He kicked Li Xinru away with one foot, rushed into the inner room, picked up the baby and left.
Li Xinru crawled after him desperately, crying her heart out. She watched helplessly as the man got into the carriage.
"Don't! Don't take my baby away! Liu Rudeng, you brute! Give my baby back to me!"
Her shrill cries echoed in the night sky, but no one came to help her.
Early the next morning, Mo Qinghuan had just gotten up. She rubbed her eyes and walked into the yard.
The gatekeeper rushed over in a flurry. "Your Royal Highness, there's a crazy woman outside who says she wants to see you."
A crazy woman?
Mo Qinghuan couldn't remember when she had met a crazy woman.
She waved her hand and said to the gatekeeper, "Send her away."
Just as she finished speaking, the gatekeeper led Yang Suxin in. Yang Suxin was carrying several boxes in her hands. Seeing Mo Qinghuan, she quickened her steps and walked over.
She curtsied gracefully. Her face was as rosy as a peach blossom, and her smile was like the gentle spring breeze in March. "Your Royal Highness, please forgive this subject's uninvited visit."
Mo Qinghuan looked at her and somehow felt that their personalities were a perfect match. So she deliberately said, "If you're so polite, we won't be friends."
Yang Suxin handed the boxes in her hands to Dan'er, then grabbed Mo Qinghuan's sleeve and walked towards the gate.
"Where are we going?"
"I saw Li Xinru when I came in just now."
Only then did Mo Qinghuan come to her senses. "The crazy woman at the gate is Li Xinru?"
Yang Suxin nodded.
How could this happen? How could a person go crazy overnight?
Thinking to herself, she followed Yang Suxin's steps and walked outside.
Before they reached the gate, they heard Li Xinru's cries.
"Please, let me in to see Her Royal Highness the Princess." Her voice was hoarse, indicating that she had been crying for a long time.
The gatekeepers looked at each other helplessly.
They didn't know whether Her Royal Highness knew this crazy woman or not, so they didn't dare to drive her away.
Just as they were in a dilemma, Mo Qinghuan and Yang Suxin walked out.
Li Xinru pounced on them like a drowning man grasping at a straw. "Your Royal Highness, please help this humble woman. Save my baby."
Mo Qinghuan and Yang Suxin glanced at each other, then helped the woman to sit down at the stone table in the yard.
"Dan'er, go and get a cushion and a shawl. Also, make a pot of hot tea and prepare some snacks."
Dan'er responded and retreated.
"What on earth happened?"
She tightly grabbed Mo Qinghuan's arm. "Your Royal Highness, that brute Liu Rudeng came last night and snatched my baby away. This humble woman begs you. I don't ask for anything else. I just want the baby I carried for ten months to come back to me."
As she said this, she was about to kneel down, but was stopped by Mo Qinghuan and Yang Suxin.
"Did he go alone?" Yang Suxin asked.
Li Xinru nodded. Her face was covered with tear stains. Due to just giving birth, her face was pale and her eye sockets were red. She looked a bit terrifying.
"What should we do?" Yang Suxin looked at Mo Qinghuan.
Mo Qinghuan pinched her chin and thought for a while. "It seems that only the Prince can mediate this matter. Otherwise, I'm afraid that Liu Rudeng won't listen to me."
Yang Suxin lowered her voice. "Sister Princess, do you mean that the Prince will listen to you and help solve this matter?"
She smiled sweetly, with red lips like cinnabar. Her curved eyes looked at Mo Qinghuan.
Mo Qinghuan was suddenly teased by her and helplessly shook her head.
"He... is not as terrifying as the rumors say."
Yang Suxin covered her mouth and laughed. Then she whispered in Mo Qinghuan's ear, "But the rumor that he dotes on his wife must be true. I also want to find a man like the Prince as my husband."
Seeing the two of them chatting, Li Xinru suddenly burst into louder cries.
"Alright, alright. Stop crying. Sister Princess has said that she will help you, and she will definitely do it."
Yang Suxin suddenly found Li Xinru a bit annoying.
The three of them were sitting at the stone table. After Dan'er brought the snacks, Li Xinru gobbled them up.
Yang Suxin disliked her vulgar eating behavior and turned her head to the side.
Suddenly, she saw a handsome man. The man was dressed in white, with a black jade bead inlaid on his belt. He was holding a string of Buddhist beads and looking in their direction.
She suddenly felt that the whole world dimmed, and only he was shining.
The man slowly walked towards them. Noticing that Yang Suxin's grip tightened, Mo Qinghuan frowned and turned her head to follow her gaze.
"His Highness the Prince of Cheng comes quite early."
Mu Yefeng slightly lowered his head as a greeting.
"I was afraid of keeping Sister-in-law waiting, so I came a bit early. Could it be that... Sister-in-law hasn't prepared the things for the treatment yet?"
Mo Qinghuan gave an embarrassed smile. Mu Yefeng slightly curled his lips. "It doesn't matter. I might as well come to chat with Brother Prince. By the way, where is Brother Prince?"
"He has gone to the military camp. He should be back before lunch."
Yang Suxin was still looking at Mu Yefeng in a daze. Mu Yefeng also looked at her, with a flash of surprise in his eyes.
She was dressed in yellow today. There were purple flowers embroidered on the collar and cuffs. Her hair was tied into small braids, and there were butterfly-shaped hairpins. When she moved slightly, the wings of the butterflies fluttered, making her look very cute.
Behind them, Li Xinru finished eating and remembered her baby again.
She wiped her tears and cried again. Yang Suxin pointed at her and suddenly had an idea.
"Your Highness the Prince of Cheng." She looked at Mo Qinghuan. "Sister, sister. If His Highness the Prince of Cheng goes with us, that Liu Rudeng definitely won't dare to do anything, right?"
Hitting the nail on the head, Mo Qinghuan nodded.
"It depends on whether His Highness is willing to go with us."
She took small steps and walked up to Mu Yefeng. She gently tugged at his sleeve and carefully looked up at him. "Your Highness, is it okay?"
Although Mu Yefeng still didn't understand what was going on, looking at the charming woman in front of him, he really couldn't say no. So he gently nodded.
Yang Suxin immediately beamed with a smile. Her eyes were curved like crescent moons as she stared at Mu Yefeng.
Mo Qinghuan really didn't have the heart to disturb the scene of the two of them looking at each other affectionately.
After a long time, Mu Yefeng gently coughed twice, and they averted their gazes.
"Let's go, Sister-in-law."
The group took Mu Yefeng's carriage and walked in front. Dan'er took Li Xinru in the carriage of the Regent's Mansion and followed behind.
Suddenly, arrows came shooting from all directions. Li Xinru was so scared that she screamed. Mo Qinghuan and Mu Yefeng simultaneously lifted the curtain and looked out.
"Someone is attacking the carriage of the Regent's Mansion. Why doesn't Sister-in-law seem nervous at all?" Mu Yefeng asked.
Mo Qinghuan was already used to it. "Your Brother Prince has been assassinated at least a dozen times a year. Even in the few months since I married him, I've already experienced it several times. So we're used to it."
Mu Yefeng clenched his fists. In the past few years, no one had cared about him more than this Brother Prince.
Since he had returned to the capital, he would never allow such a thing to happen again!
"Yincong, go after them. Remember to leave them alive."
"Yes, Your Highness."