The night was as dark as ink. Wearing her Invisibility Cloak, Si Jiuyue slipped into the heavily guarded Prefect's Mansion without a sound.
With a few light leaps, she vaulted into the front courtyard. As soon as she landed, she keenly sensed that the mansion was relatively peaceful. When she encountered patrolling guards, she simply stepped aside; they couldn't see her anyway. Save for the dutiful night watchmen, who paced the corridors with lanterns and yawns, everyone else had long since retired, leaving the entire residence steeped in silence.
There was one exception: the study. A faint, dim candlelight flickered through the dark.
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