The Stunning Mad Empress: The Useless Third Miss - Chapter 35

“Hehe, I’ll bet that dress is definitely up to something.”

“So, Master, what are you planning to do?”

“Sit back and watch the show!”

“Report! Madam, the guard from Young Master Nan Gong requests an audience.”

The voice of a servant came from outside the door.

Lin Fen and Xiao Qingqing exchanged glances, both looking puzzled.

“What’s the matter?”

“It is said that Young Master Nan Gong and Eldest Young Master Nan Gong have invited Madam and Second Miss to join them for moon viewing and tea.”

The servant reported and then withdrew.

“Qingqing, this… isn’t your elder sister supposed to be entertaining them? Why are they calling for us?”

Xiao Qingqing slightly shifted her eyes, recalling Nan Gong Feng she had seen earlier in the day, and felt a tickle in her heart:

“Mother, perhaps it’s the Eldest Young Master’s idea! It can’t hurt to go. Moreover, since a guard from the Eldest Young Master has come to invite us specifically, we certainly have no reason to refuse.”

“Master, is that despicable man up to something again?”

Little Pearl asked curiously.

“I’m curious too. So, let’s go and see for ourselves.”

Lin Fen pondered for a moment, then turned back and smiled at Xiao Qingcheng: “Qingcheng, you go back to your room and stay put. Go to bed early tonight; we’ll be back soon.”

With that, she left her courtyard with Xiao Qingqing, who had a look of delight on her face.

“Miss Three, please.”

The maids in the room, seeing Lin Fen leave, looked at Xiao Qingcheng with derision.

Xiao Qingcheng let out a cold snort and suddenly kicked out with her foot, seemingly casually.

“Ouch! Ouch! It hurts so much! Someone! Quick, go find a doctor!”

The old maid who was kicked knelt right in front of Xiao Qingcheng.

“Master, kick her to death! Kick her to death!”

“Alright, let’s go. I’ll take you to see the show first. If we don’t leave amidst this chaos, when will we get another chance?”

With that, Xiao Qingcheng avoided the people in the courtyard, climbed over the back wall, quietly gathered her primal energy, and swiftly flew towards Nan Gongyu’s courtyard.

By the time Xiao Qingcheng arrived, there was no one near the main house of the separate courtyard.

The outer courtyard did have some guards, but the entire courtyard lacked any atmosphere of entertaining guests.

“Master, why is it so dark around here?”

Little Pearl squatted on Xiao Qingcheng’s shoulder and looked around.

Xiao Qingcheng frowned, surveyed the area for a moment, then gathered her energy and leaped onto the roof of the largest wing.

“Mmm! Ahh! Mmm… Yu…”

The sounds beneath the tiles were unbearable to the ear.

Xiao Qingcheng let out a cold smile, a mischievous glint flashing in her cold eyes: “Now I understand why Nan Gong Feng deliberately wanted to lure me here.”

“Master, what are they doing? Are they fighting?”

Curious, Little Pearl made a move to lift a tile and was about to leap down.

But Xiao Qingcheng grabbed her: “Don’t go down! If we disturb them, it will all be for nothing!”

“Drip, drip!”

Some small pieces of broken porcelain on the tiles fell down accordingly,

“What person?”

Nan Gongyu, who was disturbed, shouted warily.

Xiao Qingcheng quickly held Little Pearl in her arms and made a gesture for silence.

“Reporting to the young master, the eldest young master is coming to find you.”

Suddenly, the voice of Nan Gongyu’s guard came from outside the wing.

Inside the wing, Xiao Qingxue was frightened and said: “Yu, what should we do? If I’m discovered, I’m done for!”

“Don’t panic. I’ll go out first. You quickly get dressed and come around from the back courtyard.”

Nan Gongyu, holding Xiao Qingxue in his arms, spoke calmly and unhurriedly.

“Master, what should we do? What should we do? They’re going to run?”

Little Pearl was anxious and flailed her claws in Xiao Qingcheng’s arms.

Xiao Qingcheng let out a cold smile: “Don’t panic either. He thinks he can leave so quickly? On what grounds?”

With that, Xiao Qingcheng glanced through the gap in the tiles.

When she saw the small white cloth bundle lying beside the table leg, she curled her lips.

After the guard outside the door withdrew, Xiao Qingcheng reached out her silver whip and used it to retrieve the white cloth bundle.

Little Pearl lay on the other side of the tiles, peeking through the gap at the intimate scene below.

“Master, master! Hurry up! Hurry up! They’ve started to get dressed!”

Xiao Qingcheng narrowed her eyes and slowly opened the cloth bundle to take a sniff.

“This Hehuan powder is quite well-made. It seems Xiao Qingqing has put in a large amount. However, she probably didn’t expect Xiao Qingxue to be so impatient and use it on the same night.”

Her words were laced with a hint of sarcasm. Then, Xiao Qingcheng took out a small gray porcelain bottle from herself and sprinkled some powder from it, mixing the remaining powder in the cloth bundle together.

“Master, master! They’re dressed. They’re about to leave! Hurry up!”

Little Pearl was frantic, her fur standing on end.

Xiao Qingcheng, however, remained calm and composed. She walked over and quietly sprinkled the mixed powder through the gap where Little Pearl had lifted the tile.

Without fail, it landed right on Nan Gongyu and Xiao Qingxue’s heads.

“Master, what did you sprinkle?”

…

“Mother, Elder Sister must be entertaining Young Master Nan Gong and Eldest Young Master Nan Gong. Let’s go in quickly.”

From a distance, Xiao Qingqing’s laughter and conversation could already be heard.

Xiao Qingcheng squatted on the roof and glanced into the distance.

Then she quickly covered the tiles back: “Let’s go, it’s time to make a quick exit.”

In mid-air, Little Pearl curiously hugged Xiao Qingcheng’s neck: “Ahh! Master, what did you sprinkle? What did you sprinkle?”

“Enhanced Hehuan powder!”

Xiao Qingcheng, holding Little Pearl , flew to the eaves outside Nan Gongyu’s courtyard and stopped.

“What’s Hehuan powder? Can it be eaten?”

Hearing Little Pearl ‘s naive question, Xiao Qingcheng looked down with a half-smile: “Well, it can be eaten.”

“I want to eat it! I want to eat it!”

“Don’t rush! You’ll get to taste it sooner or later!”

Xiao Qingcheng, rubbing Little Pearl , smiled particularly sinisterly.

Little Pearl shivered unconsciously, her little white fur standing on end: “Huh, why do I feel a bit cold!”

With that, Little Pearl burrowed back into Xiao Qingcheng’s sleeve.

Xiao Qingcheng, with a smile, was about to turn and leave when suddenly a voice came from beneath the roof: “Miss Xiao, what a coincidence to run into you again. It seems we truly have a predestined connection!”

Xiao Qingcheng turned her head and saw Nan Gong Feng, wrapped in a cloak, looking up at her from the small garden beneath the eaves, with a half-smile.

“Well, perhaps we do have a fated connection after all!”

Upon hearing this, Nan Gong Feng slightly raised his eyebrows: “Miss Xiao, come down first. Standing on the eaves like that, you’ll easily be noticed by the guards of the Xiao residence.”

Hearing this, Xiao Qingcheng leaped down into the garden.

“Haven’t you gone yet?”

Curious about Xiao Qingcheng’s question, Nan Gong Feng smiled indifferently: “Why go now? To see Nan Gongyu in his barely clothed state? Huh! I’m not interested!”

As Nan Gong Feng spoke, he subconsciously glanced towards the adjacent courtyard where Nan Gongyu was staying.