Seeing Ye Bai looking anxious, Tang Youyou turned to Rong Xun and said, "If you have something to do, go ahead. I'll just rest for a while and then go to sleep."
Hearing this, Rong Xun nodded and left with Ye Bai behind him. Before leaving, Ye Bai glanced at Tang Youyou sitting there, and her brows furrowed again.
The two came to the side room. Rong Xun sat down on one side. Looking at Ye Bai, who was still flustered, he coldly asked, "Speak. What on earth is going on?"
After a moment's pause, Ye Bai slowly said, "My Lord, the Lady Mother is urging you to go back quickly. Moreover, it's getting chaotic again in the imperial city."
Hearing this, Rong Xun said again, "Just find an excuse to put her off. There's no need to tell me this. I won't go there."
But Ye Bai worriedly said, "My Lord, is this mere Daming Kingdom really worth all your trouble? Besides, the Queen is always causing trouble. Why do you have to give up what the Lady Mother gave you?"
Ye Bai was very excited. In her heart, Tang Youyou was simply unworthy of Rong Xun. She just couldn't understand why Rong Xun was so infatuated with Tang Youyou.
Rong Xun, however, was neither impatient nor angry. He coldly said, "What, do you have any opinions on my affairs?"
After his words fell, Ye Bai fell silent. Just as she was about to speak again, Ye Yue rushed over from afar. He looked at Rong Xun in front of him and bowed slightly.
"My Lord, everything regarding the Lady Mother has been properly arranged. Now it's necessary for you to return to the imperial city as soon as possible."
As Ye Yue was speaking, he pulled Ye Bai and was about to leave the side room. With great difficulty, he managed to take Ye Bai away, but then he felt Ye Bai shake off his hand.
Ye Bai frowned and looked at him resentfully. She sneered, "You're always like this. Clearly, that woman is unworthy of our Lord. The Lady Mother talks about you every day, but she never gets to see you even once."
Ye Yue helplessly said, "Didn't our Lord go there once a while ago? All the matters that needed to be dealt with have been resolved. You're meddling too much."
Hearing this, Ye Bai instantly got angry. She had followed Rong Xun for so long and had been by his side day and night. She had almost lost her life for him many times.
Then, Ye Yue left, leaving her alone to calm down.
In the main hall, Tang Youyou was boredly thinking about the competition in two days. She wondered what tricks those people would use and what had happened to that Mr. Li who had disappeared that day. That person must be up to no good.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help frowning. All in all, she mustn't take this competition lightly.
After thinking for a while, the breakfast she had just eaten didn't seem to fill her up anymore. At the same time, a fragrance came from outside.
It made the hunger that Tang Youyou had just managed to calm down resurface. She followed the smell and slowly walked out.
There, behind the main hall where Rong Xun stayed, there was a small hill. In front of the hill was a small residence, and beside the bridge of the residence was a bamboo forest.
The bamboo forest was very dense, hiding the small house within.
The smell she had just smelled was exactly coming from this residence. She slowly stepped into the bamboo forest and whispered, "Is anyone there? I'm sorry for the intrusion, junior."
However, no one answered her. Only the endless wind blew towards her.
Seeing this, Tang Youyou walked more boldly. However, this bamboo forest seemed a bit strange. For some reason, there were fallen leaves that didn't belong to the bamboo in the forest.
These fallen leaves were densely piled on the ground, completely covering it.
She always felt that there must be something wrong under these leaves. Then she picked up a long stick from the side and carefully probed the leaves.
The next moment, she saw that there was a snake trap under the leaves. The snake trap clamped down hard on the stick and even broke it. She laughed and said, "I didn't expect there to be someone here who's even more cunning than me."
The next moment, Tang Youyou turned to look at a bamboo on one side. She drew out the dagger from her waist and cut off a bamboo strip. After tidying it up, she made a simple whip.
She turned to look at the leaves. As she waved the long whip in her hand, the sound of breaking through the air accompanied the whip as it fell.
For a moment, the leaves on the ground were whipped away. In just a short while, Tang Youyou found a "smooth path".
This was really...
In the dark, an old man was hiding and carefully observing Tang Youyou's movements. Who would have thought that the next moment, the person he had been observing disappeared in an instant.
He immediately stood up and stood there stunned, looking at the empty bamboo forest in the distance. He murmured to himself, "Alas, where did that little girl go just now?"
Just then, a doubtful voice came from behind him, "Uncle, are you looking for someone?"
The old man casually nodded and replied, "Yes. I don't know where that little girl went just now."
Halfway through his words, he seemed to sense something was wrong. He immediately turned around and saw Tang Youyou looking at him seriously with a smile.
The old man immediately burst into laughter. "Little girl, you're an interesting disciple. May I ask what you're doing here?"
Seeing that the old man wasn't angry but rather laughing, Tang Youyou's initial nervousness disappeared a lot. She explained, "I, your junior disciple, haven't eaten for many days. Today, I smelled the fragrance of the food and couldn't help but come over to take a look. Who would have thought that I'd meet you, senior."
The old man laughed and said, "So, it seems you should know me?"
Hearing this, Tang Youyou shook her head. "I, a humble student, don't know you, senior. But I think you're not an ordinary person."
Hearing this, the old man seemed to be amused by her. He laughed and said, "That's for sure. I, this old man, like to live alone. I don't like to stay with those hypocritical old guys, let alone receive some disciples. I'm too lazy to do so."
Seeing this, Tang Youyou laughed and said, "Then I may have to make you angry, senior. I'm a student who's going to study at Qingyun Sect. I haven't been officially confirmed as a disciple yet, so I'm disturbing you in advance."
Hearing this, the old man's expression instantly changed. He frowned and reluctantly said, "So it's just another disciple who comes here to mooch. I thought I had met someone interesting."
Hearing this, Tang Youyou immediately pretended to be very weak and cried, "Senior, you wouldn't want your disciple to starve to death in front of your door, would you? Please give me some food. I'll leave right away after eating and won't bother you anymore."