Time travel, quick transmigration

Seeing that Jiang He's attitude was sincere and his tone contained anxiety, Shen Zhi thought for a moment and then agreed.

"Alright. I'm willing to help you with this. Come with me."

With that, he turned and headed toward Xiaodie's residence.

Seeing this, Jiang He did not hesitate and immediately followed closely behind Shen Zhi.

Before long, Shen Zhi led Jiang He to the door of the house where Xiao Die lived.

"Please wait here for a moment, sir."

Shen Zhi looked at Jiang He and said.

Upon hearing this, Jiang He glanced at Shen Zhi and stood at the foot of the steps without moving forward.

Shen Zhi turned around, stepped onto the stone steps, walked to Xiao Die's room, and knocked on the door a few times.

"Xiaodie, it's me. Are you asleep? I have something to tell you."

After knocking on the door, Shen Zhi waited for a moment, but there was no response from inside. So he knocked on the door even harder than before.

"Xiaodie, Xiaodie..." After calling several times, the person who was still half asleep was finally woken up.

Xiaodie vaguely heard Xiao Shen's voice outside the door. At first, she thought she was dreaming, but she woke up groggily when the other person's voice became louder and clearer.

Lying in bed, Xiaodie opened her sleepy eyes and listened carefully. When she was sure it was really Xiao Shen calling her name outside her door, she got up, put on her shoes, put on her coat, and went to the door to open it.

"Xiao Shen!"

Surprised, Xiaodie wondered why the person had come to find her at night.

"Do you need to talk to me? Come inside."

Xiaodie stepped aside, gesturing for Shen Zhi to come inside and talk.

Shen Zhi glanced at Xiao Die's delicate and fair face by the moonlight, but when he saw her slightly disheveled clothes and the outer garment draped over her shoulders, he dared not look any longer and quickly looked away.

"I do need to speak with you. It's getting late, so I won't come inside. You should go back inside and get dressed properly before coming out. I'll wait for you outside."

Xiaodie stared blankly at herself upon hearing this, and immediately blushed with embarrassment.

"Oh, wait for me a moment, I'll be right there."

Without even closing the door, she rushed into the inner room to put on her clothes and quickly tidied her hair.

After tidying up Xiaodie, she hurriedly went to the door, but Shen Zhi wasn't there, so she opened the door and went out.

Shen Zhi was waiting outside when he saw Xiao Die come out of the house and immediately went to greet her.

“Just now, I encountered an uninvited guest who broke into Nanxun Palace. I fought him for dozens of moves and we were evenly matched. I saw that he was not such a bad person, so I asked him what his purpose was. He said that he risked breaking into the palace and came to Nanxun Palace late at night because he had important business to discuss with the Empress. So I brought him to see you.”

"I don't think it appropriate for me to take him directly to see the Empress. I think it would be more suitable for you to meet him first, and then for you to report to the Empress."

Xiaodie's heart skipped a beat when she heard Shen Zhi's words, but then she thought that the person who came could not be Xiao Huanling, so she forced herself to remain calm.

"Where is that man now?"

Shen Zhi raised his chin, gesturing for her to look at the figure standing below the steps.

Through the hazy moonlight, Xiaodie discerned the features of the person standing not far away, and looked at Shen Zhi beside her with a hint of doubt.

"Come with me to see who that person is. We'll talk after I've seen them. I can't bring someone of unknown identity before Her Majesty..."

Shen Zhi understood what she meant and nodded.

"You follow behind me."

After saying that, he took Xiaodie's hand and went down the steps.

Jiang He was very anxious about Xiao Huanling's condition. When he saw Shen Zhi bringing Xiao Die forward, he couldn't help but rush over to greet her.

“But Miss Xiaodie, I am a subordinate of General Xiao Huanling, who is also my sworn brother. My name is Jiang He. Can you take me to see Sister Yang? Brother Xiao is not doing well, and he wants to see Sister Yang. I had no other choice but to rashly enter the palace to see Sister Yang…”

Before Jiang He could continue speaking, Xiao Die interrupted him.

