People in the Qin Dynasty, entertained during the Warring States period

Of course, Cao Ze did not tell Madam Hu the truth about the destruction of Huoyu Manor.

Otherwise, it would be hard to explain why he knew so much about what happened back then.

Hu Meiren nodded slightly, "At least you still have a conscience."

What do you mean I still have a conscience? I have other great treasures, do you want to take a look...? Cao Ze said, "Does Your Majesty have anything else to ask?"

Hu Meiren was just about to give Cao Ze a warning so that her sister wouldn't be bullied all the time, but unexpectedly, her sister, who had just left, returned.

Upon seeing her younger sister and her young lover seemingly having a secret conversation in the side room, Madam Hu hesitated and said, "Did I come at the wrong time...?"

"No, your arrival is just in time."

Cao Ze chuckled and put his arm around Madam Hu's voluptuous waist, saying to the beauty, "Your Majesty, farewell."

How rude! How incredibly rude!

Hu Meiren watched coldly as Cao Ze embraced her sister and left, her heart filled with resentment.

Stepping out of the pavilion and out of the theater, Consort Hu could barely contain her emotions, her voice rising as she cried out, "Back to the palace!"

Several maids hurriedly arranged the carriage, and a commotion ensued.

Cao Ze personally drove the carriage to take Madam Hu back to her residence.

As they approached the mansion, Madam Hu lifted the heavy carriage curtain, revealing her beautiful face, and said, "Wait a moment, don't go in yet."

Cao Ze pulled on the reins and stopped the carriage in a secluded and dimly lit place.

Madam Hu and Cao Ze sat together on the carriage shaft, glanced around, and said, "Yingge hasn't returned yet, let's wait."

Cao Ze asked in surprise, "She's here too?"

"Yes, she didn't go into the theater. She waited outside. I just asked her to take Nongyu back."

Mrs. Hu's voice was soft and gentle, her tone cheerful, and her expression excited, which seemed somewhat out of place in the chilly night.

Cao Ze chuckled, "Nongyu is quite skilled."

Nongyu has good talent for cultivation, and with Zi Nu's personal guidance, all eight extraordinary meridians have now been opened.

He could sense the energy generated by Nongyu's recent breakthrough; she was only one step away from becoming a second-rate master—she hadn't yet established the Small Heavenly Circuit within her body.

Madam Hu didn't say much, just gave a soft "hmm", bent her legs, tilted her head, and leaned against Cao Ze's shoulder.

The night sky was as clear as flowing water, and the stars, like cinnabar and jade, were inlaid in the night.

Cao Ze put his arm around Madam Hu's shoulder and whispered with a low laugh in her ear, "Sister-in-law, it's a cold winter night. Why don't you wait in the carriage?"

As the leader of the Hundred Birds Killer Gang, it wouldn't be difficult for Parrot to find their vehicle if she paid close attention.

Instead of wasting the long night, why not have some fun in the car?

Madam Hu wasn't that cunning; she simply assumed that Cao Ze felt cold at night.

It wasn't until she got into the car and saw Cao Ze's extremely ambiguous smile that she suddenly realized she had fallen for Cao Ze's tricks.

"This won't do..."

Madam Hu pushed against Cao Ze's chest with both hands, trying to stop him from taking any further action.

But his strength was too weak to withstand the attack.

Cao Ze chuckled and said, "It's alright, it'll be quick."

Madam Hu was caught off guard and Cao Ze seized the opportunity, easily taking advantage of her.

A cold wind blew through the night, and a mournful sound lingered above Liu Yi's residence.

Liu Yi paced back and forth in the mansion garden. Today was his wife's birthday, although he had never remembered it before.

If it weren't for Hu Meiren personally visiting him this year, he probably would have forgotten.

He specially wore festive bright green tonight, with a green hat embroidered with green lotus flowers on his head, and even his boots were custom-made green boots.

It can be said that apart from his black eyes and bluish-red face, every part of his body was green, showcasing his exceptional taste.

"I wonder if Brother Cao Ze's idea is still working..."

As Liu Yi paced back and forth waiting, he muttered to himself.

But when he thought of the scene a month ago when he wore green and sang "How could I bear to blame you for making a mistake..." and his wife smiled, Liu Yi's confidence soared.

Nongyu walked down the main street of Xinzheng, holding a guqin in one hand and a red lantern in the other.

Although South Korea was in turmoil and unrest, there were still quite a few city guards patrolling the capital city of Xinzheng.

As long as you avoid those secluded and dark alleys, there will be basically no danger.

Yingge stood with her arms crossed on the eaves under the moonlight, silently watching Nongyu return to Zilanxuan.

Suddenly, a hunched figure came into Yingge's view.

