Zi Su shook her head, "How would I know who it is from your guard team?" It was so dark, the guard deliberately lowered the brim of his hat to cover most of his face. The lighting in the room was not good, and they were distracted by the strange things happening in the study.
Ji Yuqing frowned, thinking carefully about the person who had just come, and asked, "Captain of the Guards, didn't you send someone to guard my courtyard at night?"
The captain of the guards slapped his head, turned around and went out to question the two secret guards hiding in the dark. A moment later, he walked into the room with a sullen face, gave Ji Yuqing an apologetic smile, and quickly persuaded Ji Yuqing to search the room again.
"Captain, we found this!" One of the guards walked up to the captain of the guards with an envelope.
The captain of the guard nodded, took the envelope, bowed to Ji Yuqing, and turned to leave.
Ji Yuqing was confused, but her woman's intuition told her that something must have happened.
Ji Yuqing: "Captain of the Guards, the guard who came to search before was not one of yours?"
The captain of the guards nodded heavily. Right under his nose, the thief had actually disguised himself as a guard in the palace and was doing evil. No wonder he had not been found.
Ji Yuqing pursed her lips in fear. When that man came in, she and Zi Su were the only ones in the room. If he wanted to do something wrong, she was afraid she would not be able to escape...
Fortunately, the bad situation she imagined did not happen. The "thief" just stuffed a letter into her room and waited for Xiao Yichen to be found.
The chief guard bowed and said, "Please rest assured, Concubine Qing, I will send more people to protect you. It is getting late and I have official business to attend to. I will take my leave now!"
After the captain of the guards took his men away, Ji Yuqing was no longer sleepy. She tossed and turned in bed, thinking about what had happened tonight.
Compared to the tense atmosphere in Ji Yuqing's room, Ji Lingxue was sleeping soundly on the bed at this moment. A black shadow passed through the night and entered her yard, pushed open the window, and landed silently in front of Ji Lingxue's bed.
Even though Ji Lingxue was sleeping soundly, she was surprised by the noise. She subconsciously reached for the dagger under her pillow and said, "Who?" She turned over and got out of bed, stabbing the intruder's throat with the dagger in her hand without hesitation.
"Master, it's me!" A gentle male voice sounded, successfully stopping Ji Lingxue's attacking posture.
"Ruge?" The room was dark, but Ji Lingxue still judged who was coming by the voice. She tilted her head to listen to the noise outside the room, and Ji Lingxue smiled, "You passed the test, and the people who are tracking you are here. You find a place to hide first, and I will take care of the rest."
Ruge nodded and disappeared like a gust of wind.
Ji Lingxue curled the corners of her mouth. It seemed that some people would not be able to sleep all night. She was very happy to see that Xiao Yichen was not doing well.
Mo Xiang knocked on Ji Lingxue's door and asked with concern, "Princess, are you okay?" She had just been half asleep and seemed to hear someone talking in the princess' room, and it was a man.
Mo Xiang was pleasantly surprised at once, and after listening carefully, he quickly ran over to investigate.
Mo Xiang: Why is there a man in the princess' room? Is he having a tryst in the middle of the night, or is he a thief who came to steal the princess' room
Ji Lingxue opened the door and gave Mo Xiang a reassuring smile, "I'm fine..."
"Knock knock knock" the courtyard door was knocked, followed by the deep voice of the captain of the guards, "Princess, excuse me!" The next moment the door made a sound of being unable to bear the weight, and was violently kicked open with a bang. The light of the torch illuminated the entire courtyard.
The chief guard waved his hand and ordered the guards behind him: "Search!"
(End of this chapter)