Only after being reborn did I realize that I was the white moonlight of a powerful minister.

As Ye Wanning held her breath, ready to call for help at any moment, a layer of black splattered onto the window paper, which was bathed in moonlight. If someone hadn't fallen to the ground with a thud, no one would have guessed that the splatter was blood.

Yunzhi held her master's wrist tightly until she heard Zhezhu's voice outside, at which point the two of them dared to open the door.

"What happened?" Ye Wanning asked in a low voice.

A patrolling guard came over and also looked at Zhe Zhu.

“This man was lurking suspiciously outside Madam’s room. I originally wanted to capture him alive, but he was agile, so I had to deal with him on the spot.” After Zhe Zhu finished speaking, he looked at the hole in the window paper and confronted the guards, “How are you patrolling? Someone dared to come and spy on you. You’re all blind.”

The guards at the imperial mausoleum were usually lazy and listless, only becoming alert and diligent when people from the palace came. Normally, no one took it seriously; after all, the living in the imperial mausoleum were no different from the dead.

Now, reprimanded by Zhe Zhu, they trembled like leaves. After all, the woman before them was no ordinary person; she was Xie Bohuai's wife. If they offended Xie Bohuai, they were all doomed.

"It was our fault for not noticing in time. We will definitely guard the front and back yards well from now on and will absolutely not let anyone disturb Madam. You can rest assured and relax," the head guard said with a smile.

Ye Wanning didn't want to cause trouble here, especially since Granny Jiang was still living here. "Forget it, I don't have the energy to get angry with you. But you should investigate thoroughly whose spy is this, daring to cause trouble in the imperial mausoleum."

She was relieved that nothing bad had happened, but she knew she wouldn't dare sleep that night.

The next day, just as dawn was breaking, they set off back to the capital.

Ten miles away from the imperial mausoleum, Zhe Zhu dared to stop and say, "The spies last night were mostly from the palace. If I hadn't killed them then, who knows what they might have overheard. Killing them on the spot won't be investigated by the palace, since no one would want to break ties with you, sir."

"From the palace?" Ye Wanning thought for a moment, feeling a weight on her heart. "I acted impulsively."

Granny Jiang is right. How could someone like Xie Lingxian not have spies around her?

Perhaps someone deliberately let Xie Lingxian out so that she could find her, and she would naturally go to Granny Jiang to confirm.

This led her to do one thing after another, step by step.

Her visit to the imperial mausoleum was no secret. How will we explain this later? Will we implicate Xie Lingxian?

These all need to be carefully considered.

Ye Wanning just wants to see Xie Bohuai as soon as possible; only when she thinks of Xie Bohuai does she feel safe and secure.

"Zhezhu, don't go straight back to the city," Ye Wanning thought for a moment.

"Are you afraid that someone will stop us?" Zhe Zhu had also thought of that.

"Who knows, someone might be following us right now." Ye Wanning told Zhe Zhu to go to a nearby town.

Upon arriving in town, the three of them, master and servant, entered an inn. Zhe Zhu asked the innkeeper where there was a clinic, claiming that his master was ill.

The waiter was very enthusiastic, "Just keep walking south from here, and you'll see it after you turn one corner. Is your wife's condition serious?"

"I'm just tired. Thanks, sir. I'm off." Zhe Zhu ran to fetch a doctor, and once the doctor arrived, he booked an extra room for one more day with the waiter.

When the doctor left, Zhezhu could confirm that someone was indeed following them.

"Madam, what should we do now?" Zhezhu asked. "If someone wants to make things difficult for us by asking you to go to the palace to explain, we'll need to come up with a reason."

"Tomorrow morning, you will leave by carriage, but don't go back to the capital. Just stay outside the town. We can only stall for time until your family arrives, then the problem will be solved." Xie Bohuai will definitely come looking for Ye Wanning once he finds out about her trip to the imperial mausoleum, which is a big deal.

Ye Wanning dared not make any rash moves, for fear of causing trouble by not doing so.