Once he enters the Jiaofangsi, he will be a pariah for life.

Jiaofangsi is the darkest corner of the palace. Many of the happy people are the children of poor families, relatives of guilty ministers, and prisoners of the previous dynasty.

Not only that, outside the palace, the Jiaofangsi also supervised government-run brothels. Those brothels were located in several alleys, like modern red light districts.

Even the more formal entertainment venue, Yingchun Tower, is inextricably linked to the Jiaofang Division. Officials like to have contact with high-end musicians in a more relaxed setting.

These tricks formed a huge "intelligence network", ranging from the daily life of the court officials to the gossips of the common people. Even if the official's wife lost a cat, they could all find out.

And Li Yunxi, who seems to be "all-knowing", is actually managing this "invisible" intelligence network.

In the side room, various facial masks were hanging messily on the wall, and there was a long shelf filled with costumes of different colors.

The cold sunlight passed through the small window lattice and shone on Sanyu, who was stroking his eyebrows in the mirror at the table and wearing a costume.

"Sanyu, stop painting and change your clothes quickly. His Highness the Fifth Prince wants to see you by name. He is waiting in the hall."

A singer dressed in red and green rushed in in a hurry,

"Sister Ying'er, is the Fifth Highness here?" Chang Yu smiled and put down his eyebrow pencil.

"Yes, he also brought a guest here. I heard he is a doctor. He is dressed very simply, in coarse cloth, but he has a very elegant temperament, like an immortal."

Ying'er's eyes gleamed and she became a nymphomaniac.

The smile on Sanyu's lips disappeared immediately, and he silently walked to the copper basin and began to wash off the half-made makeup.

"Do you think His Highness the Fifth Prince has a new love?"

Sanyu still didn't say a word. He faced the bronze mirror and wiped the remaining color on his face with a long towel. His fingertips touched the shallow marks on his neck. He recalled the ruthlessness in the eyes of the fifth prince when the tip of his fan penetrated. My heart throbbed hard, and a tear fell across the cinnabar mole in the corner of my eye.

Ying'er's heart ached when she saw the poignant tears, and she hurried forward and whispered advice in his ear.

"His Fifth Highness has a romantic streak. It's not worth feeling sad for him."

Sanyu hurriedly wiped away his tears with a long towel.

"It's just Sanyu who is being sentimental. My sister laughed at me. Sanyu will change his clothes right now. Please ask my sister to tell His Highness the Fifth Prince so that he can take more care of him."

Ying Er nodded and left. Sanyu took off his costume and found a long coat to put on. Halfway through, he felt that the color was too vulgar, so he took it off and tried to pick something more suitable from the hanger. At this time, someone came from behind. Come on, a very magnetic male voice.

"Although I have to wait to see a beauty, I can't bear my temper anymore."

"Your Highness, Your Highness."

Sanyu turned around and saw the energetic Li Yunxi walking through the door.

It seems like the first time I saw him, he is a silver dragon in purple clothes, with a smile in his eyes, and he is charming and suave.

Realizing that it was inappropriate for him to only wear obscene clothes, Sanyu hurriedly saluted, "The slave family didn't know that His Highness was coming. It was so abrupt."

"It doesn't matter, it's better to talk here."

Li Yunxi smiled slightly and leaned toward him while waving his fan.

Sanyu's eyes fell on the bronze bone fan. Under the reflection of the sun, the fan bones were shining and the plum blossoms were so delicate.

It was the exact same fan that almost killed him, and the one in Shen Qin's hand had Li Yunxi's handwriting written on it, "Don't look at what is inappropriate, I already own the fan."

Sanyu felt his heart aching again.

Noticing his gaze, Li Yunxi closed her fan and said with a smile.

"Yu Lang is so stingy. Are you still hating me?"

Chang Yu hurriedly lowered his eyes, "I don't dare!"

His eyes fell on the red mark on his neck, Li Yunxi sighed softly,

"Actually, even if Doctor Shen doesn't stop me, I won't kill you."

"I understand. His Highness is just warning me not to overstep my bounds."

Sanyu felt that his clothes were disheveled and indecent, so he searched for his clothes with his eyes.

