Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 546 - 439 Master of Time Management_1

Chapter 546: Chapter 439 Master of Time Management_1

"Chuyun?" Li Xuan unconsciously used his ’Tao-protecting Eyes’, looking towards an office next door.

—That was originally for Sun Chuyun. Although she became the banner chief of Fourth Banner under his arrangement, she insisted on locating her office in this courtyard.

However, since the incident at Dali Temple’s prison, he had forgotten about her name for a long time.

This was because he was always running around outside and the second reason was this girl’s presence was too weak.

At this moment, Li Xuan looked intently, only to discover that the gate of the room was closed tight and even a layer of dust had fallen on the tables and chairs inside.

"What’s happening?" Luo Yan saw this, and she covered her face with an expression of resentment and snickered, "You haven’t even sorted out the problems here yet and you are thinking about problems outside?"

Yue Qianqian, who was buried in official documents, could not help but look up at them with confusion.

"What are you talking about?" Li Xuan looked puzzled as he waved a stack of official documents in his hand, "This is a case that Sun Chuyun handled before the New Year. I looked at the file. She did a beautiful job."

Li Xuan said with a little regret, "I just feel it’s a pity that her abilities in all aspects are quite good. However, she didn’t focus on the business of the Liudao Division, and she is the daughter of Sun Jizong. Otherwise, she could indeed have been a general in my Shenyi Department."

Yue Qianqian looked puzzled, "Why would Duwei Sir say that? I saw Duwei Sun working very hard these days. Sir saying that she is one of our generals in the Shenyi Department is not an exaggeration."

Li Xuan was taken aback, "She didn’t resign? Her room is empty."

He reasoned normally and thought that Miss Sun probably was now just holding a position in name, without practical responsibilities.

If he were Sun Chuyun and was treated like that in the prison of Dali Temple, he would have resigned and walked away a long time ago.

"No way!" Yue Qianqian pointed in the direction of the east with her tender fingers, "She just moved to the east wing of the fourth courtyard. In the past month, she has handled more than thirty cases and has even pulled in a lot of capable people from Tianguan Building. The structure of the Fourth Banner has been established."

Li Xuan was taken aback, then he flipped through the documents and files behind, and found that there were indeed quite a few reported by Sun Chuyun.

"There is such a thing?" As Li Xuan carefully examined each file, he commented, "It’s a bit surprising. This delicate and pampered young lady has a very prescriptive way of handling things."

"Duwei Sun’s ability is indeed very good," Yue Qianqian glanced at Luo Yan, "Even Yan had tried to trouble Duwei Sun over a case of murder with remains scattered everywhere, insisting her to solve it within three days. But the result is that she really succeeded."

Luo Yan’s face turned a little red, "What trouble did I cause? I just wanted her to know her difficulties to retreat. If she does not have the determination to work in Liudao Division, she should leave early!"

But then she realized that she seemed to have no position to say such things about others. Wasn’t she also half-hearted?

So she changed her tone, "Li Xuan, you are really doing a great job as the commander of the Shenyi Department, now you don’t even know who your subordinates are."

Li Xuan also felt ashamed. He was indeed not competent as the commander of the Shenyi Department.

Just then, a soft voice came from infront of him, "Are you talking about me?"

Li Xuan looked up and saw Sun Chuyun standing in front of him in a plain white fumo armor, looking heroic.

Li Xuan was startled, "When did you come?"

He wondered when she had stood in front of him and he had completely not noticed.

"Just now, you didn’t notice." Sun Chuyun made a fist towards Li Xuan with an indifferent expression, "Fourth Banner Sun Chuyun is ordered to return, all the twenty-four members have been gathered and are ready to follow orders. Also, although my father is the Earl Huichang, normal official business within the Liudao Division should not hinder Master Li."

Li Xuan couldn’t help but look at Sun Chuyun, realizing that her attitude towards him was greatly different from before.

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By the time Li Xuan had dealt with all the backlog of official duties, it was already evening.

At this point, only a third of the Shenyi Department had returned to report. Considering that he couldn’t let everyone wait, and Zhu Mingyue’s deadline was to set off in the early morning of the 21st, Li Xuan simply gave his subordinates two days off, allowing them to rest a little before heading north and managing their private affairs.

Li Xuan himself went to a restaurant with Luo Yan and Yue Qianqian. After a sufficient meal, they went to the glaze factory, strolled around for the whole night, and spent more than ten thousand patterned silver. He bought Luo Yan a pair of beautifully carved butterfly-shaped jewelry, and for Yue Qianqian, he bought a white jade bracelet.

This was the first time he bought something for Luo Yan, which made Luo Yan smirk the whole night.

Although Li Xuan was out of money, the more than ten thousand silver was ’borrowed’ from her.

Yue Qianqian was also very happy. She had always been uncomfortable with the food in the north since it was all made of wheat flour and they didn’t have rice.

The cooks in Earl Jingan’s mansion were all recruited by Li Xuan, but they were all from the north and didn’t know how to cook some classic Nanjing dishes.

Li Xuan specifically found a southern-style restaurant that night, satisfying Yue Qianqian’s taste buds.

