
"Damn it," Xiu Qixuan hissed coldly.
Along the way to the imperial medicine hall was full of minions and eunuchs. (1) Although they were no master, but strange things usually happened inside the palace, the walls had many ears. Naturally, Xiu Qixuan chose to be as transparent as possible here.
Dodging the view by hiding in one corner of the remote wall, Xiu Qixuan slowly lowered Duan Maiqiu and helped the girl sit leaning against a huge boulder that seemed to be an ornament.
Duan Maiqiu blinked innocently. His face was full of question marks. Did this Miss in front of him change his mind?
With a contorted look, Xiu Qixuan propped her hands around her waist, her head moving looking around. He seemed to be thinking hard. Aiyaa, she actually hated to trouble herself the most like this.
"Hey, Maiqiu!" Call her.
Both of Xiu Qixuan's eyes slightly fell downwards, allowing him to catch a glimpse of the edge of Duan Maiqiu's skirt that was already muddled by the tear and bloodstain.
"Y-yes?" duan Maiqiu's great-grandson softly, he was intimidated by the unusual behavior of his interlocutors.
Tacit. Xiu Qixuan thought seriously. How about we just heal with the aura of life? Ah, bad idea.it is stupidity that can harm himself, of course he will not give the aura of life to carelessly people.
"Where's your maid?" The tight voice of Xiu Qixuan, asked.
For a few seconds, Duan Maiqiu lowered her head to hide her face. Then he shook his head in doubt in return. I don't know what kind of situation he's in, but, it looks like it's bad.
Sighing in a rough breath, Xiu Qixuan immediately crouched down, He lightly patted Duan Maiqiu on the shoulder and looked at her gently. "Haa, you're just pissing me off with your behavior that just bowed down." Xiu Qixuan said, "Next try to behave as you please, because why be nice when everyone is blind."
Listening to the sentence, Duan Maiqiu suddenly blinked stunned. It was as if his heart was warming as this continued to ring in his mind.
Not paying attention to the response that Duan Maiqiu had. Xiu Qixuan suddenly moved back. His eyes stared straight at the corner that led to the corridor of the road, he saw the appearance of a girl figure who seemed to be in a hurry.
"Wait a moment here," His command was swift without turning his head again at Duan Maiqiu.
Then Xiu Qixuan stepped up, her little body so skillful like wind and shadow, hiding from pillar to pillar and as the girl she was targeting walked through the corridor she was standing in,
Grap!
He nimbly pulled the girl's arm and brought her to the place where Duan Maiqiu was.
"Please! Who you?! Basic less aja—hmph"
Xiu Qixuan immediately smothered the mouth of the target. "Sst.. don't be noisy, Anran. It's me." she said slowly then slowly pulled back her hand.
Yao Anran, the third daughter of the Yao family. This biological sister of Yao Yunmei was in a hurry towards the side hall where the bridal class was taking place.
"You surprised me, Big Miss." Despite his surprise, he did not lose his etiquette in the least. His voice was softly reprimanding.
Xiu Qixuan scratched her nape, awkwardly. He grins at jokes.
Yao Anran was like a soft candlelight, her graceful nature was so natural, somehow this situation looked like a goose faced with a duck.
"Awhy?!" Rounding his two eyes, Yao Anran gasped at the sight of Duan Maiqiu's chaotic condition. "What's this?" He shook at the number of blood stains. "Miss Duan, are you okay?" his tanyanya sounded sincere without any mere falsehood.
"S,-aya b—"
"Miss Duan is injured. His leg was torn from a sharp stone scratch." Xiu Qixuan quickly cut in to explain briefly.
"Then Miss Duan should get treatment immediately. Why don't you take her to the treatment hall immediately?" Yao Anran said seriously. His body moved forward approaching Duan Maiqiu to check.
Screaming, Xiu Qixuan rolled her eyes lazily. "It's palace. You didn't forget that, did you?" He continued on with a ketus, "I don't want to get any attention here."
Duan Maiqiu nodded in agreement. "I, i-it's b-be-nar!"
"You don't need to worry about that colossal class." cut Xiu Qixuan flat.
