Chapter : 47

Yan Yunqing showed a surprised expression: "How could that be?

This is inside information that I managed to get with great difficulty, it can't be wrong!"

Yan Yunqing deliberately looked the old man up and down with a suspicious look, his eyes clearly revealing: Are you trying to trick me?

The old man couldn't stand being provoked and immediately got a little anxious:

"That's impossible. If there's any news from the prince's mansion, how could we not know?

And old lady Taylor is definitely the first to know. Her son is a guard in the prince's mansion!"

"Isn't that right? Old woman!"

The old man reached out and pushed the person beside him, "Where's the news about the prince's mansion recruiting new maids?

You probably haven't heard of it either, have you?"

The old woman, also known as Taylor in the old man's mouth, frowned and echoed the old man's words, "That's right. My son is a guard in His Highness the Fifth's prince's mansion.

I haven't heard from my son that the prince's mansion is recruiting new maids."

"Could you have been deceived?"

This time it was Yan Yunqing's turn to act anxious.

He said repeatedly: "Impossible! How could this be?

The person who gave me the news said that the prince's mansion had just recruited a new maid some time ago, and they will be recruiting a few more new maids recently!"

To show his anxiety, the purple-skinned fruit he was holding was about to be crushed.

The purple juice slid down his fingertips, but he didn't feel it at all.

The old woman was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then it dawned on her:

"They just recruited a new maid... Ah! You're not talking about Lady Nia, are you?"

Yan Yunqing paused for a moment and quickly compared it in his mind, then confirmed it.

This Nia should be Cornelia's alias.

It seems she really did take on a fake name and infiltrated the prince's mansion.

Fortunately, he didn't directly say Cornelia's name just now, but took a roundabout way to get information.

"Nia?" Yan Yunqing was puzzled, "I don't know any Nia. Is she the new maid?"

The old woman also learned from Yan Yunqing just now, looked around, and beckoned to Yan Yunqing.

When he came closer, she lowered her voice, "Oh, young man, you don't understand, do you?

She's not a newly recruited maid. Lady Nia is His Highness the Fifth's this—"

Saying that, the old woman raised her two little fingers.

The little fingers, which looked like they were wrapped in a layer of old tree bark, quickly touched and hooked together, "You know, she's not a newly recruited maid.

She only got into the prince's mansion because she's good-looking!"

Yan Yunqing looked surprised: "Is that so?

But why did that person tell me that she was a new maid recruited by His Highness the Prince?"

The old man was finally proven right.

With a triumphant look on his face, he waved his hand, "Hmph, that's just to fool you inexperienced people.

Those noble masters always like to play new tricks.

If they see a pretty girl, it's really a heavenly condemnation."

The old woman also nodded in agreement with the old man's statement, "Nowadays, any family in the capital with a pretty girl, if they want their girl to have a better life in the future, they hide them tightly. Who would send them to... that place!"

"You probably work outside a lot and don't know much about that person."

"I advise you, if your sister is decent-looking, you'd better hide her well and don't think about sending her there."

She shook her head and sighed, "Old woman will give you this piece of advice.

That's not a good place. People will die!"

"Just like that Lady Nia, I see her go to the pharmacy every two days, buying a bunch of healing potions at every turn.

I heard that there's not a single piece of good flesh on her body!"

Yan Yunqing lowered his eyes.

His dislike for this lecherous Fifth Prince Feu grew even stronger.

He also showed a look of fear, "So that's how it is.

Fortunately, I asked you, granny. If I didn't know anything and just bribed the manager to let my sister into the prince's mansion, not to mention whether I would get the money back, I'm afraid my sister's life would be lost too."

Yan Yunqing let out a long breath and patted his chest.

He looked at the old woman with admiration, "You are still the most well-informed, granny. You must be the one who knows the most on this street!"

When the old woman heard this, she grinned from ear to ear and waved her hand repeatedly, "No, no, I just know a little more than you young people.

With age comes experience, of course, I'm better than you young people! Otherwise, wouldn't I have been living in vain all these years?"

Yan Yunqing repeatedly agreed. The old man next to him snorted, as if he looked down on the old woman for boasting so much.

Yan Yunqing also praised the old man a few times, which smoothed over the old man and made him feel refreshed.

The two of them, in order to compete for who was the most powerful and knowledgeable old man and woman in Yan Yunqing's heart, directly started to reveal some unknown gossip on the spot.

Yan Yunqing's lips were about to break from holding back his smile.

There was such a good thing?

Sigh, this is what it's like to be popular.

Sometimes it's not that he wants to get the information, but that the information insists on being delivered to him!

Yan Yunqing chatted with the old woman for a while longer, and without a trace, he got out her son's usual schedule and some of his living habits.

He directly deduced the approximate patrol and shift change times of the prince's mansion from this.

The old woman probably hadn't even realized that she had unknowingly leaked the entire security arrangement of the prince's mansion.

There was no choice.

The commoners in this world were still very simple.

They probably couldn't figure out how someone could deduce the daily patrol schedule of the prince's mansion just from a guard's usual schedule and living habits.

Yan Yunqing, who was still not satisfied, received the five purple-skinned fruits the old woman had packed for him and a large handful of long-eared mushrooms she had given him.

Before he left, the two old people were still reluctant to part with him, wishing they could adopt him on the spot and interact more in the future.