There were Su-style dishes such as squirrel fish, egg shumai, ladies’ liver, and phoenix-tail shrimp, as well as snacks like saltwater duck, tofu pudding, yuanyang pastries, and emerald buns, which greatly satisfied Yue Qianqian.

The white jade bracelet, although it only cost five hundred pieces of patterned silver, was custom made from a jewelry store Li Xuan found twenty days ago. Inside the bracelet, there was a ’Qian’ character. Originally, it was intended as a New Year gift to her, but it was delayed until now.

After returning to Earl Jingan’s mansion, Li Xuan made his way to the Jiang Family medical clinic to find Jiang Hanyun for Dual Cultivation -- wait, no, it had not gotten to that stage yet, more accurately, it was the second phase of the Shentian Dual Essence Technique practice.

By the Hour of Zi, Li Xuan stealthily led his Jade Qilin out of Earl Jingan’s mansion.

He wasn’t sure if Luo Yan had noticed his movements, but he decided not to worry about it anymore.

However, when Li Xuan mounted the Jade Qilin, the mount was lethargic and hardly showed enthusiasm in its movement.

"Let’s go!" Li Xuan stared at his mount curiously: "We’re going to the palace, pick up the pace little Linlin, your master’s future happiness depends on you. Hey, hey, why have you lay down? I will spank you, I mean it --"

But suprisingly, right after he had threatened it, the Jade Qilin just lay directly down on the street and didn’t budge.

Meng Qingfan’s eyes filled with self-pity, this guy was out at midnight on her, just to sneak into the palace and see that Princess Yu Hongchang, right?

What did that make her? Even though she had a night of passion with Li Xuan, she was only the status of a mount.

Li Xuan was oblivious to the Qilin’s feelings, he just felt a headache coming on. He thought about the unreliable mount and regretted that he had borrowed tens of thousands of taels from Luo Yan today to order a large batch of Yuhanzhu Shrimp for it.

Keeping in mind that this was a half-heavenly level Qilin, Li Xuan didn’t dare to beat it for real, so he had to go to the nearby stable again and lead out an Earth Dragon.

However, as soon as the Jade Qilin coolly glanced at the Earth Dragon, this magnificent mount with a thin dragon bloodline also lay down and refused to budge.

Left with no other option, Li Xuan had to use a magical concealment technique to dash towards the palace city on his own.

But on the way, Li Xuan got stopped several times by the patrolling guards of Liudao Division and the Forbidden Army in the streets.

Their reasoning was simple, those who could ride horses in the street at this late hour were undoubtedly nobility; but those who were just walking, no matter how sophisticated their concealment technique, there was certainly some problem.

So, Li Xuan stumbled along the way, it took him a full quarter of an hour to reach the western corner of the palace city, and then he turned to the little girl with the green sword for help: "Lady Lv, please use the Void Power again and get me in there."

At his words, Lv Qiluo became speechless: "Why are you coming to the palace? Isn’t it good to go see Xue Yunrou at this time? After all, the gatekeeper and Xiaowei at the Chaoyang Gate are both familiar faces to you."

"You wouldn’t understand--" Li Xuan shook his head, "Just help me out, Lady Lv."

He thought to himself, how could he keep visiting Xue Yunrou in the middle of the night? Would the Young Heavenly Master allow it?

If he were Xue Yunrou, he would also wonder where he had been all day? Every time he came over at this hour, what was she considered as? A tool of some sort?

Xue Yunrou already had a lot of objections to him. If he went over now, it would only add fuel to the fire.

However, if he broke into the palace to see Yu Hongchang in the middle of the night, the situation would be different!

He was hopelessly in love with Yu Hongchang, that’s why he was braving the risks to sneak into the palace and see his sweetheart in the middle of the night -- would Hongchang not be touched after hearing this?

As for Yunrou, he would just spend most of the day with her. With such a plan, how could there be rough waves between the ’ships’?

Li Xuan couldn’t help but praise himself, he felt that his time management skills had reached a higher level.

"I can help you--" Lv Qiluo reluctantly shook her head: "But you need to think it through. This will consume at least half a month of your lifespan. I know you have a way to purge the demonic toxins, but that’s ultimately time-consuming and laborious."

But Li Xuan’s eyes were resolute, he unflinchingly met Lv Qiluo’s gaze. Life was indeed precious, but love was of higher value.

The key point was that if he lost his love, he might lose his life.

Lv Qiluo sighed and eventually reached out to touch Li Xuan’s chest.

As a ball of green light swirled around him, Li Xuan felt the void twist and the world spin around him.

When his vision finally returned to normal, he found himself within the palace walls.

Lv Qiluo’s magic was powerful, not only allowing him to break through the palace city’s prohibitions, but also teleporting him at least a hundred feet away.

Thrilled, Li Xuan recognized his location and headed straight for Yu Hongchang’s Fubi Palace.

At this time, in the Bitao House within Fubi Palace, Princess Changle, Yu Hongchang, and Xue Yunrou were sleeping on the same bed.

Xue Yunrou was unable to sleep, she lay there looking at the bed curtain above her, "Hongshang, how long has it been since we’ve done this?"

Yu Hongchang, too, had no desire to sleep, she smiled wryly, "Since you left the capital last time, right? It’s been more than a year."

They were once best friends.

Just at this moment, Yu Hongchang heard some noise from outside.