My low-key cultivation of immortality was discovered by the emperor in my diary.

Chapter 30 Night Guards Exposed, Squad Speculation

"His Majesty?"

Chu Lengyu silently repeated these two words in her heart.

She frowned slightly, trying to find clues about the emperor in her memory; however, her life and the palace seemed to have never intersected.

The original owner of this body had a very narrow social circle and Chu Lengyu asked herself why she had never done anything improper or been involved in court disputes.

But she only wanted to cultivate in peace and quiet, and did not want to get involved in any power struggles.

All the fuss and struggle will only amount to a pile of yellow earth a few decades from now. One can achieve immortality by cultivating immortality, but power cannot.

However, if these people were secretly sent by the emperor, then they wouldn't be easy to deal with. She still wanted to remain hidden and was unwilling to expose herself to the public so soon.

Looking at Cheng Zi again, Chu Lengyu frowned slightly and said, "I'm in a good mood today, so I'll let you go. If there's a next time, I'll make sure you're executed."

Having said that, he stopped listening to his sophistry and directly ordered Huang Yi and Huang Er to take the man out.

Cheng Zidu racked his brains to prepare a new explanation, but he had no chance to use it. The two Yellow Turban warriors took him away as is and dumped him on the open ground outside the Pine Forest Cottage.

The gate was closed, and the place returned to its closed-door policy.

A pair of door gods are pasted on the door panel, depicted with great lifelike detail.

Cheng Zi grimaced and rubbed the spot where he had fallen, and in a daze, he seemed to see the door gods in the painting, their eyes and mouths twitching as if they were mocking him.

He shook his head and found that the door gods had not changed; it was all just his imagination.

After going around in circles, Cheng Zi returned to Lou Qing and the others, and immediately said, "Captain, you guys have really gotten me into trouble!"

"Ha, you got caught because your legs went weak, how can you blame us?" Old Wu retorted.

Sister Qiao advised, "Alright, alright, that was just an accident, Chengzi. Why are you making such a fuss over such a small thing?"

"Wait, that's not what I meant!" Cheng Zi interrupted them, saying, "What I meant was, Chu Lengyu seems to have discovered that we're spying on her!"

Cheng Zi hurriedly recounted everything that had just happened at the Pine Forest Cottage.

Chu Lengyu was clearly certain that someone had been following her, and when she couldn't get any answers from their questions, she was going to send them directly to the authorities to force the person behind them to reveal themselves.

For some reason, I changed my mind in the end and let him go.

His teammates were quite surprised after hearing his story.

How could a young lady from a secluded family be so perceptive?

Lou Qing was calmer than he had imagined. He had long suspected that Chu Lengyu had discovered their presence and was deliberately avoiding them.

However, he had already prepared a reason for himself in his mind.

His Majesty the Emperor would not issue useless tasks. This Chu Lengyu must have some extraordinary qualities to be noticed by the Emperor. Therefore, it is only natural that she was able to discover their existence.

Lou Qing thought this reason was very reasonable. He hesitated for a moment, but still voiced his guess.

Sister Qiao was still somewhat skeptical of what he said, but she also had her own doubts, so she asked, "Isn't this Chu Lengyu a bit strange? What gives her the confidence to move to this desolate place alone and confront Cheng Zi, whose identity is unknown?"

Old Wu thought about it carefully. Based on his observations of Chu Lengyu during the past few days of surveillance, he said, "Indeed, she always gives people a sense of composure, or rather... a sense of being fearless."

If she were truly the eldest daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, it would be understandable; with the backing of four princes and eight dukes, such behavior would indeed be possible. However, as we've overheard these past few days, we know that the current Duke of Zhenguo doesn't treat her well and cannot be her protector.

“Then Xuanzhen Temple obviously can’t either,” Xiao Zhang continued.

Cheng Zi frowned as he thought of the two strange guards, Huang Yi and Huang Er.

He said somewhat uneasily, "These guards inside are definitely not ordinary people. Not only are they physically strong, but they also walk and sit very disciplinedly, their movements are almost synchronized, and they walk as if measured by a ruler."

They didn't look like guards at all; they seemed more like...more like soldiers, and not just any soldiers like the city garrison or the Jiangnan army—they were real, capable, and disciplined veterans!

Everyone in the team was stunned by Chengzi's words.

Old Wu was almost sweating with fear. He wiped his forehead and whispered, "Don't make wild guesses. Do you know what you're talking about? Does she think she can recruit four ruthless people from the border army?"

"Isn't that...that's rebellion?" Xiao Zhang's voice was even lower.

"It's indeed strange that His Majesty would send us to monitor a young lady without any reason," Sister Qiao said, not daring to continue discussing the border troops. Instead, she added, "But we can simply report whatever we see or hear to His Majesty. Why think so much?"

Upon hearing this, Lou Qing nodded slightly.

At the same time, he made up his mind that whatever he heard or saw, he would report it truthfully. No matter how strange or unbelievable it was, he would not hide it.

He must seize this opportunity with Chu Lengyu.

Little did they know, Chu Lengyu had already used her divine sense to hear their entire conversation.

She became even more certain that these people were indeed sent by the emperor.

Hmph, although I don't know why the emperor sent people to monitor me, he's being too naive to think that he can control my every move with just a few people!