"You... are you blaming me?" Mu Yanming stood about a step away and asked.
After a long silence, she looked up at him. Her eyes were filled with an indecipherable meaning, as if hiding great emotions.
"Last night..."
"I know."
As soon as Mu Yanming opened his mouth, he was interrupted by Mo Qinghuan.
She looked into Mu Yanming's eyes, with a glint in her eyes. "Your Highness, please rest assured. I know it was an accident and I won't take it to heart..."
Mu Yanming took a deep breath. His legs felt as if they were filled with a thousand - jin weight, and he couldn't move from where he stood.
"Do you mean... you're going to act as if last night never happened?"
Mu Yanming looked at her. There was a smile on her face.
But Mu Yanming thought that smile was heart - breaking.
"Of course, what has happened can't be treated as if it never did. But Your Highness, I know last night was an accident. I won't ask you to be responsible for me because of it."
Mu Yanming walked to the bed and sat down. He grabbed her shoulders and forced her to look at him.
"So after we've been married for so long, you still think it's all about interests and that everything has a purpose, right?"
She gently brushed away his hands. "Isn't it?"
Her tone was calm, as if she were talking about something that had nothing to do with her.
Mu Yanming stood up, with a bitter smile on his face. "Fine, I understand."
He got up and walked outside. Mo Qinghuan watched his back, but in her mind, she saw the scene of Mu Yanming and the courtesan Shishi from Wanhua Tower together.
They looked so harmonious together, as if it was meant to be.
After Mu Yanming left, Dan'er walked in.
"Your Highness, let this servant help you wash and dress."
She gently shook her head. "No need, Dan'er. Prepare the carriage. I want to go back to the General's Mansion."
She glanced outside. She thought that maybe only by quickly helping Mu Yanming find the key he had been looking for and quickly solving the matter he had been trying to deal with.
She would know what Mu Yanming meant to her.
Or rather, by that time, she would also know what she meant to Mu Yanming...
She got out of bed. Her whole body ached.
She didn't know how long Mu Yanming had tossed her last night.
When Dan'er came back after telling the coachman to prepare the carriage, Mo Qinghuan had already finished washing.
She was wearing a light - yellow waist - length silk dress, with a thick cloak over it.
Her hair was casually pulled up into a bun.
Seeing Dan'er come back, she stood up.
"Let's go."
Dan'er just nodded and followed behind her.
When leaving Yanyang Hall, she pulled Shuang'er aside and gave several instructions. "Shuang'er, if we haven't come back before dinner, you must inform Captain Bai and ask him to notify the prince."
Shuang'er nodded, then she got on the carriage back to the General's Mansion with Mo Qinghuan.
"Your Highness, let this servant massage your shoulders."
Mo Qinghuan was about to agree, but suddenly remembered the marks Mu Yanming had left on her neck. She raised her hand to block and then refused.
"No need. You rest."
Dan'er walked beside her. She saw Mo Qinghuan absent - mindedly lift the curtain and look at the bustling outside.
Suddenly, she let out a long sigh.
"Dan'er, if one day you don't have to serve me anymore, where would you like to go?"
Dan'er was startled. She grabbed Mo Qinghuan's hand. Her voice was filled with shock and pleading. "Your Highness, did this servant do something wrong? This servant will correct it. Please don't drive this servant away, okay?"
Mo Qinghuan patted the back of her hand. "No, that's not what I mean. I just want to ask, if you don't have to be by my side, where would you most like to go?"
Only then did Dan'er start to think seriously. But after thinking for a long time, she scratched her head. "Your Highness, actually, since this servant came to serve you, this servant has never thought about leaving you one day."
She was touched by Dan'er's words for a long time. Out of the corner of her eye, through the curtain fluttering in the wind, she seemed to see Mo Yao's figure.
She quickly lifted the curtain. "Stop the carriage." Then she lifted the curtain and jumped out of the carriage.
Dan'er followed behind, afraid of losing her. "Your Highness, what's going on?" she whispered.
"Nothing."
She saw Mo Yao holding a big bag of medicine and walking into a civilian house.
She suddenly remembered the matter of Lan's disappearance before.
"Could it be that Mo Yao hid someone here..."
Just as she was about to follow in, she was grabbed by Dan'er.
"Your Highness, you'd better not go in. If there are other people inside, this servant is afraid that your safety can't be guaranteed."
Mo Qinghuan thought it made sense. The female secret guard from the Left Prime Minister's Mansion was still at large. She might see something unexpected if she went in.
"Dan'er, I'll stay here and guard. It's not far from the General's Mansion. You go and call General Qingheng. Remember, be quiet and don't let anyone notice."
Dan'er looked at the long alley. She was still a little worried.
"Your Highness, you'd better go with this servant. This servant can't leave you alone here."
Seeing that Dan'er was reluctant to leave alone, she had to back out of the alley.
After backing out of the alley, a person suddenly walked out of the civilian house. He was looking gloomily in the direction where Mo Qinghuan had left.
After leaving, Mo Qinghuan still couldn't stop thinking about the civilian house. Mo Yao's sneaky behavior must be related to delivering medicine to Lan.
But she still couldn't figure out who had helped Mo Yao rescue Lan.
This person was able to rescue Lan from the heavily - guarded General's Mansion. It meant that if this person wasn't found out, even if Lan was caught again, this person might still be able to rescue her.
So, the most urgent thing now was to uncover that person first.
The carriage stopped at the gate of the General's Mansion. Hearing from the gatekeeper that Mo Qinghuan had returned, Qingheng rushed to the gate to greet her.
"I pay my respects to Your Highness."
He stood in front of Mo Qinghuan respectfully with his sword in hand.
He thought Mo Qinghuan would ask about Lan, but Mo Qinghuan was preoccupied with the key. So she said to Qingheng, "Thank you, Vice - General Qingheng. Now arrange a few trustworthy guards to come to Yuanyuan with me. Pry up all the blue stone bricks in Yuanyuan, especially the dozen or so trees in the yard. Remember to pull them out, don't leave a single one."
Qingheng looked confused, but finally he did as she said.
Just as he had found six trustworthy guards, he saw Mu Yanming coming.
He was standing in the courtyard. Mo Qinghuan was sitting on the swing, ignoring Mu Yanming with a dark face.
"How long are you going to avoid me!"
Mo Qinghuan could sense his anger and chose to keep silent.
After about a cup of tea's time, he walked up to Mo Qinghuan. He looked into her eyes, with a special emotion flashing in his eyes.
"Tell me your plan."