บท 56: The Encouragement

It was a cloudy and bright night. Summer flowers gave off an unnerving smell of conspiracy.

When it was about the third watch, Gu Shenwei snuck out of his house. He went off the main road, heading for the yard he saw in the day.

Slave Ling had warned him not to wander, or to mess with Master Yu. However, on his first night in Inner Residence, he decided to break these two rules.

The sky was starless. Gu Shenwei held his breath. He almost ran into the night watchman twice, but he managed to make it outside the garden.

He climbed over the low wall, waiting patiently. After making sure no one was in the dark, he snuck under the crab apple tree, picked up a pebble, and flipped it at the windows of the central house.

Although the architecture style was different from that of the Central Plain, it was easy to tell the owner's house. The only uncertainty was which twin lived here.

There was no response.