Ying Lan wasn't surprised that Bai Luochu was paying him a visit. In fact, he was wondering what took his mistress so long to come.

Even though Ying Lan could roughly guess the purpose behind Bai Luochu’s visit, he chose not to expose her intentions, “Mistress, why are you here so late at night? Are you here for supper?”

Bai Luochu became doubtful when she saw Ying Lan acting so casually. She didn’t know why everyone was acting differently around her recently.

“When I had lunch with Pei Rumo, I chanced upon Pei Qingfeng acting intimately with a girl similar to my age. To be so close to Pei Qingfeng, she’s definitely no simple person. If you have some free time, help me investigate her background. She should be part of the mysterious group of people who appeared in the capital city a few days ago.”

Ying Lan could feel the jealousy in Bai Luochu’s voice. It was a pity that his mistress didn’t realize that Pei Qingfeng was treating her differently from other young ladies. The worst part was her acting oblivious to her feelings for him.

This was a good thing as Ying Lan did not wish for his mistress to hate all men because of Lu Wenshu. After all, he wasn’t blind and could see how well Pei Qingfeng was treating her.

“Mistress, why the sudden change in decision? Didn’t you say something about laying low and avoiding trouble just a few days ago?”

Bai Luochu regretted her initial decision. Right now, her subordinate was using her words against her and she felt like she raised her hand to slap herself.

Since she had already said it, she had no reason to take back her words. She felt that if she retracted her order to lay low, the members of the Palace of Brilliance Resurgence would grow suspicious.

With regards to her sudden urge to investigate these mysterious people… Bai Luochu explained to Ying Lan, “Pei Qingfeng looks sociable and approachable, but in fact he’s extremely picky about the people around him. Out of the numerous pursuers he had, none of them could enter his eyes. Thus, this girl is definitely no simple individual, much less the group of people with her. Anyway, we should prepare ourselves as ‘know thyself, know thy enemy’.”

Just as Bai Luochu felt that her explanation was bullshit and wanted to explain further, Ying Lan had already agreed to it. 

“I understand Mistress, I will investigate these bunch of people personally.” Ying Lan sighed as he looked at the awkward Bai Luochu. It was obvious that she was surprised to see Pei Qingfeng acting intimately with other girls other than her.

Although the operation this time was dangerous, Ying Lan still agreed for the sake of his mistress.

Bai Luochu was at a loss of words after Ying Lan had agreed so readily. She even felt that it was rude for her to leave after achieving her goal. Before she was able to speak, Ying Lan cut her off, “Mistress need not say anymore, as long as it's your order, I will comply.”

Once Bai Luochu saw Ying Lan’s resolute look, she nodded her head in satisfaction and went back to her residence. 

At the same time, Pei Qingfeng was exhausted and lying in his study room. He was drained after following the energetic Ling Xian’er around the capital city for a day.

Since he managed to get his hands on the fox mask, he took it out and observed it in detail. The more he looked at it, the more he felt that it looked exactly like Bai Luochu and that it would look great on her if she put it on. 

When the guard saw his master smile even when he was so exhausted, he knew that his master was thinking of Young Lady Luo Chu. This guard felt a headache coming as he was deciding between revealing the bad news to his master or not.

As though he was able to see through his guard's thoughts, Pei Qingfeng started the ball rolling, “Go ahead and tell me what you want.”

The guard gathered his courage and slowly said, “Master, not long after you left, we received news that Young Lady Luo Chu had accepted the First Prince’s invitation. 

“What did you just say? After I went out with Xian'er today, Luoluo also went out with Pei Rumo?” Pei Qingfeng raised his voice and asked.

“Yes, that’s what happened.” The guard nodded his head unwillingly. 

After he confirmed it, Pei Qingfeng sat in his chair and was depressed for a long time before he asked, “Let me ask you, is it true that there have been many rumors regarding me and Xian'er in the capital recently?” 

The guard remained silent and simply nodded his head.

Pei Qingfeng became even more depressed, “Damn… She definitely knows about it…this time she’s definitely going to ignore me for a long time. 

“Master, if Young Lady Luo Chu heard it from others, things wouldn’t be so bad. However, if she personally saw you and Ling Xian’er…”

“I’m done for, completely done for. I can only pray that she never saw us...” A feeling of guilt blossomed in his heart and he felt as though he got caught cheating on his wife.

The guard saw that Pei Qingfeng was depressed and comforted him, “Master, you don’t have to worry about it. It is unlikely Young Lady Luo Chu saw the two of you.”