“Miss, can I ask you a question?” After carrying her doubts until dawn, she hurried to Lan Ling’er’s room early in the morning, speaking softly. Though she wasn’t one to ramble, she felt she needed to ask to avoid feeling suffocated.
“You want to ask about yesterday’s events, right? I was just acting out a play with the prince!” Just then, Xi’er walked in, full of curiosity.
“Acting? For whom?” The miss’s words only confused her more. Acting? For her to see? How strange!
“For the empress, of course! You heard what the empress said during her last visit, didn’t you?” Lan Ling’er smiled at Xi’er. After a moment of thought, Xi’er nodded, and Lan Ling’er continued, “Actually, Prince Dong Fang was already in our mansion that night. He heard it too!”
“What? He heard it?”
Xi’er was shocked, covering her mouth in disbelief. She had felt someone was in the hall previously, confirming it hadn’t been her illusion.
Before Qingcheng arrived, the Eastern Prince had already found the place. He believed Qingcheng would seek him out, so he hid behind the screen in the living room.
“What about the Empress?” Xi’er wondered, her earlier doubts now giving way to more questions.
“The Empress was also part of his plan. He anticipated she would come to me at night, so he let Qingcheng rest here and hid to eavesdrop. When the Empress arrived, he was already behind the door of the living room!” This maneuver demonstrated his cleverness; he knew the Empress would come. Luckily, her subordinates didn’t rush in, or everything would have been ruined.
“So, after the Empress left, someone was still monitoring us!” It was terrifying to think about being watched while sleeping.
“Yes! After the Empress left, her four guards were stationed around, watching us. They knew our every move, even how many times you went to the bathroom!”
“Thinking about yesterday’s events now seems quite amusing.
The young lady went to the outhouse last night, holding a ghost mask. The screams were definitely the young lady trying to scare everyone! If she had known earlier, she would have joined the young lady instead of being so scared that she couldn’t sleep, truly believing there were ghosts.
“How clever, catching on so quickly!” Lan Ling’er said cheerfully.
