After Qiao Wan'er squeezed into the room, she immediately closed the door. Not only did she close the door, Ji Yin heard that she even bolted it!
The room was pitch black at this time, and the two people could only vaguely make out each other's figures with the light from the corridor lights coming in from the window.

"Wan'er, you...why are you here? It's so late, why are you in Xunfang Palace?" Ji Yin quickly hid the dagger in his coat pocket and took a few steps back to keep a distance from Qiao Wan'er. Naturally, it was because he didn't want her to discover that he had injuries and blood on his body.

Moreover, his scalp was about to explode at this moment. His first reaction was that Qiao Wan'er came to have a tryst with him. Of course, they had never had a tryst like this, just the two of them in the same room. She actually dared to run into his room in the middle of the night. She was simply "extremely audacious".

"I am temporarily staying in Xunfang Palace tonight, in the room at the west end. The princess drank too much that night and vomited several times. She said she wanted to eat the yellow rice cake and sobering soup I made, so Hongyu sent someone to call me over. It was already very late when the food was ready. The princess said she wanted to eat the fermented glutinous rice balls I made tomorrow morning, so she sent someone to Mingxin Palace to pass on a message, asking me to stay here tonight." Qiao Wan'er explained to "Fuzhi".

Recently, in order to come to Xunfang Palace more often, Qiao Wan'er has been trying her best to please the princess. It's almost the same to coax a fool as it is to coax a child. Qiao Wan'er is very good at it, and after a while, the princess can't leave her.

Ji Ning saw it all and was very angry, but he really couldn't do anything about this "mother"... Now she just stayed out all night.

"Well, it turns out that Wan'er is staying in Xunfang Palace today. Why don't you go to bed early? Why do you come to my place?" After Ji Yin finished speaking, he reached out and opened the wooden door a crack. In the dark night, the door hinge made a slight sound when it turned, which was obviously the meaning of opening the door to see the guest off.

If this happened at any other time, Ji Wei would be overjoyed, but how could he be happy at this moment... Why didn't she come earlier or later, but tonight? If the Yulin Army came to arrest him tonight, they would catch a pair of him.

Ji Yin felt that after Qiao Wan'er understood his order to leave, she would be so angry that she would slam the door and leave, but he couldn't care less, because she absolutely could not stay here tonight.

However, what Ji Yin did not expect was that Qiao Wan'er closed the gap in the door that he had opened with a backhand, and then locked the door again in the dark.

This... can't be driven away? Ji Wei didn't expect Qiao Wan'er to be so shameless?

"Wan'er, it's inappropriate for you to do this. After all, we haven't gotten married yet."

"For a eunuch and a palace maid, getting married is just a joke. Why take it seriously?" Qiao Wan'er replied calmly.

"But, not tonight. I drank with the princess, and my body..." Ji Yin didn't hear any annoyance in Qiao Wan'er's voice, and he was even more impressed by her shamelessness.

Before Ji Yin finished speaking, he felt a flash of light before his eyes, and the candle in the room was lit.

It turned out that while talking, Qiao Wan'er reached to the table and used a fire starter to light the candle that had just been extinguished by Ji Ying.

Although the candlelight was very weak, it was enough to expose the person who wanted to hide in the darkness.

Ji Yin's heart tightened involuntarily, and he subconsciously wrapped the robe that he had just hastily put on tightly.

When he looked at Qiao Wan'er, he caught an inexplicable look on her face. Could this be the look of a woman longing for that kind of thing? She was so eager that she didn't care about her face anymore?

"Wan'er, it is really inappropriate for you to do this. It may put both of us in danger. What if we are caught...? Go back quickly!" Ji Yin's tone was a little hurried, even a little irritable. He originally wanted to say 'caught in bed', but he never thought that this word could be applied to himself, so he couldn't say it at all, so he immediately changed his words. However, since Qiao Wan'er came here to "thief", she should be able to understand what he meant.

After all, the original owner, Fuzhi, was a timid person. Even if they were alone and had a passionate relationship, it was normal for him to back off because he was timid. So Ji Ying felt that this performance was in line with the original owner and would probably not arouse any suspicion from Qiao Wan'er.

Now he just hoped that she would disappear from here as soon as possible.

"On my way to Xunfang Palace at night, I heard that the Shang Pharmacy was trying to capture a spy from the Wangyang rebels, a wounded eunuch."

When Ji Yin heard Qiao Wan'er say this, he was stunned and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

Qiao Wan'er noticed that "Fuzhi" was stunned for a moment, and she took a step forward and stretched out her hand to tear off his outer robe. The bloodstains on his body were exposed in front of her.

The moment his robe was torn off, Ji Yin also realized that he had probably revealed something in front of this "partner" - it was most likely when he entered the door. Moreover, she did not knock on the door just now, but deliberately made a noise outside because she was afraid that he would not open the door for her. When she found that he had opened a crack in the door, she quickly squeezed in.

Qiao Wan'er did notice something. She was very disappointed that she didn't see "Fuzhi" when she came to Xunfang Palace today. It was said that she drank too much when playing drinking games with the princess and went back to her room to sleep early.

After making the sobering soup for the princess, he secretly filled a small cup with a bamboo tube and brought it back to his temporary residence in Xunfang Palace tonight.

When it was late at night and everyone was asleep, she secretly came to the door of "Fuzhi"'s room with the small cup of sobering soup. In name, she came to give him the sobering soup, but in fact, she just wanted to see him. It was a rare opportunity to come to Xunfang Palace today, and she also had the chance to stay here. If she didn't see him, it would be a great loss.

