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In the main hall of the Left Prime Minister's Mansion.
The ground was littered with fragments, and Zuo Fei was kneeling on the ground.
There was still blood trickling down his forehead. The Left Prime Minister paced back and forth angrily, with scarlet bloodshot eyes. After a while, he raised his finger at Zuo Fei.
"Speak! What's going on!! Ah, how many times have I told you to bury the corpses far away from here? But what did you do? You just dumped them outside the capital. Are you afraid others won't find out?"
Zuo Fei lowered his head and kept silent.
After the Left Prime Minister finished scolding and venting his anger, he squatted in front of Zuo Fei and pressed a handkerchief against his bleeding forehead. "Fei'er, I know you're angry that I didn't listen to you and stop the plan."
He sighed. "But I'm not doing all these things just for myself."
Hearing this, Zuo Fei looked up into his eyes. Although his expression remained calm, his heart was like a storm brewing before a torrential rain.
"Father, you can't bring down the Regent. Stop this."
As soon as he said this, the anger that the Left Prime Minister had just calmed flared up again.
He stood up and turned his back, unable to hide the malice in his eyes. "Humph, I can't bring him down? I'll bring him down the same way I brought down his father! I don't believe that after half a lifetime in the officialdom, I can't deal with a young upstart."
Zuo Fei looked at the almost crazy Left Prime Minister and shook his head helplessly.
He knew he couldn't stop him, but he was really tired and didn't want to help his adoptive father do such inhumane things anymore. So, he deliberately dumped the corpses on the outskirts of the capital just to let others find them.
Things indeed developed as he had expected. To his surprise, even God seemed to be on his side.
If it hadn't been for that heavy rain, others might have found the corpses later.
Seeing that Zuo Fei didn't say a word, although the Left Prime Minister was still angry with him, after all, he had raised him. Looking at the bleeding wound on his forehead, he felt a bit of pity.
His tone softened. "Fei'er, go and treat your wound. You don't need to worry about these things from now on."
Zuo Fei got up and backed out. Before leaving, he looked back at the Left Prime Minister's back.
His adoptive father was old, but he refused to admit it. So, Zuo Fei felt helpless.
……
Today was the day of the wedding in the General of Ningyuan's Mansion, so Mo Qinghuan didn't go to the palace to do acupuncture for Min Feiyan.
She got up early in the morning and was forced to sit in front of the dressing table by Dan'er.
"Your Highness, it's okay that you don't pay attention to your appearance on ordinary days, but it's different when attending banquets."
"What's different? Everyone has one nose and two eyes. Who's special?" She was still sleepy, so she let Dan'er dress her up with a dazed look in her eyes.
She didn't know how long she had been daydreaming when Dan'er let out a sigh of relief and exclaimed, "Your Highness, you're so beautiful. With this flowing cloud and flying fairy hairstyle, you look like a celestial maiden descending to the mortal world."
Hearing Dan'er's praise, she yawned again. Tears welled up in her eyes instantly, and her vision became blurry. It took her a while to see the person in the mirror clearly.
When she saw herself, she was really amazed by the person in the mirror.
The girl in the mirror had bright eyes and white teeth, with eyebrows as delicate as a painting. There was a small mole under her eye. When she smiled, her eyes curved along with her smile.
On ordinary days, she didn't like to wear makeup. Now, with a touch of makeup, she looked more charming.
As for her hairstyle, she used to just use a hairpin to fix her hair.
Now, her hair was coiled up by Dan'er and decorated with accessories. There was a jade hairpin in the left bun, and the end of the hairpin was carved into a coiled phoenix tail.
There were crystal beads hanging below, and the bright beads made a crisp sound when she walked.
She was admiring her beautiful self when Dan'er pulled her up. "Your Highness, the dress I've chosen for you today is the formal dress of a princess consort: an indigo blue silk dress embroidered with eight-tailed phoenixes."
Mo Qinghuan knew this dress. She seemed to have worn it when she entered the palace before.
Mu Yanming seemed to have a set in the same color.
But since he wasn't here, it didn't seem to matter what she wore.
Thinking of Mu Yanming, she couldn't help but sigh.
This Mu Yanming left without even telling her.
Even though there was no affection between them, they were at least close and cooperative partners.
His lack of sense of contract really made her angry.
Just as she was thinking, "Mu Yanming" walked in.
"It's time for us to go."
Mo Qinghuan turned around and looked at Mu Yanming. He was indeed wearing that indigo blue robe, and the jade crown on his head and the accessories around his waist all matched the clothes perfectly.
Although Lu Zixiu and Mu Yanming were of similar stature and the clothes fit well on him, she just felt something was strange.
Seeing Mo Qinghuan in a daze, Dan'er called her softly, "Your Highness."
She didn't come to her senses, so Dan'er called her again.
"Your Highness, the prince is waiting for you."
Only then did she come to her senses. "Oh, I'm ready. Let's go."
She smiled awkwardly. "Mu Yanming" knew that she had known from the beginning that he wasn't the real Mu Yanming.
No matter how well he pretended and how many people in the prince's mansion he could deceive.
But the words he said to her when they first met, "The bone structure doesn't lie", had doomed this deception to fail.
Thinking like this, Mo Qinghuan walked up to him and reached out to hold his arm.
He stiffened for a moment and then returned to normal, walking towards the gate.
……
After getting into the carriage, Mo Qinghuan sat beside "Mu Yanming".
The carriage jolted towards the General of Ningyuan's Mansion.
Since the distance wasn't far, they arrived soon.
Mu Yanming got out of the carriage first and then turned around to help Mo Qinghuan.
Mo Qinghuan knew that Mu Yanming had found someone to impersonate him to prevent others from finding out that he wasn't in the capital.
And she had promised to maintain the image of an affectionate couple in public.
So, she very cooperatively reached out her hand to Mu Yanming.
The Grand Princess Min Feiyan saw Mo Qinghuan walking over arm in arm with Mu Shengze and greeted them.
"Brother Prince, Sister-in-law Prince." Mu Shengze and Min Feiyan nodded in greeting.
Gu Qinglan followed Min Feiyan and supported her.
Her originally smiling face distorted with jealousy when she saw Mo Qinghuan.
Mo Qinghuan didn't regard someone like Gu Qinglan as a rival at all, so she simply ignored her.
But after a while, more and more guests arrived.
Mu Yanming was pulled away by Mu Shengze to chat with the ministers.
Only Mo Qinghuan and Dan'er were left standing in the yard.
Seeing this opportunity, Gu Qinglan walked over haughtily.
"Poisonous woman! I haven't settled the score with you for poisoning me last time!"
Mo Qinghuan smiled but didn't say a word. She took out three golden needles in her hand.