Chapter 824: Chapter 824: Blocked Ears

Situ Yongjie led the guards away.

Xuexue’s sleepy expression vanished, and her figure gracefully stepped into the courtyard, then, with a swift motion, her little hand swept backward.

Behind her, Zi Xia immediately understood and hurriedly closed the door, then quickly bolted it before finally sighing with relief: “Oh my! Madam! Miss, just now you nearly scared the maid to death.”

With her heart still pounding, Zi Xia patted her chest: “If Miss had returned any later, the maid wouldn’t have known what to do.”

The Second Miss pounded on the door for so long, uh, it seemed like they wouldn’t stop until they took the door down, which scared her terribly. However, the adoptive parents of the young mistress slept so soundly that they didn’t hear a thing, which she found quite strange.

Xuexue nodded in approval: “Mhm! Zi Xia, you did well this time.”

“The maid was scared to death, not knowing what to do. Luckily, the young mistress came back.” The Second Miss was pounding on the door, she could pretend not to hear, but if the Old Master came, she could not ignore him, after all, the Old Master was her life-saving benefactor.

“Mhm! It must have been hard on you.”

“To ease the young mistress’s worries is my duty.” Zi Xia followed the young mistress and walked into the room while speaking.

Just now, when Xuexue jumped into the mansion from the surrounding wall, she saw lights bright at Qingyuo Pavilion and knew something must have happened. She quickly leaped across the rooftops and snuck back into the courtyard, took off her men’s clothing, changed into her usual sleepwear, deliberately messed up her hair, then walked out of her room with an appearance of tiredness.

Even Situ Yongjie had been alerted, and Zi Xia, who was worriedly pacing the courtyard, looked up inadvertently and saw that the young mistress had come out from her room, rejoicing, she quickly followed Xuexue to open the door, leading to the scene Situtu Qinger had witnessed.

“Young Mistress.”

“Mhm!”

“Mr. Mo and Madam Mo are making such a racket outside, do you want the maid to check?”

Xuexue shook her head: “No need, their sleep has always been deep, it’s normal for them not to wake up.”

“Oh!”

Xuexue stood at the door of her room, stopped, turned, and said: “It’s already very late, you should go rest as well.”

“Young Mistress, how about I bring you a basin of hot water to wash up? It might help you sleep more comfortably.”

It was already late at night, and Xuexue did not want any more fuss, she yawned and said: “No need, after all this trouble, I’m tired too!”

“Yes, the maid will take her leave.”

Zi Xia secured Xuexue’s room door and then returned to her own room.

After all the commotion throughout the night, and running around half of the Capital, Xuexue was tired too, lying on the bed, just as she was about to close her eyes to rest, a little ghost suddenly appeared before her.

“Master, have you returned?”

“How is it? You, a little ghost, don’t need sleep and won’t let your master sleep either, is that it?” Xuexue glanced at her disapprovingly as she spoke.

“Master, you’re so heartless, always quick to discard once crossed.” Xiao Taohong floated mid-air, her face a portrait of grievance.

Hearing this, Xuexue opened her eyes again, her voice heavy with drowsiness: “What do you mean by that?”

“Just now, when Situtu Qinger caused a commotion, if I had not blocked your foster parents’ ears, Qingyuo Pavilion would have already been thrown into chaos, Master. Your leaving the mansion could have been exposed too.” Xiao Taohong boasted proudly, looking very much like a child waiting to be praised.

Finally, Xuexue understood that with such a large commotion by Situtu Qinger, the entire General’s Mansion was stirred, yet only her adoptive parents slept soundly — it was because Xiao Taohong had cast a spell to block their ears.