"Master?" Song Qingshu sneered. "Wan Gui isn't even fit to carry my shoes. What makes him worthy of calling himself my master?"
"You!" Hearing him insult her husband like that, Qi Fang flew into a rage. But she quickly realized something and cried out, "You're not Xiong Da!" His voice just now had been completely different from Xiong Da's, and the lofty aura around him was not something a mere household servant like Xiong Da could possess.
There was nothing left to hide. Song Qingshu removed the mask from his face, revealing his original appearance. "Of course I'm not Xiong Da."
Watching the man before her transform from a crude guard of the prime minister's residence into a handsome, elegant young gentleman, Qi Fang was startled and instinctively retreated several steps. "Y-you... who are you?"
"My name is Song Qingshu."
"Ah, you're that Golden Snake King, Song... Song Qingshu?" Qi Fang exclaimed. She suddenly began studying him curiously. She had only heard of him through various rumors before, but seeing him now, he truly was as strikingly handsome and graceful as the storytellers described.
"If the wives and young ladies of Lin'an City saw what he looked like, every one of them would probably lose sleep over him." Over the past two years in Lin'an City, Qi Fang had often interacted with noble ladies and young misses. Many of the rumors about Song Qingshu had come from their mouths.
But Qi Fang was not someone who valued looks, or she would not have loved Di Yun so deeply back then. She quickly recovered, her expression turning stern as she gave a soft snort. "My husband is hunting you everywhere, yet you still dare show up here. Do you not value your life?"
Song Qingshu smiled unconcernedly. "Madam is in a