Qi Qingyao woke from her late afternoon nap, rubbing her sore forehead. She went to the study and found that the three little children were reading with their teacher. After a moment of thinking, she put on a relaxed smile and suggested the little kids head out for a walk. Unexpectedly, none of them said they wanted to go out to play. They even said goodbye to her cordially and asked her to be careful when she went out.

She changed her clothes after a short ponder and went to Li Ruoxuan’s courtyard. The moment she stepped through the door she saw the man sitting in silence, meditating on the stove by the window.

Li Ruoxuan knew someone had entered once the maid had reported to him.

He opened his eyes and looked at her.

He seemed to be questioning her with his gaze.

Qi Qingyao scratched her head and asked with some embarrassment, “Do you want to go out?” She was very embarrassed to ask Li Ruoxuan to accompany her. After all, he was a grand master now.

“Haven’t you always…” Li Ruoxuan did not finish what he was saying.

Qi Qingyao shrugged and said with a smile, “It’s come this far. Since I’m to get married, I might as well enjoy everything that’s to come next peacefully.”

“Enjoy…” The corners of Li Ruoxuan’s mouth twitched.

Qi Qingyao stepped forward and sat down beside him. She patted Li Ruoxuan on the shoulder, all sibling-like, and said, “Let’s go. Didn’t I say we’d go out and have fun?”

Li Ruoxuan instinctively asked, “Aren’t you going to bring the kids?”

Qi Qingyao coughed softly, “I’ll go out and take a look at the scenery first.”

“And what’s with your getup?” Li Ruoxuan scrutinized her attire from head to toe.

It was a servant’s dressing.

She had even pulled her hair back into a maid’s bun, making her look rather cute.

Qi Qingyao explained solemnly, “I heard Zhu Shen say that it’s chaos out there because of the matter of Lu Yan having been bestowed a marriage. A lot of people know that I’m staying at your residence and if I were to go out with you as a friend, I’ll definitely be watched. It’s more convenient to dress up as your maid to avoid trouble.”

“You’ve considered things quite thoroughly.” Li Ruoxuan was mildly impressed.

Qi Qingyao shrugged helplessly. “I’m not a fool.”

After that, Li Ruoxuan asked Zhu Shen to prepare before taking Qi Qingyao out. Who would have thought that after Qi Qingyao had made him wait an incense worth of time, she would come out of the house with her entire face wrapped behind a skin-like mask? She looked… very ordinary.

Li Ruoxuan was startled, he almost failed to recognize her. “Your disguise is very ordinary looking. It’d be hard to recognize you when you’re thrown into the crowd,” he said.

Qi Qingyao blinked her contrasting eyes and asked with a smile, “Isn’t that a good thing?”

“I’m afraid that I won’t be able to find you if I were to lose you later” Li Ruoxuan did not want to admit it but he was more used to looking at her natural face.

Qi Qingyao shrugged and said calmly, “If you can’t find me if I get lost then the others will certainly not recognize me either—so my safety won’t be a problem.”

Li Ruoxuan, “…”

Dmn it, she surprisingly made a lot of sense.

Qi Qingyao followed Li Ruoxuan out into a carriage. Although the spies around the State Preceptor’s residence had noticed this scene, no one cared too much for it since it was a common occurrence for the State Preceptor to head out and carry out his business.

Qi Qingyao said she wanted to go out for a walk. As soon as they closed the door behind them, she asked about the best restaurant in Capital City and Li Ruoxuan called for the carriage to head to Songhe Inn.

Qi Qingyao had also heard of the Songhe Inn’s reputation—so when she got out of the carriage, she had subconsciously forgotten about her taken identity and patted Li Ruoxan on the shoulder, saying, “Let’s go and have a drink.”