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"Mian Mian, are you okay?" The lady who was sticking and clinging in his arms earlier asked him with a smile on her face. 

Yuan just glanced at her. "I-I'm fine," he answered shortly. 

The lady paused and so Yuan, she faced the unfamiliar girl she was calling 'Mian Mian' and held her hand. "Don't be nervous, I know that we can do this," she comforted him, then she frowned. "What happened to your voice? It got a little hoarse," she mumbled.

Yuan quickly yanked his hands away and coughed. That's when the other lady realized that maybe she had a sore throat so she didn't bother 'Mian Mian' anymore. 

When they arrived at the entrance of the palace, the guards ordered them to line up properly. Since Yuan was the tallest of them all, well, it's because he was literally a man in disguise. He was at the end of the line.

'Should I be literally doing this?' Yuan mumbled inside his thoughts. Barging in the royal palace wasn't in their plan besides, he might act on his own when things turn upside down. He wasn't even sure if Xianyu was here. All he knew is he needed to escape as soon as he got a slight chance. Sun Wei and Qi Zhou need him.

After preparing everything, a woman in her mid-40s showed up in front of them. She was holding a fan with a flowery design, just like the one they were holding. She commanded everyone to raise their chins and walked behind her. The other ladies in front of Yuan trembled a little after feeling such a strict aura from the woman. 

Yuan just followed them while inspecting his surroundings. If he's planning to escape, he needs to at least familiarize the way and directions. 

That's all, he thought, not until a butterfly perched on his shoulders. I fled away as he traced it with his eyes. Under the rays of the morning sun, his line of sight hit the open window above him. Though the lighting was blinding him because it was against his direction, he could clearly tell that there was a figure peeking down and looking at him. 

He ignored it when one of the ladies called him for almost breaking the line. 

A new place welcomed Yuan. It was another room. More like a classroom type, there are tables with the mat chairs on the floor. The ambiance surrounding the place was silent and calm; it had no disturbance at all. 

And because he was the tallest of them all, they put Yuan at the far end. He decided to finish this ceremony before fleeing away. 

Though things will not always go well.

In the middle of their ceremony, around the peaceful room. In the right corner from the window, a head showed up. Everyone scoffed after seeing a man wearing a mask across his mouth. Only his eyes were showing.

Yuan got alert.

'Is this a bandit trying to invade the palace?' he thought as he clenched his fist. If these ladies are in danger, he will never hold back to protect everyone. 

The head popping from the side of the roamed around, like he was looking for someone. 'What if the palace already finds out that I'm here? Did they send him to capture me?' another question inside his thoughts.

Until a loud crash stunned everyone, then a scream dominated the area. 

A string immediately snapped into Yuan's consciousness. He knew that voice; it was familiar. That scream led into commotion, then everyone panicked as the guards quickly raided the part where the window was. 

Before the guards, there is only one thing inside Yuan's mind. 'That voice sounds really like him' then without a second thought, he vanished from his seat.

***

"..hppffmm!!!" 

Xianyu groaned under that warm palm covering his mouth. He felt his body being squeezed between the thick bushes. His elbow, knees and ankle are bleeding, and he couldn't even try to push himself away. 

As soon as his body stumbled, someone caught him and brought him behind the bushes. Since his lips were sealed, he lowered his head and saw a pink hanfu near his legs. 'Pink?' he mumbled to himself. There were only numbers of people he knew wearing this and if he wasn't mistaken, it was the newly appointed court ladies. 

Xianyu's eyes widened a little after the figure behind him compressed themselves more then, some heavy footsteps echoed in the place. The palace guards are now surely roaming around, hunting him. 

He felt his back being pressed. 'Wait!! If she pushes me onto her chest...I might feel her…' He stopped from thinking the wrong thing after feeling a hard skin on his back. 'Why is it so hard? Is this lady flat chested?' but his thoughts are complicating the actions he was feeling. 

Compared to a lady's strength, the one holding him right now is stronger enough than him. Xianyu wriggled and tried to yank away.

"If you move like that, they will catch us," 

That warm and deep voice tickled Xianyu's ears. That whisper behind him made his face red and hot. He froze and stayed still for a minute, his eyes still fixated on the lady's long hanfu under his legs. 'This one wasn't a lady, he was a guy!!' he exclaimed secretly. 

Not only was he a guy, but his voice also sounded familiar to him, very familiar. He wanted to look back, but the small spaces between these thick plants are making their bodies squeezed to one another so making it so hard to move freely.

He almost made a conclusion that today, everything was recognizable to him. Though he didn't know why, he wanted to find out. His plan got obstructed, and he was now caught off guard. 

"..Hgmhh!!!.." 

Xianyu grunted once again under that warm palm covering his mouth when he unconsciously moved his legs, forgetting his bleeding ankle. He gritted his teeth and winced from pain. He shouldn't make any sounds because the palace guards are still in their area.

They can still hear their heavy footsteps halting around the place.