Though he said he would head to the guest quarters in Rongguo Mansion alone, it was late at night and he had just been drinking. How could the servants of the mansion dare let Sun Shaozong go by himself?
The moment he stepped out of the side courtyard where Rongxi Hall stood, a fawning, one-shouldered servant appeared at Sun Shaozong's side.
Sun Shaozong was not one for pretension. He casually tossed the lantern to the servant and ordered him to lead the way with it.
They strolled along for a while. Just as the guest quarters came into view, a pale blue figure suddenly darted out from the Shady Path ahead.
The lantern-bearing servant jumped in fright and hurriedly raised the lantern to illuminate it, only for that pale blue thing to vanish without a trace.
"What was that?"
The servant swallowed hard and muttered as he looked back at Sun Shaozong. Seeing no change in Sun Shaozong's expression, as if he had not noticed the strange occurrence at all, the servant hesitated slightly.
He felt it would be improper to make a fuss before a guest, so he pretended nothing had happened and continued leading the way.
In truth, Sun Shaozong had not only seen it, but had vaguely made out that the blue shadow was a young woman in a skirt. Her so-called disappearance had merely been her ducking into the shrubbery.
Though he was curious about why the woman had been skulking about in the dead of night, Sun Shaozong was, after all, a guest, and a Rongguo Mansion servant was beside him. It would not do for him to pry into the secrets of this great household.
So he could only pretend not to have seen anything.
Setting aside that minor incident, the two arrived at