The door of the residence where "Fuzhi" lived was on an outer corridor of the east side hall, a very remote location, with few people living in the front and back houses.

"Maybe Fuzhi chose this location on purpose to make it convenient for them to have a tryst"... Qiao Wan'er trembled as she reached the door of the room. Suddenly, she had this thought, and her face turned red. However, no matter she called or knocked on the door, no one responded. But she didn't dare to make too much noise, thinking that Fuzhi might have drunk too much and was sleeping too soundly to hear her. She also didn't dare to stay at the door for too long, lest she be seen by someone. After knocking on the door to no avail, she finally decided to go back.

When I walked back with the hangover soup, I was really unwilling to give up. I looked back every time I walked a distance. When I looked back, I would look towards the door of the room again, wanting to see if the door would suddenly open miraculously, and then "Fuzhi" would miraculously appear at the door.

If I take a few more steps, there will be no point in looking back, because the door will soon disappear from my sight.

Unexpectedly, a miracle actually happened - a figure suddenly appeared in the field of vision.

Qiao Wan'er was so frightened that she quickly crouched down beside the porch, staring at the figure.

Although the distance was not very close and the light under the eaves was very dim, she still recognized the owner of the figure at a glance: it was "Fuzhi".

Because she was so familiar with this person's figure, he walked, he climbed trees, he played pitch pot, anyway, as long as there was a chance for her to see him, she would not dare to blink.

It turned out that when she knocked on the door just now, no one responded, not because they couldn't hear it, but because there was no one inside.

She also saw that when "Fuzhi" walked, he actually limped a little, as if his leg was injured. When he walked to the door of his own room, he even looked around furtively, and probably after confirming that there was no one around, he quickly opened the door and entered the room.

Qiao Wan'er, who was hiding in the dark, saw Fuzhi's actions and thought that he looked like a thief.

Then she suddenly thought of one thing. On the way to Xunfang Palace, she heard that Shang Pharmacy was searching for a spy of the rebel army in Wangyang, who was said to be an injured eunuch. At the same time, she thought of Fuzhi's good hands in climbing walls and trees and throwing fruits, which seemed to be some skills of a martial artist. She felt even more uneasy.

She decided to go in and ask for details, and then tiptoed back to the door of "Fuzhi's" room.

Because he thought that if Fuzhi was really injured, or had some secret that could not be told to others, then she would most likely not open the door for him at this moment.

So she decided not to knock on the door, but when she saw the candlelight in the house light up, she deliberately made a slight noise outside, wanting to see if the people in the house would open the door to check if they heard it.

"Fuzhi" fell into the trap. When he opened the door a crack, Qiao Wan'er took the opportunity to squeeze into the house through the crack.

"Are you really a spy for the rebels in Yangyang?" Qiao Wan'er asked.

Seeing that her face still had the same expression as before, Ji Yin realized that he actually misunderstood her expression and her shameless behavior. It was not because of a woman's "hunger", but she just wanted to tell him "I have caught you red-handed, don't hide it."

Ji Yin did not answer. He felt that he had come back injured in the middle of the night and was caught red-handed. It seemed a bit difficult to explain clearly that he was not a spy.

"Fuzhi, when did you join them?" Qiao Wan'er assumed that he agreed and continued to ask.

"I...this...I..." Ji Yin hesitated while trying hard to "recall" when he joined the Wuyang uprising army.

Seeing his hesitant tone, Qiao Wan'er guessed that it was probably a secret that was not convenient to disclose, so without waiting for him to say anything else, she continued, "I heard that there have been famines in Yangyang for years, but the taxes have not been reduced. Many people have starved to death, and some have even exchanged their children for food. They are really pitiful people. Do you remember when we were young in Suning Prefecture? There was also famine, and some people rebelled at that time, but they were suppressed later. It was all because the officials forced the people to rebel, and the people had no choice but to rebel!"
Ji Wei felt more relaxed when he heard that Qiao Wan'er sympathized with the rebels in Wangyang. After the incident with Xu Shixin, he felt that she was an extraordinary woman who had her own opinions on right and wrong and would not blindly bow to power. Moreover, she was a woman from a poor family and would consider issues from the perspective of poor people.

So when Qiao Wan'er saw through his "identity", he was not particularly panicked, nor did he worry about being reported by her. After all, they were "comrades-in-arms" and lovers who had fought together and killed the enemy.

At this moment, his only worry was, what if the Yulin Army came to arrest him tonight and captured Qiao Wan'er as well?
"Wan'er, I'll explain this to you when I have time. You must go back now and don't stay here any longer..."

"Fuzhi, are you afraid that I'll be arrested as your accomplice?" Qiao Wan'er interrupted him and revealed the secret.

"You know why don't you leave quickly!" There was obvious urging in Ji Ying's tone.

"Since you are worried about being caught, why don't you run away quickly?" Qiao Wan'er asked worriedly.

"You can't escape. If you don't run, you might have a chance of survival. But if you run, you will definitely die." Ji Ying explained hastily.

“So that’s how it is!” Although Qiao Wan’er didn’t quite understand what he said, the expression on her face was obviously much more relaxed. “Then if you are really caught, I won’t live either. I won’t leave. I will stay to accompany you!”

"Qiao Wan'er, are you kidding me? Get out of here right now!" Ji Yin seemed to have lost his last bit of patience. He pointed at the door and growled at the woman in a stern voice. 
(End of this chapter)

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