"You little fool, what are you doing?" Cold-Blooded Fifth flashed to Ye Lang's side, watching him make the already messy place even more chaotic.
"I'm collecting it, Little Five. I've discovered that our bodies are really useful now. Collecting this used to be very troublesome, requiring a lot of care, but now it's much easier!" Ye Lang said without turning his head, continuing to work on the strange flower.
"What is this? What is it used for?" Cold-Blooded Fifth asked.
"This is a rare herb that can be used in medicine... specifically to make alchemical potions. However, most people wouldn't know about it. It's my secret recipe. I obtained one, but I killed it. Luckily, I managed to collect some." Ye Lang said as he continued to work with the strange flower.
"... I think this one will soon follow in the footsteps of the previous one and die soon!" Cold-Blooded Fifth looked at the poor flower and silently mourned for it.
"It may die, but I collected the seeds, so it will grow," Ye Lang said nonchalantly. He had no intention of letting this plant live this time.
"... Then hurry up, or we'll be in trouble if someone finds out!" Cold-Blooded Fifth said helplessly, reminding Ye Lang.
"It's alright, at worst I'll just pay them compensation. I have plenty of money!" Ye Lang said nonchalantly.
"..."
"Alright, all done! Aren't you going to keep looking at the flowers?" Ye Lang finished his work shortly afterward and asked Cold-Blooded Fifth curiously.
"No need, I've already finished watching! You little fool, let's go!" Cold-Blooded Fifth said softly, patting the dirt off Ye Lang's body, his expression becoming very gentle.
"No need for that, watch me!" Ye Lang, oblivious to Cold-Blooded Fifth's gentleness, rudely disrupted the peace, activating several purification Alchemy Array to cleanse himself of all the dirt and dust.
"Let's go, you little fool, let's find a way out!" Cold-Blooded Fifth pulled Ye Lang and jumped onto the puppet.
Just as Ye Lang was about to control the puppet to leave, a person entered the Imperial Garden —a very cute little girl, who seemed to be the Little Princess.
When the Little Princess entered, she glanced at the Puppet Girl standing in the middle and paused for a moment...
"How did you get here? You wretched, wicked woman, you stole my necklace!!" The Little Princess shouted at the Puppet Girl as soon as she realized what was happening.
"I'm lost. Do you know how to get out?" The Puppet Girl ignored the Little Princess's words and asked directly.
"Hmph, I won't tell you! I'm going to see my baby..." The Little Princess pouted and skipped away towards a certain place.
"Oh no, this is bad!!" Cold-Blooded Fifth thought to himself as he looked in the direction of the Little Princess.
The Little Princess ran in the direction that Ye Lang had just caused trouble in, which was also the location of that strange flower.
Hopefully, the treasure this Little Princess was referring to wasn't that exotic flower...
"Why did this happen? How did my precious flower become like this? Who broke my precious flower..." The Little Princess stared blankly at the strange flower that had been torn to pieces, tears welling up in her eyes, and she was sobbing as she spoke.
"..."
Just as I expected, this time I'm in for a real headache, and I even got caught red-handed!
Cold-Blooded Fifth shook her head, but she noticed that the person in question was very calm and composed at this moment, without even the slightest change in expression.
At that moment, Ye Lang did something that most people would probably do: without saying a word, he took off running!
"It's you, it must be you... Ah, don't run away, you bad woman, you owe my baby!!" The Little Princess wasn't stupid, and immediately suspected the only Puppet Girl who was here. However, when she turned around to question her, she found that the Puppet Girl had already run to the door.
"How much will you pay me?" the Puppet Girl paused for a moment, then asked.
"I don't want your stinking money, I want you to compensate me for my baby, the exact same one!" the Little Princess shouted.
"Oh, then next year..." the Puppet Girl replied, "We should be able to train her next year."
"I don't want it, I want you to pay me back now." The Little Princess was naturally dissatisfied. Next year, who knows what it will be like then? No one would believe such an empty promise.
"Then I'm leaving, I'm not going to bother with you anymore!" The Puppet Girl simply chose to keep running. She had already offered to compensate, but she refused. What could he do?
"Don't run away!!" The Little Princess chased after the Puppet Girl.
"I'm leaving the palace, you don't need to see me off!" the Puppet Girl replied, probably thinking that the Little Princess was seeing her off. Given Ye Lang's sensibilities, he wouldn't think that way.
"You're not leaving this Imperial Palace today!!" the Little Princess said fiercely.
"Why?" the Puppet Girl asked blankly.
"... Anyway, it just won't get out!!" Who would even ask why? Are you an idiot?
The Little Princess stopped talking to Ye Lang and focused all her energy on chasing after him, while Ye Lang ran aimlessly...
Thus, a small-scale chase took place in the Imperial Palace, and this small-scale chase eventually caused a minor sensation.
"Who is the Little Princess chasing?" Guard A asked after seeing this.
"I don't know, I've never seen it before!" Guard B replied, somewhat taken aback.
"Why are there unfamiliar people in the inner Imperial Palace? Isn't that suspicious?" Guard A said.
"Yes, it's very suspicious..." Guard B nodded.
"..." Then, the two looked at each other and said simultaneously, "Then hurry up and chase after them!!!"
"Stop right there, miss!!"
The Puppet Girl now being chased not only by the Little Princess, but also by the Imperial Palace guards who have seen her and rushed to the scene. They surround and pursue her!
"Excuse me, could you tell me how to leave the palace?" Ye Lang seemed oblivious to the situation, and asked them as he saw so many people chasing him.
"Over there..." Some guards who didn't react for a moment pointed in the direction of leaving the Imperial Palace. However, they seemed to be pointing in a lot of different directions. This was not to tease Ye Lang, but because there were many places to leave the palace.
"Thank you!" Ye Lang understood that the Imperial Palace always had many gates, so he didn't suspect anything and just randomly chose a direction to run.
"..." At this moment, the guards who had come to their senses, as well as the other guards, were all silent. What kind of nonsense was this, that they actually answered the pursuers how to get out?
Perhaps this is because such a situation could only happen here. If someone had ulterior motives, they would know the situation here, how to leave the palace, and even the best route, instead of asking questions like Ye Lang did.