Bridal Chambers Connected by Doors

Zhao Xiaowan sat on the bed, glaring darkly at Hong Ying. "You wretch! Every time, you're the one who causes trouble and drags me down with you. You deserve to be beaten to death with a plank!"

Hong Ying lowered her head without a word, while Ninth Girl sighed again and again.

Zhao Xiaowan had passed through Gourd Village and traveled from Seven Autumn City to Yuezhou. That step had gone very smoothly.

Once she reached the Dark Star Bureau, she had slipped into Li Banfeng's office and found the key to the Portable Abode. That part had gone fairly smoothly too, though she had failed to evade some of the surveillance along the way.

Failing to evade the surveillance was not a major problem. Li Banfeng was the head of the Dark Star Bureau; he could certainly handle something like that.

At the time, Li Banfeng was still advancing in the Inner State. Zhao Xiaowan could not contact him, so she had wanted to go home and ask what exactly had happened.

That was where everything went wrong.

Zhao Xiaowan opened the door and had barely reached the entrance when Hong Ying shouted at her, "Seventh Son is in trouble!"

At the same time, Ninth Girl cried out to Zhao Xiaowan, "Don't come in!"

Hong Ying had been desperate to explain, so she rushed forward and dragged Zhao Xiaowan into the room.

When the front door slammed shut with a bang, Ninth Girl went blank. "It's over. We can't get out."

At first, Zhao Xiaowan had not taken it too seriously. If they discussed things properly with the old master and asked him to make an exception, they would surely be able to leave.

Who could have expected the old master to fall into a deep sleep, leaving no