There was no choice. Anyone who met such a sweet-talking young man, who could be praised no matter what topic was discussed, could pick up any conversation, and had such a good personality, would inevitably like him.

After successfully accomplishing his mission, Yan Yunqing pretended to be heading home normally.

He circled around in an irregular route twice again.

After confirming that no one was following him, Yan Yunqing met up with Lilian, who had come back from playing, and changed his disguise again.

His alternate identities were layered one on top of another.

Yan Yunqing was like an onion now. Peel off one layer of disguise, and there was another layer waiting.

"I've pretty much figured out the patrol schedule of the prince's mansion's guards.

I'll go confirm it tonight. If there are no accidents, we'll sneak in to find Cornelia tomorrow."

Unsure if there were any high-level guards in the prince's mansion, Yan Yunqing planned to be a bit stealthy.

He would first find Cornelia to ask about the specific situation. From what the old woman said, Cornelia's current situation was not good.

She had to come out to buy healing potions every few days, and there was not a single good piece of skin exposed outside her clothes. It was obvious that she had suffered some unspeakable abuse.

Yan Yunqing despised douchebag men who hit women and children the most, but he also suspected that Cornelia was doing it on purpose, because...

Yan Yunqing glanced at his game panel, at the column for Cornelia among his NPC friends.

[Lv.60 Cornelia]

A level 60 Sea Tribe mermaid, under the double debuffs of anti-magic and silencing, could still use her talent skill to repel an entire patrol squad of the auction house.

How could she be a simple character?

Yan Yunqing was very suspicious—no, he was basically certain now that Cornelia was definitely plotting something, which was why she was pretending to be such a pitiful, helpless, weak woman who could only rely on men.

But, what was she plotting that required her to pay such a great price?

Yan Yunqing didn't quite understand. If it were him, no matter what goal he wanted to achieve, he would never let himself suffer such a great grievance.

Was it her sister?

No... when Yan Yunqing was chatting with the old woman, he had hinted countless times and asked if the Fifth Prince had ever brought back a mermaid or any other special person, but the old woman knew nothing about it.

This was clearly impossible.

According to Feu's personality, if he had really brought back a mermaid, he would never have hidden the news so well.

At least his guards should have heard something.

So Cornelia's sister probably wasn't taken by Feu...

Yan Yunqing's thoughts turned. She wasn't taken by Feu, yet Cornelia still had to get close to him.

Did that mean the person who took her sister was related to Feu, and staying by Feu's side made it easier to get close to them?

Yan Yunqing leaned against the wall of the small alley, feeling the damp and gloomy atmosphere.

His mind was filled with a thousand thoughts, but before the main person gave any answer, these were all just his speculations.

Sigh, it seemed he still had to find an opportunity to have a frank talk with Cornelia.

Wouldn't it be better to exchange sincerity for sincerity?

What was the point of him guessing wildly here!

Yan Yunqing pressed his throbbing temples, feeling that he had been overusing his brain these past few days.

In his past eighteen years, he had never done such high-intensity reasoning every day.

He had simply stimulated all of his potential!

"Speaking of which, how did you get so much information?"

Lilian was curious, "You even know the patrol schedule of the prince's mansion's guards. This should be confidential, right?"

Yan Yunqing spread his hands, "I deduced it. Some very practical little tricks."

"This is what my parents taught me." Yan Yunqing remembered those past events, and the expression in his eyes couldn't help but soften, with a hint of nostalgia, "We used to play some small games... hmm, from a person's behavior, living habits, and some temporary traits they show, we would deduce what this person has recently experienced."

This little game had started when he was a child and watched anime.

He thought the skill of reasoning was amazing.

When his parents found out, they took the time to play this game with him, and it slowly became a habit.

This was the first time Lilian had heard Yan Yunqing mention his parents.

Seeing the gentleness in Yan Yunqing's eyes, she couldn't help but say:

"It sounds like a very interesting little game. Hmm... so what about your parents now?"

Yan Yunqing lowered his eyes and smiled, "They died in the line of duty a few years ago."

Lilian repeated: "Died in the line of duty?"

This term didn't exist in this world, so Lilian didn't quite understand it.

Yan Yunqing changed his explanation, "Hmm, to use your elven terms to describe it, for their great ideals, they chose to return to the Elven Mother Tree."

Lilian asked: "Then did their ideals come true?"

"Of course," Yan Yunqing said softly, "Completely realized."

Lilian smiled, "Then they must have been very happy."

Yes, very happy.

For elves, they never feared death. If they could die to realize their ideals, then the souls returning to the Elven Mother Tree would also be happy and warm.

Time seemed to stand still for a few seconds.

Yan Yunqing also curled his lips and agreed with Lilian's statement, "I think so too."

"Let's go, let's go check on Uncle Lane's situation first. I don't know if Uncle Lane is awake yet. I hope he's still obediently staying in the room and not running out to cause us trouble."

Yan Yunqing put his hands in his pockets and took the lead to walk out, "Lilian, the effect of your deep sleep spell shouldn't be too bad, right?"

"Hey, are you questioning the magic of the great Lady Lilian!" Lilian was very dissatisfied, "Let alone sleeping for a whole day, it's no problem for him to sleep for another three days and three nights!"

"Uh, let's forget about that. He would starve to death like that..."

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