Daily life in the academy

It was almost the end of the midnight when the carriage arrived at the prison of the city defense camp. The soldiers had already left their shifts, and only three or five soldiers were on duty. When they saw a carriage stop, they shouted: This is the prison of the city defense camp, and outsiders must leave immediately.

Yan Qingchen walked out of the carriage, the firelight reflected on his face, sometimes bright and sometimes dim. A soldier seemed not to recognize him and walked up to him and wanted to continue scolding him to leave, but was stopped by the sergeant beside him.

The sergeant clasped his fists and saluted Yan Qingchen, "Your Highness, please forgive me. I am Zhang Jin, the sergeant of the City Defense Battalion. Today, I am guarding this prison with my brothers. I am new here and don't know you yet. Please forgive me."

Yan Qingchen nodded and got straight to the point: "Did you capture three people in Xiyun Tower today?"

"My Lord, we have arrested three people. They were truly despicable. They hid in the room and watched the goddess change clothes. They have been detained and interrogated on a later date."

Yan Qingchen: “….”

Just one day's absence really gave him a great surprise.

"Don't talk nonsense. The people you arrested are the sons of the current general and the minister of justice. The remaining one is also a student of Yunlu Academy. How could they do such a dirty thing?" Zhou Lin was very angry. Although his young master was not very decent, he would never do such a thing.

"But...the three of them are clearly wearing the clothes of Xiyun Tower's servants..." Zhang Jin noticed the prince's grim expression and changed the subject in time: "Prince, how about I take you in to identify them?"

"Well, lead the way."

...

Mu Bailian was tugging at the hay out of boredom, occasionally craning his neck to glance towards the door. When would Brother Yan come to take them away? Could he not come today?

"Squeak--" A little mouse suddenly jumped out of the hole in the corner of the wall and crawled straight towards Baizhi.

"Mu Bailian, stop making trouble." Bai Zhi was sitting on the haystack and taking a nap, scratching herself from time to time. She thought Mu Bailian was making trouble again, so she called out to him but he didn't stop. She opened her eyes impatiently and looked towards her legs.

"Ah, there's a mouse..." Baizhi screamed and jumped up.

There is always a law that what you fear will come to you. The mouse seemed to have a problem with Baizhi. It scurried around and ran towards Baizhi. She panicked and jumped onto Mu Bailian's back with a scream, squeaking in his ear.

"Quick, quick, kill that rat, kill it quickly."

Mu Bailian's neck was strangled so tightly by her that he couldn't utter a complete sentence. He couldn't get rid of her, his face flushed red. He slapped Bai Zhi's arms with both hands and glared at Wen Zhe, signaling him to come and rescue him.

Wenzhe was stunned by this sudden farce, and only reacted when Mu Bailian started rolling his eyes. He quickly drove the rat out and comforted Baizhi, saying, "Azhi, the rat has been driven away and is gone."

"Gone?" Bai Zhi still had her eyes tightly closed.

"Yes, it's gone. You...or should let go of Bai Lian first? He can't breathe."

"Ah good."

Bai Zhi's mind was clearer now, and she loosened the tension in her arms. She slowly opened her eyes and saw that the rat scurrying around in the cell seemed to be gone. She breathed a sigh of relief.

Mu Bailian, who was finally released, finally came back to life, panting and throwing her off his back.

"Bai Zhi...you...what's wrong with you? You're almost strangling me to death, do you know that?"

"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I was in a hurry, in a hurry..."

"A grown man is afraid of mice? Isn't that ridiculous?"

Bai Zhi looked embarrassed. Although she didn't mean to do it, she almost hurt Mu Bailian. Faced with his persistence, she could only nod in agreement.

Wenzhe said soothingly, "Perhaps Ah Zhi has some unspeakable secrets. Bai Lian, please don't worry about it anymore. Everything is fine now."

"What are you not arguing about? This prince hasn't even bothered with you yet?"

This was originally a serious voice of accountability, but now it sounded like heavenly music to the ears of the three people.

Mu Bailian quickly ran to the edge of the cell and looked eagerly at Yan Qingchen outside the door: "Brother Yan, you finally came to rescue us."

Yan Qingchen ignored him and asked, "Is it true that you hid in the room today and watched the goddess change clothes?"

"this...."

Mu Bailian was hesitant, and Yan Qingchen was furious when he saw it. He raised his finger and pointed at Wenzhe, but he saw Wenzhe's face drooping. He then pointed his index finger at Baizhi and said, "You speak."

"Me?" Bai Zhi hesitated and glanced left and right. The two men avoided her gaze. Now she was the only one looking at him stupidly.

"Ahem—" Bai Zhi cleared her throat: "This is what happened..."

Bai Zhi explained the whole story in detail, and emphasized that they had entered the goddess' room by mistake and actually saw nothing, it was all a misunderstanding.

Yan Qingchen nodded and looked at Zhang Jin, the sergeant of the city defense battalion, who was sweating profusely at the moment.

"Since... this is all a misunderstanding, I will personally explain everything to the Pavilion Master of Tianxiang Pavilion tomorrow."

Yan Qingchen said in a deep voice: "Why don't you let him go?"

"Ah, little one, put it right here, put it right here..."

...

Yan Qingchen closed his eyes as soon as he got in the car, as if to say, out of sight, out of mind. For a moment, the only sound in the car was the sound of the wheels.

The remaining three people looked at each other. Mu Bailian coughed tentatively and opened his mouth to speak, but Yan Qingchen stopped him coldly, "Shut up."

He glanced at Wenzhe, who shook his head slightly with a sad face. What the three of them had done today was inappropriate. Qingchen must have rushed here without stopping after leaving the palace. It was normal for him to be angry. How could he have the face to ask for forgiveness now?

Bai Zhi just sat quietly by the side watching their interaction, and the next second her eyes met Mu Bailian's. She smoothly looked away.

Are you kidding? Whoever speaks at this time will die.

Seeing that none of them were of any use, Mu Bailian breathed twice in anger, but when he saw Yan Qingchen frowning, he had no choice but to curl up into a ball and stay quiet.

"It's already midnight..."

The sound of the night watchman could be heard faintly. It was already midnight. After a whole day of tossing and turning, Bai Zhi leaned against the carriage and closed her eyes. The carriage was shaking, and soon she fell into a deep sleep.

After sleeping for an unknown amount of time, Bai Zhi opened her eyes and found that only she and Yan Qingchen were left in the carriage, and he was just about to get out.

"Prince...why am I alone here? Where are they?"

Seeing him wake up, Yan Qingchen sat down again and said, "They all went back to the mansion. It's not convenient to bring outsiders in. I don't know where you live, so I brought you back."

Bai Zhi hesitated, "Isn't that too much of a bother?"

Yan Qingchen raised an eyebrow: "It's so late, do you have anywhere else to go?"

Baizhi: ...It seems that there really isn’t.