Clouds and Moon Shadow

Chapter 468 The masked man, could he be the saintess's lover?

Princess Lianye's low spirits were suddenly jolted awake by Gu Qingyue's words.

She looked up, thought for a moment, and said, "Young Master Pan lives in a courtyard with a big tree at the entrance on Heyi Street. Sister Saintess usually lives in Changsheng Garden. As for other places... let me think about it some more."

"Alright, I'll send someone over to wait. I'll let you know if Young Master Pan or the Holy Maiden return."

Upon hearing this, Princess Lianye immediately became happy. "Young Master Ye, you are such a good person," she said, then looked closely at Gu Qingyue's face.

He paused for a moment, then added, "You and your stepsister do look a bit alike, especially your eyes."

As she spoke, she turned around and got into the carriage.

Gu Qingyue froze. Was she remembering the 'sworn sister' she had made up about buying the Forget-Me-Not Elixir again?

Ugh, why do I suddenly feel like I'm a bit bad?

Back at Qin Fang's villa, the group sat down in the main hall.

Princess Lianye lay sprawled on the round table, her head resting on her arm, looking languid.

"I remember when I was little, the saintess often took me to play in the mountains. We stopped going after I grew up, and I don't even know where it was anymore, but—"

Princess Lianye thought for a moment, "It seems to be in a mountain valley, with many houses, many flowers, very beautiful, and even a fishpond! There's a particularly fat red fish in it, and oh yes, there's an uncle who always wears a mask..."

No sooner had she finished speaking than a loud 'bang' was heard, startling Gu Qingyue so much that she knocked over the teacup she had just picked up.

A middle-aged man wearing a mask?

Could it be the person she dreamed about when she returned from the Valley of a Thousand Flowers last time?

Is that Master?

She has been unable to contact her master since he left four months ago.

wrong!

Master has only been gone for a little over a year. Princess Lianye said that the person she met when she was a child was not Master!

Thinking of this, she suddenly felt relieved. It was good that it wasn't true!

But who could it be?

Gu Qingyue's heart was still beating a little fast, an uncontrollable feeling. She always felt that something was about to break through the soil, but she could never find an outlet.

This feeling is very uncomfortable.

Gu Yuanen stood at the door, watching Gu Qingyue's obvious loss of composure. He didn't know what was wrong with his little sister and was very anxious, but he was a junior guard and couldn't go in.

Qin Fang glanced at Gu Qingyue's reaction, his expression one of curiosity and confusion.

Mu Yun Chu, who was standing next to Gu Qing Yue, reached out and grabbed her shoulder, pressing it down. "Brother Ye, be careful!"

After saying that, he gave her a look that told her to be quiet.

Gu Qingyue saw those deep, dark eyes and suddenly came to her senses. She nodded.

"You mean... there was an old man wearing a mask?"

Princess Lianye glanced at the teacup that had fallen to the ground and shattered, and nodded, puzzled.

“He doesn’t talk much, and sometimes he ignores me. The way he looks at me is a bit like how your stepsister looked at me last time. I always feel that they are very similar.”

Gu Qingyue clenched her fist, trying to calm herself down. "Does it look similar? What does it look like?"

Princess Lianye clearly couldn't quite describe his appearance. After racking her brains, she finally said, "He was very cold, very... fierce, and told me not to go there to play, and to go home immediately."

Upon hearing this, Gu Qingyue lowered her head and fidgeted with the hem of her dress. "Can you tell me what he looks like?"

Princess Lianye sighed, "He was very tall, I can't remember exactly. He was very aloof and often wore a gray cotton robe. He liked to read a book and seemed to be able to paint as well. However, once when I saw him painting, I noticed a scar on the web of his right hand, which looked very ugly."

As soon as she finished speaking, she looked up at Gu Qingyue and said, "Young Master Ye, why are you asking about him? I don't like him."

After saying that, he lazily lay down on the round table again.

Gu Qingyue breathed a soft sigh of relief. "I'm just looking for clues to find the Holy Maiden. Sigh, how strange, how come there's a masked person in the mountain valley?"

"Yes, it's so strange. He's an oddball. He ignores the Holy Maiden Sister. Once, the Holy Maiden Sister even cried in anger," Princess Lianye murmured to herself.

Upon hearing this, Gu Qingyue and Mu Yun Chu, who were sitting at the table, narrowed their eyes slightly.

Qin Fang, however, became interested. He took out a jade cicada from his sleeve and played with it, half-jokingly saying, "So that person can make the Holy Maiden cry? He really doesn't know what's good for him."

Princess Lianye glanced at Qin Fang. "I already told you that person is annoying. The Holy Maiden is so good to him, but he doesn't even look at her. Humph!"

After saying that, he drifted off into thought again, clearly in low spirits.

That night, in Qin Fang's study.

"Who do you think the young princess was talking about is?" Qin Fang asked, leaning back casually in his armchair, his eyes slightly narrowed.

"Who could it be? According to what that little princess said, could it be the Holy Maiden's lover?" Qin Fang stroked his chin, continuing with a gossipy expression.

Gu Qingyue hesitated for a moment, then paused, "I dreamed about him!"

Mu Yun Chu turned around in surprise, "Does A Yue know who he is?"

Gu Qingyue shook her head. "I dreamt about him the night I came back from the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers. It was very strange. I didn't recognize him. At first, I thought it was my master... but the timing didn't match up."

"Master? You have a master?" Qin Fang asked in surprise.

Gu Qingyue rolled her eyes. "Why can't I have a master?"

Upon seeing Mu Yun Chu's expression, Qin Fang immediately surrendered, "Of course Princess Li can have a teacher, I was wrong," and then revealed a sly smile.

"Getting back to the point, he's a very mysterious person. Maybe we'll run into him when we go to the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers," Gu Qingyue thought for a moment, but couldn't figure out his identity, so she gave up on the idea.

"So what are you planning to do next? Go straight into the Valley of a Thousand Flowers?"

Qin Fang looked at the two people in front of him with excited eyes. He felt that King Li was becoming more and more capable, and he even dared to provoke the Holy Maiden of Nanzhao.

However, this was none of his business. The eldest prince had the closest relationship with the Wizarding Hall, and Qin Fang wanted to see anything that could bring misfortune to the eldest prince.

What is a saint?

To these merchants, they were nothing more than a vampire outside the Nanzhao court.

In addition to the taxes paid to the imperial court each year, the Wizard Temple also collects taxes once more. Wouldn't it be better to keep the money for themselves?

He was pleased that the saintess was in trouble.

Especially this time when he went back, his father told him about the grudges between the Qin family and the Wizard's Hall.

He had even less affection for the Wizarding Temple.

Gu Qingyue didn't have time to notice Qin Fang's restless gaze; her mind was racing. Suddenly, she turned to Mu Yun Chu and asked, "Shall we go take a trip?"

Mu Yun Chu immediately understood, pondered for a moment, and nodded.

"We're leaving now," Mu Yun Chu's cool voice rang out in the room.

When Qin Fang looked up again, he only saw the backs of Mu Yun Chu and Gu Qing Yue, their figures flickering in and out of the light of the corridor lamps.

The two figures, one tall and one short, were mysterious yet harmonious, a scene that Qin Fang would remember for many years to come, a scene that he would envy for the rest of his life.