Night falls, with a clear moon and sparse stars.
Yun Shang and Hua Nong, along with several first-class maids, waited anxiously at the courtyard gate, hoping for some new information to arrive. Earlier in the evening, Yun Shang had gone to see Madam Xiao, begging her for help.
In fact, the Xiao Mansion had already sent people out to investigate after learning that Village Lady Le'an, who was staying at the mansion, had entered the palace and had not returned. However, due to the curfew, there had yet to be any response.
Elsewhere, Xiao Yixun and little Qingyu, both dressed in black, somberly watched their mute personal maids Ali and A-Jing. They were in the woodshed of the rear courtyard, using the beautiful, yet unsharpened dagger sent by Lin Wanwan to dismantle the bricks under the courtyard wall, while a leukoderma-afflicted Sharp-Hearing Ear, Fu Ling, kept watch nearby.
Indeed, these five individuals were set to enter the palace to rescue Lin Wanwan.
