The young girl finished speaking excitedly, and then, as if they had known each other for a long time, she tried to drag Ming Li to go shopping.
Ming Li: ?! I don't want to go!
But in the end, Ming Li couldn't resist the girl's persistent pestering and was dragged by her to stroll along Vermillion Bird Street.
Once on the street, Ming Li realized how troublesome it was to accompany a woman on a shopping spree. This Lin Yun'er was as bad as the system when it came to shopping. "I want this, buy it!" "I want that too, buy it!"
At this moment, the two maids trailing behind them had expressions that clearly showed they were merely unfeeling bag-carrying machines.
By the time Ming Li finished accompanying Lin Yun'er shopping, it was already close to evening. Ming Li escorted Lin Yun'er back to the Lin Manor. As Ming Li was leaving, the young girl reluctantly held onto Ming Li's hand, "Sister Bai, when you have time next, you must come visit me!"
Ming Li looked at the girl's expectant eyes and nodded speechlessly, "Alright." She then pried the girl's tightly clasped hand away, turned around and left mercilessly, without a hint of lingering affection. She left the girl standing at the main gate of the Lin Manor, watching her departing figure with reluctance.
Ming Li returned to the Prime Minister's Manor late at night. After having dinner with the Prime Minister and his wife, Ming Li went directly to her courtyard to rest.
The night sky tonight was pitch black. The moon had hidden itself behind the clouds, leaving only a few stars flickering in the sky, looking lonely. Suddenly, a gust of night wind blew, and several figures flashed past the window. At this moment, lying on the bed with her eyes closed, Ming Li's lips curved into a faint smile. They're finally here?
Outside the window, a thin bamboo tube gently poked through the white window paper, and wisps of colorless and odorless sleeping gas began to spread out from the tube. After a while, the black-clad figures outside the window saw that the woman lying on the bed was motionless and breathing evenly. They then gently opened the window and leaped into the room without making a sound.
Just as they approached the unconscious woman on the bed, intending to abduct her, they saw the woman lying on the bed, who should have been unconscious, suddenly open her eyes. She simply vanished before their eyes. When she reappeared, the group of black-clad figures were horrified to find themselves unable to move from where they stood.
Ming Li swept her indifferent gaze over the group of black-clad figures. Suddenly, they saw the woman in front of them let out a soft chuckle.
The group of black-clad figures: ...?! They had a feeling that the woman's smile was ill-intentioned and made them feel uneasy.
As expected, they saw the woman opposite them open her mouth.
Ming Li sat on a chair, gently swirled the teacup on the table, and asked in a seemingly calm tone, "Speak. Who sent you?"
The group of black-clad figures: ...
Seeing that they remained silent, the teacup Ming Li was playing with flew out and hit one of the black-clad figures in the calf. The man let out a muffled groan of pain, and blood began to seep from his calf.
Suddenly, all the black-clad figures in the room felt an excruciating pain all over their bodies. Cold sweat dripped onto the ground one drop at a time. As if an invisible pressure was bearing down on them, making it difficult to breathe. Looking at the woman in red sitting by the table, now holding a different teacup and playing with it, fear began to spread within their hearts. Although they were imperial guards, how many people were not afraid of death?
Just as the atmosphere in the room grew strangely tense, one of the black-clad figures finally couldn't bear it any longer.