"What did you say? What happened to Young Master Xiao?!"

Xiao Die knew all too well Xiao Huanling's place in Shi Yan's heart.

Xiao Die was completely flustered after hearing that Xiao Huanling was in bad shape.

"Tell me quickly, what exactly happened to Young Master Xiao?"

Jiang Hexiao was startled by Die's anxious appearance, but quickly responded after realizing what she meant.

"It can't be explained in a few words, so please take me to see Sister Yang quickly."

Xiao Die dared not be negligent any longer.

"Little Shen, don't you know kung fu? Quickly take me to see the Empress."

Although Shen Zhi was very puzzled as to why Xiao Die was so anxious about Xiao Huanling, whom Jiang He had mentioned, he did not ask any further questions.

"Alright, I'll use my light-footed skills to take you there."

Xiao Die nodded and said okay, then said to Jiang He.

"Xiao Shen and I are going to see the Empress. You come with us."

Jiang He responded.

"understood."

So Shen Zhihuan carried Xiaodie on his shoulders and, like a shooting star in the dark night, sped towards Shi Yan's bedroom.

Jiang He was secretly amazed by Shen Zhi's unparalleled lightness skill. Seeing that the person had disappeared in front of him, he also used his internal energy to chase after him as if his feet were flying.

In the blink of an eye, Shen Zhi delivered Xiao Die to the door of Shi Yan's bedroom.

Xiao Die let go of Shen Zhi's hand and left his embrace. She strode forward to the entrance of the bedchamber, said a few words to the two palace maids and eunuchs on duty, and then pushed open the door and went inside.

Using the dim light, Xiaodie slowly walked into the inner room and stopped outside a screen.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, are you asleep? Xiaodie has something important to report to you."

"My lady..."

Shi Yan woke up the moment Xiao Die called her name. She was easily awakened by the slightest noise while sleeping. Although she was not happy to have her sleep disturbed, she knew Xiao Die's personality well and understood that the other party must have something important to do to come see her so late at night. Shi Yan's displeasure at having her sleep disturbed quickly disappeared.

"I'm not asleep yet. Come over and tell me what you want to say."

Xiaodie responded with a "yes" and then lifted the beaded curtain, went around the screen, and knelt down beside Shi Yan's bed.

“Your Majesty, there is a young man named Jiang He outside who wants to see you. He told me that something happened to Young Master Xiao. I dared not delay and came to see Your Majesty. It is my fault for disturbing Your Majesty’s sweet dreams…”

Shi Yan suddenly sat up from the couch, lifted the curtain, quickly got off the couch, and helped Xiao Die up.

"Where is he now? How did Ah Ling get into trouble? Quickly, bring him to see me."

"No, I'll go see him myself..."

Shi Yan was in a state of panic and didn't know what to do. She walked out wearing her nightgown and with her long, flowing black hair loose.

Seeing this, Xiao Dieyan quickly called out to Shi Yan.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, please wait. Jiang He is waiting outside, please don't be in a hurry."

"Let me change your clothes first, and then comb your hair. You can't go out looking like this."

Shi Yan stopped in her tracks after being called by Xiao Die, pondered for a moment, and then walked straight into the inner room.

“I can do it myself, you don’t need to serve me. I’ll just do a quick combing. Go tell Jiang He that I’m going out to see him right away, and ask him to wait a moment at Mianhua Pavilion.”

Seeing Shi Yan enter the inner room, Xiao Die knew that she was worried about Xiao Huanling and couldn't care about anything else, so she didn't say anything more and went outside to deliver the message.

Shi Yan changed into a pink and white palace dress, simply tied her hair into several buns, took the hairpin given to her by Xiao Huanling and inserted it into her hair, then got up and quickly left the palace.