The hunched figure rushed towards Nongyu. Yingge suddenly became alert, leaving two white feathers behind as she instantly appeared on the ground, blocking the thief who seemed to be harming Nongyu.

Nongyu, walking down the main street, was completely unaware of all this.

"who are you?"

The parrot uttered a cold, mocking sound.

Li Kai asked in a deep voice, "And who are you?"

He didn't think it was a coincidence that the parrot was stopping him.

"Hmph!" Parrot Song immediately attacked, unleashing an Ice Feather.

Having experienced many battles in his youth and wandered through the chaotic world for over a decade, Li Kai instantly judged that Ying Ge's strength was far beyond his ability to defeat.

Having narrowly escaped Parrot Song's icy feathers, Li Kai staggered and fled quickly.

Yingge raised her eyebrows slightly, never expecting that an old man in his twilight years would have such experience.

Just as she was about to give chase, Yingge remembered Madam Hu's request, paused, memorized the person's appearance, and silently returned, continuing to watch Nongyu walk back to Zilan Pavilion from her high vantage point.

Li Kai stood in the dimly lit alley, one hand gripping a broken wooden railing, breathing heavily.

That woman's methods... feathers... are they the birds of the night?

Before Li Kai could think too much, two henchmen from the Poison Scorpion Sect spotted him and approached him.

"Old man, you're tired of living, daring to trespass on our Poison Scorpion Sect's territory!"

Li Kai secretly groaned, never expecting that in his panic he would end up at the Poison Scorpion Sect.

He had heard of the Poisonous Scorpion Clan's infamous reputation in the poor kilns of Xinzheng. He thought that a scoundrel like him, if he fell into their hands, would probably end up in a mass grave.

run.

Li Kai had only this one thought in mind.

The two henchmen went to chase after them, but when they realized they couldn't catch up, they both spat out annoyed "Pui!"

Li Kai felt like his lungs were about to explode. After passing by a person wearing a hawk-beak mask, he was shaken to his core. He desperately suppressed his terror and ran even faster.

The vulture, dressed in black, paused for a moment, slightly raised its eyes, and turned its head to glance at the hunched figure that was hurriedly fleeing.

The man seemed to know him.

Wujiu shook his head slightly. How could that be? Apart from Liu Yi, who in Xinzheng would know his background?

Let's go to the Scorpion Gate first.

Mo Ya appointed him to take over the permanent Poison Scorpion Gate.

The next two months were a hard-won period of freedom for him.

After years of lying low, all that's left is to thoroughly investigate where Liu Yi hid the Baiyue treasure from back then.

This is a treasure that Liu Yi would rather destroy Fire Rain Manor and kill Li Kai for...

The vulture suddenly stopped, and a distant, hazy memory slowly surfaced in his mind.

That person just now was...

Yingge watched Nongyu enter Zilan Pavilion, then turned back to the theater. Seeing that the carriage outside the theater was gone, she quickly left, following the shallow tracks in the snow.

When Yingge noticed that the tire tracks led to a secluded and dark alley next to Liu's residence, her expression turned slightly solemn, and she slipped into the alley.

The carriage was still there, the horses were unharmed, the vehicle was swaying slightly, and intermittent sounds could be heard...

Yingge was momentarily stunned, her expression turning strange.

She was all too familiar with that voice, that way of speaking.

She heard such sounds quite often when she was in Xiyuan.

Such sounds always occurred shortly after Cao Ze entered Madam Hu's room.

Yingge was caught between not knowing whether to stay or stop. Just as she was about to look for a place, the swaying carriage came to a stop.

The brown horse stamped its hooves a few times and snorted loudly.

After a brief rustling sound inside the carriage, Cao Ze and Madam Hu emerged one after the other.

Yingge pretended not to notice anything, even though the blush on Madam Hu's face was still clearly visible in the cold night.

Cao Ze casually asked, "Was the journey alright?"

"...There was a suspicious-looking, ragged man following me, but I chased him away."

Madam Hu asked anxiously, "Where is Nongyu? How is she? Is she injured?"

“Nongyu has returned to Zilan Pavilion, and she has no idea what happened,” Yingge said matter-of-factly.

Madam Hu breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that she had asked Yingge to take Nongyu back.

Cao Ze's heart skipped a beat. "That guy in tattered clothes, doesn't he have several bandages wrapped around his face? Does his face look like it's been disfigured?"

Yingge said, "That's right, and he's hunched over and walks with a slight limp."

Cao Ze confirmed his guess; it was indeed Li Kai who had left the theater pushing the night-scented cart.

I never expected that he would follow Nongyu in the middle of the night, but thinking about it, it makes sense.

Madam Hu looked at Cao Ze in surprise, "How did you know?"

Cao Ze sighed softly, "I saw this person once when I was at the theater."