His Rui

Xi Ying was very satisfied with his shadow guards' actions.

After they swore their loyalty to Li Rui, he asked them to rise from the ground again.

After that, every shadow guard stepped forward and introduce themselves to Li Rui.

The first person to do this was An Ju. She looked so exciting as she stepped forward that the other four shadow guards couldn't help but roll their eyes seeing this.

"This servant's name is An Ju, My Lady. Master gave me this name. In the future, if My Lady wants my presence, just whisper this servant's name and this ser…"

"An Ju"

Xi Ying's cold voice stopped An Ju from speaking further. Only then did the female shadow guard realize what she was going to say just now.

An Ju had been protecting Li Rui by hiding in the Plum Courtyard. However, Li Rui didn't know about this. Xi Ying didn't tell her because he was afraid that she would refuse to accept An Ju if he told her about this.

He knew that if Li Rui refused then he would not be able to plant his people to protect her and if that happened then he would not be able to leave her alone and go anywhere with a peaceful heart.

Leaving Li Rui without any protection seemed to be dangerous to Xi Ying since the third attack has occurred…something that he doesn't want to do.

So it was better to let her stay unknown to this fact.

But now An Ju seemed to have spoken much more than she should have in her excitement.

Xi Ying was not looking at Li Rui but he could feel the gaze of those clean black eyes on his face. He still didn't look back at her.

He knew she was very intelligent.

How could she not understand what An Ju was going to say or why he stopped An Ju from speaking further!

Like a guilty child who had done a mistake and now has been caught, he avoided her very nicely.

His eyes at An Ju became colder and An Ju couldn't help but cry inside her heart seeing this. She hurriedly bowed her head and stepped back to stand at the spot she was standing before.

Her eyes narrowed when she heard a snicker from her beside and hence she turned to look at An Si who was smirking while looking at her not-so-good face.

"What punishment do you think master will give you for this, Xiao Ju?"

An Si's eyes were filled with amusement as he whispered this. An Ju couldn't help but glare at him angrily, however she was unknown that it only amused the man in front of her more.

However, she could do nothing else.

An Si had already turned to look at the front and currently, it was An Shing who was introducing himself.

Every shadow guard whether they have met Li Rui before or not introduced themselves and even told her what their current jobs were.

At the end of this introduction session, Li Rui was very surprised to gain all this information.

Xi Ying's shadow guards kept the news of almost the whole Imperial City. Each one of them had been assigned tasks in a very systematic and malicious way.

"There is one more. His name is An Su."

She heard Xi Ying's deep voice suddenly and looked towards him.

There was a deep frown on his forehead at this moment as he looked at his shadow guards and said

"Where is he? He should have been back by now."

All the shadow guards also looked confused and looked at each other making Xi Ying understand that they didn't know anything.

Li Rui who was seeing this also frowned and couldn't help but say

"You can send people to look for him if he doesn't come back in a shichen."

Xi Ying was surprised when he heard Li Rui and turned to look at her. A moment later, his eyes were filled with joy as he looked at his wife.

How could he not be happy!

Li Rui was advising him something. Didn't It mean that she had already started to take herself as a part of all this?

"Of Course, I will do what you are saying."

Lord Xi said completely complying with what his wife had just said.

The shadow guards who were still trying to get used to seeing their master being so gentle and obedient to someone only sighed helplessly.

Just at this moment, the door of the study room was knocked.

Xi Ying's face regained its usual cold and indifference and he said coldly.

"Enter."

Even Li Rui couldn't help but look at him once wondering just how does he even manage to change so instantly.

The door opened and it was An Su who entered.

Although the other shadow guards had an emotionless faces, relief could still be seen in their eyes.

Surprise flashed in An Su's eyes when he saw Li Rui sitting where usually he had seen his master sitting. However, like his companions, he was intelligent enough to hide it soon and greet Xi Ying and Li Rui.

After he did that, he went to stand with others in a horizontal line. It was only then An Ping told him everything that their master had told all of them did he understand everything.

An Su immediately stepped forward and kneeled on the ground again and swore on his loyalty to Li Rui.

Xi Ying nodded his head in satisfaction. After all this was done, he asked An Su

"Why did you come so late?"

"My Lord, This servant was inside the Imperial Palace."

Xi Ying's eyes flickered and he suddenly remembered that Li Qiang had entered the Imperial Palace today.

"Anything important you found out?"

"Yes, Master."

An Su's face was solemn. For a moment, hesitation flashed in his eyes as he knew that Lady Li was inside the same room. However, it was only for a moment. The next moment the shadow guard thought that if his master had already declared Lady Li as their second master then there was no reason for him to hesitate to reveal anything to her.

Thinking this, the shadow guard told whatever he had heard from Li Qiang and his wife's room last night. Not only that but An Su also revealed that Li Qiang actually received some letters from the Empress and then he went to the Imperial Palace to meet the Empress.

The conversation that the Empress and Li Qiang had was recited by An Su as it is.

Xi Ying didn't look surprised but Li Rui was.

More than surprise, she was shocked. As she sat there, she couldn't help but feel that in the end, she was right.

All the revelations, in the end, were breaking her Clan.