But there was not a trace of guilt on that face. Cui Yunchu was too lazy to waste her breath on him and asked directly, "Where is Yunfeng?"
Eunuch Liu pointed forward. "My Prince is walking with the Second Miss over there. Allow this old servant to take the First Miss over."
Cui Yunchu stared at Eunuch Liu for a moment before nodding. "Alright, lead the way."
Eunuch Liu breathed a sigh of relief and immediately led Cui Yunchu in the opposite direction.
However, after he took several steps, there were no footsteps following behind him. "First Miss Cui..."
He turned around, just about to say something, when he received a heavy kick to his backside, sending his entire body sprawling forward.
"That's for scaring me, and that's for lying to me." Cui Yunchu retracted her foot, turned around, and walked straight ahead.
Who was he trying to fool? Since the man had popped out from here, how could his master be on the opposite side? Knowing Eunuch Liu's habits, Prince An and Cui Yunfeng couldn't be more than a hundred meters away from this spot.
It wasn't that she was exceptionally smart, but rather that being deceived by Eunuch Liu over the past few years had given her experience.
If he pointed east, you could go south, west, or north, but there would definitely be no one in the east.
Eunuch Liu quickly scrambled up, but Cui Yunchu was already out of sight. He couldn't help but break into a nervous sweat. When did this master become so smart and grow a brain?
Anyone who would still firmly believe the same type of lies after being deceived for years would be the biggest fool.
Cui Yunchu admitted she wasn't a genius, but she shouldn't be called a complete idiot either.
By a stone table and chairs next to a rockery, Cui Yunchu spotted Cui Yunfeng with her mouth open, waiting for Xiao Yi to feed her pastries.
Cui Yunfeng also saw her at this moment and let out a sound of surprise. "Big Sister, why are you here?"
Cui Yunchu, "..."
"I called you so many times. Did the pastries get stuffed into your ears?"
Cui Yunfeng paused, looked at Xiao Yi, and said foolishly, "I vaguely heard a few calls just now, but it wasn't clear. Xiao Yi said I misheard, so I didn't pay it any mind. What's wrong? Are you looking for me for something?"
"..." Cui Yunchu was nearly angered to death by her.
Could Xiao Yi's words be listened to and believed? With that brain of hers, if she entered Prince An's estate, her entire skull would be eaten clean by others.
Xiao Yi lazily raised his eyes and looked toward Cui Yunchu. "That old thing is becoming more and more useless."
He was cursing Eunuch Liu, which Cui Yunchu knew, but thinking about the matter she needed Xiao Yi's help with later, Cui Yunchu could only suppress her anger.
"Big Sister, Xiao Yi bought these pastries from the most famous shop in the capital. They are really sweet, try some."
Cui Yunfeng picked up a pastry with a blank look and handed it to Cui Yunchu.
Cui Yunchu, "..."
"I won't eat it. Things that are too sweet easily clog up the brain."
She didn't ask to be as smart as her older female cousin, but she didn't want to be as foolish as her either.
Cui Yunfeng finally realized something was wrong. She immediately put down the pastry and explained, "I... I was just talking to Yi-gege about the matter Cousin entrusted to us. I was about to go back."
Seeing her anxious and guilty appearance, it was Xiao Yi's turn to frown. He pulled Cui Yunfeng's arm and made her sit down.
It wasn't as if she was facing the stubborn old fogeys of the Cui family. What was there to be afraid of when it came to Cui Yunchu?
Cui Yunfeng shook off his hand and even glared at him. However, when she turned to Cui Yunchu, she put on a playful smile. "Big Sister, is there something the matter?"
"Mhm." Cui Yunchu glanced at Xiao Yi's displeased gaze, knowing that it definitely wouldn't work if she said it herself, so she crooked her finger at Cui Yunfeng.
"Yunfeng, come here. I have something to tell you."
Cui Yunfeng immediately got up and went over.
Xiao Yi watched the two sisters whispering to each other with a leisurely expression.
After hearing Cui Yunchu's instructions, Cui Yunfeng nodded repeatedly, then said to Xiao Yi, "I have something to say to you."
Xiao Yi, "..."
He cast a sidelong glance at the two sisters and gave a faint "Mhm."
If they were going to plot against him, they could at least turn their backs. To blatantly use Cui Yunfeng to scheme against him right in front of his face...
Cui Yunfeng asked, "Do you have in the Crown Prince's estate..."
"No."
Cui Yunfeng was stunned for a moment, then turned her eyes to Cui Yunchu. "Big Sister, he says he doesn't."
Cui Yunchu thought: I heard him, I'm not deaf.
Xiao Yi indicated that he wasn't deaf either. As a martial artist standing so close, he wasn't about to miss the sisters' whispers.
Cui Yunchu frowned, no longer lowering her voice, and said directly, "Yunfeng, he is lying to you."
Cui Yunfeng looked at Xiao Yi, while Xiao Yi looked at Cui Yunchu. The hand he rested on the table tightened slightly, as if he were gripping Cui Yunchu's neck.
Cui Yunfeng nodded.
In her heart, she favored Cui Yunchu more. "Yi-gege, do you or do you not have spies in the Crown Prince's estate?"
Xiao Yi closed his eyes, only feeling a headache coming on.
Was this the kind of thing that could be spoken out loud so blatantly? Moreover, now that Tang Qingwan was the Crown Princess, given Cui Yunfeng's protectiveness over her family...
He was afraid that the network he had operated for years would be uprooted completely by Cui Yunfeng teaming up with the Crown Prince and Tang Qingwan.
"Yunfeng, saying such things out loud is an offense punishable by beheading."
The Crown Prince was the heir apparent. What kind of crime was it to plant spies in the Crown Prince's estate?
Cui Yunfeng naturally knew this, but she trusted Cui Yunchu unconditionally. "My Big Sister just wants to ask you for a favor. She won't do anything else, and she certainly won't spout nonsense."
After saying that, she turned to Cui Yunchu and added, "I advance and retreat with him, and share life and death with him."
Cui Yunchu replied, "...Mhm, I've received your threat."
She merely wanted to ask Xiao Yi for a simple favor.
Perhaps Cui Yunfeng's words pleased Xiao Yi. His expression improved significantly, and with a wave of his sleeve, he said, "Speak, what is it this time?"
Cui Yunchu took out a paper packet and handed it over. "I can't get into Liu Wanting's courtyard. Have your people force-feed this into Liu Wanting's mouth."
Xiao Yi's eyelids twitched violently. He looked at the paper packet but didn't take it. Beside him, Cui Yunfeng was also shocked.
"B-Big Sister, are you going to poison Liu Wanting to death?"
