“Is your method risk-free?” Mu Anxiao retorted with intention.
“I…”
“I don’t want to be the one to collect your corpse,” Mu Anxiao interrupted, turning towards the door.
Outside the door, the first and second guard rabbits had been listening intently. They straightened up and exchanged glances. The second guard rabbit said, “That’s strange, why is there no sound?”
“It must be the work of sorcery,” the first guard rabbit replied.
The second guard rabbit nodded slightly, saying, “That makes sense.”
Just as they were about to leave, Queen Rabbit arrived.
“Did you hear anything?”
Upon hearing this, the first guard rabbit glanced at the second guard rabbit, then turned and smiled at Queen Rabbit, saying, “They were arguing.”
The second guard rabbit, startled by the first guard rabbit’s lie, turned and smiled at Queen Rabbit.
Queen Rabbit, not noticing the expression on the second guard rabbit’s face, said, “Keep listening. When Mu Anxiao comes out, one of you come find me and report the situation.”
“Yes,” the first guard rabbit nodded slightly.
The second guard rabbit quickly added, “Yes.”
Queen Rabbit said nothing, turned, and walked away.
“That scared me to death,” the first guard rabbit said, sighing with relief.
“Why did you lie?” the second guard rabbit pointed at the first guard rabbit.
The first guard rabbit glanced at the door and said, “If we said the Great Demon added a sound-dampening spell to the door, the Queen would surely be angry. She wouldn’t go after the Great Demon, but rather blame us.”
“How do you know the Queen would blame us?” the second guard rabbit asked.
“Before, the Great Demon added spells here, and the guard on duty didn’t report it. In the end, the Queen scolded him severely and then banished him from here,” the first guard rabbit explained.
“How do you know that?” the second guard rabbit asked, frowning.
The first guard rabbit cautiously looked left and right, saying, “It’s just gossip. The Queen is very petty. It’s better not to say certain things. Later, we’ll report whatever Mu Anxiao says when she comes out.”
“Alright, you go,” the second guard rabbit gestured to the first guard rabbit.
“Fine, I’ll go,” the first guard rabbit nodded and took out half a carrot from her sleeve, beginning to nibble on it.
The second guard rabbit stared at the carrot in the first guard rabbit’s hand and said, “I want to eat too.”
“This is all I have left. You didn’t offer to share your whole carrot when you ate yours just now,” the first guard rabbit said protectively.
“I’ll have more tomorrow, I’ll give you one,” the second guard rabbit raised an eyebrow.
“You promised,” the first guard rabbit pointed at the second guard rabbit.
The second guard rabbit nodded excitedly and said, “Mhm.”
“If you lie to me, I’ll make you regret it,” the first guard rabbit said, breaking the half carrot into two smaller pieces and handing a small piece to the second guard rabbit.
The second guard rabbit took the carrot and smiled, saying, “I won’t lie to you, I won’t lie to you.” She then began to eat it.
The first guard rabbit finished her carrot in a few bites.
The second guard rabbit ate hers bit by bit.
Inside the room, Mu Anxiao turned to Xu Lanyan and said, “Release it.”
“Okay.” As soon as Xu Lanyan agreed, Feng Qishi quickly stood up and said, “Be careful yourself.”
Hearing this, Mu Anxiao turned her head to Feng Qishi and nodded, saying, “Don’t worry, I value my life.”
“Mm,” Feng Qishi nodded.
Xu Lanyan glanced at Feng Qishi and said, “Everyone, prepare.”
The rat demons nodded.
Then, Mu Anxiao said, “Alright.”
Xu Lanyan took a deep breath and released the spell. Mu Anxiao then took the opportunity to open the door with feigned anger, glaring at the two guard rabbits outside and saying, “They bullied me, and you didn’t even come in to help.”
“I…”
As the first guard rabbit uttered a word, a female rat demon inside shouted, “We are of the rat tribe, what right do you have to imprison us, you useless creature!”
“Did you hear that?” Mu Anxiao said, slamming the door shut with a thud.
The second guard rabbit stuffed the carrot into her mouth, her cheeks bulging, and asked Mu Anxiao, “Are you alright?”
“The matter wasn’t resolved, it’s really unlucky,” Mu Anxiao muttered, tilting her head. She then turned back and continued, “It’s nothing serious. If you had helped me go in, I would have succeeded.” As she spoke, she took out a green bottle from her sleeve, dangled it intentionally before their eyes, and then put it back.
“It’s alright, there will be other days,” the second guard rabbit swallowed the carrot completely and said with a cheeky grin.
“What are you smiling about? Are you mocking me!” Mu Anxiao pointed at the second guard rabbit’s face.
The second guard rabbit was startled into silence and shook her head.
“You’d better not smile at me. I’m in a bad mood right now. I’m going to find Piao to drink with. It’s annoying,” Mu Anxiao said, glaring at them as she walked away.
Following this, after Mu Anxiao had gone some distance, the second guard rabbit gave the first guard rabbit a meaningful look.
However, the first guard rabbit didn’t understand the second guard rabbit’s meaning and said, “Exactly! That person is simply a lunatic. We didn’t offend her, it was those guys inside. Why should she vent her anger at us?”
The second guard rabbit looked at the first guard rabbit’s unwarranted sense of justice and said, “You’ve forgotten.”
“Forgotten what?” the first guard rabbit asked softly.
“Think,” the second guard rabbit raised an eyebrow.
The first guard rabbit blinked and suddenly realized, “Oh, I need to go find the Queen.”
“Go ahead, I’ll wait for you,” the second guard rabbit said.
The first guard rabbit nodded, turned, and ran off via a shortcut.
Immediately after, the second guard rabbit took out a whole carrot from her embrace and smiled, saying, “Heh heh, I’m not going to share it with you.” She then sat on the ground and began to eat.
In the blink of an eye, the first guard rabbit arrived, panting, outside Queen Rabbit’s room.
At the same time, Mu Anxiao also arrived.
“Your speed is quite good!”
Upon hearing this, the first guard rabbit was startled, turned, and walked down the steps to Mu Anxiao, saying, “Didn’t you go for drinks? Why are you here?”
Mu Anxiao looked at the first guard rabbit’s breathless state and said, “He who has a clear conscience fears no knock at the door. What are you doing here?”
“I…”
“You’re here to report my embarrassing moments, aren’t you?” Mu Anxiao exposed her.
The first guard rabbit was surprised that Mu Anxiao had seen through her, so she lowered her head.
Mu Anxiao’s lips curled into a smile, “You truly are a clever rabbit, using my embarrassing moments as a weapon for your promotion. Not bad, little rabbit.” She reached out and patted the first guard rabbit’s shoulder. The first guard rabbit lowered her head and took a breath, saying, “I didn’t.”
“You didn’t? Then why am I seeing you here? And if I recall correctly, you left after me, but you arrived before me. This shows you had a premeditated plan,” Mu Anxiao said sarcastically.