97 Maid and the Bodyguard.

  Gu Lan was on his way to call Zheng Liang for the afternoon royal court session when he noticed Xiaowei standing behind the pillar and secretly peeping towards the garden in the backside of the Dragon Pavilion. 

He looked around and there was no guard or court lady in the vicinity except Xiaowei. 

What is she doing here? He wondered. 

He stood behind her and looked in the direction where she was staring and asked coldly. "What are you doing here?"

Xiaowei, who was smiling and giggling to see Yang Ning and Zheng Liang having tea together and spending time with each other, was startled when Gu Lan came out of nowhere and startled her. "Hah! Why are you standing behind me like this?" She jumped back in startled and shouted at him in surprise. 

Gu Lan was surprised to see her jumping like this and unconsciously reached out to hold her, worried that she might hurt her leg once again.