"Zuo Fei, I, the regent, will never go back on my promise to you. However, I want you to follow my men to the northwest and bring your adoptive father back," Mu Yanming said.
Zuo Fei hesitated for a moment. But for the sake of everyone in the Left Prime Minister's Mansion, he had no choice but to agree.
Suddenly, Mu Yanming looked up and glanced at the top of the wall.
Mo Qinghuan saw him turn his head towards her. She quickly lowered her head and concealed herself.
She jumped down from the top of the wall and didn't dare to look in Mu Yanming's direction again.
"Let's go back to the General's Mansion," she said to Dan'er.
Dan'er supported her and walked towards the General's Mansion. No one noticed that in a nearby civilian house, there was a pair of eyes flashing with strange light.
After Mo Qinghuan left, the owner of those eyes turned to look at the Left Prime Minister's Mansion. After his eyes flickered a few times, he left the civilian house.
...
After Mu Yanming returned to the Regent's Mansion, Ata greeted him with a smile. She was wearing the clothes of the Li Kingdom today and had her hair done in the flying fairy hairstyle that unmarried girls loved.
Without her usual sharpness, she looked a bit more gentle.
But Mu Yanming passed by her without even giving her a glance.
She let out an indignant snort and returned to her own courtyard.
She knew that Mu Yanming didn't like her and only had eyes for that woman named Mo Qinghuan.
But that woman clearly had no love for him in her eyes. Why did she marry him...
As for Mu Yanming, didn't he care at all?
...
At the General's Mansion, Mo Qinghuan had just returned when Qing Heng came to report, "Your Highness the Princess, Lady Lan is crying and shouting in the dungeon, saying that she wants to see you."
Mo Qinghuan sneered. She really didn't understand why Lady Lan couldn't just be quiet for a few days... Why did she have to jump in front of her?
She was about to walk towards the dungeon when the gatekeeper came over to report, "Your Highness the Princess, Concubine Ning is here."
Hearing this, Mo Qinghuan was stunned for a moment. Concubine Ning... was it Mo Yao?
"Show her in," Mo Qinghuan said.
Dan'er seemed a bit worried. "Your Highness, you..."
She raised her hand to stop Dan'er. "Don't worry. She can't stir up any trouble."
Mo Yao was led in by the gatekeeper.
When she saw Mo Qinghuan, she was slightly surprised. It seemed that the rumors from a few days ago were true. She really had fallen out with Mu Yanming and moved back to the General's Mansion.
But she quickly recovered and showed a very proper smile. As the saying goes, you don't hit a smiling face. She had learned this well.
"Greetings to Your Highness the Princess," Mo Yao said.
Mo Qinghuan just looked at her coldly and calmly. "It seems that the rules in the General Ningyuan's Mansion are really good. I'm really impressed that they managed to train you so well, Concubine Ning."
Mo Yao thought she was talking about Zhao Yiyi. A flash of disdain crossed her eyes, and then she smiled lightly. "Concubine Ning... Well, to be honest with Your Highness the Princess, she has already fallen out of favor. Now she's just an empty title of the general's wife."
"I'm talking about your mother - in - law. What are you talking about..." Mo Qinghuan said.
Mo Yao realized her mistake and stopped talking. After a while, she looked at Mo Qinghuan. "I'm here to see my mother today. I'll take my leave first."
After saying that, she took a step towards Lady Lan's courtyard. But just as she took a step, Mo Qinghuan called out to her, "Your mother's courtyard is empty now."
Mo Yao suddenly turned around. "What do you mean?"
Mo Qinghuan sneered. "Literally. Your identities have been exposed. Naturally, I can't let her stay in the General's Mansion anymore."
Mo Yao suddenly rushed over like a crazy person. "Where did you take my mother? You poisonous woman! We haven't bothered you anymore. Why can't you just let us go?!"
Qing Heng stepped forward and pulled her away. Dan'er also stood in front of Mo Qinghuan to protect her.
Qing Heng said coldly, "Your mother tried to assassinate Her Highness the Princess and has been locked up in the dungeon. So I advise you to behave yourself. Don't think that just because you're Concubine Ning, you can be disrespectful to Her Highness."
Mo Yao's face changed. She shouted loudly, "Impossible! How could my mother try to assassinate her? It must be you! You've just framed my mother with a false charge!"
Mo Qinghuan snorted. "Do I have to do that? Fighting with you is just beneath me."
She stepped forward and pinched Mo Yao's chin. "Don't think I don't know what you're up to by marrying into the General Ningyuan's Mansion. But I'm warning you. If you don't behave yourself, your cousin's fate will be yours."
Mo Yao was shocked. "You killed my cousin?"
She stared at Mo Qinghuan with hatred and resentment in her eyes. Although she had fallen out with Ning Yao, he was the first person she had ever had feelings for. She had also given him the most precious thing in a woman's life.
She secretly swore in her heart that she would avenge him. She wouldn't let him die in vain.
She knew that she was still no match for Mo Qinghuan. So she had to endure for now.
Endure until Ning Shouzhang was completely infatuated with her. Moreover, she had to persuade Ning Shouzhang to side with the prince. Only then would she have a chance to take revenge, have the ability to fight against the Regent's Mansion, and finally get back what was hers.
She glanced at the General's Mansion, the place where she had lived for so many years. She was so unwilling...
Thinking of this, she calmed down and forced a smile. "Your Highness the Princess, please let me see my mother."
Mo Qinghuan waved her hand, and Qing Heng let go of Mo Yao.
"Follow me," Mo Qinghuan said.
They all walked towards the dungeon together.
The dungeon was dark and damp. Cockroaches and rats could be seen everywhere.
When they got to the dungeon, Mo Yao saw Lady Lan and rushed to the cell door in a fit of hysteria. It was the coldest month of winter, but Lady Lan was only wearing a thin inner robe.
When Lady Lan saw her daughter, she quickly crawled to the cell door. "Yaoyao, you've finally come to see me. I've been waiting for you so hard."
Mo Yao's nose twitched. She lowered her head and tightly held Lady Lan's hand. "Mother, it's my fault."
She had come too late. She shouldn't have left her mother alone in the General's Mansion.
How could that poisonous woman Mo Qinghuan treat her mother well after exposing their identities in front of so many people...
"Your Highness the Princess, it's so cold. Please give my mother some more clothes. Otherwise, she'll freeze to death this winter," Mo Yao pleaded.
"Back then, when you locked me in the dungeon and tortured me, I must have begged you bitterly. Do you still remember what you did? Did you have any pity for me at all..." Mo Qinghuan looked at them coldly.
They probably had forgotten about that poor girl who had been tortured to death by them in this dungeon.
As soon as she entered the dungeon, she felt a tightness in her chest, as if there was a ball of cotton blocking it.
She knew why. It was the unwilling emotions of the original owner. It seemed that at the last moment, the original owner must have been very desperate.