Dressed as the mistress of the Hou family, I became the white moonlight in the Beijing circle

It wasn't until he finished speaking what he was thinking that Xie Wanzhou noticed his mother's eyes and quickly lowered his head, "Mom..."

"Your idea is advisable." Fang Xu's eyes were soft and his voice was a little softer. "When Shen Ji comes again tomorrow, I will inform him of your method."

Xie Wanzhou clenched her fingertips hard and whispered, "Yes."

"Wanzhou." Fang Xu looked at her with a smile and said warmly, "You are a smart child. Mother only hopes that you will act more confidently in the future. You are no worse than anyone else."

Xie Wanzhou's long eyelashes trembled slightly and she slowly raised her eyes, "Thank you, mother, for teaching me. My daughter will remember it."

Fang Xu sighed softly, "Go and rest."

"Yes." Xie Wanzhou stood up slowly, bowed to her mother, turned around and walked out of Chengyuan.

Fang Xu looked at her back, thinking a lot for a moment.

"Madam." Su Zi stood behind her, with a look of relief on her face, "Miss, the change is really great, you can't even see the same appearance as before."

"Wanzhou is an excellent child, he just lacks some courage." Fang Xu looked away and stopped looking at the night scene, "It's getting late, you should go and rest."

Su Zi nodded, "Yes."
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The back door of the Duke's Mansion was half open, and two heads were squeezed up and down in the gap, looking left and right.

Not long after, three figures appeared at the entrance of the alley, walking tiptoe this way.

Xuanwu's eyesight was not good, he looked towards the alley with half-narrowed eyes, and asked in a low voice, "Brother, are these the young masters?"

"You can't be wrong." Xuanwen patted his head and lowered his voice, "Get out of the way quickly and make way for the masters."

"Hey." Xuanwu responded and hurriedly avoided.

The three of them walked to the door. Xuanwen also took advantage of the night to see their appearance clearly, and immediately smiled and said, "I have seen the masters."

Song Huixin frowned slightly, glanced at the sky, and whispered, "It's getting late, act quickly."

Xuanwen did not dare to delay, gently opened the door and welcomed the three people in. "Masters, please come in."

Song Huixin ducked into the Duke's Mansion, looked around with a vigilant look, and asked softly, "Is everything taken care of?"

Xuanwen knew that he was in bad luck, so he had the foresight to pull Xuanwu away from his masters, "Don't worry, young lady, we two brothers will guard the door tonight."

"That's good." Song Huixin nodded in agreement, "You have been here for a few days, but have you seen anything wrong with Duke Qi?"

Xuanwen lowered his head slightly, thought carefully, and whispered, "If something is wrong... Duke Qi spends a long time in the study every day, and he never passes the meal..."

"Study?" Xie Li frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "Lead the way."

"Yes."

Xuanwen closed the door, led the masters behind him, and slipped into the backyard like thieves.

After turning a few corners, I found the study room.

"Masters, this is it." Xuanwen raised his finger and pointed to the opposite side and whispered, "That's the house of Duke Qi over there."

Xie Li lowered his eyes, looked at the copper lock on the door, and whispered, "You can't get in."

"Let me try." Lian Yan pushed aside the crowd and stood alone in front of the door. He opened his sleeves to reveal the crossbow bolt tied to his forearm. He took a thin needle from the top and inserted it into the keyhole. After tinkering for a while.

"This lock is very delicate and difficult to solve, but..."

There was a crisp click.

"It's hard for me."

"I can't tell that you can still unlock it..." Xie Li looked at him with surprise and glanced at him up and down. "When I was young, my father thought I was naughty and wouldn't allow me to go out. If I cried, he would lock me in the house. If I came and went, I would have more skills." Lian Yan raised his eyebrows and smiled heartily, "If the Lian family falls, I can still support my family as a locksmith.”

Song Huixin glanced at him and said softly, "Your father should beat him lightly."

Lian Yan opened his mouth. He was dissatisfied but had no courage to reply. He could only secretly glare at Xie Li, blaming him for his inability to control his wife.

"What are you looking at?" Song Huixin frowned and said in a bad tone, "Open the door!"

Lian Yan shuddered and muttered softly, "She doesn't look like a woman at all... It's like a wild leopard in the mountains has become a spirit."

Lian Yan threw the twisted silver needle into the grass, removed the lock, raised his hand and pushed it, and the study door opened.

The furnishings of the study are simple, with only a desk and a low table opposite, with a chessboard on top. The chess pieces are arranged randomly, seemingly unintentionally and with ulterior motives.

A whole cabinet was built on the wall, and a landscape painting was placed in the middle. The painting paper was hanging on the ground, and it was almost as high as the cabinet.

"Just these two things?" Lian Yan pursed his lips and looked around, "Look at how poor he is. Fortunately, he is still a prince."

Song Huixin glanced at him and said softly, "Silence."

Lian Yan turned his head away and pursed his thin lips into a straight line.

The few people spread out and carefully turned over the few things they had, but couldn't find anything wrong.

"With this little thing, what's there to check?" Lian Yan held up the flower pot and complained in a low voice, "This room is cleaner than his face!"

"Impossible..." Song Huixin looked surprised and whispered, "If there are no ghosts here, then why does he spend time in the study room every day?"

"It's just these memorials that are interesting, and they all praise me openly and covertly." Lian Yan rolled his eyes and put the memorials back into place.

Only Xie Li remained silent, his eyes fixed on the chess game in front of him.

"What are you thinking about?" Lian Yan was puzzled and raised his hand to poke his shoulder, "There is nothing we want here. Before Qi Guogong comes back, hurry up and look elsewhere."

Xie Li shook his head and said in a serious tone, "I vaguely feel... there must be something wrong here!"

Lian Yan sighed and said helplessly, "We searched everything we could and didn't find anything."

Song Huixin didn't find out the reason, and felt depressed, "Let's go and look elsewhere."

Lian Yan stretched out his hand to pull Xie Li and whispered, "Hurry up and leave."

As his peripheral vision swept across the wall, Xie Li suddenly stopped and stared intently at the landscape painting that was about to fall to the ground.

"and many more."

Lian Yan turned to look at him with a puzzled look on his face, "What's wrong?"

Xie Li felt his throat tightening, and an unspeakable tension surged into his heart. He whispered, "There is something wrong with that landscape painting."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes fell on the painting.

The landscape painting was placed exactly in the middle of the cabinet, dividing the bookcase on one wall into two halves.

"What's the problem?" Lian Yan still didn't understand and whispered, "My family has quite a few ordinary paintings."

Song Huixin was also confused, frowning slightly, his eyes fell on Xie Li, and said softly, "What do you think is wrong?"

Xie Li turned around stiffly, his eyes fell on the chessboard again, pursed his thin lips, and said in a deep voice, "Look at that painting...does it look like the Chu, He and Han realms on the chessboard?" (End of Chapter)