If it weren't for her taking her out of the prison, she would probably have been tortured to death by those jailers by now.
"Xingrou knows. Xingrou will never forget Your Ladyship's great kindness in the future," Mu Xingrou knelt on the ground and kowtowed deeply to Concubine Hua.
"Better be so. Otherwise, you should know that this palace has the means to get you out of the prison and also the means to send you back in!"
"Please rest assured, Your Ladyship. From now on, Xingrou will be Your Ladyship's person and will never betray Your Ladyship." Mu Xingrou recalled her experience after being sent to the prison by Mu Fengqie and Jing Xunche.
After being sent to the cell, the people there didn't treat her as a human being at all. The food they gave her was all moldy, and sometimes she only got a bowl of water. Moreover, they groped her. If she resisted, she would be beaten up.
All this was thanks to Mu Fengqie. She would never let her go. She would repay the humiliation she had suffered a hundred or a thousand times over!
"Qie'er, the Kongs have entered the city," the man Jing Xunche sent to follow them came back to report to him today.
"So soon? I thought they would take a few more days," Mu Fengqie said in surprise. She didn't expect them to travel so fast.
"Of course they were fast. As soon as they entered the town, they hired a carriage. They spent money freely all the way and didn't waste any time," Jing Xunche said, rolling his eyes.
"Where did they get so much money? Their family was so poor, and with a gambler like Mu Rendong, how could they have so much money?"
"Back then, when Mu Xingrou was still a concubine in Niu Tiesheng's mansion, she always tried to escape. Every time she ran away, Mu Rendong would catch her. After several times, Niu Tiesheng would give Mu Rendong some money each time.
Kong secretly took some of Mu Rendong's money and saved it. The secret guards inquired and found out that Mu Rendong won a lot of money in the casino last year. In a moment of excitement, he gave some of the winnings to Kong."
Mu Fengqie understood after hearing this. Presumably, the travel expenses for their trip to the capital this time were the money Kong had saved.
"So how are they doing now?" They must find a place to stay after coming to the capital.
Speaking of this, Jing Xunche became energetic. "They've spent all their money on the way here. They haven't even paid the carriage fare yet."
"What?" Mu Fengqie was shocked. Didn't they make any plans before coming?
Kong showed that they didn't. They thought that as long as they got to the capital, they could find Mu Xingrou, and then she would take them to live a life of wealth and prosperity.
"Now they're wandering around the streets looking for Mu Xingrou." It's a pity that Mu Xingrou is now in the palace. No matter how hard they look, they won't be able to find her.
"That means they not only have no money but also nowhere to stay now?" There was a glint in Mu Fengqie's eyes. This was a good opportunity.
Jing Xunche saw her expression and knew she had an idea. "What do you want to do, Qie'er?"
"Nothing. After all, they've raised me for so many years. It would be unreasonable if I didn't help them out."
Jing Xunche saw Mu Fengqie's little expression and knew she had some bad idea again. But no matter what Qie'er did, he would support her.
"If you need anything, just ask Mu Nan and the others to do it."
"Aren't you going to ask what I'm going to do? Aren't you afraid that I'll do something immoral?" Mu Fengqie was still very happy to see Jing Xunche trust her so much.
"I trust you. No matter what you do, I'll support you."
Mu Fengqie was happy after hearing this. She hugged Jing Xunche as a reward. But she just wanted to hug him and then let go, but Jing Xunche didn't give her that chance.
Jing Xunche reached out and directly hugged Mu Fengqie, who was trying to leave, in his arms. Since she came to him on her own initiative, it would be a pity if he didn't take the opportunity.
"Hey, Jing Xunche, you're going too far," Mu Fengqie said helplessly, feeling the strength of the arm around her waist.
"I don't care. It's you who came to me on your own initiative." It would be stupid not to seize such a good opportunity.
Since he couldn't do anything else to Qie'er, he could only hug her. Jing Xunche hugged Mu Fengqie for a long time. It wasn't until Mu Fengqie felt her legs were almost numb that Jing Xunche finally let her go.
Mu Fengqie saw the reluctant look in Jing Xunche's eyes when he let her go and felt speechless. It was just a hug. Was it really necessary to be like this? Mu Fengqie began to doubt herself.
Was her way of falling in love wrong? But she had never been in love in her previous life. She'd better ask her eldest disciple, Sun Hao, when she had time.
"Okay. I'll let you hug me often in the future."
"Okay."
Jing Xunche pestered Mu Fengqie for a while before letting her go.
When Mu Fengqie came out of the room, she saw Mu Nan's teasing look. She coughed a few times embarrassedly.
"Where's Lü Yun?" She hadn't seen Lü Yun since she came back.
"Something happened in the stronghold, so Yun'er went back. I'll let her come to see you as soon as she comes back. Yun'er has mentioned you to me many times," Mu Nan said, his eyes filled with tenderness when talking about Lü Yun.
"It's okay. I was just asking. By the way, when are you going to get married? Don't forget to invite me then."
"Soon... soon," Mu Nan blushed when he said this.
Mu Fengqie was a little surprised when she saw Mu Nan, but she quickly recovered. She didn't expect that just a casual question would get such a shocking piece of news.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"We just set the date two days ago. We haven't had time to inform everyone yet." He had spent a lot of effort to marry Yun'er. Finally, he managed to convince his future in - laws.
"Okay. Remember to inform me when you've set the time. I'll definitely prepare a generous gift for you then."
"Thank you, Mistress," Mu Nan said excitedly. He knew that since Mu Fengqie said it would be a generous gift, it definitely would be, so he was so excited.
"Okay, stop being so excited. Now help me do something."
"Please tell me, Mistress," Mu Nan said. As soon as he heard Mu Fengqie had something for him to do, he immediately put away his excited expression and looked at Mu Fengqie seriously. One could hardly tell that he was the excited one just now.
Mu Fengqie twitched the corner of her mouth seeing Mu Nan's ability to change his expression in an instant, but she didn't say anything. After telling him what she wanted him to do, she left. It was time for her to check Heng'er's homework.
On the other side, the Kongs had inquired around the streets but hadn't heard of the name Mu Xingrou.
"I said, can you guys find the person or not?" The coachman had been following them around the capital for a whole day.