A few people went together to the place where Mo Qinghuan treated patients. When they arrived, there were two corpses lying on the ground.
Lu Zixiu stepped forward and turned the bodies over. "It's that young couple!"
Mu Yanming took one look and then rushed into the house.
"Mo Qinghuan, Qinghuan." Mu Yanming called out twice, but there was no response.
An old woman was lying on the bed. Mu Yanming saw the overturned medicine bowl on the ground, and suddenly the panicked face of Mo Qinghuan flashed through his mind.
"Mu Yanming, save me!" With hope all over her face, she reached out her hand to him. The tears in her eyes stabbed at his heart.
Lu Zixiu and Bai Ke also came into the house and saw Mu Yanming standing there as if frozen.
"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" Lu Zixiu patted Mu Yanming on the shoulder.
He came back to his senses. "It's okay. You go and search first. I'll go to the palace to check."
As he walked out, there was a faint uneasiness in his chest, which made him extremely upset. When he reached the door, he supported the doorframe with his hand, looked back at the two of them, and then left.
Bai Ke was confused, but Lu Zixiu smiled, though his smile looked bitter.
"Bai Ke, go and search quickly."
...
In the palace.
Mo Qinghuan woke up from the coma. Her hands and feet were tied up, and there was a black cloth covering her eyes.
With a thought, a scalpel landed in her hand. Just as she was about to cut the ropes, she heard a sound of footsteps.
Then a low and hoarse voice sounded. "Your Majesty, rest assured. This time the person is tied up tightly, and all the things on her have been taken away." The Left Prime Minister paused. "But I found this..."
He handed the jade pendant to Mu Linyi. Mu Linyi took it and took a look. The corner of his eye twitched. "Mu Yanming!"
At this time, a little eunuch ran over. "Your Majesty, the Regent requests an audience!"
Mu Linyi's face looked very ugly. He glared at the little eunuch. "What is the Regent doing coming to the palace in the middle of the night?"
The little eunuch knelt on the ground tremblingly. "Your servant doesn't know!"
"Go and tell him that I've already gone to sleep and have no time to see him!" With that, he was about to push the door.
"Your Majesty is not asleep yet, is he?" From behind came Mu Yanming's low and hoarse voice.
Mu Linyi turned around in a rage, pointing at Mu Yanming. "Mu Yanming, you..." He adjusted his breathing. "Can't this matter wait until tomorrow's court session? Do you have to rush into my bedroom today?"
Although Mu Linyi said so, he was already extremely angry in his heart. If it weren't for the fact that the state of Li still relied on Mu Yanming, he would have wanted to send someone to arrest him and cut off his head right now.
Mu Yanming walked towards Mu Linyi with a cold face. When he was one step away from the steps, he cupped his hands and said, "Because this king really can't wait any longer. I want to tell Your Majesty this matter right away."
Mu Linyi looked at the Left Prime Minister, who was also confused and shook his head.
Mu Linyi withdrew his gaze and looked at Mu Yanming. "Well, tell me. I'd like to see what earth - shattering event it is that makes the always calm and self - controlled Regent rush into the emperor's bedroom so disrespectfully."
Mu Linyi just stared at Mu Yanming coldly. Even if he couldn't do anything to Mu Yanming, he still had to give a warning so that Mu Yanming would always remember who was the real king of the state of Li.
"Your Majesty, this king has feelings for Mo Qinghuan, the legitimate daughter of the General's Mansion. I'm here especially to ask for her hand in marriage. Please issue an imperial edict to bestow the marriage."
Inside the room, Mo Qinghuan heard Mu Yanming's voice and deliberately made some noise.
Mu Yanming's face darkened. He took a step forward, but the Left Prime Minister raised his arm to block him. "Your Highness, please respect yourself!"
"Your Majesty, this king just wants to remind you that the legitimate daughter of the General's Mansion is the Saiyue Princess you personally conferred the title on a few days ago."
Mu Linyi's expression became more and more ugly. "Your Highness, do you really want to marry the Saiyue Princess?"
Mu Yanming glanced at the Left Prime Minister. Seeing that he had no intention of harming the emperor, the Left Prime Minister stepped back.
"Yes, she is the only one for me!"
Mu Linyi tightened his fist in his sleeve. He thought to himself, so what if he lets him marry? General Mo is already dead, and the General's Mansion is just a name in vain.
So he laughed out loud. "I really didn't expect that the Regent is also a man of deep emotions." He really thought that Mu Yanming was indifferent to women before!
He glanced backward with his eyes. "Okay, I agree. However, Your Highness, please go back to your mansion first. I'll issue the imperial edict tomorrow."
Without even performing the courtesy, Mu Yanming walked out. When he got outside, he looked around, then lightly leaped onto the roof ridge.
Sure enough, he saw Mu Linyi talking to the Left Prime Minister, and the Left Prime Minister kept nodding.
Then Mu Linyi waved to a few people to go into the room and carry the person out.
It was Mo Qinghuan.
She was thrown onto the carriage and jolted out of the palace.
Mu Yanming followed behind. The carriage stopped at the gate of the General's Mansion. Two little eunuchs jumped off the carriage, looked around to make sure there was no one, and then threw Mo Qinghuan at the gate.
Then they drove the carriage away.
Mo Qinghuan had just been pretending to be unconscious. As soon as the people left, she immediately cut the ropes, stood up, and patted the dirt off her body.
"Qinghuan." Mu Yanming called out softly.
She turned around and saw Mu Yanming standing behind her. Just as she was about to salute, he put his arm around her and pulled her into his arms.
Mo Qinghuan instinctively raised her hand to resist. When her hand stopped on Mu Yanming's chest, she felt a strong heartbeat.
"Your Highness, what's wrong with you?" She asked Mu Yanming carefully. Unexpectedly, Mu Yanming just buried his head on her shoulder and said nothing.
Mu Yanming frowned tightly, with a look of distress on his face.
So she had to maintain this position. After a while, Mu Yanming regained his composure and let her go.
Mo Qinghuan looked up at him. "I know you've saved me again. But this claim of yours this time seems hard to deal with."
The night fell on the two of them. Mo Qinghuan saw a glint in Mu Yanming's eyes.
"This king never thought about how to deal with it!"
He said it seriously.
Mo Qinghuan pursed her lips. "Are you serious?"
"Go inside first. I'll tell you the reason tomorrow."
"Okay." Mo Qinghuan nodded and walked into the mansion.
Mu Yanming watched her back disappear into the General's Mansion before leaving.
...
At this time, Mu Linyi was flying into a rage in his bedroom, smashing many high - quality porcelain and ornaments.
"Good for you, Mu Yanming! Are you deliberately going against me?" With that, he smashed a celadon vase.
Seeing this, the little eunuch went to invite Concubine Li, and the people under the Queen also went to invite the Queen.
So when the Queen came, she happened to meet Concubine Li who was also coming.
"Sister, are you also here to see the emperor?"
Concubine Li nodded. "Since Your Majesty the Queen is here, this humble concubine will take her leave."
With that, she took a few steps back and then left.
When she reached the corner, she glanced at the Queen and said to the maid beside her, "Tell our people to keep an eye on the situation here at all times."
...
Mu Yanming returned to the prince's mansion. Lu Zixiu was still sitting in the room waiting for him.
"I heard you found her. Is she okay?" Mu Yanming glanced at Lu Zixiu. His hand was tightly clutching the folding fan, looking very nervous.
"This king is going to marry her."
Lu Zixiu was first stunned, and then he smiled.