Chapter 10: Disguising Herself as a Young Servant to Leave the Manor

  "Be careful......" Hua Xiang Rong crouched down, quickly dashing to the back of a potted plant in the front yard, turning around and pulling on the bell that was following closely behind her: "In a moment, don't make a sound... act according to circumstances."

  "Miss, actually even if we disguise ourselves as servants, we can't get out..." Ling Tong looked at Hua Xiang Rong helplessly, rubbed his nose and then looked at her servant attire.

  "How can you be so sure?" Hua Xiangrong turned her head and rolled her eyes, no longer bothering to pretend to be the original elegant young lady: "Just follow me, come on..." Hua Xiangrong saw a few guards walking by in front of them and quickly took advantage of the opportunity to pull Ling Tong, who was smiling at her, to move forward.

  "Who goes there?" Suddenly, the guard who had just walked past turned around and gave them a cold stare.

  Hua Xiang Rong was shocked, and hastily grabbed onto Ling Tong's hand, quickly dashing into a nearby cluster of flowers like a mouse. Taking advantage of the guards' search, they turned around and fled towards the gate.

  When they got to the other side, Hua Xiang Rong took out a large basket from the bundle on Ling Tiao's back and added several green bok choy leaves inside. Then she crouched down, lowered her head and walked forward with Ling Tiao.

  "Halt!" The guard at the gate looked suspiciously at Hua Xiang Rong and Ling Tong, who were lowering their heads: "Were you two the ones who delivered vegetables to the mansion just now?"

  "Yes, yes." Hua Xiang Rong nodded repeatedly with a rough throat.

  "No way, didn't two people just come in earlier? But they left a short while ago?" Guard A coldly stared at Hua Xiang Rong.

  "Cough!" Hua Xiang Rong hastily continued, "That... the two people who just came in are with us. We arrived before your shift change at dawn, so you didn't see us today. Today's dishes are more than usual, perhaps there's something going on in your household, so we divided into two groups to deliver them."

  "Is that so......" Guard B stroked his chin: "Then why do you keep your head down? Lift it up!" The last few words were extremely rude.

  Hua Xiang Rong cursed silently in her heart, then suddenly lifted her head and smiled brightly at the two guards who were staring intently at her. Seeing that they were momentarily stunned, she quickly took advantage of the opportunity to grab the bell and lower her head to make a run for it.

  "Halt!" The two guards came back to their senses and hastily turned around, about to give chase.

  "Miss... Miss..." Ling Tong suddenly called out to her anxiously from behind, but Hua Xiang Rong was too distracted to care, and simply lowered her head, rushing out in a straight line.

  Suddenly, Hua Xiang Rong didn't see the road ahead clearly and only felt that she had bumped into a very solid and elastic place. However, her face still hurt and her nose was sore, so she cursed silently in her mouth. She abruptly lifted her eyes to look up, and then her mouth opened wide in shock, stunned on the spot.

  Xiao Yuehan's face wore a strange and almost mocking smile: "What is it that you wish to do, Your Highness?"