The Noble Woman's Guide On How to Tease One's Husband

Chapter 13 - Secret Meeting

It was another bright moon and starry night and as usual Lisa fumbled her way to Chongxiao Pavilion.  

She actually didn't know any martial arts but she was able to come and go between the two tall buildings merely due to her relatively good sense of balancing and her plucky guts. She would continue despite the repeated prohibition from Jungkook. He once demolished the horizontal beam as well as sealed the windows and the doors yet there were inevitable means for Lisa to resolve. Both had imperceptibly been contended over these for many times.  

Lisa had some serious matters to look for Jungkook tonight, but he didn't seem to be around. She thought it would be better to just wait for a while as she was already there, hence she sat on the low wenge wood side table looking at the decoration in the attic boringly.  

It could be said though most didn't look brand new yet it had the aesthetic perception of classic beauty from the small items of table and chairs to big items like paintings of antiquities or the folding screens. The hollow carvings and the grainy texture lacquerware crafts were particularly exquisite which were all excellently rare products.  

Her sight returned to the low table in front after she had a look over. Lisa reached out to fiddle with Jungkook's pen-brush holders when she accidentally caught a glimpse of an unlidded square stone box containing some black ashes which looked as if something had just been burned. She pushed aside the top powdery layer where she picked up a small piece of unburnt shredded paper. She narrowed her eyes unexpectedly after carefully inspecting it for a moment.  

Hairpin-flower stationery, this was something from the palace.  

After pondering for a short while, she walked over to the side of the railing as she called for her guard and interrogated from a distance, "Did you see what was time King Kook's carriage left the mansion?"  

The guard lowered his head to think before answering quickly, "Young Miss, there seems to be no carriage leaving King Kook's mansion today."  

Not only did he have an appointment with someone yet he also didn't ride a carriage, was it possible he could only go to that place alone? Lisa turned pale but she didn't ask anymore as she waved her hand allowing her guard to go back. She returned to the low side table with one hand propping her head, seemingly lost in thought as she gazed at the small fragment.  Her train of thought rode with the rising wind drifting all the way to the in-depths of the palace chambers.  

At this moment, it was curfew in the inner of the Imperial City. No one was moving about except the patrolling imperial guards. The orderly sound of boots were thumping rhythmically on the green slab stones in pace with the brightness from the torches illuminated every corner were unending all through the night.  

The room under the city gate nevertheless was a different kind of scene. Over a dozen soldiers were surrounding the stove having hot pot. The oily broth was still bubbling. Steaming hot pieces of fresh aromatic tender black mountain goat meat which overflowed with juiciness would be bound to be picked out from the pot with just a casual insertion of the bamboo chopsticks which made them ate to their hearts' content.  

When it was the shift change moment, another group of soldiers walked in from outside while rubbing their hands. Their eyes lit up when they saw meat that without demur, they grabbed the chopsticks and moved forward to snatch. A small cluster of people immediately turned into a big crowd bustling with laughter and jokes. During this unguarded gap, a tall silhouette quietly passed through the side door of the Imperial City and rapidly varnished within the forest path.  

The moon was as cold as the water covering all over the long steps while reflecting the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar slender shadow in the pavilion.