When she saw that it was Mu Yanming, she wished she could bite off her own tongue and become mute.
Mu Yanming, having heard her teasing words just now, immediately thought that if she stayed in the General's Mansion any longer, there might be some embarrassing rumors about him.
So, angrily, he stepped forward, sat on the edge of the bed, and firmly grasped her shoulders.
Mo Qinghuan looked up at him. His face and eyes were as cold as the black clothes he was wearing. She guessed that he didn't go on tonight's mission in his official capacity as the Regent. But although she thought of this, she didn't know Mu Yanming's purpose.
Seeing her in a daze, Mu Yanming felt even more annoyed. He leaned over and took a hard bite on her shoulder. Mo Qinghuan let out a low cry of pain. "Are you a dog, Mu Yanming?"
As soon as the words came out, she realized her rudeness and quickly corrected herself. "Why did Your Highness bite me?"
There was frost in Mu Yanming's eyes. "You cooperated very well with Lu Zixiu tonight!"
Mo Qinghuan laughed. Looking into his eyes, she said, "Wasn't the plan proposed by Your Highness? Why are you blaming me now?"
Mu Yanming was left speechless. He sat on the edge of the bed, still holding her shoulders, with his chin resting on her shoulder.
Mo Qinghuan didn't dodge. She just let him lean on her. She thought he must be tired, so at this moment he was like a wronged puppy... Well, a leopard or a tiger without its sharpness.
Anyway, Mu Yanming at this moment was really pitiful.
After a while, Mu Yanming sat up straight and regained his usual cold and majestic look.
"There will be a winter banquet tonight. I'll send Bai Ke to pick you up. As for A Tahuan, I plan to take her with me."
Mo Qinghuan nodded. "Your Highness can arrange it as you like."
Just as they were talking, a figure suddenly appeared at the door. Qing Heng shouted from outside. "Princess Consort."
Mo Qinghuan looked at Mu Yanming in his night - suit. A mischievous thought came to her mind.
She immediately replied, "What is it?"
Qing Heng clearly saw two figures in the room. He was shocked, thinking that this princess consort was really bold.
However, it was not yet dawn. If he rushed in directly, it would be okay if he caught the adulterer, but if he didn't and saw the princess consort's body, it would be a disaster.
He hesitated outside for a long time. By the time Mo Qinghuan got out of bed and walked to the door, he still hadn't decided whether to go in or not.
She reached out and opened the door, looking at Qing Heng with a smile. "Vice - General Qing, what do you want from me?"
Only then did Qing Heng come to his senses. He looked straight into the room. Unbeknownst to him, while he was in a daze, Mo Qinghuan had told Mu Yanming to hide behind the door quickly to play a trick on Qing Heng.
So Qing Heng saw nothing.
But since the princess consort had already got up and he was sure that the other person was still in the room, it should be okay to rush in now.
Anyway, the princess consort was a weak woman and couldn't stop him. Thinking like this, he pushed Mo Qinghuan aside and rushed into the room.
Mo Qinghuan didn't expect Qing Heng to be so reckless. She fell backward.
Fortunately, Mu Yanming quickly supported her shoulders.
Hearing the noise, Qing Heng turned around and was instantly petrified on the spot.
He stammered immediately. "Your... Your Highness... This subordinate deserves to die!"
Seeing his loyalty, Mu Yanming wasn't angry. He just wondered why he had rushed in.
However, Mo Qinghuan wasn't happy about this. She half - lay in Mu Yanming's arms and didn't get up.
The corner of Mu Yanming's lips twitched slightly. With his head slightly lowered, his nose was filled with the faint fragrance of herbs on her body. For a moment, he forgot to tell Qing Heng to leave.
Qing Heng was extremely bitter in his heart. He wished he could find a hole to crawl into.
But since the two noble people didn't say anything, he didn't dare to move.
It wasn't until Mo Qinghuan noticed that the person behind her had stopped moving. When she looked up at him, she noticed his slightly red ear tips and burning eyes.
She immediately stood up straight. Mu Yanming's hands were left empty, and only then did he come to his senses.
He coughed lightly to relieve the embarrassment and then walked out.
Qing Heng followed closely. After leaving the room, Mu Yanming said hoarsely, "Keep it up in the future."
Qing Heng nodded. He knew that he was watching over the princess consort for the prince, so Mu Yanming definitely wouldn't punish him.
It gets bright late in winter. So when Mu Yanming returned to the Regent's Mansion, it was still not bright.
A Tahuan was sitting alone in the room with a map of the Beirong royal family in front of her.
She had grown up in the Beirong royal family. But even as a princess, there were places in the palace she had never been to.
So when the confidant of the queen mother gave her this map and her father told her about the secret passage in the palace in person, she knew that her father, who had spent his life on the battlefield, was finally old...
In Beirong, the eldest child, regardless of gender, was the heir. So girls studied in the school with the princes since childhood.
She had been highly expected when she was young. But she never thought that the one who would turn against her in the end wasn't a clan relative but her own younger brother.
Thinking of the way her younger brother had ordered her execution, she painfully raised her hand to support her forehead.
Just then, Mu Yanming knocked on the door.
She quickly put away the map, patted her face, walked over to open the door, and gave Mu Yanming a bright smile.
Mu Yanming ignored her and walked in to sit down.
Then he said, "There will be a winter banquet today. You will go with me."
A Tahuan seemed to know that Mu Yanming would arrange it like this. She wasn't overly surprised.
She just nodded slightly. But she really couldn't understand this couple. She had seen Mu Yanming's longing for the princess consort, which was the same as her longing for him.
But why did they fall out now? Could it really be because of her arrival... It couldn't be...
After Mu Yanming finished speaking and saw that she had agreed, he got up and left the yard.
A Tahuan didn't say anything. She found the most gorgeous red long dress and put it on.
She adorned her head with a lot of tinkling silver ornaments.
When the etiquette nanny arranged by Bai Ke came, she saw A Tahuan half - lying casually on the swing in her red clothes. She was quite dissatisfied.
But thinking that the girl hadn't officially married into the family yet, it would be late enough to find fault with her after she got married.
So she stepped forward respectfully and gave a polite bow. "This old servant, Huiping, pays respects to the young lady."
A Tahuan glanced at her sideways. "Yes, what is it?"
Huiping bowed. "Replying to the young lady, this old servant has come by the prince's order to teach the young lady some palace etiquette."
Hearing this, A Tahuan burst out laughing. This Mu Yanming really forgot where she came from.
She was the most noble princess of Beirong and didn't need to learn any court etiquette. Moreover, she originally planned to use the Beirong etiquette to pay respects to the emperor of the Li State during this winter banquet.
She also thought that Mu Yanming should officially announce her identity to everyone during this winter banquet.
While she was thinking like this, she didn't notice that Huiping, who was bowing below, had a gloomy face.
Back then, when the princess consort entered the family, she had taught the princess consort etiquette, and the princess consort hadn't been so arrogant towards her.