Jade Chamber.
This is a flying palace powered by Plaustrite.
It is also the private palace of Ningguang, the [Tianquan] of the Liyue Qixing.
When the weather is clear, standing on the deck outside the palace gate, you can overlook most of the scenery of the Liyue Harbor.
Whether it is the extremely brilliant appearance or the height that overlooks Liyue, it is indisputable that Ningguang is the leader among the merchants in Liyue Harbor.
At first, it was only the size of a room, but now it can block the real silver moon above Liyue.
A considerable part of the endless wealth earned by Ningguang. She used to invite top craftsmen to continuously expand the Jade Chamber, making it more and more large and luxurious.
In Ningguang's view, the Jade Chamber symbolizes her authority and courage, and is a symbol of her good business.
Normally, no one is allowed to enter here, but today... a special guest came here.
"Didn't you go to Inazuma? Why are you back again?"
Ningguang asked, looking at Beidou who was carrying the Blackcliff Slasher in one hand and a wooden box in the other.
The fact that she could hold this thing and go up to the Jade Chamber shows her relationship with Ningguang.
"Something happened on the way, and I felt it is necessary to come back and let you know."
Beidou picked up the tea on the table and drank it all.
She frowned after drinking it.
Sure enough, compared with wine, this thing is really hard to swallow.
"The Fatui?"
Sitting on the railing, Ningguang looked at the Liyue Harbor under the night sky and asked softly.
"Huh? How did you know?"
Beidou was a little surprised that she paused in spitting out the tea leaves.
She wanted to keep it a secret and tease the other party.
Unexpectedly, she guessed it so quickly.
"You and I both know how important the Inazuma Rebellion is. The only one who can make you return halfway is the Fatui, right?"
Ningguang said with a chuckle.
This time, Beidou went to Inazuma, not to help the rebels, but to investigate the situation of the Fatui over there.
It seems that the news she brought back should be more valuable than that from Inazuma.
"The Fatui now have a 12th Harbinger. Have you heard about it?"
"Of course I know. I have worked hard on intelligence."
The Fatui of Snezhnaya have been stationed in various countries under various excuses. Why haven't the other six countries placed insiders in Snezhnaya?
One hour after the Fatui announced the inauguration of the twelfth harbinger, she got the news.
At present, we only know that the man is the instructor of the Pyro Agents, but we don't know what he looks like or how strong he is.
"Then do you know that he used to be a Liyue person?"
When she said the second half of the sentence, Beidou's voice was very low.
But her words surprised Ningguang a lot.
"A Liyue person?"
"Yes, judging by his accent, he's from the Lisha Suburbs. Not only does he speak Liyue dialect, he also has acquaintances in Liyue. This is what he asked me to bring back."
Beidou said, gently pushing the wooden box at her feet forward.
Although her men had already checked and found nothing wrong with the box of coconut milk, Out of caution, she decided to let Ningguang take a look to avoid any accidents after sending it to Qiqi.
"Is this... coconut milk?"
Ningguang took out a bottle of dairy products and sniffed it.
Although she rarely drank this stuff, she often came into contact with this unique beverage because of a special existence in Liyue Harbor.
"Does he know Qiqi?"
This was the first time Ningguang frowned today.
On the surface, she was just a herbalist and apprentice of Bubu Pharmacy, but in fact, she was also a immortal.
But based on her understanding of Qiqi, she didn't seem to know a Liyue person who was far away in the Snezhnaya?
No... As an immortal, Qiqi was much older than Ningguang.
It was not uncommon for her to know some people that Ningguang didn't know.
"Did the instructor say anything else?"
After sealing the box of coconut milk, Ningguang looked at Beidou.
She needed more information to determine the other party's identity.
"[Give Qiqi a gift, and tell her when the time comes... it was given to her by Xiaobai.] These are his exact words."
Beidou knew the importance of the matter, so she repeated Bai Luo's words word for word.
Especially the very important name of Xiaobai.
"Baizhu?"
Like Beidou, after hearing the name Xiaobai, Ningguang immediately thought of the owner of Bubu Pharmacy, the man named Baizhu.
Knowing Qiqi, and with the word [Bai] in his name, it seems that he is the only one who can be called this?
"I have never heard whether Mr. Baizhu has a brother, but since he calls himself Xiaobai, he is most likely related to Mr. Bai. But..."
Beidou took her wine flask from her waist, took a sip, and gave another idea that she had been hiding in her heart.
"Is it possible that he just happens to know Mr. Bai and knows about Qiqi's existence, so he deliberately said this to make us suspicious?"
"That's absolutely impossible."
Without even thinking about it, Ningguang directly denied her guess.
"Qiqi likes to drink coconut milk. Not many people in Liyue Port know this. Only a few people who are close to her know this. The other party knows this... It is very likely that he really knew Qiqi."
Xiaobai... knows Qiqi... Lisha...
Wait? Lisha?
"You mean, he has the accent of Lisha Suburb?"
"Well, it should be the southern accent of Lisha Suburb. There are people from there on my ship. I am very familiar with this accent and I will definitely not hear it wrong."
"Could it be him?"
Looking in the direction of Lisha Suburb, Ningguang's eyebrows twisted together again.
She also asked why Qiqi liked this special flavor of dairy products.
At first, she thought that Qiqi was given a drink by a strange person in Liyue Port.
But Qiqi gave her an unexpected answer.
"Lisha Suburb... a friend gave it to me. It's cool... and it tastes good."
After knowing that Qiqi knew a friend in Lisha Suburb, she took the Millelith to rush there.
Unfortunately, she did not meet the friend Qiqi mentioned there, but she drove away a group of treasure hoarders.
Could it be that the friend Qiqi met at the beginning was the Fatui 12th Harbinger [Instructor] who called himself Xiaobai?
"Let's go to Bubu Pharmacy."
Ningguang waved her right hand, and the rock elements formed a tray, lifting up the coconut milk that Beidou had placed on the ground.
Instead of guessing here, it is better to go directly to the door and ask the person involved.
Although Qiqi's memory is not very good, she has the habit of taking notes. Maybe in her notes, she can find clues about Xiaobai.
"Do you want to take this with you too? Don't you want your people to check it again?"
Beidou brought it here, more because Ningguang has more professional inspectors here.
According to her, it would be more appropriate to check it before sending it over.
After all, it is a gift from the Fatui executive.
"Is there anyone more suitable than Mr. Baizhu in the entire Liyue Port?
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