Report to the Empress and the Eldest Princess: They're using the system to poach your men.

Upon returning to her residence, Shen Sangwan first escorted Shuyan back to the East Garden, and then hurriedly went to the study in the main courtyard.

Shuyun unfolded the parchment scroll and laid it on the table. Shen Sangwan quickly copied it with pen and ink, and only when it was getting dark outside did she put down her pen.

"Put the items back as soon as possible. Today, the guards were less vigilant because of the large number of people invited to the Prince's residence, which allowed them to get away with it so easily. Although the owner of these items may not take them out to check them often, it is still better to return them as soon as possible."

"Your subordinate will seize the opportunity to return it to its rightful owner."

Taking the parchment scroll handed to him by Shen Sangwan, he said, "Your Highness, a secret informant reports that Yuexin from the manor sent out messages twice, but after intercepting them, they were found to be trivial matters. After copying them down, the carrier pigeon was released again."

Where is the copied content located?

Shuyun took out both hands from her bosom and handed them over.

After carefully examining it, Shen Sangwan guessed that it must be encrypted information. She never expected that something that originated in the Han Dynasty could be found here.

But she didn't have the decryption manual, so even if she intercepted the message, she wouldn't know its contents; it would be like a piece of waste paper.

Seeing Shen Sangwan frown, Shuyun asked, "Your Highness, is there something wrong with the content?"

"Find an opportunity to search her room. There should be a book or document with encrypted information recorded on it. If there is none, then when she sends another message, arrest her and the message on the spot."

"I've noted it down."

Seeing that the other party had no further instructions, he bowed and withdrew.

"Wait a minute, while you're at it, go and investigate the Empress's past when she was in the Prime Minister's residence, the more detailed the better."

"Yes."

The night breeze caressed the window, and Shen Sangwan picked up the Xuan paper and moved it closer to the oil lamp.

Above is a layout map of the Princess's residence, along with a detailed diagram of its underground structure.

"Xiaotong, do you think this picture was leaked from Prince Sheng's residence?"

Although Prince Sheng was in charge of overseeing the construction of the Princess's residence, the blueprints were actually drawn up by someone sent by the late Emperor, and there were many ways they were leaked.

The secret door marked on this map, where Xiao Yanyan is, leads directly to the palace. Could it be that the person who assassinated Xiao Yanyan entered the palace first and then sneaked into the Princess's residence through the secret passage?

[Also, I don't understand why the palace is connected to the Princess's residence. If they wanted to dig an escape route, wouldn't it have been better to simply go to the western suburbs?]

"How about we go check out that secret passage, Master?"

Shen Sangwan glanced at Xiaotong with some suspicion. Why did she feel that the other person's appearance was somewhat ill-intentioned?

I'm not going.

【Hey, Master, if you won't go and investigate the reason, why don't we go and go?】

Xiaotong kept urging her to go, and she felt something was amiss. She took the opportunity to open the task panel and found that there was no change compared to before.

That's a bit strange.

No, I'm not going.

[Is Master really not going? Then Master mustn't regret it later!]

Xiao Tong's cheeky expression made Shen Sangwan want to beat her up.

No wonder she's in cahoots with the Gou system; she throws out a hook, then leaves people wondering, and then doesn't tell them what happens next.

"Go away, I'll go, okay?"

In the end, curiosity prevailed over reason, and he folded the blueprints, put them in his pocket, and went to Shuyan's East Garden.

Shuyi, who was waiting outside, glanced at his prince with a complicated expression.

"Wasn't it said that Miss Shuyan was His Highness's good friend? Why is she going to her courtyard in the middle of the night? What exactly is His Highness trying to do?"

"Could it be a smokescreen released by His Highness?"

"These two are really baffling."

Shuyi kept muttering to herself the whole way. If Shen Sangwan had mind-reading abilities, she would probably be annoyed to death.

When the two arrived at the East Garden, Ruoying told them that Shuyan was taking a bath and was preparing to rest.

What's wrong with Xiao Yan Yan? How come a night owl can give up her habit of staying up late in ancient times?

"I will go inside and wait for her. You two stay outside and keep watch."

Shen Sangwan was unaware that the rooms in the East Garden did not have side rooms; instead, bathing was done in an inner room with a wooden tub placed behind a screen.

Under the astonished gazes of Shuyi and Ruoying, he pushed open the door and entered with a swagger.

"who?"

Shuyan, who was inside the house, gasped when the door opened, accompanied by the splashing sound of her hurriedly getting out of the water.

Although the two had bathed together before, that was in the real world. Now, in this situation, Shen Sangwan probably couldn't explain herself no matter how hard she tried.

She retreated as quickly as possible, glaring fiercely at Shuyi, "Why didn't you remind me that there are no side rooms for bathing in the East Garden?"

Shuyi is suffering in her heart!

Does she even have time to talk?

"Your Highness, you were the one who told me to wait outside first. I didn't even have a chance to speak before you pushed the door open and went in. How could I possibly grab your arm?"

"Besides, your nonchalant expression makes anyone think you know that Miss Shuyan won't say anything even if you go in. But given your relationship with Miss Shuyan, going in shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Your Highness, please forgive me. I have failed in my duty."

Shen Sangwan slammed the door shut and paced back and forth on the veranda outside, her lips pursed.

I should have come during the day tomorrow.

After a rustling sound came from the inner room, the door opened from the inside.

"Why is Your Highness arriving at this hour?"

Her hair was still damp, and her clothes were slightly disheveled. Shen Sangwan braced herself and went inside. As she turned to close the door, she told Shuyi and Ruoying to wait patiently outside.

"I...I didn't mean to."

His head drooped, and his face was full of apology.

"It's not like you haven't seen it before, why are you panicking? I was just startled when you pushed the door open, I thought some thief had broken in."

After all, there was a shadow guarding the outside, so unless there was a thief, no one would dare to break in.

In the end, it turned out to be Shen Sangwan, that silly girl.

"It's already dark. Why did you come here? Is there something you need?"

Shuyan dried her wet hair with a dry towel while looking at Shen Sangwan, who seemed a little awkward.

This was the first time I'd ever seen the other person like this.

"I...I have something to take care of."

"Hmm—? What's wrong? You're speaking haltingly today. Did something troublesome happen?"

Shuyan put down the towel in her hand, walked quickly to Shen Sangwan, and asked with some concern.

Shen Sangwan darted to the side like a startled rabbit.

"Little Yan Yan, why don't you put on another coat?"

Seeing Shen Sangwan turn her head to the side, Shu Yan looked down at her own body and found that her undergarment was soaked.

In the past, she would have been too embarrassed to look for clothes to cover herself, but since she started living shamelessly with Shen Sangwan, she has become fearless.

I leisurely went to the closet and found a thin, homemade pajama set to change into.

"Little Yan Yan, when did you learn to be naughty from me? You don't even care about changing clothes."

"Shen Sangwan, when did you start to feel ashamed!"