Seeing her strong reaction, Dan'er immediately caught on. "Princess, let this servant go and get you a change of clothes."
With that, she walked into the inner chamber and fetched a high - collared dress.
After changing into the clothes, Mo Qinghuan sat in front of the bronze mirror and let Dan'er do her hair. Only then did she notice the bluish - purple marks left by Mu Yanming on her neck.
She blushed shyly, while Dan'er snickered as she combed her hair.
She gave a soft cough, and only then did Dan'er seriously finish doing her hair.
Today, Mu Yanming came back unusually early. It wasn't long after she had finished breakfast that Mu Yanming returned.
As soon as he came back, he pulled Mo Qinghuan, who was basking in the sun, back into the room. He dismissed everyone and closed the door tightly.
As soon as they entered, he pinned her against the door and leaned in to kiss her.
She raised her hand to push Mu Yanming away, and saw the light in his eyes instantly dim. She even detected a hint of grievance in his eyes.
This hint of grievance made her lose her focus, and Mu Yanming took the opportunity to deepen the kiss.
After a long time, when Mu Yanming felt her body go limp and that she could only stand with his support, he finally let her go.
She raised her hand to touch her slightly swollen lips and looked at Mu Yanming with a hint of complaint.
Mu Yanming, however, looked completely satisfied, as if he was in a great mood.
"Huan'er, I won't go to court tomorrow." In the morning, he noticed the surprise in Mo Qinghuan's eyes. On his way back, he reflected on himself and felt that he really shouldn't address himself as "this prince" in front of Mo Qinghuan. It was too distant and couldn't reflect their passionate love.
Mo Qinghuan's focus was on why he wouldn't go to court. She stared at Mu Yanming with her almond - shaped eyes wide open.
Mu Yanming almost burst out laughing at her expression. He reached out and gently tapped the tip of her nose.
"How about I take you out to relax?"
Mo Qinghuan was, of course, delighted. Her eyes narrowed with joy. Since she got pregnant, Mu Yanming was worried about her safety. She also knew that there were many people who wanted to kill Mu Yanming. She was afraid that they would capture her and use her to force Mu Yanming to do things he didn't want to do.
So she had obediently stayed in the mansion, but it had almost driven her crazy.
Hearing that Mu Yanming was going to take her out to relax, she was naturally overjoyed.
Seeing her so happy, Mu Yanming felt even more guilty towards her.
Keeping her confined in the mansion these days had really wronged her.
She wasn't the kind of person who could be confined.
"Okay, then let Dan'er pack our things. We'll leave after Li Fei's birthday tomorrow."
Mo Qinghuan nodded happily. She turned around and was about to open the door to call Dan'er when he grabbed her and kissed her for a while before letting her go.
Mo Qinghuan called Dan'er and told her to pack things. Only then did she remember to ask Mu Yanming how many days they would be gone, where they were going, and how many things to bring.
At this moment, Mu Yanming was in the study discussing with Bai Ke and Jing Hua the plan they would carry out after he took Mo Qinghuan out of the capital.
Mo Qinghuan walked to the door. Although Mu Yanming had ordered that no one should enter, everyone in the prince's mansion tacitly understood that this "no one" did not include the princess.
So she just walked in.
When she reached the door and was about to raise her hand to knock, she suddenly heard a voice from inside say, "Kill without mercy as long as you see them."
The hand she had raised dropped.
Then she heard Mu Yanming's voice, as cold as the ice in the depths of winter.
"Remember, be clean about it."
Then came Bai Ke and Jing Hua's simultaneous response, "Yes."
She didn't know who they were going to kill. She also knew that Mu Yanming was never a person who killed innocent people. Since it had reached the point of killing without mercy, it must have touched Mu Yanming's bottom line; otherwise, it wouldn't have come to this.
Thinking of this, she turned around and walked out. As she walked on the small path paved with bluestone bricks, the strong sunlight made her feel dizzy.
When she returned to the Yangyang Hall, Dan'er had already packed some things. Seeing her come back, she stepped forward and asked, "Your Highness, have you asked the prince? Are these things enough?"
She wasn't in a very good mood and just sat in a daze in front of the table. Dan'er thought she was tired and quickly poured her a cup of tea.
Mo Qinghuan stared at the steaming teacup, her slender fingers tracing the cup's rim.
After a while, the steam from the tea gradually dissipated. Mu Yanming lifted his robe and walked in. Seeing Mo Qinghuan in a daze, his handsome eyebrows furrowed slightly, and he sat down in front of her.
She lowered her eyes and didn't look up. She said softly, "My lord."
Then she fell silent again.
Mu Yanming looked at her like this and remembered what the guard had told him that she had come to the study while they were discussing.
She had been like this since she came back. She must have heard something.
"I've already prepared the birthday gift for Li Fei for you. Just say a few auspicious words then and get through it. Anyway, she's just a favored concubine."
Mo Qinghuan originally didn't want to pay attention to him. Thinking that he was taking her out at this moment probably to cover up his so - called plan, she felt stuffy in her heart.
But hearing his judgment of Li Fei, she couldn't help but look up at Mu Yanming.
"My lord, why do you say so? That Li Fei..." She deliberately left her words hanging. With Mu Yanming's intelligence, he couldn't fail to understand what she meant by the unspoken half of her sentence.
Mu Yanming, of course, understood. She had guessed that Li Fei was his person. What did she mean? Was she jealous or was she feeling indignant for Li Fei?
What he said wasn't wrong, was it? Wasn't she just a favored concubine?
Mo Qinghuan withdrew her hand and hid it in her wide sleeve.
Mu Yanming had long known that she was intelligent and extremely smart. Although she didn't say much about many things, she had everything clearly calculated in her heart.
Mu Yanming's long fingers tightened and tightened. His face was cold and solemn.
Mo Qinghuan let out a long sigh. Mu Yanming looked into her almond - shaped eyes that were like a sea of stars, and once he looked at them, he couldn't look away.
No wonder he had missed her for so many years.
On the mountain, whenever he felt lonely and that there was nothing to live for in this world except for his great revenge, thinking of the time they had spent together in the backyard of the general's mansion when they were young had sustained him for all these years.
Seeing him in a daze looking at her, Mo Qinghuan got up and walked out. He then came back to his senses and looked at Mo Qinghuan. She was already standing in front of the pillar outside the door.
She looked up at the sky. Just now, the sun had been blindingly bright, but now dark clouds were gathering low over the Regent's Mansion. Soon, fine raindrops began to fall.
Mu Yanming stood on one side near the steps. He raised his hand, half - embraced her into his arms, and protected her completely.
"It's raining. What are you standing here in a daze for? If you get caught in the rain, you'll feel bad again."
He still remembered that last time when she got caught in the rain for a short while in front of the Wanhua Tower, she had fainted.
That time, it had really broken his heart.