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The second update; Third Watch will be around 1:00.

At the rooster's crow, the whole world turned bright.

Sun Shaozong was about to push aside the small garments by the bed and search for his clothes when You Erjie, startled awake beside him, hurriedly shoved Cai Xia and told her to help Sun Shaozong dress and wash up.

Though Cai Xia was exhausted, her years of habit as a maid still had her scrambling up at once. Bleary-eyed, she began searching through the things by the bed.

Sun Shaozong therefore turned his gaze away, resolutely got out of bed, and let the two women dress him properly. He then told them not to bother getting up and headed alone into the outer room.

He had just had a young maid bring warm water for washing when the old woman guarding the door hurried over and peered cautiously inside from beyond the doorframe.

As Sun Shaozong took a towel and wiped himself down, he asked without turning his head, "What is it this time?"

"Reporting to Second Master."

The old woman hurried into the hall and bowed as she reported, "Someone from the Crown Prince's Residence has come, asking you to spare some time to go over."

Tsk.

Sun Shaozong had originally intended to pay a visit to the Crown Prince's Residence anyway.

Yet with the Crown Prince urgently sending someone to summon him, he instead found himself at a disadvantage.

No!

Sun Shaozong tossed the towel onto its rack and asked suspiciously, "Did the people from the Crown Prince's Residence truly say I should go when I had the time, rather than go at once?"

"Well..."

The old woman hesitated for a long while before saying awkwardly, "Please wait. I'll go ask the messenger again."

With that, she rushed outside