The shopkeeper looked at Li Xianyun and said, "Young master, please follow me."
Li Xianyun replied, "Tell that guest that something urgent has come up and I must leave first. I will thank him another day."
Saying "another day" was essentially an excuse.
The only person she knew in Khitan was Yuchi Qian, and it was impossible for Yuchi Qian to come to a tavern so late.
Li Xianyun faintly sensed that the noble guest the shopkeeper mentioned might be the Ninth Prince, Yelu Qi.
If she were to encounter Yelu Qi in the tavern, how would she explain it to Yelu Yan once the news spread?
Too many mouths can melt metal; she feared she could jump into the Yellow River and still not clear herself.
Moreover, taking ten thousand steps back, even if it wasn't the Ninth Prince but someone else she didn't know, the arrangement of a private room was also calculated, a veritable trap.
She certainly did not want to go up.
She couldn't cause trouble for Yelu Yan.
