Entering the Palace Late at Night (Part Two)-Bonus Update for Alliance Leader Fantun Doutian

Xue Lingjun said, "Hu Xiaotian, come with me."

Shi Kuan froze for a moment. "Eldest Princess..."

Xue Lingjun said, "He's hardly an outsider. He's my sworn younger brother, after all. I'll take him to rest at the Eternal Spring Pavilion. Just come and let us know when His Majesty wakes."

Shi Kuan dared not defy the Eldest Princess's command and could only obey respectfully.

Hu Xiaotian was delighted to leave with Xue Lingjun. It certainly beat waiting outside the Diligent Governance Hall like someone being punished by standing at attention. Who knew when the Great Yong Emperor would finally wake?

The Eternal Spring Pavilion stood northeast of the Diligent Governance Hall, no more than five hundred paces away. A young eunuch carried a lantern to guide them. Xue Lingjun said nothing to Hu Xiaotian along the way. When they reached the pavilion, she waved the eunuch away, then led Hu Xiaotian inside, where they discovered Jian Ping was also present.

Jian Ping clearly had not expected Hu Xiaotian to appear here and gave a startled little cry.

Hu Xiaotian smiled. "You're here too, Sister Jian Ping? It's only been a few days, but you're looking prettier than ever."

Being showered with compliments in front of the Eldest Princess left Jian Ping rather embarrassed. Her pretty face flushed, and she said shyly, "Not at all..."

Xue Lingjun giggled, her lovely eyes rippling with autumnal warmth as she gazed into Hu Xiaotian's. "Little brother, that tongue of yours could charm someone to death and never pay the price." She thought privately that if this fellow were not a eunuch, there was no telling how many innocent girls he would lead astray.

Hu Xiaotian sighed instead. "After spending so long in the palace, I've gotten used to saying certain things. They slip out