The Little Min Gu

Ying Yue and her two maids hurriedly ran outside to see what caused the sound of the crash, only to find Min Gu standing beside a huge pile of woods that were previously stored in the storage of the first courtyard.

"Wow!"

She heard Li Qi voicing out her surprise and amazement as the girl stared at Min Gu, making Ying Yue almost roll her eyes.

While Silver was only trying to help her, she also knew that he was deliberately making things hard for her. The more different he would appear in front of the twins, or the more magic he would use in the physical shape, the harder it would become for her to cook up stories to cover his inhumane actions.

"She's so strong!" 

Li Wu also commented as she too watched the young Min Gu standing there with her hands folded in front of her chest with a proud look on her small round face. There was no sign of any kind of discomfort even though she had carried so much weight for such a long distance.

Ying Yue rubbed her forehead slightly as she felt a headache approaching. She just wanted to disappear and let Silver handle the situation on his own. But at the same time, she was totally aware that the man did not give a damn about what problems he was causing. If worse came to worst, he would just disappear without any trace, leaving everyone questioning their sanity and his identity. The man loved to create problems.

She closed her eyes for a few seconds and took a deep breath before walking towards Min Gu and taking a look at the pile of woods.

"Indeed! You are strong. Looks like my judgment about you was not wrong at all. You really have a gift of super strength. What a gifted child you are!"

Ying Yue even pinched Min Gu's cheeks to emphasize her sweet syrupy story. While there was a smile on her lips to fool the twins, she made sure to glare at Min Gu to make her realize how pissed off she (Ying Yue) was at the moment.

"Wow! Is she really gifted?" Li Wu asked hurriedly as she came to stand right next to Min Gu and started examining her body.

"Of course! Can't you see that she alone managed to bring these woods here? How can your Miss not have the eyes to separate a real talent from the fake ones? You are not looking down at me, or are you?" 

"No, no, no! Of course, not! But Miss, how did you even find this girl?" Li Wu asked while she eyed Min Gu as if she was suspecting something.

"I just stumbled across her on the street. She was running after a thief and actually succeeded in catching him. I was really amazed by her strength and pure heart. Since this poor child has no family and she used to earn her living by performing street shows, I decided to bring her here." Ying Yue answered in a calm and kind of sad tone, making it appear like it was perfectly normal for her to bring a strange girl to the Cold Palace because she could not watch the child suffer in the harsh world all alone.

"But Miss, what if someone from the Palace found out about her?" Li Qi asked worriedly.

Ying Yue smiled softly at the girl as she spoke, "Who will find out? No one ever steps in the Cold Palace. Unless they suddenly have the heart to worry about our well-being, we are completely safe. Most of them don't even remember us and the rest don't want to remember anything about us." 

The Li girls were silent as they knew that their Miss had a point. No one had visited the Cold Palace for so long, what were the chances that someone would suddenly want to appear in the Cold Palace?

But at the same time, a part of their brain was still not completely convinced. The bad news was bound to knock on their doors whenever they tried to convince themselves otherwise.

"Miss...." Li Qi pulled on her lady's sleeves as she tried to once again make her realize that keeping a strange girl in the Cold Palace was really a risky idea. Who knew what kind of punishment would befall them if Empress Dowager got to know about this?

Ying Yue was about to respond when, the man turned into a little girl - Min Gu decided to speak.

"You all really don't have to worry. Even if someone from the Imperial Palace decided to visit the Cold Palace, no one would be able to find me. I can promise you that." The little girl said with a serious look on her chubby face.

"How?" Li Wu asked as both she and Li Qi turned their attention on the girl and waited to hear her response.

Somehow, Ying Yue could already tell that whatever Silver/Min Gu was about to say next, was going to create even more questions and suspicions. And before she could react and stop the girl from speaking, it was already too late because at that exact moment a bright light shone in the room, and the very next second Min Gu had already turned into a little white bunny.

Ying Yue felt like crying as she watched the horrified expressions on the twins' faces. They were staring at the bunny as if it was a monster instead of a cute little harmless animal.

She did not speak, not even when both the girls hurriedly turned their attention towards their lady as they silently asked dozens of questions that went unanswered.

Ying Yue refused to speak. She just turned her expressions as shocked and dumbfounded as the twins'. Ignorance was her best weapon at the moment and she was going to cling to her precious weapon.

The little bunny shook its head, flinging its ears and the next second it was once again looking like Min Gu who was smiling proudly as she looked at the thunderstruck expressions of the Li sisters.

"See! Now you all can relax and start preparing dinner. I'm going to collect the rest of the firewood." 

The Girl chirped happily before she disappeared from the room, leaving three of the young ladies completely surprised and scared. While the twins were scared because they had just seen a girl turning into a rabbit and vice versa, Ying Yue was terrified because she could already see a dark and miserable future waiting for her.

Only if she knew!