Chapter 471 - Proper Palace Intrigue (10) (1/2)

“Mistress, just what are you looking for?” Tao Qin watched as Shi Sheng entered the library like a bandit entering a village, rummaging through the bookshelves.

How was Shi Sheng supposed to know what she was looking for? She was just trying her luck by searching randomly and seeing if she could find anything of use.

‘Eh? This drawing actually isn’t ugly.’

“Mistress…” Tao Qin’s face flushed bright red and she hurriedly blocked the pictures from her vision with her hands. “Why are…these here?”

‘This is an academy, why would there be something so…improper here? And you’re even looking at it with such a calm expression…’

Shi Sheng shook the book before placing it in Tao Qin’s hands. “Bring it back.”

“Ah? This…” ‘Why would you want to take this type of book back?’

Shi Sheng managed to find several more non-PG13 books from this pile. It seemed someone had managed to sneak some in amongst the rest.

Shi Sheng took the ones that had better style and gave them to Tao Qin to hold.

“Mistress… Let’s hurry up and get out of here.” Perhaps due to it being her first time doing something like this, Tao Qin’s voice was beginning to shake.

Pages could be heard rustling as Shi Sheng flipped through and scanned each book before abandoning them.

‘Don’t understand. Can’t read this one. Who the hell wrote this? It looks like dog scratchings!’

Shi Sheng tossed the book aside and leaned against a shelf. ‘There are so many books here—how long am I going to have to search to find the one I need? Also, where is Weiyang Palace exactly?’

“Is there really not a Weiyang Palace?” Shi Sheng suddenly asked.

Tao Qin shook her head. “Really, Mistress. Though I suppose it could’ve existed in the past and just had its name changed.”

‘At least, I’ve never heard of a Weiyang Palace ever since I entered. Why is Mistress asking about this all of a sudden?’

Shi Sheng scratched her head as she leaned against a bookshelf, pondering.

Her gaze suddenly changed and she lifted a finger against her mouth, indicating to Tao Qin to stay quiet.

All the hairs on Tao Qin’s body stood on end. ‘Someone’s here! If they see Mistress… Shit shit shit! Mistress, where are you going?!’

Shi Sheng gestured for her to stay silent and quickly rounded a shelf, vanishing from Tao Qin’s sight.

There was silence for a long time. Just as she was beginning to panic, she suddenly heard a commotion.

Tao Qin took off running in the direction of the noise.

After passing several shelves, Tao Qin saw them and froze. Shi Sheng was currently pressed up against a shelf by a man. One of his hands was holding her wrist, making sure she couldn’t move her sword.

The noise from before should’ve been from the sword sweeping the books on the shelves to the floor.

The two were currently in such an ambiguous position, Tao Qin didn’t even want to look at them. Though the truth was that Shi Sheng had a dagger against the man’s abdomen, out of Tao Qin’s sight.

“Let go.” Shi Sheng spoke calmly.

The man’s gentle gaze swept past Shi Sheng’s face. “Milady attacked me first—why should I be the one to let go?”

“Why would I have attacked you if you weren’t acting so shifty?” ‘This guy is actually pretty good at fighting.

*flips table*! This weak ass body! If I don’t sneak attack, then I can only lose in a straight up fight! I really have to thank the fact that Yuwen Xun’s so paranoid he didn’t have his people charge in…’

“Why would I be acting shifty if I hadn’t seen Milady sneak in through the window?”

‘…Fuck! So it’s still my(lz) fault?!’

“I(lz) said let go!” Shi Sheng thrust her dagger towards him.

The man’s lips raised slightly in a perfect arc.

Shi Sheng ground her teeth. ‘Seduction is useless against me(lz)! Don’t think I’ll(lz) show mercy just because you look good!’

“Hss—” The man released Shi Sheng. ‘She really dares to stab…’

Shi Sheng hadn’t been gentle—the dagger had already sunk in a few centimetres and had definitely left quite a mark on his body.