Not Happy

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" 

Ying Yue asked as she stared at Silver who now looked nothing like the man who could make women swoon at his mere presence.

Rather, he was now looking like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl with fair skin, long black hair, black doe-like eyes, and an innocent look that could fool anyone.

"I can't stay with you in the Cold Palace as a man but I don't think anyone would mind if a little girl will follow you around." He replied in a completely unrecognizable voice that made Ying Yue burst into chuckles.

"Oh my! You seriously can't be thinking about this. Are you sure about this plan of yours?" She asked as she picked up a few of the dozens of the ration bags that Silver had purchased.

"I am. Let's not waste any more time now. It's getting late." Silver said as he.....or maybe she, picked up the rest of the bags as they started walking towards their destination - the Star Lake Manor. 

It did not take them long, barely fifteen minutes, before they emerged in the Cold Palace through the hidden trapdoor, only to find both Li Qi and Li Wu waiting for her with worried expressions covering their soft dumpling-like faces.

"Miss!"

"You are finally back!"

"Do you know how scared we both were in your absence?"

"Every time there was a sound of any kind, we imagined someone walking inside the Cold Palace to find you. It was so scary!"

"Right! We even imagined both of us getting canned to death by those cold-hearted palace guards." 

"Mmf...."

"....."

The two girls finally stopped talking when Ying Yue placed her hands on their mouths to stop their continuous rambling.

"Congratulations! You both are still alive and no one entered the Cold Palace today just like the past few years." Ying Yue said as she looked at both of her maids before she took her hands away from their mouths.

"What are you talking about, Miss? We were not worried about ourselves. We were worried about you." Li Wu said as she looked at her Miss with an innocent expression.

Ying Yue turned to look at Li Qi, who also nodded her head immediately in agreement.

"Sure! I can see that very clearly. Now go and take care of the trap door. Make sure to hide it properly. Meanwhile, I'm going to see how good the fourth courtyard is looking now after your hard work." She said as she started walking in the direction of the fourth courtyard.

Silver.....now known as a sixteen-year-old orphan girl, Min Gu, followed behind Ying Yue with dozens of bags in her hands.

It was not until both of their silhouettes disappeared from the backyard of the fifth courtyard, did the Li sisters realized something.

"Wait! Who's that girl with Miss?" Li Qi suddenly asked as she looked at her sister with a horrified expression covering her face.

The two girls stared at each other in pure silence as they pondered whether to run after their Miss or to handle the matter of the trap door first.

Eventually, they decided to handle the important matter first - hiding the trapdoor!

***

"Not bad! This place is looking a hundred times better than before. I'm impressed." Ying Yue commented as her eyes eagerly looked around the fourth courtyard.

The lawn was perfectly trimmed. The rooms were clean and shining after getting rid of all the cobwebs and years of dust.

Though there was not much furniture or decorations around the courtyard, Ying Yue was not worried about it. She would make sure to change the appearance of the Cold Palace and make it look like a grand palace - even better than Empress Dowager's palace. (Not like she had ever been to her supposed-to-be mother-in-law's palace.)

"Let's start arranging things in our new kitchen. If we start now, it will be finished before five o'clock. And then we can finally prepare a grand dinner to celebrate!" She said in a cheerful tone while heading towards the far end of the courtyard where the old storage was located.

As they entered the room, darkness welcomed them. Though it was a big room but the problem was that there's not a single window in the entire room.

"Are you sure this place is eligible for a kitchen? There's no natural source of light here and you will die in the heat....."

"I did not know that there's no window in this room." Ying Yue immediately replied in a mumbled voice as her eyes finally started adjusting to the darkness.

She heard Silver sighing behind her which made her pout as her eyes roamed around the darkroom. 

"Let me help you out a little bit, here. You can thank me later." Silver spoke as he stretched his left palm out and closed his eyes for a mere second.

She was used to seeing Silver using his mysterious powers but right now she was watching a little girl standing in a pose that made her look so weird.

"What are you doing?" Ying Yue asked as she stared at the girl.

Silver did not reply as he...she.....kept her eyes closed and channeled her energy towards the changes that she wanted to make in the room.

Ying Yue watched with horror as one by one, the settings of the room started to change. A huge window appeared on the back wall which opened towards the backyard where a well was built. A back door also appeared beside the window.

Two kitchen counters made of marble appeared with a wooden shelf against one of the walls.

And then everything stopped. 

"What did you just do?" She asked again but this time her voice was barely audible.

Silver took in a deep breath before he answered her question, "My powers in this world are limited. Since I did not use my powers for the past few days, I was able to pull off a simple spell. But I can't continue any longer, or I'll lose too much energy. You have to do with it for now."

Ying Yue closed her eyes as she inhaled deeply before she opened her eyes and stared at the girl in front of her as she growled at her.

"Who the hell asked you to do this? Are you looking for trouble?" 

Wait! Why she did not look happy?