Severed ties and living in a dilapidated house? No worries, the poor thing has a space.

Sang Mo clung to Baili Jiyan like a stubborn plaster, pitifully crying, "Lord Baili, you know, I truly have nowhere to go..."

Having witnessed the strange atmosphere between the two, Fu Ju quickly stepped forward to put away Su Xin's sword and said to her in a low voice, "Xin'er, Miss Su is still waiting. Let's go in quickly."

Despite Su Xin's continued suspicions about the suddenly appearing female assassin.

But she also knew that Baili Jiyan, just like herself, cared about her sister's safety.

After a brief moment of thought, Su Xin put aside her doubts and replied, "Alright, let's go."

As Fu Ju brushed past Baili Jiyan, he patted Baili Jiyan on the shoulder and gave him a meaningful look.

Baili Jiyan, without even turning his head, simply lifted his foot and left the spot.

Sang Mo was naturally unwilling to give up, and chased after him at a jog, grabbing Baili Jiyan's clothes when he had the chance.

He continued to plead, "Lord Baili, please have mercy! Princess Qin won't take me in, and now I'm truly desperate. Besides, I haven't eaten anything all day..."

Her stomach also cooperated by making gurgling sounds.

Her thoughts suddenly drifted back to Jizhou, to the sight of her crying with teary eyes when she finally found her home.

Looking at the woman before him, Bai Lai Ji Yan felt a strange tenderness welling up in his heart.

He sighed helplessly and said, "There's a restaurant up ahead."

Having said that, he strode towards the restaurant.

Sang Mo was overjoyed and quickly quickened his pace to catch up.

After entering the restaurant, we ordered our food and waited quietly for it to be served.

After Sang Mo started eating, Baili Jiyan took out a bag of silver from his pocket and placed it on the table: "After you finish eating, you can leave."

Before he finished speaking, he got up and left the restaurant.

Watching Baili Jiyan's departing figure, Sang Mo put down his chopsticks, took a deep breath, and thought, "This guy is really hard to deal with!"

In the palace.

Su Xin looked Su Yu up and down again and again: "Sister, seeing that you are safe and sound, I can finally put my mind at ease."

Su Yu smiled and replied, "With Yan'er's meticulous care and protection along the way, nothing will happen to me."

The two sisters hadn't sat together and talked freely like this in a long time.

Su Xin and Fu Ju spent a day with Su Yu at the Prince of Qin's residence.

As darkness was about to fall completely, Sang Mo had been waiting anxiously near the Qin Prince's mansion for an entire day, keeping a close eye on the two tightly closed gates.

From dawn till dusk, she neither saw Su Yu emerge from the palace nor spotted Su Xin.

The Prince's mansion was heavily guarded, and she couldn't get in at all. Waiting like this, pointlessly, was clearly not a solution.

After much deliberation, she decided it would be better to go find Baili Jiyan.

Baili Jiyan and Su Yu were on very good terms. Since Su Yu could freely enter and leave the Prince of Qin's residence, it shouldn't be a problem for Baili Jiyan to enter the residence of the Minister of War.

However, if one wants to stay in the Minister's residence for a long time, one will probably have to come up with a more thoughtful plan.

Baili Jiyan was exhausted after a long day of travel.

He only returned to the Minister's residence now because he was investigating the hidden pattern.

As soon as he entered the mansion, Lord Baili summoned him to his study.

Baili Jiyan stepped into the study, his tired expression vanishing, replaced by a gentle one. He bowed respectfully and said, "Grandfather, is there something important you need to tell me?"

Lord Baili pulled him down to sit, squeezed his arm with concern, and said, "You look so haggard from investigating the weapons."

As he spoke, Lord Baili stood up, poured him a cup of hot tea, handed it to him, and said, "Have a sip of tea to calm your nerves."

After he finished his tea, Lord Baili asked, "Have you encountered something difficult? Why don't you tell your grandfather, and he'll try to think of a solution for you?"

Baili Jiyan took out the pattern from his bosom: "Then I'll trouble you, Grandfather, to take a look."

Lord Baili took the paper, and as soon as his eyes fell on the pattern on it, his brows furrowed tightly.

He examined it for a while, then hissed softly, looking puzzled: "It looks somewhat familiar. How about this, I'll have someone check it out tomorrow."

With one more person, there's always more strength, so Baili Jiyan nodded and said, "Okay."

Lord Baili carefully put away the papers, and then his hand unconsciously fell on a blue book without a name that was placed in the corner of the table.

His brows were furrowed, and he looked very worried.

Baili Jiyan was watching his grandfather's every move. Seeing this, he subconsciously frowned and asked softly, "Grandfather, is there something you want to say to your grandson?"

Lord Baili's lips moved slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but he swallowed the words back, hesitant to speak.

His slightly wrinkled fingertips gently stroked the blue book, again and again, the movements slow and hesitant.

Baili Jiyan immediately realized that what his grandfather wanted to say was very likely related to this blue book.

He reached out, gently moving Lord Baili's hand away from the book with one hand, and then picked up the blue book with the other.

Just as he was about to open it to take a look, Lord Baili finally spoke.

“Grandfather feels that you have suffered a lot outside for so many years. Grandfather is getting old and just wants someone to take care of you. These are all girls that Grandfather has seen, girls with clean backgrounds. Take a look and see if there is one you like.”

This is a booklet containing information about women of marriageable age.

As Baili Jiyan turned the first page and his gaze fell on the gentle-looking woman in the painting, another lively figure unexpectedly flashed through his mind.

The figure flashed like a ray of light, instantly capturing his entire mind. His heart skipped a beat, and he instinctively closed the book, his breathing becoming somewhat disordered.

In his panic, he quickly said, "Grandfather, these are turbulent times, let's talk about these things later."

As soon as he finished speaking, he hurriedly put down his book, gave Lord Baili a quick bow, and left the study in a hurry.

Lord Baili sighed heavily and slowly shook his head.

Although his grandson had only recently been recognized as a member of the family, he was still a direct descendant, so how could he not understand his grandson? It was just that matters of the heart couldn't be forced.

The butler quickly stepped forward and gently comforted him, "Master, there's no need to worry too much. In my opinion, the young master will probably let it go soon. Young people's feelings will fade with time."

Lord Baili's face grew even more worried: "He has to let go, no matter what. She is still the Princess Consort of Qin. I'm just afraid that this silly boy will keep these feelings to himself. If he keeps them bottled up for too long, it won't work out for him."