Bai Jintong stood at the doorway without stepping inside, drunkenly raising her hand to point back where they came from: “Go there right now!”

Seeing that Bai Jintong seemed determined not to rest until she watched the servant leave, Danzhi quickly said: “Hurry and go! Don’t keep your master waiting!”

The servant responded and immediately ran toward the clothing shop!

He carried in his chest the items Third Miss wanted sent back home. Since Third Miss was so urgent about it, it must be extremely important. Even if he ran his legs off, he couldn’t delay!

Weisu, who had already arrived in Yan’s capital, observed from a distance. He watched as the drunken Third Miss was helped into the mansion, hiding in the shadows and looking around carefully. He discovered that quite a few people were watching the Cui mansion, and some were even following that servant.

Weisu didn’t know whether Third Miss’s current situation counted as dangerous or not. He needed to find an opportunity to meet Third Miss face to face.

Night fell.

Bai Jintong felt uneasy in her heart, pacing back and forth in her room. She had received the news too late…

Although after the imperial clan members knelt before the palace gates demanding the regent’s death came to nothing, Bai Jintong had already sent people everywhere to gather information, but because she was being monitored by Yan people, she didn’t dare make any major moves!

Bai Jintong sat down on the soft couch by the window, her fists clenched tightly, not knowing whether Yan’s young emperor already knew about this matter and whether he had any countermeasures…

She hoped the young emperor and her brother-in-law had prepared for rainy days, had already arranged people among these imperial clan families, and had already learned of this matter.

She turned to look outside the window, where every sound seemed alarming. But even if the young emperor knew, what use would it be? The elite forces that the young emperor could truly mobilize had gone to the Great Zhou. Yan’s feudal princes commanded troops and acted in their interests – whether they would pay lip service while acting contrary to the young emperor’s orders was uncertain. Add to that the revelation that the regent was the Great Zhou’s emperor’s consort, and the feudal princes had even more excuse to act.

Bai Jintong’s fingers drummed irritably on the small table. After a moment, she sighed deeply, then gripped the edge of the small table and rose, pacing restlessly. What worried her most was her eldest sister’s safety. She only hoped her message could reach eldest sister in time.

“Master!”

Hearing the voice, Bai Jintong turned her head toward the window, quickly walking to the window and pushing open the lattice to look at the hidden guard standing in the darkness of the corridor.

“Speak…”

“This subordinate received a signal. The hidden guard by First Miss’s side is trying to contact Master.” The hidden guard said.

This hidden guard was one of the guards Bai Qingyan had assigned to Bai Jintong before she left home. Being fellow imperial hidden guards, they naturally knew the imperial guards’ signals. Even without meeting face to face, they could still contact each other through signals.

But acting this way now was still somewhat risky. The Cui mansion was currently surrounded watertight – any unusual movement would arouse suspicion.

The hidden guards’ eldest sister sent were all extremely capable people. They surely knew the Cui mansion’s current situation, yet still risked making contact with her guard. There must be extremely important matters requiring her action.

If her eldest sister commanded it, even if it meant being shattered into pieces, she would complete it.

Bai Jintong steadied her mind and said: “Reply to them – tomorrow morning… three-quarters past the hour of Chen, at Old Man Luo’s pancake shop!”

She roughly calculated the time and changed her mind: “Forget it… Let’s do it now. Xianghe Tower… have someone prepare a carriage. I want to go have a late meal. Also send someone to invite the owner of Wang’s shop. Tell them that to accommodate the noble person’s invitation, I declined Member Wang’s full moon celebration. Master Cui feels bad about it, and having just sobered up from drinking too much upon returning, I’ve prepared a small gift for the little nephew and request Member Wang to honor me with his presence.”

“Yes!”

This night, Bai Jintong was destined to be sleepless. Rather than tossing and turning in bed, it was better to go meet the person the eldest sister had sent.

Bai Jintong changed clothes and hurried out. She needed to meet with the person eldest sister sent before Member Wang arrived at Xianghe Tower.

Danzhi entered carrying bird’s nest porridge, lifting the curtain. Through the landscape screen, she saw Bai Jintong taking her cloak. She quickly walked around the eight-panel ebony painted screen with small steps, asking gently: “Is husband going out again?”

“Member Wang’s celebration of his son’s birth – he invited me long ago to drink at his mansion on the full moon day. Unfortunately, it conflicted with the appointment to enjoy snow with the noble person, so I could only disappoint Member Wang. But today is still Member Wang’s son’s full moon, so I should personally congratulate Member Wang.” Bai Jintong said.

Danzhi quickly set down the bird’s nest porridge and stepped forward with small steps to help Bai Jintong tie her cloak: “But didn’t her husband send generous gifts through someone this morning?”

“Sending gifts through someone is one thing, but personally delivering gifts is different! I’m afraid I’ll return late tonight, so you sleep first – don’t wait for me!” Bai Jintong walked around Danzhi and hurried outside.

Danzhi followed behind Bai Jintong and stood in the corridor, bowing respectfully to see her off. Only after Bai Jintong’s figure disappeared did she straighten up, sighing with eyes full of heartache.

At Xianghe Tower, Bai Jintong was led by a server to a private room. The servant beside her smiled as he came out of the private room with the server, closing the partition doors. He slipped some reward money into the server’s hand, smiling: “Member Wang will come later. Please try to get us a jar of your Drunken Immortal wine. Today our master couldn’t go to Member Wang’s mansion to offer congratulations, and feels very guilty about it! Member Wang loves good wine most – please help us figure something out!”

“Master Cui’s business is this humble one’s business. Rest assured!” The server tucked the silver into his shirt front, smiled as he draped the towel over his shoulder, and went off happily to figure out how to get the Drunken Immortal wine.

The servant noticed the lamp shadows inside the room suddenly flicker violently before returning to normal. He calmly observed the surroundings.

Inside the private room, after Weisu finished his bow and stood up, he heard Bai Jintong ask: “Where is Xingchen? Is he protecting the eldest sister?”

Bai Jintong had thought eldest sister would send Xingchen. She had just been worried about how her eldest sister could manage without Xingchen’s protection, so seeing it wasn’t Xingchen brought her relief.

“In answer to Third Miss, the captain was left in Dongyi with other tasks!” Weisu answered briefly, then continued, “Master ordered Weisu to bring the Dong family death warriors to Yan’s capital, saying… if Third Miss is trapped, we should rescue Third Miss from Yan’s capital at any cost. We observed that the Cui mansion has been secretly surrounded. We don’t know if Third Miss wishes to return to the capital?”

Hearing this, Bai Jintong became anxious: “I’m temporarily fine here. You must quickly return to protect your eldest sister! Tell eldest sister… all of Yan now knows Xiao Rongyan’s identity and wants to kill him. Perhaps… they might even act against the eldest sister! Tell eldest sister to be on guard! Don’t linger in Yan’s capital – depart for Great Zhou immediately!”

When Bai Jintong said this, her tone was agitated. Although she had already sent the person her eldest sister had sent her to report the news, what if they were intercepted midway? She trusted Weisu’s abilities more – perhaps Weisu could be faster.

“Master ordered us to escort Third Miss back to the capital. If Third Miss won’t leave, then we’ll wait here quietly!”