Bring a scumbag girl to bully me, and you are afraid of using modern weapons.

Several golden lights flashed, and the manager and the four gate guards were immediately immobilized by the talismans.

Xie Jinglan walked out and entered the palace only after confirming that there were only these five people here.

After walking a short distance, she mentally retrieved the talismans.

After entering the palace, he first went to Qinfang Courtyard where Lin Ruyan lived.

Qinfang Courtyard is the second large courtyard in Prince Mu's Mansion. It is also the closest to the main courtyard where Beitang Hong lives. In her previous life, Lin Ruyan lived there before and after her marriage.

She walked for a long time but didn't meet anyone. She always felt something was wrong.

In my previous life, the palace was heavily guarded at night, with guards patrolling everywhere. This time, except for the few I met at the door, I didn't meet anyone else. Everything around was quiet and dark.

[Master, it's too quiet. Something must be wrong when things are out of the ordinary. Be careful.] The little gold in the space also reminded her.

Now that I'm in, I have to go even if it's a dangerous place. Xie Jinglan couldn't turn back.

After walking for a while, she finally met a team of patrolling guards. They all looked lazy and some were even yawning.

"Hurry up, walk around and then we'll continue. We have to win back the five taels of silver I lost."

"Keep your voice down! If the right steward hears us, he'll deduct our monthly salary..."

After the group of people passed by, Xie Jinglan came out from behind a big tree and looked at their backs, as if thinking about something.

She walked out of Qinfang Courtyard and didn't meet anyone else.

[Master, there's no one around, you can go in.] Xiao Jinzi helped her pay attention to the surroundings and didn't sense any human presence.

Xie Jinglan was still worried, so she used her spiritual sense to explore Qinfang Courtyard first, so that she could retreat in time if there was any danger.

However, there was not a single servant on night watch in Qinfang Courtyard. The main house was empty, and there were only a few servants living in the side rooms.

[Lin Ruyan doesn't live here, so she's obviously sleeping with Beitang Hong.] Xiao Jinzi said with certainty.

Xie Jinglan glanced at the main courtyard over there and sneered in her heart, thinking, "It's good for these two to live together! Just the right time to poison them together."

She listened quietly around her and went to the main courtyard.

There were quite a few guards guarding the main courtyard, but no secret guards were noticed.

She followed the same method, used talismans to immobilize the guards, and entered the main courtyard.

Strangely, there was no one on guard in the main courtyard.

This was also Xie Jinglan's first time entering Beitang Hong's main courtyard. She glanced around with her magical eyes and walked towards the main house little by little.

"Master, why do I feel like no one lives in this main courtyard?" Xiao Jinzi said.

Xie Jinglan took a look at the main house and indeed did not sense any human presence, but regardless of whether there was anyone there or not, she had to go and take a look.

He walked to the main house and carefully used his spiritual sense to probe into the main house.

As expected, there was no one there.

[Wasn't Beitang Hong confined by the Emperor to reflect on his mistakes? Why isn't he in the palace?] Xiao Jinzi was suspicious.

Xie Jinglan heard someone sleeping in a side room, so she pulled out a dagger, slowly unbolted the door, and entered the room.

I saw a servant sleeping in there, and there was a small night pearl on the table, which allowed me to see everything in the room clearly.

She pressed the servant's acupuncture points, woke him up, and put the dagger to his neck. "You'd better not make a sound, or your head will fall off."

The servant was so frightened that he dared not make a sound.

"Where is King Mu?" Xie Jinglan asked.

"He's not here... He left..." The servant was so scared that his tongue trembled as he spoke.

"Where have you been? You'd better tell the truth." Xie Jinglan exerted a little force with the dagger in her hand, and blood flowed out from the servant's neck.

The servant felt the pain in his neck and became even more frightened. "Please spare my life, hero. The prince left just after dark... I heard he went to find Miss Lin..."

"Miss Lin? Is that Lin Ruyan?" Xie Jinglan frowned. Could it be that Lin Ruyan didn't live in this palace?

"Yes..." The servant blinked in horror.

"Where is Lin Ruyan now? Tell me everything you know." Xie Jinglan asked again.

"I don't know where she lives... The prince took a lot of clothes and things with him when he left... He asked the housekeeper to take good care of the palace... The palace, it seems he's going on a long journey..."

After Xie Jinglan heard this, a knife-wielding man knocked him unconscious and left the room.

It seems that Beitang Hong and Lin Ruyan have left Shengjing, most likely to the Tianlong Sect.

"Master, we're still a step too late. It seems Beitang Hong is still unwilling to give up! He actually dared to disobey the emperor's order and ran away! Doesn't he even want his mother anymore?" Xiao Jinzi said.

[Humph! He can't get away! We also have a score to settle with the Tianlong Sect.] Lin Yuansheng's family is all in the Tianlong Sect, so she is bound to have a battle with the Tianlong Sect.

******

Emperor Kunming issued an order to execute the five clans of the Changsun family. People were arrested and killed everywhere in Shengjing, causing panic among the people. Many shops did not dare to open for business.

Beitang Yuan seemed to be very busy as well, and he hadn't been seen for several days.

One day, Xie Jinglan knocked Wen Zhu unconscious and sent him into the space for a CT scan.

Zhu Wen can speak now. I want to check how his bones are connected.

After a series of examinations, we found that the bones had healed well, and his young body allowed him to recover quickly.

After sending Zhu Wen out of the space, he spent another day refining pills when he saw that nothing was wrong, and gave them to the people in the mansion, and then he went into seclusion.

She wants to advance to the next level before the New Year.

She was in seclusion for more than ten days and finally advanced to the next level, the middle stage of foundation building.

Xie Yin told her that during her retreat, Beitang Yuan came to see her three times.

"Miss, the New Year is coming soon. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has sent a lot of New Year's goods to the mansion, and also gave you two pieces of floating brocade!" After Xie Xue said this, she went to bring out the two pieces of cloth to show her.

Xie Jinglan looked at it and nodded, then walked out of the room. "Take one with you and go with me to see grandma."

The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and she needs to discuss the New Year arrangements with her grandmother.

"Miss, the old lady went to the palace to see the Empress Dowager and is not in the mansion." Xie Xue told her.

"She went into the palace?" Xie Jinglan had no choice but to turn back and say, "Then tell me when she comes back."

Xie Xue followed in and said, "Miss, please give us some more bullets to practice shooting!"

They had used up all their bullets a few days ago, and since they hadn't practiced shooting for several days, their hands were itching.

"Okay!" Xie Jinglan walked into the inner room and took out another hundred bullets for them.

The two girls happily went to practice their shooting skills again.

Xie Jinglan sat down to drink tea. If nothing unexpected happened, Beitang Yuan would be here soon.

Because when she just opened the door, Hu Xiu left. He must have gone to tell Beitang Yuan.

Sure enough, Beitang Yuan arrived in less than two quarters of an hour.

As soon as he saw her, he said, "Lan'er, you have advanced."

"Yeah." Xie Jinglan poured him a cup of tea. "Before I went into seclusion, I went to Prince Mu's mansion and found that Beitang Hong had already left."