Li Xu craned his neck outside the National Preceptor's Residence, pacing back and forth for ages without daring to enter. His furtive figure kept the spies stationed nearby watching him for quite some time.
What on earth was this man doing?
Why was he being so coy?
"Should I go in? Or shouldn't I?"
Li Xu looked so torn that the steward, who had been standing at the entrance for some time, could not help asking him.
"Young Master Li, what are you doing out here? This isn't your first visit to the National Preceptor's Residence. There's no need to be so shy. It's hot outside. Come in for some tea and a rest."
The steward might not know much about other people, but he knew this cousin of his master's well.
Li Xu usually looked timid, but his way of doing things was anything but. His Bookshop even dared to sell erotic pictures of the Imperial Preceptor, and he had bought plenty of erotic illustrations that brazenly invented affairs involving all sorts of powerful figures.
Now, under the Imperial Preceptor's protection, he feared nothing at all. Who knew why he was being so hesitant outside the National Preceptor's Residence?
"I heard Zhouzhou brought several flamboyantly dressed imperial consorts back from the Borderlands. My cousin flew into a rage, and the two of them had a falling-out." Li Xu was deeply conflicted, unsure how to handle the romantic troubles between his best friend and his cousin. "Is this a bad time for me to visit? But if I don't come, I'm afraid something will happen."
As an inexperienced armchair adviser, Li Xu only ever knew how to advise breaking up when it came to his close friends' romantic troubles.
Everyone knew that no matter what advice you gave a friend