Gu Ziye's soft moans filled the room for quite some time before they finally faded.
Gu Ziye clung to Lu Yuan, her arms wrapped tightly around him, refusing to let go.
Lu Yuan lay still, resting.
They embraced for a long time.
「Outside the Lu Mansion Gate.」
The Jinyi Guard were locked in a deadly battle with a group of masked men, and their war cries startled everyone inside the Lu Mansion.
Song Meiqin, who had just fallen asleep, was jolted awake by the shouts of battle outside the mansion and the commotion within.
Some maid, timid as a mouse, was screaming her head off in the courtyard:
"Murder!"
"Help! Someone, help!"
The maid's screams instantly threw the Lu Mansion into chaos. Uninformed servants scrambled for cover, though no intruders had actually charged in.
Inside the Lu Mansion, a team of Mansion Guards under the command of Fifth Brother Liu burst out from several tiled-roof houses. They assembled quickly, awaiting their leader's command.
