In the novel "Joy of Life," the protagonist wakes up at Li Chengze's residence.

"Your Highness, should I investigate further?" Xie Bi'an asked, his right hand resting on his sword as he followed behind Li Chengze.

"No need. We've checked more than once, and we still can't find her. What's the point of checking her again?"

During the days the woman was unconscious, the Second Prince practically turned the entire capital upside down.

Various informants took turns investigating, but found not a single trace of her.

As the saying goes, even a fly leaves a mark when it lands, but this person really doesn't.

This shows that... this person is indeed someone of considerable background, and it's unknown which organization he belongs to, but he managed to leave such a trace.

Li Chengze crossed his arms, looked at the hem of his clothes, noticed a speck of dust, and dusted it off.

Xie Bi'an, standing behind him, almost habitually scanned his prince's clothes with his eyes to make sure there wasn't a speck of dust before looking away.

"Have him keep an eye on the person and make sure they don't get lost."

"Yes, Your Highness. Everything has been arranged. Fan Wujiu is hiding on the roof, keeping a close watch."

After saying that, he took Xie Bi'an out of the mansion and headed to the poetry gathering.

I plan to go and meet Fan Xian, who just came from Danzhou.

In the courtyard next to the poetry gathering, Li Chengze was reading "Dream of the Red Chamber" in his right hand and popping a grape into his mouth with his left.

This wasn't the first day he read the book, but he did finish it today.

He placed the book face down on the table after finishing reading, thinking to himself, "This person does have some talent."

The person who can write this kind of book will definitely make Kyoto even more fun.

"Your Highness, Fan Xian has come from the front hall," Xie Bi'an said from under the eaves.

"Yes, bring him here. I want to see him." Li Chengze covered half of his face with his hand, revealing his slightly downturned eyes.

On the other side, Tao Jingyang quickly slipped out of bed after Li Chengze left.

She quietly opened the door, but there was no creaking sound as she had expected.

Tao Jingyang couldn't help but sigh inwardly, "The doors in this prince's residence are of such high quality; they're perfect for my escape."

The first thing she did after stepping out of the room was to look for the front door.

But...where is the gate?

Where's the door?

She observed the layout of the mansion for a while and saw that there was a small garden in front of her with a small gate.

She crept up to the small door and discovered there was another small door on the right.

......

Turn right, through the small door—

Turn left, through the small door—

Go straight, through the small door.

I've been out for ages, gone through three gates, and still haven't gotten out.

Good heavens, is this just a big yard or is it some kind of maze?!

Not only that, but the mansion was completely silent, without a single living person in sight.

There weren't even any small animals; the only living creatures were the cicadas chirping "wen wa~ wen wa~" in the trees.

"It's really nice. This courtyard is bigger than the Imperial Garden in the Forbidden City." Tao Jingyang leaned against an old tree with one hand and put his other hand on his hip, talking to himself.

After passing through several more doors, she finally saw people.

Not only could we see people, but we could also see the gate.

The two guards at the door were staring at Tao Jingyang.

The three looked at each other in bewilderment. Perhaps only Tao Jingyang was shouting in his heart, "No way! Who keeps guards in their household?!"

Isn't this blatantly a way of keeping an eye on me?!

Upon seeing Tao Jingyang, the two armored men suddenly drew their swords and stood there like door gods, their eyes fixed on her intently.

"Hi..." Tao Jingyang greeted him with a grin, then pretended to be nonchalant and wandered off to other places.

She turned and left, tears streaming down her face.

She chickened out, completely chickened out, and decided to stay here and pretend to be a fortune teller to make a living.

While we're at it, let's also change Li Chengze's fate.

However, this Second Prince is inherently suspicious and seems to have very low security.

She then pondered how to gain Li Chengze's trust.

Just then, a small door suddenly opened at the back of the mansion, and two maids with their heads bowed entered.

The two men seemed to be carrying something in their hands, and walked straight towards the room where she had just rested without looking to the side.

Seemingly unaware of Tao Jingyang standing in the courtyard at that moment.

Tao Jingyang: O_o

What are these two doing?