Mo Qinghuan walked up to a stall and picked up a mirror to admire her own appearance. As she was indulging in self - admiration, suddenly, from the reflection in the mirror, she saw a long - missed figure.
The man was glaring angrily in her direction.
Mo Qinghuan held the small mirror and said, "I'll take this. Bai Ke, pay for it."
She walked towards the Regent's Mansion with the mirror in hand, looking at herself in the mirror as she walked and almost bumping into someone.
Bai Ke rolled his eyes behind her. Suddenly, he heard hurried footsteps.
His ears twitched, and he got into a defensive stance.
"Hey, relax. If you're so tense and the opponent is experienced, they'll know you've already spotted them," Mo Qinghuan put down the mirror, stopped, and stared at Bai Ke.
Bai Ke felt so ashamed of being scolded by her that he hung his head in embarrassment.
Then the two of them walked side by side towards the Regent's Mansion.
"Your Highness, shall we..." Mo Qinghuan turned her head to look at Bai Ke, only to see him make a slashing motion across his throat with his thumb.
Her pupils shrank sharply. "What do you mean? You want to kill him?"
"We don't know the opponent's purpose. What if he kidnaps you like last time? Wouldn't Your Highness be in great danger?"
Mo Qinghuan was almost driven mad by his theory. Gritting her teeth, she said, "So, what you mean is that since we don't know the reason, we should just kill the person to eliminate potential risks, right?"
Before Bai Ke could say anything, she quickened her pace and put some distance between herself and Bai Ke. She didn't want to listen to Bai Ke's nonsense anymore.
Bai Ke helplessly chased after her. How could a person who wanted to achieve great things be indecisive and soft - hearted!
He shook his head, looking at Mo Qinghuan, and thought to himself, "After all, she's a woman. She's still too short - sighted."
Ning Yao, who was around the corner, saw that Mo Qinghuan was accompanied all the way and didn't find a chance. He had no choice but to leave dejectedly in the direction of the General's Mansion, planning to go back and tell Mo Yao.
However, when he emerged from the alley opposite the General's Mansion, he found that there were suddenly many more guards at the General's Mansion.
He tidied his hair and walked over.
Who would have thought that as soon as he reached the door, two people came over.
"What are you doing?"
He got angry at the guards' attitude. So he straightened his back and said, "I'm a distant relative of the General's wife. Don't you even recognize me?"
The guards exchanged glances. "Wait!"
After a while, a guard came out, walked up to Ning Yao with a smile, and suddenly put a sword to his neck, scaring him so much that his legs went weak.
"The General's wife said that she has no distant relatives in the capital. Be smart and get out of here quickly. If you come here to cause trouble again, I'll cut off your head with one sword."
After intimidating Ning Yao, the guard returned to his original position.
Inside the house, Mo Yao couldn't hold back and grabbed Lan's hand. "Mother, why didn't you let cousin in?"
Lan glanced outside and lowered her voice. "Silly girl, the General's Mansion is now full of people from the Regent's Mansion. If Mo Qinghuan found out that we're still meeting with Ning Yao, she'd surely think that we're still colluding with him. Then, wouldn't we be the ones to suffer?"
Speaking of this, Mo Yao suddenly let go of Lan's hand. "Mother, it's all your fault. You lost such a large sum of silver. Instead of reporting it to the authorities, you went to find Mo Qinghuan!"
Lan sighed helplessly, with a look of regret on her face. "Do you think I wanted this? It's just that you don't understand the situation. Forget it. You should have a good rest. I'll go back to my own courtyard."
Mo Yao watched Lan's back and turned her head away in disgust. She really didn't know what was going on. How could the situation be reversed by Mo Qinghuan all of a sudden? Now, she and her mother were constantly at the mercy of others.
She touched her waist. When she was beaten last time, her waist was injured due to the strong impact. Now she couldn't sit or stand for too long.
Thinking of this, she slapped the table hard.
"Mo Qinghuan, I will surely settle this score with you."
...
As night fell, Mo Qinghuan sat on the swing in the yard, swaying back and forth after dinner. Dan'er walked over timidly and put a cloak on her.
"Miss, winter is coming soon. Be careful not to catch a cold."
Mo Qinghuan's hands were originally tucked in her sleeves. When she saw Dan'er, she pulled Dan'er's hand and let Dan'er sit on the swing with her.
"Dan'er, how old are you this year?"
"Reply to Miss, I'll be seventeen after the New Year."
Mo Qinghuan nodded. She was one year younger than the original owner and seven years younger than her previous self. Although in her eyes, Dan'er and Shuang'er were still children, in this world, they were already at the age to get married.
She just smiled and didn't say much more. Suddenly, Mu Yanming came back and was walking towards her. Dan'er quickly got up and stood behind Mo Qinghuan.
He stopped in front of Mo Qinghuan, glanced at Dan'er, and Dan'er sensibly retreated.
"You're back," Mo Qinghuan said indifferently without even raising her eyelids.
"The person has been found," he also just said indifferently and then sat on the stool beside the stone table.
He just stared at Mo Qinghuan.
Mo Qinghuan knew that he was waiting for her to ask. So she just swayed leisurely, acting as if Mu Yanming didn't exist.
Bai Ke walked over, bowed to Mu Yanming, and said, "Your Highness, the Prefect of the Capital is here."
Mu Yanming glanced at Mo Qinghuan, who had her head down, enjoying herself on the swing. Without saying a word, he left.
Mo Qinghuan couldn't help but sigh. "This man is really extremely busy. He's so busy that he can't even warm his seat."
In the main hall, the Prefect of the Capital clasped his hands and paced back and forth anxiously. He would stretch his neck from time to time to look outside.
When Mu Yanming came in, he happened to see him stretching his neck. "My lord, what makes you so anxious?"
"Reply to the Regent, there's news about the Crown Prince."
Mu Yanming glanced at Bai Ke, and Bai Ke looked back at him.
"My lord, why don't you go directly to inform the Second Prince?" Bai Ke looked into his eyes, looking puzzled.
The Prefect of the Capital lowered his head. "Your Highness, although I'm the Second Prince's father - in - law, I still know how to separate public from private matters. Moreover, Your Highness has been busy looking for the Crown Prince for several days. Now that I have news, I naturally have to come and inform Your Highness."
"Okay, tell me," Mu Yanming raised his hand to signal the Prefect of the Capital to sit down.
The Prefect of the Capital sat on the left - hand side of the main hall and told Mu Yanming everything he had found out.
"Your Highness, this is all I've found out so far."
Mu Yanming didn't say a word. His fingertips kept tapping gently on the table.
After about half a cup of tea time, Mu Yanming lazily lifted his eyelids. "Okay, that's it for now. Anyway, the person is with the Minister of the Left, so there won't be any danger. My lord might as well just act as if you don't know."
The Prefect of the Capital suddenly had an epiphany. It turned out that Mu Yanming had already found out but was just pretending not to know.
"Yes, Your Highness, I understand. In that case, I won't disturb Your Highness's rest. I'll take my leave."