Rebirth of the High Family's Beloved

It was half a month later that Yan Ci saw Xie Chengyin again.

There is still half a month left until Prince Xiang’s wedding.

Yan Ci was thinking about how to get an invitation to attend the wedding banquet at the palace when Xie Chengyin sent her a souvenir and invited her to have a drink at Songyaji.

Songyaji was as lively as ever. Yan Ci disguised himself this time and pretended to look at the paintings while he quietly ran to the top floor.

Pushing open the door of the room where Xie Chengyin usually stayed, the room was quiet. Yan Ci walked in quietly and saw the person sitting at the desk in the small compartment.

The man did not tie his hair today, only a jade hairpin to hold it up loosely. He was wearing a green gown neatly, with his eyes lowered and looking at the desk intently, his brows slightly furrowed, as if he was thinking about something.

Yan Ci leaned against the door frame and coughed loudly. Xie Chengyin, who was writing furiously, suddenly stopped writing and the beautiful words turned into a pool of thick ink.

Xie Chengyin raised his head with an unhappy look, and was about to scold the servant for coming in without his permission, when he met Yan Ci's half-smiley eyes.

The frown relaxed instantly.

He was about to call Yan Ci over, but when he saw Yan Ci's weird outfit, his brows frowned again.

"What are you dressing up like?"

Yan Ci looked back at himself. He was wearing a loose blue cloth shirt, bell-bottom pants of the same color, a dark cloth belt around his waist, a pair of black cloth shoes, and a slightly faded blue cloth hat on his head.

Yan Ci smiled and said, "I can't tell that, waiter!"

Xie Chengyin put down his brush and stood up, saying unhappily, "I know you are the waiter. I am asking you why you are dressed like this. You are so ugly."

"How can it be ugly? It's very down-to-earth, and it's really comfortable to wear. Do you want to get one too?"

"I do not want."

Yan Ci snorted coldly. If you don't want it, then don't want it. Why make such a proud and disgusted expression?

She dresses like this for the convenience of going out. Does she really think that she, a lady from a wealthy family, can go out so freely?

"What did you ask me to do?"

Every time he invited her over, he said she wanted to have a drink, which made me think he was inviting her to drink, but every time he just wanted her to drink tea as much as she wanted.

Xie Chengyin once again looked at Yan Ci with disdain, and then said, "You come."

Yan Ci walked to the table at Xie Chengyin's invitation and saw a hand-drawn map spread out on the table.

The map is very detailed, with houses, gardens, corridors, pavilions, and even every path is marked in detail.

"Where is this map from?"

"Prince Xiang's Mansion."

Yan Ci was stunned and couldn't help but look at the map more carefully.

The Prince Xiang's Mansion was not unfamiliar to her, but when she looked at it on the map, she realized that she knew nothing about it.

She didn't even know where the bridal chamber where she had stayed briefly when she married into Prince Xiang's mansion was.

She looked around the map, trying to find a familiar place, but although she knew the mountains, rivers and buildings, she couldn't find any familiar traces.

Xie Chengyin seemed to see what she was looking for, and his big hand suddenly covered the middle of the map, blocking Yan Ci's sight.

"Don't look for it. The house burned down a long time ago, and now a new building has been built. It is no longer the same as it was before."

Yan Ci looked away, "Then why do you let me watch this?"

Xie Chengyin picked up a red pen and drew a circle at a place on the map.

"This is where the new princess will live during her wedding."

Yan Ci's breathing barely audible stopped for a moment, and Xie Chengyin saw the dazed look in his eyes.

He continued, "On the wedding day, you just need to avoid this place and be careful in other places. I will be there too, but I'm afraid I won't be there in time, so be careful."

Yan Ci stared at that spot, wishing he could stare a hole in it.

After hearing Xie Chengyin's next words, she slowly turned her gaze away and looked at Xie Chengyin, "Do you know what I'm going to do?"

"I know. I'll help you."

Then Xie Chengyin used his red pen to make marks in several other places one after another.

"This is the residence of Concubine Yan Ru. Shen Zhaoyan rarely goes there, so there must be nothing suspicious. This is the study. On the wedding day, the palace's attention will be on the bridal chamber, so this place will be less focused. You can go in and take a look. This is Shen Zhaoyan's bedroom, which is heavily guarded, so you need to find the right opportunity to go there."

Xie Chengyin spoke in great detail and Yan Ci listened carefully. Before they knew it, two hours had passed.

After listening to Xie Chengyin's explanation of various places in Prince Xiang's Mansion, Yan Ci couldn't help but ask him.

"Why don't you tell me where that is?"

Xie Chengyin put the red pen back into the pen holder, rolled up the map on the table and stuffed it into Yan Ci's arms, and resumed his usual lazy tone, "No need. It's already a pile of wasteland, and there's not even a ghost to be seen."

Yan Ci smacked his lips, "Okay."

She stuffed the leather map into her wide sleeves, and then she remembered the reason why Xie Chengyin called her here.

"Didn't you say you'd buy me a drink? Let's go have a drink together."

Xie Chengyin glanced at Yan Ci and asked, "What do you want to drink?"

"Of course it's wine, otherwise my outfit would be wasted."

Xie Chengyin was dumbfounded. "You want to go drink in this outfit! If any restaurant lets you in, they will think you are their waiter."

"That's right. I'm hiding in plain sight. This way, they won't easily notice me. I can drink two more bottles of wine for free, and I can also use the opportunity of drinking to get some information. Isn't that the best of both worlds?"

Xie Chengyin looked at Yan Ci with disdain, "You are so unsuccessful. However, you are not like a waiter."

"Why doesn't it look the same?"

Xie Chengyin looked at Yan Ci, walked closer to her, put out his hands and tugged at her sleeves twice. Suddenly, the long sleeves became short sleeves, and the map that had just been stuffed in fell out.

He held his chin and examined it, then nodded, "Yeah, this is like more."

Not only that, the current Yan Ci is actually a real waiter, with his face deliberately painted black, his long hair covered by a hat, and he is dressed in a coarse blue shirt, looking very capable.

Just ...

Xie Chengyin looked at Yan Ci's half-exposed white arm, his eyes narrowed, and he immediately pulled down the sleeve he had just rolled up.

"Hey, why did you tear it off again? I thought it was fine just now."

"What's so good about that? You don't look like me at all. Hurry up and change your clothes. If you want to drink, I'll treat you to a drink without spending any money."

Yan Ci smiled immediately, "Are you serious?"

"real."

"But I don't have any clothes. It would be too troublesome to go back home."

"There are some in the next room, go change them."

Before she could ask why there were clothes in the next room, Xie Chengyin had already pushed her out of the room.

I could only walk to the door of the next room and push it open with a creak.

The two rooms have the same layout, the only difference is that the small compartment opposite is adjacent to this small compartment, separated by only a wall.

When Yan Ci walked into the small compartment, he saw a small wardrobe made of fine mahogany and carved with intricate patterns.

Yan Ci only took two glances and then opened the closet door.

Suddenly his eyes widened in surprise.