"Let Sanyu put on a coat first."

"Hey, I think you look best in this one."

Mu Guiying's Linjia costume caught Sanyu's eyes.

"Your Highness?" He was confused and a little shy. He looked up and saw Li Yunxi's eyes like sparkling water. Under normal circumstances, this man was gentle and humorous.

"Let's practice "Mu Guiying Takes Command" again, and sing it at Prince Shenshi's birthday party tomorrow."

"No!" Sanyu respectfully reached out and took it.

After he fastened his clothes, Li Yunxi put a phoenix cloak on him.

Sanyu was flattered, his heartbeat was beating like a deer, and he was thinking wildly, why was the Fifth Prince so kind to him today? Has he "changed his mind"?

Li Yunxi patiently helped him tie his cloak, and then looked at the wall of masks.

He took off a ghost face with red hooks on a blue background and played with it, as if talking to himself.

"I am a selfish man, you should not put your heart on me."

His hidden thoughts were revealed. Sanyu was embarrassed and panicked, his face flushed, and he didn't know what to answer for a moment.

After a moment of silence, Li Yunxi said again, "Have I ever treated you badly in these years?"

Sanyu bowed his head and said, "Your Highness protects the slave family and is as kind as a mountain to the slave family."

Putting the ghost mask on his face, Li Yunxi smiled and said, "Does it look good?"

The facial makeup was really weird and ugly, but Sanyu didn't dare to say it bluntly, he just said it looked good.

"Yu Lang is trying to make me happy, but I just want to hear the truth. How can we talk to each other if we are all separated by masks? In other words, why do we need to talk to each other? After all, we are hiding behind masks. It’s the safest.”

Li Yunxi gestured the mask to Chang Yu's face, then took it off and threw it aside, "Yu Lang doesn't look good when he wears it. It's so ugly!"

Sanyu couldn't understand what Li Yunxi was talking about at all, or in other words, it was always difficult for him to resonate with Li Yunxi on a spiritual level.

He was sent to a theater troupe since he was a child. Although he suffered a lot, he was confined to the opera garden and did the work of pleasing the guests. He had no ambitions and his only wish was to become a "corner". Later, he got lucky and was protected by King Xi. No one dared to bully him again.

He worshiped Li Yunxi like a mortal blindly worshiping a god.

After looking at that beautiful face for a while, Li Yunxi turned around and sighed.

"I may not be able to protect you anymore."

Sanyu's face changed in shock and he knelt down hurriedly.

"What do you mean by this, Your Highness? Is it because I have some undue thoughts about Your Highness? I don't dare to ask for anything extravagantly. I will always hide it in my heart and not prevent Your Highness from falling in love with others."

Did he do something wrong? Why did His Highness the Fifth suddenly not want him?

Seeing that Li Yunxi neither turned around nor answered, Sanyu was trembling with fear. He was so frightened that he put aside his pride and kowtowed to Li Yunxi.

——Perhaps a lowly actor like him has no self-esteem.

Tears can't help but flow down.

He hates his own weakness and loves to cry like a woman.

"The slave family is willing to do anything for His Highness. I beg Your Highness not to abandon the slave family."

Li Yunxi said sternly without turning around.

"Get up! I can't stand your servility. People can be despised, but they cannot abuse themselves."

Sanyu stood up in a daze. He seemed to be disliked again.

"Yu Lang will have to walk on his own in the future."

Without much attachment, Li Yunxi strode out the door. When he reached the door, Chang Yu called out to him with a cry in his voice.

"Is it because of Dr. Shen?"

"Yulang, this has nothing to do with anyone else." Li Yunxi stopped and turned his face, his tone still gentle.

"Remember what we said when we first met? I never liked the weak Yu Ji, and preferred the heroic Mu Guiying. The tip of the sword should be pointed at the enemy, not my own neck. I hope that one day Yu Ji Lang can figure out his own path."

This was the rare time that Li Yunxi spoke to him seriously, which made San Yu feel strange and scared.

"Your Highness..."

Chang Yu looked at Li Yunxi's back with tears in his eyes, holding his chest in pain and squatting down.

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