His Rui

”I think he needs you to prove that Lady Li was innocent in the incident that happened four years ago. It was her sisters who schemed against her.”

Realisation flashed across An Shing’s eyes. 

It was possible. With the rumours that were spreading around the Imperial City with every passing shichen, maybe something happened in the Imperial Palace and now his master needed  him. 

”But there is no one to guard the manor.”

He said the words out aloud unconsciously. 

An San frowned as he wondered where other shadow guards were. He wanted to ask but then decided against it as he didn’t want his question to get unanswered later. 

So he said casually. 

”You can go. I will guard the manor for now.”

An Shing wanted to laugh. He would be a fool if he really left Xi Manor on An San’s shoulders alone…the shadow guard on whom they couldn’t and shouldn’t trust any longer. 

In fact, everytime they would see An San now, An Shing didn’t know about An ing as he was An San’s brother but except for him every shadow guard wanted to kill An San.

That day after hearing how Li Hua had described Li Rui’s life in Xi Manor in the past four years, the shadow guards felt very guilty and angry that their master’s wife was living like that in Xi Manor. 

Regardless of whatever Li Rui did when she didn’t do anything in the first place, she was their master’s wife and hence their mistress. 

So she deserved nothing but respect and loyalty from them but An San just happened to be one of them who was the reason behind all her sufferings.

”Stay here.”

An Shing said coldly and then left from there. 

Though he didn’t want to, he didn’t have any choice at this moment. An Shing decided that he would tell An Ju about his departure before leaving completely so that she could always stay on guard. 

And he will also try to return as soon as possible. 

Leaving Xi Manor unguarded was a very dangerous thing but at this moment,, he was very helpless and his master must also have known that he would have to leave Xi Manor 

Deciding this, An Shing immediately flew away from there and went to the backside of the manor where he would be able to find An Ju easily. 

After informing An Ju that he will be leaving Xi Manor for a while, he finally left for the Imperial Palace. 

As soon as An Shing left, An San immediately felt a new presence. He was immediately on guard. 

His cold eyes looked around in all directions as he tried to find the invader’s presence. 

However, a moment later he frowned when he could no longer feel it. 

The invader has left already. 

An San’s sharp eyes immediately looked at the sky.

Xi Ying had taught his shadow guards enough for them to know that in these kinds of situations where enemy could leave or hide. 

Sure enough, he found a shadow in the sky but its speed was very fast. An San didn’t even think for a moment before flying above in the sky and following it. 

He thought that the person would try to enter the Manor through the back gate of the Manor. 

However, he was proved wrong when the shadow flew ahead of the Manor. 

Instantly, An San’s eyes widened as he realised that he had just fallen in the enemy’s trap. 

If he didn’t enter through the back gate then he could have his companions who could enter through the front gate where there was no one to stop them. 

An San cursed under his breath as he flew towards the manor’s front gate again. 

He didn’t want to mess this up and lose this chance of improving his impression in his master’s eyes. 

However, when he reached the manor’s front gate, there was nothing amiss. 

Everything was just like before. 

He sighed as he decided to make a round inside the Manor to find whether there was any suspicious person inside or not. 

Because the time he had left the manor for, was enough for a shadow guard to invade Xi Manor. 

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On the other hand, inside Xi Manor three people whose faces were covered with masks were hiding inside the garden near the Plum Courtyard. 

Another person with the same kind of mask on his face suddenly appeared there and said 

”There is only one shadow guard inside.”

The other three smirked seeing the smirk on the fourth shadow guard’s face. 

”Then, let’s go inside.”

One of them said as he rubbed his hands in excitement. He had heard a lot about Lord Xi’s shadow guards. Though the one guarding the front gate had made his impression about them fall by falling in their trap, he was still looking forward to fight with one of them as he expected they would at least be good at fighting with swords. 

However, he had just finished his words when he heard a cold voice that came from just beside him.

”That shadow guard…only I shall fight with him.”

The former shadow guard who was just thinking about fighting with Xi Ying’s shadow guard gulped and nodded his head vigorously. 

”Yes, Master. Of Course, he is yours to kill.”

He immediately felt the surrounding temperature cooling down and the shadow guard sighed in relief. 

All of them had been shocked when their leader suddenly said that he would also be visiting the Xi Manor with them today. After all, before this, their leader had never come to accompany them when they went out to kill. 

So it was the first time. 

However, the three of them knew that it was solely because their master also wanted to fight with Xi Ying’s shadow guards. 

The shadow guards looked excited as they saw their master flying towards the Plum Courtyard. 

It was going to be really exciting.