"Hm?"
Seeing Li Shimin appear before her, Verdant Green Maiden froze, a strange look on her face. "Stinky kid, how did you find me?"
Verdant Green Maiden was not staying in a palace within Chengdu. Instead, she had casually found herself a residence—quiet, peaceful, and tranquil. Hardly anyone visited this place in ordinary times, and Verdant Green Maiden and Hong Luan had been living here just fine.
But...
How had Li Shimin found her?
Seeing Verdant Green Maiden stare at him in bewilderment, Li Shimin looked a little embarrassed as well. He scratched his head and said, "Perhaps it was intuition. I found Master by following my intuition."
Verdant Green Maiden: "..."
Too terrifying—the intuition of the Ziwei Great Emperor.
"What did you come looking for me for?"
Upon hearing Verdant Green Maiden's question, Li Shimin considered his words for a moment, then clasped his hands to her again and said solemnly, "Actually, I came because there is something I wish to ask of Master. But I'm afraid it will be very difficult. I do not know whether Master would be willing to agree."
"Since when did you learn to beat around the bush? If you have something to say, just say it. I certainly never taught you that when I was teaching you."
Verdant Green Maiden shot Li Shimin a glance.
Li Shimin smiled sheepishly and nodded.
"Alright."
"It's like this. A few days ago, when Yaoshi attacked Rongzhou, the resistance there was extraordinary. Had a youth not passed intelligence to our army, we likely would have been delayed in Rongzhou for quite some time."
"But those bandits were exceedingly brutal. After they discovered the youth, they seized him and threw him into prison, carving him with a thousand cuts and severing his hands and feet. Had Yaoshi not