Both worlds are like dreams

"What?!" Mo Xingyue frowned. "Why don't you keep your word?"

"Listen to me!" Mo Ruilin gave her a slap on the head, "There must be a spy planted by the third brother and his party in the harem, but she is hiding too deeply, we have not been able to detect it so far, and it is not easy for us to enter the harem to investigate, so you are the most suitable person."

"Do you suspect the concubines in the harem?" Mo Xingyue asked.

"Yes."

"Then do you have any suspects? Father has so many concubines."

"This is your mission," said Murray Lin with a smile. "It is also your first test. If you fail to complete it..."

"I can definitely complete it!" Mo Xingyue interrupted him confidently.

"Okay, then you must be careful and remember not to alert the enemy."

Mo Xingyue nodded, "Don't worry. I promise to complete the task. Then I will go back to the palace now."

"Be careful!" Mo Ruilin warned again with concern, and then asked someone to send her back.

As she watched her walk away, Xue Huang smiled and said, "This mission is indeed very suitable for her."

"If Xingyue had half of your martial arts skills, I wouldn't be so worried."

"Don't worry, Fifth Brother. I will help you look after her."

Mo Ruilin nodded, "Thank you."

"You're welcome!" Xue Huang tilted her head and smiled, "Then I'll leave first." After saying goodbye to him, Xue Huang came to the gate.

Gu Qinglan had also said goodbye to Mo Ruilin, but was still waiting for her at the door.

"Brother Wei is going back first," Gu Qinglan said with a smile, "I'll take you back too."

Xue Huang nodded, "The rain has stopped, let's walk for a while."

"Okay." Gu Qinglan took her and walked slowly towards the Wei Mansion, with the carriage following not far behind them.

"Why did Fifth Brother suddenly change his mind?" Xue Huang asked. "Did you and my Second Uncle persuade him?"

Gu Qinglan nodded, "We just gave him some advice, and he figured it out himself. He just didn't have the confidence."

"I know what he's worried about, but Xingyue is much stronger than ordinary women. She has a straightforward personality, is upright and intelligent, and is more transparent than you."

"Indeed."

"Brother Qinglan, are the files that Fifth Brother mentioned all kept in the inner court of the imperial palace?"

"Yes."

Xue Huang smiled and said, "Can I go with you to check it out tomorrow? Didn't His Majesty say that I can enter and leave the palace freely?"

"Of course you can," Gu Qinglan said, "but your coming and going will definitely attract a lot of attention, so you..."

"I'll take the opportunity to find Xingyue and then secretly find you!" Xuehuang smiled cunningly.

Gu Qinglan nodded, looking a little unnatural, "That's fine."

"Brother Qinglan," Xue Huang tilted her head and looked at him, "If you want to be with me, you can just tell me directly. Don't be shy. Anyway, I have seen you blush more than once."

Gu Qinglan smiled helplessly, "You, you just know how to tease me."

"Then you can also play a trick on me." Xuehuang looked at him with curved eyebrows, which made Gu Qinglan more nervous and uncomfortable.

"It's getting late. Let me take you home." He said as naturally as possible.

"Okay. I won't tease you anymore." Xue Huang jumped onto the carriage and was taken back home by him.

The next morning, Xue Huang went to the palace to look for Mo Xingyue. She was having breakfast and was very surprised to see Xue Huang coming to see her so early. "Why are you here so early?"

Xue Huang didn't bother to be polite with her and sat down at the table directly, "Come and have breakfast."

Mo Xingyue asked someone to bring her a bowl and chopsticks, then smiled helplessly, "No one is eating with you, so you feel bored, right?"

Xue Huang took a sip of the crystal clear bird's nest porridge and couldn't help but sigh that her food was really good, "It's more lively when we eat together."

"That's so easy," Mo Xingyue said with a smile, "You can live here with me from now on, and I will prepare delicious food for you every day."

Xue Huang glanced at the various expensive delicacies on the table and said, "If you keep eating like this, you will definitely grow into a pig."

Mo Xingyue almost choked, "Of course you will turn into a pig if you eat like this."

"I'm a martial artist and get hungry easily. How can I have the energy to fight if I'm not full?" Xue Huang raised an eyebrow.

Mo Xingyue served her another bowl, "Seriously, are you here for something?"

Xue Huang glanced around, and Mo Xingyue immediately understood and waved her hand to let everyone around her leave.

"Brother Qinglan is going to the inner court to secretly investigate the information from that year. I am going to find him under the pretext of looking for you."

Mo Xingyue smiled maliciously and said, "Oh, so you are using my name to do something secretly!"

"It's business! Stop talking nonsense!"

"Don't worry. I can take you there." Mo Xingyue said with a smile.

After dinner, Mo Xingyue had someone arrange a sedan chair to carry them to the library in the palace. Facing Xue Huang's puzzled look, Mo Xingyue explained, "This is the library. Going out from the back door is a remote palace. Going through it is the inner court where the files are stored. Some files from the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Justice are also sent here regularly for sealing. The inner court generally does not allow outsiders to enter, so there are usually no people inside, but the guards at the door are much stricter."

"No problem." Xue Huang said with a smile.

"Then go ahead. I'll have them guard outside and tell them we're reading here. If anyone comes, I'll have someone blow the whistle behind us."

Xue Huang nodded, "Then I'll leave. If you have something you can't handle, be sure to call me." Xue Huang separated from her and slipped out of the back door of the library. With her light-weight body skills, she came to the inner court from the secluded palace with almost no effort. It was a three-story tower with a hollow center, very similar to the one in Mo Ruilin's house, but much larger and made of more exquisite materials. There were rows of shelves filled with countless bamboo slips, and there were stairs around to each floor. Each floor was also filled with rows of shelves and bamboo slips, which could be described as tens of thousands. The middle of the first floor was also surrounded by layers of bookshelves in a ring. If you want to reach the top floor, you have to use a ladder.

But in the most central area of the first floor are some desks, which are a place for officials who come to check files to rest temporarily.

Xue Huang found Gu Qinglan among the shelves at the innermost part of the second floor. He was sitting in front of a spacious desk with a thick pile of bamboo slips beside him.

Few people come here, and some of the information is already covered with dust. Gu Qinglan's blue clothes are already covered with a lot of dust, and her white and slender fingers are also covered with dust.

Xue Huang took out a handkerchief and wiped him clean. "How is it? Did you find anything?"

Gu Qinglan shook his head. "I have read all the information about the case back then. The records are simple and incomplete, so it is difficult to investigate further."

Xue Huang took a look and sighed, "So the clue is lost?" Gu Qinglan found all the information in such a short time, which shows that the records should be quite scarce.

"I was just looking through the records of the theft of disaster relief silver. I want to see if there are any records about the flood in Guyan County."

"Then I'll accompany you."

Xue Huang started looking with him as she spoke. By comparing with the chronology, they soon found a few bamboo slips. However, there were indeed very few files and records about Guyan County, and the available information was even less.