing there. She asked impatiently, "Didn't you say it would be too late if we were any later? Why aren't you leaving?"
Xuanyuan Jue didn't answer. He just stared at Hanyue all the time, while Hanyue stood beside Shen Li expressionless from beginning to end.
"Is she your shadow? Why is she everywhere you go?" Just now, Xuanyuan Jue recalled that since there was this cold - faced maid beside Shen Li, he had seen her following Shen Li every time.
"What's wrong? She's my maid, so of course she has to follow me. Does Prince Heir Xuanyuan have any objections to this?"
Xuanyuan Jue felt a bit embarrassed at Shen Li's question. "The Fourth Prince's mansion is heavily guarded. It's already a risk for the two of us to go in. The more people there are, the easier it is to be exposed. Moreover, the people here are eyeing us covetously. It's better for her to stay here and take care of Jiaoyue."
Seeing that Shen Li seemed to be persuaded, he continued, "We've known each other for so long. Don't you trust me yet? Besides, compared with the people in this Shen Mansion, they're much more dangerous than me!"