After lunch, the sun was brighter. Yun Shang went out with Qin Yi and drove towards Lord Hua Guo's mansion in a carriage. But within a quarter of an hour, the carriage suddenly stopped. Yun Shang frowned and heard a voice of inquiry from outside with a bit of gasps, "Is Lady Rui in the carriage?"
Yun Shang winked at Qin Yi. Then Qin Yi lifted the curtain of the carriage and peeped out while asking, "What's up?"
Yun Shang looked at the man who spoke from the curtain of the carriage and frowned. The man standing outside seemed to be the servant of Liu Yinfeng.
The servant also saw Yun Shang and smiled. "Your Highness, my master wants to have a cup of tea with Lady Rui upstairs."
After a short silence, Yun Shang nodded and said to Qin Yi, "Let's go."
Qin Yi had no idea who his "master" was. But judging from Yun Shang's expression, Qin Yi thought that she must know him. So she nodded, opened the door, and got off the carriage first. Then she helped Yun Shang come out of the carriage..
The servant smiled and led Yun Shang in the opposite direction for a while until they arrived at the gate of the Long Feng Tower. On the way, the servant said politely, "My master was drinking tea just now. When he looked out, he saw the carriage of Your Highness. Thus he asked me to invite Your Highness to come up for tea. I ran after the carriage for a long time before I caught up with it. Luckily, it's in the downtown area. The carriage can't run fast. Otherwise, even if I had an extra leg, I couldn't catch up with it."
Yun Shang didn't respond. The servant went on saying as if to himself, "My master has such sharp eyes. He could see your carriage even if he was sitting up on the second floor."
Yun Shang frowned. The servant noticed it and said nothing more. He led Yun Shang to the second floor, walked to the innermost, and opened the door of a private room on the right.
As soon as the door was opened, Yun Shang saw Liu Yinfeng sitting at the table, smiling at her.
Qin Yi also saw Liu Yinfeng and paused. She thought to herself, 'Isn't he the military counsellor of the State of Xia? Why does it seem that they are quite familiar with each other?'
Qin Yi was thinking when she heard Liu Yinfeng say, "A Yun, come in and have a seat."
Hearing how Liu Yinfeng addressed Yun Shang, Qin Yi nearly stumbled over the threshold of the room. She quickly stabilized herself and looked up at Yun Shang, but to see that Yun Shang looked calm as if she had been accustomed to it. In her heart, Qin Yi couldn't help guessing again, 'What is the relationship between the man and Lady Rui?'
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