"That will not happen."

Shi Yan rolled his eyes. "I'm just saying it as precaution, alright? I can never guess what's inside your mind!"

Yang Xian curled his lips to form a smile. He lightly nodded his head and looked to Wei Liuying's direction, who was standing not far from them. "Liu Ying, come with me. I need to prepare you for the journey."

"Ok."

The two of them entered a carriage and Yang Xian took out a small box. "Change into this here. I'll be waiting outside. Also, from now on, your name will be Lady Ying."

Lady Ying?

Wei Liuying didn't have the chance to ask because Yang Xian had stepped out of the carriage and locked the door. She pursed her lips and opened the box. Inside the box was a set of women clothing in white color along with the accessory. It was beautiful.

'It means I have to 'disguise' myself as a girl?'

Internally, Wei Liuying didn't know whether she should cry or laugh. Since she was hiding her female's persona from everyone in the capital city, she didn't expect that she would be able to wear women clothing again so soon. It was safer for her to be a male when she was facing her father and everyone else in the capital city.

But since they were far at the north and needed to disguise themselves, this was the best method. Who would ever think that the great Strategist Liu was actually a young woman who haven't reached adulthood yet?

As it has been some time since the last time Wei Liuying wore women clothing, she struggled to find the correct position to wear the clothes. After fiddling here and there, she finally finished changing her clothes. Wei Liuying then changed her hairstyle and wore the hairpins prepared for her. Once everything was set, she knocked on the door.

"You're done?"

"Yes."

Yang Xian opened the door and looked at Wei Liuying. She hadn't worn any make up, but she had changed a lot because of the hairstyle and clothing. Right now, she looked like a lady who came out from a painting, very beautiful and elegant.

"It has been some time, do I look weird?" Wei Liuying asked.

"No, not at all," Yang Xian replied. "My lady looks very beautiful."

Hearing his address, Wei Liuying was stunned. It was then she noticed that Yang Xian had donned brown servant robe and darkened his complexion. If one were to say, they wouldn't be able to see him as the great strategist anymore.

However, this attire made her recall the first time she met with Yang Xian. He was also wearing the same or more like similar clothing back then.

"You'll be my servant?" Wei Liuying asked in a low tone.

Yang Xian grinned. "No one will suspect a servant of a young and beautiful lady, right?"

Wei Liuying was speechless. She always knew that Yang Xian was very eccentric from the moment she met him in the capital city, but this was the first time she realized he was much more than that. Since he used to be a commoner, he didn't have a qualm to act as someone of low status, which many nobles would find it hard to.

"In that case, your name…."

"Call me Xian."

"…"

"There's no way a master will act so politely to her servants, right?"

Somehow, Wei Liuying had the feeling that Yang Xian purposely disguised himself as her servant in order to make her call him with his name directly. Over the past few months, she never dared to call him with his name directly, much less without his surname.

Yang Xian was still smiling as he waited Wei Liuying to call him. He looked like a puppy dog who was waiting for its owner to call him and pet his head. It made him look so cute, which was very contrasting to his original image.

Wei Liuying sighed. "Xian."

Yang Xian beamed and Wei Liuying imagined that there was a tail wagging behind him. She lowered her head to hide her laugh from her imagination. If Yang Xian ever know she imagined him as a little puppy, he would surely punish her harshly like what Prince Ji Sheng did to him.

"You'll get used to it, Miss," Yang Xian also corrected his words. It would be more common to call their master as Miss if it was an unmarried young woman. But when he talked with outsiders, he could either change it to lady or stick with miss. There were no strict rules in this matter.

Wei Liuying nodded. "I know."

"Also, I have asked Yan, so you can act normally around him. Your role this time is to be a young noble lady who wants to see the world outside with an eccentric father who allowed you to do that."

Internally, Wei Liuying truly wondered if there would be a father who would allow their daughter to roam in the dry lands with minimum protection like this. But then again, there was already General Gao who cared for his daughter so much to the point that he couldn't bear if there was any mishap to her.

Those people at the north should have heard of some eccentric father by now.

Well, hopefully they would be able to pass with that kind of story.

Wei Liuying got into the carriage again and Yang Xian followed after her. He pointed to Wei Liuying's head. "Your hair is a bit crooked. Let me fix it for you."

"Oh."

In the past, Wei Liuying had never tied her own hair with the women hairstyle by herself because it was so complicated. She always asked her servants to help her.

Turning her body, Wei Liuying sat sideways on the chair with Yang Xian behind her. His hand moved skillfully to remove the hairpin then he combed Wei Liuying's hair carefully as if he was touching a treasure. Afterwards, his long finger began to braid the side carefully to tie them in the middle.