"Knock, knock, knock!" Three soft knocks sounded, and a figure slowly appeared outside the bamboo house.
"My lord..." The maid inside had been at her wits' end over Princess Xuan's refusal to take her medicine. This lord's arrival offered her a way out, so she immediately went to open the door.
"Xiao Qing, thank you for your efforts. You may leave now." The man approaching spoke softly, then took the medicine from the maid.
"Yes." The maid bowed lightly to him, then withdrew.
This bamboo house was hidden within the waterfall, where very few people would discover it. Only Princess Xuan Muqing lived here.
"Princess Xuan..." After watching the maid leave, the man took a small step forward and spoke.
"Xuan Yin, Xuan Yang!"
"When exactly will you brothers let me out?" The slender, beautiful woman rose to face the man as soon as the maid left. Her face was deathly pale, but anger filled it as she spoke.
Xuan Yin and Xuan Yang were none other than the two men who had been at the bottom of the river earlier.
They were brothers by blood. Although they had no connection to the Xuan Ling Imperial Family, King Xuan Ling had saved them when they were on the verge of death, then spared no expense to nurture them. Thus, they had ended up here both to guard the Fourth Floor of the Underground Palace for King Xuan Ling and to protect Princess Xuan Muqing.
"Xuan Yin, the elder brother, was a One-turn Nine-star Dou Di!"
"Xuan Yang, the younger brother, had reached Eight-star Dou Di Perfection, only a single step away from Nine-star Dou Di!"
"Princess, why put yourself through this..." The visitor was the younger brother, Xuan Yang.
Dressed in cyan robes, Xuan Yang had a well-proportioned build and