Enter Chang Xiangsi and help Jingzhai fight

Chapter 230: Boudoir

The wine in the glass was spilled and stained Jin Xuan's skirt. She covered her mouth with her sleeve, looking pale with fright.

A man dressed in slick clothes who looked like a servant hurried forward and advised: "Master, calm down. We came here secretly, so we can't make a big fuss. Think about it, Master Yue was punished before!"

Shi Ran turned around and glared at him: "Don't teach me a lesson!"

Seeing that the situation was at a stalemate, I secretly gave Gui Fangduan a wink.

Fortunately, he was not staring at Jin Xuan intently. He noticed my gaze and nodded slightly.

Then, the ball of yarn hanging from the ceiling above Shi Ran's head suddenly fell down. There were many flowers tied to the ball of yarn, and when it fell, it hit Shi Ran's head and face, and he sneezed several times with the petals and pollen on his head.

Jin Xuan slipped back in the chaos. When Shi Ran opened his eyes, he wanted to look for her with tears streaming down his face, but there was no trace of the beautiful woman.

Shi Ran was so annoyed that he could only vent his anger on irrelevant people. He kicked over the chair beside him and yelled, "What a lousy restaurant! Everything is in tatters! I've made a mess of this young master!"

The steward came forward to apologize, and first said that all the money for the food and drinks would be waived, but Shi Ran scolded him and said that he didn't need such a small amount of money. Finally, the steward pointed to the sky and swore that next time Miss Jin Xuan recovered from her illness and came out, she would inform him in advance. Only then did Shi Ran give up.

Gui Fangduan and I smiled at each other. Although I was unable to teach Shi Ran a lesson directly, and the group of Yueliang Five Kings and Seven Kings behind him, I would feel better as long as they were even a little bit unhappy.

We decided to stop while we were ahead, finished the rest of the food and went back to the room early.

Not long after we returned, there was a knock on the door, and Yuyun's voice rang out softly, "You two are disturbed today. Miss Jinxuan invites you two to go upstairs for another glass of light wine."

I quickly opened the door and saw Gui Fangduan who also opened the door. He first glanced at me, bowed to Miss Yuyun and said, "Thank you for leading the way, Miss."

Yuyun looked at him, still smiling, and with a flick of her sleeves, she replied, "Thank you for your courtesy, sir. Please follow me, both of you."

We followed her up the small staircase on the side and came to the door of a room on the third floor. Yuyun raised her hand and knocked gently, saying, "Miss, I invite you two up."

"I'm here." A sweet voice came from the door, and soon the door was opened. Jin Xuan changed into a sky-blue silk shirt, which made her skin look even whiter. She smiled at us and said to Yu Yun, "Thank you. I'll ask you two to have some more wine in the room. If mom wants to look for me, just turn it down."

Yuyun nodded: "Miss, I understand. Enjoy your meal, everyone. Yuyun will leave first." After that, she walked to the farther staircase, as if she was keeping watch for us.

Jin Xuan opened the door and gestured for invitation: "Please come in, both of you."

Gui Fangduan's eyes were as sharp as torches. He first glanced inside through the crack in the door, then nodded slightly to me and walked in first.

I followed them and saw that everything in the house was exquisitely decorated and gorgeous, much more elegant than our guest room.

On the round table outside, there was already a pot of wine, three cups, a few plates of exquisite side dishes, and a vase of blooming flowers. . Jin Xuan led us to sit down, poured us some wine, raised her glass and said, "Thank you for helping me out just now. I'm grateful for your help. I'm going to prepare some light wine to show my gratitude."

Gui Fangduan picked up the wine glass, but when he saw that I didn't move, he put it down again.

Jin Xuan looked at my expression and asked carefully, "Miss, do you think my wine is not good?"

I shook my hand and smiled, "The wine is of course good, and the woman is a beauty picked out of a million. I feel pity for her."

After hearing this, Jin Xuan lowered her head and smiled, looking even more charming.

"But as a thank-you gift today, we don't want any wine," I continued.

Jin Xuan was stunned when she heard this, then she smiled: "I didn't think it through. Seeing that you two are elegant and handsome, I thought you don't care about material things. I will ask Yuyun to prepare fifty taels of silver later. If you want to stay in Zuihua Tower in the future, you can come anytime and stay as long as you want."

I shook my head again: "Miss, you are right. We really don't care about these material things."

Jin Xuan stopped smiling, looked at me and asked, "Forgive my stupidity, but...?"

I didn't reply to her directly, but looked at her and asked, "Miss Jinxuan, do you know who that noble young man is today? Why is he so angry?"

Jin Xuan shook her head: "I don't know, but I think it must be a young man from a noble family in Xiyan City. I'll ask around and when he comes next time, I'll just be more careful."

I looked straight into her eyes: "That man is the son of the current Seventh King, Shi Ran."

A flash of surprise flashed across Jin Xuan's eyes, and I saw it all.

She hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Thank you for your advice, young lady. I will be more careful in the future. He just had his coming-of-age ceremony not long ago and has just been able to come out to these places. He has never shown up here, so I don't recognize him. I just don't know how the young lady, who is from another place, knows His Highness Shi Ran?"

I think I've laid the groundwork for this, so I won't beat around the bush: "The girl is smart, and so are we. To be honest, we didn't do this today just to help the weak, but - we have some selfish motives, and we want to exchange something."

Jin Xuan raised her head suddenly, the charming look in her eyes faded away, leaving only sharpness: "What do you want to exchange?"

"intelligence."

As soon as she finished speaking, Jin Xuan pulled out the golden hairpin on her head and was about to stab forward, but Gui Fangduan quickly extended his scabbard to block it.

"Miss Jinxuan, we saved you, why are you repaying our kindness with evil?" Gui Fangduan said with ease.

Jin Xuan looked down at his scabbard and said, "Two-headed snake family emblem! Are you from the Guifang family?!"

Gui Fangduan put away his sword and clasped his fists in a salute: "That's right. I'm Gui Fangduan, nice to meet Miss Jinxuan."

His reputation was so great that Jin Xuan lost her fighting spirit all of a sudden. She elegantly put the hairpin back into her hair and returned the greeting, saying, "I have long heard of your great name. Since you are Master Guifang, you must have already checked everything before coming here, so I don't need to elaborate on my identity. But I don't understand, Master Guifang is so capable, what does he need me for?"

I smiled and said, "Everyone has their own specialty, and the situation does not wait for anyone. He is not as good as your Blue Bird Division in gathering intelligence, let alone in your territory?"

Jin Xuan also smiled: "Miss, you are too kind. I wonder who you are, and how could you command the Guifang Young Master? Our meeting today is fate. If you have anything to ask, you can ask me. I will tell you everything I know."

I nodded. "I'm from the Tushan family. My name is Lanxiang. We came here to ask you, has anyone recently transported a few large trucks of wood from the Central Plains to Xiyan City? Or, is there anything strange? For example, on a dark and windy night, have you seen anyone secretly transport a young man away?"