I became the God Brother of the Regent King after Transmigration!

Zijin must be worrying about me now.

"I handed it to you to prevent body searches when entering the palace, but no one has searched me yet."

"Then let me rescue Master!" Meiduo suddenly realized something, her tone excited for a moment, then quickly covered her mouth with her small hand, "I, I can use the dagger to gently pry open the slats on the window, and Master can get out through the window, or I can steal the guard’s keys—"

"No!"

Gu Lan quickly spoke up to stop her, the boy’s dark eyes suddenly became as sharp as awls, displaying an expression Meiduo had never seen before, serious, making her heart race.

"Meiduo, everything is under Master’s control. You must trust Master and never act rashly, okay."

Gu Lan realized she might have scared the little girl, so she coughed lightly and softened her voice.

Meiduo nodded blankly, her eyes red as if she might burst into tears at any moment: "But... I also want to do something for Master. I don’t want to see Master suffer."

Her master taught her so much and was so gentle, the best master in the world. How could he be locked up by the bad Emperor in a dark, sunless house?

Gu Lan blushed, revealing an awkward smile, and said word by word:

"There is actually one thing... Master asks Duoduo for help."

Young Master Gu’s face had never been so red.

She composed herself and calmly explained to Meiduo.

...

The young girl, being mature for her age, quickly understood her meaning.

Meiduo left, and half a two-hour later, she returned and handed a clean menstrual belt to Gu Lan.

"Goodbye, Master... I, I’ll come back to see you tomorrow."

The little girl stammered and took two steps back in a daze, stumbling as she walked, almost falling—

Her name was Ashina Meiduo, a Qiangrong princess.

Her master was her father’s eldest uncle, and she had also developed feelings for her master, only to finally discover that her master was a beautiful elder sister...

The precocious little girl became a heartbroken girl at midnight.

Despite being so shocked, Meiduo managed to stay calm, sneaking into the side room of a Gongbu’s concubine’s daughter in the West Hall to find what Gu Lan needed, showing great potential for inheriting her skills.

Gu Lan couldn’t help but call her back, lowering her voice with helplessness and amusement: "Duoduo, be careful of the patrolling imperial guard, remember to come early tomorrow."

She felt like she had become a tempting scam artist for kids.

Looking at the cotton object Meiduo handed her, she hid it carefully, then deeply missed her modified items in the Marquis Mansion.

Shortly after Meiduo left, in the silent, cold night, came a faint yet crisp cuckoo call.

Gu Lan twitched the corner of her mouth, thinking who designed this signal; in the middle of winter, how could there be cuckoos?

Sure enough, after a few calls, a young stranger wearing eunuch’s robes appeared where Meiduo had just stood.

Through the mottled moonlight and wooden slats, the eunuch’s appearance was clearly visible.

It was a delicate and fair handsome face, looking about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a gentle scholarly aura that made people feel at ease.

Gu Lan was unsure if this little eunuch had heard anything, but she could feel that when she was talking to Meiduo, the courtyard was empty.

Just as she was about to ask if he was from the Crow Building, the little eunuch introduced himself:

"I am Cheng Yu of the Inner Supervision; Princess Ning’an is my savior... I am on duty here, and that little girl was also let in by me."

Gu Lan’s pupils constricted, her voice turning colder: "You discovered her?"

He discovered Meiduo while neither she nor Meiduo discovered him? Does this mean this little eunuch’s martial arts are even more profound than hers?

Only then did Cheng Yu realize that the young person across the window, despite being imprisoned for half a month, was not at all as weak as he imagined. On the contrary, she had a face as beautiful as jade, and her ink-like, translucent eyes exuded a chilling authority that made one submit, like a sharp sword gleaming in the night.

No wonder she was someone the Princess liked...

Cheng Yu snapped back, his identity and upbringing made him display a pleasing smile, speaking softly:

"The young girl’s Stealth Technique is indeed excellent; I initially didn’t notice, but I was born with exceptional hearing and caught the conversation between Young Master and her later on... Rest assured, Young Master, those four guards are sleeping soundly, and as for Eunuch Zhong, they’ve drunk tonight and aren’t here, leaving only me to guard this place."