Night Curtain's Internal Conspiracy (II)

"You're a little late..."

Within the Han Kingdom, one of the Seven Kingdoms.

In Xinzheng City.

Inside the General's Manor.

Ji Wuye, holding a wine cup, suddenly spoke.

However, the newcomer quickly retorted, and rather bluntly at that. "But this conversation hasn't started yet, has it?"

Before the words had even faded.

Under the flickering lamplight.

A portly middle-aged man dressed in brocade and wearing a Jade Ring hurriedly stepped in to smooth things over. With a chuckle, he said, "Please calm down, you two. This is a matter of great importance. The General summoned us here urgently to discuss Night Curtain's survival, but all the more reason for us to be careful. We mustn't give Han Fei an opening. Her Ladyship is in the palace, where there are many eyes and ears. Naturally, it took more effort for her to slip away than it did for idle men like us to arrive early..."

Ji Wuye smiled but said nothing more.

The newcomer did the same.

Standing within the shadows behind a veil of gauze.

One could only judge her gender from those strikingly graceful curves.

As for her features, they were shrouded in shadow.

Without getting close, it was difficult to see her clearly.

Compared to this woman with an explosively alluring figure, there was another person hidden in the shadows. Yet even someone with sharp eyesight standing close by would have found it difficult to make out his face, for he wore a Bamboo Hat. All he needed to do was lower its brim slightly, and it would block the sight of everyone in the world.

Perception and seeing through things were still different.

He could not blind everyone's eyes.

But he could hide his own face.

To put it more elegantly, one could not carpet the entire