When Shui Xinyuan woke up, he found a coat draped over him... He seemed to have fallen asleep sitting on a chair without knowing it.

Yun Shang also fell asleep on the chair next to her, her head slowly rocking back and forth.

"..."

Shui Xinyuan looked out through the gap in the rain-shielded window. The candles that illuminated the street last night had been extinguished. The sky was slightly bright. Even without lighting candles, he could barely see what was going on outside.

It's almost dawn.

Yun Shang took advantage of last night to hang three bells painted red by the door of the store. Only Lu Fusu should be able to understand this mark, and Zhuge Qing might also be able to guess it.

In short, apart from them, few people should be able to discover it.

All we can do now is wait.

Although it caused trouble for Yun Shang, I was too helpless at the moment.

Not just at this moment...

I have always been helpless.

How many times do you have to go through similar things before you can become strong?

Nowadays, you can only wait for someone else's rescue every time, and you will always be the protected party...

…I can’t do anything…

She covered her face with her hands and her top slowly slid off her shoulders.

After hearing the noise, Yun Shang's head shook suddenly.

"Ah... you're awake?"

"Um……"

Yun Shang rubbed her eyes, straightened her upper body, stretched and stood up.

"Hmm... my waist hurts when I sleep on the chair."

"Sorry, I asked you to stay with me here..."

"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. My bed is very hard anyway, and I will still get backache from sleeping on it."

"Thank you for your clothes."

"are not you cold?"

"not cold."

Yun Shang opened the rain window a crack, looked at the window, and muttered: "It's already morning."

"While everyone is still awake, let's go downstairs. I hope there are other rooms available besides the warehouse..."

"Just the warehouse, don't worry about me..."

Yun Shang patted Shui Xinyuan on the shoulder, as if to say, don't worry.

"Would you like to eat something first? Oh, be careful of the stairs."

After they went downstairs along the narrow and steep stairs like a ladder, the first floor was still quiet.

"In the morning, we all eat porridge and..."

Shui Xinyuan also followed Yun Shang into the kitchen.

At this moment, someone knocked hard on the door.

"..."

Shui Xinyuan and Yun Shang turned their heads and looked at each other.

"The person who came to pick you up? Or..."

"have no idea……"

As long as you see the other person's face, you can tell whether it is an assassin or not.

Yun Shang nervously grabbed Shui Xinyuan's shoulders.

"You stay here first. If the visitor is unkind, walk along the corridor to the end and escape through the back door."

"Yunshang..."

"I will try to trap him, remember! When you escape, you have to go north. After you exit the back door, run to the right, not to the left. There will be a lot of bad guys to the south."

After Yun Shang quickly explained, she was about to open the door, but Shui Xinyuan immediately grabbed her arm.

In addition to knocking on the door, there was also a cry of "Open the door quickly!" coming from outside.

That was not Lu Fusu's voice, nor was it Zhuge Qing's or Li Yuezhen's, nor was it the voice of anyone he knew.

"Don't trap him, it will bring you trouble."

"don’t worry."

"If it is the person who is chasing me, he has a knife in his hand."

"I've seen many people like this on Chunhua Street."

Seeing Shui Xinyuan still shaking his head, Yun Shang laughed.

"...Actually, I wanted to give up dancing before."

"What?"

"When you dance without anyone watching, you feel empty... But after seeing your dance, I changed my mind."

"..."

"I will continue to work hard...so you must also return to your husband."

"Yunshang..."

"Wait a minute, open the door right away!"

Yun Shang interrupted Shui Xinyuan and shouted towards the door.

The knocking on the door stopped.

"If someone is chasing you, you have to run away quickly. Remember... I'm going to open the door now."

After Yun Shang warned again, she shook off Shui Xinyuan's hand.

Even if it's not Lu Fusu, even if it's not Zhuge Qing and Li Yuezhen, at least I hope it's some supervisory censor.

I really hope it's them.

…please…

"Why don't you open the door yet!"

"I'm lighting a candle, wait a minute...who are you?"

Yun Shang neatly lit the candle in the candlestick in the corridor, put her hand on the door bolt, and asked through the door.

"I am the censor and I am looking for a woman. Please open the door first!"

"..."

If you are a supervisory censor, you will wear a jade that represents your identity.

Yun Shang unlocked the door bolt and slowly opened the door.

A dark shadow appeared.

Shui Xinyuan was nervous all over and looked carefully.

The shadow pushed open the door forcefully and walked into the candlelight.

Evil eyes...

"……Well!"

Yun Shang saw Shui Xinyuan taking a breath, and immediately threw herself at the man's waist. At the same time, the man saw Shui Xinyuan deep in the store and put his hand into his arms.

"...Run away!"

Upon hearing Yun Shang's shout, Shui Xinyuan immediately turned around.

Shui Xinyuan rushed to the back door, and behind him came the roar of a man and the sound of a chair falling to the ground.

...Yunshang, I'm sorry...

The assassin is looking for him and hopes that Yun Shang is safe and sound.

She ran and wiped her tears.

I am so worthless.

When I was in my hometown, I did everything I could by myself.

After becoming a palace concubine, most things were handled by myself.

However, after becoming a queen, she relied on others for help all day long. Not only was she unable to return to the palace on her own, she even sacrificed others in order to escape.
To be continued...