Wang Ze's medicine was, as expected, pretty good. Han Minghong had only just drunk it, but he could already feel a familiar urge. His body was already having a reaction. Having accumulated his desires for such a long time, he really wanted to have a release straight away. Additionally, with the lure of Fan Nuo'er before him, Han Minghong impatiently wanted to summon the 'clouds and the rain'—in other words, have sex.

"Instead of the candied fruit, I'd much rather eat you." Han Minghong leaned over and moved the candied fruit from his mouth to Fan Nuo'er's. Then he carried her in his arms over to the couch in the study.

Very soon, the imperial guards outside the study heard ambiguous sounds of playful laughter from the study…

Inside the Prime Minister's Manor, Du Xiaoli finished giving Old Madam Du a check-up and returned to her courtyard. She ate dinner and went upstairs very early to rest.

At lunchtime, she'd already told Du Yunhan that she wouldn't go to the academy anymore and asked if she could make arrangements to finish school. After all, it was just for her to experience the academy life for a while. If she could finish school, she'd rather not continue attending it.

Moreover, the matter of the Wind Blowing Snow martial art appearing in the world had stirred up too great of a storm in the Jianghu world. Although Du Xiaoli had the protection of the members of Water Moon Paradise, there would inevitably be people who would find out that the secret book for Wind Blowing Snow was in her possession. So, she now had to spend even more energy on practicing her martial art skills and increasing her strength in order to combat the threats that might come for her at any time.

Du Yunhan knew his daughter was very outstanding and that it'd be the same regardless of whether she attended the academy. Since she didn't want to go, he very coolly agreed to help her handle the formalities to finish school.

Upon entering her room, Du Xiaoli took out a box from her small bag and opened it. Lying inside it was precisely the Wind Blowing Snow secret book that was making everyone converge with greed, as well as Phoenix Flute, the weapon of Water Moon Paradise's sect leader.

She took out the flute and gently caressed the mouth of the flute. Then she let out a sigh and placed the flute back in the box.

Du Xiaoli noticed the secret book below the flute. She had previously thought of giving the secret book to Fairy Shui Qing, but the latter said there was a duplicate in Water Moon Pavilion. The problem was that no one could practice the Wind Blowing Snow martial art, so everyone practiced other martial arts. Since Du Xiaoli had already learned the Wind Blowing Snow, martial art, she should just continue keeping the secret book with her. This was because this secret book and the Phoenix Flute were meant to be together.

Inside the small bag, there was yet another box, and Du Xiaoli pulled it out. Then she took out the needles that were in the box in order to wipe them clean.

This set of needles was made by Blacksmith Wang back then. It was the first set of needles she possessed after she arrived in this world. So, even though she obtained other needles later on, she still retained this set of needles.

Seeing these needles made Du Xiaoli think of that time when she used them to expel poison from Han Mingze. He was definitely busy again during these two days that Zhao Zhen was here for negotiations.

As Du Xiaoli didn't need to attend the academy the next day, she practiced her martial arts all the way until the latter half of the night. The sky was already showing the marble white color of the dawn sky before she finally rested for a while.

In the morning, Du Xiaoli went to visit Silver. Unexpectedly, it started to rain not long after she returned to her courtyard. Du Xiaoli stood on the balcony and sipped her tea while listening to the sound of the rain beating against the bamboo leaves. She gazed at the continuous mountain range opposite and suddenly remembered something. Yesterday, she was too shocked that she forgot to ask Liu Mochen about the identity of those people that were chasing him!

"The python… Just which sect is it?"

"Mistress, Miss Ji has arrived," Xia Yuan said upon entering the room.

Du Xiaoli turned her head and immediately saw Ji Liuxia enter the room to find her sitting alone on the balcony and leisurely sipping tea while listening to the rain and looking at the mountains.

Ji Liuxia said, "Xiaoli, you're such a bad friend. To think that you're here being so free and unfettered by yourself!"

Seeing Ji Liuxia sit down in the rocking chair beside her with puffed-out cheeks, Du Xiaoli asked with a smile, "Why are you here? Did you start classes today?"

Ji Liuxia poured herself a cup of tea and complained, "Hmph, you still dare to bring that up?! I went to the academy today, and the result was that none of you are going to be attending class anymore! Jiangzhuo is preparing to get married, but I never imagined that you would all be finishing school! To begin with, I attended the academy to waste time. If it wasn't for Jiangzhuo and Yalan, I would have long since just gone home and stayed there. Now, all of you aren't attending class anymore. I won't either then."

"If you don't go to school, would General Ji agree to it?" Du Xiaoli asked.

"I don't care! I just don't want to go. I've already told my brother. My brother is always good to me, so he'll tell my father," Ji Liuxia said. Then she drank a mouthful of tea and wandered about on the balcony. "It's still you, Xiaoli, who knows how to live well. Sitting here and drinking tea while listening to the rain and gazing at the mountains… Ah, how pleasantly free and unfettered this is! If only Yalan-jie or Princess were here to play some music, that would be even better."

"You want to hear some music?" Du Xiaoli asked.

"Oh, that's right. I forgot you can play a musical instrument too. Ai, it's all your fault for being too remarkable. It made me forget you know how to play a musical instrument."

Du Xiaoli laughed and had Xia Yuan bring her a flute. Then Du Xiaoli played a tune, 《Idly Listening to the Autumn Rain》. This was a tune she would normally play recklessly at the last moment, but it was exceptionally in harmony with the current situation as if it existed precisely for this sort of scenery.

When the tune ended, Ji Liuxia let out a sigh.

"What's wrong? I'm not quite as good as Yalan-jiejie, but it shouldn't be so bad that it would make you sigh in despair, right?" Du Xiaoli teased as she put down the flute.

"I wasn't sighing about your tune. I thought of Jiangzhuo. Thought of how she only has a month or so before she has to get married and move away to the faraway Jiangnan, where she'll be suffering alone without anyone to rely on," Ji Liuxia said.

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