Situ Yongjie led the guards away.
Xuexue's sleepy expression vanished, and her figure gracefully stepped into the courtyard, then, with a swift motion, her little hand swept backward.
Behind her, Zi Xia immediately understood and hurriedly closed the door, then quickly bolted it before finally sighing with relief: "Oh my! Madam! Miss, just now you nearly scared the maid to death."
With her heart still pounding, Zi Xia patted her chest: "If Miss had returned any later, the maid wouldn't have known what to do."
The Second Miss pounded on the door for so long, uh, it seemed like they wouldn't stop until they took the door down, which scared her terribly. However, the adoptive parents of the young mistress slept so soundly that they didn't hear a thing, which she found quite strange.
Xuexue nodded in approval: "Mhm! Zi Xia, you did well this time."