Hearing his sentence, Yao Anran immediately glared unhappily. He stood up, "The class has begun. We're late and we have to get to the side hall" he said, changing his mind.
Pulling a sloping curve at the corner of his lips, Xiu Qixuan chuckled cynically full of a softening impression. "Oh, you guys are so naive!" He folded his hands in front of his chest, putting on an annoying haughty expression. "Tch, I miss Yiyang." he said.
Yao Anran goosebumps looking at his demonic appearance but on the other hand he is also very very irritated by Xiu Qixuan's behavior as good as he is.
"Please pay attention to your behavior, Big Miss Xiu. And, what do you mean, right here?" Yao Anran said with great emphasis.
With a flick of his shoulder, Xiu Qixuan so casually responded. "I was just wondering, Third Miss Yao has always been serious about taking classes. But, why are you late today?" His eyebrows swooped sharply, he smiled ambiguously with his index fingers outstretched to refer the two girls in turn. "One was injured and one was late on an important day like the gathering of nobility points. Don't you think this is weird?"
Put on a disappointed face that looked pretend. Xiu Qixuan spoke in a sympathetic tone: "When you are a reflection of a real noble woman. He comes from a prominent family and has a talent that is not simple. But, you guys are in vain to be here now."
He added as he recalled, "Ah, if I'm just voluntarily lost here with you."
Yao Anran and Duan Maiqiu fell silent.
Yao Anran's body stiffened. His facial expression looked hardened. He said hesitantly but remained so calm: "My horse carriage wheel was suddenly broken while on the way. I left my escorting steward to take care of my needs there and immediately rushed here by renting a rented horse carriage." His tone suddenly became even more lowly entangled as he continued, "There's nothing strange about that." superficially Yao Anran denied.
Sneering, Xiu Qixuan gave a sharp grin. "Hoh, but the look on your face seems to say otherwise."
Take a short breath before exhaling slowly. "Haa, fine. Follow me!" He then pulled Yao Anran's hand to bring the girl peeking towards the corridor earlier.
"Look over there!" Xiu Qixuan pointed at the figure of the maid and the small eunuch at the end of the connecting road that formed the arch. "The eunuch was a fifty-year-old grandfather who held a broom to clean the dried leaves."
Yao Anran frowned faintly with a sneering skeptic: "I know that. So what does old man have to do with all this?"
"Hey, shut up! Interrupting people's fun to look cool includes a cursed sin, you see." Xiu Qixuan glared at the tangle, He was not happy for Yao Anran who cut his seriousness to look cool, even though he had prepared himself to be like a real criminal detective.
Yao Anran snorted restrainedly.
"Ekhm, okay. I'll continue." Xiu Qixuan immediately cleared her throat seriously to neutralize this witty atmosphere.
"Dry leaves usually fly and end up gathering in small corners. But behold, the old man was only focused on the wide corner of the road and was silent at the end of the connecting corridor. What's even more bizarre is that the heavy, sweeping-like work is usually done by young eunuchs because of the physical endurance for such a vast palace."
"... And the servant girl, who was only a few steps away from the old man, had no intention of going to the kitchen or the laundry room, since then, the servant girl's eyes were just twitching like they were waiting and getting ready for something for her to move." Evidently.
Lightly, Xiu Qixuan gave a ferocious expression. He chuckled madly as he tapped his fingers against his chin: "Hoho, this is interesting. It's hard being a woman like you."
Yao Anran shuddered with goosebumps. Yet he remained listening to Xiu Qixuan until the end.
Looking deeply at Yao Anran, he spoke with great emphasis: "Third Miss Yao, you are their target."
"... When you walk by, that grandpa's gonna have a sudden heart attack. And, the servant girl served as a provocateur who would control the situation towards their goal of holding you back longer until the noble points tally ended." Her tone contained such a strong confidence, as if she was sure of all the things she did in her life.
From the very beginning, Xiu Qixuan had never hesitated to act and think. Yao Anran fell stunned and stared back at him with interest. Hoho, has he been cool like a real detective now— to the point of making Yao Anran fascinated?
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A/S:
Small waiters & Eunuchs usually only do trivial work and are ranked low. The point of no man is that they do not serve only one master personally.