Prince's Manor.
Having obtained an "Appearance-Changing Mask" from Xie Lingxi, Sun Miaomiao raised her plain male face and examined the tall walls of the Prince's Manor.
She withdrew her gaze and looked around. Once she had confirmed that no one was paying attention to her, Sun Miaomiao took out the Companion Spirit Moon, placed it against her forehead, and entered Night Roaming.
She leaped over the wall. Under the cover of Night Roaming, all traces of her aura and movements were concealed, allowing her to fool the manor's guards and retainers and swiftly infiltrate the rear courtyard.
The Prince's Manor was enormous, with courtyard after courtyard and walls upon walls. Guards, servants, and maids moved back and forth continuously, interspersed with elegantly dressed matrons and young ladies.
When Sun Miaomiao reached the rear courtyard, she happened to spot a young woman of sixteen, accompanied by two maids, walking along a corridor beside the garden. She was graceful and exquisitely poised.
Seeing that no one else was nearby, Sun Miaomiao used Charm to beguile the three of them.
The mistress and her two maids continued moving as if nothing were wrong, but they were no longer advancing. Instead, they were stepping in place, completely unaware of it themselves.
A common ghost-wall effect of Charm.
Sun Miaomiao immediately took the Hypnotic Pocket Watch from the gang warehouse, snapped it open, aimed it at the young woman, and asked in a low voice:
"Where is your father?"
This was a courtyard, and someone might pass by at any moment. She got straight to the point without wasting a second.
The young woman's eyes turned vacant as she instinctively replied:
"My father was buried many years ago."
"???" Sun Miaomiao froze for a moment, then realized she had been mistaken and changed her question: