"Miss we're here", announced Xiao xi.

After her visit to Princess Long Xia's residence, they went to a small tea house in a small alley. Wearing her veil, Li Xi Rui slowly descend down from her carriage and enter the tea house. From Xiao Xi inquiries, this tea house is used to held her meeting with a hired spy. Usually the spies or assassins wouldn't have a fixed place for meeting. But it just so happened that this spy is particularly easy to find. At first she was suspicious but because she is in a race with time, she decided to take a chance. 'Life is a gamble!'

Sitting in secluded spot in the tea house, Li Xi Rui is waiting for her future spy. As if on cue, the moment she looked up, a man suddenly appeared. 'I nearly got a heart attack!', Li Xi Rui's reaction is clouded by her veil, but she is nonetheless being shocked. The man didn't care too much about it and sit down in the stool in front of her. He too is wearing a mask.

"Miss Li I presume? I'm Mask. Now cut to the chase, who should I investigate or who do you want me to kill?", he asked without any flowery words.

"Mr. Mask, I have an information- in a few days, my family will be robbed. As to Who, What and Why, I didn't know. But I believe it will happen in 4 days. So, the reason I need your service is to find out who, what and why they want to rob us. You don't have to kill and just investigate for me. I'll pay you a thousand taels now and another thousand after you complete your work", Li Xi Rui didn't want to speak too much. For her, this masked man seems forthright and trustworthy enough.

"Sure Miss, I will send an anonymous letter to you as soon as possible. Then...", the masked man disappeared after taking his payment.

"Xiao Xi, Mr. Mask seem trustworthy enough. You did good today. But you shouldn't disclose my family's name in this kind of matter", Li Xi Rui couldn't maintain her smile. Even though Xiao Xi is her most trusted friend she couldn't help but reprimand Xiao Xi a bit. She just easily trusting anybody.

"Miss, forgive me!", Xiao Xi almost kowtowed at Li Xi Rui's feet.

Looking at the crying face, Li Xi Rui quickly hold Xiao Xi's arm and held her up. "Xiao Xi, I know you are a good person, but not all people are as good as they portrayed. Someone who looks good might have a black heart, and someone who looks bad might have a good person", she patted Xiao Xi. She really loved this maid of hers.

"Xiao Xi understood. I'm sorry miss", as she cried.

"Xiao Xi, sometimes naivety can lead to our own destruction. And if that time ever arrived, we couldn't blame others as we are also wrong to begin with", Li Xi Rui told Xiao Xi. Li Xi Rui sometimes blamed herself, if she was not naive back then, would the outcome be any different? Can she save her family? Holding Xiao Xi, they left the tea house hand by hand.

"Xiao Xi, enough crying", after leaving the alley and going to the central market, Xiao xi hasn't stop crying.

"B..but miss, Xiao Xi couldn't help but reflects back to her fault", as she sobbed.

"Xiao Xi, let's get down here. Let's take a look at the street vendor", Li Xi Rui thought Xiao Xi will be too embarrassed to cry in front of people. Asking the driver to stop, they walked around looking at the shop. Li Xi Rui bought Xiao Xi's many food and true to her thought, Xiao Xi stopped crying as soon as they get down from the carriage.

Looking around with street food in her hand, Xiao Xi suddenly stopped and Li Xi Rui bumped into her. Looking up she saw the someone they knew. It is Long Jie and the heroine! 'What is she doing here?', thought Li Xi Rui.

"Miss, it's the second prince. Who is that man beside him? Xiao Xi has never seen him before", asked Xiao Xi.

Whispering, "That is a woman in disguise. It's miss Mu", said Li Xi Rui in Xiao xi's ear.

"That shameless woman?!" Before Xiao Xi can shout, Li Xi Rui clamped her mouth shut.

"Li Xi Rui greets second prince and young master", Li Xi Rui is almost tempted to blow Mu Jiu Jiu's cover. That stupid disguise again! She really is speechless. Apart from putting her hair up like a gentleman and wearing a man's garment there is nothing different from her usual self. How could people still couldn't see that this is a woman in disguise?

As Mu Jiu Jiu look at Li Xi Rui's scrutinizing eyes, she almost forgot that she is now a man.

Composing herself she replied, "Ah, Princess Anping of all the places to meet, we met at a market".

Mu Jiu Jiu slightly nodded at Li Xi Rui. Mu Jiu Jiu had thought Long Jie will also greeted Miss Li as sarcastically as usual but when she didn't hear any voice, she looks at the man beside her.